Patents by Inventor Frank Horlacher

Frank Horlacher 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: 20180244149
    Abstract: Filler neck, including a passage extending along a longitudinal axis, at least one permanently magnetic element being arranged annularly around the longitudinal axis, at least in regions, outside the passage and able to generate a permanent magnetic field in the passage, and either at least one ferromagnetic element arranged annularly around the longitudinal axis, at least in regions, outside the passage, the at least one permanently magnetic element and the at least one ferromagnetic element being arranged so as to be adjacent and so as to overlap, at least in regions, viewed in the direction of the longitudinal axis, or the at least one permanently magnetic element having a height, viewed in the direction of the longitudinal axis, that is different from 10 mm, and arranged in the filler neck such that a magnetic field generated by the at least one permanently magnetic element has a maximum attractive force, towards the longitudinal axis, in a specified position in the passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicants: Reutter GmbH, Bakker Holding Son B.V.
    Inventors: Nicola Fiore, Igor Al, Sergio Zaccagni, Frank Horlacher, Maximilian Kraus, Niels Johannes Kersten, IJsbrand Velzeboer
  • Publication number: 20140367390
    Abstract: A device (10, 110) for preventing an incorrect filling of a tank of, e.g., motor vehicles by a gas hose nozzle (215, 315), is provided with a permanent magnet array (11, 111, 211, 311), which has a partial array (213, 313) preferably in the form of a single magnet in the discharge pipe (216, 316) of the gas hose nozzle (215, 315), and has another permanent magnet partial array (12, 112), including a plurality of permanent magnetic elements (24, 124) arranged in a ring-shaped pattern. The permanent magnets (24, 124) are held in a closed or open body (23, 123, 223), the body (23, 123, 223) has a closed or open ring-shaped design, and the north and south poles, of the permanent magnetic elements (24, 124), are aligned in the radial direction or in the direction of a longitudinal axis of the filler neck (20, 120).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventor: Frank Horlacher
  • Publication number: 20140299078
    Abstract: A closure lid for an expansion tank of a cooling system of an internal combustion engine has integrated therein a directional control valve that decouples the expansion tank from the cooling circuit by pressure control or temperature control and integrates the expansion tank again into the cooling circuit after the internal combustion engine has reached its operating temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: Reutter GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Horlacher, Alfred Gunther, Wolfram Imsel, Jochen Krupp
  • Patent number: 8235078
    Abstract: A filler tube for a tank made of plastic for preventing an incorrect filling of the tank is provided with a permanent magnet, which is accommodated in a liquid-tight manner, and with a plastic holder for holding the permanent magnet. The filler tube of the aforementioned type for a tank made of plastic, which can be manufactured more easily, has fewer components and which can be mounted more easily. To this end, the filler tube is made of plastic and the plastic holder, which holds the permanent magnet, is directly connected in a liquid-tight manner to the filler tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Theodor-Heuss-Strasse 12
    Inventors: Frank Horlacher, René Koerber, Gerhard Mueller-Riederer
  • Publication number: 20090321441
    Abstract: A filler tube for a tank made of plastic for preventing an incorrect filling of the tank is provided with a permanent magnet, which is accommodated in a liquid-tight manner, and with a plastic holder for holding the permanent magnet. The aim of the invention is to provide a filler tube of the aforementioned type for a tank made of plastic, which can be manufactured more easily, has fewer components and which can be mounted more easily. To this end, the filler tube is made of plastic and the plastic holder, which holds the permanent magnet, is directly connected in a liquid-tight manner to the filler tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2006
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: Reutter GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Horlacher, Rene Korber, Gerhard Muller-Riederer
  • Publication number: 20050144055
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide integrated, flexible and automated functionality for processing a customer's orders or other demands. In one embodiment, a multiple output planning order may be generated based on one or more requirement elements. One or more product receipt elements that can be used to complete the generated multiple output planning order may be identified. The identified one or more product receipt elements to cover a first one of the requirement elements and a second one of the requirement elements included in the generated multiple output planning order. The availability of the multiple output planning order based on a date and time associated with the requirement elements, and availability of the receipt elements may be scheduled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Inventors: Frank Horlacher, Peter Schmidt