Patents Assigned to GmbH & Co. KG
  • Process for manufacturing brochures and device for performing the process
    Patent number: 6602175
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing brochures, books or like products, having a jacket constructed with turned-in flaps, the folded edges of the flaps preferably protruding beyond the front cut of the block or terminating flush with the latter in which (a) leaves or folded sheets are gathered in a gathering machine (3) to form a block (1), (b) the block (1) is fed to a first cutting station (A) and trimmed on the front side (1a) and (c) then is transferred into an adhesive binding machine (4) in which the leaves or folded sheets are joined by the application of an adhesive, (d) the block (1) is cased into a jacket and (e) the block (1), provided with a jacket, is fed to a second cutting station (B) where the product (2) is trimmed at the top and bottom sides (2a, 2b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Kolbus GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Thomas Zahn
  • Method for retarder control and control apparatus for the same
    Patent number: 6601925
    Abstract: A method for filing a retarder with an operating fluid through a valve connected to a fluid reservoir having air pressure Pv and conveying an operating fluid with an actuating pressure Py in the retarder. The method comprises: after starting the retarder during a first time interval T1, an overshoot actuating pressure Py(U) lying above nominal pressure PyNENN for the nominal braking torque to be regulated is adjusted. In a second time interval T2, overshoot actuating pressure Py(U) is reduced to a nominal pressure PyNENN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Voith Turbo GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jürgen Betz, Roland Scherer, Klaus Vogelsang
  • Diversity antenna on a dielectric surface in a motor vehicle body
    Patent number: 6603434
    Abstract: A diversity antenna for the meter and decimeter wave ranges installed on a conductively framed dielectric surface in the body of a motor vehicle and substantially assembled from rectangular part surfaces, for example in a roof cutout or trunk with a dielectric trunk lid. A substantially wire-shaped antenna conductor is installed parallel with the conductive frame and spaced from a part thereof of the dielectric surface less than one fourth of the width of the dielectric surface. The wire-shaped antenna conductor has an interruption site which define a pair of antenna connection terminals. A two-pole, electronically controllable impedance network is incorporated in series in at least one additional interruption site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Fura Automotive GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Heinz Lindenmeier, Jochen Hopf, Leopold Reiter
  • Tool for deep rolling grooves of crankshaft journals or crank pins
    Patent number: 6601424
    Abstract: A tool is provided having two deep rolling work rollers (2) made of a hard material which, for the deep rolling of grooves in crankshaft journals or crank pins, are arranged at a first mutual distance that corresponds to the specific width of the journals. Each of the work rollers (2) is supported to float in a pocket-shaped recess (14) provided in a cage (4), in accordance with the first distance. The cage (4) consists of a material which, compared to the material of the work rollers (2), has a lower degree of hardness but superior sliding characteristics. The cage (4) is located at the extreme end of the long leg (5) of an L-shaped tool holder (6), and has a second distance (8) to a second cage for support of the same work rollers (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Hegenscheidt-MFD GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Siegfried Bagusche
  • Process for forming and for the further processing of small stacks of sheet material
    Patent number: 6601490
    Abstract: A process for forming small stacks from an initial stack of sheet material by cutting includes providing a single guillotine cutter machine which comprises a rear table part for receiving the material to be cut and a front table part for receiving the cut material, separating the initial stack into partial stacks by a plurality of cuts in a first direction perpendicular to a direction of feed thereof, and pushing back and rotating 90° at least a portion of the partial stacks from the front table part onto the rear table part for further cutting. The process also includes installing a first movable guide plate above the front table part, placing the partial stacks such that the partial stacks abut the guide plate, and cutting the partial stacks to produce small stacks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Adolf Mohr Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Helmut Gross, Adolf Rasch, Horst Schneider
  • Use of hydroperoxides as regulators in polymerizations
    Patent number: 6602951
    Abstract: The invention provides for the use of non-copolymerizable hydroperoxides of the formula R—O—O—H as regulators in the free-radically initiated polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers, where R is H, a C1-C18-alkyl radical, a C7-C22-aralkyl radical or a saturated or unsaturated carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring having from 3 to 18 carbon atoms, and may be substituted or unsubstituted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Wacker Polymer Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Peter Weiler, Ulf Dietrich, Peter Ball
  • Hollow cylindrical cathode sputtering target and process for producing it
    Publication number: 20030141183
    Abstract: A hollow cylindrical target for a cathode sputtering unit with a hollow cylindrical sputtering material and a target holder. The sputtering material has an annular cross section and concentrically surrounds a longitudinal segment of the target holder. The target holder extends out of the sputtering material at least at one end of the target to allow connection to the cathode sputtering unit. The at least one part of the target holder that extends from the sputtering material is a single part that can be detached from the target by at least one screw fitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2003
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Applicant: W. C. Heraeus GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: David Lupton, Ralf Heck, Bernd Stenger, Oliver Warkentin
  • Air ionization device
    Publication number: 20030142455
    Abstract: The invention relates to an air ionization device comprising a high voltage line which can be connected to an AC voltage power source and point electrodes which are coupled capacitively to the high voltage line for generating a corona discharge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Applicant: Haug GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Christof Muz
  • Assembly comprising a spindle and a moving nut
    Publication number: 20030140720
    Abstract: An assembly comprises a spindle and a moving nut disposed on the spindle. The spindle and the moving nut are made of plastics. At least one of the two components spindle and moving nut being resilient such that the moving nut is prevented from getting stuck on the spindle. There is further proposed an actuator including such assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2003
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Applicant: TRW Automotive Electronics & Components GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Reinhard Krause
  • Light-fast overlay paper
    Publication number: 20030141027
    Abstract: An overlay paper is described which comprises a cellulosic non-woven to which a UV stabilizing agent is applied in an amount from 0.001 to 10% by weight, based on the grammage of the non-woven used, a process for producing the same and the use of the same for the production of a laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Applicant: Papierfabrik Schoeller & Hoesch GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Sick, Horst Blum, Robert Hansmann
  • Connector with movable contact elements
    Publication number: 20030143873
    Abstract: A connector for receiving a plug-in card comprises a carrier which defines a receiving space for the plug-in card, at least one guide hole which is formed in the carrier and which opens in the receiving space, a contact element which is movably arranged in the guide hole, a spring which urges the contact element towards the receiving space, and a conductor path which is electrically connected with the contact element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2003
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Applicant: HARTING Electro-Optics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Michael Burmeister
  • Test system for characterizing the compatibility of bioactive substances and polyvinylpyrrolidone
    Patent number: 6599931
    Abstract: A test system for characterizing the compatibility of bioactive substances with polyvinylpyrrolidones in a solid dispersion consisting of one or more bioactive substances and 1,3-bis(1-pyrrolidonyl)butane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Abbott GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jörg Breitenbach, Robert Heger, Dirk Simon, Bernd Liepold
  • Recording material for the ink jet printing method
    Patent number: 6599592
    Abstract: A recording material for the ink jet printing method comprising a base paper which contains 5 to 55% by weight of a filler, is free of beater sizing agents, and is impregnated with an impregnation agent, wherein the resin uptake from the impregnation agent is adjusted such that the base paper on the backside has a liquid uptake of at most 20 g/m2, and optionally further layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Felix Schoeller jr. Foto-und Spezialpapiere GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Hartmut Schulz
  • Cooking area cover panel to be applied separately for a cook-top with a safety film
    Patent number: 6598600
    Abstract: A cooking area cover panel that is to be applied separately for a cooking area is produced of a substantially breaking-resistant material and has a safety film on at least one flat surface of the cooking area cover panel. The safety film is configured such that in the event of a fracture of the cooking area cover panel the safety film essentially holds the fragments together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Wenko-Wenselaar GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventor: Hanns-Joachim Köllner
  • Method for the thermal adhesion of parts made of acrylic plastic and parts made of engineering plastics
    Patent number: 6599387
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for the production of a flat composite (5) from plastic parts by means of a thermal adhesion of two plastic parts (1,1′), heated on one side of their surfaces (1a,1a′), consisting of plastics A and B, wherein the surfaces (1a,1a′) are heated on the adhesion side to surface temperatures of 10 to 100° K.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Roehm GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Alexander Theil, Karl-Heinz Fehring, Friedel Emmerich
  • Guanidine-thermite igniter composition for use in gas generators
    Patent number: 6599380
    Abstract: The invention relates to an igniter composition for use in a gas generator for a safety means in vehicles. The igniter composition consists of a gas-generating composition in an amount of 15 to 70 wt-% and of a thermite composition in an amount of 30 to 85 wt-%. The gas-generating composition consists essentially of a guanidine compound as fuel and an inorganic oxidizer. The thermite composition consisting essentially of a metal and a metal oxide. The igniter composition or the gas-generating composition and the thermite composition, each for itself, have an oxygen balance of between 0 and −20%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: TRW Airbag Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Siegfried Zeuner, Achim Hofmann, Roland Schropp, Karl-Heinz Rödig
  • Device for reading flexible storage foils
    Patent number: 6599014
    Abstract: A device for reading flexible storage foils. The devices includes a foil support, a reading light source which provides a reading light beam which has a wave length suitable to excite metastable storage centers of the storage foil. Drive mechanisms are employed to provide relative movement between the reading light beam and the storage foil. A light detector is responsive to fluorescence light of the storage foil generated by the reading light beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Durr Dental GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Michael Thoms
  • Windup window shade with a centering device for the traction rod
    Patent number: 6598929
    Abstract: A windup window shade for motor vehicles has a rotatably seated windup shaft, on which a window shade web is fastened by an edge. The other edge is fastened on a traction rod, whose ends are guided in guide rails. The distance between the guide rails changes very greatly, viewed in the direction of movement of the window shade web, because of which the length of the traction rod can be changed in a telescope-like manner. It is composed of a center element and two end elements, wherein it is provided with the aid of a centering device that the center element always remains centered in respect to the end elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Bos GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Werner P. Schlecht, Herbert Walter
  • New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Kialdan’
    Patent number: PP14029
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Kialdan’, characterized by its rounded, upright and compact plant habit; freely branching growth habit; dark green-colored foliage; freely flowering habit with flowers positioned above or beyond the foliage; and light purple-colored flowers with white-colored centers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Innovaplant GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Ludwig Kientzler
  • New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Kipaqui’
    Patent number: PP14046
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Kipaqui’, characterized by its rounded, upright and compact plant habit; freely branching growth habit; dark green-colored foliage; freely flowering habit with flowers positioned above or beyond the foliage; and red purple-colored flowers with darker red purple-colored centers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Innovaplant GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Ludwig Kientzler