Patents by Inventor Michael BRANDNER

Michael BRANDNER 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: 20230261302
    Abstract: A power tool, in particular a chipping hammer, having a housing and a battery interface device for releasably connecting at least one rechargeable battery to the power tool. An impact damping device is contained between the housing and the battery interface device, wherein the impact damping device contains at least one damping element which is arranged in a longitudinal extent perpendicularly to a working axis of the power tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas BADER, Matthias DOBERENZ, Torsten TUSSING, Sören SCHÖPKE, Michael BRANDNER
  • Publication number: 20230063991
    Abstract: A power tool, in particular a chipping hammer, containing a first and second side handle and a tool housing having an interface for releasably receiving and holding a first and second rechargeable battery, wherein a side-handle axis extending through the first and second side handles is arranged substantially perpendicularly to a working axis extending through the tool housing. The power tool contains a protective apparatus for protecting the first and second rechargeable batteries, the protective apparatus having an internal volume for at least partially receiving the first and second rechargeable batteries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas BADER, Torsten TUSSING, Christian LAUDENSACK, Sören SCHÖPKE, Matthias DOBERENZ, Michael BRANDNER
  • Patent number: 10936447
    Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for performing a failover between a first storage system and a second storage system. Data is synchronized between the first storage system and the second storage system. A failover is performed from the first storage system to the second storage system in response to a failover event at the first storage system while synchronizing the data. A determination is made that a first storage unit of the first storage system is inoperable and that that a second storage unit of the first storage system is operable in response to the failover event. In response to determining that the second storage unit is operable, a resynchronization is initiated to copy updates to a second storage unit of the second storage system mirroring the second storage unit of the first storage system to the second storage unit of the first storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Brandner, Michael Frankenberg, Alan G. McClure, David B. Petersen, Daniel Roman, Gail A. Spear, John G. Thompson
  • Patent number: 10833300
    Abstract: The battery unit according to the invention for a handheld machine tool comprises a number of battery cells, with at least one of the battery cells being embodied as an isolation battery cell, and showing a fire protection jacket comprising an intumescent material. The fire protection jacket surrounds the isolation battery cell at least partially such that the isolation battery cell is surrounded by the fire protection jacket at a predetermined temperature such that the isolation battery cell is thermally insulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Benno Verhaag, Bernd Ziegler, Hubert Ludwig, Michael Brandner, Klaus Hauser
  • Publication number: 20190012243
    Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for performing a failover between a first storage system and a second storage system. Data is synchronized between the first storage system and the second storage system. A failover is performed from the first storage system to the second storage system in response to a failover event at the first storage system while synchronizing the data. A determination is made that a first storage unit of the first storage system is inoperable and that that a second storage unit of the first storage system is operable in response to the failover event. In response to determining that the second storage unit is operable, a resynchronization is initiated to copy updates to a second storage unit of the second storage system mirroring the second storage unit of the first storage system to the second storage unit of the first storage system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Brandner, Michael Frankenberg, Alan G. McClure, David B. Petersen, Daniel Roman, Gail A. Spear, John G. Thompson
  • Patent number: 10133643
    Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for performing a failover between a first storage system and a second storage system. Data is synchronized between the first storage system and the second storage system. A failover is performed from the first storage system to the second storage system in response to a failover event at the first storage system while synchronizing the data. A determination is made that a first storage unit of the first storage system is inoperable and that that a second storage unit of the first storage system is operable in response to the failover event. In response to determining that the second storage unit is operable, a resynchronization is initiated to copy updates to a second storage unit of the second storage system mirroring the second storage unit of the first storage system to the second storage unit of the first storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Brandner, Michael Frankenberg, Alan G. McClure, David B. Petersen, Daniel Roman, Gail A. Spear, John G. Thompson
  • Patent number: 10065297
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a hand-held machine tool with a tangential impact mechanism which can be driven by means of a drive shaft and an electric motor, according to which method an actual torque provided by the drive shaft is adjusted to a required torque depending on a measured motor current, wherein the required torque is less than a triggering torque of the tangential impact mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Joachim Wörz, Michael Brandner
  • Publication number: 20160328303
    Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for performing a failover between a first storage system and a second storage system. Data is synchronized between the first storage system and the second storage system. A failover is performed from the first storage system to the second storage system in response to a failover event at the first storage system while synchronizing the data. A determination is made that a first storage unit of the first storage system is inoperable and that that a second storage unit of the first storage system is operable in response to the failover event. In response to determining that the second storage unit is operable, a resynchronization is initiated to copy updates to a second storage unit of the second storage system mirroring the second storage unit of the first storage system to the second storage unit of the first storage system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Brandner, Michael Frankenberg, Alan G. McClure, David B. Petersen, Daniel Roman, Gail A. Spear, John G. Thompson
  • Patent number: 9379560
    Abstract: A method to monitor the current of a handheld power tool (3) operated by a battery (2), by at least one counter (5), includes the following steps: measuring (S1) the electric current (I) drawn from the battery during the operation of the electric tool; incrementing (S2) a reading (Z, Z1, Z2) of the counter (5) by a certain increment (IN) whenever the measured current (I) is higher than a specified upper limit value (G1, G2) during a given counting interval; decrementing (S3) the reading of the counter by a certain decrement (DE) whenever the measured current is lower than the specified upper limit value during the given counting interval; and switching off (S4) the electric tool when the reading (Z, Z1, Z2) of the counter is higher than a specified limit value (T1, T2) for the counter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Brandner, Thomas Mueller, Bernd Ziegler
  • Publication number: 20150325826
    Abstract: The battery unit according to the invention for a handheld machine tool comprises a number of battery cells, with at least one of the battery cells being embodied as an isolation battery cell, and showing a fire protection jacket comprising an intumescent material. The fire protection jacket surrounds the isolation battery cell at least partially such that the isolation battery cell is surrounded by the fire protection jacket at a predetermined temperature such that the isolation battery cell is thermally insulated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Benno Verhaag, Bernd Ziegler, Hubert Ludwig, Michael Brandner, Klaus Hauser
  • Publication number: 20150280468
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for total discharge protection of a storage battery of a hand-held power tool, comprising the following steps: determining a current average ON-time of the hand-held power tool; and setting a reference duration for total discharge protection of the storage battery as a function of the determine average ON-time of the hand-held power tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Müller, Michael Brandner
  • Publication number: 20150246435
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a hand-held machine tool with a tangential impact mechanism which can be driven by means of a drive shaft and an electric motor, according to which method an actual torque provided by the drive shaft is adjusted to a required torque depending on a measured motor current, wherein the required torque is less than a triggering torque of the tangential impact mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Joachim Wörz, Michael Brandner
  • Publication number: 20140232352
    Abstract: A method to monitor the current of a handheld power tool (3) operated by a battery (2), by at least one counter (5), includes the following steps: measuring (S1) the electric current (I) drawn from the battery during the operation of the electric tool; incrementing (S2) a reading (Z, Z1, Z2) of the counter (5) by a certain increment (IN) whenever the measured current (I) is higher than a specified upper limit value (G1, G2) during a given counting interval; decrementing (S3) the reading of the counter by a certain decrement (DE) whenever the measured current is lower than the specified upper limit value during the given counting interval; and switching off (S4) the electric tool when the reading (Z, Z1, Z2) of the counter is higher than a specified limit value (T1, T2) for the counter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Brandner, Thomas Mueller, Bernd Ziegler
  • Publication number: 20100176766
    Abstract: A control method for a system of a hand power tool and an accumulator battery is disclosed. The hand power tool is connectable to the accumulator battery via a current interface for supplying the hand power tool. The hand power tool features a data interface for communicating with the accumulator battery. Characterizing data of the hand power tool and/or data about an operating process of the hand power tool is transmitted to the accumulator battery via the interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael BRANDNER, Thomas MUELLER, Roland SCHWAB, Bernd ZIEGLER, Klaus HAUSER