Patents by Inventor Daniel Noll
Daniel Noll 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).
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Publication number: 20240118048Abstract: Preventing freezing in a heat exchanger can include passing first and second cooling fluids through the heat exchanger, monitoring a temperature and/or pressure of the second cooling fluid entering the heat exchanger, heating the second cooling fluid entering the heat exchanger by opening a valve when the monitored temperature and/or monitored pressure is below a trigger temperature and/or trigger pressure, and closing the valve when a condition is met. The first cooling fluid can have a first freezing temperature and the second cooling fluid can have a second, lower freezing temperature. Opening the valve can cause the second cooling fluid, in gaseous phase, to mix with the second cooling fluid, in liquid phase, upstream of the heat exchanger.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Kiel Stephens, Galen Gerig, Steven A. Borror, Matthew Raven, Daniel J. Schutte, Roger Noll, Murphy Davidson
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Patent number: 11951961Abstract: A testing method includes the steps of: (1) providing a negative pressure generator; (2) generating a negative pressure in a fluid passageway and a chamber which are in fluid communication with a guiding section of a fluid reservoir wherein a second sensing element is affixed to a guiding section of the fluid reservoir; (3) transferring a fluid flow stream from the guiding section to the chamber via the fluid passageway and drawing a float having a first sensing element from an upper position to a lower position within the guiding section; (4) generating a signal via the first and second sensing elements as the float moves relative to the second sensing element within the guiding section; and (5) transmitting a signal to at least one of a control unit or a graphical user display.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2019Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignees: ZF Active Safety US Inc., ZF Active Safety GmbHInventors: Blaise Ganzel, Andreas Marx, Daniel Noll
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Patent number: 11535228Abstract: A filling level sensing device for a liquid reservoir, in particular for a compensation tank of a vehicle brake system, includes at least one float, at least one sensor element connected to the at least one float, and at least two sensors for detecting the position of the at least one sensor element. The float may be designed to come into contact with the liquid in the liquid reservoir. At least one of the two sensors may sense a change in the filling level of the liquid reservoir depending on the position of the at least one sensor element relative to the at least two sensors.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: ZF Active Safety GmbHInventors: Daniel Noll, Dennis Wagner, Soeren Lehmler
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Patent number: 10981549Abstract: A brake-actuating device for a vehicle brake system comprises a fluid reservoir and a master cylinder arrangement. The fluid reservoir has an outlet connection, and the master cylinder arrangement has an inlet connection. The outlet connection of the fluid reservoir and the inlet connection of the master cylinder arrangement, in the connected-together state, define at least one axially overlapping connection region through which a fluid channel for the feed of fluid from the fluid reservoir into the master cylinder arrangement extends. Furthermore, the brake-actuating device comprises a sealing element, which is arranged in the connection region and seals off the latter to the outside, and a filter element for filtering the fluid to be fed to the master cylinder arrangement. The sealing element holds the filter element in a predetermined position in the fluid channel.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2018Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: ZF Active Safety GmbHInventors: Yvonne Wuest, Dennis Wagner, Klaus Lemke, Daniel Noll
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Publication number: 20210053547Abstract: A testing method includes the steps of: (1) providing a negative pressure generator; (2) generating a negative pressure in a fluid passageway and a chamber which are in fluid communication with a guiding section of a fluid reservoir wherein a second sensing element is affixed to a guiding section of the fluid reservoir; (3) transferring a fluid flow stream from the guiding section to the chamber via the fluid passageway and drawing a float having a first sensing element from an upper position to a lower position within the guiding section; (4) generating a signal via the first and second sensing elements as the float moves relative to the second sensing element within the guiding section; and (5) transmitting a signal to at least one of a control unit or a graphical user display.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2019Publication date: February 25, 2021Applicant: ZF Active Safety GmbHInventors: Blaise Ganzel, Andreas Marx, Daniel Noll
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Publication number: 20200331449Abstract: A filling level sensing device for a liquid reservoir, in particular for a compensation tank of a vehicle brake system, includes at least one float, at least one sensor element connected to the at least one float, and at least two sensors for detecting the position of the at least one sensor element. The float may be designed to come into contact with the liquid in the liquid reservoir. At least one of the two sensors may sense a change in the filling level of the liquid reservoir depending on the position of the at least one sensor element relative to the at least two sensors.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2020Publication date: October 22, 2020Applicant: ZF Active Safety GmbHInventors: Daniel Noll, Dennis Wagner, Soeren Lehmler
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Publication number: 20200189540Abstract: A brake-actuating device for a vehicle brake system comprises a fluid reservoir and a master cylinder arrangement. The fluid reservoir has an outlet connection, and the master cylinder arrangement has an inlet connection. The outlet connection of the fluid reservoir and the inlet connection of the master cylinder arrangement, in the connected-together state, define at least one axially overlapping connection region through which a fluid channel for the feed of fluid from the fluid reservoir into the master cylinder arrangement extends. Furthermore, the brake-actuating device comprises a sealing element, which is arranged in the connection region and seals off the latter to the outside, and a filter element for filtering the fluid to be fed to the master cylinder arrangement. The sealing element holds the filter element in a predetermined position in the fluid channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2018Publication date: June 18, 2020Applicant: ZF Active Safety GmbHInventors: Yvonne Wuest, Dennis Wagner, Klaus Lemke, Daniel Noll
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Patent number: 9896078Abstract: A master brake cylinder assembly of a motor vehicle brake system includes a fluid reservoir and a master brake cylinder. The fluid reservoir and the master brake cylinder are fluidically coupled to each other by means of at least one fluid channel. At least one filter element is arranged within the master brake cylinder assembly in such a way that a brake fluid volume exchanged between the master cylinder and the fluid reservoir during operation flows through the filter element. The filter element is designed to collect dirt particles present in the brake fluid.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2014Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: LUCAS AUTOMOTIVE GMBHInventors: Daniel Noll, Lothar Zeuner
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Patent number: 9776610Abstract: The invention relates to a modular leakage protection device for a fluid container of a vehicle brake system. The modular leakage protection device comprises a housing which attaches the modular leakage protection device to a fluid discharge opening of the fluid container. The modular leak protection device further includes a switching element, which can be moved between an open position, in which a fluid passage in the housing is released, and a closed position, in which the fluid passage is closed. The switching element is preloaded into the closed position by means of at least one to preloading means.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2014Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: Lucas Automotive GmbHInventors: Klaus Lemke, Daniel Noll, Martin Sakalla, Lothar Zeuner
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Publication number: 20160176390Abstract: A master brake cylinder assembly of a motor vehicle brake system includes a fluid reservoir and a master brake cylinder. The fluid reservoir and the master brake cylinder are fluidically coupled to each other by means of at least one fluid channel. At least one filter element is arranged within the master brake cylinder assembly in such a way that a brake fluid volume exchanged between the master cylinder and the fluid reservoir during operation flows through the filter element. The filter element is designed to collect dirt particles present in the brake fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2014Publication date: June 23, 2016Applicant: LUCAS AUTOMOTIVE GMBHInventors: Daniel Noll, Lothar Zeuner
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Publication number: 20160075317Abstract: The invention relates to a modular leakage protection device for a fluid container of a vehicle brake system. The modular leakage protection device comprises a housing which attaches the modular leakage protection device to a fluid discharge opening of the fluid container. The modular leak protection device further includes a switching element, which can be moved between an open position, in which a fluid passage in the housing is released, and a closed position, in which the fluid passage is closed. The switching element is preloaded into the closed position by means of at least one to preloading means.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2014Publication date: March 17, 2016Applicant: Lucas Automotive GmbHInventors: Klaus Lemke, Daniel Noll, Martin Sakalla, Lothar Zeuner
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Publication number: 20090198677Abstract: A document comparison and identification method comprises the steps of: identifying (S210), in a source document, words of a predetermined number of characters or greater; generating a list containing the identified words (S220), and excluding (S220) identified words occurring with a predetermined frequency or greater throughout a set of documents to be searched; searching (S230) each of the plurality of documents in the set of documents for occurrences of the identified words stored in the list; for each of the plurality of documents, determining (S230) how many identified words from the list occur in the document; and calculating (S240) a similarity of each of the plurality of documents to the source document based on the total number of identified words in the list, the number of identified words in the list occurring in the document, and a predetermined minimum required number of matches.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2008Publication date: August 6, 2009Applicant: Nuix Pty.Ltd.Inventors: Edward Sheehy, David Sitsky, Daniel Noll
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Publication number: 20060012274Abstract: A metallic cabinet door organizer providing a convenient, functional, space saving, efficient, lightweight, concealed, and inexpensive method for magnetically mounting printed material and other small household/office items to the inside panel of cabinet doors, which would otherwise be wasted space. The metallic cabinet door organizer comprises a flat metal plate, an optional adhesive agent layer for adhering the metal plate to the inside of a cabinet door, an optional color and/or other coating/sealant applied to the metal plate and optional anchoring hardware for anchoring the metal plate to the inside of a cabinet door. The metal plate, adhesive layer, color and/or other coating/sealant may be secured inside or outside of the inner rabbet of a cabinet door's outer frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2004Publication date: January 19, 2006Inventor: Daniel Noll
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Patent number: D737023Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2014Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: The Coleman Company, Inc.Inventors: Kasey Tolbert, Michael W. Peterson, Daniel Noll