Patents by Inventor David Franz
David Franz 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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Patent number: 11930981Abstract: A dishwasher (1) for cleaning drinking vessels, wherein the dishwasher (1) has a treatment zone (3) and a conveyor apparatus (6) for conveying the items of washware (2) to be cleaned from an introduction region (4) of the dishwasher (1) through the treatment zone (3) to a removal region (5) of the dishwasher (1). The conveyor apparatus (6) is configured to convey a previously defined or definable group of items of washware (2) to be cleaned in batches from the introduction region (4) through the treatment zone (3) and then to feed the group of items of washware (2) as cleaned items of washware (2) to the removal region (5).Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Harald Disch, Martin Schrempp, Adrian Boldt, Benjamin Franz, Roland Werner, David Reinhart, Björn Brodowski
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Publication number: 20230002052Abstract: Systems and methods for delivering payloads are described. In some embodiments, a system may include a tether, a release wire, and a coupling. The system may have a first state and a second state. In the first state, a portion of the coupling may extend through an opening in the tether and engage the release wire. In the second state, the release wire may not engage the portion of the coupling such that the portion of the coupling can pass freely through the opening in the tether.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2021Publication date: January 5, 2023Inventor: John David Franz, JR.
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Publication number: 20190111817Abstract: A method of forming a seat cushion of a vehicle seat includes locating a motor in a first portion of a housing, and positioning a second portion of the housing on the first portion of the housing, wherein one of the first and second portion of the housing includes a meltable feature located near a location of contact of the first and second portion. The meltable feature is melted to permanently secure the first and second portion together and provide a sealed housing that retains and seals the motor. The sealed housing is suspended in a mold with a rod. Liquid foam is poured into the mold, and the liquid foam is allowed to solidify to form a solid foam seat cushion that encapsulates the sealed housing and embeds the sealed housing in the foam cushion. The sealed housing prevents the liquid foam from contacting the motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2018Publication date: April 18, 2019Inventors: Christopher Mark Rockwell, Michael David Franz, Alice Knoebel, Douglas J. Krueger, JR., Anup Viswanathan, Daniel Jerome Wiegand
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Patent number: 10214128Abstract: A seat cushion of a vehicle seat includes a cushion made of foam and at least one motor assembly located in the cushion. The at least one motor assembly includes a housing having a first portion and a second portion, and one of the first portion and the second portion includes a meltable feature located near a location of contact of the first portion and the second portion. The meltable feature melts to secure the first portion of the housing to the second portion of the housing to retain a motor within the housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2012Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Christopher Mark Rockwell, Michael David Franz, Alice Knoebel, Douglas J. Krueger, Jr., Anup Viswanathan, Daniel Jerome Wiegand
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Patent number: 9902531Abstract: A container for produce adapted to open along a short end of the rectangular container. A produce packing system wherein the produce containers may be placed into a tray in such a fashion that the likelihood of a container's lid blocking another container is greatly reduced, if not wholly eliminated. The containers may have a plurality of vents.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2015Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: Pacific Agricultural Packaging, Inc.Inventors: David Franz Baum, Frank Nunes
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Patent number: 9897105Abstract: A compressor that includes a rotor assembly, a stator assembly and a heat sink assembly. The rotor assembly includes a shaft to which a bearing assembly and a rotor core are secured. The heat sink assembly is then secured to the bearing assembly and to the stator assembly.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2014Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Paul Adrian Graham Jacob, Gary King, David Franz Lakin
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Publication number: 20160236829Abstract: A container for produce adapted to open along a short end of the rectangular container. A produce packing system wherein the produce containers may be placed into a tray in such a fashion that the likelihood of a container's lid blocking another container is greatly reduced, if not wholly eliminated. The containers may have a plurality of vents.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2015Publication date: August 18, 2016Inventors: David Franz Baum, Frank Nunes
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Publication number: 20140328674Abstract: A compressor that includes a rotor assembly, a stator assembly and a heat sink assembly. The rotor assembly includes a shaft to which a bearing assembly and a rotor core are secured. The heat sink assembly is then secured to the bearing assembly and to the stator assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2014Publication date: November 6, 2014Applicant: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Paul Adrian Graham JACOB, Gary KING, David Franz LAKIN
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Publication number: 20130307302Abstract: A seat cushion of a vehicle seat includes a cushion made of foam and at least one motor assembly located in the cushion. The at least one motor assembly includes a housing having a first portion and a second portion, and one of the first portion and the second portion includes a meltable feature located near a location of contact of the first portion and the second portion. The meltable feature melts to secure the first portion of the housing to the second portion of the housing to retain a motor within the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2012Publication date: November 21, 2013Inventors: Christopher Mark Rockwell, Michael David Franz, Alice Knoebel, Douglas J. Krueger, JR., Anup Viswanathan, Daniel Jerome Wiegand
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Publication number: 20100012849Abstract: The invention concerns a single detector with two designable wavelengths and bandwidths for ultraviolet detection based on n?/n+-GaN and AlGaN structures grown over sapphire substrates. The detector has several layers grown over a sapphire substrates, including a buffer layer comprising AlN; a first band-edge comprising AlXGa1-XN; a second band-edge comprising AlYGa1-YN; a third band-edge comprising AlZGa1-ZN. The detector also has ohmic contacts formed on the AlXGa1-XN band-edge. A bias voltage is applied to the detector through the ohmic contacts so as to select a range of wavelengths in the UV region of interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2008Publication date: January 21, 2010Applicant: United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and SpacInventors: Laddawan R. Miko, David Franz, Carl M. Stahle, Bing Guan
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Publication number: 20080217330Abstract: A system for shipping produce including a shipping tray adapted to house a variety of different sized produce shipping containers. The produce shipping containers are sized such that when the tray is stocked with each size container only it can be filled and all of its space utilized. A produce shipping container which minimizes interior edges. A produce shipping container which enhances visibility through the top of the container through to the produce contained therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2007Publication date: September 11, 2008Inventor: David Franz Baum
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Publication number: 20080188461Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the detecting, preventing, treating, and empirically investigating seizures and seizure related disorders (e.g., West syndrome, TSC, childhood absence epilepsy, benign focal epilepsies of childhood, juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME), temperol lobe epilepsy, frontal lobe epilepsy, Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, occipital lobe epilepsy). In particular, the present invention provides compositions and methods for detecting, treating, preventing and empirical investigating seizures and seizure related disorders through inhibition of mTOR function. In addition, the present invention provides methods and compositions that utilize mTOR inhibiting agents (e.g., rapamycin) in the detecting, preventing, treating, and empirical investigating of seizures and seizure related disorders.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2007Publication date: August 7, 2008Applicant: Regents of the University of MichiganInventors: Kun-Liang Guan, David Franz
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Patent number: 7341932Abstract: Pt/n?GaN Schottky barrier diodes are disclosed that are particularly suited to serve as ultra-violet sensors operating at wavelengths below 200 nm. The Pt/n?GaN Schottky barrier diodes have very large active areas, up to 1 cm2, which exhibit extremely low leakage current at low reverse biases. Very large area Pt/n?GaN Schottky diodes of sizes 0.25 cm2 and 1 cm2 have been fabricated from n?/n+ GaN epitaxial layers grown by vapor phase epitaxy on single crystal c-plane sapphire, which showed leakage currents of 14 pA and 2.7 nA, respectively for the 0.25 cm2 and 1 cm2 diodes both configured at a 0.5V reverse bias.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2005Date of Patent: March 11, 2008Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationInventors: Shahid Aslam, David Franz
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Publication number: 20070075391Abstract: Pt/n?GaN Schottky barrier diodes are disclosed that are particularly suited to serve as ultra-violet sensors operating at wavelengths below 200 nm. The Pt/n?GaN Schottky barrier diodes have very large active areas, up to 1 cm2, which exhibit extremely low leakage current at low reverse biases. Very large area Pt/n?GaN Schottky diodes of sizes 0.25 cm2 and 1 cm2 have been fabricated from n?/n+GaN epitaxial layers grown by vapor phase epitaxy on single crystal c-plane sapphire, which showed leakage currents of 14 pA and 2.7 nA, respectively for the 0.25cm2 and 1 cm2 diodes both configured at a 0.5V reverse bias.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2005Publication date: April 5, 2007Inventors: Shahid Aslam, David Franz
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Patent number: 7192483Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for diamond coating of substrates in which the substrate is exposed in a vacuum atmosphere to a reactive gas mixture excited by means of a plasma discharge, the plasma discharge comprising a plasma beam (14) in an evacuated receiver (16) that is formed between a cathode chamber (1) and an anode (2), and the reactive gas mixture comprising a reactive gas and a working gas, the reactive gas in (9) and the working gas in (8) and/or (9) introduced into the receiver, and the receiver (16) is evacuated by a pump arrangement (15), and the hydrogen concentration of the reactive gas mixture being 0–45 vol. %.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2002Date of Patent: March 20, 2007Assignee: Unaxis Balzers AktiengesellschaftInventors: David Franz, Johann Karner
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Publication number: 20050016444Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for diamond coating of substrates in which the substrate is exposed in a vacuum atmosphere to a reactive gas mixture excited by means of a plasma discharge, the plasma discharge comprising a plasma beam (14) in an evacuated receiver (16) that is formed between a cathode chamber (1) and an anode (2), and the reactive gas mixture comprising a reactive gas and a working gas, the reactive gas in (9) and the working gas in (8) and/or (9) introduced into the receiver, and the receiver (16) is evacuated by a pump arrangement (15), and the hydrogen concentration of the reactive gas mixture being 0-45 vol. %.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2002Publication date: January 27, 2005Inventors: David Franz, Johann Karner
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Patent number: 6685994Abstract: Method for coating workpieces generates a beam of a plasma in an evacuated container. A region of highest plasma density is at the beam axis and workpieces having surfaces to be coated, are radially offset from, and extend along the axis with the surfaces facing the axis and being in the container. Fresh reactive gas is inlet into the container and consumed gas is removed from the container. Coating material is deposited upon the surfaces with a deposition rate of at least 400 nm/min and at a maximum temperature of the surfaces being 550° C.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2002Date of Patent: February 3, 2004Assignee: Unaxis Balzers AktiengesellschaftInventors: Johann Karner, Mauro Pedrazzini, Christoph Hollenstein, David Franz