Patents by Inventor Karl Kastner

Karl Kastner 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: 10069330
    Abstract: An arrangement for a switching function unit for Ethernet having a number of active components of the Ethernet which are combined by a switching function unit to form a functional unit; and at least three mutually independent power supplies for supplying power to the active components, wherein a first of the at least three power supplies is a local power supply for the switching function unit, a second of the at least three power supplies is a first extraneous power supply via Ethernet for the switching function unit, and a third of the at least three power supplies is a second extraneous power supply via Ethernet for the switching function unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FÜR SCHIENENFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Karl Kastner, Achim Braun, Ralf Furtwängler, Oliver Riediger
  • Patent number: 9557245
    Abstract: A test station for testing a fluid pump and/or a fluid injector has a fluid-pump receiving device for accommodating a fluid pump, a fluid-injector receiving device for accommodating a fluid injector, a fluid line which hydraulically connects the fluid-pump receiving device to the fluid-injector receiving device and which enables a fluid flow from the fluid pump to the fluid injector during operation, a sealed cooling circuit through which coolant is circulating during operation, and a first heat exchanger, which is developed and disposed in the fluid line so as to have the fluid flow and the coolant flow pass through it during operation such that a heat transfer takes place between the fluid flow and the coolant flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Schoenfeld, Karl Kastner, Kurt Blank
  • Patent number: 9528768
    Abstract: A test stand for testing a fluid injection pump and/or a fluid injector has a device for conditioning a test fluid used for the testing. The device has a tank to accommodate and store the test fluid, a first fluid removal line to withdraw test fluid from the tank and to convey it to the fluid injection pump, and a cooling circuit for cooling the test fluid stored inside the tank. The cooling circuit has a second fluid removal line and a return line. The fluid removal line is to withdraw test fluid from the tank and is connected to a heat exchanger, which cools the test fluid withdrawn from the tank. The return line is connected to the heat exchanger and returns the test fluid from the heat exchanger back into the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Schoenfeld, Kurt Blank, Karl Kastner, Daniel Strack
  • Publication number: 20140312698
    Abstract: An arrangement for a switching function unit for Ethernet having a number of active components of the Ethernet which are combined by a switching function unit to form a functional unit; and at least three mutually independent power supplies for supplying power to the active components, wherein a first of the at least three power supplies is a local power supply for the switching function unit, a second of the at least three power supplies is a first extraneous power supply via Ethernet for the switching function unit, and a third of the at least three power supplies is a second extraneous power supply via Ethernet for the switching function unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FÜR SCHIENENFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Karl Kastner, Achim Braun, Ralf Furtwängler, Oliver Riediger
  • Publication number: 20130186605
    Abstract: A test stand for testing a fluid injection pump and/or a fluid injector has a device for conditioning a test fluid used for the testing. The device has a tank to accommodate and store the test fluid, a first fluid removal line to withdraw test fluid from the tank and to convey it to the fluid injection pump, and a cooling circuit for cooling the test fluid stored inside the tank. The cooling circuit has a second fluid removal line and a return line. The fluid removal line is to withdraw test fluid from the tank and is connected to a heat exchanger, which cools the test fluid withdrawn from the tank. The return line is connected to the heat exchanger and returns the test fluid from the heat exchanger back into the tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Inventors: Dirk Schoenfeld, Kurt Blank, Karl Kastner, Daniel Strack
  • Patent number: 8487761
    Abstract: A device for ensuring the safety of a motor vehicle service workplace has at least one receiver for receiving a signal emitted by at least one associated transmitter, and an evaluation device which is configured to determine on the basis of the received signal whether the at least one transmitter is located in a danger zone of the motor vehicle service workplace. The device for ensuring the safety is configured to bring devices at the motor vehicle service workplace into a safe condition when the at least one transmitter is located in a danger zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Eitle, Karl Kastner
  • Publication number: 20130174655
    Abstract: A test station for testing a fluid pump and/or a fluid injector has a fluid-pump receiving device for accommodating a fluid pump, a fluid-injector receiving device for accommodating a fluid injector, a fluid line which hydraulically connects the fluid-pump receiving device to the fluid-injector receiving device and which enables a fluid flow from the fluid pump to the fluid injector during operation, a sealed cooling circuit through which coolant is circulating during operation, and a first heat exchanger, which is developed and disposed in the fluid line so as to have the fluid flow and the coolant flow pass through it during operation such that a heat transfer takes place between the fluid flow and the coolant flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventors: Dirk Schoenfeld, Karl Kastner, Kurt Blank
  • Publication number: 20110133929
    Abstract: A device for ensuring the safety of a motor vehicle service workplace has at least one receiver for receiving a signal emitted by at least one associated transmitter, and an evaluation device which is configured to determine on the basis of the received signal whether the at least one transmitter is located in a danger zone of the motor vehicle service workplace. The device for ensuring the safety is configured to bring devices at the motor vehicle service workplace into a safe condition when the at least one transmitter is located in a danger zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Oliver Eitle, Karl Kastner