Patents by Inventor Bernd Steinbrenner

Bernd Steinbrenner 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: 8685342
    Abstract: A device for receiving and dispensing liquids has a plurality of piston-cylinder units (1, 1?, 1?) which are respectively arranged on a piston plate (2) and a cylinder plate (3). The liquid is received and dispensed by displacing the pistons (1?) in the cylinders (1?) by changing the distance between the plates (2, 3), perpendicularly to the plate planes, by means of a drive mechanism (6) and a plate guiding system. The volume can be determined by an upper abutment (4) and a lower abutment (5), at least one of said abutments being regulatable by a regulating means (8). The device is suitable for handling precise volumes of a larger number of piston-cylinder units (1, 1?, 1?) in a technically simple manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Inventors: Bernd Steinbrenner, Roger Steinbrenner
  • Publication number: 20100252579
    Abstract: A device for receiving and dispensing liquids has a plurality of piston-cylinder units (1, 1?, 1?) which are respectively arranged on a piston plate (2) and a cylinder plate (3). The liquid is received and dispensed by displacing the pistons (1?) in the cylinders (1?) by changing the distance between the plates (2, 3), perpendicularly to the plate planes, by means of a drive mechanism (6) and a plate guiding system. The volume can be determined by an upper abutment (4) and a lower abutment (5), at least one of said abutments being regulatable by a regulating means (8). The device is suitable for handling precise volumes of a larger number of piston-cylinder units (1, 1?, 1?) in a technically simple manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventors: Bernd Steinbrenner, Roger Steinbrenner
  • Publication number: 20070221684
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for receiving and dispensing liquids, the device comprising a plurality of piston-cylinder units (1, 1?, 1?) which are respectively arranged on a piston plate (2) and a cylinder plate (3). According to the invention, the liquid is received and dispensed by displacing the pistons (1?) in the cylinders (1?) by changing the distance between the plates (2, 3), perpendicularly to the plate planes, by means of a drive mechanism (6) and a plate guiding system. The volume can be determined by an upper abutment (4) and a lower abutment (5), at least one of said abutments being regulatable by a regulating means (8). The aim of the invention is to render one such device suitable for handling precise volumes of a larger number of piston-cylinder units (1, 1?, 1?) in a technically simple manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2005
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Inventors: Bernd Steinbrenner, Roger Steinbrenner
  • Patent number: 5948362
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device for arranging a plurality of objects (1) on a support (4), the objects (1) being placed in layers (3) in apertured plates (5). These plates (5) are in turn stacked one above the other in a magazine (6) so as to save space. The respective lowermost apertured plate (5) containing objects (1) is released by the disengagement of a retaining element (7). The device is configured such that it is easy to handle and the magazines can accommodate a large number of layers (3) since the retaining element (7) can be disengaged by an actuating device which can be manipulated from the exterior of the magazine (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Inventors: Bernd Steinbrenner, Roger Steinbrenner