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: 20130004298
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbocharger (1) with variable turbine geometry (VTG), having a turbine housing (2) with a supply duct (9) for exhaust gases, having a turbine rotor (4) which is rotatably mounted in the turbine housing (2); and having a guide grate (18), which surrounds the turbine rotor (4) radially at the outside, which has a blade bearing ring (6), which has a multiplicity of guide blades (7) which have in each case one blade shaft (8) mounted in the blade bearing ring (6), which has an adjusting ring (5) which is operatively connected to the guide blades (7) by means of associated blade levers (20) fastened to the blade shafts (8) at one of their ends, with each blade lever (20) having, 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), and which has a bearing arrangement (28) for fixing the adjusting ring (5) to the blade bearing ring (6), wherein the bearing arrangement (28) is formed as a plain bearing ar
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: BORGWARNER INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Ramb, Dietmar Metz
  • Publication number: 20120251302
    Abstract: A turbocharger (15) with variable turbine geometry having a blade bearing ring arrangement (1) which has a blade bearing ring (2) and a disk (3) which can be fixed to the blade bearing ring (2) to form a flow duct (4); having a spacer device (5) which is arranged between the blade bearing ring (2) and the disk (3) to set a defined width (B) of the flow duct (4), wherein the spacer device (5) is designed as a guide ring (6) which has spacer profiles (7) whose height (H) corresponds to the width (B) of the flow duct (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: BORGWARNER INC.
    Inventor: Thomas Ramb
  • Publication number: 20120251299
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbocharger (1) with variable turbine geometry (VTG), having a turbine housing (2) with a supply duct (9) for exhaust gases, having a turbine rotor (4) which is rotatably mounted in the turbine housing (2); and having a guide grate (18), which surrounds the turbine rotor (4) radially at the outside, which has a blade bearing ring (6), which has a multiplicity of guide blades (7) which have in each case one blade shaft mounted in the blade bearing ring (6), which has an adjusting ring (5) which is operatively connected to the guide blades (7) by means of associated blade levers (20) fastened to the blade shafts (8) at one of their ends, with each blade lever (20) having, 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), and which has a stop (25) at least for setting the minimum throughflow through the nozzle cross sections formed by the guide blades (7), wherein the stop (25) is formed as a part
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: BORGWARNER INC.
    Inventor: Thomas Ramb
  • Publication number: 20120099965
    Abstract: A turbocharger turbine which has a wastegate slide sleeve (8), which is provided in a wastegate arrangement (5) and which closes off the wastegate duct, as a shut-off element. The wastegate arrangement (5) comprises a bypass duct (6) which runs in the turbine housing (2); a wastegate duct (7) which runs in the turbine housing (2) to the turbine housing outlet (4) and which is connected via the bypass duct (6) to the turbine housing inlet (3); and a shut-off element (8) which is arranged in the turbine housing (2). The shut-off element (8) is provided to open and close the wastegate duct (7) and can be moved by means of an actuating device (9) into an open position and closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: BORGWARNER INC.
    Inventor: Thomas Ramb