Patents by Inventor Josef Büter

Josef Büter 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: 12221988
    Abstract: A working cylinder has a cylinder with a cylinder tube, and a piston unit, The cylinder has a coupling portion which has a closure part and cylinder tube end portion that has a threaded cylinder tube portion, a cylinder tube intermediate portion and a cylinder tube end. The closure part has an external thread and the threaded cylinder tube portion has an internal thread corresponding to the external thread. The external thread and the internal thread define a common threaded portion which is couples the closure part and the cylinder tube with a form fit. The cylinder tube end is connected to the closure part by a circumferential ring weld seam configured as a laser-produced ring weld seam and defines a sealing plane which is tight to pressure medium. In an operating state under load alleviation, the common threaded portion does not absorb an axial tensile force, and in the operating state under load, the ring weld seam and the common threaded portion each absorb an axial tensile force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Bümach Engineering International B.V.
    Inventor: Josef Bueter
  • Publication number: 20250035136
    Abstract: A working cylinder has a cylinder tube, a closure part and a further closure part disposed at cylinder tube ends. The closure part has a shaft portion and the cylinder tube has a cylinder tube end portion. The shaft portion and the cylinder tube end portion define a coupling portion where the shaft portion is axially inserted into the cylinder tube at the cylinder tube end portion. The shaft portion has a taper and is oversized, at least in part, relative to an inner diameter of the cylinder tube. The cylinder tube has an elastic circumferential expansion there. The coupling portion is constructed to axially couple the closure part and the cylinder tube. The cylinder tube end is bonded to the closure part by a circumferential annular weld seam that defines a sealing plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventor: Josef Bueter
  • Patent number: 12196232
    Abstract: A working cylinder has a cylinder tube has closure parts arranged at tube ends. The cylinder tube and the closure parts define a cylinder interior. The cylinder has a coupling section that has one of the closure parts, a cylinder tube end and a hollow adapter body. The closure part has an external thread and the adapter body has an internal thread that define a common threaded section constructed to releasably couple the closure part and the adapter body. The cylinder tube end is connected to the adapter body on a cylinder tube side thereof by a ring weld seam. The weld seam defines a sealing plane sealed with respect to a pressure media. The piston unit defines at least one working chamber inside the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Bümach Engineering International B.V.
    Inventor: Josef Bueter
  • Publication number: 20240410403
    Abstract: A degassing unit has a basic body with an inner discharge portion, an annular chamber an outer discharge portion. The body is to be fixed at a perforation of a cylinder residual air space. The inner discharge portion has an inner discharge channel and an inner annular body. The inner discharge channel connects the air space to the chamber. The inner annular body covers an intermediate outlet of the inner discharge channel and defines a first pressure barrier in a discharge direction and a second sealing plane in an inlet direction. The outer discharge portion has an outer discharge channel and an outer annular body. The outer channel connects the chamber to atmosphere via an intermediate inlet at the chamber and an outer outlet to atmosphere. The outer annular body covers the outer outlet and defines a second pressure barrier in an outlet direction and a second sealing plane in an inlet direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventor: Josef Bueter
  • Publication number: 20240288009
    Abstract: A working cylinder has a cylinder with a cylinder tube, and a piston unit, The cylinder has a coupling portion which has a closure part and cylinder tube end portion that has a threaded cylinder tube portion, a cylinder tube intermediate portion and a cylinder tube end. The closure part has an external thread and the threaded cylinder tube portion has an internal thread corresponding to the external thread. The external thread and the internal thread define a common threaded portion which is couples the closure part and the cylinder tube with a form fit. The cylinder tube end is connected to the closure part by a circumferential ring weld seam configured as a laser-produced ring weld seam and defines a sealing plane which is tight to pressure medium. In an operating state under load alleviation, the common threaded portion does not absorb an axial tensile force, and in the operating state under load, the ring weld seam and the common threaded portion each absorb an axial tensile force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventor: Josef Bueter
  • Publication number: 20240280203
    Abstract: A cylinder pipe assembly has a connection piece, and cylinder pipe with a main body and a connection portion. The connection portion has an outer shell calotte on a cylinder pipe outer shell and an inner shell calotte on a cylinder pipe inner shell, a connection hole, and a structural consolidation zone surrounds the connection hole. The calottes are concave embossed portions. The structural consolidation zone is arranged in a region between the calottes. The connection hole is punched and passes through the calottes. The connection piece is arranged at the connection portion and has a pressure medium tube and a connecting portion with an annular axial boundary contour that with an annular mating surface defines an annular contact surface. The cylinder pipe and the connection piece are connected in a bonded manner by an annular weld seam, and the weld seam defines a sealing plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventor: Josef Bueter
  • Patent number: 12066110
    Abstract: A piston ring includes a ring body with a first body end and a second body end arranged opposite one another to define a ring joint. The body has a radial ring surface axially displaceable relative to an inner barrel surface and an inclined ring surface that rests on an inclined ring groove surface. The first body end has a projection section with a projection section separating surface. The second body end has a base section with a receiving contour, a base section separating surface and a base section contour. The projection section separating surfaces and the base section separating surface are in sealing physical contact and define a plane. The plane intersects the inclined ring surface and defines an inner separating line at a second intersection line of the plane with the inclined ring surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Bümach Engineering International B.V.
    Inventor: Josef Bueter
  • Patent number: 12066040
    Abstract: A working cylinder which has end-position damping. A piston ring passes over an axially offset pressure medium connection and encloses a pressure medium damping volume. The piston ring includes a ring joint which has a base section and a projection section. The piston ring is of sealing construction. The pressure medium flows out of the pressure medium damping volume via an axial transfer channel, which can be defined by an axial cylinder-tube groove or an axial piston-ring groove. Also, there is a damping piston ring, which is of sealing construction and which has an axial piston-ring groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Bümach Engineering International B.V.
    Inventor: Josef Bueter
  • Patent number: 11988233
    Abstract: A cylinder includes a cylinder tube, a first closure part, a second closure part, and a piston unit. The cylinder tube has a first tube end and a second tube end. The tube and end closure parts define a cylinder interior. The piston unit defines at least one working space in the cylinder interior. The first closure part is connected to the tube by a first peripheral laser ring weld and the second closure part is connected to the tube by a second peripheral laser ring weld. The laser ring welds each define a fluid-tight sealing plane. A peripheral sealing ring is located between each closure part and a tube inner wall at an axial distance from the associated laser ring weld seam. The peripheral sealing ring defines a pressure-separated ring section between the peripheral sealing ring and the associated laser ring weld seam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Buemach Engineering International B.V.
    Inventor: Josef Bueter
  • Publication number: 20240151250
    Abstract: A working cylinder has a cylinder tube has closure parts arranged at tube ends. The cylinder tube and the closure parts define a cylinder interior. The cylinder has a coupling section that has one of the closure parts, a cylinder tube end and a hollow adapter body. The closure part has an external thread and the adapter body has an internal thread that define a common threaded section constructed to releasably couple the closure part and the adapter body. The cylinder tube end is connected to the adapter body on a cylinder tube side thereof by a ring weld seam. The weld seam defines a sealing plane sealed with respect to a pressure media. The piston unit defines at least one working chamber inside the cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventor: Josef Bueter
  • Patent number: 11953033
    Abstract: A working cylinder has a cushioned end-stroke. The piston unit has a piston main part and a ring body. The exterior of the ring body receives a piston ring with a piston ring gap, and the ring opening of the ring body receives a guiding pin of the piston main part. A ring gap is formed between the ring body and the guiding pin, and the ring body has axial and radial play relative to the piston main part. The ring body has an axial ring surface on the piston main part side, and the piston main part has an axial counter ring surface on the ring body side opposite the axial ring surface. The piston unit is constructed so that during an inward movement into the cushioning zone, the piston ring passes axially over the pressure medium connection and the piston unit encloses a damping pressure medium volume. The piston unit is in a first operating state during an inward movement and a second operating state during an outward movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Buemach Engineering International B.V.
    Inventor: Josef Bueter
  • Patent number: 11913478
    Abstract: A piston unit of a working cylinder includes a piston and a piston rod. The piston has an axial bore hole formed therein. The piston rod is received in the axial bore hole. The piston rod and the piston are connected by a material-bond by a circumferential laser ring weld seam. The laser ring weld seam defines a pressure medium-tight sealing plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Buemach Engineering International B.V.
    Inventor: Josef Bueter
  • Publication number: 20240035496
    Abstract: A piston unit of a working cylinder includes a piston rod that has an outer thread on a piston-side coupling portion. A piston has an axial bore which has an inner thread and in which the piston rod is received. The outer thread and the inner thread define a common thread portion. The outer thread and the inner thread have a complementary conicity and a complementary thread geometry. The conicity has a conicity angle alpha of 0.3 to 5 degrees. The outer thread and the inner thread abut one another in a coupling end position in the thread portion in a gap and define a sealing plane. The outer thread and the inner thread have, in the thread portion in the coupling end position, an elastic deformation within the elastic limit of the piston rod and the piston. The elastic deformation is brought about by a surface pressure via a tightening torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventor: Josef Bueter
  • Publication number: 20230392617
    Abstract: A working cylinder which has end-position damping. A piston ring passes over an axially offset pressure medium connection and encloses a pressure medium damping volume. The piston ring includes a ring joint which has a base section and a projection section. The piston ring is of sealing construction. The pressure medium flows out of the pressure medium damping volume via an axial transfer channel, which can be defined by an axial cylinder-tube groove or an axial piston-ring groove. Also, there is a damping piston ring, which is of sealing construction and which has an axial piston-ring groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventor: Josef Bueter
  • Publication number: 20230304579
    Abstract: A piston ring includes a ring body that has a first ring body end and a second ring body end and a ring joint. The first and second ring body ends are arranged opposite one another to define the ring joint. The ring body has a radial ring surface as a sliding contact surface axially displaceable relative to an inner barrel surface and an inclined ring surface that rests on an inclined ring groove surface. The first ring body end has a projection section with a projection section separating surface. The second ring body end has a base section with a base section separating surface and a base section contour. The base section defines a receiving contour. The projection section engages in the receiving contour, and a receiving contour cross section and a projection contour cross section coincide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventor: Josef Bueter
  • Publication number: 20230304580
    Abstract: A piston ring has a ring body and a ring joint. The ring body has a first and a second ring body end which lie opposite each other and which define the ring joint. The first ring body end has a protruding section with a protrusion contour cross-section, and the second ring body end has a base section with a base section contour. A protruding section separating surface of the protruding section and a base section separating surface of the base section lie opposite each other so as to sealingly contact each other in a two-dimensional manner and define a separating plane. The separating plane has an inclination opposite that of a first axial ring surface. The separating plane defines an outer separating line and an inner separating line. At least one of the separating lines has a curvature radius which is concentric to the ring body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventor: Josef Bueter
  • Publication number: 20230011362
    Abstract: A working cylinder has a cushioned end-stroke. The piston unit has a piston main part and a ring body. The exterior of the ring body receives a piston ring with a piston ring gap, and the ring opening of the ring body receives a guiding pin of the piston main part. A ring gap is formed between the ring body and the guiding pin, and the ring body has axial and radial play relative to the piston main part. The ring body has an axial ring surface on the piston main part side, and the piston main part has an axial counter ring surface on the ring body side opposite the axial ring surface. The piston unit is constructed so that during an inward movement into the cushioning zone, the piston ring passes axially over the pressure medium connection and the piston unit encloses a damping pressure medium volume. The piston unit is in a first operating state during an inward movement and a second operating state during an outward movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventor: Josef Bueter
  • Publication number: 20220397130
    Abstract: A cylinder includes a cylinder tube, a first closure part, a second closure part, and a piston unit. The cylinder tube has a first tube end and a second tube end. The tube and end closure parts define a cylinder interior. The piston unit defines at least one working space in the cylinder interior. The first closure part is connected to the tube by a first peripheral laser ring weld and the second closure part is connected to the tube by a second peripheral laser ring weld. The laser ring welds each define a fluid-tight sealing plane. A peripheral sealing ring is located between each closure part and a tube inner wall at an axial distance from the associated laser ring weld seam. The peripheral sealing ring defines a pressure-separated ring section between the peripheral sealing ring and the associated laser ring weld seam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventor: Josef Bueter
  • Publication number: 20220397131
    Abstract: A piston unit of a working cylinder includes a piston and a piston rod. The piston has an axial bore hole formed therein. The piston rod is received in the axial bore hole. The piston rod and the piston are connected by a material-bond by a circumferential laser ring weld seam. The laser ring weld seam defines a pressure medium-tight sealing plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventor: Josef Bueter
  • Publication number: 20220397128
    Abstract: A working cylinder has a cylinder tube, a first closure part, a second closure part and a piston unit. The first closure part is arranged on a first cylinder tube end, the second closure part is arranged on a second cylinder tube end to define a cylinder interior. The piston unit defines at least one working chamber in the cylinder interior. The piston unit slides through the first closure part. The first closure part is joined to the cylinder tube by a first peripheral laser ring weld seam and the second closure part is joined to the cylinder tube by a second peripheral laser ring weld seam. The laser ring weld seams each define a fluid-tight sealing plane. A method for producing the working cylinder is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventor: Josef Bueter