Patents by Inventor Dirk Schmidt

Dirk Schmidt 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: 20240146128
    Abstract: An electric motor, in particular for a kitchen machine, is proposed, wherein the rotor of the electric motor has a rotor core with a plurality of sector portions, between which permanent magnets are respectively arranged. The sector portions have outer sides with a changing radius of curvature, the radius of curvature decreasing continuously from the center of the respective outer side in the direction of the adjacent permanent magnets. Alternatively or additionally, the sector portions may have concave recesses each formed between an inner side of the sector portion and an extension extending transversely from the inner side. Further, a kitchen machine having a corresponding electric motor is proposed. Furthermore, a method of manufacturing an electric motor is proposed in which the electric motor is balanced by setting balancing holes on the axial end faces of the rotor core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Dirk SCHMIDT, Patrick SEIBT
  • Publication number: 20230412017
    Abstract: An electric motor, in particular for a kitchen machine, is proposed, wherein the rotor of the electric motor comprises a mounting device for mounting permanent magnets inserted in the rotor. The mounting device has a base body and flexible fixing elements projecting from the base body for fixing the permanent magnets, which press the permanent magnets in the radial direction against corresponding stops. Alternatively or additionally, the mounting device can form receiving chambers for receiving overdosed adhesive when bonding the permanent magnets. Further, a kitchen machine having a corresponding electric motor is proposed. Furthermore, a method for assembling an electric motor is proposed in which a permanent magnet is adhesively bonded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Dirk SCHMIDT, Kevin BUSSE, Mirko REBENTISCH, Jörg REINERS, Andreas SCHEUCH
  • Publication number: 20230412054
    Abstract: An electric motor, in particular for a kitchen machine, is proposed, wherein the stator of the electric motor has a stator core, a plurality of coils and a coil carrier. The coil carrier is produced in one piece by injection molding onto the stator core and has at least one holder arranged radially on the outside of the stator core, the holder holding a connection device and/or a sensor device. Further, a kitchen machine having a corresponding electric motor is proposed. Furthermore, a method of manufacturing an electric motor is proposed, in which a coil carrier of the stator is produced by injection molding to a stator core, the coil carrier being produced with at least one holder arranged radially outside the stator core and adapted to hold a connection device and/or a sensor device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Dirk SCHMIDT, Patrick SEIBT
  • Patent number: 11484926
    Abstract: A cooling device with variable cooling rate for treating metal materials, in particular for cooling steel sheets in plate mills, hot strip mills or thermal treatment lines, by means of a spray nozzle cooling system. The cooling device consists of at least two cooling bars one of each two cooling bars being situated on the lower side and the other on the upper side transversely to the sheet travel direction of the sheet and centrally between two roller table rollers and includes a spray nozzle cooling system with which a plurality of full jet nozzles and a plurality of full cone nozzles are associated, the full jet nozzles being arranged symmetrically to the full cone nozzles. A method for operating the cooling device according to the disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: SMS group GmbH
    Inventors: Frederik Große Lordemann, Dirk Schmidt, Roman Dehmel
  • Publication number: 20200360976
    Abstract: A cooling device with variable cooling rate for treating metal materials, in particular for cooling steel sheets in plate mills, hot strip mills or thermal treatment lines, by means of a spray nozzle cooling system. The cooling device consists of at least two cooling bars one of each two cooling bars being situated on the lower side and the other on the upper side transversely to the sheet travel direction of the sheet and centrally between two roller table rollers and includes a spray nozzle cooling system with which a plurality of full jet nozzles and a plurality of full cone nozzles are associated, the full jet nozzles being arranged symmetrically to the full cone nozzles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: SMS group GmbH
    Inventors: Frederik GROßE LORDEMANN, Dirk SCHMIDT, Roman DEHMEL
  • Patent number: 10427728
    Abstract: An air conduction element for reducing the air resistance of a load-carrying vehicle having a load space structure. The air conduction element can be externally mounted in the rear region of the load space structure and includes an air conduction duct with a front air inlet opening and a rear air outlet opening, front and rear being in relation to the direction of travel (x). The air inlet opening overlaps the load space structure in the direction of travel (x) and the air outlet opening is arranged behind the load space structure within the cross-sectional contour thereof. The air conduction element has a cover which delimits the air conduction duct. It was therefore the aim to devise an air conduction element which does not increase the dimensions of the load space structure when the vehicle is driving slowly or is at a standstill. For this purpose, the cover is produced from a flexible flat material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: JOST-WERKE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Dirk Schmidt, Martin Richter, José Manuel Algüera
  • Patent number: 10160504
    Abstract: The invention concerns a lubricating system for a fifth-wheel traction coupling of a towing vehicle, comprising a coupling plate, the upper side of which has at least one grease discharge aperture which is connected to a lubricating device via a supply line fixed to the coupling plate. The invention addresses the problem of developing a lubricating system for towing vehicles which permits automatic lubrication irrespective of whether a central lubricating system is provided. The invention solves the problem using a lubricating system in which the lubricating device is associated with the fifth-wheel traction coupling and is arranged directly on the fifth-wheel traction coupling or in the vicinity of the fifth-wheel traction coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Jost-Werke GmbH
    Inventors: José Manuel Algüera Gallego, Dirk Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20180154951
    Abstract: An air conduction element for reducing the air resistance of a load-carrying vehicle having a load space structure. The air conduction element can be externally mounted in the rear region of the load space structure and includes an air conduction duct with a front air inlet opening and a rear air outlet opening, front and rear being in relation to the direction of travel (x). The air inlet opening overlaps the load space structure in the direction of travel (x) and the air outlet opening is arranged behind the load space structure within the cross-sectional contour thereof. The air conduction element has a cover which delimits the air conduction duct. It was therefore the aim to devise an air conduction element which does not increase the dimensions of the load space structure when the vehicle is driving slowly or is at a standstill. For this purpose, the cover is produced from a flexible flat material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Dirk SCHMIDT, Martin RICHTER, José Manuel ALGÜERA
  • Patent number: 9742052
    Abstract: A device for transmitting millimeter-wave signals between a microstrip formed on a circuit board and a waveguide, characterized by a housing which is soldered onto the circuit board with the aid of solder contacts and which contains a signal line, which is connected to the microstrip via a soldered connection suitable for use at high frequencies, and which connects this microstrip to a coupling point for the millimeter-wave signals, the coupling point facing the waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Juergen Hasch, Elena Pancera, Carsten Potratz, Dirk Schmidt
  • Patent number: 9645099
    Abstract: A determining device for determining at least one component of a liquid, e.g., a fuel mixture, for use in motor vehicles, includes at least one sensor which has at least one connecting device for coupling microwave signals into the liquid and/or out of the liquid. The determining device is implemented as a hand-held measuring instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Juergen Wendt, Dirk Schmidt, Stephan Schulteis, Werner Soergel, Thor Windbergs
  • Publication number: 20160079647
    Abstract: A device for transmitting millimeter-wave signals between a microstrip formed on a circuit board and a waveguide, characterized by a housing which is soldered onto the circuit board with the aid of solder contacts and which contains a signal line, which is connected to the microstrip via a soldered connection suitable for use at high frequencies, and which connects this microstrip to a coupling point for the millimeter-wave signals, the coupling point facing the waveguide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Juergen HASCH, Elena PANCERA, Carsten POTRATZ, Dirk SCHMIDT
  • Patent number: 9261466
    Abstract: A device for determining a composition of a fuel mixture is provided, in particular for determining an ethanol component and/or a water component in the fuel mixture. The device includes at least one housing having at least one electrically conductive housing element through which the fuel mixture is able to flow. At least one internal conductor, which is at least partially enclosed by the housing element, is introduced into the housing element. In addition, the device has at least one connection device for the coupling of microwave signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Werner Soergel, Dirk Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20150168312
    Abstract: A determining device for determining at least one component of a liquid, e.g., a fuel mixture, for use in motor vehicles, includes at least one sensor which has at least one connecting device for coupling microwave signals into the liquid and/or out of the liquid. The determining device is implemented as a hand-held measuring instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2012
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Juergen Wendt, Dirk Schmidt, Stephan Schulteis, Werner Soergel, Thor Windbergs
  • Patent number: 8827040
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for lubricating a closing mechanism on a saddle coupling comprising a closing mechanism which is arranged on the lower side of a coupling plate and which comprises at least one closing hook and/or closing bar, provided with a coating, and a fat reservoir which is connected to the closure hook by means of a lubricating line. The invention also relates to a coating of individual components of the system, i.e. the closing hook and the closing bar, in addition to the use of a coating. The invention is characterized in that the coating of the closing hook and/or the closing bar is embodied as a sliding coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Jost-Werke GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Schmidt, José Algüera, Fan Zhang, Heinz-Jürgen Seigis, Wolfgang Pohl
  • Patent number: 8461827
    Abstract: The invention relates to a roller bearing (01), with a revolving bearing component (05) and a stationary bearing component (04), and with a capacitive sensor unit (02). The capacitive sensor unit (04) comprises a pivoted sensor element (08), which is connected to the revolving bearing component (05), and a stationary sensor element (09). The sensor units (08, 09) form a capacitor. At least one of the sensor elements (08, 09) bears a first material measure (14, 16), so that a change arises in the capacitance of the capacitor when there is a relative motion in the sensor areas (08, 09). The sensor unit also includes a means for generating a periodic electrostatic field between the sensor plates, and a processing and amplifying electronics unit for evaluating the change in capacitance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignees: SICK Stegmann GmbH, Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KG, INA Drivers & Mechatronics GmbH & Co. OHG
    Inventors: Josef Siraky, Dirk Schmidt, Jörg Kegeler
  • Publication number: 20130111980
    Abstract: A device for determining a composition of a fuel mixture is provided, in particular for determining an ethanol component and/or a water component in the fuel mixture. The device includes at least one housing having at least one electrically conductive housing element through which the fuel mixture is able to flow. At least one internal conductor, which is at least partially enclosed by the housing element, is introduced into the housing element. In addition, the device has at least one connection device for the coupling of microwave signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Inventors: Werner Soergel, Dirk Schmidt
  • Patent number: 8382146
    Abstract: A vehicle coupling for producing a mechanical connection between a first and a second vehicle including a coupling body (1) in which at least one structural area (2) of the coupling body (1) is made of a metallic foam (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Jost-Werke GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Schmidt, José Manuel Algüera Gallego
  • Publication number: 20120297849
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for hot-rolling a slab (1), especially a steel slab, the slab (1) being subjected to at least two shaping steps at different temperatures in a hot-rolling mill (2), the slab (1) being cooled between two such shaping steps. In order to prevent ferrite from forming too soon during the hot-rolling, the slab (1) is cooled such that the lateral end sections (3, 4) of the slab (1) are cooled with a lower cooling efficiency than a center section (5) of the slab (1). The invention further relates to a hot-rolling mill (2) for hot-rolling a slab.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: SMS SIEMAG AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Klaus Berchem, Ingo Schuster, Dirk Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20120256013
    Abstract: The invention relates to an injection valve (1), which is used in particular as an injector for fuel injection systems or exhaust gas aftertreatment systems, comprising a shock wave actuator (4), a valve closing body (8) that interacts with a valve seat surface (7) to form a sealing seat (9), and a shock wave amplification channel (22). The shock wave amplification channel (22) is used to conduct shock waves (27) generated by the shock wave actuator (4) to the sealing seat (9) and to amplify said shock waves (27).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Robert Giezendanner-Thoben, Anton Dukart, Olaf Ohlhafer, Dirk Schmidt
  • Patent number: 8164216
    Abstract: A modular electrical system including a first current-emitting source module and a first current-consuming sink module which is connected to the first current-emitting source module is provided. The first sink module has a first sink identification means to identify maximum power requirement of the first sink module. The object of providing power balancing between a first source module and a first sink module is achieved in that the first source module has a first source identification means for identifying the power capacity of the first source module, wherein in order to calculate a power ratio of the system the first sink identification means and the first source identification means are connected to a two-wire line for the purpose of generating a differential voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Abert, Werner Engl, Gunter Griessbach, Gerald Hirmer, Arnold Klamm, Matthias Metzler, Dirk Schmidt