Patents by Inventor Thilo Kowalschek

Thilo Kowalschek 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: 20240318582
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a shift gate for a sliding cam system with at least two shifting grooves for engaging at least one actuator pin. The shifting grooves extend in a circumferential direction of the shift gate. The two shifting grooves are at least partially separated from one another in an entry region of the actuator pin. In a transition region adjacent to the entry region, they converge on each other in such a manner that they merge into each other and form a common groove. The shifting grooves each comprise at least one groove flank, in particular a lead flank and/or a runoff flank, which narrows the shifting grooves at least in the transition region, in such a manner that a groove width of the shifting grooves in the transition region is smaller than a groove width of the shifting grooves in the entry region of the actuator pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicants: thyssenkrupp Dynamic Components GmbH, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Thilo KOWALSCHEK, Sebastian BAER, Jens SCHIRMER, Mathias ROEDER
  • Patent number: 10612434
    Abstract: A sliding cam system for a variable valve train. The sliding cam system includes a camshaft, a cam carrier, a cam follower, and a first actuator. A first cam of the cam carrier and a second cam of the cam carrier are arranged offset with respect to one another along a longitudinal axis of the camshaft. The first cam comprises a base circle region and a valve lift region with a limiting section which adjoins the base circle region of the first cam. The second cam has a base circle region and a valve lift region with a limiting section which adjoins the base circle region of the second cam. The limiting section of the first cam and the limiting section of the second cam are of identical configuration and are arranged at an identical circumferential position about the longitudinal axis of the camshaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: MAN TRUCK & BUS AG
    Inventors: Sören Franke, Thilo Kowalschek, Fabian Zeil, Heiko Neukirchner
  • Publication number: 20190032524
    Abstract: A sliding cam system for a variable valve train. The sliding cam system includes a camshaft, a cam carrier, a cam follower, and a first actuator. A first cam of the cam carrier and a second cam of the cam carrier are arranged offset with respect to one another along a longitudinal axis of the camshaft. The first cam comprises a base circle region and a valve lift region with a limiting section which adjoins the base circle region of the first cam. The second cam has a base circle region and a valve lift region with a limiting section which adjoins the base circle region of the second cam. The limiting section of the first cam and the limiting section of the second cam are of identical configuration and are arranged at an identical circumferential position about the longitudinal axis of the camshaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Sören Franke, Thilo Kowalschek, Fabian Zeil, Heiko Neukirchner