Patents by Inventor Thomas Ramb

Thomas Ramb 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: 20230193812
    Abstract: A radial turbine for a charging device with a turbine casing, a turbine wheel, a VTG guide grid, and a plurality of spacing elements. The spacing elements are arranged on the vane bearing ring and define an axial distance of the vane bearing ring from the turbine casing or from a counter-element arranged in the turbine casing. At least one spacing element is arranged adjacent to a guide vane and is configured such that a minimum distance between the at least one spacing element and the associated adjacent guide vane is achieved in a specific operating position of the guide vane in which the minimum distance is formed by a difference between an axial distance and an inflow distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Nico Kanoffsky, Thomas Ramb
  • Publication number: 20220325631
    Abstract: Disclosed is a turbine arrangement for a supercharging device. The turbine arrangement comprises a turbine housing, a turbine wheel and a guide device. The turbine housing defines a turbine spiral and a turbine outlet. The turbine wheel is arranged in the turbine housing between the turbine spiral and the turbine outlet. The guide device comprises a carrier ring and multiple guide blades. The guide blades are arranged on the carrier ring fixedly in a predetermined orientation. The guide device is arranged in an inflow channel between the turbine spiral and the turbine wheel such that, during operation, fluids are conducted from the turbine spiral through the inflow channel over the guide blades onto the turbine wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Ramb, Bernhard Dreher, Patrick Weber, Alexander Umlauff, Ahmet Coksen
  • Patent number: 11428114
    Abstract: A lever for a VTG guide vane arrangement of a radial turbine with a main body with a fork-shaped coupling section with two limbs. A wear-resistant contact block is arranged on an inner side of at least one of the limbs. The wear-resistant contact block is designed for operative engagement with an adjusting ring of the VTG guide van arrangement, giving rise to the effect of increased wear resistance at least in the region of the engagement with the VTG guide vane arrangement. Furthermore, a VTG guide vane arrangement having such a lever, a radial turbine having such a VTG guide vane arrangement, and a supercharging device having such a radial turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Nico Kanoffsky, Thomas Ramb
  • Patent number: 11131238
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbocharger with a variable turbine geometry, comprising a turbine (1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) with a turbine rotor (1) which is rotatably mounted in a turbine housing (2); the turbine (1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) comprising a blade bearing ring (5) being arranged about a turbine axis (A); wherein the blade bearing ring (5) supports a number of blade shafts (6); wherein adjustable guide blades (7) are arranged at the blade shafts (6) on a front side of the blade bearing ring (5); wherein blade levers (8) are arranged at the blade shafts (6) on a rear side of the blade bearing ring (5); wherein an adjustment ring (9) is arranged coaxially with the blade bearing ring (5) and engages with the blade levers (8), a rotation of the adjustment ring (9) relative to the blade bearing ring (5) providing for an adjustment of the guide blades (7); wherein the adjustment ring (9) comprises at least one axially protruding bearing stop (10), the bearing stop (10) being provided by deformation of the adjustment
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Ramb
  • Patent number: 11111812
    Abstract: A turbine arrangement for an exhaust gas turbocharger includes a turbine housing, a turbine wheel that is arranged in the turbine housing and has an axis of rotation, and a variable turbine geometry arrangement (VTG arrangement). The VTG arrangement includes a bearing ring, a disc, multiple vanes rotatably mounted in the bearing ring, and a contour sleeve that is coupled with the disc. The turbine housing comprises an axial stop, against which the contour sleeve stops in order to secure the VTG arrangement in an axial direction within the turbine housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Ramb, Gerald Schall
  • Patent number: 11060413
    Abstract: A turbine with variable turbine geometry for an internal combustion engine. The turbine includes a bearing housing, a turbine housing, and a cartridge which has a blade bearing ring for mounting a plurality of adjustable blades. The cartridge is fixed on the bearing housing via at least three bolts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Ramb, Leif Heidingsfelder, Christian Haibt, Frank Scherrer
  • Patent number: 10968768
    Abstract: A turbocharger (1) with variable turbine geometry (VTG). A multiplicity of guide vanes (7) each have a vane shaft (8) mounted in the vane bearing ring (6). An adjusting ring (5) is operatively connected to the guide vanes (7) by way of associated vane levers (20) which are fastened to the vane shafts (8) at one of their ends. Each vane lever (20) has, at the other end, a lever head (23) which can be placed in engagement with an associated engagement recess (24) of the adjusting ring (5). An actuation device (11) has an inner lever (26) which is arranged in the turbine housing (2) and which is connected by means of an adjustment pin (25) to the adjusting ring (5). The adjustment pin (25) has a welding bolt (27) on which a wear-resistant sleeve (28) is arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Ramb
  • Patent number: 10830088
    Abstract: A turbine having variable turbine geometry for use in a combustion engine. The turbine includes a bearing housing, a turbine housing and a cartridge, which features a vane bearing ring for supporting a plurality of adjustable vanes. The turbine further includes at least one of a separator disc and a shield ring arranged radially outward of the vane bearing ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Ramb, Leif Heidingsfelder, Christian Haibt, Frank Scherrer
  • Publication number: 20200332674
    Abstract: A turbine arrangement for an exhaust gas turbocharger includes a turbine housing, a turbine wheel that is arranged in the turbine housing and has an axis of rotation, and a variable turbine geometry arrangement (VTG arrangement). The VTG arrangement includes a bearing ring, a disc, multiple vanes rotatably mounted in the bearing ring, and a contour sleeve that is coupled with the disc. The turbine housing comprises an axial stop, against which the contour sleeve stops in order to secure the VTG arrangement in an axial direction within the turbine housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas RAMB, Gerald SCHALL
  • Publication number: 20200123967
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbocharger with a variable turbine geometry, comprising a turbine (1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) with a turbine rotor (1) which is rotatably mounted in a turbine housing (2); the turbine (1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) comprising a blade bearing ring (5) being arranged about a turbine axis (A); wherein the blade bearing ring (5) supports a number of blade shafts (6); wherein adjustable guide blades (7) are arranged at the blade shafts (6) on a front side of the blade bearing ring (5); wherein blade levers (8) are arranged at the blade shafts (6) on a rear side of the blade bearing ring (5); wherein an adjustment ring (9) is arranged coaxially with the blade bearing ring (5) and engages with the blade levers (8), a rotation of the adjustment ring (9) relative to the blade bearing ring (5) providing for an adjustment of the guide blades (7); wherein the adjustment ring (9) comprises at least one axially protruding bearing stop (10), the bearing stop (10) being provided by deformation of the adjustment
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventor: Thomas RAMB
  • Publication number: 20190323375
    Abstract: A turbine with variable turbine geometry for an internal combustion engine. The turbine includes a bearing housing, a turbine housing, and a cartridge which has a blade bearing ring for mounting a plurality of adjustable blades. The cartridge is fixed on the bearing housing via at least three bolts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas RAMB, Leif HEIDINGSFELDER, Christian HAIBT, Frank SCHERRER
  • Publication number: 20190284951
    Abstract: A turbine having variable turbine geometry for use in a combustion engine. The turbine includes a bearing housing, a turbine housing and a cartridge, which features a vane bearing ring for supporting a plurality of adjustable vanes. The turbine further includes at least one of a separator disc and a shield ring arranged radially outward of the vane bearing ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas RAMB, Leif HEIDINGSFELDER, Christian HAIBT, Frank SCHERRER
  • Patent number: 9909454
    Abstract: An exhaust-gas turbocharger (1) having a compressor (2) which has a compressor housing (3), a turbine (4) which has a turbine housing (5), a bearing housing (6) between the compressor housing (3) and the turbine housing (5), and a control capsule (7) which has a housing (8) on which is provided a retaining device (9) which interacts with a fastening device (10) on the turbocharger in order to fix the control capsule (6) to the compressor housing (3), the turbine housing (5) or the bearing housing (6). The retaining device (9) is arranged on an outer circumferential region (11) of the control capsule (7), and the fastening device (10) fixes the retaining device (9) in a non-positively locking manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Leif Heidingsfelder, Thomas Ramb, Thomas Fitting, Michael Stilgenbauer, Ralf Christmann
  • Patent number: 9677419
    Abstract: An exhaust-gas turbocharger (1) having a bearing housing (9); a turbine housing (2) which is fastened to the bearing housing (9); and a heat shield (12) which has a heat insulating region (13) arranged between the turbine housing (2) and the bearing housing (9). The heat insulating region (13) is provided, in its outer circumferential region (14), with a seal (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Leif Heidingsfelder, Thomas Ramb
  • Patent number: 9664198
    Abstract: An exhaust-gas turbocharger (1) having a turbine (2), which has a turbine wheel (3) surrounded by an intake duct (4), and having a VTG cartridge (5), which has a disk (6) and a vane bearing ring (7), which delimit the intake duct (4), and which has a plurality of vanes (8), which are arranged in the intake duct (4) and are mounted in the vane bearing ring (7) by way of rotatable vane shafts (9), which are connected to vane levers (10), the lever heads (11) of which engage into associated grooves (12) in a unison ring (13), which surrounds the vane bearing ring (7) on the outside, and which has an adjusting lever (14) which is operatively connected to an adjusting shaft (15) in order to transmit an adjusting torque to the unison ring (13). The adjusting lever (14) is of planar configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Ramb, Dietmar Metz, Christian Haibt, Julia Nohl
  • Publication number: 20170122124
    Abstract: A turbocharger (1) with variable turbine geometry (VTG). A multiplicity of guide vanes (7) each have a vane shaft (8) mounted in the vane bearing ring (6). An adjusting ring (5) is operatively connected to the guide vanes (7) by way of associated vane levers (20) which are fastened to the vane shafts (8) at one of their ends. Each vane lever (20) has, at the other end, a lever head (23) which can be placed in engagement with an associated engagement recess (24) of the adjusting ring (5). An actuation device (11) has an inner lever (26) which is arranged in the turbine housing (2) and which is connected by means of an adjustment pin (25) to the adjusting ring (5). The adjustment pin (25) has a welding bolt (27) on which a wear-resistant sleeve (28) is arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventor: Thomas RAMB
  • Patent number: 9638039
    Abstract: A VTG cartridge (1, 2) of an exhaust-gas turbocharger (2), with a blade bearing ring (3), and a disk (4), which is spaced apart from the blade bearing ring (3) and together with the latter delimits a hot-gas passage (5). The disk (4) is constructed from at least two layers (6, 7, 6?, 7?), which bear loosely against one another in the assembled state of the disk (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Ramb, Dietmar Metz
  • Patent number: 9540990
    Abstract: A variable turbine geometry (VTG) exhaust-gas turbocharger in which guide vanes are adjusted by means of a unison ring, the structure of which has a simpler and thus more cost-effective design. The number of components is reduced, for example for rollers on pins as are provided in the case of known bearings. A very beneficial relationship between friction radius and rolling radius in the given installation space is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Dietmar Metz, Martin Mueller, Thomas Ramb
  • Patent number: 9518476
    Abstract: An exhaust-gas turbocharger (1) having a turbine (2), with a turbine wheel (3) surrounded by an intake duct (4), and a VTG cartridge (5), with a washer (6) and a vane bearing ring (7), which delimit the intake duct (4), and with a plurality of vanes (8), arranged in the intake duct (4) and mounted in the vane bearing ring (7) by way of rotatable vane shafts (9), which are connected to vane levers (10), the lever heads (11) of which engage into associated grooves (12) in a unison ring (13), which surrounds the vane bearing ring (7); and having a radial bearing between the unison ring (13) and the vane bearing ring (7). The vane levers (10) for forming the radial bearing are in the form of cam levers, the lever heads (11) of which are supported in the grooves (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Dietmar Metz, Martin Mueller, Thomas Ramb
  • Patent number: RE47973
    Abstract: A turbocharger (1) with variable turbine geometry (VTG) having a guide grate (18) which surrounds a turbine wheel (4) radially at the outside, which has an adjusting ring (5) operatively connected to the guide blades (7) via associated blade levers (20) which are fastened to blade shafts (8) at one of the ends thereof. Each blade lever (20) has a lever head (23) which can be placed in engagement with an associated engagement recess (24), which has a base wall (26), of the adjusting ring (5), and which has a stop (25) at least for setting the minimum throughflow through the nozzle cross sections formed by the guide blades (7). The stop is a first support point (25) on the base wall (26), wherein, in the minimum throughflow position, the lever head (23) makes contact, via a wall surface (27) facing toward the base wall (26), with said first support point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Ramb, Dietmar Metz