Patents by Inventor Martin Reuter

Martin Reuter 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: 20240033700
    Abstract: In a centrifugal mixer, a maximum wetting height within a mixing cup is optically detected and is regulated by means of a control of drives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventor: Martin Reuter
  • Publication number: 20230408317
    Abstract: In a method for continuously supplying a metering device with different batches of one and the same liquid medium, a progressive addition of the medium of a new batch takes place during a batch change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventor: Martin Reuter
  • Patent number: 11786927
    Abstract: A rotary metering head comprises a platform which is rotatable about an axis of rotation and on which a jet valve is arranged that serves for the jetting of fluid materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Marco Systemanalyse und Entwicklung GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Reuter, Jakob Reuter
  • Publication number: 20230250859
    Abstract: A vibration isolator has a bearing body that is supported on at least two air springs, wherein each air spring has a chamber which is closed by a membrane and to which compressed air can be applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventor: Martin Reuter
  • Publication number: 20230132066
    Abstract: A linear motor comprises a stator having permanent magnets and a rotor that is linearly displaceably arranged in the stator and that includes at least one electric coil. The rotor is provided with a thermally conductive layer that is thermally conductively connected to a liquid-cooled heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventor: Martin Reuter
  • Publication number: 20230046267
    Abstract: In a method for discharging components that are mixed in a centrifugal mixer, a mixing cup is provided that is closed by a piston and that is subsequently pivoted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventor: Martin Reuter
  • Publication number: 20230041778
    Abstract: In a method for metering minimum liquid quantities, a vessel closed in a pressure-tight manner is acted on by compressed air to transport liquid from the vessel through a transfer tubing to a metering valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventor: Martin Reuter
  • Patent number: 11473955
    Abstract: An apparatus for supplying a liquid medium to a metering unit comprises a housing in which media channels are arranged. One of the media channels is connected to a fluid reservoir that can be acted on by compressed air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: MARCO SYSTEMANALYSE UND ENTWICKLUNG GMBH
    Inventor: Martin Reuter
  • Patent number: 11326697
    Abstract: A jet valve has a medium passage that leads to a discharge opening and that is closable by a sealing element that can be set against a seal seat. The seal seat has a sealing surface in the form of an annular strip. The jet valve has a high service life and is suitable for metering very small quantities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Marco Systemanalyse und Entwicklung GmbH
    Inventor: Martin Reuter
  • Patent number: 10987682
    Abstract: A metering valve comprises a closable media passage leading from a media supply to a nozzle opening, wherein the medium can be applied to the workpiece in a metered manner through the nozzle opening. The metering valve is provided with a plasma generator by which the workpiece can be acted on by a plasma jet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Inventor: Martin Reuter
  • Publication number: 20210096012
    Abstract: An apparatus for supplying a liquid medium to a metering unit comprises a housing in which media channels are arranged. One of the media channels is connected to a fluid reservoir that can be acted on by compressed air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventor: Martin Reuter
  • Patent number: 10946406
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for metering a medium comprising a base element provided for fastening to a robot, a metering valve movably supported at the base element, and at least one piezo actuator by which the metering valve is movable relative to the base element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Inventors: Martin Reuter, Paul Reuter
  • Patent number: 10886150
    Abstract: A positioning apparatus comprises a base element provided for fastening to a robot, a base movably supported at the base element, and a piezoactuator by which the base is movable in a direction relative to the base element. A second piezoactuator is provided by which a counterweight is simultaneously movable in an opposite direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Inventor: Martin Reuter
  • Patent number: 10840779
    Abstract: A drive device for a motor vehicle includes at least one electric machine and at least one shaft, which shaft is rotatably mounted on a housing element of the drive device and can be driven by the electric machine. At least one discharge ring is provided by which the shaft is brought into electrical contact with the housing element in order to dissipate electrical charges from the shaft to the housing element via the discharge ring. The discharge ring is formed from an electrically conductive fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Martin Reuter, Alfred Grom
  • Publication number: 20200316633
    Abstract: A rotary metering head comprises a platform which is rotatable about an axis of rotation and on which a jet valve is arranged that serves for the jetting of fluid materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Martin Reuter, Jakob Reuter
  • Patent number: 10794540
    Abstract: An apparatus for applying a fluid to an object surface comprises a metering valve, an actuator for moving the metering valve relative to the object surface in at least one spatial direction, and an electronic control device that is in signal communication with the metering valve and the actuator and that is configured to move the metering valve along a predefined metering path and to open it once or a multiple of times within the metering path for a fluid dispensing. The electronic control device comprises means for a time synchronization of the movement of the actuator, on the one hand, and of the opening and closing of the metering valve, on the other hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Marco Systemanalyse und Entwicklung GmbH
    Inventor: Martin Reuter
  • Patent number: 10773225
    Abstract: A dynamic mixer comprises a mixing chamber having a plurality of inlets and an outlet as well as a mixing element rotatably arranged in the mixing chamber. The mixing takes place by a to and fro movement of the mixing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Marco Systemanalyse und Entwicklung GmbH
    Inventor: Martin Reuter
  • Patent number: 10737380
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a metering robot for dispensing liquid and/or pasty media having three degrees of freedom of movement oriented perpendicular to one another, having a base having two first linear guides spaced apart in parallel from one another; a portal bridge that is supported in a travelable manner on the two linear guides and that has a second linear guide oriented perpendicular to the two first linear guides; and a third linear guide for the movable guiding of a cart for receiving a metering unit that is oriented perpendicular to the first and second linear guides and that is travelable along the second linear guide. The metering robot has a work space that extends in a region that is located in the longitudinal direction of the two first linear guides in a prolongation of the region that extends directly between the two first linear guides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Marco Systemanalyse und Entwicklung GmbH
    Inventor: Martin Reuter
  • Patent number: 10593859
    Abstract: A piezoelectric adjustment apparatus has a piezo element whose movement is transmitted via a lever to a plunger. The plunger can be set against an abutment that is arranged at one side of the lever and a second abutment is provided at the other side of the lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Marco Systemanalyse und Entwicklong GmbH
    Inventor: Martin Reuter
  • Publication number: 20190376602
    Abstract: A jet valve has a medium passage that leads to a discharge opening and that is closable by a sealing element that can be set against a seal seat. The seal seat has a sealing surface in the form of an annular strip. The jet valve has a high service life and is suitable for metering very small quantities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventor: Martin Reuter