Patents by Inventor Stefan Langen

Stefan Langen 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: 8289026
    Abstract: A recording device is for recording the switch state of an electromagnetic switch device. In at least one embodiment, the recording device includes a housing, in which a plunger is movably mounted. The plunger may be moved between two mechanical end positions, wherein the end positions of the plunger correspond to the switch states of the electromagnetic switch device. A sensor device is arranged in the housing by which it may be recorded in which of the end positions the plunger is and from which a corresponding electrical signal may be emitted. The sensor device is designed to be able to record the position of the plunger without contacting the plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rainer Keil, Helmut Kraus, Stefan Langen, Wolfgang Schatz
  • Publication number: 20100104875
    Abstract: At least one embodiment of a plunger has, when viewed in a longitudinal direction, a central region and two outer regions adjoining the central region. The outer regions are injection-moulded from a non-magnetizable material. In the central region, a magnetizable material is integrated in the plunger. In at least one embodiment, an injection-mouldable material is used as the magnetizable material, and the plunger including the magnetizable material is manufactured by way of a two-component injection-moulding process. A defined magnetization is impressed on a section of the central region once the magnetizable material has been integrated in the plunger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventors: Erhard Carls, Helmut Kraus, Stefan Langen, Werner Olbrich, Wolfgang Schatz
  • Publication number: 20100060287
    Abstract: A recording device is for recording the switch state of an electromagnetic switch device. In at least one embodiment, the recording device includes a housing, in which a plunger is movably mounted. The plunger may be moved between two mechanical end positions, wherein the end positions of the plunger correspond to the switch states of the electromagnetic switch device. A sensor device is arranged in the housing by which it may be recorded in which of the end positions the plunger is and from which a corresponding electrical signal may be emitted. The sensor device is designed to be able to record the position of the plunger without contacting the plunger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventors: Rainer Keil, Helmut Kraus, Stefan Langen, Wolfgang Schatz