Patents by Inventor Erich Hofmann

Erich Hofmann 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).

  • Patent number: 8672615
    Abstract: A diagonal fan has a diagonal fan impeller (1) which is fastened to a rotor (2) of an external rotor motor (3) and which is arranged between a front plate (5), which has an in particular central inflow opening (6), and a motor bracket (4). The motor bracket (4) is connected to the front plate (5) via a plurality of peripherally arranged spacers (21). Here, the front plate (5) and the motor bracket (4) are formed as plastic or metal injection molded parts. The spacers (21) are formed, as plastic or metal injection parts, in one piece with the front plate (5) or with the motor bracket (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: EBM-PAPST Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christian Rückert, Jürgen Schöne, Jörg Günther, Oliver Haaf, Erich Hofmann
  • Publication number: 20110200438
    Abstract: A diagonal fan has a diagonal fan impeller (1) which is fastened to a rotor (2) of an external rotor motor (3) and which is arranged between a front plate (5), which has an in particular central inflow opening (6), and a motor bracket (4). The motor bracket (4) is connected to the front plate (5) via a plurality of peripherally arranged spacers (21). Here, the front plate (5) and the motor bracket (4) are formed as plastic or metal injection molded parts. The spacers (21) are formed, as plastic or metal injection parts, in one piece with the front plate (5) or with the motor bracket (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: Christian Rückert, Jürgen Schöne, Jörg Günther, Oliver Haaf, Erich Hofmann
  • Patent number: 7771052
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for performing a contrast vision test on a subject in order to determine a contrast sensitivity function. According to said method, an image of a continuous sinusoidal grid is presented to the subject for viewing, the spatial frequency continuously changes in the direction of a first axis, and the contrast continuously changes in the direction of a second axis that extends perpendicular to the first axis. The subject's contrast sensitivity function is defined by means of a curve that encloses an area of the sinusoidal grid in which the subject perceives the sinusoidal grid pattern during viewing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Vision GmbH
    Inventors: Timo Kratzer, Erich Hofmann, Lars Mendel
  • Publication number: 20080137037
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for performing a contrast vision test on a subject in order to determine a contrast sensitivity function. According to said method, an image of a continuous sinusoidal grid is presented to the subject for viewing, the spatial frequency continuously changes in the direction of a first axis, and the contrast continuously changes in the direction of a second axis that extends perpendicular to the first axis. The subject's contrast sensitivity function is defined by means of a curve that encloses an area of the sinusoidal grid in which the subject perceives the sinusoidal grid pattern during viewing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2005
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: Timo Kratzer, Erich Hofmann, Lars Mendel