IP Library Granted Patent US 7,444,978
Granted Patent B2
US 7,444,978 · App. 11/707,771 · Granted Nov 4, 2008

Adjusting device, in particular for a motor vehicle

Assignee: Daimler AG
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Patent No.
US 7,444,978
App. No.
11/707,771
Granted
Nov 4, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

In an adjusting device, in particular for a motor vehicle, which includes at least one adjusting unit for adjusting the pressure of a pressure medium in accordance with at least one parameter, the adjusting unit includes a first and a second throttle point having different dependences on the parameter in order to obtain a pressure difference dependent on the parameter for controlling the supply of the pressure medium.

Claims (6)

1. An adjusting device, in particular for a motor vehicle, comprising: an adjusting unit for adjusting a pressure of a pressure medium depending on at least one parameter, said adjusting unit including first and second throttle points which depend on said at least one parameter in different ways for obtaining a pressure difference dependent on said at least one parameter, and control means for adjusting the pressure of the pressure medium depending on said pressure difference, the at least one parameter being formed by a temperature of the pressure medium.

2. A system including an adjusting device as claimed in claim 1 , further including a pump unit for providing the pressure medium.

3. The adjusting device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein at least one throttle point is formed at least partially integrally with part of the pump unit.

4. The adjusting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the throttle points are formed at least partially from different materials with different coefficients of thermal expansion resulting in different thermal expansions which, in operation, are used to determine the pressure difference.

5. The adjusting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the throttle points is formed by a bearing gap between two components.

6. The adjusting device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the components are formed from materials with different coefficients of thermal expansion, and the resulting different thermal expansions in operation provide for the pressure difference.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 17, 2008
From: DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG
To: DAIMLER AG
Reel/Frame 021541/0313 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 2007
From: BUDDE-GOTTSCHALK, ANSGAR-MARIA; FISCHER, THOMAS; KOCH, TILO; RUDZINSKI, HOLGER; RUPPEL, MARCO
To: DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG
Reel/Frame 019461/0651 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2004 039 713 · Aug 17, 2004 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation In Part PCTEP200500889900 · Aug 16, 2005
Related Publication 20070234996A1 · Oct 11, 2007