Patents by Inventor Timo Tries

Timo Tries 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: 20090067996
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbocharger with a variable turbine geometry. Said turbocharger comprises a blade bearing ring assembly (1) with a blade bearing ring (2) and a disc (3), which can be fixed to the blade bearing ring (2) to create a flow channel (4) and also comprises at least one bearing pin (5), one first end (6) of which is connected to the blade bearing ring (2) and the second end (7) of which is connected to the disc (3). Both ends of the bearing pin are butt welded to the blade bearing ring (2) and the disc (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2007
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: Borg Warner Inc.
    Inventors: Timo Tries, Ralf Boening, Dirk Frankenstein
  • Publication number: 20090022581
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbocharger (1) with a variable turbine geometry (VTG), comprising a turbine housing (2) that has a supply channel (9) for exhaust gases, a turbine rotor (4), which is rotatably mounted in the turbine housing (2) and a guide baffle (18), which radially surrounds the exterior of the turbine rotor (4) and has a blade bearing ring (6) with a plurality of guide blades (7), each of the latter having a blade shaft (8) that is mounted on the blade bearing ring (6). The guide baffle also has an adjusting ring (5), which interacts with the guide blades (7) by means of associated blade levers (20), which are fixed to the blade shafts (8) by one of their ends (21). The other end (22) of each blade lever (20) is provided with a lever head (23), which can be engaged in an associated engagement recess (24) of the adjusting ring (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2007
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: Borg Warner Inc.
    Inventors: Timo Tries, Ralf Boening