Patents by Inventor Heinz Völbel

Heinz Völbel 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: 9487197
    Abstract: A pilot-controlled valve arrangement having at least one valve mechanism mounted in a valve housing for multi-stage switching of a compressed air flow between a feed pressure connection and a working line connection wherein a throttled compressed air flow can be switched in at least one switching stage by a throttle, wherein the pneumatic pilot control has a first control piston mounted in a first control chamber implemented in the valve housing and having a coaxial recess for forming a second control chamber in which a second control piston is mounted, so that an additive control pressure application to the control chambers generates a telescope-like deployment of a ram extending from the second control piston for generating a multi-stage switching stroke for the valve mechanism, in order to implement the throttled compressed air flow in at least one switching stage of the valve mechanism present between the closed and the open valve setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTME FUR SCHIENENFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Heinz Völbel, Steffen Krasselt, Thomas Garten
  • Publication number: 20120298892
    Abstract: A pilot-controlled valve arrangement having at least one valve mechanism mounted in a valve housing for multi-stage switching of a compressed air flow between a feed pressure connection and a working line connection wherein a throttled compressed air flow can be switched in at least one switching stage by a throttle, wherein the pneumatic pilot control has a first control piston mounted in a first control chamber implemented in the valve housing and having a coaxial recess for forming a second control chamber in which a second control piston is mounted, so that an additive control pressure application to the control chambers generates a telescope-like deployment of a ram extending from the second control piston for generating a multi-stage switching stroke for the valve mechanism, in order to implement the throttled compressed air flow in at least one switching stage of the valve mechanism present between the closed and the open valve setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUR SCHIENENFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Heinz Völbel, Steffen Krasselt, Thomas Garten
  • Patent number: 3978357
    Abstract: An electrodynamic tachometer has a rotor connected to the end of an axle and a stator. An annular element having substantially a C-shaped cross section connects the outer surface of the stator to a bearing housing enclosing the end of the axle. The annular member is of a flexible rubber material so as to be relatively stiff with respect to torsion but flexible with respect to axial and radial deflections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1976
    Assignee: Knorr-Bremse GmbH
    Inventors: Heinz Voelbel, Erich Falke