Patents by Inventor Richard Schneider
Richard Schneider 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: 20130187286Abstract: A open cavity semiconductor chip package that is leadless and does not have a metal lead frame as in conventional packages. The absence of a lead frame minimizes leakage paths and allows the novel package to be more readily fabricated as a hermetic package. A dual sided insulative or dielectric film is employed as the base interconnect between a semiconductor chip and outside contacts. Electrical connection from the top side of the film to the bottom side of the film is made through conductive micro-vias. The semiconductor chip is mounted on a paddle in a central opening in the film and wire bonded to pads on the film. After mounting of the chip, a cover or lid is attached to the film to encapsulate the assembly and maintain hermeticity of the package.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2012Publication date: July 25, 2013Inventors: Richard Schneider, Eric Eymard
-
Patent number: 8474848Abstract: The vehicle comprises a base and a seat moveable along a curve having a focal point. The vehicle is adjustable to position an occupant in the seat to achieve a desired position for the center of gravity of the occupant relative to the focal point of the curve. A method for minimizing effort required to tilt the seat of a personal mobility vehicle comprises the steps of providing a personal mobility vehicle having a seat that is adapted to move along an arc having a center of curvature, positioning the seat substantially horizontally, providing an occupant in the seat, and adjusting the position of the vehicle occupant's center of gravity so that the center of gravity is substantially equal to or below the center of curvature of the arc.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2004Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: Sunrise Medical (US) LLCInventors: Todd Bernatsky, Philip Schreiber, Thomas J. Whelan, Wayne Hanson, Steven L. Lindquist, Jerry Houtart, Richard Schneider, Allen B. Killebrew, Mike Nordquist
-
Patent number: 8397654Abstract: A grate plate arrangement for stepped reciprocating grates includes a grate plate with a front plate fastened to a front wall in the direction of conveyance. The grate plate includes an adjustment plate being clamped between the front plate and the front wall of the grate plate for adjusting a motion gap between the front end of the grate plate and the following grate plate in the direction of conveyance which forms the next grate step. The adjustment plate is calibrated with the front plate still only loosely assembled, in its vertical position that forms the motion gap, and is held in this position by clamping the front plate.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2010Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: IKN GmbHInventors: Nicolaas van Diepen, Richard Schneider, Sando Klaas Windmöller
-
Patent number: 8387775Abstract: A transfer system for providing faster and increased volume processing of eggs having an overhead positioned egg conveyor. A rotating brush wheel positioned underneath the conveyor receives eggs and includes a first and second pluralities of bristles having, respectively, lesser and greater stiffness. An egg receiving reservoir exhibits a receiving lane positioned underneath and in alignment with the brush wheel for receiving and redirecting the eggs in a lane dedicated fashion to a subsequent egg handling operation. A plurality of spool bars are arranged in parallel extending and spaced apart fashion and defining a number of individual egg conveying lanes and each further include first and second spool bar portions secured in end-to-end fashion to establish an overall dimension.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2009Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignees: FPS Food Processing Systems, B.V.Inventors: Matthew T. Mckeown, Carl Gene Cooper, Kyle Dewayne Becker, Wayne William Kelley, Richard Schneider
-
Publication number: 20130032054Abstract: Disclosed is an actuator, in particular for a rail vehicle, comprising a fluidic first actuator unit and a control device having a first control unit, wherein the first actuator unit is connected to the first control unit and can be supplied with power from a fluidic power source under the control of the first control unit. Furthermore, a fluidic second actuator unit is provided, and the control device comprises a second control unit, wherein the second actuator unit is connected to the second control unit and can be supplied with power from the fluidic power source under the control of the second control unit. The invention further relates to a vehicle, in particular a rail vehicle, having an actuator according to the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2010Publication date: February 7, 2013Applicants: LIEBHERR-AEROSPACE LINDENBERG GMBH, BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION GMBHInventors: Richard Schneider, Eduard Mesnjak, Anton Gaile, Thomas Kloos
-
Patent number: 8356557Abstract: A rail vehicle having a car body, which is supported on a running gear by a spring device, and a rolling compensation device, which is coupled to the running gear and the car body. The rolling compensation device may be arranged kinematically in parallel to the spring device. The rolling compensation device counteracts rolling motions of the car body toward the outside of the curve about a rolling axis during travel in curves. The rolling compensation device, in order to increase the tilting comfort, is designed to impose, in a first frequency range and under a first transverse deflection of the car body, upon the car body, a first rolling angle about the rolling axis, which corresponds to a current curvature of a current section of track being travelled.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2010Date of Patent: January 22, 2013Assignee: Bombardier Transportation GmbHInventor: Richard Schneider
-
Publication number: 20130018535Abstract: The invention relates to a rail vehicle, including a wagon body and a suspension system having a running gear supporting the wagon body. A sensor device and a control device are provided. The sensor device capturing an actual value of at least one status variable being representative of a spatial relationship between a first reference part of the sensor device associated to a part of the running gear and a second reference part of the sensor device associated to the wagon body. The control device performs a malfunction analysis using the actual value of the status variable, the malfunction analysis assessing fulfillment of at least one predetermined malfunction criterion. The control device provides a malfunction signal if the malfunction analysis reveals that the malfunction criterion is fulfilled.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2010Publication date: January 17, 2013Applicant: BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION GMBHInventors: Richard Schneider, Mike Baert
-
Publication number: 20120295490Abstract: An assembly for preventing deformation of compliant pins when interconnecting two printed circuit boards with the pins includes a mechanism for limiting an amount of movement of a flexible portion of the pins. In one approach, a bar is placed within the flexible portion of the pins to block damaging movement. In another approach, wing portions of the pins are locked into a surface thus preventing movement of the pin that could cause damage to the flexible portion of the pin.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2012Publication date: November 22, 2012Inventor: Richard Schneider
-
Patent number: 8305769Abstract: A solderless electronic component or capacitor mount assembly including a housing having a base portion and a cover portion is disclosed. The cover portion and base portion being couplable to each other so as to secure a capacitor to the housing. The assembly further including at least one connector configured to couple the assembly to a printed circuit board, and at least one electrical contact configured to contact a respective at least one lead of the capacitor and provide an electrical connection for the capacitor.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2009Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Interplex Industries, Inc.Inventor: Richard Schneider
-
Patent number: 8297249Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling the start-up phase of a motor vehicle driven by an internal combustion engine (12). The internal combustion engine (12) is started by an electrical machine (16) that can be operated as a motor, and there is a preferably automatically actuatable clutch (50) in the drive train (11) between the internal combustion engine (12) and the electrical machine (16). A faster start-up response can be achieved if the internal combustion engine (12) is driven by the electrical machine (16) when the clutch (50) is engaged during start-up, and if the clutch capacitance (MK) is reduced according to a defined parameter, preferably the engine speed, the time or the torque (ME) of the electrical machine (16) or similar.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2009Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignees: AVL List GmbH, Getrag Innovationscenter Getriebe-und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & CIE KG, Thien eDrives GmbHInventors: Martin Seufert, Frank Thullner, Ralph Richter, Josef Glatthaar, Roberto Tirelli, Vincenzo De Gioia, Reinhard Klein, Jurgen Wagner, Richard Schneider, Gusztav Gulyas, Peter Ebner, Stefan Strobl
-
Publication number: 20120227617Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle, in particular rail vehicle, with a wagon body and an running gear on which the wagon body is supported, wherein the wagon body and the running gear define a vehicle longitudinal direction, a vehicle transverse direction and a vehicle height direction. A tilting mechanism is arranged between the wagon body and the running gear, which is designed to impose, during a transverse displacement in the vehicle transverse direction, upon the wagon body a rolling motion about a rolling axis parallel to the vehicle longitudinal direction. The tilting mechanism comprises a transverse decoupling device, which is designed to reduce the stiffness of the tilting mechanism against a pure transverse displacement of the wagon body with respect to the running gear. The invention furthermore relates to a corresponding tilting mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2010Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION GMBHInventor: Richard Schneider
-
Publication number: 20120184692Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing linear alpha-olefins (LAO) by oligomerization of ethylene in the presence of a solvent and homogeneous catalyst, comprising the steps of: (i) feeding ethylene, solvent and catalyst into an oligomerization reactor, (ii) oligomerizing the ethylene in the reactor, (iii) removing a reactor outlet stream comprising solvent, linear alpha-olefins, optionally unreacted ethylene and catalyst from the reactor via a reactor outlet piping system, (iv) dosing at least one additive selected from the group consisting of alcohols, poly-ethylene glycols, polyethylene glycol monoethers, polyethylene glycol diethers, polyamines, amines, amino alcohols and surfactants, (v) transferring the reactor outlet stre con the additive to a catalyst deactivation and removal section, and (vi) deactivating the catalyst with caustic and removing the deactivated catalyst from the reactor outlet stream, wherein the residence time of the additive in the reactor outlet stream prior to mType: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2010Publication date: July 19, 2012Inventors: Peter M. Fritz, Heinz Bölt, Andreas Meiswinkel, Carsten Taube, Florian Winkler, Volker Göke, Wolfgang Müller, Anina Wöhl, Richard Schneider, Uwe Rosenthal, Helmut Fritz, Bernd H. Müller, Normen Peulecke, Stephan Peitz, Bhaskar Reddy Aluri, MOhammed Al-Hazmi, Shahid Majeed Azam, Fuad Mosa, Abdullah Al-Dugathier
-
Publication number: 20120137926Abstract: A rail vehicle having a car body, which is supported on a running gear by a spring device, and a rolling compensation device, which is coupled to the running gear and the car body. The rolling compensation device may be arranged kinematically in parallel to the spring device. The rolling compensation device counteracts rolling motions of the car body toward the outside of the curve about a rolling axis during travel in curves. The rolling compensation device, in order to increase the tilting comfort, is designed to impose, in a first frequency range and under a first transverse deflection of the car body, upon the car body, a first rolling angle about the rolling axis, which corresponds to a current curvature of a current section of track being traveled.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2010Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION GMBHInventor: Richard Schneider
-
Publication number: 20120118194Abstract: A rail vehicle includes a car body, a first chassis, and a second chassis. The car body is supported on the first chassis by a first spring device, the car body is supported on the second chassis by a second spring device, the car body is coupled to the first chassis by a first roll compensation device, and is coupled to the second chassis by a second roll compensation device. The first roll compensation device and the second roll compensation device counteract roll motions of the car body toward the outside of the curve about a roll axis parallel to the vehicle longitudinal axis during curved travel. The first roll compensation device is designed in such a way and/or the first roll compensation device and the second roll compensation device are coupled to each other in such a way that a torsional load on the car body about the vehicle longitudinal axis is counteracted.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2010Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION GMBHInventors: Richard Schneider, Volker Brundisch
-
Publication number: 20120080093Abstract: The present invention relates to a bubble column reactor comprising a column reactor containing a lower 2-phase cm section and an upper gaseous phase section, characterized in that the reactor comprises a measurement device for measuring the level of 2-phase section in the column reactor, wherein the measurement device comprises an emitter and a detector for electromagnetic PI- radiation which are positioned outside of the column reactor and to a method for level measurement in such a reactor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2006Publication date: April 5, 2012Inventors: Richard Schneider, Peter M. Fritz, Sebastian Muschelknautz, Heinz Bölt, Talal Ali, Fuad Mosa
-
Patent number: 8093439Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for oligomerization or polymerization of ethylene and/or alpha-olefins utilizing reactor equipment and other equipment wherein starting material comprising monomer(s), catalyst, cocatalyst and solvent is transferred to the reactor equipment via first piping, and product material comprising oligomer and/or polymer, non-reacted monomer(s), catalyst, cocatalyst and solvent is discharged from the reactor equipment via second piping, characterized in that the first piping, second piping, reactor equipment and/or other equipment are flushed with a product fraction obtained by said or a respective previous method prior to and/or after that oligomerization or polymerization method.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2006Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignees: Saudi Basic Industries Corporation, Linde AGInventors: Richard Schneider, Peter M. Fritz, Sebastian Muschelknautz, Heinz Bölt, Talal Ali, Fuad Mosa
-
Patent number: 8058369Abstract: The present invention relates to a bubble column reactor comprising a column reactor having a sparger plate dividing the column reactor into a top reaction compartment and a bottom compartment, characterized in that an inlet and outlet line for introducing and disposing a flushing medium are connected to the bottom compartment; and an operation method thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2006Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignees: Saudi Basic Industries Corporation, Linde AGInventors: Richard Schneider, Peter M. Fritz, Sebastian Muschelknautz, Heinz Bölt, Talal Ali, Fuad Mosa
-
Patent number: 8037858Abstract: A method for controlling the start-up phase of a motor vehicle driven by an internal combustion engine (12) wherein the internal combustion engines (12) is started by an electrical machine (16) that can be operated as a motor, a preferably automatically atuatable clutch (50) being located in the drive train (11) between the internal combustion engine (12) and the electrical machine (16). A faster start-up response can be achieved if the internal combustion engine (12) is driven by the electrical machine (16) when the clutch (50) is engaged during start-up, and if the clutch capacitance (MK) is reduced according to a defined parameter, preferably the engine speed, the time or the torque (ME) of the electrical machine (16) or similar.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2009Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignees: AVL List GmbH, Getrag Innovationscenter Getriebe-und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & CIE KG, ATB Technologies GmbHInventors: Martin Seufert, Frank Thullner, Ralph Richter, Josef Glatthaar, Roberto Tirelli, Vincenzo De Gioia, Reinhard Klein, Jurgen Wagner, Richard Schneider, Gusztav Gulyas, Peter Ebner, Stefan Strobl
-
Patent number: 7977777Abstract: A lead frame thermoplastic package for a solar cell, and a method of manufacturing the same. The lead frame being either a single-lead frame design or a dual-lead frame design. The single-lead frame design being made up of a single-lead metal frame. The dual-lead frame design being made up of a die pad lead frame, a wire bond lead frame, and being encapsulated in a thermoplastic resin. Optionally, the single lead frame or at least one of the dual-lead frames is coated with a dielectric material. The lead frame providing connections for a semiconductor die, a diode, and the associated electrical connections. The lead frame also providing a large surface area metal pad for cooling, and mounting tabs for securing various optics systems to the package. Optionally, the lead frame is incorporated into a solar cell including the lead frame, a semiconductor die, a diode, an optics system, and an integrated electrical connection system.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2009Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: Interplex Industries, Inc.Inventors: Domenico J. Federici, Richard Schneider, Michael P. Jasmin
-
Publication number: 20110100132Abstract: The invention relates to a measurement bearing, in particular for a wheel set of a rail vehicle, having a rotational axle and at least one first bearing ring (103), wherein the first bearing ring (103) defines a main supporting direction and a circumferential direction extending transversely with respect to the main supporting direction, and the first bearing ring (103; 203) is designed to take up bearing forces which have at least one force component in the main supporting direction, and during operation said bearing forces are applied to the first bearing ring (103) via a plurality of rolling bodies (104). The first bearing ring (103) has at least one first recess (105) in which a sensor device (110) is arranged, wherein the sensor device (110) is designed to sense a sensing variable which represents the bearing forces which are applied to the first bearing ring (103).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2009Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicant: BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION GMBHInventors: Richard Schneider, Armin Luzi, Heinz-Dieter Dörner, Jochen Leusch