Patents by Inventor Christoph Voss
Christoph Voss 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).
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Patent number: 10738907Abstract: An electromagnetic valve, having a valve closing element which is arranged in a valve housing and which is capable of opening or closing a valve passage in a valve seat, having a magnet armature provided for actuating the valve closing element, and having a substantially cylindrical restoring spring which is braced between the magnet armature and a magnet core. In a parallel arrangement with respect to the restoring spring, a spring ring is arranged between the magnet armature and the magnet core, which spring ring has a smaller number of spring windings in relation to the number of spring windings of the restoring spring.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2017Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co., oHGInventors: Christian Courth, Christoph Voss, Holger Kollmann, Christian Schulz, Heiko Gensert
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Patent number: 10626996Abstract: An electromagnetic valve, in particular for a motor vehicle air spring system, has a valve closing body which, in its basic position, shuts off a valve outlet and, for this purpose, is pressed against a valve seat by a restoring spring. To assist the opening process, a valve spring is also provided. The valve spring is supported at one side on a valve seat body and at the other side on a spring pot, which is arranged on the valve closing body. Preferably, a tubular section of the spring pot bears, non-displaceably in a lateral direction, directly against the valve closing body. An elastic sealing element may either be arranged on the end side of the valve closing body, or held laterally by a section, which forms an enclosure, of the spring pot.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2017Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventor: Christoph Voss
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Publication number: 20200079340Abstract: An electromagnetic valve, having a valve closing element which is arranged in a valve housing and which is capable of opening or closing a valve passage in a valve seat, having a magnet armature provided for actuating the valve closing element, and having a substantially cylindrical restoring spring which is braced between the magnet armature and a magnet core. In a parallel arrangement with respect to the restoring spring, a spring ring is arranged between the magnet armature and the magnet core, which spring ring has a smaller number of spring windings in relation to the number of spring windings of the restoring spring.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2017Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventors: Christian Courth, Christoph Voss, Holger Kollmann, Christian Schulz, Heiko Gensert
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Patent number: 10391830Abstract: The invention relates to an integrated air-supply unit, in particular for air-suspension systems for motor vehicles, said unit comprising an air compressor having an electric motor and an air dryer. The air compressor together with the electric motor, air dryer and a number of pneumatic connections form a functional unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2015Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventors: Joachim Bohn, Christian Courth, Uwe Folchert, Christoph Voss, Michael Zydek, Dierk Hein, Hinz Axel, Christian Witala
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Patent number: 10378668Abstract: A valve seat support for a solenoid valve consists of a sleeve-shaped support housing for accommodating a valve seat body, which is produced from a plastic and which has the contour of a hollow cylinder. The support housing has, on the periphery thereof, a plurality of small-surface recesses, which are directly radially inward and which are surrounded by the plastic of the valve seat body on all sides in order to establish an interlocking connection between the support housing and the valve seat body.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2017Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventors: Christoph Voss, Christian Schulz
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Publication number: 20190049020Abstract: An electromagnetic valve, in particular for a motor vehicle air spring system, has a valve closing body which, in its basic position, shuts off a valve outlet and, for this purpose, is pressed against a valve seat by a restoring spring. To assist the opening process, a valve spring is also provided. The valve spring is supported at one side on a valve seat body and at the other side on a spring pot, which is arranged on the valve closing body. Preferably, a tubular section of the spring pot bears, non-displaceably in a lateral direction, directly against the valve closing body. An elastic sealing element may either be arranged on the end side of the valve closing body, or held laterally by a section, which forms an enclosure, of the spring pot.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2017Publication date: February 14, 2019Inventor: Christoph Voss
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Publication number: 20170307099Abstract: A valve seat support for a solenoid valve consists of a sleeve-shaped support housing for accommodating a valve seat body, which is produced from a plastic and which has the contour of a hollow cylinder. The support housing has, on the periphery thereof, a plurality of small-surface recesses, which are directly radially inward and which are surrounded by the plastic of the valve seat body on all sides in order to establish an interlocking connection between the support housing and the valve seat body.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventors: Christoph Voss, Christian Schulz
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Publication number: 20170036505Abstract: The invention relates to an integrated air-supply unit, in particular for air-suspension systems for motor vehicles, said unit comprising an air compressor having an electric motor and an air dryer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2015Publication date: February 9, 2017Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventors: Joachim Bohn, Christian Courth, Uwe Folchert, Christoph Voss, Michael Zydek, Dierk Hein, Hinz Axel, Christian Witala
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Patent number: 9441754Abstract: The invention relates to an electromagnetic valve, on the magnet armature of which a circumferential annular groove is arranged and in the valve housing of which an axially movable throttle disk is arranged, the throttle disk being fundamentally positioned at the height of the annular groove. The throttle disk throttles the pressure-medium flow along the magnet armature dependent on the actuation of the magnet armature in order to damp the armature impact noise.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2013Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventors: Christian Courth, Christoph Voss
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Patent number: 9163746Abstract: The invention relates to an electromagnetic valve, comprising a valve tappet, which is arranged in a valve housing and which can open or close a valve passage in the valve housing, a magnet armature, which is provided in order to actuate the valve tappet and through which a hole passes for accommodating the valve tappet, and a restoring spring, which acts on the valve tappet and the spring end of which facing away from the magnet armature is supported on a magnet core in the valve housing. For precise valve adjustment, an adjustment sleeve is fixed in the hole of the magnet armature, in which adjustment sleeve the valve tappet is fastened in some sections at the same time.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2013Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventors: Christoph Voss, Christian Courth
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Patent number: 9038984Abstract: A solenoid valve, the magnet armature of which is designed to be movable relative to a first valve-closing element, for which purpose the first valve-closing element is accommodated telescopically in a coupling element attached to the magnet armature, wherein the coupling element is guided along the inner wall of a guide sleeve inserted in the valve housing in order to align the magnet armature precisely with the first valve-closing element in the direction of a second valve-closing element which is likewise accommodated in the guide sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2012Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventor: Christoph Voss
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Patent number: 8991435Abstract: A closing device, particularly for closing channels conducting pressure medium in a valve receiving body, has a rotationally symmetrical closing element (6) that is fastened in a seating bore (1) of a housing (14), having a calking site (2) that is provided on the circumference of the closing element (6) and that permanently fixes the closing element (6) in the housing (14) as a result of the plastic displacement of housing material. The seating bore (1) includes a transition area in the form of a bore step (4) between the calking site (2) and a centering cone surface (3). The bore step is recessed into the seating bore (1) by the plastic displacement of the housing material in the form of a bulge surrounding the closing element (6).Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2009Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. OHGInventors: Christian Schulz, Christoph Voss, Ulrich Zutt
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Publication number: 20150048268Abstract: The invention relates to an electromagnetic valve, comprising a valve tappet, which is arranged in a valve housing and which can open or close a valve passage in the valve housing, a magnet armature, which is provided in order to actuate the valve tappet and through which a hole passes for accommodating the valve tappet, and a restoring spring, which acts on the valve tappet and the spring end of which facing away from the magnet armature is supported on a magnet core in the valve housing. For precise valve adjustment, an adjustment sleeve is fixed in the hole of the magnet armature, in which adjustment sleeve the valve tappet is fastened in some sections at the same time.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2013Publication date: February 19, 2015Inventors: Christoph Voss, Christian Courth
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Publication number: 20140367597Abstract: The invention relates to an electromagnetic valve, on the magnet armature of which a circumferential annular groove is arranged and in the valve housing of which an axially movable throttle disk is arranged, the throttle disk being fundamentally positioned at the height of the annular groove. The throttle disk throttles the pressure-medium flow along the magnet armature dependent on the actuation of the magnet armature in order to damp the armature impact noise.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2013Publication date: December 18, 2014Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventors: Christian Courth, Christoph Voss
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Patent number: 8714519Abstract: Disclosed is a solenoid valve, the valve housing of which has a thick-walled tubular body (4) for fastening in a valve receiving bore (11), which thick-walled tubular body (4) is connected to thin-walled sleeve (1). The thin-walled sleeve (1) has a radially circumferential collar (2) which makes contact with an inner shoulder (3) in the tubular body (4), and for the tubular body (4) to have a recess (5) at a radial spacing from the inner shoulder (3) The radial spacing is selected in such a way that a plastically deformable banded collar (6) remains between the inner shoulder (3) and the recess (5) on the tubular body (4). As a result, a frictional, tight connection of the tubular body (4) with the sleeve (1) is possible.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2009Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. OHGInventors: Christoph Voss, Christian Schulz
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Publication number: 20140084197Abstract: The invention relates to a solenoid valve, the magnet armature of which is designed to be movable relative to a first valve-closing element, for which purpose the first valve-closing element is accommodated telescopically in a coupling element attached to the magnet armature, wherein the coupling element is guided along the inner wall of a guide sleeve inserted in the valve housing in order to align the magnet armature precisely with the first valve-closing element in the direction of a second valve-closing element which is likewise accommodated in the guide sleeve.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2012Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO. OHGInventor: Christoph Voss
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Patent number: 8641153Abstract: A valve assembly, which houses a valve closing member that co-operates with an armature to connect or separate pressure medium channels in a valve housing, the member being directed towards a valve seat which is situated on a valve seat body fixed in the valve housing. The valve assembly includes a solenoid for actuating the armature which is pushed onto a non-magnetisable sleeve section of the valve housing and a magnetic core that is diametrically opposed to the armature in the valve housing. Various valve functions can be achieved by using identical valve components in a modular manner.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2008Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventor: Christoph Voss
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Patent number: 8505873Abstract: A pressure regulating valve having a compression spring fixed in a valve housing for positioning a valve plunger connected to a magnetic armature in the position above a valve seat and not electromagnetically excited, in order to create a connection between at least two pressure medium channels opening into the valve housing, and having a further compression spring disposed coaxially to the first compression spring in the valve housing, having the characteristic that the first compression spring is designed as a control spring forming a stroke and force-specific spring drive by adjusting the spring rates of both compression springs to the force/distance curve of an electromagnet by varying the current in an exciter coil, wherein the further compression spring is designed as a variably adjustable spring acting opposite to the control spring.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2008Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventors: Christian Courth, Christoph Voss, Harald Biller, Joachim Bohn, Holger Kollmann, José Garcia-Quilon
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Patent number: 8231104Abstract: The invention relates to a solenoid valve including a valve housing. A valve seat sleeve is fixed in the valve housing and defines a valve seat. A magnet armature defining a blind hole with a valve closing element positioned therein is movably positioned relative to the valve seat sleeve with the valve seat positioned in and engaging the blind hole such that the valve closing element is aligned with the valve seat.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2007Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventor: Christoph Voss
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Patent number: 8132590Abstract: A valve assembly with at least one transverse channel in a substantially tubular valve housing, the assembly including a valve closing member that is positioned in the valve housing and that co-operates with a valve seat situated on a hollow cylindrical valve seat body that is fixed in the valve housing, the valve seat body being attached to one end of the valve housing. To simplify the production process, the transverse channel is formed by a longitudinal slot which extends in some sections of the valve housing from a starting point at the end of said housing in the longitudinal direction of the latter.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2008Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHGInventor: Christoph Voss