Patents by Inventor Volker Brichzin
Volker Brichzin 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).
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Publication number: 20230378500Abstract: A fuel cell exhaust gas arrangement for a fuel cell system includes a fuel cell exhaust gas line through which fuel cell exhaust gas can flow, and a separating unit through which the fuel cell exhaust gas can flow. The separating unit includes an upstream line portion of the fuel cell exhaust gas line through which the fuel cell exhaust gas can flow in a main exhaust gas flow direction. A downstream line portion of the fuel cell exhaust gas line adjoins the upstream line portion in an opening region. A first liquid outlet opening in the opening region is provided to outlet liquid from the fuel cell exhaust gas flowing through the fuel cell exhaust gas line. A swirl flow generating unit is provided in the upstream line portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventors: Jochen Hammer, Markus Birgler, Volker Brichzin, Peter Wink, Patrick Schaller, Andreas Wacker
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Publication number: 20140339214Abstract: This disclosure relates to a glow plug comprising a housing and a glow pencil protruding from the housing. The glow pencil has a metal sleeve in which a heating coil and a control coil are arranged. The metal sleeve has a first portion surrounding at least part of the heating coil and a second portion surrounding at least part of the control coil. The first portion has a smaller wall thickness than the second portion. Also disclosed is an inventive method for producing a glow pencil for a glow plug.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2014Publication date: November 20, 2014Inventors: Andreas Ruthmann, Ulf Wyrwich, Dirk von Hacht, Volker Brichzin
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Patent number: 8887494Abstract: The invention relates to a system for introducing fuel into the exhaust line of a motor vehicle, having a fuel evaporator with a housing, which has an inlet and an outlet, and a heating device arranged in the housing, and a pump for pumping fuel into the fuel evaporator via the inlet. Provision is made for an inlet of the pump to be connected to a branching, which encompasses a first branch for supplying fuel and a second branch for supplying air. The invention further relates to a fuel evaporator for such a system.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2010Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Tenneco GmbHInventors: Martin Eller, Volker Brichzin, Christian Friedrich, Tobias Inclán
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Patent number: 8727236Abstract: An electrically heated spray nozzle comprising a ceramic pin is described, the ceramic pin comprises a flow channel having at least one opening for a fluid to be atomized, wherein the ceramic pin includes a ceramic inner conductor and a ceramic outer conductor, between which a ceramic insulator is disposed.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2010Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: BorgWarner BERU Systems GmbHInventors: Volker Brichzin, Nicolaus Wulff, Lutz Frassek, Martin Eller
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Patent number: 8577534Abstract: A method and a device are described for scanning the surrounding environment of a vehicle. When the vehicle falls below a first boundary speed a timer is triggered whose state is incremented until the vehicle exceeds a boundary speed, a check of the unobstructed view of the scanning device being carried out upon expiration of the time period recorded by the state of the timer and in which the state of the counter is incremented.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2007Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Stephan Dorenkamp, Volker Brichzin, Ulrich Schirm, Maria-Eugenia Garcia Bordes
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Patent number: 8424291Abstract: The present invention relates to a flame glow plug having a combustion chamber which has an outlet opening for the flame, a fuel supply, in particular a blockable fuel supply, for the provision of a fuel flow to the combustion chamber, an air supply for the provision of an air flow to the combustion chamber and an ignition device, in particular an electrically operated heating element, which is arranged in the combustion chamber or which extends into the combustion chamber and which is made to ignite the air/fuel mixture arising from the provided fuel flow and the provided air flow. The air supply is made controllable in quantity to selectively operate the flame glow plug as a torch or as a secondary fuel injection apparatus. The invention furthermore relates to a regeneration apparatus for a particulate filter of an exhaust gas system, to an exhaust gas system for a combustion engine as well as to a method for the operation of a regeneration apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2009Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignees: Friedrich Boysen GmbH & Co. KG, Beru AktiengesellschaftInventors: Hayri Winter, Christian Muschik, Volker Brichzin, Martin Eller
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Patent number: 8405007Abstract: Device for creating a temperature gradient, especially in gaseous media, comprising at least one ohmic resistor and at least two non-conducting insulators and at least one casing and at least one elastic element positioned between the non-conducting insulator and the casing.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2008Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: BERU AktiengesellschaftInventors: Martin Eller, Steffen Geiger, Erich Berdel, Nicolaus Wulff, Bernd Last, Gerald Fromm, Volker Brichzin
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Publication number: 20110089257Abstract: An electrically heated spray nozzle comprising a ceramic pin is described, the ceramic pin comprises a flow channel having at least one opening for a fluid to be atomized, wherein the ceramic pin includes a ceramic inner conductor and a ceramic outer conductor, between which a ceramic insulator is disposed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2010Publication date: April 21, 2011Inventors: Volker BRICHZIN, Nicolaus WULFF, Lutz FRASSEK, Martin ELLER
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Publication number: 20100332068Abstract: A method and a device are described for scanning the surrounding environment of a vehicle. When the vehicle falls below a first boundary speed a timer is triggered whose state is incremented until the vehicle exceeds a boundary speed, a check of the unobstructed view of the scanning device being carried out upon expiration of the time period recorded by the state of the timer and in which the state of the counter is incremented.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2007Publication date: December 30, 2010Inventors: Stephan Dorenkamp, Volker Brichzin, Ulrich Schirm, Maria-Eugenia Garcia Bordes
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Publication number: 20100126983Abstract: Device for creating a temperature gradient, especially in gaseous media, comprising at least one ohmic resistor and at least two non-conducting insulators and at least one casing and at least one elastic element positioned between the non-conducting insulator and the casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2008Publication date: May 27, 2010Inventors: Martin Eller, Steffen Geiger, Erich Berdel, Nicolaus Wulff, Bernd Last, Gerald Fromm, Volker Brichzin
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Publication number: 20100083925Abstract: The present invention relates to a flame glow plug having a combustion chamber which has an outlet opening for the flame, a fuel supply, in particular a blockable fuel supply, for the provision of a fuel flow to the combustion chamber, an air supply for the provision of an air flow to the combustion chamber and an ignition device, in particular an electrically operated heating element, which is arranged in the combustion chamber or which extends into the combustion chamber and which is made to ignite the air/fuel mixture arising from the provided fuel flow and the provided air flow. The air supply is made controllable in quantity to selectively operate the flame glow plug as a torch or as a secondary fuel injection apparatus. The invention furthermore relates to a regeneration apparatus for a particulate filter of an exhaust gas system, to an exhaust gas system for a combustion engine as well as to a method for the operation of a regeneration apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2009Publication date: April 8, 2010Applicants: Friedrich Boysen GmbH & Co. KG, BERU AktiengesellschaftInventors: Hayri Winter, Christian Muschik, Volker Brichzin, Martin Eller
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Publication number: 20090015061Abstract: The invention relates to a switching device for the switching of the power supply of a high-powered load of a motor vehicle comprising a vehicle electric system connector to be connected to the vehicle electric system of a motor vehicle, a load connector to be connected to the load, a control input for the activating of the switching device by means of an external control signal, a power semiconductor that is arranged as switch between the vehicle electric system connector and the load connector and an control unit for the control of the power semiconductor, being the control unit arranged between the control input of the switching device and a control input of the power semiconductor.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2008Publication date: January 15, 2009Inventors: Maximilian Frank KOTSCHENREUTER, Jurgen Paul, Rolf Merte, Volker Brichzin
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Publication number: 20080162010Abstract: A driver assistance system for motor vehicles, having a sensor system (16, 18) for acquiring the surrounding traffic environment, a prediction device (12) for predicting a travel route envelope (42, 46) that the vehicle (36) is expected to travel, and an assistance function (10a, 10b, 10c) that makes use of the predicted travel route envelope, wherein the prediction device (12) is fashioned so as to simultaneously pursue a plurality of travel route envelope hypotheses (32, 34) and to make them available to the assistance function (10a, 10b, 10c).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2006Publication date: July 3, 2008Inventors: Albrecht Klotz, Volker Brichzin