Patents Assigned to Dr.
  • Process and apparatus for manufacturing metallic hollow bodies with structural bulges
    Patent number: 5964127
    Abstract: For the most distinctive technical application purposes and particularly for forming tubular hollow bodies which require a structural bulge, for instance for employment in heat exchangers where a stronger turbulence of the heat exchanger mediums and with it an improved heat exchange is achieved through structural bulges on the exchanger tube. The manufacture such tubular hollow bodies with structural bulges by means of mechanical arrangements are extremely labor intensive and therefore costly. According to the invention, a magnetic impulse provides a hollow body (2) with the desired structural bulges (7) which correspond to a support core in a shrinking process, or by an expansion process when the support core is removed. The hollow body (2) to be formed is preferably tubular.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Assignee: Magnet-Physik Dr. Steingroever GmbH
    Inventor: Erich Steingroever
  • Optical position measuring device
    Patent number: 5963330
    Abstract: An optical position measuring device, in particular for a drive for precise positioning, is recited, which comprises two drive units which are movable in respect to each other, wherein one of the two drive units has a graduation as an integral component. The latter can be scanned by a scanning unit connected with the other drive unit for generating position-dependent output signals. The graduation is directly or indirectly disposed on a level surface of the drive unit, from which a distance between the two drive units is created in such a way that by the cooperation of the two drive units the generation of a defined relative movement between the two drive units is possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: Dr. Johannes Heidenhain GmbH
    Inventors: Jan Braasch, Christian Callimici, Michael Allgauer
  • O-acyl-4-phenyl-cyclohexanols, their salts, medicaments containing such compounds, and their use, as well as a method of preparing them
    Patent number: 5962507
    Abstract: Compounds that inhibit the enzyme 2,3-epoxysqualene-lanosterol-cyclase and cholesterol biosynthesis, of the formula I ##STR1## wherein n denotes the number 0 or 1, m denotes the number 1 or 2, p denotes the number 0 or 1, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each denote hydrogen, lower alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl, which may optionally also be substituted, or together with the nitrogen atom between the denote 5- to 7-membered saturated, monocyclic or heterocyclic rings which may optionally also be interrupted by an oxygen or sulfur atom or by an imino group, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 denote hydrogen or lower alkyl, R.sup.5 additionally denotes lower alkoxy, R.sup.7 denotes hydrogen, cycloalkyl, phenyl or substituted phenyl, naphthyl, tetrahydronaphthyl, thienyl, furyl or pyridyl and A denotes a chemical bond or alkyl, alkenyl having up to 17 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: Dr. Karl Thomae GmbH
    Inventors: Eberhard Woitun, Roland Maier, Peter Muller, Rudolf Hurnaus, Michael Mark, Bernard Eisele, Ralph-Michael Budzinski, Gerhard Hallermayer
  • Amino acid derivatives, medicaments containing said compounds and methods of producing them
    Patent number: 5962530
    Abstract: The invention relates to new amino acid derivatives of general formula ##STR1## wherein R, U, V, Y, n, m and R.sup.1 to R.sup.3 are defined as in claim 1, their tautomers, diastereomers, enantiomers, mixtures thereof and salts thereof, particularly the physiologically acceptable salts thereof with inorganic or organic acids or bases, which have valuable pharmacological properties, particularly selective NPY-antagonistic properties, pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, the use thereof and processes for preparing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: Dr. Karl Thomae GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfhard Engel, Wolfgang Eberlein, Klaus Rudolf, Henri Doods, Heike-Andrea Wieland, Klaus-Dieter Willim
  • Intake system for an internal-combustion engine
    Patent number: 5957102
    Abstract: An intake system for an internal-combustion engine has an intake pipe with a throttle device, an air flow or air mass sensor and a filter device. In order to improve the quality of the measuring signal of the air flow or air mass sensor and to prevent subsequent signal corrections, a Helmholtz resonator is coupled to the intake pipe in the proximity of the air flow or air mass sensor which is tuned to the resonance frequency occurring during the operation of the internal-combustion engine. By coupling the Helmholtz resonator in the area of the air flow or air mass sensor, fluctuations of the air flow are smoothed in this area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche AG
    Inventor: Juergen Schorn
  • Closure for a passenger car cover
    Patent number: 5957511
    Abstract: A closure for a passenger car cover which is stretched against a stationary frame of a vehicle body, comprises a housing which is arranged on the top side and has an operating element and comprises a swivellable locking hook which interacts with a connecting link mounted on the frame. In its locked position, while having an inconspicuous appearance, the lock does not project with respect to the adjoining top contour in the direction of the passenger compartment. During the opening operation, the operating element takes up a position advantageous for gripping by a user. In the locked position of the lock, a first and a second operating element are arranged in a sunk manner in a recess of the top frame. The two operating elements interact such that the second operating element will be moved into a lowered gripping position only after the operation of the first operating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche AG
    Inventors: Bodo Homann, Wolfgang Moebius, Hans Droste, Reiner Armbruster, Ralf Mertin
  • Substituted phenylamindines, medicaments containing these compounds and process for producing them
    Patent number: 5958952
    Abstract: The present invention relates to phenyl amidines of general formula (I), ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 to R.sup.5 are as defined in claim 1, their tautomers, their stereoisomers and their mixtures and their salts, especially their physiologically acceptable salts with inorganic or organic acids or bases also having valuable pharmacological properties, preferably aggregation-limiting effects, producing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Dr. Karl Thomae GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Himmelsbach, Volkhard Austel, Gunther Linz, Helmut Pieper, Brian Guth, Johannes Weisenberger
  • Air guiding arrangement for cooling vehicle wheel brake
    Patent number: 5954405
    Abstract: An air guiding arrangement for cooling wheel brakes consists of a profiled plastic elastic deflection element which is set against the arriving air flow and which is held on the vehicle side on an axle component, such as a wheel link by way of at least one hook-in connection and which guides the air flow to the brake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche AG
    Inventor: Vilem Toman
  • Magnet field concentrator for shaping metal parts
    Patent number: 5953805
    Abstract: A magnetic field concentrator for shaping metal parts by way of a high magnet impulse, with an opening in the form of a radially split mold, partially formed by a sabot/magnetic field shaping piece, to receive the part to be shaped, wherein the part to be shaped may have terminal end fittings or similar parts with a larger outside dimension than the work receiving opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: Magnet-Physik Dr. Steingroever GmbH
    Inventor: Erich Steingroever
  • Fuel tank for vehicles, particularly passenger cars
    Patent number: 5954367
    Abstract: A fuel tank for vehicles, particularly passenger cars, has a filler neck which, in the area of a connection to the fuel tank, is guided around the upper edge of an adjoining body part or chassis part and penetrates a lateral fuel tank wall, a partial area of the filler neck projecting into the fuel tank interior. So that the maximal filling level of the fuel tank can be lowered under the plane A--A of the adjoining body part or chassis part, and therefore a sufficient expansion volume is ensured, it is provided that the end of the filler neck which projects into the tank interior and a filling ventilation extend below the level A--A defined by the upper edge of the body part or the chassis part, the maximal filling level H being determinable by the highest point of the filling ventilation situated in the tank interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche AG
    Inventors: Dieter Doll, Ulrich Essig
  • Mounting device for roof racks on motor vehicles, especially automobiles
    Patent number: 5954251
    Abstract: A mounting device for roof racks on motor vehicles, especially automobiles, includes mounting elements located in longitudinal roof channels in which the endwise supporting parts of the roof racks can be secured. Each mounting element is formed by a base plate that rests on the bottom of the roof channel and is fastened thereto, on which plate at least one threaded section is formed for screwing in a mounting bolt for the supporting part. In order for high roof loads to be carried by the mounting device and readily conducted into the fixed body, on the underside of an upright rib of the supporting part, at least one supporting surface is provided that forms a sloping plane relative to the screwing direction in the transverse direction of the vehicle. The supporting surface abuts a corresponding supporting surface of the base plate that extends in the same direction and projects upward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche AG
    Inventors: Andreas Tress, Jan Roth
  • Method for joining a metal foil with a foil of a synthetic material
    Patent number: 5951801
    Abstract: The method for joining a metal foil with a synthetic material foil comprises unwinding both materials from a supply roll each, and subjecting the synthetics foil, prior to the application of an adhesive, to a corona discharge on a narrow border region. The metal foil and the synthetic material foil are then pressed together and irradiated by ultraviolet radiation causing polymerization of the adhesive. The composite foil material thus obtained is transferred to a further processing station. There the dental matrix can be punched out of such a composite sheet material, having a high tensile strength, whose metal portion can easily be inserted between two adjacent teeth whereas the transparent synthetic material part allows light curing of the dental filling material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Hawe Neos Dental DR. H. v. Weissenfluh AG
    Inventors: Beat A. v. Weissenfluh, Beat Kilcher
  • Valve gear of an internal-combustion engine
    Patent number: 5950583
    Abstract: An internal-combustion engine valve gear has at least two adjacent stroke transmitting elements which, by way of a hydraulically displaceable coupling element, in a coupled position can be displaced with respect to one another and, in the uncoupled position, can be displaced independently of one another. The stroke transmitting elements interact with the cam of a camshaft having different cam paths which interact with different stroke courses with the stroke transmitting elements. In order to avoid undefined switching conditions in the operation of the internal-combustion engine and, during each switching operation have sufficient time for the displacement of the coupling element, this coupling element interacts with a locking element which locks and unlocks the coupling element as a function of the cam path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. H.C.F. Porsche AG
    Inventors: Dieter Kraxner, Dietmar Schwarzenthal, Joachim Gruenberger
  • Apparatus for packing articles
    Patent number: 5950404
    Abstract: An apparatus for packing articles contains successively in a conveying direction a feed station, where the articles to be packed are fed into the installation, a station for opening the pack and a station for sealing the filled pack. The two stations, optionally also a compressing station, are successively located on rails, to which they can be fixed in random positions. Consequently it is possible to modify the mutual spacings of the stations and the absolute positions of the stations. This makes it possible to adapt the apparatus to different pack sizes, different articles to be packed and further differing circumstances, whilst still allowing short conveying paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: OPTIMA-Maschinenfabrik Dr. Buhler GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Erich Meyer, Andreas Rothbauer, Dietmar Schmetzer
  • Restraint for a drive assembly of a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 5947223
    Abstract: A restraint for a drive assembly, especially for a mid-engine of a motor vehicle, uses a cable restraint that is connected with a member of the body structure as well as a housing of the drive assembly. The cable restraint is designed as a loop and is fastened by its two free ends using a clamping device in a cross member of the vehicle body structure, and a loop arc of the cable can be placed in a holder that is connected with a crankcase of the drive assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche AG
    Inventor: Rolf Rebmann
  • Floor assembly for a passenger car and method of making same
    Patent number: 5944377
    Abstract: A floor assembly for a passenger car includes a double-walled floor provided with local reinforcements between laterally external side members and a center tunnel. To reduce the cost of manufacturing and assembly of the floor assembly, the double-walled floor on the driver and passenger sides is formed by at least one hollow member manufactured by the internal high-pressure shaping method. The respective hollow members abut the associated laterally external side member and the center tunnel and are permanently connected therewith. The reinforcements are formed by wall sections of the respective hollow body that are adjacent to one another areawise and are opposite one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche AG
    Inventor: Josip Vlahovic
  • Instrument panel for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: D413294
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche AG
    Inventor: Harm M. Lagaay
  • Set of instrument panel plates
    Patent number: D413295
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche AG
    Inventor: Ulrich Sauter
  • Lower side molding of an automobile
    Patent number: D413561
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche AG
    Inventors: Matthias Kulla, Otto Geffert
  • Wrist watch
    Patent number: D415042
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche AG
    Inventor: Petra Fichter