Patents by Inventor Zoltan Kardos

Zoltan Kardos 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: 20090320467
    Abstract: An arrangement for recirculation of exhaust gases of a supercharged combustion engine includes a return line for recirculating exhaust gases, an air-cooled EGR cooler and a bypass line having an extent such that it can lead recirculating exhaust gases past the EGR cooler. A valve is operable to be placed in a first position to lead the whole flow of recirculating exhaust gases through the EGR cooler during situations where there is no risk of ice formation in the EGR cooler, and in a second position to lead the whole flow of recirculating exhaust gases through the bypass line during situations where there is risk of ice formation in the EGR cooler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2007
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Zoltan Kardos, Rickard Pettersson, Tomas Alsterdal, Henrik Nyrén
  • Patent number: 7617679
    Abstract: An arrangement for recirculation of exhaust gases of a supercharged combustion engine. A return line which connects an engine exhaust line to an air inlet line for air supply to the combustion engine, to recirculate exhaust gases via the return line. A first EGR cooler in which the recirculating exhaust gases in the return line are cooled, as a first step, by a first coolant in a first cooling system. A second EGR cooler in which the recirculating exhaust gases in the return line are cooled, as a second step, by a second coolant in a second cooling system, and the second coolant is adapted to be at a temperature substantially corresponding to the temperature of the ambient surroundings when it is led into the second EGR cooler. A charge air cooler for the inlet line, a radiator for the second cooling system to cool the exhaust gases and a radiator element for cooling the second coolant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Scania CV AB (publ)
    Inventors: Zoltan Kardos, Pehr Söderberg, Erik Söderberg, Hans Wikstrom, Rickard Pettersson, Roland Ivarsson
  • Publication number: 20090277722
    Abstract: An arrangement for cooling oil in a gearbox of a vehicle which is powered by a combustion engine. An oil cooler is fitted in the vehicle close to the gearbox. An oil system circulates oil between the gearbox and the oil cooler. An oil circuit contains a circulating coolant to cool the oil in the oil cooler. A cooling element cools the coolant by air which flows through the cooling element. The cooling element is situated at a location in the vehicle where air at the temperature of the surroundings flows through it. The cooling circuit includes a line to lead the cooled coolant from the cooling element to the oil cooler. The oil in the oil cooler can thus be cooled to a temperature close to the temperature of the surroundings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Inventor: Zoltan Kardos
  • Patent number: 7584749
    Abstract: An arrangement for recirculation of exhaust gases of a supercharged combustion engine in a vehicle. An inlet line for supply of compressed air to the combustion engine. The inlet line includes a charge air cooler for cooling the air. A return line connects the exhaust line to the inlet line and the return line recirculates exhaust gases from the exhaust line to the inlet line. The return line includes an EGR cooler for cooling the recirculating exhaust gases. The EGR cooler and the charge air cooler are arranged close to the combustion engine on the cold side of the combustion engine where a branched inlet pipe is fastened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Scania CV AB
    Inventors: Zoltan Kardos, Thomas Alsterdal
  • Publication number: 20090159021
    Abstract: A radiator fan arrangement for a vehicle which is powered by a combustion engine. The radiator fan arrangement includes at least one cooling element for cooling a medium, and a first radiator fan for continuously generating a forced air flow through at least one first region of the cooling element in order to cool the medium during operation of the combustion engine. The radiator fan arrangement also includes at least one extra radiator fan for being activated to generate an increased air flow through at least one second region of said cooling element in situations where the first radiator fan cannot provide sufficient air flow to cool as necessary the medium in the cooling element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventor: Zoltan Kardos
  • Patent number: 7451749
    Abstract: A cooler device in a vehicle comprises a first cooler element in which compressed air is cooled by ambient air and a second cooler element in which recirculating exhaust gases are cooled by ambient air. The cooled recirculating exhaust gases and the cooled compressed air are mixed before they are led to a supercharged combustion engine of the vehicle. The cooler device comprises a common tubular outlet element for the first cooler element and the second cooler element so that said cooler elements constitute a composite unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Scania CV AB
    Inventor: Zoltan Kardos
  • Publication number: 20080271451
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an arrangement for recirculation of exhaust gases of a supercharged combustion engine. The arrangement comprises an exhaust line intended to lead exhaust gases out from the combustion engine, an inlet line intended to lead air to the combustion engine, a compressor adapted to compressing the air in the inlet line to above atmospheric pressure, and return line which connects the exhaust line to the inlet line. The arrangement comprises an EGR cooler in which the recirculating exhaust gases in the return line are cooled by the air in a portion of the inlet line which is situated upstream of the compressor with respect to the direction of flow of the air in the inlet line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2006
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Inventors: Zoltan Kardos, Hans Wikstrom
  • Publication number: 20080256949
    Abstract: An arrangement for recirculation of exhaust gases of a supercharged combustion engine in a vehicle. A first EGR cooler effects a first step of cooling the recirculating exhaust gases in the return line by means of a cooling medium in the form of a cooling air flow, and a second EGR cooler effects a second step of cooling the recirculating exhaust gases in the return line by means of a cooling medium which is at substantially the temperature of the surroundings. The first EGR cooler is fitted in an internal region of the vehicle which is adapted to have the cooling air flow passing through it during operation of the combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2006
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventors: Hans Wikstrom, Zoltan Kardos
  • Publication number: 20080202725
    Abstract: A cooler arrangement comprising a charge air cooler which comprises at least one first pipeline for guiding compressed air during cooling and a tank which receives the cooled compressed air via an outlet aperture from the first pipeline, and an EGR cooler which comprises at least one second pipeline for guiding exhaust gases during cooling and a tank which receives the cooled exhaust gases from an outlet aperture of the second pipeline. The cooler arrangement comprises a tubular element extending from the EGR cooler's tank to the charge air cooler's tank. The tubular element has an outlet aperture for exhaust gases which is situated downstream of the most downstream outlet aperture in the charge air cooler's tank with respect to the main direction of flow of the air in the tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Zoltan Kardos, Henrik Nyren
  • Publication number: 20080190109
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an arrangement for recirculation of exhaust gases of a supercharged combustion engine. The arrangement comprises an exhaust line intended to lead exhaust gases out from the combustion engine, an inlet line intended to lead air which is at above atmospheric pressure to the combustion engine, a compressor adapted to the inlet line so that it is possible, via the return line, to recirculate exhaust gases from the exhaust line to the inlet line. The arrangement comprises a first EGR cooler in which the recirculating exhaust gases in the return line are cooled by the air in a portion of the inlet line which is situated downstream of the compressor in the inlet line with respect to the direction of flow of the air in the inlet line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2006
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Zoltan Kardos, Hans Wikstrom
  • Publication number: 20080169092
    Abstract: A charge air cooler comprises at least one tubular element with an internal flow duct for guiding compressed air, and a tank for receiving the compressed air before it is led through the flow duct. The compressed air is cooled by a first cooling medium of ambient air as it passes through the flow duct. A cooling element at least partly situated inside the tank provides the compressed air in the tank with a first step of cooling before the air is led to the flow duct wherein the air undergoes a second step of cooling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Inventor: Zoltan Kardos
  • Publication number: 20080135028
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an arrangement for recirculation of exhaust gases of a supercharged combustion engine (1) in a vehicle. The arrangement comprises an inlet line (10) for supply of compressed air to the combustion engine (1). The inlet line (10) comprises a charge air cooler (11) for cooling the air. The arrangement also comprises a return line (15) which connects the exhaust line (6) to the inlet line (10) so that it is possible, via the return line (15), to recirculate exhaust gases from the exhaust line (6) to the inlet line (10). The return line (15) comprises an EGR cooler (17) for cooling the recirculating exhaust gases. The EGR cooler (17) and the charge air cooler (11) are arranged close to the combustion engine (1) on the cold side of the combustion engine (1) where a branched inlet pipe (24) is fastened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2006
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: SCANIA CV AB
    Inventors: Zoltan Kardos, Thomas Alsterdal
  • Publication number: 20080053090
    Abstract: An arrangement for recirculation of exhaust gases of a supercharged combustion engine. The arrangement comprises an exhaust line operable to lead exhaust gases out from the combustion engine, an inlet line operable to lead air at above atmospheric pressure to the combustion engine, a return line which connects the exhaust line to the inlet line so that via the return line, it is possible to recirculate exhaust gases from the exhaust line to the inlet line. An EGR cooler in which the recirculating exhaust gases in the return line are cooled by a coolant before they are mixed with the air in the inlet line. The exhaust gases in the EGR cooler are cooled by a circulating coolant which is adapted to being at a temperature substantially corresponding to the temperature of the surroundings of the engine when the coolant is led into the EGR cooler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2005
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: SCANIA CV AB (PUBL)
    Inventors: Zoltan Kardos, Pehr Soderberg, Erik Soderberg, Hans Wikstrom, Rickard Pettersson, Roland Ivarsson
  • Publication number: 20080047533
    Abstract: A cooler device in a vehicle comprises a first cooler element in which compressed air is cooled by ambient air and a second cooler element in which recirculating exhaust gases are cooled by ambient air. The cooled recirculating exhaust gases and the cooled compressed air are mixed before they are led to a supercharged combustion engine of the vehicle. The cooler device comprises a common tubular outlet element for the first cooler element and the second cooler element so that said cooler elements constitute a composite unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2005
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventor: Zoltan Kardos
  • Publication number: 20080047267
    Abstract: An arrangement for recirculation of exhaust gases of a supercharged combustion engine. A return line which connects an engine exhaust line to an air inlet line for air supply to the combustion engine, to recirculate exhaust gases via the return line. A first EGR cooler in which the recirculating exhaust gases in the return line are cooled, as a first step, by a first coolant in a first cooling system. A second EGR cooler in which the recirculating exhaust gases in the return line are cooled, as a second step, by a second coolant in a second cooling system, and the second coolant is adapted to be at a temperature substantially corresponding to the temperature of the ambient surroundings when it is led into the second EGR cooler. A charge air cooler for the inlet line, a radiator for the second cooling system to cool the exhaust gases and a radiator element for cooling the second coolant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2005
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Zoltan Kardos, Pehr Soderberg, Erik Soderberg, Hans Wikstrom, Rickard Pettersson, Roland Ivarsson
  • Publication number: 20080041558
    Abstract: A radiator element in a motor vehicle. The motor vehicle includes a body, a driver's space with at least one door for access to the driver's space, and a step element with at least one step and situated below the door. An engine cooling system includes a radiator element in which a circulating coolant is cooled by an airflow flowing through the radiator element. The radiator element is positioned close to the step element. An air inlet aperture is positioned between or behind the steps. The radiator element is a second radiator element of the vehicle, operable when the first radiator cools insufficiently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2005
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Inventors: Zoltan Kardos, Tomas Alsterdal, Johan Akeson
  • Publication number: 20070245716
    Abstract: An arrangement for recirculation of exhaust gases of a combustion engine comprises a return line which connects an exhaust line of the engine to an inlet line of the engine to recirculate exhaust gases from the exhaust line to the inlet line. At least one EGR cooler for cooling the recirculating exhaust gases in the return line. The EGR cooler is fitted close to the combustion engine so that a vertical plane extending substantially centrally between an inlet portion and an outlet portion of each of the EGR coolers for recirculating exhaust gases is substantially parallel with a vertical plane through the combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2006
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Inventors: Zoltan Kardos, Thomas Alsterdal, Johan Akeson