Patents by Inventor Erwin Kulmann

Erwin Kulmann 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: 6953055
    Abstract: A pneumatic gate valve includes a valve housing made of injection-molded plastic material and having a plurality of external ports. Received in the valve housing are a plurality of valve bushings disposed in axial-spaced relationship as to define a valve bore and a plurality of pressure fluid compartments in fluid communication with the ports. A slide member for regulating a flow of compressed air between the ports is accommodated in the valve bore of the valve housing and displaceable in axial direction. The valve bushings are made of plastic material with a same melting temperature as the plastic material of the valve housing so as to realize a material union between the valve bushings and the valve housing, when plastic material is molded around the valve bushings during injection molding of the valve housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2005
    Assignee: Bosch Rexroth AG
    Inventors: Erwin Kulmann, Klaus Bergmann
  • Patent number: 6834676
    Abstract: A pneumatic slide valve includes a valve housing made of injection-molded plastic material and having a valve bore and a plurality of external ports. The valve housing has an outer housing portion, made of reinforced plastic and determinative for a geometric outer dimension of the valve housing, and an inner housing portion made of non-reinforced plastic and extending continuously in the valve housing. The inner housing portion defines several pressure fluid compartments in fluid communication with the ports and the valve bore at least in a region which is positioned in the area of the pressure fluid compartments, wherein the outer housing portion is molded around the inner housing portion. A slide member is accommodated in the valve bore of the valve housing for displacement in the direction of the axis, for regulating a flow of compressed air between the ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Bosch Rexroth AG
    Inventor: Erwin Kulmann
  • Publication number: 20030217776
    Abstract: A pneumatic gate valve includes a valve housing made of injection-molded plastic material and having a plurality of external ports. Received in the valve housing are a plurality of valve bushings disposed in axial-spaced relationship as to define a valve bore and a plurality of pressure fluid compartments in fluid communication with the ports. A slide member for regulating a flow of compressed air between the ports is accommodated in the valve bore of the valve housing and displaceable in axial direction. The valve bushings are made of plastic material with a same melting temperature as the plastic material of the valve housing so as to realize a material union between the valve bushings and the valve housing, when plastic material is molded around the valve bushings during injection molding of the valve housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2003
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Applicant: BOSCH REXROTH AG
    Inventors: Erwin Kulmann, Klaus Bergmann
  • Publication number: 20030201020
    Abstract: A pneumatic slide valve includes a valve housing made of injection-molded plastic material and having a valve bore and a plurality of external ports. The valve housing has an outer housing portion, made of reinforced plastic and determinative for a geometric outer dimension of the valve housing, and an inner housing portion made of non-reinforced plastic and extending continuously in the valve housing. The inner housing portion defines several pressure fluid compartments in fluid communication with the ports and the valve bore at least in a region which is positioned in the area of the pressure fluid compartments, wherein the outer housing portion is molded around the inner housing portion. A slide member is accommodated in the valve bore of the valve housing for displacement in the direction of the axis, for regulating a flow of compressed air between the ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2003
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Applicant: BOSCH REXROTH AG
    Inventor: Erwin Kulmann
  • Patent number: 3990473
    Abstract: A valve arrangement in which a follower is mounted on one end portion of a first valve member which extends into a space formed in a housing of the valve arrangement. The follower cooperates with a second valve member in a bore of the housing parallel to the bore in which the first valve member is reciprocatable. The bore in which the second valve member is arranged comprises a valve seat engageable by a portion of the second valve member, which is spring-biased in a direction in which the aforementioned portion thereof engages the valve seat, and the follower is arranged to move the portion of the second valve member away from its valve seat when the first valve member is moved in its bore in a predetermined direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1974
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1976
    Assignee: Robert Bosch G.m.b.H.
    Inventors: Gunther Schwerin, Erwin Kulmann