Patents by Inventor Andreas Kraus

Andreas Kraus has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20190176701
    Abstract: A rearview assembly includes a rearview device having at least one of a display and an electro-optic element. A mount is pivotally coupled with the rearview device. The mount includes a receiving aperture for receiving an installation tool. A mounting button is operably coupled with a vehicle and is configured to engage the mount, wherein during installation, the installation tool is used to rotate the mount into engagement with the mounting button.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Andrew J. Kremkow, Andreas Kraus, Blake R. Adams, Sebastien C. Jaeger, Alexander K. Stapf, Jeremy J. Samora
  • Publication number: 20190127104
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a glue supply device for a labeling unit with a glue printer, comprising: a storage tank for glue, a supply line for supplying glue from the storage tank to the glue printer, a continuously delivering glue pump which is embodied to deliver glue from the storage tank into the supply line, and a hydropneumatic reservoir for the glue, wherein the hydro-pneumatic reservoir is arranged at the supply line upstream of the glue printer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Georg GERTLOWSKI, Stefan POESCHL, Josef SCHECK, Florian HABERSETZER, Heinrich BIELMEIER, Robert SCHEIBENPFLUG, Alexander FEIGL, Andreas KRAUS, Dennis BAUMANN
  • Publication number: 20190071206
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed for a labeling machine for labeling containers, such as bottles in the beverage-processing industry. In one example, a labeling machine includes at least one machine unit which in operation can treat containers (e.g., label the containers), and a movable protective element which separates at least part of the machine unit from an associated environment. The protective element comprises a handle for moving the protective element, and the handle comprises a pushbutton for locking and/or unlocking. The pushbutton, when actuated, selectively releases and/or blocks the movement of the protective element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Oliver POTEMPA, Andreas KRAUS, Stefan SCHERL
  • Publication number: 20190074737
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotor (2) for a permanent magnet synchronous machine, comprising a laminated core (6) arranged on a shaft (4) extending in the axial direction (A), a plurality of poles (14) being arranged around the periphery of the laminated core, wherein at least one magnet (10) is provided per pole. In order to ensure particularly good prevention against slipping of the magnets, pole gap rods (12) are positioned between the poles (14) in such a way that, in the peripheral direction, each magnet (10) is applied, by a first side (16a) and an opposing second side (16b), to a respective pole gap rod (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: DAINEL ANGLER, MICHAEL BZDZIUCH, RAINER ECKERT, ANDREAS KRAUS, JÜRGEN SEUFERT
  • Patent number: 10211711
    Abstract: A rotor of an electric machine includes a plurality of permanent magnets arranged on an exterior of the rotor, and a bandage tape wound around the permanent magnets for fixing the permanent magnets in place. The bandage tape includes a first tape end, which is fastened to a surface of at least one permanent magnet, and a second tape end, which is an end of an outermost tape section of the bandage tape and is fastened to a tape section of the bandage tape disposed below the outermost tape section. The bandage tape is wound around the permanent magnets with a prestress such that in a region of each permanent magnet, at least one tape section of the bandage tape has a predeterminable minimum prestress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rainer Eckert, Andreas Kraus
  • Publication number: 20180277940
    Abstract: A rearview mirror assembly includes a main housing defining an interior surface, an interior cavity at least partially bounded by the interior surface, and an open side. The assembly further includes a control module coupled within the interior of the main housing, a mirror coupled over the open side of the main housing, and an antenna electrically coupled with the control module and positioned within the interior cavity of the main housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Gentex Corporation
    Inventors: Andreas Kraus, Christopher J. Koleszar, Sebastien C. Jaeger
  • Patent number: 10059560
    Abstract: The invention relates to a winding device for winding strand-like material to be wound onto a rotating reel (2), which winding device has a laying apparatus (9) by means of which the material to be wound is guided to the run-on point on the winding. The laying apparatus (9) is substantially movable in the direction of the axis of rotation (3) of the reel (2). Furthermore the winding device (1) has at least one sensor for determining the run-on angle of the material to be wound onto the winding. The winding device (1) is designed in such a way that the movement of the laying apparatus (9) during the winding process is regulated as a function of the run-on angle determined by means of the at least one sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: MASCHINENFABRIK NIEHOFF GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Michael Schaffer, Rudolf Bader, Bernhard Enzensberger, Andreas Kraus, Timo Borchert, Hubert Reinisch
  • Publication number: 20180237988
    Abstract: In a first embodiment, the invention relates to a stranding machine for wires having two wrap-around rollers having wrap-around tracks arranged on the circumference thereof, whereby the wire can be guided in such a way that the wire runs through the first and second wrap-around tracks preferably in alternation in preferably 8-shaped or 0-shaped wraps. In a second embodiment, the stranding machine has a winding device for winding the wire onto a reel having a laying device that can be moved along a movement axis parallel to the reel axis and having a plurality of rotatably supported deflecting rollers, whereby the wire can be guided in such a way that the wire runs onto and/or from each of the deflecting rollers substantially in the plane of rotation of the deflecting roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Helmut LAMMERMANN, Jurgen KOHL, Andreas KRAUS
  • Publication number: 20180222212
    Abstract: An apparatus for printing onto containers is provided, including a transport device that transports the containers to be printed along a specified transport path, wherein the transport device includes a carrier and a plurality of holding devices provided on said carrier for holding the containers to be printed in such a way that the containers to be printed can be transported in an individualised manner, including a first printing unit that prints a specified image element onto the containers, including a second printing unit that is provided along the transport path of the containers after the first printing unit and prints a second image element onto the containers already printed with the first printing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Josef MAYER, Florian LAUTERBACH, Andreas KRAUS, Andreas SONNAUER
  • Patent number: 9941758
    Abstract: In a method for producing a rotor, permanent magnets are arranged about a lateral surface in a recess of a rotor body from a selected position, e.g. a central position of the longitudinal extension of the rotor body, toward one side or toward two sides along an axis of rotation of the rotor body in side-by-side disposition. An end plate band covers a variable gap formed as a result of manufacturing tolerances of the permanent magnets between an outer face of an outermost one of the permanent magnets and an inner surface of the recess in an area of the recess which is non-parallel to the lateral surface. Subsequently, the permanent magnets and the end plate band are covered with a sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Peter Geis, Marko Glück, Björn Knorre, Andreas Kraus, Jürgen Martin, Melanie Sterzinger, Dietmar Streit, Juliane Then
  • Publication number: 20170355308
    Abstract: A rearview mirror assembly includes a main housing defining an exterior surface, an interior, and an open side, the exterior surface having a recess therein. The assembly also includes a control module coupled within the interior of the housing, a mirror coupled over the open end of the housing, and a communication module. The communication module includes an antenna electrically coupled with the control module and an antenna housing at least partially enclosing the antenna and coupled within the recess of the exterior surface of the main housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: Gentex Corporation
    Inventors: Andreas KRAUS, Christopher J. KOLESZAR, Sebastien C. JAEGER
  • Publication number: 20170088389
    Abstract: The invention relates to a winding device for winding strand-like material to be wound onto a rotating reel (2), which winding device has a laying apparatus (9) by means of which the material to be wound is guided to the run-on point on the winding. The laying apparatus (9) is substantially movable in the direction of the axis of rotation (3) of the reel (2). Furthermore the winding device (1) has at least one sensor for determining the run-on angle of the material to be wound onto the winding. The winding device (1) is designed in such a way that the movement of the laying apparatus (9) during the winding process is regulated as a function of the run-on angle determined by means of the at least one sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Michael SCHAFFER, Rudolf BADER, Bernhard ENZENSBERGER, Andreas KRAUS, Timo BORCHERT, Hubert REINISCH
  • Patent number: 9533506
    Abstract: Container handling machine for printing onto containers with a transport device optionally configured as a carousel for transporting said containers, with direct printing heads and with a cleaning device for cleaning the direct printing heads, the cleaning device including at least one cleaning unit for dispensing cleaning fluid to a direct printing head and a collection device for discharging spent cleaning fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Andreas Kraus, August Peutl, Andreas Sonnauer, Gunnar Behrens, Jörg Suhr
  • Patent number: 9534758
    Abstract: A method for setting a pivot angle of a headlamp with an asymmetrical low beam when a vehicle is negotiating a bend, wherein a course of a highway line is determined, a contact point is determined, wherein a tangent from the headlamp to the contact point makes contact with the highway line, and the headlamp is adjusted such that a projection of an intersection of a horizontal portion of a cut-off line of the headlamp and an ascending branch of the cut-off line of the headlamp in a plane in front of the vehicle and perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle on the highway falls within a circle of predetermined radius around the contact point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: HELLA KGAA HUECK & CO.
    Inventors: Andreas Krauβ, Boris Kubitza, Jürgen Schmidt
  • Patent number: 9494344
    Abstract: A method for converting a cryostat configuration (1) having a first container (2) with a liquid helium bath (3) and a second container (6) which is filled with liquid nitrogen (7) is characterized in that a cooling medium (12) which is in a gaseous state at a temperature of 60K and a pressure of 1 bar, is introduced into the second container and is cooled by a refrigerator (16) by means of a cooling circuit (11), the coolant lines of which are guided into the second container, to an operating temperature of ?60K. With this retrofit for existing cryostat configurations that utilize both liquid helium and also liquid nitrogen for cooling a superconducting coil, use of liquid nitrogen can be completely avoided and the evaporation rate of the liquid helium can also be considerably reduced without having to re-liquefy the cryogens used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Bruker BioSpin AG
    Inventors: Andreas Kraus, Robert Schauwecker, Joerg Hinderer
  • Publication number: 20160315514
    Abstract: A rotor of an electric machine includes a plurality of permanent magnets arranged on an exterior of the rotor, and a bandage tape wound around the permanent magnets for fixing the permanent magnets in place. The bandage tape includes a first tape end, which is fastened to a surface of at least one permanent magnet, and a second tape end, which is an end of an outermost tape section of the bandage tape and is fastened to a tape section of the bandage tape disposed below the outermost tape section. The bandage tape is wound around the permanent magnets with a prestress such that in a region of each permanent magnet, at least one tape section of the bandage tape has a predeterminable minimum prestress.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: RAINER ECKERT, ANDREAS KRAUS
  • Patent number: 9333902
    Abstract: A device for determining control parameters to adjust the light distribution of a vehicle headlight when driving through a curve from a first or second angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle, the first angle determined from first information, namely measurements and/or parameters to be adjusted via actuators of the vehicle, such as speed, steering angle, yaw rate, steering angle of the front wheels, distance from a second vehicle, or road progression ahead of the vehicle, with a control means to determine the first angle the second angle, with an interface to connect the device with actuators to adjust the light distribution of the headlight, where control parameter-signals can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: HELLA KGAA HUECK & CO.
    Inventors: Jürgen Schmidt, Tobias Irmscher, Boris Kubitza, Carsten Wilks, Andreas Krauβ
  • Patent number: 9327492
    Abstract: A printing machine for printing onto containers, such as bottles, having at least a conveyor and a printing unit with a print head module, with at least one print head, a movement system for adjusting the position of the print head module, a measuring system for determining the position of the print head module and a control unit for controlling the movement system, where the movement system comprises a radial module for adjusting the position of the print head module in the radial direction and a height module for adjusting the height of the print head module in the vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Josef Knott, Hartmut Davidson, Andreas Kraus, Andreas Sonnauer, August Peutl, Viktor Gette
  • Patent number: 9272534
    Abstract: A printing device for printing on containers in a rotationally-driven container conveying unit by means of which containers are conveyed between at least one container feed location and at least one container removal location, the printing device, and including at least one print head and at least one housing for housing a container. Each housing includes a hollow body, which is partially open at least in a printing area and which is used for accommodating the container, the opening for the printing area defining a front side and a side located opposite the front side defining a rear side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Bernhard Domeier, Andreas Kraus, Frank Winzinger, Andreas Sonnauer, August Peutl, Bernd Schroll
  • Publication number: 20160028282
    Abstract: In a method for producing a rotor, permanent magnets are arranged about a lateral surface in a recess of a rotor body from a selected position, e.g. a central position of the longitudinal extension of the rotor body, toward one side or toward two sides along an axis of rotation of the rotor body in side-by-side disposition. An end plate band covers a variable gap formed as a result of manufacturing tolerances of the permanent magnets between an outer face of an outermost one of the permanent magnets and an inner surface of the recess in an area of the recess which is non-parallel to the lateral surface. Subsequently, the permanent magnets and the end plate band are covered with a sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: PETER GEIS, MARKO GLÜCK, BJÖRN KNORRE, ANDREAS KRAUS, JÜRGEN MARTIN, MELANIE STERZINGER, DIETMAR STREIT, JULIANE THEN