Patents Assigned to Kendrion (Villingen) GmbH
  • Publication number: 20200171908
    Abstract: A controllable shock absorber, in particular for motor vehicles, comprising a valve device comprising a bridge circuit with four non-return valves which are connected crosswise in the forward direction, the connection of a first bridge branch with two non-return valves that are arranged opposite each other form a pressure chamber and the connection of the second bridge branch with two non-return valves arranged opposite each other form a low pressure chamber, a hydraulic main slide arranged between the low pressure chamber and the pressure chamber, a pilot chamber which is connected to the pressurised fluid line which is part of the upper working space (traction area) by means of a fifth non-return valve, and a pilot valve which connects the low pressure chamber to the pilot chamber, the pilot chamber being connected to the high-pressure chamber by means of a diaphragm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: Kendrion (Villingen) GmbH
    Inventors: Björn Bergfeld, Frank Zelano, Holger Brandenburg
  • Patent number: 10563788
    Abstract: The invention is an electromagnetic valve, comprising at least one valve seat arranged between at least one inlet channel and at least one outlet channel, a sealing element by which the valve seat can be closed, and an actuating element by which the sealing element can be moved in order to close the valve seat, with the actuating element comprising at its end pointing to the sealing element a cup-shaped seat, with a support element being arranged in said cup-shaped seat, and a sealing element that is connected fixed to the support element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: KENDRION (VILLINGEN) GMBH
    Inventors: Joachim Fluehs, Holger Brandenburg, Bjoern Bergfeld, Frank Zelano
  • Patent number: 10400725
    Abstract: An electromagnetic actuator for a valve mechanism, in particular in a common rail system of a motor vehicle, comprising an armature tappet for actuating a valve element located in a channel, and comprising a pole core, the armature tappet being movable axially along a central axis of the actuator when an excitation coil of an excitation system is energized. The pole core therefore has a tubular shape and has a circumferential flange in the area of the pole core end facing the channel, said flange extending inward in relation to the central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Kendrion (Villingen) GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Schulz, Ralf Heingl, Tsuneo Suzuki, Joachim Flühs, Holger Brandenburg
  • Publication number: 20190214209
    Abstract: An electromagnetic adjustment device, in particular for camshaft adjustment, having a plug housing made of insulating potting material, in which a stationary coil unit and a sensor unit are seated in a potted manner, which each have terminals electrically connected via electrical lines to contact pins protruding on the plug housing, and to an actuating unit, in which at least one axially movable armature is seated, which is axially movable upon energizing of the coil unit, for example, to interact with at least one tappet of a camshaft adjustment unit of a motor vehicle, where the terminals and the electrical lines of the coil unit and the sensor unit to the contact pins are embedded in the potting material of the plug housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: Kendrion (Villingen) GmbH
    Inventors: Rolf Hermann, Andreas Kammerer
  • Publication number: 20190170270
    Abstract: The application relates to a valve for a line system, comprising a valve body which forms a valve seat, a line system with a supply line for supplying a fluid to the valve seat and with a discharge line for discharging the fluid from the valve seat, which fluid is under a supply pressure in the supply line and under a working pressure in the discharge line, a closing element which interacts with the valve seat for opening and closing the line system, which closing element releases a throttle cross section between the valve seat and the closing element, a restoring element which applies a restoring force on the closing element, which restoring force presses the closing element against the valve seat in order to close the line system, and a pressure chamber in which the fluid is under a closing pressure to close the line system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: Kendrion (Villingen) GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Ohnmacht, Wolfram Maiwald, Wolfgang Burk, Stefan Barth
  • Publication number: 20190156981
    Abstract: An actuating apparatus having a first actuating unit and a second actuating unit arranged adjacent to the first actuating unit. The actuating units each have elongated tubular coil bodies, actuator coils which are wound around the coil bodies, electromagnetically actuatable actuators which are guided in the coil bodies and are movable relative to the actuator coils, and the coil bodies are D-shaped and face one another with the flattened sides thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: Kendrion (Villingen) GmbH
    Inventors: Tsuneo Suzuki, Michael Tischtschenko, Aleksandra Lech
  • Patent number: 10290410
    Abstract: A electromagnetic camshaft adjuster comprising: an armature unit which can be moved relative to a pole core when a stationary coil unit is energized and which has an armature plunger; and a permanent magnet unit by means of which the armature unit is held in a rest position when the coil unit is not energized; and a spring element between the pole core and the armature unit to force the armature unit axially away from the pole core, the spring force of the spring element being chosen smaller than the holding force of the permanent magnet unit when the coil unit is not energized. The permanent magnet unit is stationarily arranged between a housing cover and the pole core, the armature plunger is rotationally arranged, and the spring element is supported on a part of the armature unit which is rotationally fixedly mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Kendrion (Villingen) GmbH
    Inventors: Dominik Halder, Pedro Marull-Kessler, Wolfram Maiwald, Tsuneo Suzuki, Harald Burkart
  • Publication number: 20190138036
    Abstract: A valve for closing and opening a line system, comprising a valve body which forms a valve seat; a line system with a supply line for supplying a fluid to the valve seat and with a discharge line for discharging the fluid from the valve seat, wherein the fluid is under a supply pressure in the supply line and under a working pressure in the discharge line; a closing element that releases a throttle cross-section between the valve seat and the closing element; a restoring element which applies a restoring force to the closing element; and a pressure chamber in which the fluid is under a closing pressure with which the fluid applies a closing force to the closing element to close the line system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: Kendrion (Villingen) GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Ohnmacht, Wolfram Maiwald, Wolfgang Bürk, Stefan Barth
  • Patent number: 10247054
    Abstract: An electromagnetic adjusting device having a first, second and third plug contacts for operating the adjusting device on an operating voltage source having a first and second voltage pole. The device can include an actuator coupled to the plug contacts. The actuator can have a magnet coil with a first terminal connected to the first plug contact, a second terminal connected to the second plug contact, where either the first or the second plug contact is connected to the first voltage pole. The magnet coil can also have a first transistor with a first control electrode connecting the first terminal to the third plug contact, a second transistor having a second control electrode connecting the second terminal to the third plug contact, a first resistor connecting the first control electrode to the second plug contact and a second resistor connecting the second control electrode to the first plug contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Kendrion (Villingen) GmbH
    Inventors: Tsuneo Suzuki, Harald Burkart, Wolfram Maiwald
  • Publication number: 20190078701
    Abstract: An electromagnetic switch valve for opening or closing an oil or coolant circuit in a motor vehicle, having an electromagnet, which has a coil and a movable armature, wherein the armature is coupled to a valve element, via which a valve seat in the coolant circuit can be sealed, wherein the switch valve is designed to be pressure balanced, and the valve element, pointing in the direction of the valve seat, is designed to be at least approximately hollow-walled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: Kendrion (Villingen) GmbH
    Inventors: Björn Bergfeld, Joachim Flühs, Frank Zelano, Wolfgang Bürk
  • Publication number: 20190032744
    Abstract: The application provides a damping adjusting system having a guide tube which is arranged in an outer housing and which comprises a lateral outer wall. The interior of the guide tube being delimited at the end face by a base part. The guide tube can also have a magnet coil; an electromagnetically movable armature which is guided in the guide tube along a movement axis; an exterior which surrounds the outer housing; and a ventilation bore which connects the interior to the exterior and which is guided through the base part and the outer housing. The ventilation bore has two interconnected sections. A first section is guided through the base part and the first section has a first opening arranged on the base part on the interior side and a second opening arranged on the lateral outer wall, and a second section is guided through the outer housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: Kendrion (Villingen) GmbH
    Inventor: Björn Bergfeld
  • Publication number: 20190017480
    Abstract: An electromagnetic actuator for a valve mechanism, in particular in a common rail system of a motor vehicle, comprising an armature tappet for actuating a valve element located in a channel, and comprising a pole core, the armature tappet being movable axially along a central axis of the actuator when an excitation coil of an excitation system is energized. The pole core therefore has a tubular shape and has a circumferential flange in the area of the pole core end facing the channel, said flange extending inward in relation to the central axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: Kendrion (Villingen) GmbH
    Inventors: Florian SCHULZ, Ralf HEINGL, Tsuneo SUZUKI, Joachim FLÜHS, Holger BRANDENBURG
  • Publication number: 20180283573
    Abstract: An electromagnetic actuator of a valve device, in particular in a common rail system of a motor vehicle, comprising an armature for actuating a valve element located in a duct, said armature being arranged in a housing and being movable axially along a longitudinal axis of the actuator when an excitation coil is energized, further comprising a pole core, characterized in that the electromagnetic actuator is designed as an electromagnetic adhesive system that comprises a plate-type armature which entirely covers planar end faces of the pole core that extend orthogonally to the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: Kendrion (Villingen) GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfram Maiwald, Tsuneo Suzuki, Ralf Heingl, Florian Schulz
  • Publication number: 20180144855
    Abstract: A electromagnetic camshaft adjuster comprising: an armature unit which can be moved relative to a pole core when a stationary coil unit is energized and which has an armature plunger; and a permanent magnet unit by means of which the armature unit is held in a rest position when the coil unit is not energized; and a spring element between the pole core and the armature unit to force the armature unit axially away from the pole core, the spring force of the spring element being chosen smaller than the holding force of the permanent magnet unit when the coil unit is not energized. The permanent magnet unit is stationarily arranged between a housing cover and the pole core, the armature plunger is rotationally arranged, and the spring element is supported on a part of the armature unit which is rotationally fixedly mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicant: Kendrion (Villingen) GmbH
    Inventors: Dominik Halder, Pedro Marull-Kessler, Wolfram Maiwald, Tsuneo Suzuki, Harald Burkart
  • Patent number: 9976454
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an adjusting element for the axial displacement of a camshaft, supported displaceably along an axis of the camshaft, or a camshaft section arranged displaceably on a shaft along the axis of the camshaft, with the adjusting element being mobile between a first position and a second position, the adjusting element showing a guide section by which one or more projections of a camshaft, supported in an axially displaceable fashion, or a camshaft section, supported in an axially displaceable fashion, can cooperate in the first position such that the camshaft or the camshaft section can be axially displaced by a rotation about the axis of the camshaft, and the projection does not cooperate with the guide section in the second position. Furthermore, the invention relates to a device which comprises an axially displaceable camshaft, which shows one or more projections and such an adjusting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: KENDRION (Villingen) GmbH
    Inventor: Florian Schulz
  • Patent number: 9765741
    Abstract: The invention relates to a common rail system for an internal combustion engine of a vehicle, comprising a high-pressure pump which delivers highly pressurized fuel to a high-pressure accumulator, from which the fuel is fed to at least one injection valve of the internal combustion engine, a low-pressure pump for conveying fuel from a fuel container via a conveying line to the high-pressure pump, a flow control valve as an electromagnetic switching valve which is arranged in the conveying line for controlling the fuel quantity which is fed by the high-pressure pump to the high-pressure accumulator; it is provided according to the invention that the flow control valve is configured as a ball seat valve with an inlet opening which is connected to the low-pressure pump and an outlet opening which is connected to the high-pressure pump, which ball seat valve is open in the de-energized state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Kendrion (Villingen) GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Schulz, Gerd Strobel, Wolfgang Knoebel
  • Publication number: 20170241301
    Abstract: An electromagnetic adjusting device having a first, second and third plug contacts for operating the adjusting device on an operating voltage source having a first and second voltage pole. The device can include an actuator coupled to the plug contacts. The actuator can have a magnet coil with a first terminal connected to the first plug contact, a second terminal connected to the second plug contact, where either the first or the second plug contact is connected to the first voltage pole. The magnet coil can also have a first transistor with a first control electrode connecting the first terminal to the third plug contact, a second transistor having a second control electrode connecting the second terminal to the third plug contact, a first resistor connecting the first control electrode to the second plug contact and a second resistor connecting the second control electrode to the first plug contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: Kendrion (Villingen) GmbH
    Inventors: Tsuneo Suzuki, Harald Burkart, Wolfram Maiwald
  • Patent number: 9657864
    Abstract: Electromagnetically actuable high-pressure valve, having a valve seat which is arranged in a valve chamber and which can be closed off by a sealing element and which is arranged between a low-pressure side (N) and a high-pressure side (H) of the valve, wherein the sealing element is arranged so as to be movable between an open position and a closed position, having a movably arranged armature, and having an electrically energizable coil which is designed and arranged so as to be suitable for acting on the armature, wherein the armature and the sealing element are arranged in the valve chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: KENDRION (VILLINGEN) GMBH
    Inventors: Frank Zelano, Holger Brandenburg
  • Patent number: 9599247
    Abstract: An electromagnetic valve for controlling the flow of a pressure medium, said electromagnetic valve comprising a valve housing with an inlet port and an outlet port for the pressure medium; at least one passage opening, which connects the inlet port to the outlet port, for the pressure medium; a valve slide that can be moved axially between a first basic position, which closes the passage opening, and a second basic position, which opens the passage opening, by means of a solenoid coil; and a spring assembly, which positions the valve slide in the first or the second basic position when the solenoid coil is not energized. A spring excursion limiting means limits a specified spring excursion of the second spring portion to position the valve slide in an intermediate position between the first and second basic position by the energized solenoid coil. The valve slide releases at least a partial cross section of the passage opening in the intermediate position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: KENDRION (VILLINGEN) GMBH
    Inventors: Joachim Flühs, Holger Brandenburg
  • Patent number: 9551997
    Abstract: Electromagnetic fluid valve regulating the throughflow of a pressure medium which flows through a housing part having at least two inlet openings which lie opposite one another and at least one outlet opening for the pressure medium. It being possible for a channel which is situated between the inlet openings and the outlet opening to be closed to a greater or lesser extent by an axially movable slide for regulating the throughflow of the pressure medium, a pin protruding into the channel centrically with respect to the center axis of the fluid valve, the pin being provided, for flow guidance, with an outer contour which is of at least approximately conical, pyramidal or hyperbolic design, with the result that the pressure medium which is to flow from the inlet openings strikes the outer contour of the pin and diverted in the direction of the at least one outlet opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: KENDRION (VILLINGEN) GMBH
    Inventors: Bjoern Bergfeld, Holger Brandenburg, Martin Ohnmacht