Patents by Inventor Tilmann Bork

Tilmann Bork 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).

  • Valve arrangement
    Patent number: 11556141
    Abstract: Valve arrangement for influencing a fluid flow for a fluid consumer, having a first valve group with which a first actuator is associated, having a second valve group with which a second actuator is associated, the first valve group and second valve group being associated in a first functional position as a parallel circuit with a first fluid line in a first functional position and are associated with a second fluid line in a second functional position as a series circuit, the first valve group or second valve group being designed for actuating the respective other actuator in the first functional position and being designed for switching off the respective other actuator in the second functional position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Festo SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Tilmann Bork, Bastian Behnke, Dominik Schubert, Hartmut Bulling
  • Fluid system and method for operating a fluid system
    Patent number: 10303145
    Abstract: A fluid system for the reliable operation of an actuator controlled by fluid means, including a control device, a valve controller, fluid control valves that are designed to influence fluid flows on at least one actuator, sensors designed to determine a state of the actuator and a monitoring device designed to process the sensor signals and to provide a monitoring signal to the valve controller. The control device is designed in accordance with a first safety category of a safety standard and the valve controller, the fluid control valves, the sensors and the monitoring device are designed in accordance with a second safety category of the safety standard, wherein said second safety category is positioned at a higher level than the first safety category within the safety standard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: FESTO AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Martin Gehrke, Tilmann Bork, Helmut Deichert
  • FLUID SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A FLUID SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150285281
    Abstract: A fluid system for the reliable operation of an actuator controlled by fluid means, including a control device, a valve controller, fluid control valves that are designed to influence fluid flows on at least one actuator, sensors designed to determine a state of the actuator and a monitoring device designed to process the sensor signals and to provide a monitoring signal to the valve controller. The control device is designed in accordance with a first safety category of a safety standard and the valve controller, the fluid control valves, the sensors and the monitoring device are designed in accordance with a second safety category of the safety standard, wherein said second safety category is positioned at a higher level than the first safety category within the safety standard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Martin Gehrke, Tilmann Bork, Helmut Deichert