Patents by Inventor Michael Reik

Michael Reik 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: 11442478
    Abstract: A pressure control device has at least two switching valves (10, 12), a feedback control unit (14), a sensor unit (20), and a voltage supply unit (24), and continuously adjusts hydraulic systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: HYDAC FLUIDTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Frank Schulz, Michael Reik
  • Publication number: 20180173253
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pressure control device, consisting of at least—two switching valves (10, 12), —a feedback control unit (14), —a sensor unit (20), and —a voltage supply unit (24).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Frank SCHULZ, Michael REIK
  • Patent number: 9869400
    Abstract: A valve device, in particular a double stop-check valve, preferably of the two-way valve type, has at least three fluid connections (1, 2, 3) provided in a valve housing (51). Two valve elements (65, 67) can slide in the valve housing (51). One control device (71) controls the valve elements (65, 67). At least one of the valve elements (65, 67) forms, together with parts (59/61) of the valve housing (51), a seat leak-tight closure part for the associated fluid connections (1, 2, 3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: HYDAC FLUIDTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Frank Schulz, Michael Reik, Philipp Hilzendegen
  • Publication number: 20160230900
    Abstract: The invention relates to a valve device, in particular a double stop-check valve, preferably of the two-way valve type, comprising at least three fluid connections (1, 2, 3) provided in a valve housing (51), at least two valve elements (65, 67) that can slide in the valve housing (51), and at least one control device (71) for controlling the valve elements (65, 67). The valve is characterized in that at least one of the valve elements (65, 67) forms, together with parts (59/61) of the valve housing (51), a seat leak-tight closure part for the associated fluid connections (1, 2, 3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Frank SCHULZ, Michael REIK, Philipp HILZENDEGEN
  • Patent number: 8788161
    Abstract: There is provided a method for setting an operating pressure of a transmission, the transmission having at least one of clutches, brakes, actuators, a hydrodynamic clutch, and a hydrodynamic converter, to which a medium conducting the operating pressure can selectively be applied, in order to vary a transmission ratio of at least one of a speed and a torque between a transmission input shaft and a transmission output shaft by opening and closing at least one of the clutches and the brakes, by actuating the actuators, and/or by a hydrodynamic power transmission using at least one of the hydrodynamic clutch and the hydrodynamic converter, wherein the operating pressure being switchable between a constant nominal value and a constant decreased value that is smaller in relation thereto, or the operating pressure being reducible in three or more steps or continuously from a nominal value to a decreased value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Bernhard Hofig, Michael Gerlich, Michael Reik, Christoph Wurster
  • Publication number: 20130211680
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for setting the operating pressure of a transmission, in particular a motor vehicle shift transmission, the transmission having clutches, brakes, actuators, a hydrodynamic clutch, and/or a hydrodynamic converter, to which a medium that conducts the operating pressure can alternately be applied in order to vary the transmission ratio of the speed and/or the torque between a transmission input shaft and a transmission output shaft by opening and closing the clutches and/or brakes, by actuating the actuators, and/or by hydrodynamic power transmission using the hydrodynamic clutch and/or the hydrodynamic converter, the operating pressure being switchable between a constant nominal value and a constant decreased value smaller in relation thereto, or the operating pressure being reducible in three or more steps or continuously from a nominal value to a decreased value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventors: Bernhard Hofig, Michael Gerlich, Michael Reik, Christoph Wurster
  • Publication number: 20110203668
    Abstract: The invention concerns a transmission oil circuit with an oil pump for feeding oil or another fluid from an oil sump or corresponding fluid sump; with a heat exchanger, the oil flows through, for evacuating the heat from the oil; with a work pressure valve, against which the oil pump conveys the oil, so as to bring the conveyed oil to a preset work pressure for pressure actuation, applying hydraulic pressure or conveying hydraulic pressure to switching valves and/or other transmission components and/or other units outside the transmission, which are arranged in the flow direction upstream of the work pressure valve in a row with respect thereto or in the flow direction downstream of a supply line, which branches off in the transmission oil circuit upstream of the work pressure valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2010
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: Bernhard Hofig, Christoph Wurster, Michael Gerlich, Michael Reik