Patents by Inventor Sven Schepers

Sven Schepers 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: 20260028928
    Abstract: A catalytic converter for aftertreatment of exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine, having a honeycomb body formed by wrapping from at least one metal foil, where the honeycomb body has a center axis that runs along its axial extent from a gas entry side of the honeycomb body up to a gas exit side of the honeycomb body, and the honeycomb body has a multitude of flow channels through which a flow can pass from a gas entry side of the honeycomb body to a gas exit side, wherein the honeycomb body is divided into individual axial sections along its axial extent along which the center axis runs, where the axial sections have flow channel sections that run along different angles relative to the center axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 29, 2026
    Inventors: Christian SCHMIDT, Peter HIRTH, Sebastian DUNG, Sven SCHEPERS, Michael VOIT
  • Patent number: 12286918
    Abstract: A catalytic converter for aftertreatment of combustion gases from an internal combustion engine, having at least one catalyst and at least one electrically heatable heating disk. The catalyst and the heating disk are each formed by a honeycomb having a multitude of flow channels through which flow is possible in a main flow direction. The mechanical connection between the catalyst and the heating disk is formed by at least one support pin (having an inner core. The support pin has a thickening in each of the two end regions and, the core is formed by a ceramic material and the thickening is formed by a ceramic-metal mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Hirth, Sven Schepers, Thomas Härig
  • Patent number: 12246286
    Abstract: An electrically heatable catalytic converter with a metal honeycomb body, the honeycomb body being formed by a plurality of wound metal foils and the honeycomb body being received in a casing tube, a device for electrically contacting at least individual foils being led into the casing tube through an opening in the casing tube, the device being formed by an electrode which is electrically insulated from the inside of the casing tube by a connecting layer and mechanically connected to the casing tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Sven Schepers, Peter Hirth, Thomas Härig
  • Patent number: 12201941
    Abstract: An annular catalytic converter, having a first, tubular flow path, having a diverting region and having a second, annular flow path, wherein the tubular flow path is formed by an inner pipe, wherein the annular flow path is formed between the inner pipe and an outer pipe surrounding the inner pipe, and the diverting region is of pot-shaped form for the purposes of diverting the exhaust-gas flow from the tubular flow path into the annular flow path, wherein the inner pipe and/or the outer pipe has a conical cross section that widens or narrows along the flow direction of the exhaust gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Rolf Brück, Peter Hirth, Sven Schepers, David Odenthal, Marat Karibayev, Ferdi Kurth
  • Patent number: 12168203
    Abstract: A device for exhaust-gas aftertreatment, such as an annular catalytic converter, having a first, tubular flow path, having a diverting chamber and having a second, annular flow path, wherein the tubular flow path is delimited outwardly in the radial direction by an inner pipe and the second, annular flow path is delimited inwardly in the radial direction by the inner pipe and outwardly in the radial direction by an outer pipe, and the diverting chamber is designed to divert the exhaust-gas flow from the tubular flow path (8) into the annular flow path, wherein the annular catalytic converter has at least one annular substrate body which has a catalytically active coating applied to it and which is arranged in the annular flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Rolf Brück, Peter Hirth, Sven Schepers, David Odenthal
  • Patent number: 11911752
    Abstract: A honeycomb body for exhaust gas aftertreatment includes a plurality of interconnected metal foils stacked on one another. The honeycomb body has a central first flow channel running in the axial direction of the honeycomb body, as an inflow section, and has a plurality of second flow channels between in each case two mutually adjacent metal foils. The first flow channel is in fluid communication with the second flow channels. The second flow channels formed between two mutually adjacent metal foils run in a straight line and parallel to one another along a radial direction of the honeycomb body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph Pabst, Peter Hirth, Ferdi Kurth, Michael Voit, Sven Schepers
  • Patent number: 11359533
    Abstract: A catalytic converter for exhaust gas aftertreatment, with a matrix and a casing, the matrix is formed from a coiled layered stack of metal sheets and is inserted into the casing and bonded thereto only in portions and a method for producing a catalytic converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian Dung, Peter Hirth, Sven Schepers
  • Publication number: 20220161190
    Abstract: An electrically heatable catalytic converter with a metal honeycomb body, the honeycomb body being formed by a plurality of wound metal foils and the honeycomb body being received in a casing tube, a device for electrically contacting at least individual foils being led into the casing tube through an opening in the casing tube, the device being formed by an electrode which is electrically insulated from the inside of the casing tube by a connecting layer and mechanically connected to the casing tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: Vitesco Technologies GMBH
    Inventors: Sven Schepers, Peter Hirth, Thomas Härig
  • Publication number: 20220106899
    Abstract: A device for exhaust-gas aftertreatment, having a first, tubular flow path, having a diverting region and having a second, annular flow path. The tubular flow path is formed by an inner pipe and the annular flow path is, by an outer pipe running substantially parallel to the inner pipe, formed between the inner pipe and the outer pipe, and the diverting region is designed to divert the exhaust-gas flow from the tubular flow path into the annular flow path. The device has an annular catalytically active substrate body and an annular particle filter, wherein the substrate body and the particle filter are arranged in the annular flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: Vitesco Technologies GMBH
    Inventors: Rolf Brück, Peter Hirth, Sven Schepers, David Odenthal
  • Publication number: 20220105465
    Abstract: A device for exhaust-gas aftertreatment, such as an annular catalytic converter, having a first, tubular flow path, having a diverting chamber and having a second, annular flow path, wherein the tubular flow path is delimited outwardly in the radial direction by an inner pipe and the second, annular flow path is delimited inwardly in the radial direction by the inner pipe and outwardly in the radial direction by an outer pipe, and the diverting chamber is designed to divert the exhaust-gas flow from the tubular flow path (8) into the annular flow path, wherein the annular catalytic converter has at least one annular substrate body which has a catalytically active coating applied to it and which is arranged in the annular flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: Vitesco Technologies GMBH
    Inventors: Rolf Brück, Peter Hirth, Sven Schepers, David Odenthal
  • Publication number: 20220072474
    Abstract: The invention relates to an annular catalytic converter, having a first, tubular flow path, having a diverting region (4) and having a second, annular flow path, wherein the tubular flow path is formed by an inner pipe (1), wherein the annular flow path is formed between the inner pipe (1) and an outer pipe (2) surrounding the inner pipe, and the diverting region (4) is of pot-shaped form for the purposes of diverting the exhaust-gas flow from the tubular flow path into the annular flow path, wherein the inner pipe (1) and/or the outer pipe (2) has a conical cross section (D1, D2, D1, D4) that widens or narrows along the flow direction of the exhaust gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Vitesco Technologies GMBH
    Inventors: Rolf Brück, Peter Hirth, Sven Schepers, David Odenthal, Marat Karibayev, Ferdi Kurth
  • Publication number: 20210239024
    Abstract: An exhaust-gas system for guiding and aftertreating exhaust gases from an exhaust-gas source, such as an internal combustion engine, with a flow section through which the exhaust gas may flow, with at least one component which is provided for the exhaust-gas aftertreatment, is arranged in the flow section and through which the exhaust gas may flow, and with an actuator for influencing the exhaust-gas flow in the flow section. The actuator is in fluid communication with the gas volume in the flow section, as a result of which the flow direction of the exhaust gas which flows through the flow section is influenced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Vitesco Technologies GMBH
    Inventors: Sven Schepers, Peter Hirth
  • Publication number: 20210197184
    Abstract: A honeycomb body for exhaust gas aftertreatment includes a plurality of interconnected metal foils stacked on one another. The honeycomb body has a central first flow channel running in the axial direction of the honeycomb body, as an inflow section, and has a plurality of second flow channels between in each case two mutually adjacent metal foils. The first flow channel is in fluid communication with the second flow channels. The second flow channels formed between two mutually adjacent metal foils run in a straight line and parallel to one another along a radial direction of the honeycomb body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Christoph PABST, Peter HIRTH, Ferdi KURTH, Michael VOIT, Sven SCHEPERS
  • Publication number: 20200362743
    Abstract: A catalytic converter for exhaust gas aftertreatment, with a matrix and a casing, the matrix is formed from a coiled layered stack of metal sheets and is inserted into the casing and bonded thereto only in portions and a method for producing a catalytic converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Sebastian DUNG, Peter HIRTH, Sven SCHEPERS
  • Patent number: 10519831
    Abstract: A delivery device for delivering a reducing agent from a reducing agent tank to an exhaust gas treatment device of an internal combustion engine, includes a partially rigid reducing agent line and a delivery pump disposed in the reducing agent line and having a delivery direction from the reducing agent tank to the exhaust gas treatment device. The delivery device has at least one vibration compensating device selected from the following group: an inflow compensating device upstream of the delivery pump in the delivery direction, an outflow compensating device downstream of the delivery pump in the delivery direction, a pump-internal compensating device within the delivery pump, and a structure borne noise compensating device on a fixing of the delivery pump. A motor vehicle having the delivery device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: EMITEC Gesellschaft fuer Emissionstechnologie mbH
    Inventors: Jan Hodgson, Sven Schepers
  • Patent number: 10443462
    Abstract: A method for extracting a liquid additive from an interior space of a tank at an extraction point includes: filtering the liquid additive by at least one filter that covers the extraction point and that is configured to separate the extraction point from the interior space of the tank and through which the liquid additive flows, wherein contaminants of the liquid additive are deposited on a surface of the filter, and extracting the liquid additive from the tank at the extraction point; forming at least one porous filter cake from contaminants of the liquid additive on the surface of the filter; and filtering the liquid additive by the at least one porous filter cake, wherein contaminants of the liquid additive are deposited in the filter cake, and extracting the liquid additive from the tank at the extraction point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Georges Maguin, Sven Schepers, Jan Hodgson
  • Patent number: 10428710
    Abstract: An injector for adding a liquid additive into an exhaust gas treatment apparatus includes at least one nozzle having a spray disc configured to inject the liquid additive into the exhaust gas treatment apparatus. The spray disc has: at least one spray duct, through which flow of the liquid additive can pass, the spray duct having an outlet opening configured to shape a spray jet of the liquid additive. The spray disc has a reinforcing structure arranged downstream of the outlet opening, the reinforcing structure being configured such that it is not wetted by the spray jet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Sven Schepers, Rolf Brück
  • Publication number: 20190262758
    Abstract: A filter for the purification of exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine includes: a housing that can be flowed through by exhaust gas in an axial direction and has an inflow side and an outflow side; a filter body is formed in the housing from a plurality of filter layers, which filter body can be flowed through by the exhaust gas flowing through the housing. The filter layers are of annular form and are arranged concentrically with respect to one another, wherein, in alternating fashion, two filter layers adjacent to one another in a radial direction are connected to one another in fluid-tight fashion at the inflow side, and two filter layers adjacent to one another in a radial direction are connected to one another at the outflow side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: CPT GROUP GmbH
    Inventors: Peter HIRTH, Rolf BRÜCK, Thomas HÄRIG, Ferdi KURTH, Sven SCHEPERS
  • Patent number: 10287955
    Abstract: A module for the metered provision of a liquid includes a chamber having a chamber wall enclosing, at least partially, a chamber space of the chamber. The chamber is surrounded at least partially by a hood. At least one cavity is arranged between the hood and the separated chamber and the hood is heatable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Jan Hodgson, Georges Maguin, Philippe Mertes, Michael Metral, Sven Schepers, Christian Vorsmann
  • Patent number: 10267194
    Abstract: A device for supplying a liquid additive includes at least one tank and an extraction unit for delivering the liquid additive out of the tank to an additive consumer. The tank has a tank wall and the extraction unit is mounted on a mounting section of the tank wall. The tank wall is made of an injection molding compound and integrated stiffening structures are provided in the injection molding compound in the region of the mounting section. A method for producing the device and a motor vehicle having the device are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Jan Hodgson, Sven Schepers