Patents by Inventor Kai SUMPF

Kai SUMPF 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: 20240125338
    Abstract: Disclosed is a valve device, comprising at least one valve piston arranged in a valve housing in a longitudinally displaceable manner, which valve piston is moved by means of a drive in conjunction with the assigned drive train and interconnects individual fluid ports present in the valve housing in a fluid-conveying manner or separates them from one another. A sensor device monitors the respective positions of the drive train and thus the respective positions of the valve piston in the valve housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: HYDAC Mobilhydraulik GmbH
    Inventors: Sascha Alexander Biwersi, Kai Sumpf
  • Patent number: 11111935
    Abstract: A control device has a plurality of modular control sections (12a-12d), which form a control block when arranged beside one another and have units of an electromagnetically actuatable actuator system and/or of a sensor system for controlling or monitoring a valve apparatus, which are connected to a central energy supply and/or monitoring device, which have individual connection parts (20a-20d) assigned to the particular control section (12a-12d), and which are connected in series and to one another. At least some of the connection parts (20a-20d) used are wirelessly in direct engagement with one another by way of their plug parts (22a-22c) and socket parts (24a-24c) that face one another and are adjacent to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: HYDAC SYSTEMS & SERVICES GMBH
    Inventors: Sascha Alexander Biwersi, Kai Sumpf, Stephan Peter Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20200232483
    Abstract: A control device having a plurality of modular control sections (12a-12d), which form a control block when arranged beside one another and have units of an electromagnetically actuatable actuator system and/or of a sensor system for controlling or monitoring a valve apparatus, which are connected to a central energy supply and/or monitoring device, which have individual connection parts (20a-20d) assigned to the particular control section (12a-12d), and which are connected in series and to one another, is characterized in that at least some of the connection parts (20a-20d) used are wirelessly in direct engagement with one another by way of the plug parts (22a-22c) and socket parts (24a-24c) thereof which face one another and are adjacent to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Sascha Alexander BIWERSI, Kai SUMPF, Stephan Peter SCHMITT