Patents by Inventor Kai Schauwecker

Kai Schauwecker 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: 11767922
    Abstract: A multi-way valve for controlling a refrigerant circuit of a refrigeration system with a heat pump function, having a housing which has two mutually opposite end faces which each comprise an insertion opening to which a regulating chamber is connected, having multi-way valve arrangements which can each be inserted in the regulating chamber, the multi-way valve arrangement comprising at least one base body and a rotary slide valve arrangement, with in each case one connection in the housing, which open into the respective regulating chamber, and with at least further connections in the housing, which open into at least one channel which extends between the regulating chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: OTTO EGELHOF GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Peter Bohnenstengel, Christian Dorn, Andreas Ehmen, Hans Köstler, Rainer Maurer, Volker Von Rad, Kai Schauwecker
  • Publication number: 20220170559
    Abstract: A multi-way valve for controlling a refrigerant circuit of a refrigeration system with a heat pump function, having a housing which has two mutually opposite end faces which each comprise an insertion opening to which a regulating chamber is connected, having multi-way valve arrangements which can each be inserted in the regulating chamber, the multi-way valve arrangement comprising at least one base body and a rotary slide valve arrangement, with in each case one connection in the housing, which open into the respective regulating chamber, and with at least further connections in the housing, which open into at least one channel which extends between the regulating chambers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Peter BOHNENSTENGEL, Christian DORN, Andreas EHMEN, Hans KÖSTLER, Rainer MAURER, Volker VON RAD, Kai SCHAUWECKER
  • Patent number: 10041608
    Abstract: Switching valve for controlling a mass flow in a cold or hot circuit. The valve includes a valve housing having a feed opening and a discharge opening; a valve piston which has a valve-closure member directed towards the discharge opening and which, in a closed position, abuts a valve seat of a through-bore between the feed opening and the discharge opening; a pilot valve having a pilot bore in the valve piston, which bore opens into the through-bore and traverses the valve piston; a path-generating device having an actuatable ram accommodating a closure member which closes the pilot bore and, with the closure member, can be moved into an opening position which opens the pilot bore; and a bypass duct formed between the feed opening and the pilot bore. At least one connection element forcibly transfers at least some of the stroke movement of the ram onto the valve piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: OTTO EGELHOF GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Joan Aguilar, Rainer Maurer, Markus Nagel, Jean-Jacques Robin, Kai Schauwecker
  • Publication number: 20160169407
    Abstract: Switching valve for controlling a mass flow in a cold or hot circuit. The valve includes a valve housing having a feed opening and a discharge opening; a valve piston which has a valve-closure member directed towards the discharge opening and which, in a closed position, abuts a valve seat of a through-bore between the feed opening and the discharge opening; a pilot valve having a pilot bore in the valve piston, which bore opens into the through-bore and traverses the valve piston; a path-generating device having an actuatable ram accommodating a closure member which closes the pilot bore and, with the closure member, can be moved into an opening position which opens the pilot bore; and a bypass duct formed between the feed opening and the pilot bore. At least one connection element forcibly transfers at least some of the stroke movement of the ram onto the valve piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Joan Aguilar, Rainer Maurer, Markus Nagel, Jean-Jacques Robin, Kai Schauwecker