# US 8,740,316 B2 · Compressed air preparation device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,740,316 B2 - Document ID: US8740316B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/521,103 - Filed: 2010-11-26 - Published: 2012-11-15 - Granted: 2014-06-03 - Earliest claimed: 2010-02-24 - Assignees: WABCO GmbH - Applicants: Andreas Schäl - Inventors: Andreas Schäl - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8740316B2 ## CPC - B60T 17/02: Arrangements of pumps or compressors, or control devices therefor - B60T 17/002: {Air treatment devices} - B60T 17/04: Arrangements of piping, valves in the piping, e.g. cut-off valves, couplings or air hoses (traction couplings involving joints for supply lines, electric circuits, or the like B60D1/62; couplings peculiar to railway vehicles for, or combined with, couplings or connectors for fluid conduits or electric cables B61G5/06; pipes, cut-off valves, couplings, air hoses per se F16C, F16K, F16L) - B60T 17/18: Safety devices; Monitoring - Y10S 55/17: Compressed air water removal - Y10T 137/2622: Bypass or relief valve responsive to pressure downstream of outlet valve - B60T: VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL (electrodynamic brake systems for vehicle, in general B60L; brakes per se, i.e. devices where braking effect occurs, including ultimate brake actuators, F16D); ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL; PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES; VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES - Y10S: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract For a motor vehicle, a compressed air preparation device includes a pressure line configured to conduct compressed air, a drying device disposed in the pressure line, a governor valve coupled to the drying device, and an electrically actuatable solenoid valve, the governor valve being (i) pilot controllable by the solenoid valve at a high pressure level to allow the compressed air to be fed through the pressure line when the solenoid valve is actuated and (ii) configured to control regeneration of the drying device in response to a low pressure level from the solenoid valve when an electrical supply to the solenoid valve fails. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A compressed air preparation device comprising: a pressure line configured to conduct compressed air; a drying device disposed in the pressure line, a pressure-actuatable governor valve coupled to the drying device; and an electrically actuatable solenoid valve, the governor valve being (i) pilot controllable by the solenoid valve at a high pressure level to allow the compressed air to be fed through the pressure line when the solenoid valve is actuated and (ii) configured to control regeneration of the drying device in response to a low pressure level from the solenoid valve when an electrical supply to the solenoid valve fails. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The compressed air preparation device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a regeneration line connected to the governor valve, the regeneration line being configured to feed regeneration air to the drying device via the pressure line downstream of the drying device in a through-flow direction of the pressure line; and a ventilating line that branches off from the pressure line upstream of the drying device in the through-flow direction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The compressed air preparation device as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a ventilating valve disposed in the ventilating line, the ventilating valve having a control input connected to the regeneration line. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The compressed air preparation device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the electrically actuatable solenoid valve is configured to control air flow in the regeneration line the compressed air preparation device further comprising a compressed air feed control element; and a compressor valve that controls feeding of the compressed air, the compressor valve having a working connection that is connected to the feed control element. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The compressed air preparation device as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a throttle element disposed in the regeneration line. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The compressed air preparation device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a throttling valve switchable by pressure actuation, the throttling valve having a control input connected to a working connection of the solenoid valve. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The compressed air preparation device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the throttling valve has a coupling input that is (i) switchable by the pressure actuation, (ii) connected to a working connection of a compressor valve, and (iii) acts counter to actuation of the throttling valve by the control input and counter to a restoring force of a valve spring. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The compressed air preparation device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the throttling valve has two switching states with different passage cross-sections, a passage cross-section in a non-actuated state of the throttling valve being smaller than a passage cross-section in an actuated state. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The compressed air preparation device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the throttling valve is disposed in a connecting line that opens into the pressure line substantially parallel to a regeneration line downstream of the drying device in a through-flow direction of the pressure line, wherein the throttling valve is connectable to a pressure-conducting store line via a compressor valve, and wherein a supply connection of the throttling valve is connected to one of the store line and a working connection of the compressor valve. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) A motor vehicle having the compressed air preparation device as claimed in claim 1.