Patents by Inventor Michael Auer

Michael Auer 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: 20230332266
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a valuable material product from an industrial dust is described. The method comprises: i) providing the industrial dust which comprises at least one valuable material and a first concentration of volatile constituents to a heating device with an operation temperature of 600° C. or more, ii) processing the industrial dust by the heating device, wherein processing comprises: iia) heating the industrial dust with a rate of 20° C./min or more, iib) thermally treating the industrial dust by the heating device with a treating temperature in the range of 900° C. to 1200° C., in particular in the range of 1000° C. to 1100° C., for 30 minutes or more, and iic) controlling and/or regulating the oxidizing conditions during processing, wherein processing comprises: at least partially removing the volatile constituents from the industrial dust, and iii) providing the valuable material product. Furthermore, the processed valuable material product is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Jürgen ANTREKOWITSCH, Stefan STEINLECHNER, Michael AUER
  • Publication number: 20200132056
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an actuator (10) comprising a first connection unit, a second connection unit, a spring arranged between the first and second connection unit, a guide tube (12) arranged inside the spring, and a dip rod configured to be displaceable relative to the guide tube (12) so that it dips into the guide tube (12), wherein the dip rod is mounted in a guide bush (14), characterised in that the guide bush (14) comprises a recess (18) in the circumferential direction of the guide bush (14) adapted to accommodate a tapered end of the guide tube (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: Stabilus GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Auer, Martin Neitzert, Kathrin Kronz, Axel Knopp
  • Patent number: 10475304
    Abstract: A signalling device, in particular for a signalling tower, for purposes of displaying operating states, with at least one signalling module, which has a circuit board element for at least one signalling element for purposes of outputting a signal, in particular for a lighting element for purposes of outputting a signal light, wherein the signalling module can be detachably connected with a further signalling module, and in the connected state the signalling modules are arranged one above another, wherein a connecting conductor, running through the signalling module, is provided for purposes of controlling a circuit board element of the further signalling module, wherein the circuit board element of the signalling module for purposes of forming the connecting conductor has a conducting track assigned to the signalling element of the further signalling module, which conducting track in the connected state of the signalling modules is connected via a contact element with a conducting track; on the circuit board
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: AUER SIGNAL GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Auer, Thomas Fehringer
  • Publication number: 20190080571
    Abstract: A signalling device, in particular for a signalling tower, for purposes of displaying operating states, with at least one signalling module, which has a circuit board element for at least one signalling element for purposes of outputting a signal, in particular for a lighting element for purposes of outputting a signal light, wherein the signalling module can be detachably connected with a further signalling module, and in the connected state the signalling modules are arranged one above another, wherein a connecting conductor, running through the signalling module, is provided for purposes of controlling a circuit board element of the further signalling module, wherein the circuit board element of the signalling module for purposes of forming the connecting conductor has a conducting track assigned to the signalling element of the further signalling module, which conducting track in the connected state of the signalling modules is connected via a contact element with a conducting track; on the circuit board
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Michael AUER, Thomas FEHRINGER
  • Patent number: 10127779
    Abstract: A signalling device, in particular for a signalling tower, for purposes of displaying operating states, with at least one signalling module, which has a circuit board element for at least one signalling element for purposes of outputting a signal, in particular for a lighting element for purposes of outputting a signal light, wherein the signalling module can be detachably connected with a further signalling module, and in the connected state the signalling modules are arranged one above another, wherein a connecting conductor, running through the signalling module, is provided for purposes of controlling a circuit board element of the further signalling module, wherein the circuit board element of the signalling module for purposes of forming the connecting conductor has a conducting track assigned to the signalling element of the further signalling module, which conducting track in the connected state of the signalling modules is connected via a contact element with a conducting track; on the circuit board
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: AUER SIGNAL GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Auer, Thomas Fehringer
  • Publication number: 20160203686
    Abstract: A signalling device , in particular for a signalling tower, for purposes of displaying operating states, with at least one signalling module, which has a circuit board element for at least one signalling element for purposes of outputting a signal, in particular for a lighting element for purposes of outputting a signal light, wherein the signalling module can be detachably connected with a further signalling module, and in the connected state the signalling modules are arranged one above another, wherein a connecting conductor, running through the signalling module, is provided for purposes of controlling a circuit board element of the further signalling module, wherein the circuit board element of the signalling module for purposes of forming the connecting conductor has a conducting track assigned to the signalling element of the further signalling module, which conducting track in the connected state of the signalling modules is connected via a contact element with a conducting track; on the circuit board
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Michael AUER, Thomas FEHRINGER
  • 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: 20040144605
    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: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Applicant: Stabilus GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Thurmann, Hans Ihrlich, Arnold Schilz, Hans Jurgen Hofmann, Ines Kistenbrugger, Michael Auer
  • Patent number: 6244411
    Abstract: A clutch sleeve assembly for an automotive clutch system includes a polymer sleeve having a snap ring groove and a metal bushing disposed within the polymer sleeve having a flange that acts as a reinforcement for the snap ring groove. There are two configurations of the snap ring groove on the polymer sleeve. In the first configuration, the polymer sleeve has a notch around an outer circumference along its edge adjacent the bushing flange. In this configuration, the bushing flange extends beyond the polymer sleeve edge to form a snap ring groove in conjunction with the notch. In the second configuration, the polymer sleeve has a snap ring groove around its outer circumference spaced apart from its edge that is adjacent the bushing flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: ZF Meritor, LLC
    Inventor: Charles Michael Auer
  • Patent number: 5726776
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and to an arrangement for the synchronization of the image recording of monochrome recordings and color recordings with photosensitive line sensors. A line-scanning pattern is generated by a programmable counter arrangement, wherein the timer measures the phase position of the line-scanning pattern, generated by the counter arrangement, with the aid of the computer and the programmable counter arrangement at the point in time of the impinging of a pulse of the incremental transmitter, wherein the timer compares these with a coordinated calculated or tabulated reference value, and wherein the timer employs the thus obtained phase difference in order to influence a counter, preconnected to the line counter CT2, in its count volume (FIGS. 1 and 2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignee: F & O Electronic System GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Auer, Hans-Peter Grossmann, Joachim Ihlefeld, Michael Pester, Gunther Uhlig, Lutz Wenert