Patents by Inventor Willi Gelse

Willi Gelse 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).

  • Reciprocating piston internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 6772717
    Abstract: In a reciprocating piston internal combustion engine with a piston which is displacably arranged in a cylinder and is coupled in to a connecting rod whose movement can be transmitted to a crankshaft via a crank, a transmission element is provided between the connecting rod and the crank of the crankshaft and the movement of the transmission element can be manipulated by means of a control arm for an adjustment of the compression ratio of the engine. The transmission element is coupled to the crank via a joint disposed in the intermediate region between a bearing connection of the transverse lever structure with the control arm and a bearing connection of the transverse lever with the connecting rod, the bearing connection of the transverse lever with the connecting rod, the crank and the control arm being arranged in a predetermined relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Oleg Dachtchenko, Willi Gelse, Vadim Kutenev, Klaus Magg, Andrej Nikitin, Erhard Rau, Yuri Romanchev, Hubert Schnüpke, George Ter-Mkretiehian, Michail Zienko
  • Reciprocating piston internal combustion engine
    Publication number: 20030200942
    Abstract: In a reciprocating piston internal combustion engine with a piston which is displacably arranged in a cylinder and is coupled in to a connecting rod whose movement can be transmitted to a crankshaft via a crank, a transmission element is provided between the connecting rod and the crank of the crankshaft and the movement of the transmission element can be manipulated by means of a control arm for an adjustment of the compression ratio of the engine. The transmission element is coupled to the crank via a joint disposed in the intermediate region between a bearing connection of the transverse lever structure with the control arm and a bearing connection of the transverse lever with the connecting rod, the bearing connection of the transverse lever with the connecting rod, the crank and the control arm being arranged in a predetermined relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Inventors: Oleg Dachtchenko, Willi Gelse, Vadim Kutenev, Klaus Magg, Andrej Nikitin, Erhard Rau, Yuri Romanchev, Hubert Schnupke, George Ter-Mkretiehian, Michail Zienko