Patents by Inventor Werner HOLLY

Werner HOLLY 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).

  • Patent number: 11852070
    Abstract: A pre-chamber spark plug for a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine includes a pre-chamber which has a plurality of openings. A fuel-air mixture is introducible from the combustion chamber into the pre-chamber via the plurality of openings. With respect to an imaginary plane running in a longitudinal extension direction of the pre-chamber and dividing the pre-chamber into a first half and a second half of equal size, first openings are disposed in the first half and second openings are disposed in the second half. The first openings enclose a respective first angle with the imaginary plane, the second openings enclose a respective second angle with the imaginary plane, and a mean value of the first angles is greater than a mean value of the second angles. The plurality of openings are configured rotationally asymmetrically about an imaginary axis running on the imaginary plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Mercedes-Benz Group AG
    Inventor: Werner Holly
  • Patent number: 11846227
    Abstract: A pre-chamber spark plug for a combustion chamber of a combustion engine includes a pre-chamber which has a plurality of openings and an electrode device which is disposed in the pre-chamber. An ignition spark for igniting a fuel-air mixture introduced into the pre-chamber is generatable at a spark location in the pre-chamber by the electrode device. The pre-chamber spark plug is configured to bring about a tumble-shaped flow of fuel-air mixture flowing into the pre-chamber via the plurality of openings. The tumble-shaped flow has, in a first region of the pre-chamber, a first flow part pointing upward away from the plurality of openings, and, in a second region of the pre-chamber, a second flow part adjoining the first flow part and pointing downward in a direction of the plurality of openings. The spark location is disposed at least in part in the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Mercedes-Benz Group AG
    Inventor: Werner Holly
  • Patent number: 11840955
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine for a motor vehicle includes a combustion chamber in which a first tumble-shaped current of a fuel-air mixture is settable. A pre-chamber spark plug is allocated to the combustion chamber which has a pre-chamber which is fluidically connected to the combustion chamber via a plurality of openings where via the plurality of openings a part of the fuel-air mixture flows out of the combustion chamber and into the pre-chamber. The plurality of openings are formed such that the part of the fuel-air mixture that flows into the pre-chamber via the plurality of openings has a second tumble-shaped current where the second tumble-shaped current is opposite to the first tumble-shaped current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Mercedes-Benz Group AG
    Inventor: Werner Holly
  • Patent number: 11815007
    Abstract: A pre-chamber spark plug for a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine includes a pre-chamber which has a plurality of openings and which is fluidically connectable to the combustion chamber via the plurality of openings. A fuel/air mixture is introducible from the combustion chamber into the pre-chamber via the plurality of openings. Each of the plurality of openings has a respective flow cross section through which the fuel/air mixture is flowable. With respect to an imaginary plane running along an imaginary axis of the pre-chamber and dividing the pre-chamber into a first half and a second half of equal size, a sum of the flow cross sections of first openings disposed in the first half is greater than a sum of the flow cross-sections of second openings disposed in the second half.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Mercedes-Benz Group AG
    Inventor: Werner Holly
  • Patent number: 11815006
    Abstract: A pre-chamber spark plug has a pre-chamber which has openings, where, with respect to a first plane running in the longitudinal direction of the pre-chamber and dividing the pre-chamber into two halves of equal size, first openings are disposed in a first of the halves and second openings are disposed in a second of the halves. The first openings are spaced apart from a second plane running in the longitudinal direction of the pre-chamber and extending perpendicular to the first plane by a first angle in the circumferential direction of the pre-chamber. The second openings are spaced apart from the second plane by a second angle in the circumferential direction of the pre-chamber. The mean value of the first angles is smaller than the mean value of the second angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Mercedes-Benz Group AG
    Inventor: Werner Holly
  • Publication number: 20230140543
    Abstract: A pre-chamber spark plug has a pre-chamber which has openings, where, with respect to a first plane running in the longitudinal direction of the pre-chamber and dividing the pre-chamber into two halves of equal size, first openings are disposed in a first of the halves and second openings are disposed in a second of the halves. The first openings are spaced apart from a second plane running in the longitudinal direction of the pre-chamber and extending perpendicular to the first plane by a first angle in the circumferential direction of the pre-chamber. The second openings are spaced apart from the second plane by a second angle in the circumferential direction of the pre-chamber. The mean value of the first angles is smaller than the mean value of the second angles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventor: Werner HOLLY
  • Publication number: 20230097104
    Abstract: A pre-chamber spark plug for a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine includes a pre-chamber which has a plurality of openings and which is fluidically connectable to the combustion chamber via the plurality of openings. A fuel/air mixture is introducible from the combustion chamber into the pre-chamber via the plurality of openings. Each of the plurality of openings has a respective flow cross section through which the fuel/air mixture is flowable. With respect to an imaginary plane running along an imaginary axis of the pre-chamber and dividing the pre-chamber into a first half and a second half of equal size, a sum of the flow cross sections of first openings disposed in the first half is greater than a sum of the flow cross-sections of second openings disposed in the second half.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventor: Werner HOLLY
  • Publication number: 20230067522
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine for a motor vehicle includes a combustion chamber in which a first tumble-shaped current of a fuel-air mixture is settable. A pre-chamber spark plug is allocated to the combustion chamber which has a pre-chamber which is fluidically connected to the combustion chamber via a plurality of openings where via the plurality of openings a part of the fuel-air mixture flows out of the combustion chamber and into the pre-chamber. The plurality of openings are formed such that the part of the fuel-air mixture that flows into the pre-chamber via the plurality of openings has a second tumble-shaped current where the second tumble-shaped current is opposite to the first tumble-shaped current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventor: Werner HOLLY
  • Publication number: 20230010739
    Abstract: A pre-chamber spark plug for a combustion chamber of a combustion engine includes a pre-chamber which has a plurality of openings and an electrode device which is disposed in the pre-chamber. An ignition spark for igniting a fuel-air mixture introduced into the pre-chamber is generatable at a spark location in the pre-chamber by the electrode device. The pre-chamber spark plug is configured to bring about a tumble-shaped flow of fuel-air mixture flowing into the pre-chamber via the plurality of openings. The tumble-shaped flow has, in a first region of the pre-chamber, a first flow part pointing upward away from the plurality of openings, and, in a second region of the pre-chamber, a second flow part adjoining the first flow part and pointing downward in a direction of the plurality of openings. The spark location is disposed at least in part in the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventor: Werner HOLLY
  • Publication number: 20230009522
    Abstract: A pre-chamber spark plug for a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine includes a pre-chamber which has a plurality of openings. A fuel-air mixture is introducible from the combustion chamber into the pre-chamber via the plurality of openings. With respect to an imaginary plane running in a longitudinal extension direction of the pre-chamber and dividing the pre-chamber into a first half and a second half of equal size, first openings are disposed in the first half and second openings are disposed in the second half. The first openings enclose a respective first angle with the imaginary plane, the second openings enclose a respective second angle with the imaginary plane, and a mean value of the first angles is greater than a mean value of the second angles. The plurality of openings are configured rotationally asymmetrically about an imaginary axis running on the imaginary plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventor: Werner HOLLY
  • Publication number: 20210348544
    Abstract: A pre-chamber spark plug for a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine includes a pre-chamber with a plurality of openings where the pre-chamber is fluidically connectable to the combustion chamber via the plurality of openings. The plurality of openings are configured to cause a tumbling flow of a fuel/air mixture flowing into the pre-chamber from the combustion chamber via the plurality of openings. At least two of the openings of the plurality of openings have diameters which differ from one another. At least two of the openings of the plurality of openings enclose angles from a main axis of the pre-chamber which differ from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventor: Werner HOLLY