Patents by Inventor Christian Dietz

Christian Dietz 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: 8122645
    Abstract: A drive unit for a door or a gate includes an electric motor, a detection unit for detecting the position of the door or gate, the detection unit being coupled to the motor and providing an identical pulse sequence with every rotation of the motor, wherein the duration of one pulse in the sequence is different from the duration of the other pulses in the sequence, which are equal. All detected pulses are stored in a non-volatile memory. The drive unit includes an electronic control and regulating circuit including an output stage for the electric motor and at least one memory, in which an operational program is stored providing a programmable learning procedure for an opening and closing movement of the door or gate based on the pulses provided by the detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Novoferm tormatic GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Theile, Christian Dietz
  • Patent number: 8098030
    Abstract: A drive unit for a door or a gate includes an electric motor, a detection unit for detecting the position of the door or gate, the detection unit being coupled to the motor and providing an identical pulse sequence with every rotation of the motor, wherein the duration of one pulse in the sequence is different from the duration of the other pulses in the sequence, which are equal. All detected pulses are stored in a non-volatile memory. The drive unit includes an electronic control and regulating circuit including an output stage for the electric motor and at least one memory, in which an operational program is stored providing a programmable learning procedure for an opening and closing movement of the door or gate based on the pulses provided by the detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Novoferm tormatic GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Theile, Christian Dietz
  • Patent number: 7856758
    Abstract: The invention concerns an electromechanical drive for a door or the like, with a motor and a transmission, which are connected with each other, wherein a drive gear in the form of a gear wheel or the like is present on a drive shaft of the transmission and cooperates with means for moving the door or the like, preferably in or on a guide rail. The drive has a modular design, and it has a compact power unit that can be used with different types of mounting units for different doors. In this regard, the power unit is equipped with a standard mounting bracket. In addition, different housings can be used for different areas of application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Novoferm formatic GmbH
    Inventors: Willi Ressel, Ulrich Theile, Ralf Sojka, Christian Dietz
  • Publication number: 20090255188
    Abstract: A drive unit for a door or a gate includes an electric motor, a detection unit for detecting the position of the door or gate, the detection unit being coupled to the motor and providing an identical pulse sequence with every rotation of the motor, wherein the duration of one pulse in the sequence is different from the duration of the other pulses in the sequence, which are equal. All detected pulses are stored in a non-volatile memory. The drive unit includes an electronic control and regulating circuit including an output stage for the electric motor and at least one memory, in which an operational program is stored providing a programmable learning procedure for an opening and closing movement of the door or gate based on the pulses provided by the detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventors: Ulrich THEILE, Christian DIETZ
  • Patent number: 7371431
    Abstract: In the method of producing smaller, sheet glass plates having a predetermined geometry and lateral dimensions in the millimeter range from a larger sheet glass plate, a joining material is imprinted on one side of the larger sheet glass plate in accordance with a joining zone geometry of the smaller, sheet glass plates. Dividing lines along which the smaller, sheet glass plates are separated are specified on the larger sheet glass plate. Then the smaller, sheet glass plates are separated along the dividing lines together with the imprinted joining material into individual sheet glass plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Christian Dietz, Robert Fuerst, Christoph Hermanns, Heinrich Ostendarp, Dietrich Mund
  • Patent number: 7339338
    Abstract: A door, especially a sectional door, is operated with the use of a drive unit with a drive gear, a clutch, and a position-detecting unit. The position-detecting unit detects the direction of rotation of the drive gear, detects the number of revolutions of the drive gear by pulses, and stores the pulses, taking the direction of rotation into consideration, in a nonvolatile memory. A data-processing unit is present in which different variable sequence programs are stored, which include not only safety-relevant programs but also a learning program. Reference values are determined by the position-detecting unit for a variable open position of the door, which position can be set as desired, and for a completely open position, which is limited by a stop, as well as for a closed position of the door are stored in a nonvolatile memory and are processed during automatic travel of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Novoferm Tormatic GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Theile, Christian Dietz
  • Publication number: 20070039243
    Abstract: A drive unit for a door or a gate includes an electric motor, a detection unit for detecting the position of the door or gate, the detection unit being coupled to the motor and providing an identical pulse sequence with every rotation of the motor, wherein the duration of one pulse in the sequence is different from the duration of the other pulses in the sequence, which are equal. All detected pulses are stored in a non-volatile memory. The drive unit includes an electronic control and regulating circuit including an output stage for the electric motor and at least one memory, in which an operational program is stored providing a programmable learning procedure for an opening and closing movement of the door or gate based on the pulses provided by the detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2006
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Applicant: Novoferm tormatic GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Theile, Christian Dietz
  • Publication number: 20060289128
    Abstract: The invention concerns an electromechanical drive for a door or the like, with a motor and a transmission, which are connected with each other, wherein a drive gear in the form of a gear wheel or the like is present on a drive shaft of the transmission and cooperates with means for moving the door or the like, preferably in or on a guide rail. The drive has a modular design, and it has a compact power unit that can be used with different types of mounting units for different doors. In this regard, the power unit is equipped with a standard mounting bracket. In addition, different housings can be used for different areas of application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Inventors: Willi Ressel, Ulrich Theile, Ralf Sojka, Christian Dietz
  • Publication number: 20060158144
    Abstract: A door, especially a sectional door, is operated with the use of a drive unit with a drive gear, a clutch, and a position-detecting unit. The position-detecting unit detects the direction of rotation of the drive gear, detects the number of revolutions of the drive gear by pulses, and stores the pulses, taking the direction of rotation into consideration, in a nonvolatile memory. A data-processing unit is present in which different variable sequence programs are stored, which include not only safety-relevant programs but also a learning program. Reference values are determined by the position-detecting unit for a variable open position of the door, which position can be set as desired, and for a completely open position, which is limited by a stop, as well as for a closed position of the door are stored in a nonvolatile memory and are processed during automatic travel of the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Inventors: Ulrich Theile, Christian Dietz
  • Publication number: 20050167856
    Abstract: The invention relates to a molded element that consists of brittle-fracture material with at least one opening that is hermetically sealed by a sealing element, whereby the molded element and the sealing element are permanently bonded together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2005
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventors: Martin Sommer, Christian Dietz
  • Publication number: 20040118700
    Abstract: Lithium is isolated from lithium amalgam by electrolysis over a solid lithium ion conductor having the composition Li4−xSi1−xPxO4, where x is at least 0.3 and not more than 0.7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Kerstin Schierle-Arndt, Gunther Huber, Werner Weppner, Christian Dietz
  • Publication number: 20040111874
    Abstract: A lithium ion conductor having the composition Li4−xSi1−xPxO4, where x is at least 0.3 and not more than 0.7, is prepared by shaping and calcining Li4−xSi1−xPxO4, where x is at least 0.3 and not more than 0.7, and/or compounds which are converted into this during calcination, wherein the Li4−xSi1−xPxO4 and/or the compounds is/are used in the form of powder having a mean particle size of not more than 5 microns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventors: Kerstin Schierle-Arndt, Gunther Huber, Werner Weppner, Christian Dietz
  • Publication number: 20030148057
    Abstract: Small sheet glass plates (2) of this type with a predetermined geometrical structure are conventionally produced by being cut out of a larger sheet glass plate (1). The small sheet glass plates (2) that have been separated in this way, together with a jointing cement, in particular a solder frame (3) consisting of glass solder are then attached to other components, for example to be used in “electronic packaging”. In order to improve handling during the production and the jointing of the small sheet glass plates (2), the invention provides a larger sheet glass plate (2) which is patterned on both sides using a screen-printing or stencil-printing process and preferably using laser beam treatment along desired predetermined breaking points (5). Said larger glass plate can then be separated into smaller, patterned plates, i.e. the small sheet glass plates (2), whose shape is geometrically determined, by a simple preferably mechanical breaking process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2003
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Christian Dietz, Robert Fuerst, Christoph Hermanns, Heinrich Ostendarp, Dietrich Mund
  • Publication number: 20010033912
    Abstract: The invention relates to a molded element that consists of brittle-fracture material with at least one opening that is hermetically sealed by a sealing element, whereby the molded element and the sealing element are permanently bonded together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2001
    Publication date: October 25, 2001
    Applicant: SCHOTT GLAS
    Inventors: Martin Sommer, Christian Dietz