Patents by Inventor Jochen Ziegler

Jochen Ziegler 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: 20230303341
    Abstract: A transport system for a plurality of containers includes a feed device for a supply of containers which, at a transfer end of the feed device, can be received by a receiving region of a working platform of a transport mover. For the purpose of movement in a working plane, the transport mover has a drive section which is connected to the working platform and which interacts with a stationary, planar drive plane. The working platform has a blocking surface, the distance of which from the drive plane can be changed by movement of the drive section of the transport mover relative to the drive plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Jochen Ziegler, Maik Täger, Sebastian Hachtel
  • Patent number: 10669049
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for filling a receptacle, comprising at least one filling station (48) for filling at least one receptacle (36), and at least one receptacle holder (38) for conveying the receptacle (36) relative to the filling station (48), characterized in that at least one driving surface (13) and at least one mover (20) which can be coupled to the driving surface (13) especially in a magnetic manner are provided, the mover (20) being arranged so as to be movable and/or rotatable on the driving surface (13) in at least two degrees of freedom, and in that the receptacle holder (38) is disposed on the mover (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Albert Eberhardt, Andreas Rappold, Dieter Bandtel, Joachim Frangen, Jochen Ziegler, Jochen Peters, Markus Hanisch, Oliver Ullmann, Sebastian Gran, Stefan Junker, Stefan Pfeiffer, Ulrich Krauss, Werner Arleth, Werner Runft, Joshua Windsheimer
  • Patent number: 10099022
    Abstract: A nebulizer and a container with a fluid for such a nebulizer are described, the container comprising an indicator device fixedly mounted on the bottom of the container, the indicator device stopping further use of the container in a locked state when a predetermined number of uses has been reached or exceeded, and when the nebulizer is partially opened, it is blocked against further use, and after replacement of the container including the indicator device, the nebulizer can be used again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Eicher, Josef Gatz, Frank Herrmann, Hubert Hoelz, Andree Jung, Martin Meisenheimer, Markus Mueller, Alfred Von Schuckmann, Herbert Wachtel, Robert Gerhard Winkler, Gilbert Wuttke, Jochen Ziegler
  • Publication number: 20180229866
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for filling a receptacle, comprising at least one filling station (48) for filling at least one receptacle (36), and at least one receptacle holder (38) for conveying the receptacle (36) relative to the filling station (48), characterized in that at least one driving surface (13) and at least one mover (20) which can be coupled to the driving surface (13) especially in a magnetic manner are provided, the mover (20) being arranged so as to be movable and/or rotatable on the driving surface (13) in at least two degrees of freedom, and in that the receptacle holder (38) is disposed on the mover (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Albert Eberhardt, Andreas Rappold, Dieter Bandtel, Joachim Frangen, Jochen Ziegler, Jochen Peters, Markus Hanisch, Oliver Ullmann, Sebastian Gran, Stefan Junker, Stefan Pfeiffer, Ulrich Krauss, Werner Arleth, Werner Runft, Joshua Windsheimer
  • Patent number: 9878813
    Abstract: The invention proposes an apparatus for transporting a container relative to a filling station, comprising at least one filling station (48) for filling at least one container (36), and also comprising at least one container mount (38) for transporting the container (36) relative to the filling station (48), characterized in that at least one drive surface (13) and at least one mover (20), which can be coupled in particular magnetically to the drive surface (13), are provided, wherein the mover (20) is arranged on the drive surface (13) such that it can be displaced and/or rotated in at least two degrees of freedom, and in that the container mount (38) is connected to the mover (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Albert Eberhardt, Andreas Rappold, Dieter Bandtel, Joachim Frangen, Jochen Ziegler, Jochen Peters, Markus Hanisch, Oliver Ullmann, Sebastian Gran, Stefan Junker, Stefan Pfeiffer, Ulrich Krauss, Werner Arleth, Werner Runft, Joshua Windsheimer
  • Publication number: 20170225814
    Abstract: The invention proposes an apparatus for transporting a container relative to a filling station, comprising at least one filling station (48) for filling at least one container (36), and also comprising at least one container mount (38) for transporting the container (36) relative to the filling station (48), characterized in that at least one drive surface (13) and at least one mover (20), which can be coupled in particular magnetically to the drive surface (13), are provided, wherein the mover (20) is arranged on the drive surface (13) such that it can be displaced and/or rotated in at least two degrees of freedom, and in that the container mount (38) is connected to the mover (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Albert Eberhardt, Andreas Rappold, Dieter Bandtel, Joachim Frangen, Jochen Ziegler, Jochen Peters, Markus Hanisch, Oliver Ullmann, Sebastian Gran, Stefan Junker, Stefan Pfeiffer, Ulrich Krauss, Werner Arleth, Werner Runft, Joshua Windsheimer
  • Patent number: 9457997
    Abstract: Counterweight fixing device (1) for a crane, which is comparatively easy to install and can also be used in particular for cranes with a derricking jib, in which the derricking jib is rigidly connected to the mast (3), and at the same time provides a safe design without generating a high noise level during operation. The core principle of the design of the counterweight fixing device (1) is that the counterweight blocks (4) are simply suspended on a carrier bar (2), but the generation of noise is kept to a low level due to the suppression of the freedom of movement of the counterweight blocks (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Wolffkran Holding AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Dorzbach, Johannes Kleinknecht, Jochen Ziegler
  • Publication number: 20150320947
    Abstract: A nebulizer and a container with a fluid for such a nebulizer are described, the container comprising an indicator device fixedly mounted on the bottom of the container, the indicator device stopping further use of the container in a locked state when a predetermined number of uses has been reached or exceeded, and when the nebulizer is partially opened, it is blocked against further use, and after replacement of the container including the indicator device, the nebulizer can be used again.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Joachim EICHER, Josef GATZ, Frank HERRMANN, Hubert HOELZ, Andree JUNG, Martin MEISENHEIMER, Markus MUELLER, Alfred VON SCHUCKMANN, Herbert WACHTEL, Robert Gerhard WINKLER, Gilbert WUTTKE, Jochen ZIEGLER
  • Publication number: 20140299563
    Abstract: Counterweight fixing device (1) for a crane, which is comparatively easy to install and can also be used in particular for cranes with a derricking jib, in which the derricking jib is rigidly connected to the mast (3), and at the same time provides a safe design without generating a high noise level during operation. The core principle of the design of the counterweight fixing device (1) is that the counterweight blocks (4) are simply suspended on a carrier bar (2), but the generation of noise is kept to a low level due to the suppression of the freedom of movement of the counterweight blocks (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: WOLFFKRAN HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Dorzbach, Johannes Kleinknecht, Jochen Ziegler
  • Patent number: 8256188
    Abstract: The invention relates to a packaging machine for closing a container having a lid, which includes a supply unit for delivering the container along with a loosely seated lid. A rotating crimping head is provided with a plurality of recesses for one container each, a plurality of tensioning units each hold a container into a recess, and a crimping unit crimps the lids onto the container in order to close the container. A plurality of sensor units are provided such that one sensor unit is arranged on each tensioning unit. Each sensor unit records a container rotation and/or a container tensioning force in the crimping head. Each sensor unit has a transmitter to send signals and a control unit which has a receiver to receive signals sent from the transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Blumenstock, Christian Koehler, Jochen Ziegler
  • Publication number: 20100058711
    Abstract: The invention relates to a packaging machine for closing a container having a lid, which includes a supply unit for delivering the container along with a loosely seated lid. A rotating crimping head is provided with a plurality of recesses for one container each, a plurality of tensioning units each hold a container into a recess, and a crimping unit crimps the lids onto the container in order to close the container. A plurality of sensor units are provided such that one sensor unit is arranged on each tensioning unit. Each sensor unit records a container rotation and/or a container tensioning force in the crimping head. Each sensor unit has a transmitter to send signals and a control unit which has a receiver to receive signals sent from the transmitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventors: Klaus Blumenstock, Christian Koehler, Jochen Ziegler
  • Patent number: 7616310
    Abstract: The present invention provides, for the first time, a process that meets the needs of the drug industry for measuring the particle size of nebulized aerosols simultaneously or one after another by the laser diffraction method and the cascade impactor method which is known in the art. In this way it is possible to bring the reliability of the results of the laser diffraction process according to the invention into conformity with that of the cascade impactor, and thereby obtain a process which combines the advantages of the rapid laser diffraction process with the accuracy of the otherwise time-consuming cascade impactor method. In addition to the process, apparatus for carrying out the process are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Jochen Ziegler, Herbert Wachtel
  • Patent number: 7414720
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for measuring the particle size distribution of a pharmaceutical aerosol, including methods utilizing laser diffraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Inventors: Herbert Wachtel, Jochen Ziegler, Dieter Hochrainer, Georg Boeck, Hubert Hoelz, Christian Scheffler, Christoph Kreher
  • Publication number: 20070122349
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for measuring the particle size distribution of a pharmaceutical aerosol, including methods utilizing laser diffraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Inventors: Herbert Wachtel, Jochen Ziegler, Dieter Hochrainer, Georg Boeck, Hubert Hoelz, Christian Scheffler, Christoph Kreher
  • Publication number: 20060246010
    Abstract: The present invention provides, for the first time, a process that meets the needs of the drug industry for measuring the particle size of nebulised aerosols simultaneously or one after another by the laser diffraction method and the cascade impactor method which is known in the art. In this way it is possible to bring the reliability of the results of the laser diffraction process according to the invention into conformity with that of the cascade impactor, and thereby obtain a process which combines the advantages of the rapid laser diffraction process with the accuracy of the otherwise time-consuming cascade impactor method. In addition to the process, apparatus for carrying out the process are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Applicant: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Jochen Ziegler, Herbert Wachtel
  • Patent number: 6971622
    Abstract: A supporting device for a portable device to measure and/or test components of electrical and/or optical networks includes a supporting plate, which is built in, or may be attached to, the equipment; a supporting frame, which may stand at one end on the sub-surface and may be adjustably filled at the other end to a sliding guide arranged on at least one supporting frame; and at least one lever, which at one end may be swivel mounted on a supporting frame between both ends around a first swivel axis that essentially runs parallel to the support surface, and may be swivel mounted at the other end onto a supporting plate under the sliding guide around a second swivel axis running parallel to the first swivel axis. This is where, on the sliding edge adjacent to the equipment side of the supporting plate, the sliding guide has at least one locking recess, into which the supporting frame end leading to the sliding guide tightly fits in order to support the supporting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jochen Ziegler, Ulf Walter, Dagmar Stolpmann, Alf Clement
  • Publication number: 20050238588
    Abstract: The present invention provides, for the first time, a process that meets the needs of the drug industry for measuring the particle size of nebulised aerosols simultaneously or one after another by the laser diffraction method and the cascade impactor method which is known in the art. In this way it is possible to bring the reliability of the results of the laser diffraction process according to the invention into conformity with that of the cascade impactor, and thereby obtain a process which combines the advantages of the rapid laser diffraction process with the accuracy of the otherwise time-consuming cascade impactor method. In addition to the process, apparatus for carrying out the process are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Applicant: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Jochen Ziegler, Herbert Wachtel
  • Publication number: 20050142665
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for measuring the particle size distribution of a pharmaceutical aerosol by the use of laser diffraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Applicant: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Herbert Wachtel, Jochen Ziegler
  • Patent number: 6813012
    Abstract: A device for measuring and testing components of optical networks includes an optical connector over which an optical cable may be optically connected to the device's measuring and/or testing equipment; wherein a first connector element is provided, onto which a complimentary second connector element, attached to the optical cable or to this connectable adapter, may be connected to form an optical coupling; wherein the first connector element is attached to one end of the tubular connection elements, which is connected at its other end to the connector and is reversibly and three-dimensionally flexible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jochen Ziegler, Peter Frank Schweiger, Alf Clement
  • Patent number: 6801307
    Abstract: A modular, portable device is used to measure or test components in optical networks. It contains a base module with base electronics, which features controls and a display device on the front; at least one function module, which is attached by means of a mechanical interface to the outside of the back of the base module, and contains a functional unit with measurement or test electronics, which work together with the base electronics through a functional interface, wherein the function module is detachably joined to the base module and, depending on the application, may be replaced with another function module with another functional unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Jochen Ziegler, Ralf Haefner, Alf Clement