Patents by Inventor Alexander Gehring

Alexander Gehring has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11225004
    Abstract: An actuating device for adjusting at least one valve needle of an injection molding apparatus with a hot runner manifold that has disposed thereon at least one hot runner nozzle with at least one valve needle extending there-through which may control the melt flow through the hot runner nozzle. The actuating device has a support plate that is connected to the at least one valve needle and movable in a first direction relative to the hot runner manifold. The actuating device further includes a reciprocating device for moving the support plate in the first direction relative to the hot runner manifold, wherein the reciprocating device includes a slider mechanism and an actuation drive that is connected to a trigger device for generating a linear motion, wherein the slider mechanism has at least one thrust rod that is disposed in a second direction at an angle relative to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: OTTO MÄNNER GMBH
    Inventors: Benedikt Stoll, Marco Herdel, Alexander Gehring
  • Publication number: 20200290258
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a monitoring device for an injection mold. The monitoring device includes a first processing unit and a sensor interface by which during operation at least one sensor is interconnected to the first processing unit. A second processing unit is interconnected to the first processing unit via a data bus to exchange data with the first central processing unit. At least one user interface is interconnected to the second processing unit for exchanging information with a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Alexander Gehring, Siegfried Eppler, Christian Slisse
  • Patent number: 10479006
    Abstract: An injection molding apparatus may include a first mold plate and a second mold plate. The second mold plate may be movable outside an injection molding station defined by these mold plates. The second mold plate may carry parts of type A? and parts of type B? molded at the same time within the injection molding station. A transferring mechanism may carry the second mold plate to removing and assembling stations where molded parts A? are first removed from the second mold plate and next parts A? are positioned relative molded parts B?, where the molded parts B? and A? are finally assembled. Simultaneously other parts A? and B? may be molded at the injection molding station using an additional and identical second mold plate. Depending on the application, molded parts A? and B? may be made of the same or different materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: OTTO MÄNNER INNOVATION GMBH
    Inventors: Alexander Gehring, Ulrich Kaczmarek
  • Publication number: 20190343402
    Abstract: A device for lowering the risk of cancer and/or the risk of a cancer relapse and/or other diseases includes an internet portal, for detecting a user's physical activities, which are carried out using a connected database and corresponding algorithms relating to a recommended daily dose of physical movement and on the basis of which recommendations to the user for additional physical activities are automatically generated and transmitted to the user so that the user is capable of performing the daily or weekly user-individual physical activities that are suitable for significantly lowering the risk of cancer or the risk of a cancer relapse. The system is designed as a self-learning unit designed such that the recommendations which are vocalized by the device are adapted constantly and are improved while taking into consideration the accumulated data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: movival GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander GEHRING, Thomas WIDMANN
  • Publication number: 20180345553
    Abstract: An actuating device for adjusting at least one valve needle of an injection molding apparatus with a hot runner manifold that has disposed thereon at least one hot runner nozzle with at least one valve needle extending there-through which may control the melt flow through the hot runner nozzle. The actuating device has a support plate that is connected to the at least one valve needle and movable in a first direction relative to the hot runner manifold. The actuating device further includes a reciprocating device for moving the support plate in the first direction relative to the hot runner manifold, wherein the reciprocating device includes a slider mechanism and an actuation drive that is connected to a trigger device for generating a linear motion, wherein the slider mechanism has at least one thrust rod that is disposed in a second direction at an angle relative to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Benedikt Stoll, Marco Herdel, Alexander Gehring
  • Patent number: 9802345
    Abstract: Injection molding machine comprising at least one first and one second injection unit having a chamber for injecting a plasticized molding material and a piston for advancing a predetermined amount of plasticized molding material along a first axis from the chamber into a cavity of a mold, the machine including a form tool comprised of at least a first tool portion and a second tool portion, a tool cavity being at least partially disposed in the first tool portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: OTTO MÄNNER INNOVATION GMBH
    Inventor: Alexander Gehring
  • Publication number: 20160361849
    Abstract: An injection molding apparatus may include a first mold plate and a second mold plate. The second mold plate may be movable outside an injection molding station defined by these mold plates. The second mold plate may carry parts of type A? and parts of type B? molded at the same time within the injection molding station. A transferring mechanism may carry the second mold plate to removing and assembling stations where molded parts A? are first removed from the second mold plate and next parts A? are positioned relative molded parts B?, where the molded parts B? and A? are finally assembled. Simultaneously other parts A? and B? may be molded at the injection molding station using an additional and identical second mold plate. Depending on the application, molded parts A? and B? may be made of the same or different materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Alexander GEHRING, Ulrich KACZMAREK
  • Publication number: 20150048545
    Abstract: Injection molding machine comprising at least one first and one second injection unit having a chamber for injecting a plasticized molding material and a piston for advancing a predetermined amount of plasticized molding material along a first axis from the chamber into a cavity of a mold, the machine including a form tool comprised of at least a first tool portion and a second tool portion, a tool cavity being at least partially disposed in the first tool portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventor: Alexander Gehring
  • Patent number: 8358045
    Abstract: Presented is a winding arrangement for an electric machine that includes a laminated core that includes a yoke that includes a plurality of teeth each having flanks that form first wedge surfaces and a winding support area that has a trapezoidal cross-section. The arrangement further includes a coil winding, and a winding body configured to arrange the coil winding on one of the plurality of teeth. The coil winding has an inner area arranged opposite the first wedge surfaces and represents second wedge surfaces. The arrangement further includes a stop means disposed on the winding body and/or one of the plurality of teeth. The stop means is configured to limit movement of the winding body in a direction toward the yoke. The arrangement further includes a centering means configured to center the winding body on one of the plurality of teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Marcus van Heyden, Alexander Gehring, Ralf Rönnebeck, Florian Leberfinger, Frank Kewes
  • Publication number: 20110118070
    Abstract: A transmission device (1) having a transmission housing (2) in which several assemblies can be positioned for creating different gear ratios, and a start-up device, preferably a hydrodynamic torque converter. At least one breakout (3, 13) is provided in the wall area of the transmission housing (2), where the edge areas (4) are designed as stiffening zones and through which the torque is brought from the transmission housing (2) to auxiliary drive trains. In the area (5) of the transmission housing (2), which is designated for a start-up device, at least one electric machine (6) of a hybrid system is provided. A connection of the electric machine (6), which is positioned in the transmission housing (2), to power electronic located external of the transmission housing (2), is brought through the at least one breakout (13) of the transmission housing (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Purretat, Ralf Ronnebeck, Alexander Schaflein, Bernard Hunold, Kai Borntraeger, Rene Budach, Max Bachamann, Alexander Gehring
  • Patent number: 7732968
    Abstract: A winding body for holding a winding of an electrical conductor to produce a coil for an electrical machine includes a winding area formed by a winding support and two sidepieces connected to the winding support. The sidepieces form the boundaries of the winding area and are connected to the winding support. Various measures are proposed for mounting a compact winding on the winding body, for arranging the winding body without play and in an operationally reliable manner on a tooth of an electrical machine, and for wiring several coils together in a space-saving manner by using the winding body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Manfred Zimmer, Ralf Rönnebeck, Alexander Gehring
  • Patent number: 7598637
    Abstract: A stator for an electrical machine includes a ring-shaped stator yoke with a number of stator coils arranged thereon. The conductor ends of the coils are designed to be connected to a wiring arrangement, where the wiring arrangement has linking conductors, which are arranged concentrically to each other, are insulated electrically against each other, and have terminal elements to form electrical contact areas by which they are connected to the ends of the stator coils. The ends of the coils be connected to the linking conductors by separate terminal elements which have a first contact area for establishing a connection with the linking conductor and a second contact area for establishing a connection with at least one coil end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Udo Niehaus, Alexander Gehring, Manfred Zimmer
  • Publication number: 20090189474
    Abstract: Presented is a winding arrangement for an electric machine that includes a laminated core that includes a yoke that includes a plurality of teeth each having flanks that form first wedge surfaces and a winding support area that has a trapezoidal cross-section. The arrangement further includes a coil winding, and a winding body configured to arrange the coil winding on one of the plurality of teeth. The coil winding has an inner area arranged opposite the first wedge surfaces and represents second wedge surfaces. The arrangement further includes a stop means disposed on the winding body and/or one of the plurality of teeth. The stop means is configured to limit movement of the winding body in a direction toward the yoke. The arrangement further includes a centering means configured to center the winding body on one of the plurality of teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Marcus van Heyden, Alexander Gehring, Ralf Ronnebeck, Florian Leberfinger, Frank Kewes
  • Publication number: 20070279178
    Abstract: A winding body for holding a winding of an electrical conductor to produce a coil for an electrical machine includes a winding area formed by a winding support and two sidepieces connected to the winding support. The sidepieces form the boundaries of the winding area and are connected to the winding support. Various measures are proposed for mounting a compact winding on the winding body, for arranging the winding body without play and in an operationally reliable manner on a tooth of an electrical machine, and for wiring several coils together in a space-saving manner by using the winding body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventors: Manfred Zimmer, Ralf Ronnebeck, Alexander Gehring
  • Publication number: 20070262664
    Abstract: A stator for an electrical machine includes a ring-shaped stator yoke with a number of stator coils arranged thereon. The conductor ends of the coils are designed to be connected to a wiring arrangement, where the wiring arrangement has linking conductors, which are arranged concentrically to each other, are insulated electrically against each other, and have terminal elements to form electrical contact areas by which they are connected to the ends of the stator coils. The ends of the coils be connected to the linking conductors by separate terminal elements which have a first contact area for establishing a connection with the linking conductor and a second contact area for establishing a connection with at least one coil end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Inventors: Udo Niehaus, Alexander Gehring, Manfred Zimmer
  • Patent number: 5443378
    Abstract: A standard injection molding machine is combined with an auxiliary plasticizing unit having a hot runner manifold that can be alternately connected with or disconnected from the main injection unit of the molding machine to perform sandwich molding. The injection unit retracts from the mold to connect with a hot runner and receive skin material from a non-reciprocating screw extruder directly into the barrel of the injection unit. The injection unit then disconnects from the hot runner and moves back into position for injection into the mold. Simultaneously with this movement, the injection unit plasticizes sufficient core material to complete the stacked arrangement of skin and core material necessary for sandwich molding. In an alternate embodiment, the sandwich molding apparatus includes an accumulator with a suitable valve and connections to the other components to supply a final shot of skin material into the mold, as well as provide the pack and hold functions of the injection cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1995
    Assignee: Ferromatik Milacron Maschinenbau GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Jaroschek, Reinhard Steger, Wolfgang Nesch, Alexander Gehring, Karlheinz Bourdon
  • Patent number: D852806
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Inventor: Alexander Gehring