Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Henry M. Feiereisen
  • Patent number: 7915777
    Abstract: The invention relates to a ring coil motor (1, 20) with a primary part (3, 21) and a secondary part (2, 22), wherein the primary part (3, 21) has a ring coil (6, 25) and permanent magnets (9, 27).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Rolf Vollmer
  • Patent number: 7915769
    Abstract: A primary part of a linear electrical machine includes a first member for production of a first magnetic field, a second member for production of a second magnetic field. The first member and the second member are arranged to realize a superimposition of the first magnetic field with the second magnetic field. Arranged on at least one end face of the primary part is a flux-guiding element to reduce a force ripple. The flux-guiding element is constructed in the form of an end tooth module having at least one permanent magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Zeljko Jajtic
  • Patent number: 7908980
    Abstract: A pallet for a pallet container for storing and for transporting liquid contents has an upper deck made of profiled sheet steel and a substructure having a plurality of plastic feet or runners. The pallet is grounded electrically. In order to ensure a reliable electrical discharge (electrical grounding) of, for example, electrostatic charging, accompanied by the properties of a high resistance to mechanical loading, fewer than half the plastic feet or runners are made of plastic material which is electrically conductive and more than half the plastic feet or runners are made of plastic material which is not electrically conductive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Mauser-Werke GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus-Peter Schmidt, Detlev Weyrauch, Dietmar Przytulla, Ernst Wurzer
  • Patent number: 7902471
    Abstract: A switching instrument, in particular circuit breaker and/or ground fault circuit interrupter, includes a switch lever for manual closing and/or opening of switching contacts, and a tripping unit for automatically separating the switching contacts. The switch lever has an actuating projection and a separate grip which is attached onto the actuating projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Moeller Gebäudeautomation GmbH
    Inventor: Ernst Hammermayer
  • Patent number: 7902785
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for guiding the displacement of a displaceable machine element (18) in a machine, comprising the following steps: a) specification of a guide target variable (xtarg) that describes the desired displacement operation of the machine element (18); b) determination of a pilot actual variable (Mpilot) and/or a guide actual variable (xact) from the guide target variable (xtarg) using a model (2), said model (2) comprising a path model (3), which simulates the dynamic behaviour of the elements (16, 18) involved in the displacement. The invention also relates to a device that corresponds to the method. The invention permits the optimised guidance of the displacement of a displaceable machine element (18) in a machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Joachim Denk, Klaus Geissdörfer, Jens Hamann, Elmar Schäfers, Bernd Wedel
  • Patent number: 7901127
    Abstract: The drive device (1) is intended for a machine for the plasticization and injection of synthetic material. It comprises a main drive (2) drivable in a first and a second direction of rotation and having a hollow shaft (6) rotatable about an axis of rotation (4). An axially bipartite inner reception region (7) having a first part region (8) and a second part region (9) is formed by the hollow shaft (6). Rotation transmission means (10, 14), arranged at least partially in the first part region (8), are provided for the transmission of a rotational movement of the hollow shaft (6) solely in a first direction of rotation to an extruder worm (16) rotatable about the axis of rotation (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Axel Knauff, Holger Schunk
  • Patent number: 7897223
    Abstract: A pallet container includes a bottom pallet, a lattice frame, and a multilayer inner container made of thermoplastic material by a blow-molding technique and received in the lattice frame, for storing and transporting liquid fill material. The inner container has an exterior layer which is configured to be incapable of permanently retaining an electrostatic charge by allowing electric charges to be drained. The exterior layer contains an antistatic compound and has a layer thickness which does not or only insubstantially change a transparency or translucency of the exterior layer, allowing easy optical detection of a fill level of the liquid fill material in the container. The exterior layer includes a fusible, easily stretchable thermoplastic material (polymer). At least one of a center layer and an interior layer of the multilayer container includes a cold-impact-resistant HDPE material (High Density Polyethylene) with a high molecular weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Mauser-Werke GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhard Schubbach, Klaus Peter Schmidt
  • Patent number: 7896412
    Abstract: A crash box for placement between a bumper beam and a side rail of a motor vehicle includes a longitudinal profile made of two U-shaped shells having overlapping ends sized to realize a material doubling for increasing side stiffness and to suit the side stiffness to a load level. A flange plate is provided on a side-rail-proximal end of the longitudinal profile and has an opening for passage of the longitudinal profile. The side-rail-proximal end of the longitudinal profile is configured with a collar which is turned outwards. The collar rests against the flange plate and is joined with the flange plate. In the event of a collision, the longitudinal profile of the crash box is moved into the side rail as the longitudinal profile folds into the side rail starting from the flange plate, while the side-rail-proximal end of the longitudinal profile remains secured to the flange plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Hui Wang, Mirko Paare, Christian Handing
  • Patent number: 7891112
    Abstract: The invention relates to a guiding device (3) for guiding a displaceable machine element (1) of a machine. Said guiding device (3) in connected in a mechanically fixed manner to a machine bed (4). A material measure (6) is arranged along at least one part of the guiding device (3) in order to determine a position of the machine element (1). The guiding device (3) and the material measure (6) can be displaced in relation to each other and at least one part of the material measure (6) is in contact with the guiding device (3) either directly or via a bearing (9). The inventive guiding device (3) enables the displaceable machine elements to be positioned in a precise manner even when the machine bed (4) is vibrated. The invention also relates to a machine comprising said type of guiding device (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gerhard Forster, Jens Hamann, Dietmar Stoiber
  • Patent number: 7891439
    Abstract: In a method for multistage manufacture of a borehole between two earth shafts, a drilling device drills in a first direction a pilot bore between a starting shaft and an end shaft and lines the pilot bore with pipes. Subsequently, the pilot bore is expanded in a second direction opposite to the first direction to form an expansion bore which is simultaneously lined with pipes, while accumulating soil is transported into the end shaft in opposition to the second direction with the aid of a screw conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Tracto-Technik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Andrea Julia Ewald
  • Patent number: 7893569
    Abstract: A linear electric motor including a primary part having a flux guiding element on the end faces of the primary part, a three-phase winding on the primary part that produces a first magnetic field and a permanent magnet on each end face that produces a second magnetic field that is superimposed on the first field to reduce force ripple is disclosed. The primary part has tooth modules and also end-tooth modules. The end-tooth modules have no winding, are located on the end face, and are smaller in volume than and shaped differently from the tooth modules. The primary part is separated from a secondary part by an air gap, and the end-tooth modules are separated from the secondary part by an additional air gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Zeljko Jajtic, Gerhard Matscheko, Christian Volmert
  • Patent number: 7893331
    Abstract: A music string (1), in particular for bowing and/or plucking instruments, wherein the music string (1) has at least one core (2) including at least a first core element (3), and wherein the music string (1) has at least one wrap (4), which is arranged around the first core (2), in particular in a helicoid manner. In order to adapt the characteristics of a stringed musical instrument to changed circumstances and/or in order to avoid problems of a stringed musical instrument without having to keep a great number of different music strings in stock, it is proposed that the music string (1) has first means (5) to change its vibration and/or sound and/or handling characteristics in a predefined manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Thomastik-Infeld Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventor: Franz Klanner
  • Patent number: 7893573
    Abstract: The invention relates to a drive system having at least one electrical direct drive and at least one bearing module, wherein the bearing module has a radial bearing and/or an axial bearing, and wherein the electrical direct drive and the bearing module have a cooling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christian Markert, Markus Oestreich, Arnold Scheer
  • Patent number: 7887320
    Abstract: An auxiliary device and a method for finishing and calibrating preforms that are removed from a multiple tool in an unstable shape, the calibration process being performed with compressed air immediately after removing and withdrawing the preforms from the multiple tool. Nipples that can be inserted into the preforms are provided with expandable press rings or sealing rings in order to seal the interior of the blow-molded part of the preforms. The compressed air is introduced via the nipples, the sealing process being performed by radially expanding the press rings or sealing rings in analogy to the closing process of thermoses, thus protecting the preforms from adverse forces. The sealing point can be randomly selected in the transition zone from the threaded part to the blow-molded part of the preforms. The interior of the blow-molded part is optimally sealed without affecting the form stability and dimensional stability of the preforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Netstal-Maschinen AG
    Inventor: Stefan Bock
  • Patent number: 7889036
    Abstract: The invention relates to a universally-applicable, detachable magnetic catch, suitable, for example, for the closing and opening of containers of for fixing or releasing an object, whereby each magnet (3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 16, 19, 21) is held with a positive fit in the recess (15, 18, 21) of a holder (11, 12, 14, 17, 20). One of said holders may be displaced by means of an operating device (5, 13) such that the magnetic poles of the magnets oppose each other to be either attracting or repelling. Each magnet has an upper side, an underside, parallel to the above and a circumferential surface at an angle of 90 DEG to the upper and underside. The upperside and the underside of the magnet are a non-symmetrical planar surface and the recess of the holder has a horizontal cross-sectional surface, identical to the non-symmetrical form of the upperside and the underside such that the magnet may only be introduced into the corresponding recess with the poles in a functional alignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Inventor: Joachim Fiedler
  • Patent number: 7878045
    Abstract: Device for determining the density of a plasma, with of a probe (1) which can be immersed into the plasma, with a probe head (2) in form of a three-axis ellipsoid, and a handle (3) connected to the probe head (2), wherein the probe head (2) has a sheath (4) and a probe core (5, 5a) surrounded by the sheath (4), wherein the surface (8) of the probe core (5, 5a) has electrode areas (9, 10) of opposite polarity which are insulated from each other. The probe core consists of electrodes (6, 7), to which a signal is applied. The absorption of that signal is measured and evaluated as a function of the frequency. Based on a multipole expansion, a mathematical model is constructed with which the absorption spectrum of the probe can be unambiguously evaluated. For a particular design of the probe, the response can be restricted to a single resonance, from which the electron density of the plasma (to be inferred from the resonance frequency) can be found by an unambiguous evaluation algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Inventor: Ralf-Peter Brinkmann
  • Patent number: 7877939
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fastening means for preferably fastening a glass pane (12) in a frame structure made of wood or plastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Inventor: Friedrich Knapp
  • Patent number: 7878066
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vibration measurement system for frequency-selective oscillation measurement in particular of low frequencies as are relevant in the field of automation and drive technology. The invention proposes coupling a broadband transmitter structure, which is excited directly by the excitation signal to be determined, via an electrostatic or inductive force to a receiver structure. This force coupling results in amplitude modulation of a carrier signal exciting the receiver structure. The actual excitation signal can be extracted from the spectrum of the amplitude-modulated carrier signal, for example by suitably selecting the frequency of the carrier signal. In order to make an oscillation analysis possible which is as unsusceptible to interference possible, an interference signal brought about, for example, by connector excitations is largely eliminated in advance from the amplitude-modulated carrier signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dirk Scheibner, Jens Makuth
  • Patent number: 7880436
    Abstract: An energy management system for a transport device, in particular for a motor vehicle running on fuel and electricity, includes an energy source, an intermediate energy store and an electric energy consumer, in particular an electric drive. Control and/or regulation of the provision of energy, which is dependent on information relating to future energy requirements and supplied by means of at least one part of the transport device, can be carried out by the energy management system by means of the intermediate energy store and/or the energy requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gerhard Fischer, Maarten Holland
  • Patent number: D635523
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jan Andersson, Darren Eagle, Joachim Feld, Matthew Stevens