Patents by Inventor Bernd Hermann

Bernd Hermann 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: 9912085
    Abstract: The invention relates to a module interface with a device-side connector provided on an electronic module with a number of contact elements. They are designed to form a plug-type connection with several corresponding plug-type connectors with different numbers of contact elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Euchner GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Mike Gehrke, Jörg Klaiber, Bernd Hermann
  • Publication number: 20170226775
    Abstract: A device for a controlled locking or release of a safety-relevant, movable component (2), such as a protective door, protective cover of the like, with a movable blocking element (51) and with a self-locking drive unit (5, 17, 19, 21, 23, 27) controlling adjustment movements of the blocking element (51) between a locked position and a released position is characterized in that an actuator (33) is provided that can be moved by the drive unit (5, 17, 19, 21, 23, 27), said actuator being mechanically coupled to the blocking element for a transfer of the blocking element (51) into the released position brought about by the drive unit (5, 17, 19, 21, 23, 27) and being capable of decoupling for a transfer of the blocking element (51) into the released position brought about independently of the drive unit (5, 17, 19, 21, 23, 27).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventor: Bernd Hermann
  • Patent number: 9653242
    Abstract: The invention relates to an actuator (1) of a safety switch (10) for detecting and locking a specifiable state of an apparatus (2), in particular for detecting and locking the closed state of a safety device of a machine (4) or the like, wherein the actuator (1) has an inductor (36) for a contact-free signal exchange with a reading inductor (38) of a switch element (16) of the safety switch (10), and wherein the actuator (1) has a locking flank (50) on which a lock element (24) of the switch element (16) can be brought into locking contact and the actuator (1) can therefore be locked on the switch element (16), characterized in that the inductor (36) has at least one winding extending around the locking flank (50) or around a recess or hole in the actuator (1) forming the locking flank (50) so that the at least one winding extends around the lock element (24) or around an extension of the lock element (24) in the state in which the actuator (1) is locked to the switch element (16), as well as a safety switch
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Euchner GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Walter Link, Johannes Häussler, Bernd Hermann
  • Publication number: 20170040723
    Abstract: The invention relates to a module interface with a device-side connector provided on an electronic module with a number of contact elements. They are designed to form a plug-type connection with several corresponding plug-type connectors with different numbers of contact elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Mike Gehrke, Jörg Klaiber, Bernd Hermann
  • Publication number: 20160260565
    Abstract: The invention relates to an actuator (1) of a safety switch (10) for detecting and locking a specifiable state of an apparatus (2), in particular for detecting and locking the closed state of a safety device of a machine (4) or the like, wherein the actuator (1) has an inductor (36) for a contact-free signal exchange with a reading inductor (38) of a switch element (16) of the safety switch (10), and wherein the actuator (1) has a locking flank (50) on which a lock element (24) of the switch element (16) can be brought into locking contact and the actuator (1) can therefore be locked on the switch element (16), characterized in that the inductor (36) has at least one winding extending around the locking flank (50) or around a recess or hole in the actuator (1) forming the locking flank (50) so that the at least one winding extends around the lock element (24) or around an extension of the lock element (24) in the state in which the actuator (1) is locked to the switch element (16), as well as a safety switch
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Walter Link, Johannes Häussler, Bernd Hermann
  • Publication number: 20080264766
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for monitoring the state of a protective device (2), wherein said protective device (2) comprises a first element (4) provided with an opening (5) and a second element 6) which is movable with respect to the first element (4) in such a way that the opening (5) is closable at least partially, the device (1) comprises a locking device provided with a locking element (18) by which the close state of the protective device (2) is removably lockable and is blocked in the currentless state of the locking device, said locking device is activable by the movement of the protective device (2) from the open to the close state thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2005
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Bernd Hermann, Erik Bachle
  • Patent number: 5915682
    Abstract: A sheet feeder system for a sheet-fed printing press includes a device for causing a sheet pile to sag at least partly in at least an upper region thereof, and at least two contact elements disposed in mutually spaced-apart relationship on an upper side of the sheet pile and having respective contact surfaces for pressing against the upper side of the sheet pile at least partly or temporarily, at least one of the contact elements being drivable so as to move the respective contact surfaces pressing against the upper side of the sheet pile towards and away from one another, respectively, for forming an interspace between the uppermost sheet of the sheet pile and a sheet immediately therebelow, and a method for individually separating sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1999
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Hermann Ambuhl, Urs Fluhmann, Martin Greive, Bernd Hermann, Hans Johr, Peter Lehmann, Rudolf Luthi
  • Patent number: 4598766
    Abstract: A regenerative gas-gas heat exchanger having a column type of construction, and heat transferring elements which absorb heat in a hot gas flow, give off heat in a cold gas flow, and are cyclically conveyed from one of the gas flows to the other. The heat transferring elements form a fluidized bed during the operation; this fluidized bed, in relation to the gases which flow in an upward direction through the gas permeable column bottom, moves in a counter-cross flow over this column bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1986
    Assignee: L. & C. Steinmuller GmbH
    Inventors: Stanislaw Michalak, Bernd Hermann
  • Patent number: D637054
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: KNIPEX-Werk C. Gustav Putsch KG
    Inventors: Jan Schleiminger, Bernd Hermann
  • Patent number: D679158
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: KNIPEX-Werk C. Gustav Putsch KG
    Inventors: Jan Schleiminger, Bernd Hermann