Patents Represented by Attorney Gudrun E. Huckett
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Patent number: 8242746Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for measuring cell voltages of accumulator cells in a plurality of series-connected accumulator cells in a battery pack or cell pack including an Li-Ion cell pack. The method and the device are characterized in that no unbalancing of the battery pack is caused by the measurements of the cell voltages on the individual accumulator cells.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2008Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KGInventor: Burkhard Austerschulte
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Patent number: 8225713Abstract: A baling press for producing large square high-density bales has a pick-up device picking up crop, a cutting device downstream of the pick-up device, a conveying device downstream of the cutting device, and a pressing channel disposed downstream of the conveying device and receiving the crop from the conveying device. The crop is shaped to high-density bales in the pressing channel. A tying device is provided that, for ensuring a permanent cohesion of the bales and completing the bales, ties tying medium strands, connected in endless loops, in longitudinal direction of the bales about the bales. A spacing of outermost tying medium strands, disposed next to outer parallel longitudinal bale edges, relative to the outer parallel longitudinal bale edges, respectively, is at least as large as or greater than an average spacing between neighboring tying medium strands in a transverse direction transverse to the longitudinal bale edges.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2010Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Bernard Krone GmbHInventors: Josef Horstmann, Klaus Martensen
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Patent number: 8220240Abstract: A landscape care device has a first care tool embodied as a mowing device, a sweeping broom, or the like, and at least one second care tool in the form of a spring tine rake arranged in front of the first care tool and acting simultaneously or with time shift relative to the first care tool. A carriage with a front axle is provided, wherein only the spring tine rake is effective in front of the front axle of the carriage. The spring tine rake has spring tines and the spring line rake is designed such that the spring tines are effective by a substantially straight push movement exerted on the spring tine rake.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2010Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Inventor: Dirk Tielbürger
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Patent number: 8221140Abstract: A spark plug socket has an elastic base member and a contact element secured in the base member. The base member has a spark plug receptacle for a spark plug and the contact element has a contact receptacle for a terminal of the spark plug. The spark plug socket is removable in a removing direction from the spark plug. In an unloaded state of the spark plug socket arranged on the spark plug, a section of the contact receptacle engages behind the terminal of the spark plug in the removing direction of the spark plug socket. A longitudinal center axis of the contact receptacle is slanted relative to a longitudinal center axis of the spark plug receptacle. The contact element is adjustable against an elasticity of the base member such that an angle between the longitudinal center axis of the contact receptacle and the longitudinal center axis of the spark plug receptacle is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2010Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KGInventors: Michael Schneider, Georg Maier
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Patent number: 8215168Abstract: A rotation rate sensor for sensing a rotation ? by which the sensor is rotated has a substrate and a driving and sensing arrangement located substantially flat in an X-Y plane above a substrate surface of the substrate and having a center. The driving and sensing arrangement has a drive mass and a sense mass that are arranged at different spacings from the center of the driving and sensing arrangement symmetrically about the center. The oscillation modes of the drive mass and the sense mass are partially transmittable onto one another and are partially decoupled. The rotation ? is sensed in that a tilting of the sense mass out of a surface plane of the driving and sensing arrangement is sensed.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2008Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e. V.Inventors: Peter Merz, Manfred Weiss
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Patent number: 8210711Abstract: The invention relates to a light (1) especially a wall or ceiling light protected from spray water and used to receive at least one long gas discharge lamp (5), said light comprising a closed housing formed by an at least transparent base part (3) which can be mounted in a fixed location and holds electrical devices, and an at least transparent coupling part (2). The base part (3) and the coupling part (2) are injection-molded from the same charges of thermoplastic material in a common mold which is essentially symmetrical in terms of the injection process, and overlap along peripheral edges on both sides, one edge being an insertion edge (10) and the other edge being embodied as a U-shaped receiving element (9) for receiving the insertion edge (10).Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2007Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: IBV Holding GmbHInventor: Jürgen Vonhoff
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Patent number: 8210907Abstract: The invention relates to a device for fine machining workpieces, preferably for honing and/or fineboring cylinder bores in crankcases of internal combustion engines, wherein inside a module (1) one or two horizontally displaceable machining units (10, 11, 12, 13) each are provided on two longitudinal sides (2, 3) that are opposite each other for honing and/or fineboring. Each machining unit (10, 11, 12, 13) comprises a spindle (100), a drive for creating the oscillating stroke movement of the spindle (100) and for displacing the machining unit into the working position, a tool holder (8) with a rigid axis, and a feed device (60, 61, 62, 63, 64) for the radial feeding of the machining tools, and between the longitudinal sides equipped with the machining units (10, 11, 12, 13) a service chamber (7) that can be accessed from an end side, wherein at least one tool magazine (30, 31) is associated with the machining units (10, 11, 12, 13) at the rear end side (4) of the module (1).Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2008Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Gehring Technologies GmbHInventors: Alfred Walter, Oliver Bey
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Patent number: 8191714Abstract: A conveying and separating device for root crop has a separating stretch with at least two rotatingly driven separating rollers, wherein the separating stretch receives a harvested material of root crop and admixed parts and wherein the at least two separating rollers transport on a topside of the separating stretch primarily the root crop while the admixed parts are removed in a screening phase through a screening gap between the at least two separating rollers. By a direct forced cleaning action, the at least two separating rollers are kept free at least of admixed parts that can adhere to the at least two separating rollers.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2008Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: Grimme Landmaschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Klemens Kalverkamp
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Patent number: 8186123Abstract: A sliding wall has at least one door provided with an actuating element for locking the door. A pinch protection device is connected to the door. The pinch protection device has a cover element having a covering position and an open position. The cover element is transferable from the covering position into the open position and from the open position into the covering position. A receiving space for accommodating functional elements of the door is provided. The cover element covers the receiving space in the covering position and in the open position opens the receiving space.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2011Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Solarlux Aluminium Systeme GmbHInventors: Matthias Klaffke, Uwe Niehausmeier
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Patent number: 8181971Abstract: A sealing ring has a sealing element with at least one fastening part and at least one sealing part provided with a sealing edge. The sealing element is essentially of rotational symmetry. The sealing edge, at least over a portion of a circumference thereof, is positioned in a slanted position relative to a seal axis at an angle different from a 90 degree angle, viewed in a projection onto an axial plane of the sealing ring.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2008Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: KACO GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Klaus-Jürgen Uhrner, Herbert Gust
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Patent number: 8172003Abstract: A portable device having an overload protection device for motor-operated tools has a drive motor, a drive shaft connected to the drive motor and driven in rotation by the drive motor, and an output shaft for driving a cutting tool, wherein the output shaft is arranged substantially perpendicularly to the drive shaft. A drive pinion is connected to the drive shaft. A drum is supported on the output shaft and driven in rotation by the drive pinion. A coupling is arranged between the drum and the output shaft and engages the drum. The coupling is connected to the output shaft. When the output shaft is blocked, the coupling effects an automatic decoupling between the drum and the output shaft in order to prevent overloading of the drive motor.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2004Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Atlas Copco Electric Tools GmbHInventors: Thomas Robieu, Jean-Claude Maret
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Patent number: 8170817Abstract: In a method for determining the electrical loadability of power lines by temperature measurement, the temperature is measured with at least one sensor arranged on the power line and connected to a data processing system, wherein the time-dependent temperature of the power line is determined by an existing or a weighted load parameter, and wherein based on the electrical current and the temperature measured by the sensor, taking into account either the existing or a weighted load parameter, a time-dependent electrical load is determined in the data processing system.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2007Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Doble Lemke GmbHInventor: Thomas Strehl
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Patent number: 8166575Abstract: A protective headgear combination has a helmet and at least one ear defender secured on the helmet rotational position of the at least one ear defender relative to the helmet is adjustable about a first axis of rotation, wherein the first axis of rotation is positioned relative to the vertical at an angle of less than 45° for an upright head position of a user of the protective headgear combination.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2007Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KGInventor: Peter Haselmayer
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Patent number: 8167446Abstract: The invention concerns a spotlight for use in bodies of water. The spotlight has at least one lighting unit for illuminating fountains, water jets or the like, wherein the lighting unit is liquid-cooled and has at least one light emitting diode or a light emitting diode cluster arranged in the housing.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2008Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: OASE GmbHInventor: Reinhardt Wesselmeier
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Patent number: 8167005Abstract: A machine for filling cups with foodstuff has metering stations having metering modules provided with filling nozzles, respectively, for introducing product flows into horizontally supplied cups. A programmable control unit cooperates with the metering modules in such a way that in a filling process, by means of controlled tilting and/or lifting actions of the filling nozzles, variable filling structures are generated from the product flows in the cups.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2007Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Finnah Packtec GmbHInventor: Berthold Lingenhoff
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Patent number: 8166931Abstract: A carburetor has a carburetor housing in which an air passage and a mixture passage are disposed. A barrel valve controls the air passage and the mixture passage. The barrel valve has a mixture passage section and an air passage section formed therein. The air passage in at least one position of the barrel valve is closed off at least partially by the barrel valve. The air passage in the at least one position of the barrel valve in which the air passage is at least partially closed off by the barrel valve is connected by a connection within the barrel valve with the mixture passage. An internal combustion engine equipped with such a carburetor exhibits excellent running behavior.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2010Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KGInventor: Markus Zwimpfer
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Patent number: 8162234Abstract: A nozzle arrangement for generating a water jet has a nozzle plate having a nozzle opening. In order for the nozzle arrangement to be able to generate a water jet that provides improved utilization as a light guide also in bodies of water with wave motion and that is constructively simple and producible in an inexpensive way, it has a nozzle sleeve that surrounds the nozzle opening at least partially and is arranged on the nozzle plate and is provided with an inner sleeve wall surface that surrounds a water jet exiting from the nozzle opening at a safety spacing. The safety spacing prevents unwanted contact with the water jet.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2008Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: OASE GmbHInventor: Reinhard Wesselmeier
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Patent number: D660842Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2011Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Erwin Müller GmbHInventor: Georg Kaluza
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Patent number: D660843Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2011Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Erwin Müller GmbHInventor: Georg Kaluza
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Patent number: D660844Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2011Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Erwin Müller GmbHInventor: Georg Kaluza