Patents by Inventor Ulrike Brinkmann

Ulrike Brinkmann 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: 8813778
    Abstract: A valve control system includes a valve control device and a hand-held actuating apparatus for triggering operating actions within the valve control device. The hand-held actuating apparatus includes a magnet arrangement and the valve control device includes a magnetic field sensor arrangement adapted to the magnet arrangement of the hand-held actuating apparatus. The magnet arrangement includes one or more magnets and an actuating means. The magnetic fields of the magnets are individually variable by the actuating means without movement of the hand-held actuating apparatus relative to the magnetic field sensor arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Buerkert Werke GmbH
    Inventors: René Bachmann, Ulrike Brinkmann, Kersten Grosse
  • Patent number: 8622366
    Abstract: A valve drive system has a valve drive device and a hand-operated apparatus to trigger control actions in the valve drive device. The hand-operated apparatus includes a magnet arrangement, and the valve drive device includes a magnetic field sensor arrangement adjusted to the magnet arrangement of the hand-operated apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Buerkert Werke GmbH
    Inventors: Rene Bachmann, Ulrike Brinkmann, Kersten Grosse
  • Publication number: 20110057131
    Abstract: A valve drive system has a valve drive device and a hand-operated apparatus to trigger control actions in the valve drive device. The hand-operated apparatus includes a magnet arrangement, and the valve drive device includes a magnetic field sensor arrangement adjusted to the magnet arrangement of the hand-operated apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventors: Rene Bachmann, Ulrike Brinkmann, Kersten Grosse