Patents by Inventor Andreas PLOECKINGER

Andreas PLOECKINGER 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: 11156189
    Abstract: The invention relates to a metering valve (1) for a gaseous medium, in particular for a gaseous fuel, comprising a preferably planar valve seat element (2) having at least one flow-through opening (3) for the gaseous medium, a closing element (4) movable in a stroke-like manner and interacting in a sealing manner with the valve seat element (2) in order to release and close the at least one flow-through opening (3), and a corrugated or folding bellows (5) connected to the closing element (4) for delimiting a compensation space (6), which is connected to a pressure space (8) via a recess (7) formed in the closing element (4) so that the same gas pressure prevails in both spaces (6, 8) irrespective of the switched position of the metering valve (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Ploeckinger, Bernd Winkler, Thomas Zehetbauer
  • Publication number: 20210088004
    Abstract: The invention relates to a metering valve (1) for a gaseous medium, in particular for a gaseous fuel, comprising a preferably planar valve seat element (2) having at least one flow-through opening (3) for the gaseous medium, a closing element (4) movable in a stroke-like manner and interacting in a sealing manner with the valve seat element (2) in order to release and close the at least one flow-through opening (3), and a corrugated or folding bellows (5) connected to the closing element (4) for delimiting a compensation space (6), which is connected to a pressure space (8) via a recess (7) formed in the closing element (4) so that the same gas pressure prevails in both spaces (6, 8) irrespective of the switched position of the metering valve (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Andreas Ploeckinger, Bernd Winkler, Thomas Zehetbauer
  • Patent number: 10385987
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electromagnetically actuatable gas valve for metering a gaseous fuel into a suction tract of a motor, in particular a gas or diesel gas motor, comprising a valve seat (1) which is designed as a flat seat and which has multiple annular webs (3) that are arranged in a concentric manner and are connected via at least one radially running web (4) in order to delimit circular or semicircular through-flow openings (2). The electromagnetically actuatable gas valve further comprises a movable valve plate (5) which sealingly interacts with the valve seat (1) and which has multiple annular sealing webs (6) that are arranged in a concentric manner and can be brought into an overlapping arrangement with the circular or semicircular through-flow openings (2) of the valve seat (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Winkler, Andreas Ploeckinger, Johannes Gerstmayr, Manfred Nader, Christian Zehetner
  • Patent number: 10113563
    Abstract: A hydraulic drive carries out a method for discretely changing a positional output on the hydraulic drive. At least one displacement cylinder incrementally supplies or discharges the cylinder volume to or from the drive by displacing the cylinder piston element from a starting to an end position depending on at least one input signal. The piston element is repeatedly displaced from starting to end position and back to discretely change the positional output correspondingly to the supplied or discharged displacement volume. The cylinder is hydraulically connected to a pressure medium source supply or return line while displacing the piston element from starting to end position. The changed positional output is restored in a successive step. The cylinder chambers of the displacement cylinder are hydraulically short-circuited by a short-circuit line hydraulically separated from the supply or return line when returning the piston element from the end to the starting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Linz Center of Mechatronics GmbH
    Inventors: Rudolf Scheidl, Andreas Ploeckinger, Christoph Gradl
  • Publication number: 20170089301
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electromagnetically actuatable gas valve for metering a gaseous fuel into a suction tract of a motor, in particular a gas or diesel gas motor, comprising a valve seat (1) which is designed as a flat seat and which has multiple annular webs (3) that are arranged in a concentric manner and are connected via at least one radially running web (4) in order to delimit circular or semicircular through-flow openings (2). The electromagnetically actuatable gas valve further comprises a movable valve plate (5) which sealingly interacts with the valve seat (1) and which has multiple annular sealing webs (6) that are arranged in a concentric manner and can be brought into an overlapping arrangement with the circular or semicircular through-flow openings (2) of the valve seat (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Bernd Winkler, Andreas Ploeckinger, Johannes Gerstmayr, Manfred Nader, Christian Zehetner
  • Publication number: 20160252106
    Abstract: A hydraulic drive carries out a method for discretely changing a positional output on the hydraulic drive. At least one displacement cylinder incrementally supplies or discharges the cylinder volume to or from the drive by displacing the cylinder piston element from a starting to an end position depending on at least one input signal. The piston element is repeatedly displaced from starting to end position and back to discretely change the positional output correspondingly to the supplied or discharged displacement volume. The cylinder is hydraulically connected to a pressure medium source supply or return line while displacing the piston element from starting to end position. The changed positional output is restored in a successive step. The cylinder chambers of the displacement cylinder are hydraulically short-circuited by a short-circuit line hydraulically separated from the supply or return line when returning the piston element from the end to the starting position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: Linz Center of Mechatronics GmbH
    Inventors: Rudolf SCHEIDL, Andreas PLOECKINGER, Christoph GRADL