Patents by Inventor Thomas Schüler

Thomas Schüler 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: 11085219
    Abstract: A drive for a leaf of a door, window, or the like, including a mechanical energy store (16) configured to store energy during an opening movement of the leaf and expend energy during a closing movement of the leaf, an electric motor (18) operatively connected to the leaf via a motor shaft (20), the electric motor (18) operated as a generator to dampen the opening movement and the closing movement. The electric motor including a control unit configured to control the electric motor, wherein a drive behavior of the control unit is repeatedly and variably adaptable to a current need of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Geze GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Hucker, Simon Burghard, Dirk Huber, Thomas Schüler, Jörg Evertz, Simon Thomas Hasenfratz, Remo Sommer
  • Patent number: 10123378
    Abstract: A heating system for a fluid pipe system in which at least one electric heating element (RL) is assigned to at least one fluid line, said heating element, in order to apply a predetermined heating output to the fluid line, being provided with an electric operating voltage (UB) that is reduced compared to the supply voltage (U).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: VOSS AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Olav Borgmeier, Tobias Etscheid, Reiner Mitterer, Thomas Schüler
  • Publication number: 20180313130
    Abstract: A drive for a leaf of a door, window, or the like, comprising at least one mechanical energy store, which is charged by an opening movement of the leaf and discharged by a closing movement of the leaf, at least one electric motor, which is operatively connected to the leaf via at least one motor shaft and can be operated as a generator in order to dampen the leaf movements, and a control and/or regulator electronics unit for controlling the electric motor. The control and/or regulator electronics unit comprises means via which the drive behaviour can be variably specified repeatedly by a respective user and/or via which the drive behaviour can be variably adjusted repeatedly in accordance with the behaviour of a respective user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Matthias Hucker, Simon Burghard, Dirk Huber, Thomas Schüler, Jörg Evertz, Simon Thomas Hasenfratz, Remo Sommer
  • Patent number: 9891230
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a microarray device for the screening or the finding of protein inhibitors, to a method for the production thereof, and to a corresponding method for screening or finding protein inhibitors. The microarray device according to the invention comprises a solid supporting element having a support material, at least one protein immobilized thereon for which inhibitors are to be screened or found, and at least one known inhibitor of the at least one protein, the inhibitor being bound to the at least one protein and comprising a detectable label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: SARTORIUS STEDIM BIOTECH GMBH
    Inventors: Dieter Melzner, Thomas Scheper, Thomas Schueler, Frank Stahl, Denise Van Rossum, Johanna-Gabriela Walter, Carsten Zeilinger
  • Publication number: 20150069044
    Abstract: A heating system for a fluid pipe system in which at least one electric heating element (RL) is assigned to at least one fluid line, said heating element, in order to apply a predetermined heating output to the fluid line, being provided with an electric operating voltage (UB) that is reduced compared to the supply voltage (U).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Olav Borgmeier, Tobias Etscheid, Reiner Mitterer, Thomas Schüler
  • Patent number: 8965187
    Abstract: A heating system for a fluid pipe system in which at least one electric heating element (RL) is assigned to at least one fluid line, said heating element, in order to apply a predetermined heating output to the fluid line, being provided with an electric operating voltage (UB) that is reduced compared to the supply voltage (U).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: VOSS Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Olav Borgmeier, Tobias Etscheid, Reiner Mitterer, Thomas Schüler
  • Patent number: 8890039
    Abstract: A method for heating a fluid line system with at least two electric heating elements (R1, R2, R3), which are operated electrically in parallel and each heating element (R1/R2/R3) is separately supplied with a controlled operating current (I1/I2/I3) for adjusting its heating power. Furthermore, the invention relates to a heating system for such a fluid line system (1), in particular for the application of the method according to the present invention. The heating system has heating elements (R1-R3) which are electrically connected in parallel and are each connected to a separate control element (T1, T2, T3). Each heating element (R1/R2/R3) can be controlled via its associated control element (T1, T2, T3) for the individual adjustment of its heating power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: VOSS Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Etscheid, Olav Borgmeier, Thomas Schüler
  • Publication number: 20140110004
    Abstract: In a multiple-layer electrically heatable medium line having a medium-resistant inner layer, a heating layer which is provided with at least two conductors or heating conductors, and an outer layer, the layers of the medium line are single-layer or multiple-layer, and the conductors or heating conductors are embedded within the heating layer such that they are coiled in the longitudinal direction of the medium line, in a radially and/or axially predefined position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: VOSS AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Jörg Westmeier, Otfried Schwarzkopf, Thomas Schüler
  • Patent number: 8390155
    Abstract: A coil former for a linear motor stator for an automatic door having a coil arrangement, which, upon appropriate activation, is able to produce an interaction with a linear motor rotor, which causes thrust forces, with a body for the reception of a winding wire to form a coil, and at least one flange terminating the body at the front side, wherein the at least one flange of the coil former has at least one wire reception, which is able to receive a predetermined length of the winding wire and is able to, at least partially, release it again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Dorma GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Sven Busch, Thomas Schüler
  • Patent number: 8274183
    Abstract: A stator for a linear motor is described. The stator has a stator member with a coil arrangement, a connecting member with external terminals, a sensor arrangement having at least one Hall sensor, and terminals for the sensor arrangement, as well as a holding member. The holding member is subdivided into a connecting member insertion portion and a stator member insertion portion and has holding devices for disposing the stator member and the connecting member stationarily, releasably and in an accurate position with regard to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Dorma GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Hufen, Axel Richstein, Thomas Schüler
  • Publication number: 20120008927
    Abstract: A heating system for a fluid pipe system in which at least one electric heating element (RL) is assigned to at least one fluid line, said heating element, in order to apply a predetermined heating output to the fluid line, being provided with an electric operating voltage (UB) that is reduced compared to the supply voltage (U).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Inventors: Olav Borgmeier, Tobias Etscheid, Reiner Mitterer, Thomas Schüler
  • Publication number: 20110248017
    Abstract: A method for heating a fluid line system with at least two electric heating elements (R1, R2, R3), which are operated electrically in parallel and each heating element (R1/R2/R3) is separately supplied with a controlled operating current (I1/I2/I3) for adjusting its heating power. Furthermore, the invention relates to a heating system for such a fluid line system (1), in particular for the application of the method according to the present invention. The heating system has heating elements (R1-R3) which are electrically connected in parallel and are each connected to a separate control element (T1, T2, T3). Each heating element (R1/R2/R3) can be controlled via its associated control element (T1, T2, T3) for the individual adjustment of its heating power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventors: Tobias Etscheid, Olav Borgmeier, Thomas Schüler
  • Publication number: 20100175327
    Abstract: A driver device for a panel to be moved along a travel path is disclosed. The driver device has a driver member, which is adapted to be stationarily mounted to a member guided along the travel path. Furthermore, the driver device has a spring element, which is mounted to the guided member and is propped up at a side of the panel to be moved facing the guided member. At least with regard to a direction of the pre-tensioning of the spring element, the driver member is loosely coupled to the panel to be moved. The spring element is pre-tensioned such as to press the guided member and the driver member away from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventors: Sven Busch, Thomas Schüler
  • Publication number: 20100156200
    Abstract: A coil former for a linear motor stator for an automatic door having a coil arrangement, which, upon appropriate activation, is able to produce an interaction with a linear motor rotor, which causes thrust forces, with a body for the reception of a winding wire to form a coil, and at least one flange terminating the body at the front side, wherein the at least one flange of the coil former has at least one wire reception, which is able to receive a predetermined length of the winding wire and is able to, at least partially, release it again.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: Dorma GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Sven Busch, Thomas Schüler
  • Publication number: 20100141053
    Abstract: A stator for a linear motor is described. The stator has a stator member with a coil arrangement, a connecting member with external terminals, a sensor arrangement having at least one Hall sensor, and terminals for the sensor arrangement, as well as a holding member. The holding member is subdivided into a connecting member insertion portion and a stator member insertion portion and has holding devices for disposing the stator member and the connecting member stationarily, releasably and in an accurate position with regard to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: Dorma GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Hufen, Axel Richstein, Thomas Schüler