Patents by Inventor Franz-Xaver Lacher

Franz-Xaver Lacher 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: 5454291
    Abstract: An electrohydraulic regulating device, particularly for a motor vehicle rear axle steering assembly, includes an adjusting cylinder. An electrically actuated control valve controls a hydraulic fluid flow to the adjusting cylinder. At least one electrically actuated switching valve blocks or admits a hydraulic fluid flow. A control unit generates control signals for the control valve and the switching valve. A regulating circuit supplies a pulse-width-modulated regulating signal for regulating a mean current of the control valve. A pulse-width-modulated control signal controls a mean current of the switching valve. The same supply voltage is applied to the switching valve and to the control valve. A pulse-duty factor of the control signal for the switching valve is referred to a pulse-duty factor of an adjusting signal for the control valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1995
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Ulm, Franz-Xaver Lacher