Mannesmann Aktiengesellschaft

Wabco Westinghouse Steuerungstechnik Gmbh & Co.

Wabco Westinghouse Steuerungstechnik Gmbh

Mannesmann Rexroth Pneumatik Gmbh

Rexroth Mecman Gmbh

Gerhard Scharnowski

Helmut Gottling

Rudolf Moller

Peter Muller

Walter Brausfeld

Norbert Fortmann

Reinhard Mauentobben

Ralf Kook

Hans F Meyer

Horst Janetzko

Huu-Tri Nguyen

Thomas Liesenhoff

Hans Kruppa

Jens-Olaf Hartig

Norbert Fartmann

Dieter Meisoll

Raimund Buschmann

Diane Gottling

Reinhard Mauentöbben

An electropneumatic pressure regulating valve has an electromagnet fastened, as an actuating drive, to a valve housing. At least one work connection and a deaeration connection in the valve housing are guided, respectively, to a work chamber and deaeration chamber arranged inside the valve housing. The work chamber and the deaeration chamber are separated from one another by a valve seat corresponding to a valve tappet as closing element. The valve tappet proceeds from the electromagnet and is movable longitudinally through the work chamber via a movable magnet armature of the electromagnet. To improve the deaeration behavior and to achieve a more precise control capability during deaeration, the valve tappet has a through-hole which is directed longitudinally proceeding from its lower disk face and which opens into a pressure-tight coil interior space within the electromagnet. The coil interior space is sealed against the work chamber by a seal which enables the longitudinal movability of the valve tappet.

Pressure regulating valve with optimized deaeration

An electropneumatic valve including a valve body and a proportional magnet connected thereto and having a unitary tappet having an integral valve disk disposed at one end and an armature of the proportional magnet disposed at an end longitudinally opposite thereto. The tappet and valve disk being formed of a nonmagnetic material and the valve body and proportional magnet are contactingly connected by complementary interlocking features.

Electropneumatic valve

A base-plate distributing valve comprised of a valve body, a base-plate element and a valve element slidably disposed within a longitudinal bore of the valve body. Pressure medium line ports and pressure medium lines are contained within the valve body and the base-plate element. The base-plate element contains an opening into which the part of the valve body which contains the valve element may be inserted. Within the valve element are valves. A drive element controls the valve element which shifts position the position of the valves within the longitudinal bore of the valve body to permit alignment of the pressure medium lines for flow therethrough. Accordingly, when the valve body is inserted into the base-plate element in a pressure-medium-tight seal, a substantially straight-lined flow of a medium through the base-plate element at a high flow rate is achieved.

Base-plate distributing valve

The invention relates to a profiled tube for working cylinders without a piston rod having a cylinder chamber which extends in longitudinal direction and a piston guided movably therein and connected to pull means, and a carriage connected to the pull means and guided in a slide guide arranged on the profiled tube. In order to increase the torsional rigidity of a profiled tube for working cylinders having rodless pistons of this type, to guide the piston in a manner secured against turning and, at the same time, obtain a compact structural shape, the present invention provides a profiled tube have a closed single-piece cross section, that the cylinder chamber have an ovoid, preferably elliptical cross section arranged within the cross section of the profiled tube, that pressure-fluid guide channels extending in longitudinal direction are arranged within the cross section of the profiled tube, and that the slide guide is arranged along one of the outer longitudinal sides of the profiled tube and unitarily formed as a single piece with the tube.

Profiled tube for a working cylinder without a piston rod

A seal for a work cylinder operated with pressure fluid, through which cylinder an axially displaceable coupling element connected with the work cylinder, particularly a pull means, is extended in a fluid-tight manner from the inside of the cylinder. To obtain a better sealing of the inside of the cylinder under all possible operating conditions, particularly when using coupling elements developed as pull means of a cross-sectional shape other than circular, the seal is comprised of a single cup-shaped piece, the bottom surface of the seal being provided with a cuff which tapers conically in axial direction towards the cup-shaped inside of the seal. The cuff is provided with a sealing opening which permits the passage of the coupling element therethrough. The seal is provided with a sealing ring on the outer periphery in the region of the open end.

Seal for a work cylinder operated by pressurized fluid

A plug-type connection for a tubular body comprising a tubular holding element (1) slit in crown-like manner to form tongues (2) to receive the tubular body (30), and an annular collet (20) to be inserted onto the holding element (1) to clamp the end region of the tubular body (30) to the holding element (1). The collet (20) is a single piece and U-shaped in longitudinal section and has an inner arm (21) which is slit in crown-like manner and an outer arm (22). A circumferential shoulder (8) is formed on the holding element (1) outside the central bore (3). A pin (26) on the end of the outer arm (22) of the collet (20) fits into a depression (9) in the shoulder (8) of the holding element (1). A spherically shaped projection (27) fits into spherically shaped recess (10) in the shoulder (8) of the holding element (1). The recess (10 ) is staggered by an angle of rotation with respect to the depression (9). The spherically shaped projection (27) is located on the end of the pin (26).

Plug-type connection for a tubular body

A working cylinder which operates without a piston rod, comprising a cylinder tube, a piston which is displaceable therein and is provided with a pulling means, and a force transmission element which is connected with the pulling means and guided in axial displacement on the cylinder tube. In order to minimize the mounting work for the external attachment of the pulling means and at the same time increase the dependability of operation, the pulling means (1) is provided on the ends thereof connected to the force transmission element (2) with clamping pieces (3) which are provided with a toothed surface (5) on at least one outer side (4) and the force transmission element (2) is provided with a correspondingly toothed surface (6) against which the side (4) of the corresponding clamping piece (3) having the toothed surface (5) can be pressed via a pressing element (7). The corresponding toothed surface of the force transmission element (2) is longer than the clamping pieces (3) to allow for adjustment. The pressing element (7) and the force transmission element (2) together form an integral structure.

Working cylinder without piston rod

The braking device (2) is formed between a force collector (3) and a cylinder casing (1) by way of slider tracks (5) and counter slider tracks (6) and by sliding bodies (7) guiding the slider tracks and counter slider tracks in a working cylinder without piston rod. The adjusting elements (12) for the setting of a sliding or a braking play can be set according to the sliding bodies (7). In order to achieve a compact construction, a low construction height, as well as a lowest possible number of parts, the braking device (2) is disposed symmetrically to a slider plane and a casing center longitudinal plane (19), respectively. The braking device is furnished with a force member (20) acting in the region (21). The lever element (22) engages centrally in each case with the lever arms (22a, 22b) on the adjusting element (12). A press-on force generating the braking force centrally engages the lever elements (22).

Working cylinder without piston rod and with a braking device, in

A valve device and method for controlling the operation of the valve device, in particular a proportionally acting solenoid valve, consisting of a valve housing in which several pressure fluid chambers provided with pressure fluid connections are present, having two valves which are arranged within the valve housing and are providing with moveable valve members, the valve members being connected to a valve rod which serves for actuation. In order to simplify the construction of the valve, and provide reliable and reproducible detection and control of the valve opening cross section, two valves members (4, 5) and (12, 13) of the two valves are arranged coaxially and are jointly connected to a valve rod (20), actuatable simultaneously with it. A pressure fluid chamber is arranged between the valves. A permanent magnet (9) is arranged on or in the valve rod (20) for detecting the position of the valve rod in such a manner that the range of the displacement path produced by actuation of the valve rod lies within the pressure fluid chamber (10). A field sensor 29 extends through the valve housing wall into the corresponding pressure fluid chamber (10).

Valve apparatus and method for controlling fluid flow

A solenoid valve battery includes in each case a solenoid valve (9), which exhibits coil contacts and can be constructed advantageously for the variation of the number of device components for the handling of connections and for cable assembly as well as with respect to its device size. A pluggable connector module (13) is furnished for the contacting of the protective grounded conductor (19), of the signal line, and of the neutral conductor (20). At least one protective grounded conductor (19) and/or a parallel running neutral conductor (20) are through-connected and running in the longitudinal extension direction (17) of the strip. The grounded conductor (19) and the neutral conductor (20) can be contacted by plugging the connector modules (13) together in longitudinal direction. A signal line (21) is furnished individually at each connector module (13) and includes a connector clamp (23) at an input (22) and a connection to the corresponding coil contact (20a) at an output (24).

Fluidic connector strip with base plate modules and a solenoid valve for

A device is furnished for the connection of electrical contacts, in particular for solenoid valves disposed in rows, where the device includes mutually engaging contact pins. The following construction is advantageous for an arbitrarily large number of electrical users disposed in a row. Several successively disposed, fixed support bodies (2) are furnished for coaxially disposed contact pins (3). The coaxially disposed contact pins (3) can be electrically connected to each other. Rotor bodies (5) are rotatably supported between, in each case, successively disposed support bodies (2). Each rotor body (5) exhibits a contact projection (6), wherein the radial distance (7) of the contact projection (6) from the support-body center longitudinal axis (4) corresponds to the radial distance of the individual contact pins (3) from the support-body center longitudinal axis (4).

Connector module for providing electrical contacts to magnet valves

A valve apparatus which contains two valve bodies oriented behind one another on a tappet. The first valve body, together with a first valve seat, forms a first valve and the second valve body, together with a second valve seat, forms a second valve. With two valve bodies rigidly connected to one another, it is possible, such as on account of manufacturing tolerances, that when the two valves are closed, one of the two valve bodies will not seat exactly on its corresponding valve seat, which means that leaks can occur. The present invention provides for at least one of the two valve seats or at least one of the two valve bodies being adjustable in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the tappet in relation either to the other valve seat or in relation to the other valve body to change the distance between the two valve seats or to change the distance between the two valve bodies.

Valve apparatus

An apparatus for the threading-in and threading-out of an elastic cover strap in a working cylinder without a piston rod, includes an elongated tubular member (1) having a longitudinal axis; a carriage (21) having a longitudinal axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the tubular member (1) and mounted on the tubular member for guided movement along the longitudinal axis of the carriage; the tubular member having an elongated recess (7) therein extending along the longitudinal axis of the tubular member, the recess being defined by oppositely facing sides of the tubular member each side having a length defined along the longitudinal axis of the tubular member and a depression (32,33) along the length; an elongated cover strap (8) for covering the recess, the strap having a longitudinal axis, a transverse axis in the plane of the strap, and longitudinal edges sized for mating engagement with the depressions defined in the oppositely facing side walls of the recess (7), and an upper flat surface facing toward the carriage (21) and a lower flat surface facing the recess (7); and a pair of opposed inclined surfaces at the end portions of the carriage extending obliquely to the longitudinal axis of the cover strap and obliquely to the transverse axis of the cover strap in the plane of the cover strap.

Apparatus for the threading out and in of an elastic cover strap in a

A device is disclosed for the selective clamping of an axially moveable or rotatable cylindrical shaft. The device disclosed may be either of a spring actuated-pressure release or a pressure actuated spring release embodiment. A clamping sleeve is located coaxially surrounding the cylindrical shaft to be immobilized. The clamping sleeve is separated into clamping elements at one end by longitudinal slots in the generally cylindrical sleeve. An actuating element is also arranged coaxially to the cylindrical body and the clamping sleeve and is mounted exterior to the clamping sleeve. The clamping elements are located radially inwardly from the actuating element and are separated therefrom by a series of bearings. The bearings engage the actuating element and the clamping elements through matched sets of inclined ramp elements. Each clamping element is provided with a set of bearings and ramp elements. The ramp elements are positioned such that their inclined faces are parallel to each other and each abutting the bearing. Longitudinal movement of the actuating element urges the inclined faces together, which are restrained by the bearings therebetween. The unyielding actuation element thus urges, through the bearings, the displaceable clamping elements against the surface of the cylindrical shaft.

Shaft clamping device

A working cylinder is described which features a cylinder of compact construction. The openings provided for the tension member can be very well sealed by simple means. The tension element features a cross-section having a continuous circumferential line. The size of the cylinder is also reduced through the use of a generally elliptical piston. The tension element is preferably comprised of several plastic tension strands encased in a jacket of plastic material which also has a generally elliptical cross-sectional shape.

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Gehrden, Germany

Gerhard Scharnowski