Patents by Inventor Christopher Bank

Christopher Bank 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).

  • Patent number: 11617974
    Abstract: A round filter element of a filter for a urea-water solution has a filter bellows with a filter medium that continuously extends circumferentially, relative to a filter element axis, around an element interior. An end body is fastened to an end face of the filter bellows and provided with a connecting section for fastening the round filter element to a housing cover of a filter housing of the filter. The end body has a central opening communicating with the element interior. The central opening has a central insertion section for receiving a flexible separation section of a volume compensation device of the filter and has an outer flow-through section enabling flow of the urea-water solution out of the filtration volume or into the filtration volume. The filter has a volume compensation device with a flexible separation section that separates a compensation volume from the filtration volume of the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Kocksch, Christopher Banks, Bastian Mueller
  • Publication number: 20220280890
    Abstract: A round filter element of a filter for a urea-water solution has a filter bellows with a filter medium that continuously extends circumferentially, relative to a filter element axis, around an element interior. An end body is fastened to an end face of the filter bellows and provided with a connecting section for fastening the round filter element to a housing cover of a filter housing of the filter. The end body has a central opening communicating with the element interior. The central opening has a central insertion section for receiving a flexible separation section of a volume compensation device of the filter and has an outer flow-through section enabling flow of the urea-water solution out of the filtration volume or into the filtration volume. The filter has a volume compensation device with a flexible separation section that separates a compensation volume from the filtration volume of the filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Christian Kocksch, Christopher Banks, Bastian Mueller
  • Patent number: 11351485
    Abstract: A round filter element of a filter for a urea-water solution has a filter bellows with a filter medium that continuously extends circumferentially, relative to a filter element axis, around an element interior. An end body is fastened to an end face of the filter bellows and provided with a connecting section for fastening the round filter element to a housing cover of a filter housing of the filter. The end body has a central opening communicating with the element interior. The central opening has a central insertion section for receiving a flexible separation section of a volume compensation device of the filter and has an outer flow-through section enabling flow of the urea-water solution out of the filtration volume or into the filtration volume. The filter has a volume compensation device with a flexible separation section that separates a compensation volume from the filtration volume of the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Kocksch, Christopher Banks, Bastian Mueller
  • Publication number: 20200368648
    Abstract: A round filter element of a filter for a urea-water solution has a filter bellows with a filter medium that continuously extends circumferentially, relative to a filter element axis, around an element interior. An end body is fastened to an end face of the filter bellows and provided with a connecting section for fastening the round filter element to a housing cover of a filter housing of the filter. The end body has a central opening communicating with the element interior. The central opening has a central insertion section for receiving a flexible separation section of a volume compensation device of the filter and has an outer flow-through section enabling flow of the urea-water solution out of the filtration volume or into the filtration volume. The filter has a volume compensation device with a flexible separation section that separates a compensation volume from the filtration volume of the filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Christian Kocksch, Christopher Banks, Bastian Mueller
  • Patent number: 10343091
    Abstract: A filter element has a filter material defining a raw side and a clean side of the filter element and to be flowed through by a medium to be filtered from the raw side to the clean side. A non-return element is disposed on the filter material. The non-return element allows a return flow of the filtered medium from the clean side back to the raw side and prevents a flow of the unfiltered medium from the raw side to the clean side. A filter and a filter system with such a filter element are disclosed. The filter system has a pump to supply medium to be filtered to the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Strassenberger, Kathrin Tschepe, Heiko Wyhler, Christian Kocksch, Christopher Banks, Martin Postel, Christian Thalmann, Frank Pflueger, Christine Oprisch
  • Publication number: 20170189838
    Abstract: A filter element has a filter material defining a raw side and a clean side of the filter element and to be flowed through by a medium to be filtered from the raw side to the clean side. A non-return element is disposed on the filter material. The non-return element allows a return flow of the filtered medium from the clean side back to the raw side and prevents a flow of the unfiltered medium from the raw side to the clean side. A filter and a filter system with such a filter element are disclosed. The filter system has a pump to supply medium to be filtered to the filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Norbert Strassenberger, Kathrin Tschepe, Heiko Wyhler, Christian Kocksch, Christopher Banks, Martin Postel, Christian Thalmann, Frank Pflueger, Christine Oprisch
  • Patent number: 9535692
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for managing, in a software development environment, related files that are used for generating an output presentation document. A software development environment discovers the related files for an application (e.g., web page) that is being authored, and the software development tool presents a visual indication (e.g., graphical tabs) of the discovered related files in a user interface. The software development tool further aids in managing the presentation of the related files by enabling any of the related files to be selectively displayed in a designated interface (e.g., window). That is, a designated interface may be provided in which the content of any selected related file may be alternately displayed in response to a user selecting a visual indication of a related file. In one embodiment, the designated interface is a textual source code view interface that is provided by the software development tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Randall Edmunds, Mitsuko Yoneyama, Christopher Bank
  • Patent number: 9535667
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for collapsing visual content on a screen including receiving input initiating a collapse function, and collapsing a section of visual content, the section of visual content outside of a selected portion of the visual content, the collapsing in response to said input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Christopher Bank, Joaquin C. Blas, Jr., John Skidgel
  • Publication number: 20150027417
    Abstract: A filter head for a pre-filtration filter for fuel has an electric pump received in a pump channel. A connecting channel connects the pump at a suction side with a clean side of the filter. An outlet channel connects the pump at a pressure side with a main filter for the pre-filtered fuel. The pump is alternatingly operated in at least two of the following operating modes: a feed or follow-up operation in which, before switching on or after switching off an ignition of the internal combustion engine, the pump supplies fuel to the outlet channel; a venting operation in which the pump pumps air out of the filter and/or a fuel line of the filter head; and a support operation in which, with switched-on ignition, the pump supplies fuel at a pressure suitable as input pressure for a high-pressure pump arranged downstream of the main filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Christian Kocksch, Christopher Banks, Martin Postel, Ahmet Oerther
  • Publication number: 20140250422
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for collapsing visual content on a screen including receiving input initiating a collapse function, and collapsing a section of visual content, the section of visual content outside of a selected portion of the visual content, the collapsing in response to said input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2005
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Macromedia, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Bank, Joaquin C. Blas, JR., John Skidgel
  • Patent number: 8713520
    Abstract: A web page authoring tool is provided enables a developer to interact with run-time output presentation of a page being authored. The web page authoring tool includes an embedded browser that supports a “live preview mode” that enables a run-time page to be viewed. Thus, the live preview mode presents an operational run-time output presentation that is generated by browser source code (rather than original source code), just as would be presented by a client-side browser, and which may present a code view of the run-time browser source code that generates such run-time output presentation. Further, the run-time output presentation view provided by the web page authoring tool remains interoperable with certain authoring support functions of the web page authoring tool, such as enabling a developer to easily access corresponding original source code for selected portions of a run-time page view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Christopher Bank, James W. Doubek
  • Publication number: 20140026115
    Abstract: A web page authoring tool is provided enables a developer to interact with run-time output presentation of a page being authored. The web page authoring tool includes an embedded browser that supports a “live preview mode” that enables a run-time page to be viewed. Thus, the live preview mode presents an operational run-time output presentation that is generated by browser source code (rather than original source code), just as would be presented by a client-side browser, and which may present a code view of the run-time browser source code that generates such run-time output presentation. Further, the run-time output presentation view provided by the web page authoring tool remains interoperable with certain authoring support functions of the web page authoring tool, such as enabling a developer to easily access corresponding original source code for selected portions of a runtime page view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Christopher Bank, James W. Doubek
  • Publication number: 20130212557
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for managing, in a software development environment, related files that are used for generating an output presentation document. A software development environment discovers the related files for an application (e.g., web page) that is being authored, and the software development tool presents a visual indication (e.g., graphical tabs) of the discovered related files in a user interface. The software development tool further aids in managing the presentation of the related files by enabling any of the related files to be selectively displayed in a designated interface (e.g., window). That is, a designated interface may be provided in which the content of any selected related file may be alternately displayed in response to a user selecting a visual indication of a related file. In one embodiment, the designated interface is a textual source code view interface that is provided by the software development tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Randall Edmunds, Mitsuko Yoneyama, Christopher Bank
  • Patent number: 8356277
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for freezing operation of dynamic code of a run-time web page, such as freezing JavaScript code of a web page. A software application that is being employed for analyzing a web page includes functionality to enable a user to freeze operation of dynamic code, such as JavaScript code, of the run-time page, thereby allowing the user to view, analyze, and/or modify the page's output presentation and/or underlying source files at the given state at which the page was frozen. Such software application may comprise a web page authoring tool or a client-side analysis tool (e.g., testing tool), as examples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Christopher Bank, James W. Doubek
  • Publication number: 20030043729
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a method and apparatus for limiting movement of an actuator assembly in a data storage/retrieval system. In one embodiment of the apparatus, a base is provided on which first and second devices are mounted. The first device is rotatably mounted to the base and reads or writes data to a data storage disk. The second device operates between first and second states. In the first state, the first device is capable of movement with respect to the base. In the second state, the second device operates to inhibit movement of the first device with respect to the base. The second device may operate in the first state when the first device is reading or writing data to the data storage disk, and the second device may operate in the second state when the first device is not reading or writing data to the data storage disk. In one embodiment, second device is rotatably mounted to the base between first and second positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2001
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Applicant: DataPlay, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert D. Freeman, Christopher Banks, Joseph P. Manes, Andrew A. Lucas, Dana C. Fisher