Patents by Inventor Stefan Muenz

Stefan Muenz 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: 11118500
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbine comprising a turbine housing defining a volute having a substantially annular outlet opening, a turbine wheel, and an adjusting ring, rotatable about the turbine axis, which is arranged in the turbine housing radially between the volute and the turbine wheel, wherein the adjusting ring comprises a flow channel between a radially outer first peripheral opening and a radially inner second peripheral opening, and wherein the outlet opening is fluidically coupled to the turbine wheel by the flow channel. The outlet opening and the first peripheral opening have a path, variable in the axial direction, so that during a rotation of the adjusting ring, the outlet opening and the first peripheral opening are adjusted relative to each other in such a way that an overflow cross section between the outlet opening and the first peripheral opening is variably changeable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Sascha Karstadt, Mathias Kosch, Gerd Spinner, Stefan Decker, Ahmet Coksen, Jamison Taylor, Laszlo Medvegy, Stefan Muenz
  • Patent number: 11105218
    Abstract: A compressor with a compressor housing in which a compressor wheel is arranged. The compressor additionally includes a cartridge which is arranged in the compressor housing in the area of a compressor inlet. The cartridge is designed to variably change the cross section of the compressor inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Sascha Karstadt, Waldemar Henke, Juergen Werner, Stefan Muenz, Sascha Weiske, Gerd Spinner, Uwe Tomm, Patric Hoecker
  • Publication number: 20200011196
    Abstract: A compressor with a compressor housing in which a compressor wheel is arranged. The compressor additionally includes a cartridge which is arranged in the compressor housing in the area of a compressor inlet. The cartridge is designed to variably change the cross section of the compressor inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Sascha KARSTADT, Waldemar HENKE, Juergen WERNER, Stefan MUENZ, Sascha WEISKE, Gerd SPINNER, Uwe TOMM, Patric HOECKER
  • Publication number: 20190301357
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbine comprising a turbine housing defining a volute having a substantially annular outlet opening, a turbine wheel, and an adjusting ring, rotatable about the turbine axis, which is arranged in the turbine housing radially between the volute and the turbine wheel, wherein the adjusting ring comprises a flow channel between a radially outer first peripheral opening and a radially inner second peripheral opening, and wherein the outlet opening is fluidically coupled to the turbine wheel by the flow channel. The outlet opening and the first peripheral opening have a path, variable in the axial direction, so that during a rotation of the adjusting ring, the outlet opening and the first peripheral opening are adjusted relative to each other in such a way that an overflow cross section between the outlet opening and the first peripheral opening is variably changeable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Sascha Karstadt, Mathias Kosch, Gerd Spinner, Stefan Decker, Ahmet Coksen, Jamison Taylor, Laszlo Medvegy, Stefan Muenz
  • Patent number: 9841033
    Abstract: A turbine housing (1) of an exhaust-gas turbocharger (15) having a turbine volute (7) which is delimited by a metallic outer shell (8) and which has an inner wall (9); and a heat insulation layer (10) which is arranged on the inner wall (9) and which has a heat insulation core (6A, 6B) which, on its surface (12A, 12B) facing into a volute interior space (11), is covered by a first sheet-metal shell (3A, 3B). The heat insulation core (6A, 6B) is covered, on a surface (13A, 13B, 13?B) facing toward the inner wall (9), by a second sheet-metal shell (4A and 4B respectively).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignees: BorgWarner Inc., Isolite GmbH
    Inventors: Waldemar Henke, Patric Hoecker, Stefan Muenz, Matthias Kroll, Werner Loibl, Holger Oberthuer
  • Patent number: 9631634
    Abstract: The turbocharger according to the invention has a rotor with a compressor wheel as well as a turbine wheel that is connected in a rotationally-fixed manner to the compressor wheel by means of a common shaft. The compressor wheel and the shaft are form-fittingly tensioned with one another, wherein respectively at least one or two torque-transmitting contact surfaces, which lie one atop the other, between components force-fittingly tensioned with one another, is provided with a friction-increasing coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Guido Daimer, Stefan Muenz
  • Publication number: 20160115823
    Abstract: A turbine housing (1) of an exhaust-gas turbocharger (15) having a turbine volute (7) which is delimited by a metallic outer shell (8) and which has an inner wall (9); and a heat insulation layer (10) which is arranged on the inner wall (9) and which has a heat insulation core (6A, 6B) which, on its surface (12A, 12B) facing into a volute interior space (11), is covered by a first sheet-metal shell (3A, 3B). The heat insulation core (6A, 6B) is covered, on a surface (13A, 13B, 13?B) facing toward the inner wall (9), by a second sheet-metal shell (4A and 4B respectively).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Waldemar HENKE, Patric HOECKER, Stefan MUENZ, Matthias KROLL, Werner LOIBL, Holger OBERTHUER
  • Patent number: 9181858
    Abstract: A turbocharger for use in an internal combustion engine has at least one turbocharger housing, at least one compressor situated inside the turbocharger housing, and at least one turbine situated inside the turbocharger housing. In addition, the turbocharger has at least one sensor device for detecting at least a portion of a gas component of an exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine. The sensor device is at least partially integrated into the turbocharger housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Muenz, Juergen Ganser, Klaus Winkler, Christopher Holzknecht, Christoph Peters, Lothar Diehl, Sascha Klett, Johannes Misselwitz
  • Publication number: 20130283786
    Abstract: A turbocharger for use in an internal combustion engine has at least one turbocharger housing, at least one compressor situated inside the turbocharger housing, and at least one turbine situated inside the turbocharger housing. In addition, the turbocharger has at least one sensor device for detecting at least a portion of a gas component of an exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine. The sensor device is at least partially integrated into the turbocharger housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicants: Bosch Mahle Turbosysteme GmbH & Co. KG, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Muenz, Juergen Ganser, Klaus Winkler, Christopher Holzknecht, Christoph Peters, Lothar Diehl, Sascha Klett, Johannes Misselwitz
  • Patent number: 8499558
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a turbocharger (1) for an internal combustion engine (2) comprising at least one exhaust gas recirculation line (3), via which an exhaust gas mixing opening (12) enters into an intake line (10) of the internal combustion engine (2), further comprising a turbine (4) and a compressor (5), which is driveably connected to the turbine (4) and has a compressor impeller (6) that is disposed in a compressor housing (7), into which the intake line (10) empties via a compressor inlet (11), wherein a mixing device (18) is disposed in the intake line (10) between the exhaust gas mixing opening (12) and the compressor inlet (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventor: Stefan Muenz
  • Patent number: 8491271
    Abstract: In an exhaust-gas turbocharger with a shaft axially arranged between a compressor wheel and a turbine wheel and connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the compressor wheel as well as to the turbine wheel, said shaft being rotationally mounted with a turbine-side shaft part in a turbine-side bearing, a connecting region with minimal heat conductivity is axially arranged or configured between the turbine-side shaft part and the turbine wheel in such a manner that the heat flow emanating from the turbine wheel is choked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems GmbH Co. KG
    Inventors: Joerg Jennes, Thanh-Hung Nguyen-Schaefer, Stefan Muenz
  • Publication number: 20100104457
    Abstract: The turbocharger according to the invention has a rotor with a compressor wheel as well as a turbine wheel that is connected in a rotationally-fixed manner to the compressor wheel by means of a common shaft. The compressor wheel and the shaft are form-fittingly tensioned with one another, wherein respectively at least one or two torque-transmitting contact surfaces, which lie one atop the other, between components force-fittingly tensioned with one another, is provided with a friction-increasing coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventors: Guido Daimer, Stefan Muenz
  • Publication number: 20100050633
    Abstract: In an exhaust-gas turbocharger with a shaft axially arranged between a compressor wheel and a turbine wheel and connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the compressor wheel as well as to the turbine wheel, said shaft being rotationally mounted with a turbine-side shaft part in a turbine-side bearing, a connecting region with minimal heat conductivity is axially arranged or configured between the turbine-side shaft part and the turbine wheel in such a manner that the heat flow emanating from the turbine wheel is choked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventors: Joerg Jennes, Thanh-Hung Nguyen-Schaefer, Stefan Muenz
  • Publication number: 20100011765
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a turbocharger (1) for an internal combustion engine (2) comprising at least one exhaust gas recirculation line (3), via which an exhaust gas mixing opening (12) enters into an intake line (10) of the internal combustion engine (2), further comprising a turbine (4) and a compressor (5), which is driveably connected to the turbine (4) and has a compressor impeller (6) that is disposed in a compressor housing (7), into which the intake line (10) empties via a compressor inlet (11), wherein a mixing device (18) is disposed in the intake line (10) between the exhaust gas mixing opening (12) and the compressor inlet (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: BORGWARNER INC.
    Inventor: Stefan Muenz
  • Patent number: 6920756
    Abstract: A charged internal combustion engine (1) having at least one stage of charging by a turbocharger (3), in which at least one supplemental compressor (4) is connected parallel to or in series with the turbocharger, in which the supplemental compressor (4) has a drive independent form the working medium cycle of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Patric Hoecker, Stefan Münz, Jens-Wolf Jaisle
  • Patent number: 6920755
    Abstract: A charged internal combustion engine (1) having at least one stage of charging by a turbocharger (3), in which at least one supplemental compressor (4) is connected parallel to or in series with the turbocharger, and in which the supplemental compressor (4) has a drive independent from the working medium cycle of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Patric Hoecker, Stefan Münz, Jens-Wolf Jaisle
  • Patent number: 6889503
    Abstract: A charged internal combustion engine (1) having at least one stage of charging by a turbocharger (3), in which at least one supplemental compressor (4) is connected parallel to or in series with the turbocharger, and in which the supplemental compressor (4) has a drive independent from the working medium cycle of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Patric Hoecker, Stefan Münz, Jens-Wolf Jaisle
  • Publication number: 20040247461
    Abstract: An electrically powered compressor designed for providing high pressure ratio at low flow rate, yet having low power consumption. The compressor is designed for optimizing efficiency in fuel cell systems. The inventive compressors are however not limited to fuel cell system applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2003
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Frank Pflueger, Stefan Muenz, Karl Walther, Steve O'Hara