Patents by Inventor Thorsten Ortlepp

Thorsten Ortlepp 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).

  • Patent number: 8726853
    Abstract: In a fuel supply system with a fuel supply pipe for pumping fuel from a fuel tank via a fuel supply pipe to a fuel injection device of an internal combustion engine, wherein a fuel filter including a water separator is arranged in the fuel supply pipe for removing water collected in the water separator and injecting it into an exhaust gas system, a fuel/water discharge arrangement is provided which includes a main pipe connected to the fuel filter, a branch pipe connected to a water collection region of the fuel filter and a mixing device arranged in the main pipe for mixing water to a fuel flow in the main pipe for injection into the exhaust gas system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Thorsten Ortlepp, Christian Grunenberg, Emmanuel Routier
  • Publication number: 20130048754
    Abstract: In a fuel supply system with a fuel supply pipe for pumping fuel from a fuel tank via a fuel supply pipe to a fuel injection device of an internal combustion engine, wherein a fuel filter including a water separator is arranged in the fuel supply pipe for removing water collected in the water separator and injecting it into an exhaust gas system, a fuel/water discharge arrangement is provided which includes a main pipe connected to the fuel filter, a branch pipe connected to a water collection region of the fuel filter and a mixing device arranged in the main pipe for mixing water to a fuel flow in the main pipe for injection into the exhaust gas system
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventors: Thorsten Ortlepp, Christian Grunenberg, Emmanuel Routier