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).

  • Patent number: 8063266
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Heider, Jürgen Hofmann, Mariola Wanior, Rüdiger Funk, Ulrike Licht, Michael Ehle
  • Publication number: 20110281587
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Harri Jokinen, Jurgen Hofmann
  • Publication number: 20110117429
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: LI-TEC BATTERY GMBH
    Inventors: Jurgen Hofmann, Magnus Mickel, Gunter Eichinger
  • Publication number: 20110048221
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: RHEINMETALL WAFFE MUNITION GMBH
    Inventors: Markus JUNG, Jürgen HOFMANN
  • Publication number: 20110052943
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: Jürgen Hofmann, Magnus Mickel, Günter Eichinger, Tim Schäfer, Andreas Gutsch
  • Patent number: 7878421
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Vola Plast Werner Hoppach, KG
    Inventors: Jurgen Hofmann, Markus Bickel, Lutz Seyfarth
  • Patent number: 7874190
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: ASSA Abloy AB
    Inventors: Volker Krisch, Hardy Bismark, Bernhard Mueller, Jürgen Hofmann, Bertrand Roland
  • Patent number: 7841546
    Abstract: 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 set
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Vola Plast Werner Hoppach KG
    Inventor: Jürgen Hofmann
  • Publication number: 20100081038
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Jurgen Hofmann, Magnus Mickel, Gunther Eichinger
  • Patent number: 7624538
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Sommer Metallbau-Stahlbau GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Dieter Hautmann, Jürgen Hofmann, Oliver Sommer
  • Publication number: 20090179084
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventors: Jurgen Hofmann, Markus Bickel, Lutz Seyfarth
  • Publication number: 20080196917
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Inventors: Jurgen Hofmann, Lutz Seyfarth, Markus Bickel
  • Publication number: 20080180199
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: ABB AG
    Inventors: Patrick Claeys, Jurgen Hofmann, Richard Hack
  • Publication number: 20080169358
    Abstract: 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 set
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2008
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Applicant: Vola Plast Werner Hoppach KG
    Inventor: Jürgen Hofmann
  • Patent number: 7362027
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Siegfried Fichtner, Jürgen Hofmann, Karl Müssig, Daniel Verhoeven
  • Publication number: 20080015530
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Applicant: BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Wolfgang Heider, Jurgen Hofmann, Mariola Wanior, Rudiger Funk, Ulrike Licht, Michael Ehle
  • Patent number: 7250093
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Heider, Jürgen Hofmann, Mariola Wanior, Rüdiger Funk, Ulrike Licht, Michael Ehle
  • Patent number: 7219780
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Stabilus GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Thurmann, Hans Ihrlich, Arnold Schilz, Hans Jürgen Hofmann, Ines Kistenbrügger, Michael Auer
  • Publication number: 20070095568
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Inventors: Dieter Hautmann, Jurgen Hofmann, Oliver Sommer
  • Publication number: 20070084126
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2006
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Inventors: Dieter Hautmann, Jurgen Hofmann, Oliver Sommer