Patents by Inventor Tim Ostendorf

Tim Ostendorf 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: 20240278997
    Abstract: A rail-type floor conveyor system includes at least two rail pairs of different running directions, at least four rotatably mounted support plates on bearings, located in the intersection region of the rail pairs and on which wheels of a floor conveyor are rotated from a first into a second running direction, at least one floor conveyor having at least four wheel cassettes, rotated about a vertical axis and each have at least one wheel in contact with the rails, and wherein each wheel has a peripheral contour complementary to at least one profile of a rail so that transverse forces on the floor conveyor are absorbed by the rail pair, and a wheel-cassette rotary drive assembly connected to the floor conveyor and able to rotate the wheel cassettes about their vertical axis on the support plates, wherein no profiling for guiding the wheels is on the support plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Dominik Schaffrinski, Stefan Rehling, Tim Büllesbach, Markus Ostendorf, Juri Rempel, Tobias Schartner, Alexandr Götting, Fabian Kuhlemann, Michael Bentrup
  • Patent number: 10102597
    Abstract: A method for searching real estate listings utilizing the Internet includes displaying, on a display device, an interactive map area on an Internet web page interactive graphical interface. The interactive map area displays satellite imagery, aerial photo imagery, or a rendered graphic street map. Then the method includes overlaying a focusing box on the interactive map area. The focusing box is movable about the interactive map area and displays a location title indicating a location of the focusing box on the interactive map area and the focusing box defines a focusing box area on the interactive map area. Then the method includes displaying a total number of real estate listings present in the focusing box area, and displaying a larger version of the focusing box area with a listing icon of each real estate listing of the total number of real estate listings, and each listing icon is displayed at a location of the real estate listing on the interactive map area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: The MLSOnline.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Castonguay, Tim Ostendorf