Patents by Inventor RALF MESKE

RALF MESKE 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).

  • Patent number: 12584453
    Abstract: A steel piston (10) for an internal combustion engine includes a cooling cavity (20) extending in a rotationally symmetrical manner about the piston axis and at least three annular grooves (12, 14, 16), wherein the third annular groove (16), as viewed from the piston crown (18), has a greater depth (T3) than the depth (T2) of a second annular groove (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: FEDERAL-MOGUL NURNBERG GMBH
    Inventor: Ralf Meske
  • Patent number: 12442348
    Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine includes at least one annular groove in the piston material, preferably the first annular groove closest to the piston crown, which is configured such that, when viewed in cross-section, at least one elliptic curve and/or convex cubic spline is present between a lower flank of the annular groove and an upper flank of the annular groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2025
    Assignee: FEDERAL-MOGUL NURNBERG GMBH
    Inventors: Rainer Weiss, Jens Lehmann, Michael Grabinger, Christian Lindner, Michael Scherer, Ralf Meske, Sven Ungermann
  • Publication number: 20240376849
    Abstract: A piston for an internal combustion engine includes at least one annular groove in the piston material, preferably the first annular groove closest to the piston crown, which is configured such that, when viewed in cross-section, at least one elliptic curve and/or convex cubic spline is present between a lower flank of the annular groove and an upper flank of the annular groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: RAINER WEISS, JENS LEHMANN, MICHAEL GRABINGER, CHRISTIAN LINDNER, MICHAEL SCHERER, RALF MESKE, SVEN UNGERMANN
  • Publication number: 20240318610
    Abstract: A steel piston (10) for an internal combustion engine includes a cooling cavity (20) extending in a rotationally symmetrical manner about the piston axis and at least three annular grooves (12, 14, 16), wherein the third annular groove (16), as viewed from the piston crown (18), has a greater depth (T3) than the depth (T2) of a second annular groove (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventor: RALF MESKE
  • Patent number: 12000355
    Abstract: A piston (10) for an internal combustion engine, includes shaft wall sections (18) for supporting in a cylinder or a cylinder liner, and at least one base support (20) that is connected thereto in the circumferential direction, and which has at least one contour that forms a section of a helix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Nurnberg GmbH
    Inventors: Julian Zilker, Michael Scherer, Olga Seller, Sven Ungermann, Ralf Meske
  • Publication number: 20220252019
    Abstract: A piston (10) for an internal combustion engine, includes shaft wall sections (18) for supporting in a cylinder or a cylinder liner, and at least one base support (20) that is connected thereto in the circumferential direction, and which has at least one contour that forms a section of a helix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: JULIAN ZILKER, MICHAEL SCHERER, OLGA SELLER, SVEN UNGERMANN, RALF MESKE
  • Patent number: 11131269
    Abstract: A steel piston (10) for an internal combustion engine has a cooling channel and shaft surfaces (12, 14) with which the piston (10), in the installed state, abuts a cylinder bore or a cylinder liner on a pressure side and a counterpressure side, wherein one shaft surface (12) has a width which is 25-50% smaller than the other shaft surface (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Nurnberg GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Meske, Lukas Merz, Michael Kraemer, Christoffer Schmoll
  • Publication number: 20210115874
    Abstract: A steel piston (10) for an internal combustion engine has a cooling channel and shaft surfaces (12, 14) with which the piston (10), in the installed state, abuts a cylinder bore or a cylinder liner on a pressure side and a counterpressure side, wherein one shaft surface (12) has a width which is 25-50% smaller than the other shaft surface (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: RALF MESKE, LUKAS MERZ, MICHAEL KRAEMER, CHRISTOFFER SCHMOLL
  • Publication number: 20200003305
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a gudgeon pin for internal combustion engines, which gudgeon pin consists of case-hardened steel and is characterized in that a ratio of a residual wall thickness of the gudgeon pin to an overall thickness of a case-hardened layer is <2, and a ratio of the inner diameter and the outer diameter of the gudgeon pin is >60%. Furthermore, the present invention is directed to a system comprising the gudgeon pin according to the invention and a piston, wherein the piston has a piston boss with a transverse ovality which corresponds with an ovalization of the gudgeon pin under maximum ignition pressure. The invention also comprises an engine, in particular an internal combustion engine, having the gudgeon pin or the system comprising the gudgeon pin and the piston, and a use thereof for engines, in particular internal combustion engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: RALF MESKE, ROLAND BOHM, KLAUS LADES
  • Patent number: 10495022
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piston for an internal combustion engine having two skirt wall (10), which are connected by connecting walls (14), which bear piston-pin bosses, wherein at least one skirt wall (10) has a greater wall thickness in a region (12) that is central along the piston periphery and in the lateral regions than between the central region (12) and each lateral region and is continuously curved on the inside of the piston in a section perpendicular to the piston axis, and wherein the wall thickness distribution is substantially constant in the direction of the piston axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Nurnberg GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Meske, Carolin Kleinlein, Harald Mergler
  • Publication number: 20180156157
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piston for an internal combustion engine having two skirt wall (10), which are connected by connecting walls (14), which bear piston-pin bosses, wherein at least one skirt wall (10) has a greater wall thickness in a region (12) that is central along the piston periphery and in the lateral regions than between the central region (12) and each lateral region and is continuously curved on the inside of the piston in a section perpendicular to the piston axis, and wherein the wall thickness distribution is substantially constant in the direction of the piston axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: RALF MESKE, CAROLIN KLEINLEIN, HARALD MERGLER