Patents by Inventor Thorsten Rankel

Thorsten Rankel 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: 10480371
    Abstract: The invention relates to a metering device (10) for introducing a process liquid or auxiliary agent into a flow pipe of an internal combustion engine, in particular for introducing a reducing agent into an exhaust gas pipe (12). Said device comprises an injection valve (22) and a receiving device (50) comprising a heat sink element (46) and a cover element (48). The injection valve (22) and the receiving device (50) are combined to form a structural unit by means of bonded connections (62, 64).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Murst, Achim Knittel, Thilo Kreher, Thorsten Rankel, Jochen Winkler, Claudius Henkel, Gellert Elsoe
  • Publication number: 20160305298
    Abstract: The invention relates to a metering device (10) for introducing a process liquid or auxiliary agent into a flow pipe of an internal combustion engine, in particular for introducing a reducing agent into an exhaust gas pipe (12). Said device comprises an injection valve (22) and a receiving device (50) comprising a heat sink element (46) and a cover element (48). The injection valve (22) and the receiving device (50) are combined to form a structural unit by means of bonded connections (62, 64).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Martin Murst, Achim Knittel, Thilo Kreher, Thorsten Rankel, Jochen Winkler, Claudius Henkel, Gellert Elsoe
  • Publication number: 20110155826
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel injection valve, particularly used as injector for fuel injection units of air compressed, self igniting internal combustion engines. According to the invention, a nozzle body with a valve seat surface and a nozzle needle interacts with the valve seat surface as a sealing seat in order to control a fuel flow to an injection hole located downstream of the sealing seat of the nozzle body. The injection hole is rounded at an inflow region. The injection hole further includes a tapering and a cutting edge at an outer region of the hole. Thus high efficiency atomization of fuel close to the nozzle is possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Andreas Kerst, Thorsten Rankel