Patents by Inventor Andreas Höfler

Andreas Höfler 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: 11668377
    Abstract: A threaded nut for a ball screw drive is provided. The threaded nut includes a cylindrical central piece ending at a flange. A deflecting body is attached to the cylindrical central piece and is configured to recirculate balls during operation of the threaded nut. A pin fixes the deflecting body to the flange. In embodiments, the flange and the deflecting body each have recesses that are aligned with one another, and the pin extends through those recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Juergen Engel, Andreas Hoefler
  • Publication number: 20190383370
    Abstract: A threaded nut for a ball screw drive is provided. The threaded nut includes a cylindrical central piece ending at a flange. A deflecting body is attached to the cylindrical central piece and is configured to recirculate balls during operation of the threaded nut. A pin fixes the deflecting body to the flange. In embodiments, the flange and the deflecting body each have recesses that are aligned with one another, and the pin extends through those recesses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Juergen ENGEL, Andreas HOEFLER
  • Patent number: 9649609
    Abstract: Process for fluidized bed granulation of amino acid-containing fermentation broths comprising the steps Introduction of a drying gas with a temperature of 100° C.-450° C. into the fluidized bed granulation chamber Spraying of the amino acid-containing fermentation broth into the fluidized bed granulation chamber Discharge of the granules granulated in the fluidized bed granulation chamber with the drying gas stream, and drying of the discharged granules in a fluidized bed drying step, wherein the discharged granulated granules are a granule mixture with various particle sizes and contains an oversize fraction, wherein the oversize comprises the particle sizes which lie above a desired particle size, an wherein the oversize fraction is removed from the discharged granule mixture and then comminuted and the comminuted oversize and the granule mixture from which the oversize was separated are fed into the fluidized bed drying step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBH
    Inventors: Hans Christian Alt, Ansgar Oelmann, Andreas Höfler, Franz Ulrich Becker, Wilfried Blümke
  • Publication number: 20150283527
    Abstract: Process for fluidized bed granulation of amino acid-containing fermentation broths comprising the steps Introduction of a drying gas with a temperature of 100° C.-450° C. into the fluidized bed granulation chamber Spraying of the amino acid-containing fermentation broth into the fluidized bed granulation chamber Discharge of the granules granulated in the fluidized bed granulation chamber with the drying gas stream, and drying of the discharged granules in a fluidized bed drying step, wherein the discharged granulated granules are a granule mixture with various particle sizes and contains an oversize fraction, wherein the oversize comprises the particle sizes which lie above a desired particle size, an wherein the oversize fraction is removed from the discharged granule mixture and then comminuted and the comminuted oversize and the granule mixture from which the oversize was separated are fed into the fluidized bed drying step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Hans Christian Alt, Ansgar Oelmann, Andreas Höfler, Franz Ulrich Becker, Wilfried Blümke