Patents by Inventor Jurgen Hofmann
Jurgen Hofmann 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: 8063266Abstract: A process for producing thin absorbent planar structures which may be used in hygiene products such as diapers, incontinence products, wound contact materials or sanitary napkins to absorb body fluids, comprises the steps of: A) producing a mixture of an adhesive in dispersion form and a particulate absorbent by fluidizing the components, B) applying the mixture of adhesive and absorbent uniformly to the surface of one side of a first planar backing material, C) one side of a second planar backing material is applied to the mixture of adhesive and absorbent that is present on the surface of one side of the first planar backing material, so producing a sandwichlike intermediate, and D) the sandwichlike intermediate is processed to the end product at a temperature of at least 90° C., a pressure of from 4 to 50 bar, and a pressing time of from 0.5 to 5 min.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2007Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Wolfgang Heider, Jürgen Hofmann, Mariola Wanior, Rüdiger Funk, Ulrike Licht, Michael Ehle
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Publication number: 20110281587Abstract: At a user equipment, individual ones of a set of measurements of neighbor cells are associated with individual code points which are relative to a threshold (301) and define a step size (303) that is dynamically determined from a set of possible step sizes. The code points to which the measurements are associated are compiled into a measurement report which is sent to a network. At the network, the code point step size (303) is sent to the user equipment which sends the measurement report to the network. The step size is thus dynamically determined from a set of possible step sizes. The network selects, based on the received measurement report, one of the neighbor cells for handover of the user equipment. In an embodiment, the threshold (301) is determined from an offset value sent by the network to the user equipment. Methods, apparatus, and stored computer programs are described for both user equipment and network side embodiments.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2009Publication date: November 17, 2011Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATIONInventors: Harri Jokinen, Jurgen Hofmann
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Publication number: 20110117429Abstract: The invention relates to a galvanic cell, which chemically stores energy and supplies electric energy. The galvanic cell comprises at least two electrodes (32, 34) and conductors (31, 35), associated with said electrodes. The cross-sections of the conductors are dimensioned such, that the electric resistance of the conductors and the electric power losses thus created, are approximately equal. The use of such conductors is described with respect to rechargeable galvanic cells, the electrolyte of which comprises lithium ions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2009Publication date: May 19, 2011Applicant: LI-TEC BATTERY GMBHInventors: Jurgen Hofmann, Magnus Mickel, Gunter Eichinger
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Publication number: 20110048221Abstract: A protective module (1) for the protection of an object, in particular against hollow charge projectiles, includes several sequentially or super-posed attached plates (P1 to Pn) for the formation of several capacitances (C1 to Cn), with preference given to dielectric ceramics (3) tied in between plates (P1 to Pn), whereby the protective module (1) can be formed by several protective part modules (10). Thus, the protective part modules (10) are arranged adjacent to each other so as to form the protective module (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2010Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: RHEINMETALL WAFFE MUNITION GMBHInventors: Markus JUNG, Jürgen HOFMANN
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Publication number: 20110052943Abstract: An electrical energy storage device includes at least one galvanic cell partly surrounded by a cell sheath, at least one heat-conducting device effectively connected to the galvanic cell, the heat-conducting device being suitable for supplying heat energy to the cell and/or conducting heat energy from the cell, a cell holding device enclosing an interior space at least partially with a wall, the interior space being suitable for accommodating each galvanic cell, and the cell sheath being at least partly effectively connected to the wall, at least one first measurement device suitable for acquiring a temperature at a prespecified position of the galvanic cell, and a control device suitable for evaluating a signal of each first measurement device that is present and/or for controlling the heat-conducting devices, heat-conducting apparatus being situated between the cell sheath and at least one of the wall of cell holding device and an additional cell sheath.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2010Publication date: March 3, 2011Inventors: Jürgen Hofmann, Magnus Mickel, Günter Eichinger, Tim Schäfer, Andreas Gutsch
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Patent number: 7878421Abstract: A wash system for window glasses and/or headlamps of a vehicle, with a fluid line through which a fluid is conducted from a fluid reservoir into a nozzle and with a heating cable which is laid in the fluid line is disclosed. The heating cable is laid so as to enter the nozzle or to pass through the nozzle and to heat not only the fluid line but also the nozzle. One obtains a wash system that can be manufactured at low cost and ensures freeze protection at reduced energy expense by the fact that the heating cable is laid in a meander pattern in the nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2009Date of Patent: February 1, 2011Assignee: Vola Plast Werner Hoppach, KGInventors: Jurgen Hofmann, Markus Bickel, Lutz Seyfarth
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Patent number: 7874190Abstract: The invention concerns an electromechanical lock cylinder that cooperates with evaluation electronics to recognize access authorization and has a housing that includes two opposite cylindrical receptacles, in which a lock core, which can be operated by a key, or a knob shaft, which is connected to rotate in unison with a know, are mounted to rotation, in which the lock core and/or knob shaft cooperate with a lock tab, which operates, in particular, a bolt or latch with a door lock, and, with a fitting key or access authorization, an electromechanically driven blocking or coupling element is moved from the rest position to an operating position and produces a splined connection between the key or knob and the lock tab, characterized by the fact that the lock tab is freely rotatable relative to the two lock cores or the two knob shafts in the rest position of the blocking or coupling element.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2004Date of Patent: January 25, 2011Assignee: ASSA Abloy ABInventors: Volker Krisch, Hardy Bismark, Bernhard Mueller, Jürgen Hofmann, Bertrand Roland
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Patent number: 7841546Abstract: The invention relates to a fluid distributing apparatus for a windscreen or head lamp washer system of a vehicle, including a body (102, 202, 302) for fluid distribution, a holding apparatus (110, 210, 310) for attaching said fluid distributing apparatus to the vehicle and at least one connecting tubing (104, 206, 208, 308) for connecting a fluid line, said body (102, 202, 302) being retained for pivotal movement with respect to said holding apparatus (110, 210, 310), an adjusting apparatus being attached to said body (102, 202) or to said connecting tubing (308) for pivotal movement of said body (102, 202, 302) with respect to said holding apparatus (110, 210, 310) and for retaining said body (102, 202, 302) in the desired position with respect to said holding apparatus (110, 210, 310), said adjusting apparatus being configured to be a set screw (112, 212, 312), a tubular retaining fixture (132, 332) having an internal thread being attached to said body (102, 202) or to said connecting tubing (308), said setType: GrantFiled: January 16, 2008Date of Patent: November 30, 2010Assignee: Vola Plast Werner Hoppach KGInventor: Jürgen Hofmann
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Publication number: 20100081038Abstract: An electrical energy storage device includes at least one galvanic cell partly surrounded by a cell sheath, at least one heat-conducting device effectively connected to the galvanic cell, the heat-conducting device being suitable for supplying heat energy to the cell and/or conducting heat energy from the cell, a cell holding device enclosing an interior space at least partially with a wall, the interior space being suitable for accommodating each galvanic cell, and the cell sheath being at least partly effectively connected to the wall, at least one first measurement device suitable for acquiring a temperature at a prespecified position of the galvanic cell, and a control device suitable for evaluating a signal of each first measurement device that is present and/or for controlling the heat-conducting devices, heat-conducting apparatus being situated between the cell sheath and at least one of the wall of cell holding device and an additional cell sheath.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2009Publication date: April 1, 2010Inventors: Jurgen Hofmann, Magnus Mickel, Gunther Eichinger
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Patent number: 7624538Abstract: Gate with an at least partially peripheral sealing means, with a retaining strip made from metal, within which the seal is arranged, wherein the seal may be activated pneumatically, with an adjustable plate which is located above the seal and is guided by guide means so as to be adjustable relative to the retaining strip, with an electrically conductive fabric strip which electrically connects the retaining strip to the plate, and with spring contacts which are arranged on the plate, are electrically conductive and may be brought into abutment with the rabbet of the installation frame provided on the building side.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2006Date of Patent: December 1, 2009Assignee: Sommer Metallbau-Stahlbau GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Dieter Hautmann, Jürgen Hofmann, Oliver Sommer
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Publication number: 20090179084Abstract: A wash system for window glasses and/or headlamps of a vehicle, with a fluid line through which a fluid is conducted from a fluid reservoir into a nozzle and with a heating cable which is laid in the fluid line is disclosed. The heating cable is laid so as to enter the nozzle or to pass through the nozzle and to heat not only the fluid line but also the nozzle. One obtains a wash system that can be manufactured at low cost and ensures freeze protection at reduced energy expense by the fact that the heating cable is laid in a meander pattern in the nozzle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2009Publication date: July 16, 2009Inventors: Jurgen Hofmann, Markus Bickel, Lutz Seyfarth
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Publication number: 20080196917Abstract: A fluid supply hose for a windscreen or headlamp washer system of a vehicle having an electric heating element, said heating element comprising a coaxial cable (2, 12) with an inner current conductor (3, 13) and an outer current conductor (5, 15) surrounding said inner conductor (3, 13), an insulator (4, 14) being provided between said inner (3, 13) and said outer conductor (5, 15). To provide a fluid supply hose of the type mentioned herein above the heating element of which is of a small and flow-enhancing design so that the fluid supply hose may have a smaller cross section, the inner current conductor (3, 13) is given a higher electric resistance than the outer current conductor (5, 15).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2008Publication date: August 21, 2008Inventors: Jurgen Hofmann, Lutz Seyfarth, Markus Bickel
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Publication number: 20080180199Abstract: The disclosure relates to an electrical installation device, e.g., a circuit-breaker, motor protecting switch, and similar, comprising a housing that is formed from shell-type housing parts, an electromagnetic trigger, a thermal trigger, a breaker mechanism with a latching point, a slide which transmits the movements of the thermal trigger and the magnetic trigger to the breaker mechanism in order to unlatch the same, and a striker that is connected to the armature of the electromagnetic trigger and acts upon a movable contact piece of a contact point in case of a short-circuit so as to open the contact point. The shell-type housing parts, the slide, and the striker are made of plastic. At least the slide is formed from radiation-crosslinked thermoplastic to which an additive has been added as a crosslinking promoter before the radiation process.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2008Publication date: July 31, 2008Applicant: ABB AGInventors: Patrick Claeys, Jurgen Hofmann, Richard Hack
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Publication number: 20080169358Abstract: The invention relates to a fluid distributing apparatus for a windscreen or head lamp washer system of a vehicle, including a body (102, 202, 302) for fluid distribution, a holding apparatus (110, 210, 310) for attaching said fluid distributing apparatus to the vehicle and at least one connecting tubing (104, 206, 208, 308) for connecting a fluid line, said body (102, 202, 302) being retained for pivotal movement with respect to said holding apparatus (110, 210, 310), an adjusting apparatus being attached to said body (102, 202) or to said connecting tubing (308) for pivotal movement of said body (102, 202, 302) with respect to said holding apparatus (110, 210, 310) and for retaining said body (102, 202, 302) in the desired position with respect to said holding apparatus (110, 210, 310), said adjusting apparatus being configured to be a set screw (112, 212, 312), a tubular retaining fixture (132, 332) having an internal thread being attached to said body (102, 202) or to said connecting tubing (308), said setType: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2008Publication date: July 17, 2008Applicant: Vola Plast Werner Hoppach KGInventor: Jürgen Hofmann
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Patent number: 7362027Abstract: An electric machine includes a shaft and a rotor core mounted onto the shaft and formed of a plurality of stacked laminations. The rotor core has opposite end surfaces for attachment of a plate in such a manner as to allow an axial deflection of the laminations in the area of the plate.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2004Date of Patent: April 22, 2008Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Siegfried Fichtner, Jürgen Hofmann, Karl Müssig, Daniel Verhoeven
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Publication number: 20080015530Abstract: A process for producing thin absorbent planar structures which may be used in hygiene products such as diapers, incontinence products, wound contact materials or sanitary napkins to absorb body fluids, comprises the steps of: A) producing a mixture of an adhesive in dispersion form and a particulate absorbent by fluidizing the components, B) applying the mixture of adhesive and absorbent uniformly to the surface of one side of a first planar backing material, C) one side of a second planar backing material is applied to the mixture of adhesive and absorbent that is present on the surface of one side of the first planar backing material, so producing a sandwichlike intermediate, and D) the sandwichlike intermediate is processed to the end product at a temperature of at least 90° C., a pressure of from 4 to 50 bar, and a pressing time of from 0.5 to 5 min.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2007Publication date: January 17, 2008Applicant: BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Wolfgang Heider, Jurgen Hofmann, Mariola Wanior, Rudiger Funk, Ulrike Licht, Michael Ehle
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Patent number: 7250093Abstract: A process for producing thin absorbent planar structures which may be used in hygiene products such as diapers, incontinence products, wound contact materials or sanitary napkins to absorb body fluids, comprises the steps of: A) producing a mixture of an adhesive in dispersion form and a particulate absorbent by fluidizing the components, B) applying the mixture of adhesive and absorbent uniformly to the surface of one side of a first planar backing material, C) one side of a second planar backing material is applied to the mixture of adhesive and absorbent that is present on the surface of one side of the first planar backing material, so producing a sandwichlike intermediate, and D) the sandwichlike intermediate is processed to the end product at a temperature of at least 90° C., a pressure of from 4 to 50 bar, and a pressing time of from 0.5 to 5 min.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2002Date of Patent: July 31, 2007Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Wolfgang Heider, Jürgen Hofmann, Mariola Wanior, Rüdiger Funk, Ulrike Licht, Michael Ehle
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Patent number: 7219780Abstract: A piston, which has a piston rod, is guided with freedom of axial movement in a cylindrical pressure tube. At one end of the pressure tube, the piston rod passes through an opening in an end wall, which closes off the end of the pressure tube. The pressure tube is surrounded by a heat-shrink sleeve, which, at the exit end of the piston rod, extends more-or-less radially inward and has a pass-through opening through which the piston rod extends. The ring-shaped end surface at the piston rod exit end of the pressure tube is enclosed by the heat-shrink sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2003Date of Patent: May 22, 2007Assignee: Stabilus GmbHInventors: Peter Thurmann, Hans Ihrlich, Arnold Schilz, Hans Jürgen Hofmann, Ines Kistenbrügger, Michael Auer
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Publication number: 20070095568Abstract: Gate with an at least partially peripheral sealing means, with a retaining strip made from metal, within which the seal is arranged, wherein the seal may be activated pneumatically, with an adjustable plate which is located above the seal and is guided by guide means so as to be adjustable relative to the retaining strip, with an electrically conductive fabric strip which electrically connects the retaining strip to the plate, and with spring contacts which are arranged on the plate, are electrically conductive and may be brought into abutment with the rabbet of the installation frame provided on the building side.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2006Publication date: May 3, 2007Inventors: Dieter Hautmann, Jurgen Hofmann, Oliver Sommer
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Publication number: 20070084126Abstract: Door or gate, with an at least partially peripheral sealing means, with a retaining strip made from metal, within which the seal is arranged, wherein the seal may be activated pneumatically and is provided in the region of a door or gate opening for air-tight abutment against an installation frame made from metal, with fastening means arranged laterally of the seal for fastening electrically conductive contact elements, the electrical contact elements extending in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the seal and with their end above the surface of the seal that is directed toward the door or gate opening in such a way that when the door/gate is closed, said contact elements are pressed into electrical contact with the building-side installation frame and the surface of the seal is at the same time in air-tight contact with the installation frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2006Publication date: April 19, 2007Inventors: Dieter Hautmann, Jurgen Hofmann, Oliver Sommer