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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7404290 | Exhaust system for an internal combustion engine The present invention relates to an exhaust system for an internal combustion engine, having an exhaust line for removing exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine and having a secondary fuel supply for introducing secondary fuel into the exhaust gas of the in... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7384613 | Catalyst for an internal combustion engine The present invention relates to a catalyst for an internal combustion engine, particularly of a motor vehicle, with a housing, which is assembled from at least two housing portions, telescopically inserted one into another in the throughflow direction of the housin... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7168241 | Device for introducing fuel into an exhaust line The present invention relates to a device (1) for introducing fuel into an exhaust line (4) of an internal combustion engine, in particular in a motor vehicle, with a fuel injector (2) for injecting fuel under injection pressure into the exhaust... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7150146 | Method of operating an exhaust gas treatment system for an internal combustion engine An exhaust gas treatment system for an internal combustion engine, particularly a diesel internal combustion engine having a catalyst arrangement and also at least one evaporator/burner arrangement upstream of the catalyst arrangement in the exhaust gas flow path, t... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7137199 | Method of inserting a bearing jacket and a monolith into a pipe The present invention relates to a method of pressing a bearing jacket (2) onto a monolith (3) of a catalytic converter, in particular in a motor vehicle. The bearing jacket (2) surrounding the monolith (3) on the perimeter is pres... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7127884 | Muffler with an integrated catalytic converter A muffler has an integrated SCR catalytic converter for an exhaust line of an internal combustion engine, in particular in a motor vehicle The muffler includes a housing which has an intake trumpet on the intake end and an exhaust pipe on the output end. Catalytic c... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7093431 | Exhaust gas treatment device The present invention relates to an exhaust gas treatment device (1), in particular for an internal combustion engine, preferably in a motor vehicle, comprising a housing (2) as well as a substrate body (3) which is situated therein and through ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7060936 | Heating system for a vehicle A heating system for a vehicle includes a heater (12) with a first electric heating device (24), which can be operated to ignite an air/fuel mixture present in a combustion chamber (16), and with a second electric heating device (22) for ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7040451 | Automotive exhaust silencer system with variable damping characteristics In a muffler device of a motor vehicle, with a plurality of mufflers and an actuator for changing the flow resistance to the exhaust gases flowing through the mufflers, in order to change the damping characteristic, the actuator is provided in a pipe branch having a... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7004283 | Multiple-chambered exhaust muffler An exhaust gas muffler of multi-chamber construction includes an outer housing having an upper and lower half shell, an inner shell, and an inner exhaust gas duct through the exhaust gas muffler. The inner exhaust gas duct has at lease one curved outlet pipe that ha... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6988885 | Evaporative burner An evaporative burner includes an evaporative medium for feeding fuel vapor into a combustion chamber, a first heating device, having at least one ignition heating element projecting with at least its heating region into the combustion chamber for igniting fuel vapo... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6984170 | Cover plate device for a heat exchanger device, especially for a vehicle heater A cover plate device for a heat exchanger device, especially for a vehicle heater, includes a receiving zone (14) intended to be arranged on the heat exchanger device and to receive a fluid stream leaving the heat exchanger device in a first direction of flow... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6967006 | Method for mounting and insulating ceramic monoliths in an automobile exhaust system and a mounting produced according to this method A special bearing mat (4) is used for mounting and insulating ceramic monoliths (1, 2) in a preferably oval housing (3) of an automobile exhaust system (20), especially for non-round housing cross sections. The bearing mat (4) and/... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6945770 | Fuel metering pump of a heating equipment, particularly water or air heating equipment of a motor vehicle, with control equipment The invention relates to an electric fuel dosing pump (2) of a heating device (1), especially a water heating device in the form of a an auxiliary heater or an independent heating device of an automobile, having a control device (5) for controll... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6938729 | Exhaust gas system An exhaust gas system for an internal combustion engine, in particular, of a motor vehicle has two mufflers through which the exhaust gas is able to flow in a parallel fashion. A switching unit makes it possible to selectively convey the exhaust gas flow of the inte... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6929467 | Combustion chamber assembly for a heating device A combustion chamber assembly for a heating device includes a combustion chamber housing which forms a combustion chamber, and an ignition member which projects with an ignition section into the combustion chamber. An evaporator medium, surrounding the combustion ch... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6926206 | Air heating device for integration into an air-conducting housing arrangement An air heating device for integration into an air-conducting housing arrangement, particularly a housing arrangement of a vehicle air conditioner, includes a burner region, a heat exchanger region with a heat exchanger body, wherein in the heat exchanger body a comb... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6926074 | Exhaust gas cooler An exhaust gas cooler for an internal combustion engine, preferably in a motor vehicle, includes a housing through which exhaust gas can flow in the longitudinal direction and in which a partition extends in the longitudinal direction and separates a first chamber f... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6920914 | Air treatment module, particularly for thermal treatment of air to be introduced into a vehicle interior of a vehicle An air treatment module, in particular for thermal treatment of air to be introduced into the vehicle interior of a vehicle, includes a support arrangement to be fixed to a vehicle, a fan arrangement supported by the support arrangement, a first heat exchanger arran... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6918543 | Heating system for a vehicle A heating system for a vehicle comprises a heating air fan for producing a heating air flow to be introduced into a vehicle interior, a heating device with a heat exchanger arrangement for heating the heating air flow delivered by the heating air fan, a vehicle inte... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6902391 | Temperature-controlled fuel valve, especially for a fuel-operated heating burner of a vehicle heating system A temperature-controlled fuel valve, especially for a fuel-operated heating burner of a vehicle heating system has at least one valve member (40) that is adjustable as a function of a temperature in the area of a heating burner (30). ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6892852 | Exhaust housing part of a motor vehicle, particularly for an exhaust muffler or an exhaust gas catalyst In an exhaust housing part of a motor vehicle, particularly for an exhaust muffler or an exhaust gas catalyst of an automobile, with a sheet blank as a semi-finished part which, after a stamping process in a tool, forms an upper half shell or a lower half shell of a... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6883730 | Atomizing nozzle for a burner An atomizing nozzle for a burner, especially for a vehicle heater has a flow guide element (16), which provides a flow guide surface (28) and which has an atomizing lip (36) in an end area (34). A fuel feed device (52, 50) is provi... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6872073 | Burner arrangement for a heating device, and heating device, particularly vehicle heating device A burner arrangement for a heating device, particularly a vehicle heating device, comprising a combustion chamber (18) and a flame tube (22) conducting the combustion products away from the combustion chamber (18), having an inlet region (28 | 03/29/2005 |
| 6871790 | Heating system for a vehicle A heating system for a vehicle includes a reformer arrangement for producing hydrogen from a hydrocarbon/mixed material mixture, a burner arrangement for reception of hydrogen produced in the reformer arrangement and combustion thereof, and a heat exchanger arrangem... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6811395 | Combustion chamber assembly, particularly for a vehicle heating device A combustion chamber assembly, in particular for a vehicle heating device, has combustion chamber housing in which a combustion chamber is bounded by a combustion chamber outer wall, the combustion chamber having a combustion chamber outlet aperture for the exit to ... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6764302 | Atomizing nozzle for a burner, especially for a heater that can be used on a vehicle An atomizing nozzle for a burner, especially for a heater that can be used on a vehicle includes a first flow guide element (34), which provides a flow guide surface (40) and has an atomizing lip (48) in an axial end area in relation to a centra... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6755622 | Fuel metering pump for a heater, especially an additional heater or a parking heater of a motor vehicle A fuel metering pump (1) has a solenoid coil (2), an armature (3), a delivery piston (4) and spring-loaded valves. The spring-loaded valves are embodied as an electrically controlled suction valve (5) and an electrically controlled... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6757600 | Control device for a networkable device A control device for a device that can be networked, in particular for a water or air heating device, operated with liquid fuel, of a motor vehicle, in the form of a supplementary heater or an auxiliary heater. The control device has a client-specific data interface... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6739868 | Combustion chamber arrangement A combustion chamber arrangement, in particular for a burner of a vehicle heating device, includes a housing arrangement in which a seating region is provided for abutment of a counter-seating region formed on an ignition element. An elastically effective retaining ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6739148 | Temperature control system for a vehicle A temperature control system for a vehicle includes an air-conditioning device (12) with a compressor device (14, 40) for compressing a working medium of the air-conditioning device (12). The compressor device (14, 40) can be driven by a ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6729127 | Exhaust cleaning system for motor vehicles, especially diesel-powered utility vehicles An exhaust cleaning system for motor vehicles, especially a diesel exhaust cleaning system for medium to heavy utility vehicles. The exhaust cleaning system has an exhaust muffler (1), a catalytic converter (2) and an exhaust particle filter element ( | 05/04/2004 |
| 6722862 | Metering pump with combined inlet/outlet valve element A metering device for a heating appliance has a pump arrangement for the delivery of liquid that is supplied via an inlet region to an outlet region and a valve arrangement by which the pump arrangement is connected with the inlet region to receive liquid or with th... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6724983 | Heater part, especially for a vehicle water or air heater which is operated with liquid fuel The invention relates to a heater part, especially for a liquid fuel-operated vehicle water or air heater in the form of a supplementary heater or an auxiliary heater with a burner and a heat-exchanger. According to the invention, at least one part of a fuel heater ... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6712283 | Heating apparatus and housing for a heating apparatus The invention pertains to a heating apparatus (1), in particular, an auxiliary heater and/or a parking heater for a motor vehicle, with a one-piece or one-part housing (2) that contains a combustion chamber shaft (3), in which a heat transfer ca... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6712282 | Fluid delivery device, particularly for delivery of combustion air to a heating burner of a motor vehicle A fluid delivery device, in particular for the delivery of combustion air to a heating burner of a motor vehicle or for the delivery of heating medium, preferably heating air, through a heating medium duct system of a motor vehicle, comprises a delivery member which... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6695037 | Heating device for an automobile especially a water heating device in the form of a backup heater or auxiliary heater A heater of a motor vehicle is provided which is operated with liquid fuel. The heater is especially a water heater in the form of an auxiliary heater or parking heater. The heater has a burner and heat exchanger in a housing with a cover, in which the co... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6681889 | Exhaust muffler for a fuel-operated heating device An exhaust muffler for a fuel-operated heating device has upper and lower housing half shells, an exhaust gas through-duct and absorption and reflection chambers. The exhaust muffler is connectable to an exhaust pipe of the heating device. The exhaust gas... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6660359 | Fiber mat A fiber mat is configured such that the fibers 2 of an intermediate layer arranged between two adjacent layers touch the fibers of one of the layers at positions situated at a distance from the contact points with the fibers of the other layer. The positi... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6638031 | Heating system for motor vehicles including multi-function pump with axially displaceable impeller The invention relates to a heating system, particularly for motor vehicles, in which a heat exchange arrangement operating in the manner of a heating member can be thermally coupled by means of a hydraulic heat transfer circuit, particularly a water circu... | 10/28/2003 |
