Patents by Inventor Stefan Paech

Stefan Paech 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).

  • Contacting means for valve drives and a valve arrangement fitted with it
    Patent number: 6761596
    Abstract: A contacting means for making electrical contact between a valve drive and a printed circuit board. It comprises a support housing having through ducts in which axially resiliently elastic contacting units are arranged. The contacting units are at one end acted upon by a first contact element of the valve drive and at the other end by a second contact element of the printed circuit board and accordingly rest on such components with a biasing action. Furthermore, a valve arrangement with such a contacting means is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Festo AG & Co.
    Inventors: Heiko Kühbauch, Stefan Paech, Achim Ziegele, Ralf Forcht, Christian Waldeck
  • Contacting means for valve drives and a valve arrangement fitted with it
    Publication number: 20030176084
    Abstract: A contacting means for making electrical contact between a valve drive and a printed circuit board. It comprises a support housing having through ducts in which axially resiliently elastic contacting units are arranged. The contacting units are at one end acted upon by a first contact element of the valve drive and at the other end by a second contact element of the printed circuit board and accordingly rest on such components with a biasing action. Furthermore, a valve arrangement with such a contacting means is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2003
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Applicant: FESTO AG & CO.
    Inventors: Heiko Kuhbauch, Stefan Paech, Achim Ziegele, Ralf Forcht, Christian Waldeck