Patents by Inventor Kai WERNER

Kai WERNER 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: 20260049672
    Abstract: This invention relates to a combined measuring and regulating device (1) for a fluid flowing through a fluid line (2), comprising a measuring device (3) and a regulating device (4), wherein the total length (5) of the device (1) along the longitudinal axis (6) of the device (1) is a maximum total length, in particular at most 100 mm to 120 mm, preferably at most 110 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: February 19, 2026
    Applicant: SenseGuard GmbH
    Inventors: Kai WERNER, Dirk BERGERS, Daniel RADERMACHER, Christophe SOULARD
  • Publication number: 20250164032
    Abstract: A valve (1) for a fluid line (2), comprising at least: a valve housing (3) having an inlet (4) for a fluid and an outlet (5) for the fluid; a pressure sensor (6) disposed at least partially inside the valve housing (3); and at least one valve body (7), which can be moved into an open position (8) to open the valve (1) and into a first closed position (9) and into a second closed position (10) to close the valve (1), wherein the pressure sensor (6) can be used to measure a pressure of the fluid in the inlet (4) in the first closed position (9) and to measure the pressure of the fluid in the outlet (5) in 10 the second closed position (10). In addition, this invention relates to a device (14) having such a valve (1) and to a usage of such a valve (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Applicant: Grohe AG
    Inventors: Daniel RADERMACHER, Kai WERNER, Dirk BERGERS
  • Patent number: 11731600
    Abstract: An ABS pressure control valve assembly for controlling the fluid pressure in a pressure-medium-operated brake system of a vehicle having brake slip control, by which the brake pressure in pressure-medium-operated brake actuators is adaptively adjusted for a locking tendency of individual wheels of the vehicle. Two membranes of two membrane valves are clamped between two housing parts and an intermediate plate. Also described are a pressure-medium-operated brake system of a vehicle with brake-slip control, including at least one such ABS pressure control valve assembly, and to a method for producing such an ABS pressure control valve assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Friedbert Roether, Kai Werner, Gerhard Wieder, René Jonkmann, Alexander Krumrey, Reiner Maerkle
  • Patent number: 11485333
    Abstract: A diaphragm valve (DV), includes: an elastomer-diaphragm (ED) in/on a valve-housing via a radially-outer-edge-bead and interacts with a DV-seat (DVS); a first-control-chamber (CC), delimited by a first-surface, facing away from the DVS, of the ED and loadable and relieved of load by a pressure-medium (PM), and when the first-CC is loaded, the ED is pushed against the DVS; a second-CC, delimited by a second-surface, facing away from the first-surface, of the ED and loadable and relieved of load and surrounds the DVS, and, when the second-CC is loaded by PM, the ED lifts off from the DVS and the second-CC is connected to a PM-flow-channel (FC), on which the DVS is formed at an end-side; and the PM-FC, DVS, ED are coaxial as to an axial-direction, and the smallest thickness of the ED's central-region, as to a radial-direction perpendicular to the axial-direction, is at least 30% of the PM-FC's inner-diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Kai Werner, Jan Grebe
  • Publication number: 20210402967
    Abstract: An ABS pressure control valve assembly for controlling the fluid pressure in a pressure-medium-operated brake system of a vehicle having brake slip control, by which the brake pressure in pressure-medium-operated brake actuators is adaptively adjusted for a locking tendency of individual wheels of the vehicle. Two membranes of two membrane valves are clamped between two housing parts and an intermediate plate. Also described are a pressure-medium-operated brake system of a vehicle with brake-slip control, including at least one such ABS pressure control valve assembly, and to a method for producing such an ABS pressure control valve assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Friedbert Roether, Kai Werner, Gerhard Wieder, René Jonkmann, Alexander Krumrey, Reiner Maerkle
  • Patent number: 10988126
    Abstract: A solenoid valve apparatus for a brake system for a vehicle, including: a main valve unit; a pilot-control valve unit that is fluidically connected to the main valve unit; and a housing to accommodate at least the main valve unit and the pilot-control valve unit; in which the pilot-control valve unit includes a double solenoid unit and at least one valve device, in which the double solenoid unit is formed such that it can be populated with at least one valve device, and in which the double solenoid unit has at least two accommodating portions for accommodating valve devices and at least two solenoid devices for actuating valve devices. Also described are a related braking system and a related method for mounting a solenoid valve assembly for a braking system for a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Friedbert Roether, Ralf Woerner, Kai Werner, Gerhard Wieder
  • Publication number: 20200282966
    Abstract: A diaphragm valve (DV), includes: an elastomer-diaphragm (ED) in/on a valve-housing via a radially-outer-edge-bead and interacts with a DV-seat (DVS); a first-control-chamber (CC), delimited by a first-surface, facing away from the DVS, of the ED and loadable and relieved of load by a pressure-medium (PM), and when the first-CC is loaded, the ED is pushed against the DVS; a second-CC, delimited by a second-surface, facing away from the first-surface, of the ED and loadable and relieved of load and surrounds the DVS, and, when the second-CC is loaded by PM, the ED lifts off from the DVS and the second-CC is connected to a PM-flow-channel (FC), on which the DVS is formed at an end-side; and the PM-FC, DVS, ED are coaxial as to an axial-direction, and the smallest thickness of the ED's central-region, as to a radial-direction perpendicular to the axial-direction, is at least 30% of the PM-FC's inner-diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Kai Werner, Jan Grebe
  • Patent number: 10730494
    Abstract: Described is a housing component of a housing of a vehicle pressure-medium-conducting apparatus, including: at least one connector bore having an internal thread for screwing-in a connector element having an external thread for feeding and/or discharging the pressure medium to/from the apparatus; in which a material of the housing component is composed, at least in a region of the connector bore, of a thermoplastic of PPA (polyphthalamide). Also described is a pressure-medium-conducting device of a vehicle, including: at least one housing having at least one housing component, wherein the housing component includes: at least one connector bore having an internal thread for screwing-in a connector element having an external thread for feeding and/or discharging the pressure medium to/from the apparatus; in which a material of the housing component is composed, at least in a region of the connector bore, of a thermoplastic of PPA (polyphthalamide).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Jan Grebe, Kai Werner
  • Publication number: 20190193706
    Abstract: A solenoid valve apparatus for a brake system for a vehicle, including: a main valve unit; a pilot-control valve unit that is fluidically connected to the main valve unit; and a housing to accommodate at least the main valve unit and the pilot-control valve unit; in which the pilot-control valve unit includes a double solenoid unit and at least one valve device, in which the double solenoid unit is formed such that it can be populated with at least one valve device, and in which the double solenoid unit has at least two accommodating portions for accommodating valve devices and at least two solenoid devices for actuating valve devices. Also described are a related braking system and a related method for mounting a solenoid valve assembly for a braking system for a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Friedbert Roether, Dieter Woerner, Kai Werner, Gerhard Wieder
  • Publication number: 20180154877
    Abstract: Described is a housing component of a housing of a vehicle pressure-medium-conducting apparatus, including: at least one connector bore having an internal thread for screwing-in a connector element having an external thread for feeding and/or discharging the pressure medium to/from the apparatus; in which a material of the housing component is composed, at least in a region of the connector bore, of a thermoplastic of PPA (polyphthalamide). Also described is a pressure-medium-conducting device of a vehicle, including: at least one housing having at least one housing component, wherein the housing component includes: at least one connector bore having an internal thread for screwing-in a connector element having an external thread for feeding and/or discharging the pressure medium to/from the apparatus; in which a material of the housing component is composed, at least in a region of the connector bore, of a thermoplastic of PPA (polyphthalamide).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Jan Grebe, Kai Werner
  • Publication number: 20160327068
    Abstract: A quick-action bleeder valve device for a pneumatic actuator of a pneumatic system, includes: a housing; a first connection which is connectable to a chamber of the actuator, which chamber can be ventilated and bled; a second connection which is connectable directly or indirectly to a compressed air source; a flow duct, formed in the housing, between the first connection and the second connection, the flow duct being constricted at a constriction point or throttle point by a reduced flow cross section; a diaphragm valve, arranged in the housing, including at least one diaphragm which interacts with a valve seat, wherein in an open position of the diaphragm valve, in which the diaphragm is lifted off from the valve seat, a pressure sink is connected to the first connection, and in a closed position of the diaphragm valve, in which the diaphragm is seated on the valve seat in a seal-forming fashion, this connection is interrupted; wherein at least part of a first effective area of the diaphragm, which effective
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Jan GREBE, Thomas BEMETZ, Kai WERNER, Dirk BRENNER, Zsigmond CSOMA