Patents Assigned to Liebherr-Electronik GmbH
  • Method for determining the piston position of a piston cylinder unit and a piston cylinder unit
    Patent number: 9702683
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the piston position of a hydraulic or pneumatic piston cylinder unit, wherein the cylinder jacket and the piston form an electrical conducting path and the piston position is determined with the aid of the inductive and/or resistive properties of the conducting path that is formed. In addition, the invention relates to a piston cylinder unit having a measuring device for carrying out such a method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Liebherr-Electronik GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian Braun, Alfred Engler, Ralf Cremer, Ingo Nannen