Patents by Inventor Daniel SCHMELZLE

Daniel SCHMELZLE 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).

  • Operator control and detector device having differentiated signal generation
    Patent number: 10032576
    Abstract: A command and signaling device responsive to movement of an actuating tappet includes a spring element to which the tappet is operatively connected to compress the spring element in response to movement of the tappet. A plurality of contact pads are defined on the surface of a printed circuit board. The spring element has a conical portion that is mounted on the printed circuit board proximate the contact pads, and a cylindrical part to which the tappet is connected. As the tappet movably advances, it drives the spring element into increasingly compressed positions that are sensed by contact of the spring element conical portion with multiple ones of the contact pads so that the spring element provides monitoring contact in a first compression position, a command and messaging signal in a second compression position and return urgency for return movement of the tappet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Daniel Schmelzle, Stephan Spengler
  • Operator Control and Detector Device Having Differentiated Signal Generation
    Publication number: 20160225555
    Abstract: A command and signaling device responsive to movement of an actuating tappet includes a spring element to which the tappet is operatively connected to compress the spring element in response to movement of the tappet. A plurality of contact pads are defined on the surface of a printed circuit board. The spring element has a conical portion that is mounted on the printed circuit board proximate the contact pads, and a cylindrical part to which the tappet is connected. As the tappet movably advances, it drives the spring element into increasingly compressed positions that are sensed by contact of the spring element conical portion with multiple ones of the contact pads so that the spring element provides monitoring contact in a first compression position, a command and messaging signal in a second compression position and return urgency for return movement of the tappet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Daniel SCHMELZLE, Stephan SPENGLER