Patents by Inventor Bernhard Frank

Bernhard Frank 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: 9713785
    Abstract: An air filtration system with vertical construction includes a suction intake for taking in contaminated air and vertical channel. Contaminated air is taken in and conveyed downward through the vertical channel which includes a lateral opening, through which the air flow is deflected toward and conveyed through a material pre-separator. A process chamber having at least one filter element is provided downstream of the material pre-separator. A fan is provided downstream of the process chamber. The material pre-separator has an intake side and an outlet side for a particle-contaminated air flow and consists of several strip-shaped separating elements that are arranged vertically on top of one another. The separating elements are initially arranged from the top toward the bottom with an increasing positive angle relative to the vertical line and at least one lower separating element has a negative angle relative to the vertical line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: ESTA Apparatebau GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Novosel, Bernhard Frank
  • Patent number: 9707500
    Abstract: A material pre-separator with an intake side and an outlet side for a particle-contaminated air flow and with several strip-shaped separating elements that are arranged vertically on top of one another, wherein the separating elements are initially arranged from the top toward the bottom with an increasing positive angle relative to the vertical line and at least one lower separating element has a negative angle relative to the vertical line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: ESTA Apparatebau GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Novosel, Bernhard Frank, Lisa Görmiller
  • Publication number: 20160375392
    Abstract: The invention pertains to an air cleaner (1) with a process chamber (2), in which at least one air filter unit (3) is arranged, wherein air is discharged from the process chamber (2) through the at least one air filter unit (3) via at least one process chamber opening (4) on the process chamber ceiling (5), wherein the air filter unit (3) is mounted in a guide (6) on the process chamber ceiling (5), wherein projections (7) on the air filter unit (3) engage behind at least one guide rail (8) and the air filter unit (3) thereby can be mounted on the process chamber ceiling (5) in a sealed fashion around the process chamber opening (4), and wherein the guide rail (8) can be lowered from the process chamber ceiling (5) toward one side such that the air filter unit (3) can be pivoted down from the process chamber ceiling (5) and extracted from the guide rail (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Novosel, Bernhard Frank
  • Publication number: 20160367932
    Abstract: The invention pertains to an air filtration system (7) with vertical construction, in which a suction intake (71) for taking in air contaminated with particles to be separated is provided in the upper region of the system, in which a vertical channel (72) is provided in the interior of the system and contaminated air being taken in is conveyed downward in the interior of the system through said vertical channel, in which the vertical channel (72) features in the lower region of the system a lateral opening (73), through which the air flow is deflected toward and conveyed through a material pre-separator (1) arranged in the region of the opening, in which a process chamber (74) is provided in the air flow path downstream of the material pre-separator (1) and receives the air flow from the material pre-separator (1), in which one or more filter elements (75) is/are arranged in the process chamber (74), and in which a fan (75) for driving the air flow is provided in the air flow path downstream of the process ch
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Novosel, Bernhard Frank
  • Publication number: 20160367923
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a material pre-separator (1) with an intake side (11) and an outlet side (12) for a particle-contaminated air flow and with several strip-shaped separating elements (2, 3, 4) that are arranged vertically on top of one another, wherein the separating elements (2, 3) are initially arranged from the top toward the bottom with an increasing positive angle (W2, W3) relative to the vertical line (V) and at least one lower separating element (4) has a negative angle (W4) relative to the vertical line (V).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Novosel, Bernhard Frank, Lisa Görmiller
  • Patent number: 7485815
    Abstract: A mounting device for mounting a capacitor on a connector element includes a hollow body defining a continuous through-hole that axially penetrates the body for receiving and mounting the capacitor. The body has a lower region defining a lower through-hole portion with a dimension. The body further has a middle region defining a middle through-hole portion with a dimension that is smaller than the first through-hole dimension. Therefore, the middle region and the lower region define a first inner shoulder between them. The body further has an upper region defining an upper through-hole portion with a dimension that is smaller than the second through-hole dimension. The upper region and the middle region define a second inner between them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: AIC Europe Elektronische Bauteile GmbH
    Inventor: Bernhard Frank
  • Publication number: 20060275996
    Abstract: A mounting device for mounting a capacitor on a connector element includes a hollow body defining a continuous through-hole that axially penetrates the body for receiving and mounting the capacitor. The body has a lower region defining a lower through-hole portion with a dimension. The body further has a middle region defining a middle through-hole portion with a dimension that is smaller than the first through-hole dimension. Therefore, the middle region and the lower region define a first inner shoulder between them. The body further has an upper region defining an upper through-hole portion with a dimension that is smaller than the second through-hole dimension. The upper region and the middle region define a second inner between them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Applicant: AIC Europe Elektronische Bauteile GmbH
    Inventor: Bernhard Frank
  • Patent number: 5399984
    Abstract: A digital frequency generating device is comprised of a first digital frequency generator which generates a first output signal at a first frequency and a second digital frequency generator which generates a second output signal at a second frequency independent of the first frequency. Both the first and the second frequency generators run continuously and either can be connected to the generating device output by means of a multiplexer. Apparatus is provided to synchronize the two generators so that a continuous phase transition is maintained when the generating device output switches from the first output signal to the second output signal. This arrangement allows the device output to be shifted from a first frequency to a second frequency and then return to the first frequency output while maintaining the phase position of the first frequency output and is particularly useful in nuclear magnetic resonance applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1995
    Assignee: Bruker Medizintechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Bernhard Frank