Patents by Inventor Frank Bauer

Frank Bauer 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: 8959905
    Abstract: A hydrostatic drive system has a motor-driven hydraulic pump (1) connected to at least one hydraulic drive unit (7) by a first working line (19) and a second working line (21) forming a hydraulic circuit. The drive unit is connected to a gear set (1, 3). A first hydraulic accumulator (53) for accumulating pressure energy can be connected to one of the working lines (19, 21). A second hydraulic accumulator (55) can be connected to the other working line (19, 21). A valve device (V1, V2) permits the segment (23, 25) of each working line (19 or 21) extending to the drive unit (7) to be separated to separate an accumulator part (33) from the part of the circuit with the hydraulic pump (13). The accumulator part includes the hydraulic accumulators (53, 55) and at least one drive unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Hydac Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Herbert Baltes, Frank Bauer
  • Publication number: 20140230645
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gas cylinder, in particular a high-pressure gas cylinder, the cylinder tube (1) of which has a piston rod (9) that is passed through a sealing arrangement (13) by which the gas pressure prevailing in the pressure chamber (23) of the cylinder tube (1) is sealed off against the ambient pressure. The invention is characterised in that the scaling arrangement (13) has a compressed oil chamber (33) between at least one sealing element (31) adjacent to the pressure chamber (23) and at least one more sealing element further away from the pressure chamber (23), into which oil chamber oil can be pressed in by means of a supply device (51) at a pressure that is equal to or higher than the respective gas pressure prevailing in the pressure chamber (23) of the cylinder tube (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Hydac Technology GMBH
    Inventors: Frank Bauer, Daniel Feld
  • Patent number: 8722953
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing substituted or unsubstituted 1,7-diolefins by hydrodimerizing non-cyclic olefins having at least two conjugated double bonds in the presence of a reducing agent and of a catalyst, wherein the catalyst used is a metal-carbene complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Brehme, Manfred Neumann, Frank Bauer, Elke Fiebig-Bauer, Franz Rudolf Bauer, Johanna Elisabeth Bauer, Dirk Roettger
  • Publication number: 20140048642
    Abstract: Described is a device for winding ribbon-like material onto spools. Said device comprises at least a first rotating body (10a, 10b) that can rotate around a spool axis (S) and at least a second rotating body (20) that can rotate around the spool axis (S) and can furthermore be moved relative to the spool axis (S) in axial direction from a first end position to a second end position. Thus, the second rotating body (20) when it is in the first end position is located closer to the first rotating body (10a, 10b) than when it is in the second end position. The two rotating bodies (10a, 10b; 20) can rotate jointly around the spool axis, at least when the second rotating body (20) is located in its first end position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: SCHROEDER + BAUER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Frank BAUER, Thomas STANDKE, Mirko LINDENMANN
  • Patent number: 8343006
    Abstract: A transmission includes an input shaft (IP), an output shaft (OP), a single planetary gearset (SP), a compound planetary gearset (CP), shifting elements. The single planetary gearset is arranged before the compound planetary gearset, and the shifting elements comprise at least two brakes (B1,B2), the first clutch (C1), the second clutch (C2), the third clutch (C3), and all the shifting elements are positioned between the single planetary gearset and the compound planetary gearset, which has compact arrangements, and can reduce the power transmission length. The transmission also includes an one-way clutch (OWC) acted on the compound planetary gearset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Chery Automobile Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiafeng Yang, Bill Lakis, Andrew Nowacki, Sarah Wykes, Chris Reis, John Stokes, Frank Bauer, Jian Lin
  • Publication number: 20120308404
    Abstract: The invention relates to an hydrostatic hybrid drive system for road vehicles, said system comprising a pump/motor unit (1) which is or can be connected to the powertrain of the vehicle, can be controlled by means of a control unit (5) in a pump or motor operation and can be connected to a high-pressure hydraulic accumulator via a first working line (7) that can be closed by means of a control valve (45) and to a low-pressure hydraulic accumulator via a second working line (9). The high-pressure hydraulic accumulator and low-pressure hydraulic accumulator are formed by a double-piston accumulator (11), in which a high-pressure side and a low-pressure side having respective accumulator pistons (15, 17) are formed in an accumulator housing (13), wherein the fluid chambers (23 and 25) of the high-pressure side and the low-pressure side are separated by a central housing part (21) through which the common piston rod for both accumulator pistons (15, 17)extends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: HYDAC Technology GMBH
    Inventors: Frank Bauer, Herbert Baltes, Peter Kloft
  • Patent number: 8194312
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optics changer for arranging an optical element in a target position in a changer chamber of an optical device accessible from the outside via a insertion channel, including a base frame and the optical element that is pivotally fastened to the base frame via a swivel mechanism, wherein the swivel mechanism effects a pivoting movement of the optical element when the optics changer is inserted through the insertion channel in the changer chamber starting at a predetermined insertion depth such that after inserting, the optical element is placed and pivoted in the target position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss MicroImaging GmbH
    Inventors: Reiner Mitzkus, Peter Schnuell, Frank Bauer, Uwe Wolf, Hubert Wahl
  • Publication number: 20120023920
    Abstract: A device for recovering energy in working machines, with at least one power drive, which can be actuated to move a load mass back and forth, and with an energy storage system (16) which absorbs the energy released in the movement of the load mass in one direction and which makes it available for a subsequent movement in the other direction, is characterized in that there is an energy storage system in the form of an accumulator cylinder (16) which, mechanically coupled to the load mass, stores pneumatic pressure energy for movement in one direction, and, for movement in the other direction, acts as an auxiliary working cylinder which supports the power drive and which converts the stored pressure energy into driving force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Peter Kloft, Daniel Feld, Herbert Baltes, Frank Bauer
  • Publication number: 20110314801
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydrostatic drive system having a motor-driven hydraulic pump (1) that can be connected to at least one hydraulic drive unit (7) by means of a first (19) and a second working line (21) forming a hydraulic circuit, said drive unit being connected to a gear set (1, 3), having a first hydraulic accumulator (53) for accumulating pressure energy that can be connected to one of the working lines (19, 21), and a second hydraulic accumulator (55) that can be connected to the other working line (19, 21), and having a valve device (V1, V2) by which the segment (23, 25) of each working line (19 or 21) running to the drive unit (7) can be separated in order to separate an accumulator part (33) from the part of the circuit comprising the hydraulic pump (13), said accumulator part comprising the hydraulic accumulators (53, 55) and the at least one drive unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventors: Herbert Baltes, Frank Bauer
  • Publication number: 20110207861
    Abstract: The invention relates to a continuous process for producing a reactive polymer based on compounds according to the structures (A1) and/or (A2) and phenolic resin in an extruder and to the reactive polymer produced according to said process and the use thereof for producing composite materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: EVONIK DEGUSSA GmbH
    Inventors: Marianne Omeis, Thomas Weihrauch, Frank Bauer, Elke Fiebig-Bauer, Silvia Herda
  • Patent number: 7992891
    Abstract: An interior panelling part for covering an airbag has a sheet-like support, a decorative layer and an intermediate layer arranged between the support and the decorative layer. A passage opening for the airbag is left open in the support. The intermediate layer comprises a mat which spans the passage opening and overlaps with the support outside the passage opening. The intermediate layer and/or the decorative layer is/are weakened longitudinally or offset parallel to an edge of the passage opening on just one side of the passage opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignees: Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbH, Moldware Konstruktion Produktentwicklung Design GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfram Buehler, Wolf-Dieter Schaedel, Gordon Schweizer, Buelent Kalkan, Frank Bauer, Christo Gavrilov
  • Publication number: 20110152411
    Abstract: The invention relates to a polymer composition which is characterized in that it comprises a mixture (A) consisting of formula (A1)) and/or formula (A2), phenolic resin (B) and a stabilizer (C) in the form of a HALS compound
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Marianne Omeis, Frank Bauer, Elke Fiebig-Bauer, Kathrin Salwiczek
  • Publication number: 20110034293
    Abstract: A transmission includes an input shaft (IP), an output shaft (OP), a single planetary gearset (SP), a compound planetary gearset (CP), shifting elements. The single planetary gearset is arranged before the compound planetary gearset, and the shifting elements comprise at least two brakes (B1,B2), the first clutch (C1), the second clutch (C2), the third clutch (C3), and all the shifting elements are positioned between the single planetary gearset and the compound planetary gearset, which has compact arrangements, and can reduce the power transmission length. The transmission also includes an one-way clutch (OWC) acted on the compound planetary gearset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: CHERY AUTOMOBILE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiafeng Yang, Bill Lakis, Andrew Nowacki, Sarah Wykes, Chris Reis, John Stokes, Frank Bauer, Jian Lin
  • Publication number: 20100309573
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optics changer for arranging an optical element in a target position in a changer chamber g of an optical device accessible from the outside via a insertion channel, comprising a base frame and the optical element that is pivotally fastened to the base frame via a swivel mechanism, wherein the swivel mechanism effects a pivoting movement of the optical element when the optics changer is inserted through the insertion channel in the changer chamber starting at o a predetermined insertion depth such that after inserting, the optical element is placed and pivoted in the target position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: CARL ZEISS MICROIMAGING GMBH
    Inventors: Reiner Mitzkus, Peter Schnuell, Frank Bauer, Uwe Wolf, Hubert Wahl
  • Publication number: 20090287032
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing substituted or unsubstituted 1,7-diolefins by hydrodimerizing non-cyclic olefins having at least two conjugated double bonds in the presence of a reducing agent and of a catalyst, wherein the catalyst used is a metal-carbene complex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2007
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBH
    Inventors: Volker Brehme, Manfred Neumann, Frank Bauer, Elke Fiebig-Bauer, Franz Rudolf Bauer, Johanna Elisabeth Bauer, Dirk Roettger
  • Publication number: 20090273164
    Abstract: An interior panelling part for covering an airbag has a sheet-like support, a decorative layer and an intermediate layer arranged between the support and the decorative layer. A passage opening for the airbag is left open in the support. The intermediate layer comprises a mat which spans the passage opening and overlaps with the support outside the passage opening. The intermediate layer and/or the decorative layer is/are weakened longitudinally or offset parallel to an edge of the passage opening on just one side of the passage opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2007
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Inventors: Wolfram Buehler, Wolf-Dieter Schafdel, Gordon Schweizer, Buelent Kalkan, Frank Bauer
  • Publication number: 20070230667
    Abstract: A system and method for performing DSL assessments of a telephone line along a prescribed test path is disclosed. The disclosed system includes a loop diagnostic test unit adapted for testing said telephone line using narrow-band and mid-band frequency test signals; a test system controller and a test system server to provide the DSL assessments to a user via an appropriate interface. In addition, the disclosed methods include the basic steps of: accessing the telephone line along the test path that includes selected hardware such as a voice switch test bus, central office splitter, service provider instruments and terminations; ascertaining various line characteristics along the test path using mid-band and narrow-band frequency signals; analyzing the line characteristics to identify line conditions that affect DSL service; and determining the impact of the line conditions on DSL service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2004
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Inventors: Roderick Warner, Mohammad Afzal, Frank Bauer, Joseph Rosen
  • Publication number: 20060109979
    Abstract: A test system and method for performing DSL assessments of a telephone line along a prescribed test path is disclosed. The disclosed test system and method includes a loop diagnostic test unit adapted for testing said telephone line using narrow-band and mid-band frequency test signals; a test system controller and a test system server to provide the DSL assessments to a user via an appropriate interface. In addition, the disclosed analysis methods utilize primary line condition information, secondary line condition information, historical line information, together with real-time measurements and external data inputs to perform line imbalance analysis, fault identification analysis, trend analysis, and jurisdictional analysis all of which have relevance to quality, performance and assurance of DSL service through the telephone line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2004
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Inventors: Muhammad Afzal, Roderick Warner, Joseph Rosen, Frank Bauer
  • Publication number: 20060072708
    Abstract: A system and method for performing DSL assessments of a telephone line along a prescribed test path is disclosed. The disclosed system includes a loop diagnostic test unit adapted for testing said telephone line using narrow-band and mid-band frequency test signals; a test system controller and a test system server to provide the DSL assessments to a user via an appropriate interface. In addition, the disclosed methods include the basic steps of: accessing the telephone line along the test path that includes selected hardware such as a voice switch test bus, central office splitter, service provider instruments and terminations; ascertaining various line characteristics along the test path using mid-band and narrow-band frequency signals; analyzing the line characteristics to identify line conditions that affect DSL service; and determining the impact of the line conditions on DSL service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2004
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Inventors: Roderick Warner, Muhammad Afzal, Frank Bauer, Joseph Rosen
  • Publication number: 20050105173
    Abstract: A display device is provided for microscope data and/or image data which can be attached to different locations of the microscope or set up in the immediate surroundings thereof for ergonomic reasons and technical reasons relating to application. The freely positionable display device, according to the invention, for microscope data and/or image data comprises a housing with a display and a data link to the microscope. The data link is carried out by a connection line or in wireless manner. The display is swivelable in at least one direction, and the housing of the display device has devices for attaching to the microscope and/or for setting it down securely. The proposed solution offers the possibility of attaching the display device for microscope data and/or image data at optional locations of the microscope or setting it down in the area surrounding the microscope and orienting it in an ergonomic manner for optimal visual contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Wagener, Frank Bauer