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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8171951 | Valve with an AND-function A valve (1) with a AND gate function has a valve member (2) cooperating with moving passage members (23a and 23b) in a valve housing (3) in order to control connections between one outlet (A) and two inlets (E1... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8156965 | Modular arrangement with modules, which are added in a series direction and are formed at least partially as valve modules A modular arrangement is proposed with modules (10-25) added in a row direction, these being constructed at least partially as valve modules (16-21, 23, 24), wherein one module is constructed as a control module (10) and is connect... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8151823 | Fluid power valve arrangement with at least one solenoid valve A fluid power valve arrangement with at least one solenoid valve whose solenoid is connected or able to be connected via only two control lines with an electrical control and/or communication device. The solenoid valve has integrated in it a non-volatile storage dev... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8134258 | Electrical direct linear drive device with a stator having two guide rails for the linear guidance of a driven carriage An electrical direct linear drive device, with a stator (10) having two guide rails (12, 13) for the linear guidance of a driven carriage (11) is proposed, wherein a permanent magnet arrangement (18) providing the electrical drive, and a ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8091468 | Fluid power linear drive device A fluid power linear drive device comprises a housing tube on whose outer periphery an output drive slide can slide linearly. For this purpose on the outer periphery of the housing tube there are two guide face pairs each having two guide faces extending along the h... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8082943 | Valve apparatus A valve means (1) comprises a valve support (2) with internal valve support ducts (15). Several component mounting sites (12) are located on the valve support (2) to be individually fitted with control units (3), at least on... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8075022 | Fluidically operated device The application relates to a device in accordance with fluid technology (1), having at least one connecting body (2), through which at least one fluid-carrying conduit (5) extends and to which an elastic fluid-carrying hose (3) can be con... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8074961 | Magnetic valve with manual override Proposed is a magnetic valve with manual override, through the actuating element of which a magnetic core that serves as a valve element or that is connected to a valve element can be shifted from an off position into an operating position without excitation of a ma... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8066028 | Structure for mounting valve units on a valve support A valve arrangement has a valve unit (3) fixed in position via two mutually spaced attachment structures (27 and 28) on a mounting face (6) of a valve support (2). The first attachment structure (27) includes two mutually en... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8053949 | Electronic control device for a piezo-ceramic bending transducer designed as a trimorph An electronic control device for a piezo-ceramic bending transducer designed as a trimorph, wherein a first voltage divider consisting of two resistor branches and powered by a first voltage source (Ust1) is provided, whose first resistor branch connects ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7973435 | Electrical linear drive An electrical linear drive device comprises an outer housing consisting of a housing tube and two housing covers disposed at the ends thereof The outer housing defines in the interior thereof a receiving space, into which the drive part of a drive unit in the form o... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7971520 | Fluid power arrangement A fluid power arrangement includes a valve means and a fluid power implement, which is connected or is able to be connected with the valve means by way of a first fluid line a and at least one second fluid line for fluid actuation through the valve means (13 | 07/05/2011 |
| 7941290 | Method for error containment and diagnosis in a fluid power system In a method for error containment and diagnosis in a fluid power system the fluid volumetric flow in the overall system or at least a part thereof and the fluid pressure (P) is detected as a measurement quantity in each case during a duty cycle and is compared with ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7931309 | Modular compressed air maintenance unit A compressed air servicing device comprises several device modules (3) arranged in a row direction (2) and connected detachably with each other. At least two device modules (3) are detachably connected together by a module connector (4) p... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7926409 | Valve cluster A valve cluster comprises several valve modules arranged in row direction adjacent to each other for the fluid power control of fluid power device, and at least one fluid power device coupled with and controlled by the valve cluster, such device constituting a unit ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7917325 | Method for error containment and diagnosis in a fluid power system In a method for error containment and diagnosis in a fluid power system the fluid volumetric flow of the overall system or at least a part thereof or a quantity dependent thereon is detected as a measurement quantity respectively during an operating cycle and is com... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7914051 | Connecting device for a fluid line A connection device for fluid lines has an annular or sleeve-shaped insert provided for assembly by plugging in a circularly cylindrical socket in a support component. The insert comprises an annular or sleeve-shaped cage element (18) in the form of a metal b... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7896102 | Pneumatic drive system A pneumatic drive system (1) in which the movement of an output drive unit (7) of a pneumatic drive (2) is controlled by a control valve (25 and 26) which is connected with the working chambers (12 and 13) of the pneu... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7891375 | Softstart valve means A softstart valve means comprises a main valve member which is only switched over after a certain time from a closed position into an open position. The opening force required for switch over of the main valve member can be produced selectively in a manner dependent... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7845060 | Method for the production of a catching connection in a linear drive A method of providing a linear drive with an axially play-free entrainment connection between at least one linearly travelling rod (5) and a guide unit able to be moved parallel thereto. Between a coupling member (26), projecting to the fore of the rod... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7860610 | Handling device A handling device for handling parts and in particular sheet metal bodywork parts, comprises a carrier unit which has a coupling means for coupling to a robot arm of a robot and a plurality of operating modules each having an attachment interface for the attachment ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7834488 | Electric linear drive unit The invention proposes an electric linear drive unit with an electric linear motor that is arranged in or on a basic housing. A sensor device arranged in or on the basic housing serves for determining at least one position of a driving element that is driven by the ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7793993 | Coupling device for a fluid line A coupling device for a fluid line has a collet and an axially movable actuating sleeve serving for operation of the collet. The collet bears several gripping teeth with associated actuating portions able to be acted on by actuating faces on the actuating sleeve in ... | 09/14/2010 |
| D622349 | Detector for detecting the angular position of a rotatable shaft | 08/24/2010 |
| 7770974 | Height adjustment device of a vehicle seat and a vehicle seat fitted with it A height adjustment device of a vehicle seat comprises a control valve means for governing the degree of filling of a compressed air actuator. Following an alteration in the weight to be carried by the compressed air actuator there is a relative switching over movem... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7750647 | Position detecting device with a microwave antenna arrangement and a method for the manufacture thereof A position detecting device serves for finding the distance between a specimen arranged in a conductive structure and a microwave antenna arrangement of the position detecting device, produced by an inventive method, on the basis of microwaves. The microwave antenna... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7739944 | Fluid operated rotary drive A fluid operated rotary drive comprises a drive housing (2) and an output shaft (4) able to be caused to oscillate in relation to it and having a pivotal abutment arranged on it which cooperates with a counter abutment (34 and 35). The pi... | 06/22/2010 |
| D618309 | Detector for detecting the angular position of a rotatable shaft | 06/22/2010 |
| D616528 | Detector for detecting the angular position of a rotatable shaft | 05/25/2010 |
| 7699073 | Soft start device for compressed air systems A soft start device for compressed air systems comprises a primary inlet at which compressed air at a primary pressure may be supplied, the primary inlet being connected with a secondary outlet able to be coupled with a load, by a valve circuit, at which compressed ... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7693686 | Sensor arrangement with a sensor and a signal processing means A sensor arrangement comprises a sensor responsive to a measurement parameter as a sensor signal and a signal processing means for the sensor signal, the signal processing means having a switching stage for comparison of the sensor signal with a comparison or switch... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7690398 | Electrofluidic control device An electrofluidic control device comprises a plurality of electrically operated power modules arranged at least in part in the form of control valves, said power modules being contacted by an concatenation strand. By way of a connection module and at least one addit... | 04/06/2010 |
| D610655 | Pneumatic actuator | 02/23/2010 |
| 7650828 | Piston and a fluid operated setting device connected therewith A piston for a setting device operated by fluid power is suggested. The piston includes a support body having an annular recess with an axis coinciding with the longitudinal axis of the piston, such recess having at least one annular permanent magnet arrangement the... | 01/26/2010 |
| D608416 | Valve | 01/19/2010 |
| D608415 | Valve | 01/19/2010 |
| 7637281 | Pilot controlled pulse valve A pilot controlled pulse valve has a valve spool releasably held in both terminal positions by a latching device. The latching device comprise a permanent magnet holding the valve spool by magnetic force. To set the terminal or end position the permanent magnet has ... | 12/29/2009 |
| D604396 | Valve | 11/17/2009 |
| 7537624 | Condensate filter, particularly for pneumatic classification modules A condensate filter, particularly for pneumatic classification modules, is suggested, which has a condensate container (10) having a filter system (19), a twist device (15), which sets the incoming air into rotation at the upper air inlet (14... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7520208 | Drive device comprising a position controller A drive device comprises a fluid driven drive (2), which defines a drive space (8), in which at least one drive piston (14) is located which is able to be linearly shifted by fluid actuation and is kinematically coupled with an output drive part... | 04/21/2009 |
