Patent ID: 9683509
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: F02D,G05D,H01F,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method for actuating a switch element of a valve device between a first end position and a second end position, comprising: providing a loading device which acts upon the switch element in a first direction toward the first end position; providing an electromagnetic actuating device which acts upon the switch element in a second direction toward the second end position in response to a first energization; in a normal mode, within a cycle following an end of the first energization, retarding, by a braking pulse, a movement of the switch element in the first direction effected by the loading device, wherein the braking pulse is introduced within the cycle once a pause period has ended following a characteristic point in time; and ascertaining, in an adaptation mode, at least one of an optimum pause period and an optimum variable characterizing the braking pulse as follows: