Patents by Inventor Bernd Kretschmer

Bernd Kretschmer 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: 9869326
    Abstract: The invention relates to a centrifugal pump, in particular a waste water submersible pump having an impeller (1), of which the end face facing the pump intake opening is open and only the end face of the impeller facing away from the intake opening (8) is covered by a circular coaxial impeller hub (2), on which the curved vanes (3, 4) are fastened, and in particular molded on, wherein the base plate (7) having the intake opening (8) facing the impeller (1) or at least one segment (7a) of the base plate is mounted so as to be movable against spring pressure (20) in such a way that the distance thereof from the impeller (1) and thus from the impeller vanes (3, 4) changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: WILO SE
    Inventors: Holger Stark, Alfred J. Otto, Wolfgang Geier, Bernd Kretschmer, Wolfgang Stroessner
  • Publication number: 20150292519
    Abstract: The invention relates to a centrifugal pump, in particular a waste water submersible pump having an impeller (1), of which the end face facing the pump intake opening is open and only the end face of the impeller facing away from the intake opening (8) is covered by a circular coaxial impeller hub (2), on which the curved vanes (3, 4) are fastened, and in particular moulded on, wherein the base plate (7) having the intake opening (8) facing the impeller (1) or at least one segment (7a) of the base plate is mounted so as to be movable against spring pressure (20) in such a way that the distance thereof from the impeller (1) and thus from the impeller vanes (3, 4) changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: WILO SE
    Inventors: Holger Stark, Alfred J. Otto, Wolfgang Geier, Bernd Kretschmer, Wolfgang Stroessner
  • Patent number: 8490995
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a body, an actuator assembly and an actuator control assembly. The body is attached to a handlebar of a handlebar-steered vehicle. The actuator assembly includes a lever arm in pivoting engagement with the body about a pivot axis spaced apart from an axis of a handlebar to which the body is attached. The lever arm is associated with a suspension adjust cable. The actuator control assembly includes a locking assembly and an adjustment assembly. The locking assembly is associated with each of the body and the actuator assembly. The locking assembly is capable of preventing pivoting of the actuator relative to the body in a first position corresponding to a first suspension setting. The adjustment assembly is associated with each of the body and the actuator assembly. The adjustment assembly is capable of preventing pivoting of the actuator relative to the body in a second position corresponding to a second suspension setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: SRAM, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Hunt, Bernd Kretschmer, Kevin F. Wesling
  • Patent number: 7676696
    Abstract: A functional unit for carrying out logical test cases on a test system interconnected to a unit that is to be tested, the functional unit being suitable for being interconnected between the logical test cases and the test system in such a way that the logical test cases are decoupled from the test system, and, in this context, for supporting an execution of the logical test cases on the test system as mediator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Gerald Holzapfel, Gerhard Filp, Hakan Oezaslan, Frank Traenkle, Juergen Meyer, Tilo Allmendinger, Uwe Gross, Alexander Bayerl, Sven Goebel, Bernd Kretschmer, Klaus Lebert, Ulrich Wolters
  • Publication number: 20060090100
    Abstract: A functional unit for carrying out logical test cases on a test system interconnected to a unit that is to be tested, the functional unit being suitable for being interconnected between the logical test cases and the test system in such a way that the logical test cases are decoupled from the test system, and, in this context, for supporting an execution of the logical test cases on the test system as mediator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Publication date: April 27, 2006
    Inventors: Gerald Holzapfel, Gerhard Filp, Hakan Oezaslan, Frank Traenkle, Juergen Meyer, Tilo Allmendinger, Uwe Gross, Alexander Bayerl, Sven Goebel, Bernd Kretschmer, Klaus Lebert, Ulrich Wolters
  • Publication number: 20050103149
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a body, an actuator assembly and an actuator control assembly. The body is attached to a handlebar of a handlebar-steered vehicle. The actuator assembly includes a lever arm in pivoting engagement with the body about a pivot axis spaced apart from an axis of a handlebar to which the body is attached. The lever arm is associated with a suspension adjust cable. The actuator control assembly includes a locking assembly and an adjustment assembly. The locking assembly is associated with each of the body and the actuator assembly. The locking assembly is capable of preventing pivoting of the actuator relative to the body in a first position corresponding to a first suspension setting. The adjustment assembly is associated with each of the body and the actuator assembly. The adjustment assembly is capable of preventing pivoting of the actuator relative to the body in a second position corresponding to a second suspension setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2003
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Applicant: SRAM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew Hunt, Bernd Kretschmer, Kevin Nesling