Patents by Inventor Armin Stellwagen

Armin Stellwagen 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: 8356545
    Abstract: An LS control system is disclosed that includes an inlet metering orifice and a pressure compensator, via which the pressure drop across the inlet metering orifice may be held constant. The signalling pressure that acts on the pressure compensator in the opening direction may be varied as a function of the displacement in order to prevent the system from oscillating if a negative load should occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Armin Stellwagen
  • Publication number: 20100300086
    Abstract: A hydraulic control arrangement and a method for pressure medium supply of hydraulic consumers are disclosed, comprising an LS pump which can be controlled by a pump regulator dependent on the highest load pressure of the consumers. The pressure medium volume flow to each consumer is adjusted using a metering aperture, wherein on controlling a consumer a higher pressure than the load pressure is signaled to the LS pump regulator, so that the LS pump is controlled according to the higher pressure rather than the low load pressure of said consumer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Peter Büttner, Martin Birk, Armin Stellwagen
  • Publication number: 20100236397
    Abstract: An LS control system is disclosed that includes an inlet metering orifice and a pressure compensator, via which the pressure drop across the inlet metering orifice may be held constant. The signalling pressure that acts on the pressure compensator in the opening direction may be varied as a function of the displacement in order to prevent the system from oscillating if a negative load should occur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2007
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventor: Armin Stellwagen
  • Patent number: 7603940
    Abstract: What is disclosed is a hydraulic controller arrangement for the pressure medium supply of a hydraulic consumer, e.g., of the rotating gear of a mobile work machine. At low pressure medium flow rates, the pressure medium flow rate draining from the consumer is backed up by means of a drain backup valve having the form of a pressure limiting valve and throttled accordingly, so that a back pressure is generated which is capable of preventing an advance of the mass actuated by the hydraulic consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Bosch Rexroth AG
    Inventor: Armin Stellwagen
  • Publication number: 20080282692
    Abstract: What is disclosed is a hydraulic controller arrangement for the pressure medium supply of a hydraulic consumer, e.g., of the rotating gear of a mobile work machine. At low pressure medium flow rates, the pressure medium flow rate draining from the consumer is backed up by means of a drain backup valve having the form of a pressure limiting valve and throttled accordingly, so that a back pressure is generated which is capable of preventing an advance of the mass actuated by the hydraulic consumer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: Bosch Rexroth AG
    Inventor: Armin Stellwagen
  • Patent number: 6250202
    Abstract: A hydraulic control arrangement which has a directional control valve, a hydraulic pump and a two-way cartridge valve constructed as a seat valve. The directional control valve is connected to an inlet line and to a discharge line leading to a tank. Leading off from it is a load line leading to a hydraulic load. The hydraulic pump draws pressure medium from a tank and discharges it into the inlet line. The two-way cartridge valve is arranged in the inlet line and, in a closed position, isolates a second inlet line section leading off from the latter to the directional control valve from a first inlet line section running between the two-way valve and the hydraulic pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Mannesmann Rexroth AG
    Inventors: Peter Büttner, Armin Stellwagen
  • Patent number: 6179393
    Abstract: The invention relates to distributing valve for load-independent control of a hydraulic consumer with regard to direction and speed. Similar distributing valves known per se have a control valve (30) which can be axially displaced in a slide bore hole (11) of a valve housing (10). In a neutral position, said control valve (30) blocks off two consumer chambers (13, 15) from a feed chamber (14) and selectably connects one of the two consumer chambers (13, 15) to a feed chamber (14) and the other consumer chamber (15, 13) to a return chamber in two operating positions. In addition, two brake pistons (51, 52) are arranged in two opposite lying receiving areas (33, 34) of the control valve (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Mannesmann Rexroth AG
    Inventor: Armin Stellwagen
  • Patent number: 5640892
    Abstract: A hydraulic control device having a directional valve by means of which the direction of movement and the speed of a hydraulic consumer, especially a mobile working device can be modified. The hydraulic control device has a hydraulic pre-control device by which a control pressure can be applied, via a first control line, to a first control chamber and, via a second control line, to a second control chamber of the directional valve, and having valve arrangement in a first control line by which a largely free flow of control oil is admitted to a first control chamber and by which, by a throttling of the discharge of control oil, the movement of a control slide of the directional valve can be damped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1997
    Assignee: Mannesmann Rexroth GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Kauss, Armin Stellwagen
  • Patent number: 5558004
    Abstract: A control arrangement for at least one hydraulic consumer in which the consumer can be controlled with respect to direction and speed via a directional control valve device, in which two consumer lines lead from the directional control valve device to the consumer, each of which consumer lines can be connected to a pump and a tank respectively via a directional control valve piston and a metering restrictor and in which a throttle valve having a servo-piston is associated with each consumer line. The consumer is to be held free of leakage oil in a given position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1996
    Assignee: Mannesmann Rexroth GmbH
    Inventor: Armin Stellwagen
  • Patent number: 5333450
    Abstract: An apparatus for adjusting the pressure of working fluid provided to the load or user via a hydraulically actuatable control valve is provided. The apparatus includes a comparator that compares a given or desired control pressure for the control valve with the predominant present load pressure. The resulting pressure differential is used to re-adjust the control valve or to re-adjust a pressure compensator positioned upstream of the control valve with respect to the direction of the flow of working fluid flowing to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1994
    Assignee: Mannesmann Rexroth GmbH
    Inventors: Herbert Blendinger, Gunter Fertig, Armin Stellwagen
  • Patent number: 5315828
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a valve assembly for the supply of users in hydraulic control systems with pressurized fluid for the load pressure (LS) independent control of several simultaneously actuated hydraulic users wherein the ratio of the partial flows once set is maintained at undersupply of the system with the pressurized fluid. When the demand of the users exceeds the maximum output flow of the variable displacement pump, the (high) priority users receive the demanded quantity whereas the low priority users receive a reduced quantity by switching the control pressure for the low (i.e. no) priority users via a directional control valve and a pressure relief valve to a lower pressure level. Only when undersupply of the entire system occurs, i.e. when the maximum output flow of the variable displacement pump is no more sufficient despite the limitation of the control pressure for the low priority users, then the presently flowing partial flows of all users are reduced proportionally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1994
    Assignee: Mannesmann Rexroth GmbH
    Inventors: Armin Stellwagen, Walter Scandella
  • Patent number: 5182909
    Abstract: A valve system is provided for the load-independent control of a plurality of simultaneously operated hydraulic consumers, i.e. regardless of variations in load pressure. Fluid flow in a consumer line to each consumer passes across a compensating flow control valve, i.e. a compensator. The valve piston thereof being displaceable to the open position by a pressure downstream of a flowmeter against the opposing resistance offered by a spring and by the respective maximum load pressure of the consumers at a time. The actual highest load pressure is also available at a regulator for the common variable displacement supply pump feeding the consumers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1993
    Assignee: Mannesmann Rexroth GmbH
    Inventor: Armin Stellwagen
  • Patent number: 5138837
    Abstract: For a load independent control of a plurality of simultaneously actuable hydraulic users, a throttle valve (pressure compensator) is assigned to the control valve of each user at a location downstream with respect to the metering orifice formed by said control valves; said throttle valve is subjected in opening direction to the pump pressure and in closing direction, via a shuttle valve, either to a load pressure of the respective user or to a pressure which is determined by the highest load pressure occurring for one of said users. Said highest load pressure which is reported by a shuttle valve chain is supplied as control pressure to a pressure reducing valve, the input side thereof being connected with the pressure line of the pump and the output side thereof being connected to control lines leading to the throttle valves assigned to the individual control valves and to the control line for the pump control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1992
    Assignee: Mannesmann Rexroth GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Obertrifter, Armin Stellwagen
  • Patent number: 4856278
    Abstract: According to the parent patent on inadequate power of the delivery pump the flow rate set at the directional control valves for the consumers is reduced in equal proportions in that electrical signals proportional to the flow rates are supplied to a summation stage and the sum voltage is compared in a comparison stage with a limit value corresponding to the maximum pump delivery flow. When the limit value is exceeded a control signal is generated with which the stroke of all the driven directional control valves can be jointly reduced. According to the application of addition the signal voltage supplied to the summation stages and corresponding to the respective flow rate can be obtained in a displacement pickup associated with each directional control valve or in a pressure pickup measuring the pilot pressure if the directional control valves are not controlled electrically but hydraulically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1989
    Assignee: Mannesmann Rexroth GmbH
    Inventors: Karlheinz Widmann, Norbert Kreth, Martin Schmitt, Armin Stellwagen
  • Patent number: 4850191
    Abstract: A pump supplies a plurality of consumers each via a directional control valve with pressure balance. When the pump delivery is not adequate, manifesting itself in a dropping of the pump pressure, the pressure balance of the consumer with the highest load pressure is displaced out of the end position of its regulating position into a further control position in which a control pressure line is connected via a throttle point to a discharge so that by means of the throttle point a control pressure is generated which is used for equiproportional reduction of the supply flow to the consumers. This is done either by reducing the stroke of the directional control valves or by acting on the pressure balances in the closure direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1989
    Assignee: Mannesmann Rexroth GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Kreth, Martin Schmitt, Armin Stellwagen
  • Patent number: 4739617
    Abstract: A pump supplies via in each case a directional valve a plurality of consumers with fluid, a pressure balance for load-independent division of the pump displacement being provided between each branch line branching off the pump delivery line and the directional valve. In a pressure regulating valve common to all pressure balances a control pressure is generated from the pressure difference between the pump pressure and the respective highest consumer pressure and is applied to all the pressure balances so that when the pump power is inadequate a proportional quantity reduction at all consumers is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1988
    Assignee: Mannesmann Rexroth GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Kreth, Martin Schmitt, Armin Stellwagen
  • Patent number: 4688600
    Abstract: Into the housing of a multiway valve a pressure balance is incorporated, the end of the control piston subjected to the load report pressure facing a housing recess in which the load report pressure obtains while the opposite end of the control piston is subjected to the supply pressure and in the opposite sense to the supply pressure to the force of a spring. The valve has a simple structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1987
    Assignee: Mannesmann Rexroth GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Kreth, Peter Buttner, Armin Stellwagen