Patents by Inventor Frank Kattler

Frank Kattler 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).

  • Publication number: 20230400017
    Abstract: A pump device having a pump piston (12) arranged in a longitudinally movable manner in a pump housing (10), which pump piston is actuated by an actuating solenoid device (14) to open an outlet valve (16) for discharging a fluid during a delivery stroke, characterized in that in a pump space (18) of the pump housing (10), during a suction stroke, the pump piston (12) generates a negative pressure and, upon passing over a control edge (20) delimiting the pump space (18), the piston establishes a fluid connection between a fluid inlet (22) in the pump housing (10) and the pump space (18) in such a way that the pump space (18) under the effect of the negative pressure present in the pump space (18) is filled with a filling volume, which results from a fluid flow routed along the outer circumference (24) of parts of the pump piston (12) in the direction of the outlet valve (16), and subsequently, during the delivery stroke, this filling volume is discharged from the pump space (18) via the outlet valve (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Christian GROH, Frank KATTLER
  • Patent number: 9573632
    Abstract: A pneumatic suspension system for a vehicle is provided comprising a mounting arrangement for mounting a portion of the vehicle on a chassis; the mounting arrangement including at least one pneumatic spring to be arranged and coupled between the portion of the vehicle and the vehicle chassis. A vehicle state control system is provided that provides a pressure set value in the pneumatic spring and a pressure controller is arranged to a valve device alternatively for pressurizing or depressurizing the each pneumatic spring. The valve device comprises at least a first valve having a valve outlet coupled to the spring terminal and a valve inlet communicatively coupled to the pressure terminal. A support structure (102) distinct from the sealing edge (104) is provided arranged to providing supporting contact to the sealing face to counteract deformations of the sealing face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: DAF Trucks N.V.
    Inventors: Albertus Clemens Maria Van Der Knaap, Menno Adrianus Beenakkers, Jeroen Vandenhoudt, Christian Groh, Patrik Fuchs, Frank Kattler
  • Patent number: 9399941
    Abstract: A system for exhaust gas treatment for internal combustion engines has a pump (1) for metered supply of a freezable substance, particularly a urea solution, to a supply device (23) introducing the substance into the exhaust gas flow. A compensation device (25) is provided as protection against damage to the system due to volume expansion when the substance freezes. The compensation device compensates for the volume expansion accompanying an increase of the fluid pressure when the substance freezes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: HYDAC ELECTRONIC GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Groh, Frank Kattler
  • Publication number: 20150246695
    Abstract: A pneumatic suspension system for a vehicle is provided comprising a mounting arrangement for mounting a portion of the vehicle on a chassis; the mounting arrangement including at least one pneumatic spring to be arranged and coupled between the portion of the vehicle and the vehicle chassis. A vehicle state control system is provided that provides a pressure set value in the pneumatic spring and a pressure controller is arranged to a valve device alternatively for pressurizing or depressurizing the each pneumatic spring. The valve device comprises at least a first valve having a valve outlet coupled to the spring terminal and a valve inlet communicatively coupled to the pressure terminal. A support structure (102) distinct from the sealing edge (104) is provided arranged to providing supporting contact to the sealing face to counteract deformations of the sealing face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicant: DAF Trucks N.V.
    Inventors: Albertus Clemens Maria Van Der Knaap, Menno Adrianus Beenakkers, Jeroen Vandenhoudt, Christian Groh, Patrik Fuchs, Frank Kattler
  • Publication number: 20150159530
    Abstract: A System for exhaust gas treatment for internal combustion engines, having a pump (1) for metered supply of a freezable substance, particularly a urea solution, to a supply device (23) introducing said substance into the exhaust gas flow, is characterised in that a compensation device (25) is provided as protection against damage to the System due to volume expansion when the substance freezes, said compensation device compensating for the volume expansion accompanying an increase of the fluid pressure when the substance freezes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Christian Groh, Frank Kattler
  • Publication number: 20130074487
    Abstract: The invention relates to a drive system having at least one hydraulic actuator (2), which is supplied with pressure medium (4) by means of at least one pressure-medium pump (3) in a main circuit, the pressure-medium pump (3) being a rotational-speed-controlled pressure-medium pump that is driven by a motor (5) at a variable rotational speed and a controlled torque, said drive system being characterized in that leakage fluid (7) that escapes from a displacement chamber (6) of the pressure-medium pump (3) is discharged through a fluid-conducting connection (8) having at least one check valve (9, 16), and the at least one check valve (9, 16) is installed in the fluid-conducting connection (8) in such a way that the check valve prevents pressure medium from flowing back out of the main circuit into the displacement chamber (6) or another interior chamber of the pressure-medium pump (3) and feeds leakage fluid (7) into the main circuit of the drive system (1) when there is a slight excess pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: Hydac Electronic GMBH
    Inventors: Frank Herold, Kai Remus, Frank Kattler
  • Patent number: 6344783
    Abstract: An electromagnet for actuating valves includes a sheath-like magnet housing encompassing a pole core forming a one-sided closure of the housing. The housing is connected to the pole core by an annular groove in its periphery, by an O-ring accommodated in the groove as a sealing element and by an annular groove in the magnet housing. The magnet housing forms bearing surfaces joined in positive fit to the inner walls of the annular groove and a sealing surface located on the O-ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2002
    Assignees: Hydraulic-Ring GmbH, Hydac Electronic GmbH
    Inventors: Rolf J. Neuhaus, Kurt R. Stratil, Andreas Ehrenfels, Frank Kattler, Hans-Jurgen Pauly