Patents Assigned to Thomas Magnete GmbH
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Publication number: 20230003310Abstract: The invention relates to an electromagnetic valve comprising an electromagnet including a magnet coil, a magnet armature, a pole piece, a magnet yoke and a housing closing the magnetic circuit, and a valve assembly including a valve sleeve, a valve slider and a return spring, wherein the valve assembly is encompassed by the housing in its axial extension. According to the invention, the pole piece consists of an outer magnet pole and the valve sleeve surrounded by the magnet pole, wherein two fluid channels run in an axial direction between the valve sleeve and the magnet pole in fluid-tightly adjacent zones on the circumference of the valve sleeve and/or within the magnet pole, and wherein the valve sleeve has two transverse boreholes which are fluidically connected to the fluid channels and cooperate with control edges of the valve slider according to an axial position of the valve slider.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2020Publication date: January 5, 2023Applicant: Thomas Magnete GmbHInventors: Juri BUSS, Daniel FERRES, Thomas ZASTRAU, Michael ERHARD
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Patent number: 11512682Abstract: A linear-acting electric pump unit and method for operating said unit. A linear-acting electric pump unit comprises an electromagnet and a pump unit. It is to be suitable for delivering gas/liquid mixtures. In order that it may be compactly assembled with other devices, it is to have a central inlet. The fluid delivered by the pump unit flows through the electromagnet and enters the pump unit on one side and leaves it on the other through the non-return valves, each arranged on the same centre line as the electromagnet. The pump unit can be used for delivery of gas/liquid mixtures, preferably in the sphere of combustion engines and their fuel supply systems and exhaust emission control systems.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2019Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Thomas Magnete GmbHInventors: Thomas Baum, Thomas Rolland, Diego Lehmann, Fabian Rösner, Edwin Kreuzberg
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Patent number: 11506198Abstract: A multiflow pump for fluids, having an electromagnetic translator drive, a displacement piston unit, a pump head, and at least one outlet valve device. The displacement piston contains a bearing journal with a spring receptacle, a carrier plate, and a plurality of pump pistons, wherein the displacement piston unit is configured in one piece.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2020Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Thomas Magnete GmbHInventors: Thomas Rolland, Olaf Ohligschläger, Bernd Köhler, Edwin Kreuzberg, Tabea Krah, Mike Heck
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Patent number: 11302468Abstract: An electromagnet and method for producing an electromagnet. The electromagnet includes a sheet metal casing encompassing a magnetic coil at its end face on a magnetic pole side and extends into an interior of the magnetic coil and forms, in this case, a magnetic pole which interacts with a magnet keeper. The electromagnet enables actuation of a valve, a coupling or a reciprocating pump. The structure is achieved with as few cutting processes as possible to be used for generating the individual parts and as small a number as possible of individual parts is to be used per electromagnet.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Thomas Magnete GmbHInventors: Edwin Kreuzberg, Thomas Rolland, Olaf Ohligschlager, Thomas Baum
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Patent number: 10978232Abstract: An electromagnet and method for producing the electromagnet. The electromagnet is intended to maintain pretensioning force of fastening by a force acting on a yoke over intended operating time under changing operating temperatures. The yoke encloses an armature that is provided with a flange, which conducts magnetic flux from a housing to the armature, the housing being connected on the one hand to a flange of the yoke and on the other hand to a core flange in a material-bonding manner by welding. The electromagnet can be used for actuation of valves, couplings or other electromechanical adjusting elements.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2018Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Thomas Magnete GmbHInventors: Juergen Schonlau, Christoph Thomas, Christian Häberle, Sebastian Heinzel, Marc Leinweber, Michael Ermert
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Patent number: 10935147Abstract: An electromagnetically actuated valve. The electromagnetically actuated valve with a small longitudinal extension, allows great through-flow quantities for the fluid with a small pressure difference. It is intended in this case that it should be producible cost-effectively in large unit numbers. An armature carries a plurality of valve bodies arranged in a point-symmetrical manner which together form a movable valve, wherein the plurality of valve bodies interact with a same plurality of valve seats which together form a stationary valve. The valve can be used along with a pump, a tank and/or other fluid units in assemblies for conveying mixtures of gas and liquid.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2019Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Thomas Magnete GmbHInventors: Edwin Kreuzberg, Fabian Rösner, Olaf Ohligschlager, Thomas Baum, Diego Lehmann
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Publication number: 20200227189Abstract: The electromagnet, at least comprising a magnet coil wound onto a coil core, a housing, a pole core, an armature, an armature rod and a yoke, should have a very low hysteresis of the force with a variable stroke at low manufacturing costs. The coil core is manufactured by jointly overmolding or overcasting the yoke, the pole core and the core flange with a plastic mass, wherein the axial intermediate space between the yoke and the pole core (4) is also filled with the plastic mass. Electromagnets of the described type are used for actuating fluid valves or couplings, preferentially in motor vehicles or in mobile working machines.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2016Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: THOMAS MAGNETE GMBHInventors: Juergen SCHONLAU, Marc LEINWEBER, Michael ERMERT, Christian HÄBERLE, Christian MOHNCKE
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Patent number: 10683929Abstract: The aim of the invention of for the hydrostatic drive to enable a lowering of the feed pressure provided by the feed pump and, at the same time, to effect a supply of the adjustment unit of the drive that is proper with respect to the pressure and the delivery rate. This aim is achieved in that the adjustment unit (5) of the drive is supplied with hydraulic energy by an electrohydraulic supply unit (6), wherein the supply unit (6) consists of an electric motor (7) and an auxiliary pump (8) coupled thereto and wherein the outlet of the auxiliary pump (8) is connected to the adjustment unit (5) directly or by means of a check valve (18). Hydrostatic drives according to the invention are used, for example, in self-propelled working machines.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2017Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: THOMAS MAGNETE GMBHInventors: Andrea Gambetti, Thassilo Maxeiner
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Patent number: 10677353Abstract: A drive, which permits a lowering in the feed pressure provided by the feed pump and, at the same time, effects a supply to the displacement unit of the drive which meets the demand with regard to pressure and delivery volume. This is achieved in that the displacement unit (5) is supplied with hydraulic energy by an electro-hydraulic supply unit (6) wherein the supply unit (6) comprises a hydraulic reservoir (9) and a non-return valve (18) and is connected to the feed pressure limiting valve (12), which is implemented as an electrically adjustable pressure limiting valve, wherein the hydraulic reservoir (9) is also connected to an electro-hydraulic pressure sensor (10), which outputs the electric signal thereof to an electric auxiliary controller (11), and wherein the electric auxiliary controller (11) drives the feed pressure limiting valve (12). These hydraulic drives are used for example, in self-propelled working machines.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2017Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Thomas Magnete GmbHInventors: Andrea Gambetti, Thassilo Maxeiner
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Patent number: 10670009Abstract: A controller of an electromagnetically driven reciprocating pump influences velocity of the magnetic armature by switching voltage applied to the electromagnet depending on the position of the magnetic armature, its position determined from state variables of the electromagnet. A processor calculates electrical resistance of the magnetic coil from the voltage and current measured by the measuring device, and calculates the temporal change of the linked magnetic flux in the electromagnet from the electrical voltage, the current and the resistance of the magnetic coil, and calculates the linked magnetic flux in the electromagnet from an earlier magnetic flux and from the temporal change, and determines the position of the magnetic armature from the linked magnetic flux in the electromagnet and the electrical current through the magnetic coil, and switches the voltage at the magnetic coil by the switching device depending on the position of the magnetic armature.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2015Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignees: Thomas Magnete GmbH, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT DRESDENInventors: Axel Müller, Thomas Kramer, Martin Petzold, Jürgen Weber, Olaf Ohligschlager
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Patent number: 10527176Abstract: A seat valve with electromagnetic actuation having switching noises during closure of the seat valve should be noticeably reduced independently of a temperature of a fluid in the seat valve, without considerably increasing the production costs of the seat valve. A sealing body of the seat valve is produced from a plastic which is selected from the group (PEEK, PEI, PASU and LCP), and the flow of force for fastening and for transmitting structure-borne sound from a sealing seat to a fastening surface has at least one transition from a metallic component to a component composed of plastic and a transition from the component composed of plastic to a fastening surface of some other metallic component. The seat valve may be used in hydraulic brake systems of vehicles, but also in gear mechanisms or hydraulic systems.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2017Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: Thomas Magnete GmbHInventors: Wolfgang Petri, Stefan Pilz, Thomas Lütz, Marco Jung, Willi Schäfer, Julia Bieler
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Patent number: 10473099Abstract: A modular system of reciprocating pumps is to be designed in such a way that any type of said reciprocating pumps can be economically assembled and tested on a flexible assembly device. The magnetic part is a pre-assembled subassembly that can be tested separately and is overmolded with plastic material; the connection point to the pump part has a given connecting contour that allows different types of pump parts of the modular system to be connected; and the pump part is a pre-assembled subassembly that can be tested for the displaced volume thereof. Feed pumps and metering pumps for fuels and aqueous reagents.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2015Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Thomas Magnete GmbHInventors: Mike Heck, Axel Muller, Michael Muller, Thomas Rolland, Juergen Schonlau, Marc Leinweber, Markus Ermert, Michael Feckler
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Patent number: 10393280Abstract: A seat valve with electromagnetic actuation combines, in one device, the functions of a seat valve, of a pressure-limiting valve and optionally also of one or more check valves. Furthermore, the switching noise of the seat valve function is reduced. In a de-energized state of an electromagnet, a fluid flow from a port P to a port TNC occurs only if a pressure difference between the ports P and TNC exceeds a limit value of ?pG, wherein the force of the specified pressure difference overcomes the force of a spring and therefore pushes a first sealing body out of a first sealing seat, and in the energized state of the electromagnet, a fluid flow from port P to port TNC occurs even in the case of a pressure difference less than ?pG if the force of the electromagnet together with the force of the pressure difference between the ports P and TNC overcomes the force of the spring, wherein the sum of the specified forces pushes the first sealing body out of the first sealing seat.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Thomas Magnete GmbHInventors: Wolfgang Petri, Thomas Lütz, Stefan Pilz
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Publication number: 20190162302Abstract: The aim of the invention of for the hydrostatic drive to enable a lowering of the feed pressure provided by the feed pump and, at the same time, to effect a supply of the adjustment unit of the drive that is proper with respect to the pressure and the delivery rate. This aim is achieved in that the adjustment unit (5) of the drive is supplied with hydraulic energy by an electrohydraulic supply unit (6), wherein the supply unit (6) consists of an electric motor (7) and an auxiliary pump (8) coupled thereto and wherein the outlet of the auxiliary pump (8) is connected to the adjustment unit (5) directly or by means of a check valve (18). Hydrostatic drives according to the invention are used, for example, in self-propelled working machines.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2017Publication date: May 30, 2019Applicant: THOMAS MAGNETE GMBHInventors: Andrea GAMBETTI, Thassilo Maxeiner
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Patent number: 10047736Abstract: A metering pump enables simple fluid metering, has an extended service life, and is of compact construction. The metering pump includes a piston rod in operative connection with a control body which has a circumferential sealing zone, in that the internal circumference of the sealing cylinder radially surrounds the sealing zone. On the piston rod side, a compensating zone, which is at a greater radial distance from the sealing cylinder than the sealing zone, adjoins the sealing zone at least in portions, and in that the control body, after passing beyond the control edge in the actuation direction of the actuator, at least largely severs the fluid connection.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2014Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Thomas Magnete GmbHInventors: Robert Wellnitz, Mike Heck, Axel Mueller, Michael Mueller, Andreas Monzen
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Patent number: 10025325Abstract: A pressure-regulating valve having an electrical control unit mutually connected by a first plug connector. The electrical control unit controls the pressure-regulating valve using a regulated current signal and also renders possible the connection to at least one additional device. The electrical control unit includes two additional plug connectors. Electrical energy is supplied to the electrical control unit by way of a second plug connector and a signal-carrying connection is produced, by a data bus, to a higher-priority controller or to a set-point generator. A third plug connector connects the electrical control unit to one or several bus-compatible electrical devices, or connects the electrical control unit to an additional pressure-regulating valve without a dedicated electrical control unit. The system can be used in electro-hydraulic feedforward controllers of direction-control valves, variable hydraulic pumps and variable hydraulic motors, and in vehicular work machines.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2014Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Thomas Magnete GmbHInventors: Josef Kerber, Christan Becker, Jorg Schneider
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Publication number: 20170241413Abstract: A controller of an electromagnetically driven reciprocating pump influences velocity of the magnetic armature by switching voltage applied to the electromagnet depending on the position of the magnetic armature, its position determined from state variables of the electromagnet. A processor calculates electrical resistance of the magnetic coil from the voltage and current measured by the measuring device, and calculates the temporal change of the linked magnetic flux in the electromagnet from the electrical voltage, the current and the resistance of the magnetic coil, and calculates the linked magnetic flux in the electromagnet from an earlier magnetic flux and from the temporal change, and determines the position of the magnetic armature from the linked magnetic flux in the electromagnet and the electrical current through the magnetic coil, and switches the voltage at the magnetic coil by the switching device depending on the position of the magnetic armature.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2015Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicants: Thomas Magnete GmbH, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT DRESDENInventors: Axel MÜLLER, Thomas KRAMER, Martin PETZOLD, Jürgen WEBER, Olaf OHLIGSCHLAGER
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Publication number: 20170058891Abstract: A modular system of reciprocating pumps is to be designed in such a way that any type of said reciprocating pumps can be economically assembled and tested on a flexible assembly device. The magnetic part is a pre-assembled subassembly that can be tested separately and is overmolded with plastic material; the connection point to the pump part has a given connecting contour that allows different types of pump parts of the modular system to be connected; and the pump part is a pre-assembled subassembly that can be tested for the displaced volume thereof. Feed pumps and metering pumps for fuels and aqueous reagents.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2015Publication date: March 2, 2017Applicant: Thomas Magnete GmbHInventors: Mike Heck, Axel Muller, Michael Muller, Thomas Rolland, Juergen Schonlau, Marc Leinweber, Markus Ermert, Michael Feckler
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Patent number: 9534702Abstract: Electrohydraulic pilot control means (1) for a hydraulic device which can be a proportional directional valve, an adjusting pump or an adjusting motor, which pilot control means contains two proportionally acting pressure control valves (3) and is provided with a control block (2) which accommodates the hydraulic valve parts (4) in holes and to which the associated proportional magnets are flange-connected, wherein the proportional magnets have a common electrical plug connection (5) and wherein the two proportional magnets (3) are joined to form an assembly by being encapsulated with plastic, the said assembly being fastened to the control block (2) and, in this case, being precisely oriented relative to the valve components (4), which are accommodated in the control block, by means of positioning aids which act perpendicular to the movement direction of armatures.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2012Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: Thomas Magnete GmbHInventors: Jürgen Schonlau, Jens Krallmann, Harald Geis, Marc Leinweber, Thomas Zastrau, René Schulz
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Patent number: 9464628Abstract: The invention relates to a pump for pumping a fluid, including an inlet, an outlet, and a pumping chamber, wherein a valve is arranged between the inlet and the pumping chamber or between the pumping chamber and the outlet. The valve includes a valve body having a valve seat pointing in the direction of the outlet, and a valve member that interacts with the valve seat, wherein the valve member is loaded under pre-loading against the valve seat into a closed position of the valve and allows fluid to pass through in a pumping direction due to the valve member lifting off against the pre-load, wherein the valve body is accommodated in a receptacle of a pump part. A pump for which the development of noises and vibrations is reduced in that the valve body can move axially relative to the receptacle that accommodates the valve body.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2012Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: Thomas Magnete GmbHInventors: Axel Mueller, Olaf Ohligschlaeger, Stefan Quast, Michael Feckler