Patents by Inventor Nikolaus Eltrop

Nikolaus Eltrop has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7171985
    Abstract: In the case of a distributor module for valve clusters, which possess a principal valve supplied with pressure medium by way of a supply duct and at least one pilot control valve, serving for controlling same and supplied by way of at least one pilot control supply duct with pilot control pressure medium, the distributor module has a supply duct section and two pilot supply duct sections, which are able to be coupled with the supply duct or, respectively, with a respective pilot control duct of the valve cluster, an interface for the connection of the duct sections with each other, with which a control element is associated, which is so designed that different switching conditions may be set, in which the supply duct section and the pilot supply duct sections are differently put in circuit with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Festo AG & Co.
    Inventor: Nikolaus Eltrop
  • Publication number: 20060096649
    Abstract: In the case of a distributor module for valve clusters, which possess a principal valve supplied with pressure medium by way of a supply duct and at least one pilot control valve, serving for controlling same and supplied by way of at least one pilot control supply duct with pilot control pressure medium, the distributor module has a supply duct section and two pilot supply duct sections, which are able to be coupled with the supply duct or, respectively, with a respective pilot control duct of the valve cluster, an interface for the connection of the duct sections with each other, with which a control element is associated, which is so designed that different switching conditions may be set, in which the supply duct section and the pilot supply duct sections are differently put in circuit with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Inventor: Nikolaus Eltrop