Patents by Inventor Volkhard Ammon

Volkhard Ammon 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: 20190101052
    Abstract: At least one of a variable turbine geometry and a variable compressor geometry for an exhaust gas turbocharger may include a housing including a first housing wall and a blade bearing ring having at least one guide blade rotatably mounted thereon. A control lever may be included for adjusting the at least one guide blade between a closing position and an opening position. An actuating shaft may be connected to the control lever in a rotationally fixed manner along a rotation axis. The actuating shaft may be rotatably mounted on the housing via a passage opening disposed in the first housing wall. The actuating shaft may directly support itself on the first housing wall in the passage opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Anatolij Martens, Volkhard Ammon
  • Patent number: 10240519
    Abstract: At least one of a variable turbine geometry and a variable compressor geometry for an exhaust gas turbocharger may include a housing including a first housing wall and a blade bearing ring having at least one guide blade rotatably mounted thereon. A control lever may be included for adjusting the at least one guide blade between a closing position and an opening position. An actuating shaft may be connected to the control lever in a rotationally fixed manner along a rotation axis. The actuating shaft may be rotatably mounted on the housing via a passage opening disposed in the first housing wall. The actuating shaft may directly support itself on the first housing wall in the passage opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: BMTS Technology GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Anatolij Martens, Volkhard Ammon
  • Patent number: 10161263
    Abstract: A bearing housing of an exhaust gas turbocharger may include an encircling and inwardly open groove arranged in the bearing housing. The bearing housing may also include a housing cover that may have at least one forming portion formed plastically into the groove. The housing cover may be secured on the bearing housing via the at least one forming portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Volkhard Ammon
  • Publication number: 20180051744
    Abstract: A bearing device of an exhaust gas turbocharger may include a bearing bush for mounting a shaft in a bearing housing. A pin may engage radially from a hub of the bearing housing into the bearing bush to provide a position securing device of the bearing bush at least against rotational movement. The pin and the bearing bush may be mounted on one another via at least one curved bearing surface, for example a spherical bearing surface and/or a convex bearing surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Volkhard Ammon, Ruediger Kleinschmidt, Michal Klusacek, Oliver Kuhne, Steffen Schmitt, Frieder Stetter
  • Publication number: 20170074119
    Abstract: A bearing housing of an exhaust gas turbocharger may include an encircling and inwardly open groove arranged in the bearing housing. The bearing housing may also include a housing cover that may have at least one forming portion formed plastically into the groove. The housing cover may be secured on the bearing housing via the at least one forming portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventor: Volkhard Ammon
  • Patent number: 9458733
    Abstract: A limit stop device for limiting an adjustment path of a mobile component relative to a stationary component may include a sleeve body configured to be inserted into an opening formed in the stationary component. The sleeve body may include a retaining segment disposed in the interior of the opening. A core body may be disposed in the interior of the sleeve body and be configured to radially brace the retaining segment against an inner wall of the stationary component thereby axially fixing the sleeve body on the stationary component. A stop surface may protrude into the adjustment path of the mobile component and be configured to limit the adjustment path of the mobile component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Volkhard Ammon
  • Publication number: 20160076439
    Abstract: At least one of a variable turbine geometry and a variable compressor geometry for an exhaust gas turbocharger may include a housing including a first housing wall and a blade bearing ring having at least one guide blade rotatably mounted thereon. A control lever may be included for adjusting the at least one guide blade between a closing position and an opening position. An actuating shaft may be connected to the control lever in a rotationally fixed manner along a rotation axis. The actuating shaft may be rotatably mounted on the housing via a passage opening disposed in the first housing wall. The actuating shaft may directly support itself on the first housing wall in the passage opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Anatolij Martens, Volkhard Ammon
  • Patent number: 9188020
    Abstract: A variable turbine geometry may have guide blades rotatably mounted in a blade bearing ring. An adjusting ring may be arranged on the bearing ring and an actuator may be configured to adjust the adjusting ring via a link lever. An adjustable eccentric may be arranged on the link lever and guided in a groove arranged on the blade bearing ring. The eccentric may be configured to stop on at least one end of the groove to limit at least one minimal flow through the variable turbine geometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Volkhard Ammon
  • Patent number: 8973557
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel overflow valve for a fuel injection system, particularly for limiting the pressure in a low-pressure region of the fuel injection system. The fuel overflow valve has a valve housing, in which a valve member is disposed in a stroke-moving manner, the stroke movement of the valve member controlling a connection of an inlet to the valve housing to a release region. The valve member is loaded by a valve spring in the direction of a locking position in which the connection of the inlet to the release region is interrupted, and is loaded by the pressure present in the inlet in the opening direction. The valve member may carry out a further stroke in the locking direction beyond the locking position thereof, where the valve spring does not act upon the valve member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Volkhard Ammon
  • Publication number: 20130056325
    Abstract: A limit stop device for limiting an adjustment path of a mobile component relative to a stationary component may include a sleeve body configured to be inserted into an opening formed in the stationary component. The sleeve body may include a retaining segment disposed in the interior of the opening. A core body may be disposed in the interior of the sleeve body and be configured to radially brace the retaining segment against an inner wall of the stationary component thereby axially fixing the sleeve body on the stationary component. A stop surface may protrude into the adjustment path of the mobile component and be configured to limit the adjustment path of the mobile component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Volkhard Ammon
  • Publication number: 20100258092
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel overflow valve for a fuel injection system, particularly for limiting the pressure in a low-pressure region of the fuel injection system. The fuel overflow valve has a valve housing, in which a valve member is disposed in a stroke-moving manner, the stroke movement of the valve member controlling a connection of an inlet to the valve housing to a release region. The valve member is loaded by a valve spring in the direction of a locking position in which the connection of the inlet to the release region is interrupted, and is loaded by the pressure present in the inlet in the opening direction. The valve member may carry out a further stroke in the locking direction beyond the locking position thereof, where the valve spring does not act upon the valve member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventor: Volkhard Ammon
  • Publication number: 20080193306
    Abstract: The invention relates to a housing part, in particular a pump housing part, having a metering unit fastened in a pressure-tight manner to the housing part so as to be detachable, that is to say separable repeatedly without destruction. In order to optimize the fastening of the functional part, a collar is provided on the housing part, the collar having a tapered collar face against which a first tapered face of at least one tapered element bears, the tapered element having a second tapered face with which a tapered ring face of a tapered ring comes into contact when the tapered ring is moved from an open position into a closed position in order to press a positively locking face of the tapered element against a mating face which is provided on the functional unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2006
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventor: Volkhard Ammon