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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2021
Applicant:
Woco Industrietechnik Gmbh, Bad Soden-Salmünster, DE;
Inventor:
Eberhard Geißel, Künzell, DE;
Assignee:
WOCO Industrietechnik GmbH, Bad Soden-Salmünster, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 37/00 (2006.01); F16K 31/10 (2006.01); G01B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 37/0041 (2013.01); F16K 31/105 (2013.01); G01B 7/003 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for detecting the position of an actuator includes adjustment of a control valve by an actuator. An actuator-characteristic operating variable may include a drive power, a drive operating force and/or a drive torque, and is detected continuously or discontinuously for determining the actuator position.