Friolzheim, Germany

Rudi Drefs

This inventor holds 1 USPTO granted patent. Top assignee: Robert Bosch. Active years: 2010.

IDiyas Innovation Intelligence. (2026). Inventor Profile: Rudi Drefs. Retrieved from https://idiyas.com/inventor/rudi-drefs

Data source: USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) public patent records. Weekly synchronization. How IDiyas builds this profile

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% Patents Active = 100.0

Average Co-Inventor Count = 7.0

ph-index = 1

Forward Citations = 4(Granted Patents)


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Years Active: 2010

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1 patent (USPTO):Explore Patents

Title: Rudi Drefs and His Patent for Internal Combustion Engine Operation

Introduction

Rudi Drefs is an inventor associated with Friolzheim, Germany, and Robert Bosch. His work includes a patented method and device for operating an internal combustion engine with an exhaust-gas treatment system.

Latest Patents

Drefs is credited with 1 patent: “Method for Operating an Internal Combustion Engine and Device for Implementing the Method.” The invention monitors reagent pressure between a safety valve and a dosing valve positioned directly in the engine’s exhaust-gas region. Pressure readings are taken under different valve states and compared with a threshold. If the threshold is exceeded, the system provides a fault signal. This approach is intended to improve safety, particularly when fuel is used as the reagent.

Career Highlights

Drefs’s patent addresses the monitoring and safe delivery of reagents used in exhaust-gas treatment. The disclosed method combines pressure measurement with threshold-based fault detection.

Collaborations

The information provided associates Drefs with Robert Bosch and identifies Andreas Pfaeffle and Cord Scharsack as coworkers.

Conclusion

Rudi Drefs’s patent focuses on detecting reagent-pressure faults in internal combustion engine exhaust-treatment systems, with safety as a central consideration.

Profile summary based on public USPTO records.
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