Patents by Inventor Ralf Hirzel

Ralf Hirzel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20150071764
    Abstract: A turbocompound bearing for attaching a turbocompound system to an internal combustion engine comprises an exhaust gas turbine having a turbine shaft mounted in a turbine bearing housing, a hydrodynamic clutch having a clutch shaft mounted in a clutch bearing housing, and having a connector for attachment of the internal combustion engine. The invention is characterized in that the connector is formed by a plate-shaped base support which has at least one first centering surface on which the clutch bearing housing is oriented, and the plate-shaped base support and/or the clutch bearing housing has at least one second centering surface on which the turbine bearing housing is oriented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Eugen Morgunov, Ralf Hirzel, Thomas Figler
  • Publication number: 20140116043
    Abstract: A drive train having an internal combustion engine which includes an output shaft feeding drive power into the drive train. A first turbo charger includes a first exhaust-gas turbine arranged in an exhaust-gas flow and mounted rotatably in a turbine housing that drives a first fresh-air compressor via a first turbine shaft. A turbo-compound system includes a power turbine arranged in the exhaust-gas flow and can be drive connected via a power turbine shaft to the output shaft, with the power turbine shaft mounted rotatably in a power turbine housing and extending parallel to the turbine shaft. The turbine housing and power turbine housing can be supported in or on or integrated into a transmission housing. The first turbocharger is arranged radially outside the turbo-compound system. The first turbocharger and turbo-compound system are arranged on a common side or on different and adjoining or opposite sides of the transmission housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Hirzel, Thomas Figler