Patents by Inventor Dennis Wagner
Dennis Wagner 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).
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Patent number: 11780202Abstract: A conversion assembly for a dunnage conversion machine includes both a downstream pair of rotatable members and an upstream pair of rotatable members upstream of the downstream rotatable members. The downstream rotatable members include a pair of gears, and each gear has a plurality of teeth and is rotatable about a respective axis. The gears are positioned so that the teeth of one gear are sequentially interlaced with the teeth of the other gear as the gears rotate. The upstream rotatable members include a pair of feed wheels, and the gears and the feed wheels define a path for a sheet stock material from between the upstream pair of feed wheels to between the downstream pair of gears. The rate at which the sheet stock material is advanced by the feed wheels is the same as the rate at which the sheet stock material is advanced by the gears.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Ranpak Corp.Inventors: Robert C. Cheich, Steven M. Toneff, Hubertus J. M. Cals, Raimond P. M. Demers, Ronny Hubertus Joseph Hendrix, Johannes Hermanus Wilhelmus Driehuijs, Stephen Louis Dominak, Alexandra Snijders, Carrie A. Schlegel, Thomas Bayt, Kevin W. Park, Dennis Wagner
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Publication number: 20230249429Abstract: A conversion assembly for a dunnage conversion machine includes both a downstream pair of rotatable members and an upstream pair of rotatable members upstream of the downstream rotatable members. The downstream rotatable members include a pair of gears, and each gear has a plurality of teeth and is rotatable about a respective axis. The gears are positioned so that the teeth of one gear are sequentially interlaced with the teeth of the other gear as the gears rotate. The upstream rotatable members include a pair of feed wheels, and the gears and the feed wheels define a path for a sheet stock material from between the upstream pair of feed wheels to between the downstream pair of gears. The rate at which the sheet stock material is advanced by the feed wheels is the same as the rate at which the sheet stock material is advanced by the gears.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Robert C. Cheich, Steven M. Toneff, Hubertus J.M. Cals, Raimond P.M. Demers, Ronny Hubertus Joseph Hendrix, Johannes Hermanus Wilhelmus Driehuijs, Stephen Louis Dominak, Alexandra Snijders, Carrie A. Schlegel, Thomas Bayt, Kevin W. Park, Dennis Wagner
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Publication number: 20230109548Abstract: A machine for converting a sheet material into a relatively less dense dunnage product includes a forming assembly and a feeding assembly downstream of the forming assembly. The forming assembly is configured to cause lateral edges of the sheet material to roll towards one another, forming a tubular shape. A deflector at a downstream end of the forming assembly is configured to engage the lateral edges of the sheet material and to urge the lateral edges into an interior of the tubular shape. This juxtaposes lateral edge portions of the sheet material adjacent the respective lateral edges. A forming channel at a downstream end of the forming assembly faces the deflector to receive the lateral edge portions and shape them into a tab. Finally, the feeding assembly includes rotating connecting members that engage and connect together the overlapping lateral edge portions of the sheet material forming the tab.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2022Publication date: April 6, 2023Inventors: Robert C. Cheich, Dennis Wagner
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Patent number: 11541621Abstract: A machine for converting a sheet material into a relatively less dense dunnage product includes a forming assembly and a feeding assembly downstream of the forming assembly. The forming assembly is configured to cause lateral edges of the sheet material to roll towards one another, forming a tubular shape. A deflector at a downstream end of the forming assembly is configured to engage the lateral edges of the sheet material and to urge the lateral edges into an interior of the tubular shape. This juxtaposes lateral edge portions of the sheet material adjacent the respective lateral edges. A forming channel at a downstream end of the forming assembly faces the deflector to receive the lateral edge portions and shape them into a tab. Finally, the feeding assembly includes rotating connecting members that engage and connect together the overlapping lateral edge portions of the sheet material forming the tab.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2018Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Ranpak Corp.Inventors: Robert C. Cheich, Dennis Wagner
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Patent number: 11535228Abstract: A filling level sensing device for a liquid reservoir, in particular for a compensation tank of a vehicle brake system, includes at least one float, at least one sensor element connected to the at least one float, and at least two sensors for detecting the position of the at least one sensor element. The float may be designed to come into contact with the liquid in the liquid reservoir. At least one of the two sensors may sense a change in the filling level of the liquid reservoir depending on the position of the at least one sensor element relative to the at least two sensors.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: ZF Active Safety GmbHInventors: Daniel Noll, Dennis Wagner, Soeren Lehmler
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Publication number: 20220080692Abstract: A conversion assembly for a dunnage conversion machine includes both a downstream pair of rotatable members and an upstream pair of rotatable members upstream of the downstream rotatable members. The downstream rotatable members include a pair of gears, and each gear has a plurality of teeth and is rotatable about a respective axis. The gears are positioned so that the teeth of one gear are sequentially interlaced with the teeth of the other gear as the gears rotate. The upstream rotatable members include a pair of feed wheels, and the gears and the feed wheels define a path for a sheet stock material from between the upstream pair of feed wheels to between the downstream pair of gears. The rate at which the sheet stock material is advanced by the feed wheels is the same as the rate at which the sheet stock material is advanced by the gears.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventors: Robert C. Cheich, Steven M. Toneff, Hubertus J.M. Cals, Raimond P.M. Demers, Ronny Hubertus Joseph Hendrix, Johannes Hermanus Wilhelmus Driehuijs, Stephan Louis Dominak, Alexandra Snijders, Carrie A. Schlegel, Thomas Bayt, Kevin W. Park, Dennis Wagner
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Patent number: 11002760Abstract: A system and method for reducing inductance and capacitance and shielding signals in an integrated circuit test for devices under test (DUT) is disclosed. Inductance and capacitance are reduced in two ways. First, by recessing the contact pin housing 22 directly into the load board 20 thereby eliminating much of distance between the load board and DUT. Second, surrounding the slot/well 50 in which each RF contact pin resides in the housing with a ground isolation cage 46,46a, 48, 47 of electrically conductive strips or rings at the top and bottom of the housing adjacent the slot with connecting vias thereby creating an isolation cage against RF cross talk transmission and further lowering inductance and capacitance.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2018Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Inventors: Jeffrey Sherry, Dennis Wagner
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Patent number: 10981549Abstract: A brake-actuating device for a vehicle brake system comprises a fluid reservoir and a master cylinder arrangement. The fluid reservoir has an outlet connection, and the master cylinder arrangement has an inlet connection. The outlet connection of the fluid reservoir and the inlet connection of the master cylinder arrangement, in the connected-together state, define at least one axially overlapping connection region through which a fluid channel for the feed of fluid from the fluid reservoir into the master cylinder arrangement extends. Furthermore, the brake-actuating device comprises a sealing element, which is arranged in the connection region and seals off the latter to the outside, and a filter element for filtering the fluid to be fed to the master cylinder arrangement. The sealing element holds the filter element in a predetermined position in the fluid channel.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2018Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: ZF Active Safety GmbHInventors: Yvonne Wuest, Dennis Wagner, Klaus Lemke, Daniel Noll
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Publication number: 20200331449Abstract: A filling level sensing device for a liquid reservoir, in particular for a compensation tank of a vehicle brake system, includes at least one float, at least one sensor element connected to the at least one float, and at least two sensors for detecting the position of the at least one sensor element. The float may be designed to come into contact with the liquid in the liquid reservoir. At least one of the two sensors may sense a change in the filling level of the liquid reservoir depending on the position of the at least one sensor element relative to the at least two sensors.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2020Publication date: October 22, 2020Applicant: ZF Active Safety GmbHInventors: Daniel Noll, Dennis Wagner, Soeren Lehmler
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Publication number: 20200189540Abstract: A brake-actuating device for a vehicle brake system comprises a fluid reservoir and a master cylinder arrangement. The fluid reservoir has an outlet connection, and the master cylinder arrangement has an inlet connection. The outlet connection of the fluid reservoir and the inlet connection of the master cylinder arrangement, in the connected-together state, define at least one axially overlapping connection region through which a fluid channel for the feed of fluid from the fluid reservoir into the master cylinder arrangement extends. Furthermore, the brake-actuating device comprises a sealing element, which is arranged in the connection region and seals off the latter to the outside, and a filter element for filtering the fluid to be fed to the master cylinder arrangement. The sealing element holds the filter element in a predetermined position in the fluid channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2018Publication date: June 18, 2020Applicant: ZF Active Safety GmbHInventors: Yvonne Wuest, Dennis Wagner, Klaus Lemke, Daniel Noll
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Publication number: 20200180256Abstract: A conversion assembly for a dunnage conversion machine includes both a downstream pair of rotatable members and an upstream pair of rotatable members upstream of the downstream rotatable members. The downstream rotatable members include a pair of gears, and each gear has a plurality of teeth and is rotatable about a respective axis. The gears are positioned so that the teeth of one gear are sequentially interlaced with the teeth of the other gear as the gears rotate. The upstream rotatable members include a pair of feed wheels, and the gears and the feed wheels define a path for a sheet stock material from between the upstream pair of feed wheels to between the downstream pair of gears. The rate at which the sheet stock material is advanced by the feed wheels is the same as the rate at which the sheet stock material is advanced by the gears.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2017Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Robert C. Cheich, Steven M. Toneff, Hubertus J.M. Cals, Raimond P.M. Demers, Ronny Hubertus Joseph Hendrix, Johannes Hermanus Wilhelmus Driehuijs, Stephan Louis Dominak, Alexandra Snijders, Carrie A. Schlegel, Thomas Bayt, Kevin W. Park, Dennis Wagner
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Publication number: 20200039170Abstract: A machine for converting a sheet material into a relatively less dense dunnage product includes a forming assembly and a feeding assembly downstream of the forming assembly. The forming assembly is configured to cause lateral edges of the sheet material to roll towards one another, forming a tubular shape. A deflector at a downstream end of the forming assembly is configured to engage the lateral edges of the sheet material and to urge the lateral edges into an interior of the tubular shape. This juxtaposes lateral edge portions of the sheet material adjacent the respective lateral edges. A forming channel at a downstream end of the forming assembly faces the deflector to receive the lateral edge portions and shape them into a tab. Finally, the feeding assembly includes rotating connecting members that engage and connect together the overlapping lateral edge portions of the sheet material forming the tab.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2018Publication date: February 6, 2020Inventors: Robert C. Cheich, Dennis Wagner
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Patent number: 9161142Abstract: Push button insertion tool is a device used to help clean and install a receiver-in-the-canal hearing instrument into the ear. This product may be in the shape of a tapered tube, resembling a writing pen. The far end of the tube may be shaped to fit receivers of various sizes, and may include a slot on the side through which the microphone wire may extend. On the other end of the tube may be a push button. When pushed, it moves a rod through the tube to a push plunger, which inserts the receiver out of the tube and into the ear canal. A return spring and guide pin on the far end is designed to retract the push rod back to starting position.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2012Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Inventor: Dennis Wagner
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Patent number: 9091695Abstract: Disclosed are LC-LC-MS/MS techniques for the analysis of endogenous peptides and other highly polar small molecules. The methods and systems of the present invention can be applied in all industries that utilize LC-MS/MS for the evaluation and quantification of biological analytes in complex matrixes.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2008Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: Laboratory Corporation of America HoldingsInventors: Russell Philip Grant, Andrew Dennis Wagner
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Patent number: 8341057Abstract: Systems and methods for a financial health meter system are provided. Additionally, computer-implemented methods for analyzing and monitoring a customer's financial condition are provided. These methods may include storing a financial profile associated with a customer, determining a peer group of financial profiles for the customer, comparing the financial profile associated with the customer to the peer group of financial profiles, developing one or more financial plans based the financial profile and comparison information, implementing a financial plan, and monitoring the financial plan. The financial profile includes at least financial information about the customer and financial goals of the customer.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2007Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Capital One Financial CorporationInventors: Dennis Wagner, Wyatt Mordecai, Shelly Marie Bergman, John Jay Toth
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Publication number: 20110240842Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems using liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS and 2D-LC-MS/MS) for the analysis of endogenous biomarkers, including steroid hormones, such as estrone and estradiol, thyroid hormones, such as free thyroxine, and metabolites, such as 25-hydroxyvitamin D2 and 25-hydroxyvitamin D3, in biological samples.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2011Publication date: October 6, 2011Inventors: Russell Philip Grant, Andrew Dennis Wagner, Mary Katherine Morr, Milan Rameshkumar Patel
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Patent number: 7935921Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems using liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS and 2D-LC-MS/MS) for the analysis of endogenous biomarkers, including steroid hormones, such as estrone and estradiol, thyroid hormones, such as free thyroxine, and metabolites, such as 25-hydroxyvitamin D2 and 25-hydroxyvitamin D3, in biological samples.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2007Date of Patent: May 3, 2011Assignee: Laboratory Corporation of America HoldingsInventors: Russell Philip Grant, Andrew Dennis Wagner, Mary Katherine Morr, Milan Rameshkumar Patel
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Publication number: 20100290726Abstract: In order to provide a plain bearing, in which the efficiency in particular in the case of dry-running is increased and which in particular in these conditions also tolerates higher than previously usual running speeds over long periods of operation, it is proposed that the plain bearing has a bearing body, in which a bearing bush is configured, the surface of which is produced at least in some areas from a plastic material, wherein the plastic material comprises a fully fluorinated thermoplastic polymer material, optionally compounded with a proportion of one or more further high-performance thermoplastics selected from polyether ketones, polyphenylene sulphide (PPS), polyphenylene sulphone (PPSO2), polyamide (PA), polyimide (PI), polyamide-imide (PAI) and/or polyether imide (PEI), as well as copolymers and derivatives of these polymers and copolymers.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2010Publication date: November 18, 2010Inventors: Michael Schlipf, Claudia Stern, Dennis Wagner
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Publication number: 20090090856Abstract: Disclosed are LC-LC-MS/MS techniques for the analysis of endogenous peptides and other highly polar small molecules. The methods and systems of the present invention can be applied in all industries that utilize LC-MS/MS for the evaluation and quantification of biological analytes in complex matrixes.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2008Publication date: April 9, 2009Inventors: Russell Philip Grant, Andrew Dennis Wagner
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Publication number: 20080128606Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems using liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS and 2D-LC-MS/MS) for the analysis of endogenous biomarkers, including steroid hormones, such as estrone and estradiol, thyroid hormones, such as free thyroxine, and metabolites, such as 25-hydroxyvitamin D2 and 25-hydroxyvitamin D3, in biological samples.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2007Publication date: June 5, 2008Inventors: Russell Philip Grant, Andrew Dennis Wagner, Mary Katherine Morr, Milan Rameshkumar Patel