Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Klaus J. Bach
  • Method of shutting down an internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 7527580
    Abstract: In a method of shutting down an internal combustion engine, the shutdown of the internal combustion engine is executed upon initiation of the shut-down procedure starting from a defined operating condition which is selected in such a way that a desired rest position of the crankshaft is achieved from which the engine can be rapidly restarted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventor: Normann Freisinger
  • Toroidal power transmission
    Patent number: 7524262
    Abstract: In a toroidal transmission, wherein power transmission rollers are supported rotatably on pivotable support brackets, the pivot movement of adjacent support brackets is coupled via driver elements which are mounted to the support brackets for pivoting therewith and are arranged axially adjacent to one another and formed by a single component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Jürgen Bassler, Steffen Henzler, Dinh Cong Nguyen
  • Implant part for a dental implant
    Patent number: 7524188
    Abstract: In a dental implant comprising a mounting post, a crown supported on the mounting post and a spring element supported between the mounting post and the crown so that the crown is movable within limits in axial direction relative to the mounting post against the force of the spring element, the crown is a single part and connected to the mounting post by a form locking connection while the spring element is effective directly between the mounting post and the crown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Paraplant 2000 OHG
    Inventor: Thomas Laux
  • Internal combustion engine with cooling system and exhaust gas recirculation system
    Patent number: 7516737
    Abstract: In an internal combustion engine with a cooling system and an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system including an EGR heat exchanger with a coolant inlet opening connected to a coolant outlet opening of the engine for receiving coolant therefrom and the engine including a coolant collecting rail mounted directly to the engine and having a coolant inlet opening connected to the EGR heat exchanger and at least one other coolant inlet opening in communication directly with at least one other coolant outlet opening of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Victor Cerabone, Harald Gieb, Michael Hoffmann, Walter Kerschbaum, Eberhard Schneider, Gotz von Esebeck
  • Air supply device for an internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 7513107
    Abstract: In a secondary air supply device comprising a turbine and a compressor with turbine and compressor wheels having blades which are covered by wheel covers and an air filter structure disposed between the turbine and compressor wheels, so that air is supplied to the compressor and to the turbine from a common filter structure disposed between the compressor and the turbine wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Daimler AG.
    Inventors: Hans-Georg Lehmann, Martin Schlegl, Holger Stark
  • Modular apparatus holder with multipurpose intermediate support member for supporting minicomputers, cell phones and similar apparatus
    Patent number: 7515709
    Abstract: In a modular holder for supporting an apparatus or instrument such as a minicomputer or a cell phone, comprising a support member with a support head and an apparatus holder supported thereby, an intermediate box is releasably mounted with one side thereof by an engagement structure onto the support head and the apparatus holder is releasably mounted by an identical engagement structure onto another side of the intermediate box and the intermediate box includes at least a loud-speaker for transmitting sound generated by an apparatus engaged by the apparatus holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Inventor: Harald Richter
  • Exhaust gas turbocharger for a reciprocating internal combustion engine and corresponding reciprocating internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 7513114
    Abstract: In an exhaust gas turbocharger for a reciprocating internal combustion engine comprising an exhaust gas turbine in the exhaust line and a compressor in the inlet line of the engine, the exhaust gas turbine has two exhaust gas flow passages, by way of which exhaust gas is fed to the turbine rotor, the ratio of the turbine rotor diameter to the compressor wheel diameter being set by a function, which is dependent on the displacement volume of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Siegfried Sumser, Wolfram Schmid, Helmut Finger
  • Door with integrated stopper
    Patent number: 7513542
    Abstract: In a door panel with an integrated door stopper disposed in a door rabbet wherein the door stopper comprises a stopper bolt movably disposed in the rabbet and a compression spring for biasing the door stopper in frictional contact with an underlying floor and an operating mechanism disposed in the door panel and including an operating member movable between two rest positions and connected to the stopper bolt for moving the stopper bolt out of contact with the under laying floor against the force of the compression spring, the operating structure for the stopper bolt extends from a housing accommodating the operating structure in such a way that no space is needed adjacent the side walls of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Inventor: Hermann Schumm
  • High gradient magnetic separator
    Patent number: 7506765
    Abstract: In a high-gradient magnetic separator for the selective separation of magnetic particles from a suspension which is conducted through a matrix of plate-like separation structures of a magnetic material which are disposed in a magnetic field and through which the suspension is conducted, alternate plates of the separation structures are movable relative to the other plates which are stationary and are all mounted on a carrier by which they can be moved relative to the stationary plates at least during cleaning of the plates for the removal of magnetic particles collected on the plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Franzreb, Christian Reichert
  • System for generating a local electron-cyclotron microwave low-pressure plasma at a predetermined location within a processing chamber
    Patent number: 7506609
    Abstract: In an arrangement for generating a local electron-cyclotron-microwave-low pressure plasma at a certain location within a gas-filled process chamber, a microwave supply means providing a microwave beam and a plasma localization unit generating a magnetic field are provided such that the magnetic field and the microwave beam intersect each other in the process chamber. The microwaves are uncoupled onto a concave reflection structure from the focal point thereof so that the microwave beam generated is essentially parallel. An arrangement for generating a magnetic field is movable along the microwave beam axis so that a cross volume between the microwave beam and the magnetic field can be moved along the beam axis whereby the conditions for electron cyclotron resonance are adjustable by displacement of the magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH
    Inventors: Sven Ulrich, Michael Stüber, Harald Leiste, Lorenz Niederberger, Konrad Sell, Martina Lattemann, Roland Loos
  • Internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 7506631
    Abstract: In an internal combustion engine having at least one cylinder with a combustion chamber formed between a piston and a cylinder head, inlet and outlet ducts formed in the cylinder head, a fuel injector arranged in the cylinder head into for forming a hollow fuel cone in the combustion chamber and a spark plug arranged such that, during The injection of fuel, the electrodes of the spark plug are outside the injected hollow fuel cone, the spark plug and the fuel injector are positioned in such a way that a first distance (C) is provided between an injector axis and a free end of the central electrode of the spark plug, and the cylinder bore has a diameter (D), with a ratio (C/D) of the first distance (C) and a bore diameter (D) being in a range of 0.1 to 0.19, in particular 0.13 to 0.17.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Frank Altenschmidt, Dietmer Bertsch, Michael Dohn, Uwe Schaupp, Dirk Voigtlaender
  • Compressor in an exhaust gas turbocharger of an internal combustion engine and method for operating the compressor
    Patent number: 7506508
    Abstract: In a compressor of an exhaust gas turbocharger for an internal combustion engine including a compressor wheel which is rotatably mounted in a compressor inlet duct and an auxiliary rotor wheel arranged so as to be movable axially between a coupled position in engagement with the compressor wheel and a decoupled position, disengaged from the compressor wheel, an adjustable guide vane structure is provided which is movable by an adjusting element together with the auxiliary rotor wheel and a contoured flow control ring for controlling the combustion air flow to the compressor wheel and to the auxiliary rotor wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Siegfried Sumser, Peter Fledersbacher, Klaus Roessler
  • Double-layer hollow membrane for bio-reactor applications
    Patent number: 7485249
    Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a double-layer membrane of different polymers or polymer mixtures with opposite blood-compatible and tissue-compatible surfaces, a first polymer solution of a blood-compatible polymer and a second solution of a tissue-compatible polymer are extruded concurrently in layered form through a nozzle into a coagulation bath so as to form a double layer membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: GKSS Forschungszentrum Geesthacht GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Albrecht, Dieter Paul, Roland Hilke, Barbara Seifert, Thomas Weigel, Thomas Groth
  • Electronic instrument support structure
    Patent number: D586795
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Inventor: Herbert Richter
  • Operating/display panel
    Patent number: D589829
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Inventio AG
    Inventor: Tobias Friedli
  • Operating/display panel
    Patent number: D589830
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Inventio AG
    Inventor: Tobias Friedli
  • Operating/display panel
    Patent number: D589831
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Inventio AG
    Inventor: Tobias Friedli
  • Apparatus support device holder
    Patent number: D590834
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Inventor: Harald Richter
  • Apparatus support device holder
    Patent number: D590835
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Inventor: Harald Richter
  • Apparatus support device holder
    Patent number: D591755
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Inventor: Harald Richter