Patents by Inventor Daniel Dietz

Daniel Dietz 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: 20070013864
    Abstract: A tool system comprising eyeglasses and a tool magnetically coupled together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2005
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventor: Daniel Dietz
  • Patent number: 6853160
    Abstract: An air conditioning valve actuator for a motor vehicle operating on an electric step motor with a permanent magnet capable of delivering mechanical power at least equal to 50 mW, and a reduction unit for decreasing the amplitude of the angular pitch and increase the output torque. The motor is defined by the following relationship: 10?6<?2/R0<, wherein: ? is the torque constant, proportional to the magnet volume and, R0 is the characteristic coefficient of the volume of copper and the length of the average turn of the coils, in which R0=?.Lsp/(Scu.?), ? being the resistivity of copper, Lsp being the length of the average turn of a coil, Scu being the copper section of a coil and ? the filling coefficient of a coil. A controller is cooperative with the motor power supply enabling to accelerate gradually the frequency of the supply of the windings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: Societe Industrielle de Sonceboz S.A.
    Inventors: Pierre Gandel, Daniel Prudham, Daniel Dietz
  • Publication number: 20030098949
    Abstract: A magnetic buckling system for holding eyeglasses stored in a pocket or suspended with a piece of clothing material between the buckling elements. The invention uses the natural force between the two poles of magnets to buckle temple bars closed with clothing material between them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2001
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Inventor: Daniel Dietz
  • Patent number: 6568805
    Abstract: An eyeglasses clasp for maintaining eyeglasses on a clothing material. The clasp comprises magnetic means engaged with the eyeglasses temple bars and aligned with the eyeglasses frame body midpoint when the temple bars are closed. The magnets are in attractive magnetic communication when the temple bars into the closed position. The frame body and closed temple bars are then positioned on one side of a clothing material. The second temple bar is then pivoted into the close position such that it is on the other side of the clothing material. With the temple bars closed, the magnets are in attractive magnetic communication and impart a gripping force on the article of clothing. The gripping force substantially prevent movement between the temple bars and the clothing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Dan L. Dietz Trust
    Inventor: Daniel Dietz
  • Patent number: 6499310
    Abstract: An airflow control device for air streams in a motor vehicle air-conditioning system includes an installation frame with pivotable lamellae (2) that are driven by an electric motor via a gear mechanism arranged on the outside of the frame. The gear mechanism comprises a plurality of cylindrical gearwheels (9 to 12) arranged one above the other, so as to be very narrow and such that the overall dimensions of the housing (5) for the gear mechanism do not exceed the width and height dimensions of the frame (1). This novel arrangement allows integration of the drive as a whole and minimizes the amount of space required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignees: Behr GmbH & Co., Sonceboz S.A.
    Inventors: Eric Reinisch, Daniel Dietz
  • Publication number: 20020007642
    Abstract: An airflow control device for air streams in a motor vehicle air-conditioning system includes an installation frame with pivotable lamellae (2) that are driven by an electric motor via a gear mechanism arranged on the outside of the frame. The gear mechanism comprises a plurality of cylindrical gearwheels (9 to 12) arranged one above the other, so as to be very narrow and such that the overall dimensions of the housing (5) for the gear mechanism do not exceed the width and height dimensions of the frame (1). This novel arrangement allows integration of the drive as a whole and minimizes the amount of space required.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Inventors: Eric Reinisch, Daniel Dietz