Patents by Inventor Thorsten Wunsch

Thorsten Wunsch 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: 20240026965
    Abstract: A transmission device for a motor vehicle includes a gearwheel space, a gearwheel received in the gearwheel space and having at least one oil bunker for supplying oil for lubricating the gearwheel, and at least one oil return device. The oil is conveyable from the oil bunker into the gearwheel space. At least one oil sump for catching the oil is arranged in the gearwheel space. At least one partition is arranged between the oil bunker and the oil sump for separating the oil sump from the oil bunker. The at least one oil return device includes at least one wiper for wiping the oil from the gearwheel and at least one outlet for removing the wiped oil into the oil bunker. The wiper and the outlet are arranged on different sides of the at least one partition and are connected by at least one fluid connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Gerhard SPENGLER, Thorsten WUNSCH, Simon MARTIN, Kaspar KRAXNER, Andre GEISSER, Andreas TIPPMANN
  • Patent number: 8302577
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine with a crankcase upper part and a crankcase lower part, wherein an oil windage tray is provided, which is flanged onto the crankcase upper part from below, projects into the crankcase lower part, forms a wall for an oil mist roller initiated by the rotation of a crankshaft, and includes at least one carpenter's plane-like slot for separating oil droplets. At least two slots are provided in the rotational direction of the crankshaft and thus in the rotational direction of the oil mist roller, wherein a return opening, through which oil mist-free gases or gases with at least a reduced oil mist content flow back, is provided in the wall of the oil windage tray after each slot, as a result of which friction is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thorsten Wunsch, Alexander Kronich
  • Publication number: 20100132655
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine with a crankcase upper part and a crankcase lower part, wherein an oil windage tray is provided, which is flanged onto the crankcase upper part from below, projects into the crankcase lower part, forms a wall for an oil mist roller initiated by the rotation of a crankshaft, and includes at least one carpenter's plane-like slot for separating oil droplets. At least two slots are provided in the rotational direction of the crankshaft and thus in the rotational direction of the oil mist roller, wherein a return opening, through which oil mist-free gases or gases with at least a reduced oil mist content flow back, is provided in the wall of the oil windage tray after each slot, as a result of which friction is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: THORSTEN WUNSCH, Alexander Kronich
  • Patent number: 7171933
    Abstract: An intake system for a combustion engine has at least two rows of cylinder heads, each of which features an intake manifold with individual pipes leading to the cylinders. The intake manifolds are connected to one another through transverse ducts equipped with switching valves as well as to an air supply duct leading to one of the transverse ducts, which features a throttle valve to regulate the air volume. The air supply duct is preferably comprised of a double-fluted distributor pipe leading to one of the transverse ducts. A throttle valve housing is connected upstream of the distributor pipe, and an interior wall is integrated into the distributor pipe, thereby dividing the interior space thereof into two interior ducts of virtually equal cross section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Dr. Ing h.c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stefan Fegg, Thorsten Wunsch, Claudia Romberg
  • Patent number: 7011229
    Abstract: An oil filler device on an internal-combustion engine includes a filler neck having an oil filler opening and a closing lid for closing the filler opening. The closing lid has a cup-shaped closing cap which therefore has a bottom and a wall, a sealing device and a centering element interacting with a filler neck. The closing lid is equipped in the center on the bottom with a fastening section constructed as a flange, which fastening section reaches through the centering element and the centering element is fastened on the fastening section. In order to promote a dripping-off of oil situated on the interior side of the closing cap, it is provided that, for the fastening of the centering element on the fastening section, a holding ring is fitted onto the fastening section. The holding ring, on its ring opening, has radially inwardly projecting fastening lugs which extend diagonally with respect to the bottom and are applied to the fastening section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Albrecht Reustle, Marcus Gaerttling, Thorsten Wunsch
  • Publication number: 20050279311
    Abstract: An intake system for a combustion engine has at least two rows of cylinder heads, each of which features an intake manifold with individual pipes leading to the cylinders. The intake manifolds are connected to one another through transverse ducts equipped with switching valves as well as to an air supply duct leading to one of the transverse ducts, which features a throttle valve to regulate the air volume. The air supply duct is preferably comprised of a double-fluted distributor pipe leading to one of the transverse ducts. A throttle valve housing is connected upstream of the distributor pipe, and an interior wall is integrated into the distributor pipe, thereby dividing the interior space thereof into two interior ducts of virtually equal cross section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Inventors: Stefan Fegg, Thorsten Wunsch, Claudia Romberg
  • Publication number: 20040026424
    Abstract: An oil filler device on an internal-combustion engine includes a filler neck having an oil filler opening and a closing lid for closing the filler opening. The closing lid has a cup-shaped closing cap which therefore has a bottom and a wall, a sealing device and a centering element interacting with a filler neck. The closing lid is equipped in the center on the bottom with a fastening section constructed as a flange, which fastening section reaches through the centering element and the centering element is fastened on the fastening section. In order to promote a dripping-off of oil situated on the interior side of the closing cap, it is provided that, for the fastening of the centering element on the fastening section, a holding ring is fitted onto the fastening section. The holding ring, on its ring opening, has radially inwardly projecting fastening lugs which extend diagonally with respect to the bottom and are applied to the fastening section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.cF. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Albrecht Reustle, Marcus Gaerttling, Thorsten Wunsch
  • Publication number: 20030106543
    Abstract: A crankcase ventilation system for an internal-combustion engine with exhaust gas turbocharging, has a first vent pipe which is connected on one side with the crankcase space and on the other side with an intake pipe of the internal-combustion engine. Viewed in the flow direction, the first vent pipe leads in behind a throttle valve arranged in the intake pipe. A second vent pipe is connected on one side with the crankcase space and on the other side with the suction side of a compressor. In the first vent pipe, a return valve is arranged which, in a supercharging pressure operation of the internal-combustion engine, prevents that the excess pressure existing in the intake pipe spreads over into the crankcase space. A return valve is arranged in the second vent pipe and the vacuum level for both vent pipes can be adjusted by way of a common pressure regulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2002
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Inventors: Werner Gschwindt, Albrecht Reustle, Thomas Wasserbaech, Thorsten Wunsch