Patents by Inventor Andreas Schönfeld
Andreas Schönfeld 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).
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Publication number: 20240133517Abstract: A progressive distributor for lubricant includes a housing block. The housing block includes a lubricant inlet bore, via which receives lubricant, and a plurality of lubricant outlets, via which a metered amount of lubricant is dispensable. A plurality of metering pistons are provided in the housing block for the dispensing of the metered amount of lubricant. The metering pistons are received in associated piston bores. Each piston bore is associated with two lubricant outlets. Each metering piston is displaceable in the piston bore and is configured to alternatingly dispense the metered amount of lubricant to the one or the other lubricant outlet. The piston bores are fluidically connected to the lubricant-inlet bore and to each other via connecting bores to transfer lubricant to the other piston bores. The piston bore includes a first region configured to receive the metering piston and a second region configured as the lubricant outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Jürgen KREUTZKÄMPER, Andreas SCHÖNFELD, Dennis ZAHN
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Patent number: 11898695Abstract: A progressive distributor for lubricant includes a housing block having an inlet and a plurality of outlets and a plurality of metering pistons received in associated piston bores in the housing block. Each piston bore is associated with two lubricant outlet bores, and each metering piston is displaceable and configured to alternatingly release the one or the other lubricant outlet bore in order to dispense the metered lubricant amount to the lubricant outlet bore. The piston bores are fluidically connected to the lubricant inlet bore and to each other via connecting bores in order to transfer lubricant to the other piston bores. A dummy piston is disposed in one of the piston bores that permanently closes both the lubricant inlet bore and both lubricant outlet bores, and includes at least one bypass passageway that fluidically connects two of the connecting bores to each other.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: SKF LUBRICATION SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBHInventors: Dieter Hess, Juergen Kreutzkaemper, Markus Mandera, Andreas Schoenfeld, Stefan Schuermann, Dennis Zahn
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Patent number: 11852293Abstract: A lubricant pumping system includes a lubricant pump having a lubricant pumping space, a first seal configured to seal the lubricant pumping space, at least one signal detector, and a leakage detector for detecting leakage of a lubricant from the pumping space through the first seal and sending a signal to the signal detector in response to a detection of the leakage of the lubricant. The signal detector may produce a visual or acoustic output in response to receipt of the signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: SKF LUBRICATION SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBHInventors: Juergen Kreutzkaemper, Stefan Schuermann, Andreas Schoenfeld, Dieter Hess
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Publication number: 20230405357Abstract: Disclosed is a system for quality assurance of high dose rate radiation therapy. The system includes a radiation delivery system configured to deliver high dose rate radiation therapy, with the radiation delivery system including a radiation source and a collimating system. The system also includes a radiation detection system having a diode to measure high dose rate radiation from the radiation source, an operational amplifier to transform the output of the diode to a measurable voltage, and a voltage source configured to apply a reverse bias to a component of the radiation detection system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2022Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: Sun Nuclear CorporationInventors: William E. Simon, Jakub Kozelka, Jeffrey L. Hildreth, Andreas A. Schönfeld, Myron Brookshire
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Patent number: 11639770Abstract: A progressive distributor includes a housing block with an inlet bore and outlet bores and first and second metering pistons in first and second piston bores. Each piston defines first and second annular workspaces and delimits first and second metering spaces at the ends of each piston, the first and second piston bores each having a central axis and being disposed one atop the other so that their central axes are parallel to each other and located in a central plane. Switching bores connect the metering spaces of the first metering piston to the workspaces of the second metering piston, and the switching bores are located on opposite sides of the central plane.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2021Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: SKF LUBRICATION SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBHInventors: Dieter Hess, Juergen Kreutzkaemper, Markus Mandera, Andreas Schoenfeld, Stefan Schuermann, Dennis Zahn
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Publication number: 20220341543Abstract: A lubricant pumping system includes a lubricant pump having a lubricant pumping space, a first seal configured to seal the lubricant pumping space, at least one signal detector, and a leakage detector for detecting leakage of a lubricant from the pumping space through the first seal and sending a signal to the signal detector in response to a detection of the leakage of the lubricant. The signal detector may produce a visual or acoustic output in response to receipt of the signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Inventors: Juergen Kreutzkaemper, Stefan Schuermann, Andreas Schoenfeld, Dieter Hess
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Publication number: 20220107053Abstract: A progressive distributor includes a housing block with an inlet bore and outlet bores and first and second metering pistons in first and second piston bores. Each piston defines first and second annular workspaces and delimits first and second metering spaces at the ends of each piston, the first and second piston bores each having a central axis and being disposed one atop the other so that their central axes are parallel to each other and located in a central plane. Switching bores connect the metering spaces of the first metering piston to the workspaces of the second metering piston, and the switching bores are located on opposite sides of the central plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Dieter Hess, Juergen Kreutzkaemper, Markus Mandera, Andreas Schoenfeld, Stefan Schuermann, Dennis Zahn
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Publication number: 20210317949Abstract: A progressive distributor for lubricant includes a housing block having an inlet and a plurality of outlets and a plurality of metering pistons received in associated piston bores in the housing block. Each piston bore is associated with two lubricant outlet bores, and each metering piston is displaceable and configured to alternatingly release the one or the other lubricant outlet bore in order to dispense the metered lubricant amount to the lubricant outlet bore. The piston bores are fluidically connected to the lubricant inlet bore and to each other via connecting bores in order to transfer lubricant to the other piston bores. A dummy piston is disposed in one of the piston bores that permanently closes both the lubricant inlet bore and both lubricant outlet bores, and includes at least one bypass passageway that fluidically connects two of the connecting bores to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Dieter Hess, Juergen Kreutzkaemper, Markus Mandera, Andreas Schoenfeld, Stefan Schuermann, Dennis Zahn
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Patent number: 11085581Abstract: A lubricating-grease pump includes a pumping chamber, a leakage accumulation chamber, a seal configured to substantially seal the pumping chamber from the leakage accumulation chamber, at least one outlet from the pumping chamber, and at least one leakage-recovery arrangement configured to guide a quantity of grease that has leaked from the pumping chamber into the leakage accumulation chamber back into the pumping chamber. The leakage-recovery arrangement may include a first passageway connecting the leakage accumulation chamber to a storage region, a second passageway connecting the first passageway to the pumping chamber and a spring-biased piston in the storage region.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2018Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKFInventors: Dieter Hess, Juergen Kreutzkaemper, Andreas Schoenfeld, Stefan Schuermann
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Patent number: 10962130Abstract: A lubricant reservoir system includes a lubricant reservoir having an interior wall and an inlet for receiving lubricant from a supply. A follower device in the reservoir contacts the interior wall of the reservoir in a sliding and sealing manner, and the follower device is movable up and down in the reservoir from a first position to a second position in response to a changing lubricant level. A valve is in fluid communication with the inlet and is configured to selectively prevent a flow of the lubricant through the inlet. A connector operatively connects the follower device to the valve unit such that the flow of the lubricant through the inlet is prevented when the follower device is in the second position. The connector is configured such that the valve is positionable independently of the reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2018Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: SKF LUBRICATION SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBHInventors: Markus Mandera, Dieter Hess, Tobias Mueller, Andreas Schoenfeld
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Patent number: 10941901Abstract: A lubricant application device includes a base body configured to be mounted to an end surface of a gear. The base body includes a port configured to be connected to a source of lubricant and a holder for holding a lubricant applicator supported by the base body. A lubricant passage connects the port to the holder, and a lubricant applicator is mounted in the holder. The lubricant applicator is a coiled wire defining an internal passage for carrying the lubricant and may include a first length of coils with no axial spacing and a second length of coils that are axial spaced.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2017Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: SKF Lubrication Systems Germany GmbHInventors: Andreas Schoenfeld, Daniel Beisel, Juergen Kreutzkaemper, Thomas Leibbrand
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Patent number: 10927834Abstract: A lubricant supplying device includes a feed pump that serves to pump lubricant from a lubricant reservoir to at least one lubrication point. A method for operating the lubricant supplying device includes measuring at least one operating parameter, such as temperature (T), of at least one part of a system to be lubricated and/or of the lubricant and/or of the environment. The at least one measured operating parameter (T) is supplied to a controller, where a required volumetric flow ({dot over (V)}target) of lubricant is determined based on a stored functional relationship ({dot over (V)}target=ƒ (T)) that generates the required volumetric flow ({dot over (V)}target) based upon the measured operating parameter (T). The feed pump is then actuated in order to achieve the determined, required volumetric flow ({dot over (V)}target).Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2015Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: SKF LUBRICATION SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBHInventors: Armin Buergy, Dieter Hess, Andreas Schoenfeld, Stefan Schuermann
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Patent number: 10900767Abstract: A device for detecting a movement of a piston of a lubricant distributor includes a movable actuator including a first magnet element, and a movable indicator including a second magnet element. The actuator is configured to be moved from an initial actuator position to an end actuator position by a movement of the piston, and the actuator and the indicator are configured and disposed such that a repulsive magnetic force prevails between them such that the indicator is moved from an initial indicator position to an end indicator position by the movement of the actuator from the initial actuator position toward the end actuator position.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2017Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: SKF Lubrication Systems Germany GmbHInventors: Dieter Hess, Juergen Kreutzkaemper, Tobias Mueller, Jan Ruiter, Andreas Schoenfeld, Schuemann Stefan
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Patent number: 10890292Abstract: A device for detecting a movement of a piston of a lubricant distributor includes a movable actuator including a first magnet element, and a movable indicator including a second magnet element. The actuator is configured to be moved from an initial actuator position to an end actuator position by a movement of the piston, and the actuator and the indicator are configured and disposed such that a magnetic force prevails between them such that the indicator is moved from an initial indicator position to an end indicator position by the movement of the actuator from the initial actuator position toward the end actuator position.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2017Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: SKF Lubrication Systems Germany GmbHInventors: Dieter Hess, Juergen Kreutzkaemper, Tobias Mueller, Jan Ruiter, Andreas Schoenfeld, Stefan Schuemann
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Patent number: 10844947Abstract: A gear lubricant line device includes a base body configured to attach to an end surface of a gear and a mount including a holder for a lubricant applicator. The mount is slidably mounted on the base body and releasably fixable to the base body to hold the lubricant applicator in a desired position relative to a tooth base of the gear.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2017Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: SKF LUBRICATION SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBHInventors: Andreas Schoenfeld, Daniel Beisel, Juergen Kreutzkaemper, Thomas Leibbrand
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Patent number: 10590921Abstract: Disclosed is a lubricant supply device, including at least a first housing section forming a reservoir for a lubricant, a second housing section including a feed pump for feeding the lubricant from the reservoir to a lubricant outlet and a motor driving at least the feed pump, the motor being arranged in the first housing section forming the reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2016Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: SKF Lubrication Systems Germany GmbHInventors: Juergen Kreutzkaemper, Jan Ruiter, Andreas Schoenfeld
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Patent number: 10465844Abstract: An oil-air lubricant distributor with a tubular distributor body that includes an oil-air mixture inlet and a plurality of lubrication-point outlets for dispensing the oil-air mixture to at least one consumer, wherein the lubrication-point outlets are connected to the oil-air mixture inlet via line channels, and the line channels are provided with an oil-air mixture from a mixture distributor unit, the mixture distributor unit including a single oil inlet, a single air inlet, and a plurality of oil-air-mixture outlets, and wherein the oil-air mixture inlet is directly but releasably connected to the mixture distributor, and the oil-air-mixture outlets are directly but releasably fluidly connected to the line channels in the tubular distributor body.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2016Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: SKF Lubrication Systems Germany GmbHInventors: Markus Mandera, Juergen Kreutzkaemper, Andreas Schoenfeld, Stefan Schuermann
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Publication number: 20190170295Abstract: A lubricating-grease pump includes a pumping chamber, a leakage accumulation chamber, a seal configured to substantially seal the pumping chamber from the leakage accumulation chamber, at least one outlet from the pumping chamber, and at least one leakage-recovery arrangement configured to guide a quantity of grease that has leaked from the pumping chamber into the leakage accumulation chamber back into the pumping chamber. The leakage-recovery arrangement may include a first passageway connecting the leakage accumulation chamber to a storage region, a second passageway connecting the first passageway to the pumping chamber and a spring-biased piston in the storage region.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2018Publication date: June 6, 2019Inventors: Dieter Hess, Juergen Kreutzkaemper, Andreas Schoenfeld, Stefan Schuermann
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Publication number: 20190150770Abstract: The invention relates to a diagnostic system for the simultaneous long-term registration of heart rate variability as well as the pressure value and/or the impedance and, if so desired, further measured values of a patient with a measuring probe system suitable for deriving data for electrocardiogram generation, a catheter for insertion into the esophagus of the patient, the catheter being provided with several measuring probes each for pressure determination and/or for impedance measurement, and, if required, further measuring probes for determining further measured values, a recording apparatus having a voltage source and a plurality of channels for the registration and recording of the measurement data originating from the measuring probes, at least one memory for time-dependent storage of the measurement data and means for data transmission from the measuring probes to the recording apparatus for use in the diagnosis of motility disorders influenced by the autonomic nervous system and the use of this systType: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2017Publication date: May 23, 2019Applicant: Standard Instruments GmbHInventor: Andreas Schoenfeld
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Publication number: 20190040997Abstract: A lubrication system configured to supply a lubricant to at least one lubrication point includes a lubricant pump configured to pump the lubricant to the at least one lubrication point, a lubricant distributor configured to distribute the lubricant at the at least one lubrication point, a controller configured to control at least the lubricant pump and/or the lubricant distributor, a lubrication system monitor configured to monitor a monitoring variable of the lubrication system, and a signal transmission device configured to wirelessly transmit a signal indicative of the monitoring variable provided by the lubrication system monitor to the control device and/or to a device functionally associated with the lubrication system and/or to receive data from the control device or from the device functionally associated with the lubrication system.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2018Publication date: February 7, 2019Inventors: Juergen Kreutzkaemper, Holger Schmidt, Andreas Schoenfeld