Inventor · Worms, DE

Dirk Frankenstein

22Patents
5h-index
26Co-inventors
65Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 2, 2001 → Apr 9, 2020

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6983596B2 Controlled turbocharger with integrated bypass Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 58 Expired
US7600969B2 Turbocharger Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 24 Active
US8240921B2 Axial bearing for a turbocharger Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 18 Active
US7008194B2 Turbocharger Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 12 Expired
US7303370B2 Fluid flow engine and method of producing a guiding grid Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 8 Expired
US7507067B2 Turbocharger of variable turbine geometry Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 3 Active
US8794917B2 Turbocharger with a bearing arrangement for mounting a rotor shaft Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 3 Active
US7789636B2 Turbomachine, particularly exhaust gas turbocharger Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 3 Active
US8764377B2 Thrust bearing, especially for a turbocharger Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 3 Active
US8764389B2 Turbocharger having fastening elements for fastening vane bearing rings of a variable turbine geometry VTG Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 3 Active
US8727711B2 Turbocharger with a variable turbine geometry VTG Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US8932008B2 Securing element and exhaust gas turbocharger having variable turbine geometry Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 3 Active
US8784076B2 Disk spring for a turbocharger Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 2 Active
US8172513B2 Adjusting shaft arrangement of a turbocharger Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 2 Active
US8459938B2 Adjusting ring for adjusting the blades of the VTG distributor of exhaust gas turbochargers Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US9222365B2 Bearing arrangement for a shaft of a turbocharger Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 1 Active
US8096774B2 Turbocharger Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 1 Active
US10598083B2 Turbine for an exhaust turbocharger Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US10001054B2 Method and device for orienting an actuator of an exhaust-gas turbocharger Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US11333040B2 Turbocharger device and method for mounting a turbocharger device Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 0 Active
US11060453B2 Turbocharger with predetermined breaking point for an internal combustion engine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US8747053B2 Method for producing a lubricant feed line of a thrust bearing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.