Patents Assigned to GmbH & Co. KG
  • Floor-cleaning appliance
    Patent number: 8006341
    Abstract: The invention relates to a floor-cleaning appliance having a housing, on the underside of which is disposed at least one floor-cleaning tool adapted to be driven in rotation or oscillation, wherein the floor-cleaning appliance, for the purpose of cleaning a floor surface, can be guided manually by the user in an operating direction along the floor surface. In order to develop the floor-cleaning appliance such that it can be transported in a simple manner, it is proposed according to the invention that the floor-cleaning appliance has transporting wheels which are adapted to be rotatably fixed by the user, for the purpose of transporting the floor-cleaning appliance, on wheel bearings disposed on the side of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Alfred Kaercher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Juergen Merz, Melanie Beer
  • Fixing device and method for producing the same
    Patent number: 8007891
    Abstract: A fixing device secures components, such as fan devices, heating devices and other air-conditioning devices, to padding foams of vehicle seats. A method produces the fixing device. The component has at least one adhesive fastening part (22) which, together with at least one corresponding adhesive fastening part (24) connected to the padding foam (12), forms a releasable adhesive fastening with which the component is held in a fixed manner in contact with the padding foam (12). The adhesive fastening formed then provides a releasable connection between the component and the foam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Gottlieb Binder GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Konstantinos Poulakis
  • Device for variably adjusting the control times of gas exchange valves of an internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 8006660
    Abstract: A device (10) for variably adjusting control times of gas exchange valves (9a, 9b) of an internal combustion engine (1) is provided, having an external rotor (22) and an internal rotor (23) that is arranged such that it can rotate in relation to the external rotor. One of the components is drivingly connected to the crankshaft (2) and the other component is drivingly connected to the camshaft (6, 7). At least one pressure chamber (33) is provided and each of the pressure chambers (33) is divided into two counter-working pressure chambers (35, 36). One of the pressure chambers (35, 36) of each pressure chamber (33) acts as an advance chamber and the other pressure chamber (35, 36) as a trailing chamber. At least two rotation angle limiting devices (42, 43) are provided, each of the rotation angle limiting devices (42, 43) being able to assume an unlocked state and locking state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Strauss, Michael Busse
  • Lamp holder
    Patent number: 8007300
    Abstract: A bipin fluorescent-lamp holder has a housing formed with an outwardly open housing mouth and a rotor rotatable in the housing adjacent the mouth about an axis and having a diametrally throughgoing rotor slot. The rotor is rotatable between an installation position with the rotor slot aligned with the slot and an angularly offset contact position with the slot not aligned with the mouth. The rotor and housing are so dimensioned as to receive the pins extending parallel to the axis and to move the pins in a circular orbit centered on the axis on rotation of the rotor in the housing, and contacts in the housing diametrally flanking the axis each having a main part lying outside the orbit and a contact part engageable into the orbit. The contacts pins are aligned with the slot and project into ends of the slot and into engagement with the pins only in the contact position of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: BJB GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Karl-Wilhelm Vogt, Hartmut Greschner, Markus Nasse
  • Touch fastener
    Patent number: 8007892
    Abstract: A touch fastener has a plurality of interspaced bonding elements arranged on a backing. Each element has a head (12) connected to the backing by a stem (14). To allow the head (12) to always remain fastened to a body in the immediate vicinity, even if the backing is axially displaced over a predeterminable distance on a plane extending parallel to the body, the head (12) has a disc with a diameter greater than the diameter at any point on the stem (14). The stem is conical and connected to the disk in an articulated manner by an articulated part (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Gottlieb Binder GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Jan Tuma
  • Medical instrument with laterally displaceable seal
    Patent number: 8007471
    Abstract: A medical instrument has a cannula, a seal disposed in said cannula, said seal has an opening for guiding a shaft of another instrument through said seal in a sealed manner. An expansion device serves for expanding said opening in said seal. Said expansion device has an expansion cone comprising a plurality of slats mounted pivotably on an annular body at a first end, a second end of said slots opposite to said first end being connected to said seal in an area of said opening. A flexible casing structure is provided accommodating said seal and said expansion device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Sauer, Elmar Teichtmann
  • System and method for performing arthroplasty of a joint and tracking a plumb line plane
    Patent number: 8007448
    Abstract: A method of performing an arthroplasty of a ball and socket joint with a surgical navigation system includes the step of digitizing landmarks to provide geometrical parameters of the joint and a limb depending there from, including digitizing aspects of a socket region of the ball and socket joint. A range of motion parameter is determined. A soft tissue tension parameter is determined. A functional goal is computed based on landmark data, the range of motion parameter, the soft tissue tension parameter, and a database of potential implants. An optimal socket position is solved for to minimize impingement of potential implants. An implant is chosen based on the optimal socket position and the functional goal. The joint is prepared to receive the chosen implant. The chosen implant is installed into the joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Stryker Leibinger GmbH & Co. KG.
    Inventor: Jose Luis Moctezuma de La Barrera
  • Method for assigning addresses to nodes of a bus system, and installation
    Patent number: 8010714
    Abstract: A method for assigning addresses to nodes of a bus system, and installation, bus nodes being furnished with an identical delivery address, where (i) an assigning entity, particularly a central computer, start-up computer or bus node sends information to the delivery address via the bus system, (ii) the information includes a first address, (iii) an action is performed whose effect is detected by a first bus node, (iv) the first bus node accepts the first address, (v) the first bus node sends a response to the assigning entity, and (vi) steps (i) through (v) are repeated, each time with a further address for a further bus node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Sew-Eurodrive GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Olaf Simon
  • Packaging system for detonating cords for X-ray examination and safe shipping
    Patent number: 8009801
    Abstract: The invention relates to a packaging for a detonation cord (1) that is used especially for igniting shaped charge perforators in perforation guns utilized in the oil and natural gas industry. According to the invention, the detonation cord (1) is wound on one plane as a flat coil. Also disclosed is a method for examining whether a detonation cord (1) has faulty points. Said method is characterized in that the detonation cord (1) is subjected to an x-ray examination in the packaging before being delivered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Dynaenergetics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rolf Rospek, Malte Veehmayer, Dimitri Riesen
  • Card reader with locking device
    Patent number: 8006907
    Abstract: In accordance with the invention, in a card reader comprising a pivot arm that engages behind an inserted card, a locking element that can be displaced in the insertion direction of the card and, in a locking position, blocks a pivoting motion of the pivot arm out of the engaging pivot position, a toothed wheel which is driven by a pinion and on which the locking element eccentrically engages, and at least one stop face that cooperates with the card reader for limiting the rotation of the toothed wheel, the at least one stop face is provided on the pinion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: ddm hopt +schuler GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Juergen Hopt, Karl-Rudolf Hopt
  • Machine tool for processing tooth formations of workpieces
    Patent number: 8006359
    Abstract: A machine tool for processing tooth formations of workpieces, includes a rotary holder which can be rotated about a main axis A, two workpiece spindles which are arranged on the rotary holder, with the workpiece spindles having spindle axes (Sa, Sb) which are orientated parallel with the main axis A, in particular with the workpiece spindles being arranged symmetrically about the main axis A, and a tool holder for a tool for processing a workpiece on one of the workpiece spindles, is characterized in that the main axis A of the rotary holder extends horizontally. With this machine tool, contamination of the rotary holder and tool spindles by removed chips can be reduced and the structural complexity for a relative feed movement of the tool with respect to the workpiece parallel with the spindle axes can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Felsomat GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Helmut Jaeger
  • Microwave autoclave
    Patent number: 8008608
    Abstract: An autoclave for pressure and temperature treatment of objects includes a pressure container having a pressure resistant wall which encloses a pressure chamber for receiving the objects to be treated, the pressure chamber having a free inner diameter of at least 1.5 m; and a heat source for heating the objects received in the pressure chamber, the heat source including a plurality of microwave sources irradiating microwave radiation, which are arranged outside the pressure container. The microwave sources are distributed over the pressure resistant wall at an areal density of at least 4 microwave sources per square meter surface area of the pressure resistant wall; and the microwave radiation irradiated by the microwave sources is coupled through the pressure resistant wall into the pressure chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignees: Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt E.V. (DRL E.V.), Maschinenbau Scholz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Meyer, Burkhard Binder, Martin Graeber
  • Electric motor and method for manufacturing an electric motor
    Patent number: 8008832
    Abstract: An electric motor, includes a stator, which is composed at least of stamp-packed tooth segments, the tooth segments being able to be slid together radially in the manufacture and being able to be held together by retaining elements slid on axially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Sew-Eurodrive GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Stephan Rhode
  • Dispenser cap for pressurised fluids
    Patent number: 8006868
    Abstract: A valve actuator for a valved container containing a pressurized fluid, the actuator comprising a mounting to attach the actuator to the container, and characterized by a post-expansion chamber in communication with the outlet of the actuator in which residual fluid remaining in the outlet after use can expand, and a separate suction chamber in communication with the outlet conduit via a suction opening to suck residual fluid back toward the expansion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Christoph Geiberger, Hans Kraemer
  • Chip sorting device
    Patent number: 8006847
    Abstract: A casino chip sorting device may comprise a transport disc, a drive, an ejector, a cam, and a blade. The drive may be operably coupled to the transport disc, for rotating the transport disc, and the transport disc may have multiple recesses for collecting individual chips. The ejector may be extendable into a recess from beneath the transport disc to move a disc that is in the recess and the cam may be selectively rotatable by the drive to push the ejector into the recess. The blade may have an upper surface positioned to receive a casino chip moved by the ejector. Additionally, a processor associated with the casino chip sorting device may be programmed to recognize a jam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Shuffle Master GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Ernst Blaha, Peter Krenn
  • Treatment of colorectal polyps with imidazoquinoline derivatives
    Patent number: 8008319
    Abstract: The invention relates to treating colorectal polyps and precancercerous colorectal changes by topical administration of immunomodulating drugs of the imidazoquinoline family, such as imiquimod (1-(2-methylpropyl)-1H-imidazo[4,5-c]quinolin-4-amine), resiquimod (4-amino-?,?-dimethyl-2-ethoxymethyl-1H-imidazo[4,5-c]quinoline-1-ethanol), sotirimod (2-methyl-1-(2-methylpropyl)-1H-imidazo[4,5-c][1,5]naphthyridin-4-amine).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Meda Pharma GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Joachim Maus, Istvan Szelenyi, Ursula Petzold
  • Method for preparing tiotropium salts
    Patent number: 8008495
    Abstract: The invention relates to a new process for preparing tiotropium salts of general formula 1 wherein X? may have the meanings given in the claims and in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ralf Lock, Werner Belzer, Rainer Hamm, Monika Hofmann
  • Exhaust system for an internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 8006487
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an exhaust system for an internal combustion engine, in particular in a motor vehicle, comprising an exhaust line in which an exhaust treatment device, in particular an oxidation catalyst or a particulate filter is arranged for treating the exhaust gases coming from the internal combustion engine. It is essential to this invention that a device for heating the exhaust gases in the exhaust line is arranged upstream from the exhaust treatment device and is connected to a fuel supply and an air supply, the latter producing primary air and secondary air, and the device has a pre-oxidation zone a downstream post-oxidation zone, such that the pre-oxidation zone is connected to the fuel supply for its supply of liquid fuel and is connected to the air supply for its supply of primary air, while the post-oxidation zone is connected to the air supply for its supply of secondary air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: J. Eberspaecher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Gerd Gaiser
  • Headphones
    Patent number: D644213
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Bernard Peng Koon Quek
  • Fan
    Patent number: D644315
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Ebm-Papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Katrin Bohl, Marc Schneider, Jürgen Schöne, Reinhard Strohmeier, Christian Haag, Erhard Gruber, Christian Hammel