Patents by Inventor Thomas Rode

Thomas Rode 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).

  • Feeding arrangement for introducing recirculated exhaust gas
    Patent number: 10495034
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine including a cylinder head, a fresh air duct configured for providing a fresh air supply to the internal combustion engine, and a quick-closing valve arranged in the fresh air duct, upstream of the cylinder head of the internal combustion engine, in order to interrupt the fresh air supply. The internal combustion engine also includes an exhaust gas recirculation pipe that has an outlet opening that is arranged centrally in the fresh air duct and, in a flow direction of the fresh air supply, upstream of the quick-closing valve forming a minimum gap between the outlet opening and the quick-closing valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
    Inventors: Hermann Braun, Thomas Rode, Christian-Paul Stelzer
  • FEEDING ARRANGEMENT FOR INTRODUCING RECIRCULATED EXHAUST GAS
    Publication number: 20180223776
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine including a cylinder head, a fresh air duct configured for providing a fresh air supply to the internal combustion engine, and a quick-closing valve arranged in the fresh air duct, upstream of the cylinder head of the internal combustion engine, in order to interrupt the fresh air supply. The internal combustion engine also includes an exhaust gas recirculation pipe that has an outlet opening that is arranged centrally in the fresh air duct and, in a flow direction of the fresh air supply, upstream of the quick-closing valve forming a minimum gap between the outlet opening and the quick-closing valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
    Inventors: Hermann Braun, Thomas Rode, Christian-Paul Stelzer