Patents by Inventor Volker Wenke

Volker Wenke 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).

  • Fuel-injector manifold assembly
    Patent number: 7114489
    Abstract: A fuel-supply manifold assembly has a thin-wall tube extending along a tube axis and formed with a plurality of radially throughgoing ports and respective saddle fittings each formed with a face complementary to and fitting with an outer surface of the tube at a respective one of the ports and with a throughgoing passage having an inner end aligned with the respective port. Respective tubular alignment nipples each have a throughgoing passage and each further have an inner end seated in a respective one of the ports and an outer end seated in the inner end of the respective fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Wenke, Lars Sonntag
  • Fuel-injector manifold assembly
    Publication number: 20050035595
    Abstract: A fuel-supply manifold assembly has a thin-wall tube extending along a tube axis and formed with a plurality of radially throughgoing ports and respective saddle fittings each formed with a face complementary to and fitting with an outer surface of the tube at a respective one of the ports and with a throughgoing passage having an inner end aligned with the respective port. Respective tubular alignment nipples each have a throughgoing passage and each further have an inner end seated in a respective one of the ports and an outer end seated in the inner end of the respective fitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2004
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Inventors: Volker Wenke, Lars Sonntag