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US 2025/0075711 A1Published application
Modulator for generating a pressure change, pneumatic vehicle system, commercial vehicle, and method for controlling a pneumatic pressure in a pneumatic load by open-loop or closed-loop control
OwnerAlexander Waßmanninventor
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Abstract
A modulator (20) for generating a pressure change in response to a control pressure has a first venting path (25) and a second venting path (26) for venting a pneumatic load (11). The modulator (20) has a relay valve (30) that is configured to vent the pneumatic load (11) via the first venting path (25). The modulator (20) has a vent valve (40) that is configured to vent the pneumatic load (11) via the second venting path (26).
Claims19
A modulator (20;
- 124, 127, 129) for generating a pressure change, the modulator comprising:
- a control-pressure input (24) for receiving a control pressure (Pcc),
- a pressurized-gas input (21;
- 51),
- at least one pressurized-gas output (22;
- 22, 22′;
- 22, 52;
- 22, 22′, 52, 52′),
- a first venting path (25) and a second venting path (26) for venting a pneumatic load (11;
- 11, 11′;
- 11, 50;
- 125, 128, 130), at least part of the first venting path (25) being different from at least part of the second venting path (26),
- a relay valve (30;
- 30′) that is pneumatically controllable by the control pressure (Pcc) and has at least a first valve position and a second valve position, the relay valve (30;
- 30′) being configured to provide, in the first valve position, a fluidic connection between the pressurized-gas input (21;
- 51) and the at least one pressurized-gas output (22;
- 22, 22′;
- 22, 52;
- 22, 22′, 52, 52′) and to provide, in the second valve position, a fluidic connection between the at least one pressurized-gas output (22;
- 22, 22′;
- 22, 52;
- 22, 22′, 52, 52′) and the first venting path (25) for the purpose of venting the pneumatic load (11;
- 11, 11′;
- 11, 50;
- 125, 128, 130), and
- a vent valve (40;
- 40′) that is pneumatically controllable by the control pressure (Pcc) and that is configured to selectively provide, in dependence on the control pressure (Pcc), a fluidic connection between the at least one pressurized-gas output (22;
- 22, 22′;
- 22, 52;
- 22, 22′, 52, 52′) and the second venting path (26) for the purpose of venting the pneumatic load (11;
- 11, 11′;
- 11, 50;
- 125, 128, 130).
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A method for controlling a pneumatic pressure in a pneumatic load (11;
- 11, 11′;
- 11, 50;
- 125, 128, 130) by open-loop or closed-loop control by use of a modulator (20;
- 124, 127, 129), the modulator (20;
- 124, 127, 129) having a first venting path (25) and a second venting path (26), at least part of the first venting path (25) being different from at least part of the second venting path (26), the method comprising:
- supplying pressurized gas from a pressurized-gas source (13) to the pneumatic load (11;
- 11, 11′;
- 11, 50;
- 125, 128, 130) via the modulator (20;
- 124, 127, 129), and
- venting the pneumatic load (11;
- 11, 11′;
- 11, 50;
- 125, 128, 130) via the modulator (20;
- 124, 127, 129), comprising:
- pneumatically actuating a relay valve (30;
- 30′) of the modulators (20;
- 124, 127, 129) by way of a control pressure (Pcc) received by the modulator (20;
- 124, 127, 129) in order to vent the pneumatic load (11;
- 11, 11′;
- 11, 50;
- 125, 128, 130) via the first venting path (25), and
- pneumatically actuating a vent valve (40;
- 40′) by way of the control pressure (Pcc) in order to additionally vent the pneumatic load (11;
- 11, 11′;
- 11, 50;
- 125, 128, 130) via the second venting path (26).
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.