Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080206070 | Method for Control of a Pressurised Air Supply System for a Motor Vehicle - The invention relates to a method for control of a pressurised air supply system for a motor vehicle ( | 08-28-2008 |
20080209901 | Hydrodynamic Coupling - The invention relates to a hydrodynamic coupling comprising an impeller ( | 09-04-2008 |
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 |
20090012680 | Method for Optimizing the Operating Mode of a Hydrodynamic Component Integrated in a Drive Train of a Vehicle - A method for optimizing the operating mode of a hydrodynamic component integrated into a drive train of a vehicle, using a regulating or control device associated with the component. A set characteristic curve or a set characteristic diagram is stored in a memory unit for a hydrodynamic component; an actual value of at least one variable at least indirectly characterizing an operating point is determined for each transmission process; and the actual value is compared with the set value from the set characteristic diagram. If the actual value deviates from the set value, the manipulated variable for the operating point in question is modified and stored as a new set manipulated variable for said operating point. | 01-08-2009 |
20090277167 | METHOD FOR REGULATING THE MAXIMUM SPEED OF A WORKING MACHINE AND ASSOCIATED HYDRODYNAMIC COUPLING - The invention relates to a method for regulating the maximum speed of a working machine ( | 11-12-2009 |
20090301074 | HYDRODYNAMIC ASSEMBLY WITH A RETARDER AND A HYDRODYNAMIC CLUTCH - The invention relates to a hydrodynamic assembly
| 12-10-2009 |
20110030370 | DRIVE TRAIN, PARTICULARLY FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - The invention relates to a drivetrain, in particular for motor vehicles,
| 02-10-2011 |
20110048000 | Turbine or compressor, in particular for a turbo-compound system - The invention relates to a turbine, in particular an exhaust gas power turbine for a turbo-compound system, comprising
| 03-03-2011 |
20110081257 | DRIVETRAIN AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A SUPPLY TO A COMPRESSED AIR SYSTEM - The invention relates to a drivetrain, in particular motor vehicle drivetrain, | 04-07-2011 |
20110194948 | METHOD FOR REGULATING A COMPRESSED AIR SUPPLY SYSTEM OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method for regulating a compressed air supply system of a motor vehicle, the system having a driving engine for driving the motor vehicle, which can be switched via a switchable hydrodynamic coupling to a driven connection with an air compressor, so that the air compressor feeds a compressed air system via an air delivery side. | 08-11-2011 |
20110294621 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE POWER TRANSMISSION IN A DRIVE TRAIN AND DRIVE TRAIN - The invention relates to a method for controlling the power transmission in a drive train, in particular of a motor vehicle, wherein the drive train comprises: an internal combustion engine which drives an output shaft at an engine speed and generates an exhaust gas stream; an exhaust gas turbine which is arranged in the exhaust gas stream and is engaged in or can be switched to a drive connection with the output shaft in order to transmit the drive power of the exhaust gas turbine to the output shaft; a compressor which is arranged in a fresh air stream supplied to the internal combustion engine and which is engaged in and driven by a drive connection with the exhaust gas turbine in order to charge the internal combustion engine at a predefined charging pressure; a power-controlled hydrodynamic clutch, which is arranged in the drive connection between the exhaust gas turbine and the output shaft and by means of which drive power of the exhaust gas turbine is transmitted to the output shaft depending on the power controller, and which has a primary wheel that is driven by the exhaust gas turbine and a secondary wheel that is driven hydrodynamically by the primary wheel and in turn drives the output shaft. The method according to the invention for controlling the power transmission in a drive train, in particular of a motor vehicle, controls the power transmission of the hydrodynamic clutch depending on certain input variables. | 12-01-2011 |
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 |
20120222633 | COOLING SYSTEM, IN PARTICULAR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention concerns a cooling system, in particular a motor vehicle cooling system comprising
| 09-06-2012 |
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 |
20140075935 | TURBO-COMPOUND SYSTEM, IN PARTICULAR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a turbo-compound system, in particular of a motor vehicle having an internal combustion engine which has an output shaft; having an exhaust-gas power turbine which is arranged in the exhaust-gas flow of the internal combustion engine and has an impeller wheel which is mounted fixedly on a turbine shaft so as to rotate with it; the exhaust-gas power turbine is drive-connected via a step-up gear mechanism to the output shaft of the internal combustion engine, in order to transmit drive power via the step-up gear mechanism to the output shaft; having a hydrodynamic coupling which has an impeller and a turbine wheel which form, with one another, a toroidal working chamber which can be filled with working medium via an inlet, in order to transmit torque hydrodynamically from the impeller to the turbine wheel; wherein at least one gearwheel of the step-up gear mechanism is lubricated with working medium of the hydrodynamic coupling, and the step-up gear mechanism is arranged in the drive connection between the hydrodynamic coupling and the exhaust-gas power turbine. The invention is characterized in that the step-up gear mechanism is configured as a planetary gear mechanism, comprising a sun gear, at least one planetary gear, which is mounted on a planetary carrier, and an internal gear which are in engagement with one another; and a lubricant channel is arranged in the planetary carrier in order to lubricate at least the sun gear, internal gear and/or at least one planetary gear with working medium. | 03-20-2014 |