Patents by Inventor Torsten Lohnert

Torsten Lohnert 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).

  • Optimized cooling system for a motorized vehicle
    Patent number: 7717070
    Abstract: The present invention provides engine-cooling module assemblies. One engine-cooling assembly includes an engine block and a cooling module including a coolant channel integrated into the engine block. Parallel to the coolant channel is a bypass channel integrated in the engine block and through which a portion of a coolant stream is conducted to an oil/coolant heat exchanger. The present invention also provides a method for cooling oil circulating in an oil circuit of an engine by means of a coolant. The coolant runs through a coolant channel that is formed of both a portion of the engine block and a portion of the cooling module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Kanig, Torsten Löhnert, Jörg Schieferstein
  • Oil pan arrangement
    Patent number: 7398858
    Abstract: The invention relates to an oil pan arrangement for an internal-combustion engine including a cover part, a bottom part for the oil pan and at least one suction pipe which opens out into an suction region of the bottom part. The suction pipe is connected to the suction region and the bottom part in one piece manner. The suction region comprises a wall portion which incorporates at least one suction window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Wolf-Dietrich Bicker, Peter Eichert, Torsten Löhnert
  • Optimized Cooling System for a Motorized Vehicle
    Publication number: 20070227474
    Abstract: The subject of the present invention concerns an engine-cooling radiator module assembly (1), an engine block (3), a radiator module (9) and a method for cooling an oil circulating in an oil circuit of an engine by means of a coolant. The coolant runs through a coolant channel which is formed both in the engine block (3) and in the radiator module (9). Parallel to the coolant channel there is a bypass channel (2) through which a partial coolant stream is conducted—parallel to a partial coolant stream flowing through the engine block (3)—to an oil/coolant heat exchanger (8). The radiator module (9) is at least partially integrated in the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2005
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Alexander Kanig, Torsten Lohnert, Jorg Schieferstein
  • Oil Pan Arrangement
    Publication number: 20070221447
    Abstract: The invention relates to an oil pan arrangement for an internal-combustion engine including a cover part, a bottom part for the oil pan and at least one suction pipe which opens out into an suction region of the bottom part. The suction pipe is connected to the suction region and the bottom part in one piece manner. The suction region comprises a wall portion which incorporates at least one suction window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2005
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Wolf-Dietrich Bicker, Peter Eichert, Torsten Lohnert