Patents by Inventor Rolf Karcher

Rolf Karcher 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: 20240060856
    Abstract: An encoder wheel for an internal combustion engine, having six indicator elements, which are arranged spaced apart from one another in the circumferential direction with respect to a rotational axis of the encoder wheel on a main body of the encoder wheel. Flanks arranged in the same direction of the indicator elements are arranged equidistantly to one another in the circumferential direction. The indicator elements each have one of three different indicator element extensions in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Rolf KARCHER
  • Publication number: 20110197864
    Abstract: The invention relates to an internal combustion engine having an intake air line, which contains both a compressor of an exhaust gas turbocharger and a throttle flap, as well as having a tank ventilation system and a crankcase ventilation system, both of which are connected to the intake air line at two connecting points upstream of the compressor and behind the throttle flap. In order to make it possible to monitor the inlet points of the ventilation gases into the intake air line in a relatively simple way, the invention proposes that a non-return valve be mounted directly at each of the connecting points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventor: Rolf Karcher