Patents by Inventor Andreas Kainz

Andreas Kainz 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).

  • Publication number: 20230264873
    Abstract: A container closure for closing the pour opening-(33) of a container, has a screw cap with a free edge, ­a security ring connected by a break-off web to the free edge and has-engagement means, ­a first holding strip with first and second ends, the first end (39) is fixedly connected to the free edge and the second end fixedly connected to the security ring, and ­a second holding strip with third and fourth arm ends, wherein the third end is fixedly connected to the free edge (25) and the fourth end is fixedly connected to the security ring. The first, second, third, and fourth ends are arranged one after the other in the circumferential direction on the free edge and on the security ring. The length of the first and second holding strips are between 27% and 32% of the outer diameter of the screw cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Andreas Kainz, Franz-Michael Lässer
  • Publication number: 20230042976
    Abstract: A container closure for a pour opening of a container has a first holding strip with a first and a The first end is connected to a free edge of the screw cap and a second end is connected to a security ring. A second holding strip has a third end connected to the free edge of the screw cap and a fourth end connected to the security ring. The first, second, third and fourth ends are arranged one after the other in the-acircumferential direction on the free edge and on the security ring. A first tongue has a first end and a second tongue has a second tongue end and adjoining the first tongue and is arranged between the second and the third ends. The second tongue is part of the security ring and, in an open position, the first tongue end comes into contact with the second tongue end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Andreas Kainz, Matthias Dangl
  • Patent number: 10845217
    Abstract: Sensor for determining a rotation angle (?) about a rotation axis. The sensor includes a rotary element mounted in a base element so as to be rotatable about the rotation axis. The rotary element is made from a first material having a first refractive index n1 and is constructed from several layers. At least one light generating device is fixedly arranged relative to the base element. At least one light detection device is fixedly arranged relative to the base element and configured to detect a light signal. At least one refractive structure is arranged in each layer and has a second refractive index n2, wherein n2?n1. The at least one beam path extends at least in a first rotation angle range through the at least one refractive structure in order to be able to assign a specific rotation angle (?) to the light signal detected by the at least one light detection device at least in the first rotation angle range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN
    Inventors: Alexander Dabsch, Franz Keplinger, Andreas Kainz
  • Publication number: 20180372515
    Abstract: Sensor (1) for determining as rotation angle (?) about a rotation axis (2), the sensor (1) comprising a rotary element (4) which is mounted in a base element (3) so as to be rotatable about the rotation axis (2) and is produced from a first material having a first refractive index n1, wherein a light generating means (5a, 5b, 5c) is provided which is fixedly arranged relative to the base element (3) and a light detection means (6a, 6b, 6c) which is fixedly arranged relative to the base element (3) to detect a light signal emitted by the light generating means (5a, 5b, 5c) and passed through the rotary element (4) along a beam path (8a, 8b, 8c).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN
    Inventors: Alexander DABSCH, Franz KEPLINGER, Andreas KAINZ
  • Patent number: 7682206
    Abstract: An electrical pressure contact device includes a sleeve with a first end and a second end. A contact head is slideably mounted in the sleeve and has a first end protruding from the sleeve and a second end located in the sleeve. A connecting piece has an inner portion connected to an inner wall of the sleeve and an outer portion protruding from the second end of the sleeve. An axially extending bore in a first piece located in the sleeve receives an elongated member of a second piece. A band has a plurality of inwardly arching lamellae and is located in the bore. The elongated member is inserted in the band so that the lamellae rub against the elongated member. A biasing element in the sleeve surrounds the elongated member and urges the contact head away from the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: ERA-Contact GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Kainz
  • Publication number: 20090301011
    Abstract: A reinforced concrete ceiling is characterized by a combination of the following features: a concrete slab (1) the thickness (D) of which falls short of the total thickness of the reinforced concrete ceiling, and intersecting ribs (2) which are each connected with an end region (3) to the concrete slab (1) in a force-transmitting manner and project freely upwards from the concrete slab (1), i.e., without being integrated in a further supporting surface structure, wherein their top end regions (4) are designed to absorb compressive and/or tensile forces and wherein the ribs (2) are connected to each other in a frictional manner at the respective intersection points (9), and their regions lying in each case between the top and bottom end regions (3,4) have at least one aperture (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Johann Kollegger, Stefan L. Burtscher, Andreas Kainz
  • Publication number: 20090004929
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical pressure contact comprising a housing sleeve (10) that is provided with an end facing the contact and an end facing away from the contact, a conductive contact head (14) which is mounted in the housing sleeve (10) so as to be movable in an axial direction while protruding from the end of the housing sleeve (10) facing the contact, a biasing element (42) which is disposed in the housing sleeve (10), the contact head (14) being inserted into the housing sleeve (10) counter to the biasing force of said biasing element (42), and a conductive connecting piece (30) that is used for fastening an electrical feeder and is located at the end of the housing sleeve (10) facing away from the contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2005
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: ERA-CONTACT GMBH
    Inventor: Andreas Kainz
  • Patent number: 7071412
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fluid-tight, in particular oil-tight, cable duct (10) with a duct body (12), includes an inner side (16), exposed to a fluid, an external side (18) separated from the fluid and at least one cable channel (20), through which at least one electrical line (14) formed by a flex is run from the inner side (16) to the outer side (18) of the duct body (12). A seal element (22) is arranged in the cable channel (20) with a number of individual channels (32) passing therethrough which corresponds to the number of lines and through which the lines (14) run individually. The lines (14) are each formed from two line sections, connected by an electrically-conducting connector piece (50) with a solid cross-section, whereby the connector piece (50) is housed within the single channel of the sealing element (22), at least over a part of the length thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: era-contact GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhold Dittes, Andreas Kainz
  • Publication number: 20060032656
    Abstract: A fluid-tight, in particular oil-tight, cable duct (10) with a duct body (12), comprises an inner side, exposed to a fluid, an external side separated from the fluid and at least one cable channel, through which at least one electrical line formed by a flex is run from the inner side to the outer side of the duct body. A seal element is arranged in the cable channel with a number of individual channels passing therethrough which corresponds to the number of lines and through which the lines run individually. The lines are each formed from two line sections, connected by an electrically-conducting connector piece with a solid cross-section, whereby the connector piece is housed within the single channel of the sealing element, at least over a part of the length thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Applicant: Era-Contact GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhold Dittes, Andreas Kainz
  • Patent number: 6935881
    Abstract: An electric contact coupling for connection of a first group of electric conductors to a second group of electric conductors, and especially for use in the coupling of rail and other vehicles with one another, comprises a first plug contact carrier and a second socket contact carrier which are movable into assembly with one another to bring the plug contact elements of the first contact carrier into electric contact with the socket contact elements of the second contact carrier. The two contact carriers are arranged in respectively associated contact carrier housings. The first contact carrier is movable by a positioning mechanism axially relative to its housing to bring its contacts into engagement with the contacts of the second carrier after the two carrier housings have been brought into engagement with one another. Transversely movable closure members seal the carrier housings against the penetration of dirt and moisture when the carrier housings are uncoupled from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: era-contact GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Kainz, Dominik Neuberger, Uwe Ziegler, Gregor Nowak, Frank Moskob, Robert Dost, Jürgen Veit, Bernd Schumann, Robert Austen, Egbert Kurz, Othmar von Berg, Monika Bauer, Klaus Hiller, Bernd Nussbaumer
  • Patent number: 6773312
    Abstract: An electrical pressure contact includes a housing sleeve with an end facing the contact and an end facing away from the contact, a contact pin axially slidably supported in the housing sleeve, which pin extends out of the housing sleeve at the side facing the contact, which pin is a pushable into the housing sleeve against the biasing force of the a biasing element arranged in the housing sleeve, and through the conductive body of which pin the electrical contact is made, a terminal piece for fastening to an electrical supply conductor at the end of the housing facing away from the contact, and an axially flexible electrical conductor arranged in the housing sleeve between the terminal piece and the contact pin. The flexible electrical conductor is at its end facing the contact clamped into an axial bore formed in the end of the contact pin facing away from the contact and at its end facing away from the contact is clamped in an axial bore formed in the end of the terminal piece facing the contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: era-contact GmbH
    Inventors: Monika Bauer, Frank Moskob, Robert Dost, Bernd Schumann, Andreas Kainz, Jürgen Veit
  • Publication number: 20040053528
    Abstract: An electric contact coupling for connection of a first group of electric conductors to a second group of electric conductors, and especially for use in the coupling of rail and other vehicles with one another, comprises a first plug contact carrier and a second socket contact carrier which are movable into assembly with one another to bring the plug contact elements of the first contact carrier into electric contact with the socket contact elements of the second contact carrier. The two contact carriers are arranged in respectively associated contact carrier housings. The first contact carrier is movable by a positioning mechanism axially relative to its housing to bring its contacts into engagement with the contacts of the second carrier after the two carrier housings have been brought into engagement with one another. Transversely movable closure members seal the carrier housings against the penetration of dirt and moisture when the carrier housings are uncoupled from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Applicant: era-contact GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Kainz, Dominik Neuberger, Uwe Ziegler, Gregor Nowak, Frank Moskob, Robert Dost, Jurgen Veit, Bernd Schumann, Robert Austen, Egbert Kurz, Othmar von Berg, Monika Bauer, Klaus Hiller, Bernd Nussbaumer
  • Publication number: 20030049974
    Abstract: An electrical pressure contact includes a housing sleeve with an end facing the contact and an end facing away from the contact, a contact pin axially slidably supported in the housing sleeve, which pin extends out of the housing sleeve at the side facing the contact, which pin is a pushable into the housing sleeve against the biasing force of the a biasing element arranged in the housing sleeve, and through the conductive body of which pin the electrical contact is made, a terminal piece for fastening to an electrical supply conductor at the end of the housing facing away from the contact, and an axially flexible electrical conductor arranged in the housing sleeve between the terminal piece and the contact pin. The flexible electrical conductor is at its end facing the contact clamped into an axial bore formed in the end of the contact pin facing away from the contact and at its end facing away from the contact is clamped in an axial bore formed in the end of the terminal piece facing the contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2002
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventors: Monika Bauer, Frank Moskob, Robert Dost, Bernd Schumann, Andreas Kainz, Jurgen Veit