Patents by Inventor Dennis Lorenz

Dennis Lorenz 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).

  • Publication number: 20240142931
    Abstract: A door system for at least one door, the door system including door components, with one of the components being designed as a control unit. The control unit and at least one other door component are connected to one another via a first communication bus. An access system with an above door system and with a computing unit are related, with an image of the door system stored in the computing unit, the door components connected to the first communication bus each having an identifier. The identifiers are stored as part of the image of the door system in the computing unit and/or with past and current operating states of the door system stored in the computing unit. An access system with at least one of the above door systems is related, with at least one door system having an authentication device configured to receive an access attribute for authentication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Stephan GIERNICH, Dennis MEIERING, Thomas VOGLER, Sven BUSCH, Ingo HALDER, Bernd GEHRMANN, Andrzej DUDZINSKI, Chandra Prakash GUPTA, Oliver BORCHMANN, Frank LORENZ
  • Patent number: 6293372
    Abstract: In an electric motor brake, a friction disc includes an anti-rattle portion integrally molded therewith and reducing the tolerance gap between the motor shaft hub and the friction disc to minimize rattling of the friction disc during rotation of the shaft, and eliminating the need for a separate anti-rattle spring. In a first embodiment, the friction disc has a cavity at the inner circumference thereof facing the hub, and a cantilever finger extending into the cavity and engaging the hub and providing a cantilever bias urging engagement of the hub and friction disc. In a second embodiment, a bump on a slotted inner circumference of the friction disc provides the biasing portion, or may be spaced from the hub by a nominal clearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: Rexnord Corporation
    Inventors: Dennis Lorenz, Steven F. Chmiel