Patents by Inventor Christopher Maier

Christopher Maier 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: 12311352
    Abstract: A door device for connecting a container having a container flange with a plurality of radial flanges distributed around its circumference to an isolation chamber includes a door reversibly movable from a closed position, in which it closes a passage opening of the door device, to an open position, in which it uncovers the passage opening, and an interface of a closure, in particular a first bayonet closure for fastening a lid attached to the container. The device further includes a frame having axial grooves for receiving the radial flanges of the container and a cover reversibly movable from an insertion position in which it releases the axial grooves for insertion and withdrawal of the radial flanges to a locking position in which it locks the axial grooves against withdrawal of the radial flanges to lock the container to the door device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: castus GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christoph Maier, Andreas Mayer
  • Publication number: 20250161065
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for accessing and treating the interior of the facet joint for vertebral distraction and immobilization. The systems include a number of tools that facilitate access to the facet joint, distraction of the articulating decortication of the articulating surfaces, and delivery of implants and agents into the facet joint for fusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2025
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Inventors: Bruce M. McCormack, Nathan Christopher Maier
  • Patent number: 12184149
    Abstract: An electric motor of an AC-operated, handheld power tool, with a stator that has multiple windings that are accommodated in a laminated stator core and are electrically insulated therefrom with basic insulation, in which stator a rotor is supported so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation, wherein the rotor has a rotor shaft on which a laminated rotor core with a multiplicity of permanent magnets is held, which laminated rotor core is electrically insulated from the rotor shaft, characterized in that the stator is enclosed by a motor housing that is electrically insulated from the windings of the stator, and in that a supplementary electrical insulation is formed between the motor housing and the rotor shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: C. & E. FEIN GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Adamczyk, Christoph Maier, Rudi Brueckmann, Bernd Mayer, Tobias Hokenmaier
  • Patent number: 11896889
    Abstract: A hip thrust exercise guard comprising a pad, a bar insert in the pad to hold the bar of a barbell, and an adjustable band. The bar insert grips the bar of a barbell to prevent slippage during the hip thrust exercise, while still allowing slight side to side adjustments, in order to center the bar in the safest and most comfortable position. The attached adjustable band secures the pad around the hip in the optimal position for comfort, protection, and stability. The pad's soft foam construction and sculpted design contours to the hip area of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Inventors: David Stubbers, Christopher Maier
  • Publication number: 20240035921
    Abstract: A device for determining a condition of a composite component, including: an input interface for receiving measurement data with information on a condition of the composite component; an analysis unit for determining a condition of the composite component based on the measurement data; and an output interface for transmitting the determined condition; wherein the measurement data includes an electrical charge transfer and/or electrical voltage, which can be generated by the composite component through mechanical excitation of the composite component; and the analysis unit is designed and configured to determine the condition of the composite component on the basis of the electrical charge separation and/or electrical voltage. The present invention further relates to a corresponding system and method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: HOCHSCHULE TRIER
    Inventors: Philipp LENZ, Klaus-Peter KOCH, Martin QUINTUS, Christoph MAIER
  • Publication number: 20230149179
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for accessing and treating the interior of the facet joint for vertebral distraction and immobilization. The systems include a number of tools that facilitate access to the facet joint, distraction of the articulating decortication of the articulating surfaces, and delivery of implants and agents into the facet joint for fusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Bruce M. McCormack, Nathan Christopher Maier
  • Patent number: 11648367
    Abstract: A nebulizer device aerosolizes (or vaporizes) liquid drawn from a liquid reservoir via a fluid flow path into a nebulization chamber. An inlet port is coupled to an external air supply and leads through a check valve and Venturi nozzle (e.g. a duckbill valve) into the chamber to direct an air stream across an opening of the fluid flow path. A discharge port leads from the chamber to a user mask, mouthpiece or canula, where the aerosol or vapor mixture can be inhaled. A filtered outlet port isolates exhaled material from the external environment. Multiple discrete heating elements may be placed around the fluid flow path to preheat the liquid. If the liquid is sufficiently volatile, heating may vaporize the material which can condense back into an aerosol after mixing with the air stream. A set of check valves direct one-way fluid flow and prevent leakage or spillage of material from the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Inventor: Nathan Christopher Maier
  • Patent number: 11559408
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for accessing and treating the interior of the facet joint for vertebral distraction and immobilization. The systems include a number of tools that facilitate access to the facet joint, distraction of the articulating decortication of the articulating surfaces, and delivery of implants and agents into the facet joint for fusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Providence Medical Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce M. McCormack, Nathan Christopher Maier
  • Patent number: 11489384
    Abstract: An EC motor is provided having a stator, in which an armature is rotatably supported, the armature including an armature shaft, on which an armature core having a plurality of permanent magnets is held, the armature core being electrically insulated against the armature shaft with the aid of a casting compound, and a balance ring being provided on at least one axial end of the armature core, which is accommodated on the armature shaft by a central recess, a gap between the armature shaft and the central recess of the balance ring being filled with casting compound, and the permanent magnets being held in pockets of the armature core by casting compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: C&E Fein GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Maier, Fabian Grass, Thomas Burkhardt
  • Publication number: 20220302791
    Abstract: An electric motor of an AC-operated, handheld power tool, with a stator that has multiple windings that are accommodated in a laminated stator core and are electrically insulated therefrom with basic insulation, in which stator a rotor is supported so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation, wherein the rotor has a rotor shaft on which a laminated rotor core with a multiplicity of permanent magnets is held, which laminated rotor core is electrically insulated from the rotor shaft, characterized in that the stator is enclosed by a motor housing that is electrically insulated from the windings of the stator, and in that a supplementary electrical insulation is formed between the motor housing and the rotor shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: C. & E. Fein GmbH
    Inventors: Martin ADAMCZYK, Christoph MAIER, Rudi BRUECKMANN, Bernd MAYER, Tobias HOKENMAIER
  • Patent number: 11374473
    Abstract: An EC motor for an electric hand tool having a stator in which a rotor is rotatably mounted, which comprises a rotor lamination stack, which has a passage opening and is formed of individual laminations, and a rotor shaft which is cast in the passage opening of the rotor lamination stack by means of a casting compound, and having a plurality of permanent magnets, which are received in the pockets formed in the rotor lamination stack. An annular channel, which is connected to the pockets in a fluid-conducting manner via radial channels, each of which is formed of a plurality of channel sections formed in adjacent laminations of the rotor lamination stack, is formed between the rotor shaft and the wall of the passage opening for supplying the casting compound from the annular channel to the pockets. A method is also provided for producing a rotor for an EC motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: C. & E. Fein GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Maier, Martin Adamczyk, Thomas Burkhardt
  • Publication number: 20220184598
    Abstract: A door device for connecting a container having a container flange with a plurality of radial flanges distributed around its circumference to an isolation chamber includes a door reversibly movable from a closed position, in which it closes a passage opening of the door device, to an open position, in which it uncovers the passage opening, and an interface of a closure, in particular a first bayonet closure for fastening a lid attached to the container. The device further includes a frame having axial grooves for receiving the radial flanges of the container and a cover reversibly movable from an insertion position in which it releases the axial grooves for insertion and withdrawal of the radial flanges to a locking position in which it locks the axial grooves against withdrawal of the radial flanges to lock the container to the door device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Christoph Maier, Andreas Mayer
  • Patent number: 11356637
    Abstract: A method of transmitting image data in a safety sensor or in a safety system is provided, in which transmission errors are recognized in that meta information is added to the image data prior to the transmission and the meta information is checked after the transmission. The image data are here transmitted by an unsafe communication link, in particular a black channel, the meta information is prepended and/or appended to the image data and/or to the partial packets, and the meta information comprises a piece of information on the structure of the image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: SICK AG
    Inventors: Lars Müller, Matthias Neubauer, Christoph Maier
  • Publication number: 20220161122
    Abstract: A hip thrust exercise guard comprising a pad, a bar insert in the pad to hold the bar of a barbell, and an adjustable band. The bar insert grips the bar of a barbell to prevent slippage during the hip thrust exercise, while still allowing slight side to side adjustments, in order to center the bar in the safest and most comfortable position. The attached adjustable band secures the pad around the hip in the optimal position for comfort, protection, and stability. The pad's soft foam construction and sculpted design contours to the hip area of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: David Stubbers, Christopher Maier
  • Publication number: 20210328469
    Abstract: An EC motor is provided having a stator, in which an armature is rotatably supported, the armature including an armature shaft, on which an armature core having a plurality of permanent magnets is held, the armature core being electrically insulated against the armature shaft with the aid of a casting compound, and a balance ring being provided on at least one axial end of the armature core, which is accommodated on the armature shaft by a central recess, a gap between the armature shaft and the central recess of the balance ring being filled with casting compound, and the permanent magnets being held in pockets of the armature core by casting compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: C. & E. Fein GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph MAIER, Fabian GRASS, Thomas BURKHARDT
  • Patent number: 11114910
    Abstract: An EC motor is provided having a stator, in which an armature is rotatably supported, the armature including an armature shaft, on which an armature core having a plurality of permanent magnets is held, the armature core being electrically insulated against the armature shaft with the aid of a casting compound, and a balance ring being provided on at least one axial end of the armature core, which is accommodated on the armature shaft by a central recess, a gap between the armature shaft and the central recess of the balance ring being filled with casting compound, and the permanent magnets being held in pockets of the armature core by casting compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: C&E Fein GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Maier, Fabian Grass, Thomas Burkhardt
  • Publication number: 20210162161
    Abstract: A nebulizer device aerosolizes (or vaporizes) liquid drawn from a liquid reservoir via a fluid flow path into a nebulization chamber. An inlet port is coupled to an external air supply and leads through a check valve and Venturi nozzle (e.g. a duckbill valve) into the chamber to direct an air stream across an opening of the fluid flow path. A discharge port leads from the chamber to a user mask, mouthpiece or canula, where the aerosol or vapor mixture can be inhaled. A filtered outlet port isolates exhaled material from the external environment. Multiple discrete heating elements may be placed around the fluid flow path to preheat the liquid. If the liquid is sufficiently volatile, heating may vaporize the material which can condense back into an aerosol after mixing with the air stream. A set of check valves direct one-way fluid flow and prevent leakage or spillage of material from the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventor: Nathan Christopher Maier
  • Publication number: 20210162148
    Abstract: A cartridge is inserted onto a nebulizer that aerosolizes (or vaporizes) liquid drawn from a cartridge reservoir via a flow path into a nebulization chamber. In such a nebulizer, an inlet port is coupled to an external air supply and leads through a Venturi nozzle into the chamber to direct an air stream across an opening of the flow path, while a discharge port leads from the chamber to a user mask, mouthpiece or cannula, where the aerosol or vapor mixture can be inhaled. A filtered outlet port isolates exhaled material from the external environment. Multiple discrete heating elements may be placed around the flow path to preheat the liquid. If the liquid is sufficiently volatile, heating may vaporize the material which can condense back into an aerosol after mixing with the air stream. A set of check valves direct one-way flow and prevent leakage or spillage of material from the cartridge or nebulizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventor: Nathan Christopher Maier
  • Patent number: 11009430
    Abstract: A method for monitoring operation of a plant via a plurality of sensors includes: a) determining respective temporal waveforms of measurement values recordable with the sensors during normal operation of the plant, b) determining dependencies between the determined temporal waveforms of the measurement values, c) recording respective temporal waveforms of measurement values with the sensors during the operating mode to be monitored of the plant, and d) deciding whether a fault is present in the operating mode to be monitored of the plant by evaluating the recorded temporal waveforms on the basis of the determined dependencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian Vornwald, Adrien Mouaffo Tiadjio, Christoph Maier, Jochen Mueller, Patric Brand, Peter Rehbein, Roman Ritter, Thomas Inderwies, Wolfgang Rueppel
  • Publication number: 20210022881
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for accessing and treating the interior of the facet joint for vertebral distraction and immobilization. The systems include a number of tools that facilitate access to the facet joint, distraction of the articulating decortication of the articulating surfaces, and delivery of implants and agents into the facet joint for fusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Bruce M. McCormack, Nathan Christopher Maier