Patents by Inventor MARKUS GRAMMER

MARKUS GRAMMER 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: 20260029001
    Abstract: A valve assembly having a supply fluid flow path which passes from a first supply point via a pressure reducing valve, further via a first control point, and further via a 2/2-way poppet valve to a discharge point. The pressure reducing valve is adjustable using a first actuating solenoid. The first control point is connected on the inlet side to a shuttle valve. A first 3/2-way switching valve is arranged in the supply fluid flow path between the pressure reducing valve and the first control point, and is configured such that the first control point is selectively connected to the pressure reducing valve or to the first return flow point. The first 3/2-way switching valve is adjustable at least indirectly using a second actuating solenoid. A second control point is arranged between the pressure reducing valve and the first 3/2-way switching valve in the supply fluid flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2025
    Publication date: January 29, 2026
    Inventors: Markus Bissbort, Steffen Knapper, Martin Schramm, Frank Rieckhof, Markus Grammer
  • Patent number: 12044323
    Abstract: A valve assembly includes a linearly moving main slider, a pilot valve, a control oil inlet, and a control oil return. The pilot valve is designed as a 4/3 proportional directional valve, via which a first end face and an opposite second end face of the main slider can be fluidly connected selectively to the control oil inlet or the control oil return so that the main slider (20) is hydraulically movable by adjusting the pilot valve. The pilot valve is electrically adjustable depending on a target current. A position sensor is provided, with which an actual position of the main slider can be measured. A positioner is provided, with which the actual position can be regulated by adjusting the target current to a predefinable target position. The pilot valve is connected to the control oil return via a check valve. The check valve only permits fluid flow from the pilot valve toward the control oil return.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Grammer, Steffen Knapper
  • Publication number: 20230175601
    Abstract: A valve assembly includes a linearly moving main slider, a pilot valve, a control oil inlet, and a control oil return. The pilot valve is designed as a 4/3 proportional directional valve, via which a first end face and an opposite second end face of the main slider can be fluidly connected selectively to the control oil inlet or the control oil return so that the main slider (20) is hydraulically movable by adjusting the pilot valve. The pilot valve is electrically adjustable depending on a target current. A position sensor is provided, with which an actual position of the main slider can be measured. A positioner is provided, with which the actual position can be regulated by adjusting the target current to a predefinable target position. The pilot valve is connected to the control oil return via a check valve. The check valve only permits fluid flow from the pilot valve toward the control oil return.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Markus Grammer, Steffen Knapper
  • Patent number: 11536404
    Abstract: A hydraulic coupling bush which is actuated in order to close or open the coupling includes a coupling housing and a bush body which displaceable therein and which has a plug space for receiving a coupling plug, a supply space for fluidic connection to an external supply channel, a low pressure space for fluidic connection to a pressure medium sink, and an interior space connected fluidically to the supply space, a supply seat valve device being provided, via the actuation of which a supply flow path can be configured between the supply space and the plug space, and a relief seat valve device being provided, via the mechanical actuation of which the interior space can be relieved of pressure toward the low pressure space, and via the hydraulic actuation of which, which is dependent on the pressure in the interior space, the pressure in the interior space can be limited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Steffen Knapper, Frank Rieckhof, Markus Grammer, Reiner Kunz
  • Publication number: 20220146025
    Abstract: A hydraulic coupling bush which is actuated in order to close or open the coupling includes a coupling housing and a bush body which displaceable therein and which has a plug space for receiving a coupling plug, a supply space for fluidic connection to an external supply channel, a low pressure space for fluidic connection to a pressure medium sink, and an interior space connected fluidically to the supply space, a supply seat valve device being provided, via the actuation of which a supply flow path can be configured between the supply space and the plug space, and a relief seat valve device being provided, via the mechanical actuation of which the interior space can be relieved of pressure toward the low pressure space, and via the hydraulic actuation of which, which is dependent on the pressure in the interior space, the pressure in the interior space can be limited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Steffen Knapper, Frank Rieckhof, Markus Grammer, Reiner Kunz
  • Patent number: 8479768
    Abstract: A directional control valve arrangement includes a directional control valve with a valve spool. Using the directional control valve, it is possible to control a pressure-medium connection between a pressure port, a tank connection, and at least one working connection. A blocking valve is situated in a working passage that is connected to the working connection. The pressure in the working passage can be reduced using a pressure-release unit; the pressure-medium connection between the working passage and the tank connection is blocked by the valve spool. The pressure-relief unit has an intermediate space which is formed in the pressure-medium flow path between the blocking valve and a control edge of the valve spool that blocks the working passage to the tank port, the intermediate space being provided to accommodate a compression volume of the working passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Reiner Kunz, Andreas Albrecht, Markus Grammer, Steffen Knapper
  • Publication number: 20110017321
    Abstract: A directional control valve arrangement includes a directional control valve with a valve spool. Using the directional control valve, it is possible to control a pressure-medium connection between a pressure port, a tank connection, and at least one working connection. A blocking valve is situated in a working passage that is connected to the working connection. The pressure in the working passage can be reduced using a pressure-release unit; the pressure-medium connection between the working passage and the tank connection is blocked by the valve spool. The pressure-relief unit has an intermediate space which is formed in the pressure-medium flow path between the blocking valve and a control edge of the valve spool that blocks the working passage to the tank port, the intermediate space being provided to accommodate a compression volume of the working passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: REINER KUNZ, ANDREAS ALBRECHT, MARKUS GRAMMER, STEFFEN KNAPPER