Patents by Inventor Michael Führer

Michael Führer 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: 10385979
    Abstract: Arrangement for actuating shut-off valve with tapered plug, has housing in which hollow actuating cylinder is coaxially supported for rotation and with an actuating shaft aligned with the coaxial axis firmly attached. Output cylinder is coaxially arranged in hollow actuating cylinder. The output cylinder is movable relative to hollow drive cylinder axially and radially. Spindle is attached on output cylinder opposite actuating shaft and aligned with coaxial axis; tapered plug being fastened on end of spindle facing away from output cylinder. At least one radially outwardly directed pin is arranged on outer peripheral surface of output cylinder. Outer surfaces of housing and hollow actuating cylinder have each at least one guideway extending over radial sector of outer surfaces, with which pin is operatively connected as a respective sliding block. At least the guideway arranged in outer surface of hollow actuating cylinder is formed as a through-opening through which pin passes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: MAGDEBURGER INDUSTRIEARMATUR-MANUFAKTUR GMBH
    Inventor: Michael Führer
  • Publication number: 20180149274
    Abstract: Arrangement for actuating shut-off valve with tapered plug, has housing in which hollow actuating cylinder is coaxially supported for rotation and with an actuating shaft aligned with the coaxial axis firmly attached. Output cylinder is coaxially arranged in hollow actuating cylinder. The output cylinder is movable relative to hollow drive cylinder axially and radially. Spindle is attached on output cylinder opposite actuating shaft and aligned with coaxial axis; tapered plug being fastened on end of spindle facing away from output cylinder. At least one radially outwardly directed pin is arranged on outer peripheral surface of output cylinder. Outer surfaces of housing and hollow actuating cylinder have each at least one guideway extending over radial sector of outer surfaces, with which pin is operatively connected as a respective sliding block. At least the guideway arranged in outer surface of hollow actuating cylinder is formed as a through-opening through which pin passes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventor: Michael Führer
  • Patent number: 9074700
    Abstract: An actuating drive for safety valves has a high actuating torque. The actuating drive can be driven by a motor by means of a gear train. When the safety valve is opened, the motor simultaneously preloads a mechanical energy store that is connected to the input shaft of the safety valve and that can be locked. After the lock has been released, the mechanical energy store outputs the stored energy and closes the safety valve in the process. The output of the motor is connected to a planetary gear train, the output rotor of which is connected to the input shaft of the safety valve. The mechanical energy store consists of a number of leg springs that corresponds to the number of planet gears. The leg springs are connected at one end to one of the planet gears and at the opposite end to the housing of the actuating drive in a rotationally fixed manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignees: Fuehrer Engineering KG, PRAEMAB Praezisionsmaschinen- und Anlagenbau GmbH
    Inventor: Michael Fuehrer
  • Publication number: 20140326913
    Abstract: Arrangement for actuating shut-off valve with tapered plug, has housing in which hollow actuating cylinder is coaxially supported for rotation and with an actuating shaft aligned with the coaxial axis firmly attached. Output cylinder is coaxially arranged in hollow actuating cylinder. The output cylinder is movable relative to hollow drive cylinder axially and radially. Spindle is attached on output cylinder opposite actuating shaft and aligned with coaxial axis; tapered plug being fastened on end of spindle facing away from output cylinder. At least one radially outwardly directed pin is arranged on outer peripheral surface of output cylinder. Outer surfaces of housing and hollow actuating cylinder have each at least one guideway extending over radial sector of outer surfaces, with which pin is operatively connected as a respective sliding block. At least the guideway arranged in outer surface of hollow actuating cylinder is formed as a through-opening through which pin passes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Michael Führer, Matthias Ihlow
  • Publication number: 20120298894
    Abstract: An actuating drive for safety valves has a high actuating torque. The actuating drive can be driven by a motor by means of a gear train. When the safety valve is opened, the motor simultaneously preloads a mechanical energy store that is connected to the input shaft of the safety valve and that can be locked. After the lock has been released, the mechanical energy store outputs the stored energy and closes the safety valve in the process. The output of the motor is connected to a planetary gear train, the output rotor of which is connected to the input shaft of the safety valve. The mechanical energy store consists of a number of leg springs that corresponds to the number of planet gears. The leg springs are connected at one end to one of the planet gears and at the opposite end to the housing of the actuating drive in a rotationally fixed manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicants: PRAEMAB PRAEZISIONSMASCHINEN- UND ANLAGENBAU GMBH, FUEHRER ENGINEERING KG
    Inventor: Michael Fuehrer