Patents by Inventor Roland Wimmer

Roland Wimmer 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: 20230358185
    Abstract: A vehicle including an engine; a turbocharger, an intake air flow path of the vehicle defined from air entering the vehicle, passing through the compressor, and flowing into the engine air inlet; a coolant container assembly; a temperature sensor configured for determining a temperature in the intake air flow path; and a controller configured to selectively cause cooling liquid to flow from the coolant container into the intake air flow path. A method for managing engine air intake temperature or piston temperature of a turbocharged vehicle including: sensing a temperature of fluid within the air intake flow path, determining an estimated piston temperature; and in response to the estimated piston temperature and/or the temperature of the fluid being above threshold temperatures, causing an amount of cooling liquid to flow from a coolant container to the air intake flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Sebastien THIBAULT, Bruno SCHUEHMACHER, Felix LABONTE, Luc CHAMPIGNY, Frederic DESJARDINS, Michael SEYRL, Roland ENNSMANN, Roland WIMMER
  • Patent number: 11598250
    Abstract: A valve for use in an engine exhaust conduit. The valve includes a base portion and a body portion extending from the base portion. The base portion is configured for pivotably mounting the valve within the engine exhaust conduit. The base portion defines a valve pivot axis. The valve is pivotable about the valve pivot axis during use. The body portion has an upstream side and a downstream side opposite the upstream side. The upstream side is exposed, during use, to fluid flow in the engine exhaust conduit. The body portion has a generally pointed shape defining a rounded tip at a location of the body portion furthest from the base portion in a length direction of the valve. The length direction of the valve is generally perpendicular to the valve pivot axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: BRP-ROTAX GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Roland Ennsmann, Roland Wimmer, Markus Wolfsgruber
  • Publication number: 20210262382
    Abstract: A valve for use in an engine exhaust conduit. The valve includes a base portion and a body portion extending from the base portion. The base portion is configured for pivotably mounting the valve within the engine exhaust conduit. The base portion defines a valve pivot axis. The valve is pivotable about the valve pivot axis during use. The body portion has an upstream side and a downstream side opposite the upstream side. The upstream side is exposed, during use, to fluid flow in the engine exhaust conduit. The body portion has a generally pointed shape defining a rounded tip at a location of the body portion furthest from the base portion in a length direction of the valve. The length direction of the valve is generally perpendicular to the valve pivot axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Roland ENNSMANN, Roland WIMMER, Markus WOLFSGRUBER
  • Patent number: D577947
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Inventor: Roland Wimmer