Patents by Inventor Detlef Zimmerling

Detlef Zimmerling 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: 7438086
    Abstract: A control valve apparatus couples pressurized fluid to first and second actuators using first and second double valves. The first double valve includes first and second crossover passages and first and second pilots. The second double valve includes third and fourth crossover passages and third and fourth pilots. A first interconnection couples the first crossover passage with the third pilot fluid inlet. A second interconnection couples the second crossover passage with the fourth pilot fluid inlet. A third interconnection couples the third crossover passage with the first pilot fluid inlet. A fourth interconnection couples the fourth crossover passage with the second pilot fluid inlet. Thus, operation of each pilot depends upon receiving pressurized fluid from the other double valve which is only present when the other double valve is not in a fault condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Ross Controls
    Inventors: Jose Carlos Bento, Neil E. Russell, Joseph E. Foster, Detlef Zimmerling
  • Patent number: 7378919
    Abstract: A planar microwave line is provided, having a dielectric substrate and a planar arrangement of a first microstrip conductor and at least one additional microstrip conductor, in which a gap between the first microstrip conductor and the additional microstrip conductor permits an electromagnetic coupling, a first region in which the microwave line has a first direction, a second region in which the microwave line has a second direction, and a transition region in which a change from the first direction to the second direction occurs. The microwave line is characterized in that the adjacent edges of the first microstrip conductor and of the additional microstrip conductor in the transition region are equal in length and do not cross.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Atmel Germany GmbH
    Inventor: Detlef Zimmerling
  • Publication number: 20070175527
    Abstract: A control valve apparatus couples pressurized fluid to first and second actuators using first and second double valves. The first double valve includes first and second crossover passages and first and second pilots. The second double valve includes third and fourth crossover passages and third and fourth pilots. A first interconnection couples the first crossover passage with the third pilot fluid inlet. A second interconnection couples the second crossover passage with the fourth pilot fluid inlet. A third interconnection couples the third crossover passage with the first pilot fluid inlet. A fourth interconnection couples the fourth crossover passage with the second pilot fluid inlet. Thus, operation of each pilot depends upon receiving pressurized fluid from the other double valve which is only present when the other double valve is not in a fault condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Jose Bento, Neil Russell, Joseph Foster, Detlef Zimmerling
  • Publication number: 20070170968
    Abstract: A device is provided for transmitting electromagnetic signals between at least one first and at least one second functional unit, especially in the high frequency range. The device includes an electrically insulating substrate with a top and a bottom, a first electrically conductive layer of a first coating material on the bottom of the substrate, which layer can be connected to a reference voltage, and a second electrically conductive layer of a second coating material on the top of the substrate. The second electrically conductive layer can be, in at least one region, of fields of the second coating material that are spatially separated from one another and electrically insulated with respect to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Inventor: Detlef Zimmerling
  • Publication number: 20060091973
    Abstract: A planar microwave line is provided, having a dielectric substrate and a planar arrangement of a first microstrip conductor and at least one additional microstrip conductor, in which a gap between the first microstrip conductor and the additional microstrip conductor permits an electromagnetic coupling, a first region in which the microwave line has a first direction, a second region in which the microwave line has a second direction, and a transition region in which a change from the first direction to the second direction occurs. The microwave line is characterized in that the adjacent edges of the first microstrip conductor and of the additional microstrip conductor in the transition region are equal in length and do not cross.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Inventor: Detlef Zimmerling