Patents by Inventor Torsten BARANSKI

Torsten BARANSKI 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).

  • Internal combustion engine with a valve and a fluid-carrying component and a method for monitoring a connection between a valve in a tank ventilation line and a fluid-carrying component
    Patent number: 10844811
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine with a fuel tank, a fluid-carrying component and a tank ventilation line, which fluidically connects the fuel tank and the fluid-carrying component, wherein a valve is disposed in the tank ventilation line, wherein a detection subarea of the valve is surrounded by the fluid-carrying component in such a manner that a detection space is formed around the detection subarea, wherein the detection space has at least one inlet opening via which the detection space can be pressurized and wherein at least one pressure sensor for monitoring the pressure in the detection space is provided. A method for monitoring a connection between a valve in a tank ventilation line and a fluid-carrying component is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Johannes Koch, Torsten Baranski
  • INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH A VALVE AND A FLUID-CARRYING COMPONENT AND A METHOD FOR MONITORING A CONNECTION BETWEEN A VALVE IN A TANK VENTILATION LINE AND A FLUID-CARRYING COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20200088140
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine with a fuel tank, a fluid-carrying component and a tank ventilation line, which fluidically connects the fuel tank and the fluid-carrying component, wherein a valve is disposed in the tank ventilation line, wherein a detection subarea of the valve is surrounded by the fluid-carrying component in such a manner that a detection space is formed around the detection subarea, wherein the detection space has at least one inlet opening via which the detection space can be pressurized and wherein at least one pressure sensor for monitoring the pressure in the detection space is provided. A method for monitoring a connection between a valve in a tank ventilation line and a fluid-carrying component is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Johannes KOCH, Torsten BARANSKI