Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
060624000 | Fluid motor means is a turbine with output means mechanically interconnected with internal combustion engine output | 25 |
20080216477 | Turbo-Compound System - “The invention concerns a turbo compound system, including a crankshaft driven by an internal combustion engine; a blowdown turbine arranged in the exhaust line of the internal combustion engine; a hydrodynamic clutch, comprising a driving torus and a driven torus, which form with each other a working chamber that is fillable or filled with working fluid; where the driven torus of the hydrodynamic clutch is arranged on a shaft on the crankshaft side, which is in drive connection with the crankshaft and is geared up relative to the crankshaft; and where the driving torus of the hydrodynamic clutch is arranged on a shaft on the blowdown turbine side, which is in drive connection with the blowdown turbine, and where—a rotary pump is arranged on the shaft on the crankshaft side or on the shaft on the blowdown turbine side, whose impeller is driven by this shaft.” | 09-11-2008 |
20080256951 | COMBUSTION ENGINE BREATHING SYSTEM INCLUDING A COMPRESSOR VALVE FOR A BITURBO WITH CYLINDER DEACTIVATION - One embodiment of the invention includes a combustion engine breathing system including a compressor valve for use with a biturbo system and cylinder deactivation | 10-23-2008 |
20080295516 | Turbocharger - An axial flow type exhaust gas turbine supercharger (TC) enabling maintainability to be secured by easily attaching/detaching an inner casing, capable of solving problems in thermal expansion and an increase in weight which make its design difficult, and formed to rotate a coaxial compressor with a shaft output provided by the expansion of exhaust gas led into an axial flow turbine ( | 12-04-2008 |
20080307787 | Power Generation System Using Fuel Cell - The present invention relates to a power generating system, a motorised device comprising such a power generation system as well as a method of lowering the fuel consumption of a combustion engine ( | 12-18-2008 |
20080307788 | Internal Combustion Engine with a Turbocharger - A multi-cylinder internal combustion engine including a plurality of banks and a turbocharger is oriented laterally within an engine compartment, wherein exhaust gas passages are connected to exhaust manifolds of each bank, a turbine of the turbocharger is installed in the exhaust gap passage of the bank positioned closest to the front side of the vehicle, and the turbocharger is disposed at a front position within the engine compartment. | 12-18-2008 |
20090000300 | Compressor in the Intake Tract of an Internal Combustion Engine - A compressor in the intake tractate of an internal combustion engine has a compressor chamber and a compressor wheel arranged in the compressor chamber. A drive unit with shaft is provided, wherein the compressor wheel is coupled to the shaft. An intermediate chamber separate from the compressor chamber is provided. A centrifugal separator is arranged in the intermediate chamber and coupled to the shaft. The intermediate chamber has an inlet for supplying separator gases and also has at least one connecting opening that connects the intermediate chamber to the compressor chamber. | 01-01-2009 |
20090031725 | Compound Transmission - An internal combustion engine comprises a turbo-compound and the known Föttinger-coupling is replaced by a torsion vibration damper. The Föttinger-coupling, which is used to transmit power, has high losses in power when it is necessary to have a differential rotational speed between the input side and the output side, i.e., the appearance of a slip. The losses are not used in a torsion vibration damper which has at least the same quality as a Föttinger-coupling. | 02-05-2009 |
20090139231 | Turbocompound engine drive - In a turbocompound engine drive including an engine with a crankshaft, an exhaust gas turbine operatively connected to the crankshaft via a reduction gear structure and a hydrodynamic clutch providing together for a power transmission path between the engine a freewheel is integrated into the power transmission path between the turbine and the crankshaft of the engine for disconnecting the turbine from the engine when the turbine speed is lower than the comparable engine speed to prevent the turbine from being driven by the engine. | 06-04-2009 |
20090241542 | Exhaust Turbo-Supercharger - Provided is an exhaust turbo-supercharger capable of preventing misalignment of the center of the rotating shaft of a supercharger turbine and the center of the rotating shaft of a supercharger compressor, or, misalignment of the center of the rotating shaft of the supercharger turbine, the center of the rotating shaft of the supercharger compressor, and the center of the rotating shaft of a power generator, due to the heat of exhaust gas; capable of reducing vibration of these rotation axes; and capable of improving the reliability of the entire supercharger. An exhaust turbo-supercharger | 10-01-2009 |
20090255252 | HYDRODYNAMIC COUPLING WITH A SPEED PROTECTION MECHANISM AND TURBOCOMPOUND SYSTEM - The invention relates to a hydrodynamic coupling, especially for a turbocompound system, comprising:
| 10-15-2009 |
20090320469 | Turbocharger System for Internal Combustion Engine With Reduced Footprint Turbocharger Mounting Pedestal - A turbocharger system for an internal combustion engine includes a turbocharger with a utility pedestal extending between the turbocharger and a mounting point associated with the cylinder block. The utility pedestal includes a mounting pad for attaching the combined turbocharger and pedestal assembly to an engine, as well as oil and coolant supply passages for supplying the turbocharger with coolant and lubricating oil under pressure. The utility pedestal's fastening system is configured so as to cover a minimum amount of space of the engine surface to which the pedestal is mounted, so as to reduce the footprint of the turbocharger system. | 12-31-2009 |
20090320470 | Pedestal Mounted Turbocharger System for Internal Combustion Engine - A turbocharger system for an internal combustion engine includes a turbocharger with a utility pedestal extending between the turbocharger and a mounting surface associated with the engine. The utility pedestal includes a mounting pad for attaching the combined turbocharger and pedestal assembly to the engine, as well as internal oil and coolant supply passages for supplying the turbocharger with coolant and lubricating oil under pressure. | 12-31-2009 |
20090320471 | Turbocharger System for Internal Combustion Engine With Internal Isolated Turbocharger Oil Drainback Passage - A turbocharger system for an internal combustion engine includes a turbocharger with a utility pedestal extending between the turbocharger and the hard point associated with the cylinder block. The utility pedestal includes a mounting pad for attaching the combined turbocharger and pedestal assembly to an engine, as well as oil and coolant supply passages for supplying the turbocharger with coolant and lubricating oil under pressure. An internal, isolated, turbocharger oil drainback passage conducts waste oil from the turbocharger to a crankcase sump without permitting the waste oil to contact the engine's moving parts. | 12-31-2009 |
20090320472 | Cylinder Block Mounted Pedestal and Turbocharger System for Internal Combustion Engine - A turbocharger system for an internal combustion engine includes a turbocharger with a utility pedestal extending between the turbocharger and hard point associated with the cylinder block. The utility pedestal includes a mounting pad for attaching the combined turbocharger and pedestal assembly to an engine, as well as internal oil and coolant supply passages for supplying the turbocharger with coolant and lubricating oil under pressure. | 12-31-2009 |
20100024419 | Exhaust system having series turbochargers and EGR - An exhaust system for a use with a combustion engine is provided. The exhaust system may have a first exhaust manifold configured to receive exhaust from the engine, a second exhaust manifold configured to receive exhaust from the engine in parallel with the first exhaust manifold, and an exhaust gas recirculation circuit in fluid communication with only the first exhaust manifold. The exhaust system may also have a first turbocharger having dual volutes configured to simultaneously receive exhaust from the first exhaust manifold and the second exhaust manifold, and a second turbocharger configured to receive exhaust from the first turbocharger and compress air directed into the engine. | 02-04-2010 |
20110192163 | Waste Heat Recovery System of Internal Combustion Engine - A waste heat recovery system of an internal combustion engine, in which the amount of regenerative energy transmitted to the internal combustion engine is increased with a simple mechanism. A controller of the waste heat recovery system of an internal combustion engine has at least determination means that makes a determination as to whether it is necessary to increase the pressure of heat-transfer media in a heat exchanger, on the basis of the pressure detected by the high-pressure sensor. When the determination means determines that it is necessary to increase the pressure in the heat exchanger, the controller causes a flow-rate regulating valve ( | 08-11-2011 |
20120023939 | Turbo compound system for a drive apparatus - An apparatus comprising a turbocompound system for an internal combustion engine comprises a shaft driven by a turbine, an output shaft and a transmission unit connecting the shaft. The transmission unit is arranged in a housing and comprises at least one hydrodynamic coupling. The drive apparatus is provided in accordance with the invention with at least one conveying means, by means of which lubricating oil or a mixture containing lubricating oil can be extracted by suction from the housing. | 02-02-2012 |
20120297770 | EXHAUST-GAS POWER-RECOVERY TURBINE FOR A TURBO COMPOUND SYSTEM - The invention concerns an exhaust-gas power-recovery turbine for a turbo compound system, in particular of a motor vehicle, including: a turbine shaft, which at the first end thereof or in the area of the first end carries a rotor to be impinged by the exhaust gas flow of an internal combustion engine, in order to convert exhaust gas energy into drive power; and which at the second end thereof carries a pinion, which is designed to be brought into a driving connection with the crankshaft of the internal combustion engine, in order to transmit the drive power to the crankshaft. The invention is characterised in that that the turbine shaft is supported in the area of the rotor by means of a radial plain bearing and in the area of the pinion by means of a radial rolling-element bearing. | 11-29-2012 |
20130139507 | Thermal Compression and Waste Heat Recovery Heat Engine and Methods - A system for converting thermal energy from combusting fuel and air into work under an isochoric process. A reciprocating heat engine creates a cycle delay after combustion to enable sufficient time for thermal compression to occur within the working gas and within a constant volume to maximize thermal compression. A secondary engine also includes a cycle delay to maximize thermal compression of a working gas by recovering waste heat from the exhaust of the primary heat engine and converting a percentage of that heat energy into work. System cooling is accomplished under a thermodynamic cycle with heat from a liquid medium, such as water, passing through the internal combustion engine block or heat exchanger being conserved and applied to useful auxiliaries, such as residential hot water heating, baseboard heating, radiant floor heating. | 06-06-2013 |
20140060045 | TURBO COMPOUNDING HYBRID GENERATOR POWERTRAIN - A turbo compounding internal combustion engine system includes an internal combustion engine and one or more valves for controlling a flow of an exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine. The system also includes a controller configured to monitor an operation mode of the internal combustion engine and responsively control the one or more valves and a turbine configured to selectively receive the exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine and to convert exhaust energy into a mechanical power. The system further includes a clutched gear drive selectively coupled to the turbine and the internal combustion engine, wherein the clutched gear drive is configured to provide the mechanical power generated by the turbine to the internal combustion engine. | 03-06-2014 |
20140238017 | NEGATIVE PRESSURE FORMING DEVICE FOR BRAKE OF VEHICLE - A brake vacuum pressure forming device for a motor vehicle may include a vacuum chamber supplying a vacuum pressure boosting a break operating force, an electric supercharger connected to the vacuum chamber to supply vacuum pressure thereto, a first vacuum pressure supply path connecting the electric supercharger and the vacuum chamber, and a vacuum pressure control valve mounted on the first vacuum pressure supply path and opening and closing the first vacuum pressure supply path. | 08-28-2014 |
20140260245 | VOLUMETRIC ENERGY RECOVERY DEVICE WITH VARIABLE SPEED DRIVE - A volumetric expander configured to transfer a working fluid and generate useful work via a variable drive system is disclosed. The expander includes an inlet port configured to admit relatively high-pressure working fluid and an outlet port configured to discharge to a relatively low-pressure working fluid. The expander also includes first and second twisted meshed rotors rotatably disposed in the housing and configured to expand the relatively high-pressure working fluid into the relatively low-pressure working fluid. Each rotor has a plurality of lobes, and when one lobe of the first rotor is leading with respect to the inlet port, one lobe of the second rotor is trailing with respect to the inlet port. The expander additionally includes an output shaft coupled to the variable speed drive that can deliver power from the output shaft to the engine and/or to a load storage device. | 09-18-2014 |
20150027118 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE NET OUTPUT TORQUE FROM A WASTE HEAT RECOVERY SYSTEM - The disclosure provides a waste heat recovery system with a system and method for calculation of the net output torque from the waste heat recovery system. The calculation uses inputs from existing pressure and speed sensors to create a virtual pump torque sensor and a virtual expander torque sensor, and uses these sensors to provide an accurate net torque output from the WHR system. | 01-29-2015 |
20160084149 | Supercharger Assembly - The present invention relates to a vehicle supercharger assembly ( | 03-24-2016 |
20160138466 | Hybrid Powertrain and Method for Operating Same - A hybrid powertrain includes an internal combustion engine, a load coupled to the internal combustion engine via a mechanical transmission for transmission of a first shaft power therebetween, a turbine fluidly coupled to an exhaust of the internal combustion engine, a generator operatively coupled to the turbine for transmission of a second shaft power therebetween, and electrically coupled to an electric battery, a motor-generator operatively coupled to the mechanical transmission for transmission of a third shaft power therebetween, and electrically coupled to the electric battery; and a controller operatively coupled to the internal combustion engine. The controller is configured to adjust a relative proportion of the third shaft power compared to the first shaft power by adjusting at least one of a combustion timing of the internal combustion engine and an exhaust valve timing of the internal combustion engine. | 05-19-2016 |