Patents by Inventor Bastian Behnke

Bastian Behnke 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: 12085177
    Abstract: A valve arrangement has two main valves which are each preloaded by a spring device into a first switching position, and which can each be switched into a second switching position by means of an assigned pilot valve. The pilot medium required for switching is provided with a pilot pressure at a pilot connection of each pilot valve. The main valves are each equipped with a working valve section each of which are fluidically connected to one another. In addition, each main valve contains a monitoring valve section. The monitoring valve sections are designed to provide the venting of at least one pilot connection when the two main valves are in different switching positions. This allows a fluid-actuated actuator to be controlled in accordance with high safety standards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Festo SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Eduard Usinger, Bastian Behnke
  • Patent number: 11556141
    Abstract: Valve arrangement for influencing a fluid flow for a fluid consumer, having a first valve group with which a first actuator is associated, having a second valve group with which a second actuator is associated, the first valve group and second valve group being associated in a first functional position as a parallel circuit with a first fluid line in a first functional position and are associated with a second fluid line in a second functional position as a series circuit, the first valve group or second valve group being designed for actuating the respective other actuator in the first functional position and being designed for switching off the respective other actuator in the second functional position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Festo SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Tilmann Bork, Bastian Behnke, Dominik Schubert, Hartmut Bulling
  • Publication number: 20220252167
    Abstract: A valve arrangement has two main valves which are each preloaded by a spring device into a first switching position, and which can each be switched into a second switching position by means of an assigned pilot valve. The pilot medium required for switching is provided with a pilot pressure at a pilot connection of each pilot valve. The main valves are each equipped with a working valve section each of which are fluidically connected to one another. In addition, each main valve contains a monitoring valve section. The monitoring valve sections are designed to provide the venting of at least one pilot connection when the two main valves are in different switching positions. This allows a fluid-actuated actuator to be controlled in accordance with high safety standards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Eduard Usinger, Bastian Behnke
  • Publication number: 20220137652
    Abstract: Valve arrangement for influencing a fluid flow for a fluid consumer, having a first valve group with which a first actuator is associated, having a second valve group with which a second actuator is associated, the first valve group and second valve group being associated in a first functional position as a parallel circuit with a first fluid line in a first functional position and are associated with a second fluid line in a second functional position as a series circuit, the first valve group or second valve group being designed for actuating the respective other actuator in the first functional position and being designed for switching off the respective other actuator in the second functional position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Tilman Bork, Bastian Behnke, Dominik Schubert, Hartmut Bulling