Patents by Inventor Jörg Bittner

Jörg Bittner 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: 9863379
    Abstract: An arrangement that is as simple as possible and that has very few lines, has a valve with a base element having a regeneration nozzle in which a regeneration channel is formed, having an outflow nozzle in which an outflow channel is formed, and having a drive flow nozzle in which a Venturi tube is accommodated, whereby the regeneration channel, the outflow channel and the Venturi tube are flow-connected is characterized in that a closeable bypass channel is provided which opens up into the drive flow nozzle and which is configured there in such a way that a fluid that is flowing in through the regeneration channel can be discharged through the Venturi tube as well as through the bypass channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: EAGLE ACTUATOR COMPONENTS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Ralf Heinrich, Joerg Bittner, Volker Daume, Siegfried Driemer
  • Patent number: 9822738
    Abstract: An ejector, or arrangement having the ejector, has a compact structure requiring little installation space, permitting a sufficient pumping action, and, in case of an error, the error can be unambiguously detected and diagnosed as the source of the problem, which ejector for insertion into a receptacle, has a base element with a throat that fluid-connects a first opening and a second opening to each other, whereby the throat has a narrowest part that is fluid-connected to an associated third opening, and whereby the throat widens, at least in sections, towards the first and second openings, wherein, as a functional component, the ejector can be inserted into and/or positioned in a mating receptacle in the correct orientation so as to fulfill its function as a jet pump in an arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: EAGLE ACTUATOR COMPONENTS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Joerg Bittner
  • Publication number: 20170114758
    Abstract: A filter arrangement includes an activated carbon filter, a fuel tank, an engine, at least one of an air filter or a dust filter, and at least one valve. The at least one valve is configured to allow fresh air to flow through the activated carbon filter in order to regenerate the carbon filter. The activated carbon filter is at least one of associated with the intake tract of the engine, integrated into the intake tract of the engine; or a component of a modular unit with the intake tract of the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventor: Joerg Bittner
  • Publication number: 20160377038
    Abstract: An ejector, or arrangement having the ejector, has a compact structure requiring little installation space, permitting a sufficient pumping action, and, in case of an error, the error can be unambiguously detected and diagnosed as the source of the problem, which ejector for insertion into a receptacle, has a base element with a throat that fluid-connects a first opening and a second opening to each other, whereby the throat has a narrowest part that is fluid-connected to an associated third opening, and whereby the throat widens, at least in sections, towards the first and second openings, wherein, as a functional component, the ejector can be inserted into and/or positioned in a mating receptacle in the correct orientation so as to fulfill its function as a jet pump in an arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Joerg Bittner
  • Publication number: 20160177892
    Abstract: An arrangement that is as simple as possible and that has very few lines, has a valve with a base element having a regeneration nozzle in which a regeneration channel is formed, having an outflow nozzle in which an outflow channel is formed, and having a drive flow nozzle in which a Venturi tube is accommodated, whereby the regeneration channel, the outflow channel and the Venturi tube are flow-connected is characterized in that a closeable bypass channel is provided which opens up into the drive flow nozzle and which is configured there in such a way that a fluid that is flowing in through the regeneration channel can be discharged through the Venturi tube as well as through the bypass channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Ralf Heinrich, Joerg Bittner, Volker Daume, Siegfried Driemer
  • Publication number: 20140209709
    Abstract: A nozzle, comprising a nozzle body having a flow cross sectional area through which a fluid can be led, with a view to solving the problem of producing a nozzle by means of which power losses can be reduced, is characterized in that the size of the flow cross sectional area is settable by a control body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Inventor: Joerg BITTNER
  • Publication number: 20140014862
    Abstract: A valve comprising an electromagnetic actuation device having a pole core, a coil which encloses the pole core, and a magnetic yoke element which is associated with the coil, wherein a sealing body is provided which can be moved by a magnetic field, wherein the sealing body is connected to an armature, and wherein the armature can be moved relative to the pole core when the magnetic field is generated, valve which is to be produced with a view to solving the problem of producing an electromagnetically actuated valve which has a compact design and can be opened and closed without any problems, characterized in that the pole core projects into the armature, wherein the pole core, at its end facing the sealing body, is designed in an area in such a manner that the predominant portion of the magnetic flux, between the side of the armature that faces away from the sealing body, and the pole core, is guided through an air gap between the armature and the pole core, as a result of which the armature is pulled toward
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventor: Joerg BITTNER
  • Publication number: 20130313455
    Abstract: A valve for use in a turbocharger of a motor vehicle, comprising a housing, a movable valve body and an electromagnetic actuating device, whereby a sealing device is arranged on one end of the movable valve body in order to rest in a sealing manner on a sealing seat, whereby the electromagnetic actuation device moves the valve body and whereby a radial sealing area is provided on the sealing device which area can be placed on an inner wall of the housing, as regards the task of realizing a valve whose sealing device can readily seal an opening with a relatively large diameter, given a suitable construction, characterized in that the radial sealing area and the sealing device are constructed in one piece and from the same material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: EAGLE ACTUATOR COMPONENTS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Joerg BITTNER
  • Patent number: 8469051
    Abstract: A valve for limiting the tank pressure in a motor vehicle, comprising a first line (1) and a second line (2) which may establish a flow connection in which at least one body (3, 4) may be moved relative to another body (4, 3), whereby the movable body (3, 4) lifts up from a sealing seat (5), with regard to the object of adjusting the tank pressure using a compact design is characterized in that a first body (3), a second body (4), and the sealing seat (5) as a whole form a movable unit (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Eagle Actuator Components GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Jörg Bittner, Stefan Hettinger
  • Publication number: 20120272930
    Abstract: A valve for limiting the pressure in a crankcase of a motor vehicle, comprising a first line and a second line, which can be fluidically connected by a movable body, the body being connected to a rolling diaphragm and, together with the rolling diaphragm, being able to expose or close a flow duct, is characterized in that, with respect to the object of designing and refining a valve of the type mentioned above such that it has a compact construction and allows pressure to be reduced in the crankcase of a motor vehicle with low noise, the rolling diaphragm rolls on a separating element, which is positioned in the flow duct between the first line and second line at least in some regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Joerg BITTNER, Torsten GERLICH
  • Patent number: 8220775
    Abstract: A flow connector for a valve, including a body in which a flow channel is formed that is made up of a first port, a second port and an opening area to receive a movable plug, whereby the ports can be flow-connected through the opening area. The valve having a flow connector is configured and refined in such a way that the volume of fluid that flows through the flow channel per unit of time can be set without any problem wherein the cross section surface area of the flow channel in the opening area is configured to be constant along a first height of lift and to be variable along a second height of lift. A solenoid valve includes the flow connector according to an embodiment of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Eagle Actuator Components GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Joerg Bittner, Torsten Gerlich, Volker Daume
  • Publication number: 20110006239
    Abstract: A valve assembly disposable in a turbocharger housing includes a cover; a sealing body connected to the cover so as to form a pressure space between the cover and the sealing body; a restoring spring disposed in the pressure space and disposed against the cover and the sealing body, wherein the sealing body is moveable relative to the cover counter to the force of the restoring spring; and a diaphragm connecting the cover and the sealing body to each other, wherein the diaphragm at least partly surrounds the sealing body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Torsten GERLICH, Joerg BITTNER
  • Patent number: 7770598
    Abstract: A valve includes a housing having an inlet (3), an outlet (1) and a movable sealing member (2) which allows the inlet (3) and the outlet (1) to be connected in fluid communication with each other, the sealing member (2) having associated therewith effective areas (4b) to which pressure can be applied, and sealing areas (4), and the sealing member (2) further having associated therewith a sealing seat (4a) for sealing the inlet (3) from the outlet (1). In order to provide a valve by which pressure can be relieved in a very short time, the sealing member (2) has associated therewith a conduit (2a) by which the inlet (3) and the outlet (1) can be connected in fluid communication with each other when the sealing member (2) rests on the sealing seat (4a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Carl Freudenberg KG
    Inventors: Joerg Bittner, Torsten Gerlich, Volker Daume, Stefan Hettinger, Klaus Bickel
  • Publication number: 20080265195
    Abstract: A flow connector for a valve, including a body in which a flow channel is formed that is made up of a first port, a second port and an opening area to receive a movable plug, whereby the ports can be flow-connected through the opening area. An objective of the present invention is to configure and refine a valve having a flow connector in such a way that the volume of fluid that flows through the flow channel per unit of time can be set without any problem wherein the cross section surface area of the flow channel in the opening area is configured to be constant along a first height of lift and to be variable along a second height of lift. A solenoid valve includes the flow connector according to an embodiment of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: Carl Freudenberg KG
    Inventors: Joerg Bittner, Torsten Gerlich, Volker Daume
  • Publication number: 20080240942
    Abstract: A diaphragm pump for pumping a fluid, includes a flexible diaphragm which contains magnetically hard or soft particles and is actuated by an electromagnetic actuator. The diaphragm pump having a housing having an interior space containing two pump chambers which are separated by the diaphragm, and in that the diaphragm is actuated by two opposite electromagnetic actuators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: Carl Freudenberg KG
    Inventors: Ralf Heinrich, Dirk Meyer, Thomas Schauber, Christoph Gund, Benno Schmied, Christopher Klatt, Torsten Gerlich, Joerg Bittner, Volker Daume
  • Publication number: 20080149868
    Abstract: A valve includes a housing having an inlet (3), an outlet (1) and a movable sealing member (2) which allows the inlet (3) and the outlet (1) to be connected in fluid communication with each other, the sealing member (2) having associated therewith effective areas (4b) to which pressure can be applied, and sealing areas (4), and the sealing member (2) further having associated therewith a sealing seat (4a) for sealing the inlet (3) from the outlet (1). In order to provide a valve by which pressure can be relieved in a very short time, the sealing member (2) has associated therewith a conduit (2a) by which the inlet (3) and the outlet (1) can be connected in fluid communication with each other when the sealing member (2) rests on the sealing seat (4a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: Carl Freudenberg KG
    Inventors: Joerg Bittner, Torsten Gerlich, Volker Daume, Stefan Hettinger, Klaus Bickel
  • Patent number: 6591856
    Abstract: A safety valve, such as for a refueling vent line between the tank filler neck and the active charcoal container in a motor vehicle. The safety valve is inserted into the refueling vent line being configured as a float valve. When fuel penetrates into the refueling vent line, and thereby into the safety valve, the outlet of the safety valve is closed by the float. The safety valve is provided with an anti-pollution pipe-end opening onto the environment and closed at normal pressure by a closure operated by a diaphragm. At an elevated pressure in the safety valve, the diaphragm effects an opening of the closure at the anti-pollution pipe-end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Firma Carl Freudenberg
    Inventors: Uwe Meinig, Jörg Bittner