Patents by Inventor Jan-Christian Walter

Jan-Christian Walter 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: 20240017285
    Abstract: An application device for applying a flowable medium onto a substrate, having a discharge valve having a closure member which, in its open position, releases a metering opening of the discharge valve, such that the flowable medium can flow through the metering opening in the direction of the substrate, wherein the closure member is movable by an electromagnet of the discharge valve from a closing position, in which it closes the metering opening, to an open position, and having a main control unit, which is connected to the discharge valve, and which delivers electrical output voltage signals which moves and maintains the closure member to the open position. A modification unit is arranged between the main control unit and the discharge valve, which is configured such it receives output voltage signals from the main control unit, modifies these signals and relays the latter in a modified form to the electromagnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Martin Wiehe, Martin Eilts, Jan-Christian Walter
  • Publication number: 20230311141
    Abstract: A valve arrangement for applying flowable medium to a substrate, in particular hotmelt adhesive, which valve arrangement has a distribution element and a heating device, the heating device being arranged outside the distribution element and being fastened, preferably detachably, as a unit to the distribution element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Jan-Christian Walter, Dennis Bolten
  • Publication number: 20230278065
    Abstract: A valve for flowable media having a valve housing and an elongate closure member arranged therein and which can be axially moved in a medium channel of the valve by a controllable actuator and which in a closed position abuts a valve seat and closes a discharge opening connected to the medium channel, and which is connected to a sealing element to seal the medium channel, namely, a part-piece of an elongate bellows, which moves in an axial direction during movements of the closure member and which is a hollow member made of metal, wherein another part-piece of the bellows is fixedly supported in the valve. The relative axial position between the bellows and the valve seat is adapted to a production-related deviation of the longitudinal dimension of the bellows used from a desired longitudinal dimension so that this deviation is compensated for.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Jan-Christian Walter, Dennis Bolten, Nils Neuhaus, Martin Eilts
  • Publication number: 20230271215
    Abstract: A valve arrangement for applying flowable medium to a substrate, having a main valve body with a medium channel for flowable media which is able to be closed by a movable closure member and to which a nozzle part having a nozzle opening of the valve arrangement is connected, wherein the valve arrangement has a pivotable lever movable out of a fastening position and into a releasing position, wherein the pivotable lever, during the movement from the fastening position into the releasing position, exerts a detaching force on the nozzle part in order to support the detachment of the nozzle part from the main valve body. In a first phase of its movement out of the fastening position and into the releasing position, the lever is movable in a straight line and exerts the detaching force on a push-off surface of the nozzle part, and entrains the nozzle part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Jan-Christian Walter, Martin Eilts
  • Patent number: 11060620
    Abstract: A valve for free-flowing media, such as a glue valve, with a valve housing, and with a closure member, such as a valve tappet, which is movable in the valve housing by means of an electromagnet and which bears with a closure piece on a valve seat in the closed position of the valve and which sits at least partially in a continuous interior of a one-piece coil carrier on which the windings of a coil of the electromagnet are wound, and having two terminal receivers for a dosing unit and a valve lift adjustment unit with an elongate abutment part which is arranged at least in part in the interior of the coil carrier and which limits a movement of the closure member in the direction of the valve lift adjustment unit, with the valve lift adjustment unit being is secured on the coil carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Jan-Christian Walter, Marc-Daniel Stegen
  • Patent number: 10919067
    Abstract: A glue valve arrangement having a controllable, in particular electromagnetically operated metering member for the delivery of glue, having a main body with glue duct leading to the metering member, having a tubular glue line, with which glue originating from a separate glue source can be fed to the glue duct, having a rotary feedthrough, detachably fastened to the main body, for the articulated connection of the tubular glue line to the main body, and having a filter for the filtering of the glue. The invention is characterized in that the filter is assigned to the rotary feedthrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Jan-Christian Walter, Nils Neuhaus
  • Patent number: 10670164
    Abstract: A modular valve for free-flowing media, with a main module with a valve housing and an electromagnet, a dosing module with a closure member which is movable by means of the electromagnet and which closes a dispensing opening of the dosing module, and a valve lift adjustment module for adjusting the valve lift, which valve lift adjustment module comprises an elongate abutment part which is arranged at least in part in a valve interior of the main module and is modifiable in its axial position in the valve interior, which abutment part limits the movement of the closure member in the direction of the valve lift adjustment module, the dosing module and the valve lift adjustment module being connected releasably to the main module in such a way that the dosing module and the valve lift adjustment module can each be replaced by another module of the same module type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Jan-Christian Walter, Stephan Vollmer
  • Publication number: 20200124183
    Abstract: A valve for free-flowing media, such as a glue valve, with a valve housing, and with a closure member, such as a valve tappet, which is movable in the valve housing by means of an electromagnet and which bears with a closure piece on a valve seat in the closed position of the valve and which sits at least partially in a continuous interior of a one-piece coil carrier on which the windings of a coil of the electromagnet are wound, and having two terminal receivers for a dosing unit and a valve lift adjustment unit with an elongate abutment part which is arranged at least in part in the interior of the coil carrier and which limits a movement of the closure member in the direction of the valve lift adjustment unit, with the valve lift adjustment unit being is secured on the coil carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Jan-Christian Walter, Marc-Daniel Stegen
  • Patent number: 10550944
    Abstract: A valve for free-flowing media, in particular a glue valve, with a valve housing, and with a closure member, in particular a valve tappet, which is movable in the valve housing by means of an electromagnet and which bears with a closure piece on a valve seat in the closed position of the valve and which sits at least partially in an in particular continuous interior of a preferably one-piece coil carrier on which the windings of a coil of the electromagnet are wound, and with a valve lift adjustment unit with an elongate abutment part which is arranged at least in part in the interior of the coil carrier and which limits a movement of the closure member in the direction of the valve lift adjustment unit, with the valve lift adjustment unit being is secured on the coil carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Jan-Christian Walter, Marc-Daniel Stegen
  • Patent number: 10035167
    Abstract: A valve arrangement for applying fluid media, in particular glue, to surfaces, comprising a plurality of individual modules detachably connected to form a row, wherein in the row and between the adjacent individual modules is respectively formed a dividing plane, in which the respectively adjacent individual modules bear one against another, and at least one dividing plane is assigned a heating member for warming the valve arrangement, preferably a plurality of or all dividing planes are respectively assigned a heating member, which is seated in appropriate, mutually opposing receptacles, arranged to both sides of the dividing plane, of the two adjacent individual modules, and cooperates in such a way with those walls of the individual modules which delimit the receptacles that relative movements of the two individual modules in at least one spatial direction are limited or prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Jan-Christian Walter, Marc-Daniel Stegen, Nils Neuhaus
  • Publication number: 20170361347
    Abstract: A glue valve arrangement having a controllable, in particular electromagnetically operated metering member for the delivery of glue, having a main body with glue duct leading to the metering member, having a tubular glue line, with which glue originating from a separate glue source can be fed to the glue duct, having a rotary feedthrough, detachably fastened to the main body, for the articulated connection of the tubular glue line to the main body, and having a filter for the filtering of the glue. The invention is characterized in that the filter is assigned to the rotary feedthrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Jan-Christian Walter, Nils Neuhaus
  • Publication number: 20170350514
    Abstract: A valve for free-flowing media, in particular a glue valve, with a valve housing, and with a closure member, in particular a valve tappet, which is movable in the valve housing by means of an electromagnet and which bears with a closure piece on a valve seat in the closed position of the valve and which sits at least partially in an in particular continuous interior of a preferably one-piece coil carrier on which the windings of a coil of the electromagnet are wound, and with a valve lift adjustment unit with an elongate abutment part which is arranged at least in part in the interior of the coil carrier and which limits a movement of the closure member in the direction of the valve lift adjustment unit, with the valve lift adjustment unit being is secured on the coil carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Jan-Christian Walter, Marc-Daniel Stegen
  • Publication number: 20170350526
    Abstract: A modular valve for free-flowing media, with a main module with a valve housing and an electromagnet, a dosing module with a closure member which is movable by means of the electromagnet and which closes a dispensing opening of the dosing module, and a valve lift adjustment module for adjusting the valve lift, which valve lift adjustment module comprises an elongate abutment part which is arranged at least in part in a valve interior of the main module and is modifiable in its axial position in the valve interior, which abutment part limits the movement of the closure member in the direction of the valve lift adjustment module, the dosing module and the valve lift adjustment module being connected releasably to the main module in such a way that the dosing module and the valve lift adjustment module can each be replaced by another module of the same module type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Jan-Christian Walter, Stephan Vollmer
  • Publication number: 20160332185
    Abstract: A valve arrangement for applying fluid media, in particular glue, to surfaces, comprising a plurality of individual modules detachably connected to form a row, wherein in the row and between the adjacent individual modules is respectively formed a dividing plane, in which the respectively adjacent individual modules bear one against another, and at least one dividing plane is assigned a heating member for warming the valve arrangement, preferably a plurality of or all dividing planes are respectively assigned a heating member, which is seated in appropriate, mutually opposing receptacles, arranged to both sides of the dividing plane, of the two adjacent individual modules, and cooperates in such a way with those walls of the individual modules which delimit the receptacles that relative movements of the two individual modules in at least one spatial direction are limited or prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG)
    Inventors: Jan-Christian Walter, Marc-Daniel Stegen, Nils Neuhaus