Patents by Inventor Thomas Pippes

Thomas Pippes 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: 11905956
    Abstract: The application relates to an internal gear machine for reversing duty having a housing with a chamber, in the chamber there are disposed an externally toothed pinion and an internally toothed ring gear, which mesh with one another, the rotational axes of which run parallel to and spaced apart from one another. The chamber in the housing is axially bounded and is connected via pressure pockets provided in the housing to pressure connections in the internal gear machine. According to the invention, a switching valve is arranged in each connection between the pressure pockets and the pressure connections or compression spaces, which valve opens or closes the connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: HYDRAULIK NORD TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventor: Thomas Pippes
  • Publication number: 20230193899
    Abstract: The application relates to an internal gear machine for reversing duty having a housing with a chamber, in the chamber there are disposed an externally toothed pinion and an internally toothed ring gear, which mesh with one another, the rotational axes of which run parallel to and spaced apart from one another. The chamber in the housing is axially bounded and is connected via pressure pockets provided in the housing to pressure connections in the internal gear machine. According to the invention, a switching valve is arranged in each connection between the pressure pockets and the pressure connections or compression spaces, which valve opens or closes the connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: HYDRAULIK NORD TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventor: Thomas PIPPES
  • Patent number: 11485410
    Abstract: A variable ratio hydraulic steering device with two or more orbit displacers ensures steering with low actuating forces even in the event of a total or partial failure of the oil flow supply. In the event of a total or partial failure of the oil flow supply, the device is capable of switching from one orbit displacer to another, if necessary, independently of the pressure at the inlet connection of the steering device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: WHITE DRIVE MOTORS AND STEERING GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Pippes, Erhard Bergmann, Hartmut Voßberg
  • Publication number: 20200108862
    Abstract: A variable ratio hydraulic steering device with two or more orbit displacers ensures steering with low actuating forces even in the event of a total or partial failure of the oil flow supply. In the event of a total or partial failure of the oil flow supply, the device is capable of switching from one orbit displacer to another, if necessary, independently of the pressure at the inlet connection of the steering device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas PIPPES, Erhard Bergmann, Hartmut Vossberg
  • Patent number: 10422353
    Abstract: A hydro-pneumatic accumulator includes a housing defining a gas chamber for a compressible gas and a fluid chamber within the housing. A gas valve is in communication with the gas chamber via a gas passage. A check valve is provided within the gas passage and prevents gas from releasing from the gas chamber when the gas valve is removed, wherein the check valve is mechanically actuated to an open position by the gas valve in communication with the gas passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Tobul Accumulator Incorporated
    Inventor: Thomas Pippes
  • Publication number: 20180010618
    Abstract: A hydro-pneumatic accumulator includes a housing defining a gas chamber for a compressible gas and a fluid chamber within the housing. A gas valve is in communication with the gas chamber via a gas passage. A check valve is provided within the gas passage and prevents gas from releasing from the gas chamber when the gas valve is removed, wherein the check valve is mechanically actuated to an open position by the gas valve in communication with the gas passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventor: Thomas PIPPES
  • Publication number: 20150144216
    Abstract: A piston accumulator in which good sealing and guidance of a piston is ensured, even if the diameter of the housing undergoes expansion, the strength, weight and costs of the piston accumulator being optimised as far as possible, a piston accumulator, which has a housing defining a pressure chamber and receiving a movable piston, a compressible fluid being held in the pressure chamber, the piston having a housing side facing the pressure chamber and the piston having a working side which can face a working fluid that can move the piston with a bushing provided, within which the piston can move.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventor: Thomas Pippes
  • Patent number: 9022072
    Abstract: A valve array includes a reservoir containing a pressurized fluid, a non-return valve and a seat valve that is actuatable so as to allow the fluid to flow out of the reservoir. The seat valve is configured as a pilot control valve connected to the reservoir such that, in an open condition of the seat valve, a smaller amount of the fluid flows out of the reservoir via the seat valve and a larger amount of the fluid flows out of the reservoir via the non-return valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Carl Freudenberg KG
    Inventor: Thomas Pippes
  • Publication number: 20130056103
    Abstract: A valve array includes a reservoir containing a pressurized fluid, a non-return valve and a seat valve that is actuatable so as to allow the fluid to flow out of the reservoir. The seat valve is configured as a pilot control valve connected to the reservoir such that, in an open condition of the seat valve, a smaller amount of the fluid flows out of the reservoir via the seat valve and a larger amount of the fluid flows out of the reservoir via the non-return valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventor: Thomas Pippes