Patents by Inventor Werner Handle
Werner Handle 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).
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Patent number: 11932361Abstract: The hydraulic system according to the invention is a hydraulic system for controlling a stabilizer drive, in particular for controlling an angle of attack and/or a pivoting out and in of a stabilizer wing, preferably for ships. The hydraulic system according to the invention has a rotary vane motor that changes the angle of attack of the stabilizer wing and/or a hydraulic cylinder for pivoting the stabilizer wing out and in, along with a first hydraulic circuit. The first hydraulic circuit furthermore comprises a low-pressure circuit and a high-pressure circuit, a device for providing an admission pressure of the low-pressure circuit, and two anti-cavitation valves which separate the first low-pressure circuit from the first high-pressure circuit. The hydraulic system according to the invention is furthermore characterized in that a first hydraulic pump driven by an electric motor and having two connections is integrated in the high-pressure circuit.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Moog GmbHInventor: Werner Handle
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Patent number: 11773882Abstract: The hydraulic system according to the invention comprises a hydraulic circuit with a low-pressure region and a high-pressure region; a volume- and/or speed-variable hydraulic machine, which is driven by a first electric motor and has an inlet and an outlet and provides a volume flow of a hydraulic fluid in the high-pressure region of the hydraulic circuit. The hydraulic system according to the invention further comprises at least one movable shaft, which is arranged in the high-pressure region of the hydraulic circuit; at least one valve, which separates the high-pressure region from the low-pressure region; and at least one hydraulic fluid container, which is hydraulically connected to the low-pressure region of the hydraulic circuit.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2020Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Moog GmbHInventors: Werner Handle, Achim Helbig
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Patent number: 11603867Abstract: An electrohydrostatic actuator system comprising: a volume- and/or speed-variable hydraulic machine which is driven by an electric motor, for providing a volumetric flow of a hydraulic fluid; a differential cylinder with a piston side and a ring side; and at least one pretensioning source. The actuator system has a closed hydraulic circuit, wherein, during operation, the hydraulic fluid in the hydraulic circuit is pressurized by means of the hydraulic machine and/or the pretensioning source. Furthermore, according to the invention, the differential cylinder provides a power motion operating mode and a rapid motion operating mode. In order to balance a volume of the hydraulic fluid in the closed hydraulic circuit, according to the invention an expansion reservoir is connected to the piston side of the differential cylinder via a valve.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2019Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: Moog GmbHInventors: Sascha Dany, Reiner Kohlhaas, Achim Helbig, Werner Handle
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Publication number: 20220333617Abstract: An electro-hydrostatic actuation system and a method for driving a hydraulic actuator, e.g. a hydraulic cylinder, are described, wherein the system comprising a leakage branch, and wherein preferably an additional pump is arranged. The system further comprises a source for providing hydraulic liquid; a high-pressure circuit to direct the hydraulic liquid to a hydraulic actuator, such as e.g. a hydraulic cylinder; a low-pressure circuit having several branches; a main pump for hydraulic liquid arranged in the high-pressure circuit, comprising a housing having a high-pressure section and a low-pressure section, separated by gap sealings, wherein the high-pressure section comprises a first outlet and a second outlet to provide the hydraulic liquid flow in the high-pressure circuit; and wherein the low- pressure section comprises a leakage outlet; an electric motor driving the main pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2020Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Tino Kentschke, Dirk Becher, Achim Helbig, Werner Händle
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Publication number: 20220250133Abstract: In summary, the invention relates to a device and method for open-loop or closed-loop control of a movement of a die cushion of a die cushion press. The device has a control value encoder (11), a speed controller (12), a current controller (13), and a motor control device (14) for providing a nominal current for an electrical drive (15) of a fluid-hydraulic motor pump unit (20) for moving a die cushion of a die cushion press. The control value encoder (11) is provided in order to calculate a setpoint speed based on a die cushion control value command and a die cushion information. The speed controller (12) calculates a setpoint current based on the setpoint speed. The current controller (13) calculates a control signal based on the setpoint current, and the motor control device (14) calculates the nominal current based on the control current. In this respect, the dynamics of the control of the electrical machine can be improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2020Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Werner Handle, Achim Helbig
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Publication number: 20220213905Abstract: The hydraulic system according to the invention comprises a hydraulic circuit with a low-pressure region and a high-pressure region; a volume- and/or speed-variable hydraulic machine, which is driven by a first electric motor and has an inlet and an outlet and provides a volume flow of a hydraulic fluid in the high-pressure region of the hydraulic circuit. The hydraulic system according to the invention further comprises at least one movable shaft, which is arranged in the high-pressure region of the hydraulic circuit; at least one valve, which separates the high-pressure region from the low-pressure region; and at least one hydraulic fluid container, which is hydraulically connected to the low-pressure region of the hydraulic circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2020Publication date: July 7, 2022Inventors: Werner Handle, Achim Helbig
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Publication number: 20220177084Abstract: The hydraulic system according to the invention is a hydraulic system for controlling a stabilizer drive, in particular for controlling an angle of attack and/or a pivoting out and in of a stabilizer wing, preferably for ships. The hydraulic system according to the invention has a rotary vane motor that changes the angle of attack of the stabilizer wing and/or a hydraulic cylinder for pivoting the stabilizer wing out and in, along with a first hydraulic circuit. The first hydraulic circuit furthermore comprises a low-pressure circuit and a high-pressure circuit, a device for providing an admission pressure of the low-pressure circuit, and two anti-cavitation valves which separate the first low-pressure circuit from the first high-pressure circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2020Publication date: June 9, 2022Inventor: Werner Handle
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Patent number: 11261884Abstract: The present invention relates to an electro-hydrostatic system (1) with a hydraulic machine (11) which is driven by an electric motor (10) and has a variable volume and/or rotational speed for providing a volumetric flow rate of a hydraulic fluid, a differential cylinder (20) with a piston surface and with an annular surface, and at least one equalization container (30, 37), wherein the drive system (1) has a closed hydraulic circuit and during operation has an overpressure relative to the environment by means of the hydraulic machine (11) and/or a pretensioning source (15, 37), and the drive system (1) provides a movement of the cylinder in a first direction by means of a volumetric flow rate of the hydraulic machine (11) and a volumetric flow rate from the equalization container (30, 37), and provides a movement in a second direction by means of a volumetric flow rate of the hydraulic machine (11) and a volumetric flow rate into the equalization container (30, 37), and a power operating mode and a speed opeType: GrantFiled: July 14, 2017Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Moog GmbHInventors: Werner Händle, Achim Helbig, Tino Kentschke, Reiner Kohlhas, Klaus Kirch
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Publication number: 20210332831Abstract: An electrohydrostatic actuator system comprising: a volume- and/or speed-variable hydraulic machine which is driven by an electric motor, for providing a volumetric flow of a hydraulic fluid; a differential cylinder with a piston side and a ring side; and at least one pretensioning source. The actuator system has a closed hydraulic circuit, wherein, during operation, the hydraulic fluid in the hydraulic circuit is pressurized by means of the hydraulic machine and/or the pretensioning source. Furthermore, according to the invention, the differential cylinder provides a power motion operating mode and a rapid motion operating mode. In order to balance a volume of the hydraulic fluid in the closed hydraulic circuit, according to the invention an expansion reservoir is connected to the piston side of the differential cylinder via a valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2019Publication date: October 28, 2021Inventors: Sascha Dany, Reiner Kohlhaas, Achim Helbig, Werner Handle
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Patent number: 10626889Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic drive (1) comprising a working cylinder (2) and a travel cylinder (3) which is mechanically connected to the working cylinder (2). The working cylinder (2) and the travel cylinder (3) each comprise an upper and a lower cylinder chamber (21, 22, 31, 32), and all four cylinder chambers (21, 22, 31, 32) of the working and travel cylinder (2, 3) are connected to one another in a suitable manner in a closed pressure circuit (4) which is filled and prestressed with a hydraulic fluid (F). A rotational speed-variable hydraulic machine (5) with a first and second pressure connection (51, 52) is arranged in the pressure circuit (4) in order to conduct the hydraulic fluid (F) between the individual cylinder chambers (21, 22, 31, 32) of the working and travel cylinder (2, 3) during the operation (B) of the hydraulic drive (1).Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2015Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Moog GmbHInventors: Werner Händle, Achim Helbig, Tino Kentschke
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Patent number: 10519989Abstract: A safe hydraulic drive system and process, comprising at least one first cylinder chamber and a second, separate cylinder chamber which are connected to one another via a connecting line to form a fluid-filled hydraulic circuit, and a hydraulic drive for conveying the fluid from one cylinder chamber, via the connecting line, into the other cylinder chamber in which the connecting line is arranged. The connecting line has at least one parallel system, between the hydraulic drive and one of the two cylinder chambers, including at least one first sub-connection with at least one first stop valve and a second sub-connection with a baffle arranged therein.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2016Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: MOOG GmbHInventors: Werner Handle, Reiner Kohlhaas, Tim Reidl
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Publication number: 20180180072Abstract: A safe hydraulic drive system and process, comprising at least one first cylinder chamber and a second, separate cylinder chamber which are connected to one another via a connecting line to form a fluid-filled hydraulic circuit, and a hydraulic drive for conveying the fluid from one cylinder chamber, via the connecting line, into the other cylinder chamber in which the connecting line is arranged. The connecting line has at least one parallel system, between the hydraulic drive and one of the two cylinder chambers, including at least one first sub-connection with at least one first stop valve and a second sub-connection with a baffle arranged therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2016Publication date: June 28, 2018Inventors: Werner HANDLE, Reiner KOHLHAAS, Tim REIDL
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Patent number: 9890777Abstract: A method for the delay-minimized detection of an auxiliary control variable for a system comprising a control system and a controller, whereby an output variable is detected at the end of the control system, whereby a disturbance variable is active in the control system, characterized in that a state variable is detected in the control system at a place before the point of action of the disturbance variable, whereby the auxiliary control variable is calculated from the state variable that has been weighted with a constant kx and from an estimation error, whereby the estimation error is calculated from a comparison between the detected output variable and the integrated auxiliary control variable.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2014Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Moog GmbHInventors: Werner Händle, Eberhard Veil, Michael Bürker
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Patent number: 9850916Abstract: A fail-safe actuation system comprising an actuator having first and second chambers, a working circuit with a motor/pump device configured to actuate the actuator in an operative state, and a safety circuit configured to move the actuator into the safety position in a failure state, the safety circuit having a tank that holds pressurized fluid and that, in the failure state, is automatically connected to the first chamber via a switching valve, and having a drain valve that, in the failure state, is moved into a through-flow position in order to drain fluid out of the second chamber, the safety circuit configured such that, in the operative state, an inflow into the actuator—in a manner that is decoupled from the tank—is established by the working circuit, and, in the failure state, an inflow from the tank into the first chamber—in a manner that is completely decoupled from the working circuit—is created by the safety circuit, whereby a short-circuit fluid connection is provided between the first and secondType: GrantFiled: February 11, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Moog GmbHInventors: Achim Helbig, Christoph Boes, Werner Handle
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Publication number: 20170108014Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic drive (1) comprising a working cylinder (2) and a travel cylinder (3) which is mechanically connected to the working cylinder (2). The working cylinder (2) and the travel cylinder (3) each comprise an upper and a lower cylinder chamber (21, 22, 31, 32), and all four cylinder chambers (21, 22, 31, 32) of the working and travel cylinder (2, 3) are connected to one another in a suitable manner in a closed pressure circuit (4) which is filled and prestressed with a hydraulic fluid (F). A rotational speed-variable hydraulic machine (5) with a first and second pressure connection (51, 52) is arranged in the pressure circuit (4) in order to conduct the hydraulic fluid (F) between the individual cylinder chambers (21, 22, 31, 32) of the working and travel cylinder (2, 3) during the operation (B) of the hydraulic drive (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2015Publication date: April 20, 2017Inventors: Werner Händle, Achim Helbig, Tino Kentschke
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Patent number: 9239064Abstract: Disclosed is a fail-safe fluidic actuation system (1) having a safety position, comprising a control element (2) having at least one first and one second chamber (3, 4); having a working circuit (5) with a motor/pump device (6), wherein the control element can be actuated by means of the working circuit at least in the operational state.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2011Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: Moog GmbHInventors: Achim Helbig, Christoph Boes, Werner Handle
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Publication number: 20150152887Abstract: A fail-safe actuation system comprising an actuator having first and second chambers, a working circuit with a motor/pump device configured to actuate the actuator in an operative state, and a safety circuit configured to move the actuator into the safety position in a failure state, the safety circuit having a tank that holds pressurized fluid and that, in the failure state, is automatically connected to the first chamber via a switching valve, and having a drain valve that, in the failure state, is moved into a through-flow position in order to drain fluid out of the second chamber, the safety circuit configured such that, in the operative state, an inflow into the actuator—in a manner that is decoupled from the tank—is established by the working circuit, and, in the failure state, an inflow from the tank into the first chamber—in a manner that is completely decoupled from the working circuit—is created by the safety circuit, whereby a short-circuit fluid connection is provided between the first and secondType: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2015Publication date: June 4, 2015Inventors: Achim Helbig, Christoph Boes, Werner Handle
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Publication number: 20140322036Abstract: A method for the delay-minimized detection of an auxiliary control variable for a system comprising a control system and a controller, whereby an output variable is detected at the end of the control system, whereby a disturbance variable is active in the control system, characterized in that a state variable is detected in the control system at a place before the point of action of the disturbance variable, whereby the auxiliary control variable is calculated from the state variable that has been weighted with a constant kx and from an estimation error, whereby the estimation error is calculated from a comparison between the detected output variable and the integrated auxiliary control variable.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: Moog GmbHInventors: Werner Händle, Eberhard Veil, Michael Bürker
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Publication number: 20140026969Abstract: Disclosed is a fail-safe fluidic actuation system (1) having a safety position, comprising a control element (2) having at least one first and one second chamber (3, 4); having a working circuit (5) with a motor/pump device (6), wherein the control element can be actuated by means of the working circuit at least in the operational state.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2011Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: Moog GmbHInventors: Achim Helbig, Christoph Boes, Werner Handle