Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Issler

Wolfgang Issler 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: 8065984
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piston (10, 110, 210, 310, 410) for an internal combustion engine, comprising a piston head (11) with at least one piston crown (12) which is exposed to at least one jet of combustion gases, and a piston shaft (17), the piston head (11) and the piston shaft (12) being configured as interconnected individual components including a peripheral outer cooling channel (27). The invention is characterized in that an annular partition wall (35, 135, 235, 335, 435) is provided in the cooling channel (27) in parallel to the piston crown (12) and has one or more nozzle-type openings (37, 45, 137, 237, 337, 437) that are arranged in such a manner that their respective outlet jet is directed against the underside (12a) of the piston crown (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: MAHLE International GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Issler, Timo Estrum
  • Publication number: 20110274381
    Abstract: A bearing arrangement may comprise a component mounted in a housing and a bearing pin penetrating a bearing bore of the component. Holding bores may align with the housing and an outside surface of the bearing pin may connect and penetrate the holding bores of the housing with an adhesive bond. A method for the production of a bearing arrangement may include providing a component with a bearing bore, and mounting the component in a housing having first and second holding bores. The method may also include mounting a bearing pin by: guiding the bearing pin through the first holding bore, guiding the bearing pin through the bearing bore, and guiding the bearing pin through the second holding bore. Before the mounting of the bearing pin into the holding bore, the method may include applying an adhesive onto a free end of the bearing pin associated with the holding bore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventor: Wolfgang Ißler
  • Publication number: 20100300396
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pin boss (17) for a piston (10) for an internal combustion engine, the pin boss (17) having an inner boss surface (17a) and an outer boss surface (17b) and a boss bore (18) for accommodating a piston pin. The boss bore (18), in the vertex of the boss, has a pocket (20) the depth of which gradually decreases along the boss contour towards the outer boss surface (17b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventor: Wolfgang Issler
  • Publication number: 20100122681
    Abstract: A two-part, cooled piston for an internal combustion engine has an upper piston part and a lower piston part, in which the piston parts are screwed together by way of a threaded pin disposed on the upper piston part and a threaded bore worked into the lower piston part. The material of the threaded pin, in order to improve its strength, has a stretching limit that is higher in comparison with the rest of the piston material. The increase in the stretching limit is achieved by means of lasting stretching of the threaded pin by approximately 1% of its length, in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Inventor: Wolfgang Issler
  • Publication number: 20100111455
    Abstract: A slide bearing has at least one bearing shell for accommodating a component to be supported. The at least one bearing shell has two grooves that run in the circumference direction on its slide surface, into which grooves guide elements for lubricant are laid. The grooves and/or the guide elements have at least one holding element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Wolfgang Issler, Theo Mossmann
  • Publication number: 20100054639
    Abstract: A slide bearing has at least one bearing shell for accommodating a component to be supported. The at least one bearing shell has a device for monitoring a bearing gap between the bearing shell and the component to be supported. The bearing shell is provided with a slide surface that has an elevation along each of its curved edge regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventors: Wolfgang Issler, Theo Mossmann
  • Publication number: 20100054642
    Abstract: A slide bearing has at least one bearing shell for accommodating a component to be supported. The at least one bearing shell has two grooves that run in a circumferential direction on its slide surface, into which grooves guide elements for lubricant are laid. The grooves and the guide elements are disposed convergent to one another at least over a partial circumference of the slide surface least one bearing shell for accommodating a component to be supported. The bearing shell has two grooves that run in the circumferential direction on its slide surface, into which grooves guide elements for lubricant are laid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventor: Wolfgang Issler
  • Patent number: 7647863
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piston pin bearing of an internal combustion engine, in which a cylindrical piston pin is mounted. The aim of the invention is to create a hub bore shape that is improved compared to prior art in order to significantly reduce mechanical stress in the piston and thus extend the service life of the piston. Furthermore, the shape is to prevent noise from being generated in the piston pin bearing. The aims are achieved by the fact that the surface line of the highly oval outer surface, which runs in the zenith of the hub, extends at an angle to the hub axis from a radially outward point to a radially inward point on the piston side such that the greatest degree of ovalness defined by the oval diameter thereof is created at the respective inner ends of the hub bores and does not exceed a predefined value of the oval diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Mahle GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Issler, Günter Zugschwert
  • Publication number: 20090288618
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piston (10, 110, 210, 310, 410) for an internal combustion engine, comprising a piston head (11) with at least one piston crown (12) which is exposed to at least one jet of combustion gases, and a piston shaft (17), the piston head (11) and the piston shaft (12) being configured as interconnected individual components including a peripheral outer cooling channel (27). The invention is characterized in that an annular partition wall (35, 135, 235, 335, 435) is provided in the cooling channel (27) in parallel to the piston crown (12) and has one or more nozzle-type openings (37, 45, 137, 237, 337, 437) that are arranged in such a manner that their respective outlet jet is directed against the underside (12a) of the piston crown (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Inventors: Wolfgang Issler, Timo Estrum
  • Publication number: 20090290823
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a modular unit for example for an internal combustion engine, having a shaft and having at least one further component, wherein the shaft is provided with bearing pins for mounting it in corresponding bearing bores provided in the at least one component. According to the invention, the surface of least one bearing pin has a sliding layer, with the surface of each bearing bore being in direct contact with the sliding layer of the associated bearing pin. The present invention also relates to a shaft and a component for a modular unit of the type. The shaft according to the invention can, for example, be a crankshaft or a camshaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2006
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Inventor: Wolfgang Issler
  • Patent number: 7549402
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piston spray nozzle (12, 112) for cooling a piston (10) of a combustion engine by means of a liquid jet (20, 120) that is directed to a cooling chamber (14) of the piston (10). According to the invention, a member (16, 116) that has an approximately round cross-section and provides the discharged liquid jet (20,12) with a substantially tubular shape is disposed in the center of the discharge port (15, 115) of the piston spray nozzle (12, 112). The inventive piston spray nozzle delivers a directed, laminar liquid jet who shape remains essentially the same until the jet hits the cooling area (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventor: Wolfgang Issler
  • Publication number: 20090151556
    Abstract: A two-part piston for an internal combustion engine has an upper part that has a pin having an outside thread on the underside of its piston crown, and has a lower part that has a crown part, onto which an expansion sleeve that can stretch elastically in the axial direction is formed, radially on the inside. A pin is introduced into the sleeve in order to screw the upper part to the lower part. The expansion sleeve is stretched in the axial direction. In order to improve its strength, the material of the expansion sleeve has a higher stretching limit as compared with the rest of the piston material. The increase in the stretching limit is achieved by permanent stretching of the expansion sleeve in the axial direction, by approximately 1% of its length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventor: Wolfgang Issler
  • Publication number: 20080263861
    Abstract: A method for screwing together two metal parts that are spaced apart from one another close to a screw connection element and elastically deformable relative to one another, and for the remainder lie against one another. In order to obtain a firm and secure screw connection, with little expenditure of torque, one of the metal parts is deformed, before the metal parts are screwed together, in such a manner that regions close to the screw connection element come close to one another, and the metal parts are then screwed together. A region of the one metal parts remains deformed after they have been screwed together, as a result of the screw connection element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventor: Wolfgang Issler
  • Patent number: 7380536
    Abstract: The invention relates to a combustion recess in the head of a piston for a diesel engine, the piston being provided with a cooling duct optionally existing in the form of a cooled ring carrier. This combustion recess has, in the radially outer edge area, an undercut which is formed such that the radially outer delimitation of the combustion recess is situated sufficiently near the cooling duct so that the cooling duct has a cooling effect upon the combustion recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: MAHLE GmbH
    Inventor: Wolfgang Issler
  • Patent number: 7341648
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for coating piston rings (10) for internal combustion engines, wherein at least the bearing surface of the piston ring is provided with an anti-abrasion and anti-corrosion coating (12) by means of a PVD or electroplating process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: MAHLE GmbH
    Inventor: Wolfgang Issler
  • Publication number: 20080017139
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piston spray nozzle (12, 112) for cooling a piston (10) of a combustion engine by means of a liquid jet (20, 120) that is directed to a cooling chamber (14) of the piston (10). According to the invention, a member (16, 116) that has an approximately round cross-section and provides the discharged liquid jet (20,12) with a substantially tubular shape is disposed in the center of the discharge port (15, 115) of the piston spray nozzle (12, 112). The inventive piston spray nozzle delivers a directed, laminar liquid jet who shape remains essentially the same until the jet hits the cooling area (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2005
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventor: Wolfgang Issler
  • Publication number: 20070204746
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piston pin bearing of an internal combustion engine, in which a cylindrical piston pin is mounted. The aim of the invention is to create a hub bore shape that is improved compared to prior art in order to significantly reduce mechanical stress in the piston and thus extend the service life of the piston. Furthermore, the shape is to prevent noise from being generated in the piston pin bearing. The aims are achieved by the fact that the surface line of the highly oval outer surface, which runs in the zenith of the hub, extends at an angle to the hub axis from a radially outward point to a radially inward point on the piston side such that the greatest degree of ovalness defined by the oval diameter thereof is created at the respective inner ends of the hub bores and does not exceed a predefined value of the oval diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2005
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Inventors: Wolfgang Issler, Gunter Zugschwert
  • Publication number: 20070151541
    Abstract: The invention relates to a combustion recess in the head of a piston for a diesel engine, the piston being provided with a cooling duct optionally existing in the form of a cooled ring carrier. This combustion recess has, in the radially outer edge area, an undercut which is formed such that the radially outer delimitation of the combustion recess is situated sufficiently near the cooling duct so that the cooling duct has a cooling effect upon the combustion recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2005
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventor: Wolfgang Issler
  • Publication number: 20060042928
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for coating piston rings (10) for internal combustion engines, wherein at least the bearing surface of the piston ring is provided with an anti-abrasion and anti-corrosion coating (12) by means of a PVD or electroplating process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2003
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Inventor: Wolfgang Issler
  • Publication number: 20050028364
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a piston or piston head with a combustion relief (6) for an internal combustion engine. The aim of the invention is to easily and economically produce pistons having a reduced tendency to scale at the edge of the combustion relief. To this end, the piston is formed from a cylindrical unmachined part (1) made of steel, whereby the rod section has at least one front face (2). The method is characterized by the following steps: A) forming an annulary encircling recess (3) in the front face (2); B) introducing additional material (4) into the recess (3); connecting the additional material (4) to the steel of the unmachined part (1) in an at least partially non-positive manner; C) forging the unmachined part (1), which is formed according to steps A) and B), into a piston blank (5), and; D) machining the piston blank (5) into a piston (10) that is ready to be installed in an internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2002
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventor: Wolfgang Issler