Patents by Inventor Norbert Wegener

Norbert Wegener 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: 10753122
    Abstract: A locking system and a method for locking a container having an actuator for actuating a locking bolt, a container locking controller for controlling the actuator, a container communications device associated with the container locking controller for receiving a locking code, and a container code acquisition device for acquiring a locking code, wherein the container locking controller performs a comparison of received and acquired locking codes and in the event of a correct, matching locking code actuates the actuator, and wherein a central controller generates the locking code and transmits it to the container communications device through a dial-up communications network and a communications code is provided and delivered to the container locking controller by way of the container code acquisition device in such a manner that the container communications device can be activated thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: IQS Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Wegener, Stefan Heier, Peter Foltyn
  • Patent number: 10723546
    Abstract: The invention relates to a container for transporting a vehicle therein, which is essentially rectangular in construction with a first and a second end face, two long sides, a bottom, and a top, wherein the container has a floor element, a frame structure, and at least two cover elements, wherein the at least two cover elements cover the end faces, the long sides, and the top of the container when in the closed state, and the floor element covers the bottom of the container, and wherein the frame structure builds on the floor element and, in the region of the top, the at least two cover elements are hinged to the frame structure in such a way that they can be swung upward away from the floor element when the container is in an open state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: IQS Holding Gmbh
    Inventor: Norbert Wegener
  • Publication number: 20190153751
    Abstract: A locking system and a method for locking a container having an actuator for actuating a locking bolt, a container locking controller for controlling the actuator, a container communications device associated with the container locking controller for receiving a locking code, and a container code acquisition device for acquiring a locking code, wherein the container locking controller performs a comparison of received and acquired locking codes and in the event of a correct, matching locking code actuates the actuator, and wherein a central controller generates the locking code and transmits it to the container communications device through a dial-up communications network and a communications code is provided and delivered to the container locking controller by way of the container code acquisition device in such a manner that the container communications device can be activated thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Norbert Wegener, Stefan Heier, Peter Foltyn
  • Publication number: 20190152691
    Abstract: The invention relates to a container for transporting a vehicle therein, which is essentially rectangular in construction with a first and a second end face, two long sides, a bottom, and a top, wherein the container has a floor element, a frame structure, and at least two cover elements, wherein the at least two cover elements cover the end faces, the long sides, and the top of the container when in the closed state, and the floor element covers the bottom of the container, and wherein the frame structure builds on the floor element and, in the region of the top, the at least two cover elements are hinged to the frame structure in such a way that they can be swung upward away from the floor element when the container is in an open state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventor: Norbert Wegener
  • Patent number: 8123667
    Abstract: A separator includes a rotatable centrifugal drum having a vertical axis of rotation. The separator includes a rotatable drive spindle to drive the drum, an hydraulic system located in an interior of the drum and at least one feed line to feed a control fluid to the drum, the at least one feed line having an outlet region. Further included is a ring non-rotatably connected to the drum, a gap located between one of the drive spindle and the drum and the drive spindle and the ring. The feed line leads out radially in front of the drive spindle in the outlet region. The outlet region is oriented and configured such that emerging control fluid is spread directly against the drive spindle, and a portion of the control fluid enters through the gap into the hydraulic system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Westfalia Separator AG
    Inventors: Johannes Droste, Norbert Wegener
  • Patent number: 7749148
    Abstract: A separator drum for a separator having a vertical rotational axis. The separator drum includes an upper drum section, a lower drum section, and a screw connection formed between the upper end lower drum sections without a locking ring. The upper drum section is screwed into the lower drum section or the lower drum section is screwed into the upper drum section. A portion of the upper drum section adjacent the screw connection engages behind a portion of the lower drum section adjacent the screw connection in a manner of a clamping device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Westfalia Separator AG
    Inventors: Jürgen Mackel, Norbert Wegener
  • Publication number: 20090270238
    Abstract: A separator includes a rotatable centrifugal drum having a vertical axis of rotation. The separator includes a rotatable drive spindle to drive the drum, an hydraulic system located in an interior of the drum and at least one feed line to feed a control fluid to the drum, the at least one feed line having an outlet region. Further included is a ring non-rotatably connected to the drum, a gap located between one of the drive spindle and the drum and the drive spindle and the ring. The feed line leads out radially in front of the drive spindle in the outlet region. The outlet region is oriented and configured such that emerging control fluid is spread directly against the drive spindle, and a portion of the control fluid enters through the gap into the hydraulic system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2007
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: WESTFALIA SEPARATOR AG
    Inventors: Johannes Droste, Norbert Wegener
  • Publication number: 20090054223
    Abstract: A separator drum for a separator having a vertical rotational axis. The separator drum includes an upper drum section, a lower drum section, and a screw connection formed between the upper end lower drum sections without a locking ring. The upper drum section is screwed into the lower drum section or the lower drum section is screwed into the upper drum section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: Jurgen Mackel, Norbert Wegener
  • Patent number: 5865719
    Abstract: A self-emptying centrifuge drum has a collecting channel for emptying the drum and a fitting for introducing water into the collecting channel. The drum is rotatable and is hydraulically actuatable by water introduced into the collecting channel through the fitting. The collecting channel rotates with the drum about an axis of rotation and the fitting is stationary and has at least one outlet. A baffle extends up from below the collecting channel and between the collecting channel and the fitting and has a lower portion below the collecting channel and an upper portion extending into an area radially inward of the collecting channel with respect to the axis of rotation. The at least one outlet of the fitting is aimed at the lower portion of the baffle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Assignee: Westfalia Separator AG
    Inventors: Johannes Droste, Norbert Wegener