Patents by Inventor Frank Scherer

Frank Scherer 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: 11952551
    Abstract: The presently claimed invention relates to a gear oil composition having a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. in the range of ?68 to ?1000 cSt when measured in accordance with ASTM D445. The gear oil composition is useful as a lubricant in a gear box, especially in a wind turbine gear box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Qinggao Ma, Rene Koschabek, Philippe Rabbat, Henrik Heinemann, Karolin Monz, Frank Rittig, Nawid Kashani, Markus Scherer
  • Publication number: 20240083281
    Abstract: An apparatus for an electric vehicle having a battery interface, an inverter, a switch device and a control device. The inverter has a first terminal for connecting the inverter to the battery interface and a second terminal for connecting the inverter to a switch terminal. The inverter is formed to convert a DC voltage applied to the first terminal into an AC voltage and to provide the latter to the second terminal. The switch device has the switch terminal that connects the switch device to the second terminal and an energization interface for energizing a further electric vehicle coupled to the energization interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Frank SEEMANN, Andre EHRSAM, Martin MACH, Zbynek STEPAN, Vladimir DVORAK, Gabriel SCHERER, Matthias ENGICHT
  • Patent number: 11913507
    Abstract: A disc brake for utility vehicles includes a brake disc, a first brake lining on a first side of the brake disc and a second brake lining on a second side of the brake disc opposite the first side. A spreading device is also provided which generates a force that moves the first and the second brake lining away from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: ZF CV Systems Europe BV
    Inventors: Frank Beyer, Jochen Frank, Hans-Christian Jungmann, Marcel Kalmbach, Marcus Keller, Peter Moser, Martin Müller, Vitalij Scherer, Mirko Seip, Markus Stafflinger
  • Publication number: 20100092260
    Abstract: In order to carry out complete machining of a blank on a machine tool, such as, for example, a rotary miller, the blank is held in at least one clamp during a machining step. All the functional surfaces of the workpiece (circumference and both end faces of the blank) are brought into the final required form corresponding to final use by the machine tool, in particular, the rotary miller. The blank is a blank made from metal or a ceramic material, of cylindrical, square, or polyhedral cross-section, in particular, a rectangular block or any shaped cast or forged blank. The required form is the head of a turbine blade, the blade region of the turbine blade, and the root of the turbine blade, wherein the functional surfaces of the head and root are prepared during a clamped phase on the machine tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: HAMUEL MASCHINENBAU GMBH &CO. KG
    Inventors: Wolf-Dieter Höhn, Frank Scherer
  • Patent number: 6278992
    Abstract: A Search Engine utilizing a method and system for efficient storage and retrieval of data. The system comprises a record file, an index file, a duplicate segment file and access to a network of computers. The index files contains locations of data items, pointers to other index files, or an empty designation. The index files are arrays that contain locations corresponding to a predetermined range of characters with which the data items may be formed. Data items are stored according to the character strings of each data item. The first portion of a data object is indexed according to the indexing method of the present invention while a second portion of the data object is indexed according to another known database technology, such as B-tree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Inventors: John Andrew Curtis, Gordon Frank Scherer
  • Patent number: 6233962
    Abstract: A system for the freeze processing of materials includes two spaced units, each including a plurality of channels. A refrigeration system intercouples the two units so that heat extracted from material as it is being frozen in one unit is employed to thaw frozen material in the other unit. Separately movable harvest assemblies including squeegee-like members are provided to advance treated material out of the channels. The harvest assemblies may include spray nozzles for cleaning the channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: SIR Worldwide, LLC
    Inventors: John Stirling Scherer, Frank Scherer