Patents by Inventor Michael Brune

Michael Brune 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).

  • Method and device for applying adhesive therads and points to a substrate, web of material comprising a fleece and a layer composed of adhesive threads, and products made therefrom
    Patent number: 8323730
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for applying adhesive threads to a substrate (30). Said device comprises an rotatable application head (18) encompassing at least one adhesive discharge nozzle (18A) located at a radial distance (b) from the axis of rotation (18D) of the application head (18), a shaft (18B), and at least one adhesive supply duct (18C) which extends from an adhesive supply unit (20) to the at least one adhesive discharge nozzle (18A) via the shaft (18B). A rotary drive unit (12, 15, 14) rotates the application head (18) about the shaft (18B) thereof while an adhesive supply unit (20) and/or a valve assembly (22) control/s impingement of the adhesive supply duct (18C) of the application head (18) with adhesive. The invention further relates to a method for applying adhesive threads to a substrate as well as products made therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Illinois Tools Works, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Brune, Josef Rothen
  • Method and Device for Applying Adhesive Therads and Points to a Substrate, Web of Material Comprising a Fleece and a Layer Composed of Adhesive Threads, and Products Made Therefrom
    Publication number: 20090136660
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for applying adhesive threads to a substrate (30). Said device comprises a rotatable application head (18) encompassing at least one adhesive discharge nozzle (18A) located at a radial distance (b) from the axis of rotation (18D) of the application head (18), a shaft (18B), and at least one adhesive supply duct (18C) which extends from an adhesive supply unit (20) to the at least one adhesive discharge nozzle (18A) via the shaft (18B). A rotary drive unit (12, 15, 14) rotates the application (18) about the shaft (18B) thereof while an adhesive supply unit (20) and/or a valve assembly (22) control/s impingement of the adhesive supply duct (18C) of the application head (18) with adhesive. The invention further relates to a method for applying adhesive threads to a substrate as well as products made therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Michael Brune, Josef Rothen
  • Automated credit application system
    Publication number: 20070112670
    Abstract: A computer based credit application processing system provides a graphical user interface, automatic software update downloading, lender to lender routing of credit applications, and integration with in-house finance and insurance systems and third party data entry facilities, among other features. Web site linkage is also accommodated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Inventors: James DeFrancesco, Scott Freiman, James Alsobrook, Steven Terpening, Andrew Mayers, Edward Mullin, Brian Fritsche, Michael DiClaudio, Michael Brune, Kristie Scott
  • Combination and use of drugs
    Publication number: 20060276549
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to preferred pharmaceutical compositions comprising sibutramine and rimonabant and use of sibutramine and rimonabant to treat obesity and obesity related disorders in a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2006
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Inventors: Peer Jacobson, Michael Brune, Eugene Bush, Terry Opgenorth, Christine Collins, Thomas von Geldern
  • Animal feeding dish
    Patent number: D512539
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Inventors: Robert Michael Brunes, Patricia Marie Anderson