Patents by Inventor Ralf Trinkel
Ralf Trinkel 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).
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Patent number: 11859668Abstract: A lubricant injector includes a lubricant inlet, a lubricant outlet, a control piston and a metering piston. The control piston is configured to conduct lubricant from the lubricant inlet to the metering piston, and the metering piston is configured to pump the lubricant provided by the control piston to the at least one lubricant outlet. The metering piston includes a first metering chamber and a second metering chamber that are each connected to the at least one lubricant outlet. The lubricant injector further includes first and second lubricant channels, and in a first switching state of the control piston the lubricant inlet is connected via the first control space to the first lubricant channel and the second metering chamber, and in a second switching state the lubricant inlet is connected via the second control space to the second lubricant channel and the first metering chamber.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: SKF LUBRICATION SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBHInventors: Juergen Kreutzkaemper, Herbert Kannegiesser, Edward Schneider, Ralf Trinkel
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Patent number: 11549466Abstract: Fuel gas (G) is supplied via a pipe to a pre-combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine. The pre-combustion chamber is formed inside a chamber body which is received in a cavity of the engine body, while the pipe is received in a passageway of the engine body which communicates with the cavity. A seal which may be made from an elastomer comprises a wall defining an interior space opening through the wall at first, second and third openings. A first portion of the wall defining the first and second openings is arranged in the cavity so that the chamber body can be inserted through the openings into the interior space of the seal, while a second portion of the wall comprising the third opening is received in the passageway so that the pipe can be inserted into the interior space of the seal via the third opening. The pipe is sealed in fluid communication with the pre-combustion chamber via an inlet in the chamber body by sealing regions of the seal.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2020Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbHInventors: Harald Reitz, Ralf Trinkel
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Publication number: 20220136461Abstract: Fuel gas (G) to a pre-combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine. The pre-combustion chamber is formed inside a chamber body which is received in a cavity of the engine body, while the pipe is received in a passageway of the engine body which communicates with the cavity. A seal which may be made from an elastomer comprises a wall defining an interior space opening through the wall at first, second and third openings. A first portion of the wall defining the first and second openings is arranged in the cavity so that the chamber body can be inserted through the openings into the interior space of the seal, while a second portion of the wall comprising the third opening is received in the passageway so that the piped can be inserted into the interior space of the seal via the third opening. The pipe is sealed in fluid communication with the pre-combustion chamber via an inlet in the chamber body by sealing regions of the seal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2020Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbHInventors: Harald REITZ, Ralf TRINKEL
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Publication number: 20210404517Abstract: A lubricant injector includes a lubricant inlet, a lubricant outlet, a control piston and a metering piston. The control piston is configured to conduct lubricant from the lubricant inlet to the metering piston, and the metering piston is configured to pump the lubricant provided by the control piston to the at least one lubricant outlet. The metering piston includes a first metering chamber and a second metering chamber that are each connected to the at least one lubricant outlet. The lubricant injector further includes first and second lubricant channels, and in a first switching state of the control piston the lubricant inlet is connected via the first control space to the first lubricant channel and the second metering chamber, and in a second switching state the lubricant inlet is connected via the second control space to the second lubricant channel and the first metering chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Juergen Kreutzkaemper, Herbert Kannegiesser, Edward Schneider, Ralf Trinkel
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Patent number: 11149792Abstract: A lubricant injector includes a lubricant inlet, a lubricant outlet, a control piston and a metering piston. The control piston is configured to conduct lubricant from the lubricant inlet to the metering piston, and the metering piston is configured to pump the lubricant provided by the control piston to the at least one lubricant outlet. The metering piston includes a first metering chamber and a second metering chamber that are each connected to the at least one lubricant outlet. The lubricant injector further includes first and second lubricant channels, and in a first switching state of the control piston the lubricant inlet is connected via the first control space to the first lubricant channel and the second metering chamber, and in a second switching state the lubricant inlet is connected via the second control space to the second lubricant channel and the first metering chamber.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2015Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: SKF LUBRICATION SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBHInventors: Juergen Kreutzkaemper, Herbert Kannegiesser, Edward Schneider, Ralf Trinkel
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Patent number: 9732664Abstract: An ignition device with a pre-combustion chamber for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The internal combustion engine may have a plurality of cylinders. Each cylinder may define a main combustion chamber. The ignition device may have a first pre-combustion chamber part configured to at least partially accommodate a spark plug. The ignition device may also have a second pre-combustion chamber part defining at least a portion of the pre-combustion chamber. The second pre-combustion chamber part may include at least one orifice configured to be fluidly connected to the main combustion chamber. The second pre-combustion chamber part may be detachably mountable to the first pre-combustion chamber part, such that the first and second pre-combustion chamber parts are axially secured to one another and rotatable with respect to one another.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2015Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbHInventor: Ralf Trinkel
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Patent number: 9638370Abstract: A lubricating system for supplying at least one lubricating point with lubricant is described. The lubricating system is equipped with at least one feed device and at least one line extending between this feed device and a lubricating point. In order to very easily and effectively monitor and indicate the severance of a lubricant line, an electrical connection is respectively provided on the feed device and the lubricating point. An electric conductor extending between the two connections is assigned to the line. A monitoring device is assigned to the line in such a way that it generates a signal when the electric conductor is interrupted. The invention furthermore pertains to a vehicle, particularly a construction machine, which is equipped with such a lubricating system.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2012Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: Lincoln GMBHInventors: Armin Günther, Ralf Trinkel, Bernd Naudszus, Sebastian Godowski, Herbert Kannegieβer
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Publication number: 20170074323Abstract: A rolling-element bearing cage includes a first side ring and a second side ring connected to the first side ring by a plurality of bridges defining a plurality of pockets configured to receive a rolling-element. The first side ring includes a joint at which the first side ring is configured to be opened to increase a diameter of the first side ring, and the first side ring and the second side ring and the plurality of bridges are made of steel and an outer diameter of the second side ring is greater than 500 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2015Publication date: March 16, 2017Applicant: SKF Lubrication Systems Germany GmbHInventors: Juergen Kreutzkaemper, Herbert Kannegiesser, Edward Schneider, Ralf Trinkel
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Publication number: 20160024995Abstract: An ignition device with a pre-combustion chamber for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The internal combustion engine may have a plurality of cylinders. Each cylinder may define a main combustion chamber. The ignition device may have a first pre-combustion chamber part configured to at least partially accommodate a spark plug. The ignition device may also have a second pre-combustion chamber part defining at least a portion of the pre-combustion chamber. The second pre-combustion chamber part may include at least one orifice configured to be fluidly connected to the main combustion chamber. The second pre-combustion chamber part may be detachably mountable to the first pre-combustion chamber part, such that the first and second pre-combustion chamber parts are axially secured to one another and rotatable with respect to one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2015Publication date: January 28, 2016Applicant: Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbHInventor: Ralf TRINKEL
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Patent number: 8920037Abstract: The invention relates to a bearing arrangement with an outer ring and an inner ring that can rotate relative to one another, and rolling bodies, especially balls, which are located between the outer ring and the inner ring. The invention also relates to an infeed distributor and a suction exhaust device for incorporation in such a bearing arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2007Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Lincoln GmbHInventors: Zdravko Paluncic, Ralf Trinkel
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Patent number: 8469150Abstract: A lubricant distributor comprising a progressive distributor and a single-line metering valve is disclosed. An outlet of the single-line metering valve is in fluidic connection, or can be brought into fluidic connection, with an inlet of the progressive distributor.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2010Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: Lincoln GmbHInventors: Zdravko Paluncic, Ralf Trinkel
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Publication number: 20120285773Abstract: A lubricating system for supplying at least one lubricating point with lubricant is described. The lubricating system is equipped with at least one feed device and at least one line extending between this feed device and a lubricating point. In order to very easily and effectively monitor and indicate the severance of a lubricant line, an electrical connection is respectively provided on the feed device and the lubricating point. An electric conductor extending between the two connections is assigned to the line. A monitoring device is assigned to the line in such a way that it generates a signal when the electric conductor is interrupted. The invention furthermore pertains to a vehicle, particularly a construction machine, which is equipped with such a lubricating system.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2012Publication date: November 15, 2012Applicant: LINCOLN GMBHInventors: Armin Günther, Ralf Trinkel, Bernd Naudszus, Sebastian Godowski, Herbert Kannegießer
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Patent number: 8215456Abstract: The invention relates to an auxiliary lubrication unit for lubricant introduction devices. The unit comprises a base body (2), in whose longitudinal bore (10) a control piston (6) is displaced axially by a spring (4) towards a seal (9) and also comprises lateral connections (1a, 1p) of a chamber (11) that is delimited by the control piston (6) in the longitudinal bore (10). The connections run from a lubricant pump and to an installation that is to be supplied with lubricant and allowing lubricant to be transported, in the sealing position of the control piston (6), through the chamber (11) from the lubricant pump to the installation. If the pump fails, the control piston (6) can be displaced by remains of auxiliary lubricant from its sealing position, in opposition to the action of the spring (4), into a position in which the connection (1a) to the installation is open and the connection (1p) to the lubricant pump is closed, enabling the installation to the filled with the auxiliary lubricant.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2006Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: Lincoln GmbHInventor: Ralf Trinkel
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Publication number: 20120067897Abstract: The invention pertains to a lubricant collection container with a dimensionally stable enclosure and a collection bag accommodated therein, wherein the collection bag is fixed in the dimensionally stable enclosure by means of a holding device and is stabilized during movement of the lubricant collection container such that the collection bag cannot move freely during movement of the lubricant collection container. The holding device comprises a folding insert with a base plate and a membrane that at least partially covers the base plate, wherein the collection bag is essentially arranged between the base plate and the membrane and the membrane preferably covers the collection bag completely in the folded state of the folding insert in order to fix and stabilize the collection bag in a simple fashion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2011Publication date: March 22, 2012Applicant: LINCOLN GMBHInventors: Ralf Trinkel, Andreas Schoenfeld, Tobias Mueller
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Patent number: 8136634Abstract: A piston arrangement is disclosed for metering valves, flow-rate sensors or hydraulic motors. The piston arrangement comprises a housing, at least one recess in the housing, and a first piston sealed and movable in the at least one recess of the housing. A recess is provided in the first piston, and a flow passage extends through the first piston. A second piston is movable in the recess of the first piston. A sealing surface is provided on the second piston, and a valve seat is provided on the first piston against which the sealing surface on the second piston can be pressed in such a way that the second piston can be moved in the first piston between a position which opens the flow passage through the first piston and a position which shuts off the flow passage through the first piston.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2006Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Lincoln GmbHInventors: Zdravko Paluncic, Ralf Trinkel
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Publication number: 20100322543Abstract: The invention relates to a bearing arrangement with an outer ring and an inner ring that can rotate relative to one another, and rolling bodies, especially balls, which are located between the outer ring and the inner ring. The invention also relates to an infeed distributor and a suction exhaust device for incorporation in such a bearing arrangement.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2007Publication date: December 23, 2010Applicant: LINCOLN GMBHInventors: Zdravko Paluncic, Ralf Trinkel
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Publication number: 20100206667Abstract: A lubricant distributor comprising a progressive distributor and a single-line metering valve is disclosed. An outlet of the single-line metering valve is in fluidic connection, or can be brought into fluidic connection, with an inlet of the progressive distributor.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2010Publication date: August 19, 2010Applicant: LINCOLN GMBHInventors: Zdravko Paluncic, Ralf Trinkel
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Publication number: 20090288916Abstract: The invention relates to an auxiliary lubrication unit for lubricant introduction devices. Said unit comprises a base body (2), in whose longitudinal bore (10) a control piston (6) is displaced axially by a spring (4) towards a seal (9) and also comprises lateral connections (1a, 1p) of a chamber (11) that is delimited by the control piston (6) in the longitudinal bore (10), said connections running from a lubricant pump and to an installation that is to be supplied with lubricant and allowing lubricant to be transported, in the sealing position of the control piston (6), through the chamber (11) from the lubricant pump the the installation. If the pump fails, the control piston (6) can be displaced by remains if auxiliary lubricant from its sealing position, in opposition to the action of the spring (4), into a position in which the connection (1a) to the installation is open and the connection (1p) to the lubricant pump is closed, enabling the installation to be filled with the auxiliary lubricant.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2006Publication date: November 26, 2009Applicant: LINCOLN GMBHInventor: Ralf Trinkel
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Publication number: 20090193965Abstract: A piston arrangement is disclosed for metering valves, flow-rate sensors or hydraulic motors. The piston arrangement comprises a housing, at least one recess in the housing, and a first piston sealed and movable in the at least one recess of the housing. A recess is provided in the first piston, and a flow passage extends through the first piston. A second piston is movable in the recess of the first piston. A sealing surface is provided on the second piston, and a valve seat is provided on the first piston against which the sealing surface on the second piston can be pressed in such a way that the second piston can be moved in the first piston between a position which opens the flow passage through the first piston and a position which shuts off the flow passage through the first piston.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2006Publication date: August 6, 2009Applicant: LINCOLN GMBHInventors: Zdravko Paluncic, Ralf Trinkel