Patents by Inventor Frank Christ
Frank Christ 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: 11971706Abstract: The present teachings relate to a method comprising a plurality of sensors, and one or more functionally connected processing units, the method comprising: providing, at any of the one or more processing units, time-series residual data of a sensor object; the sensor object being a group of at least some of the sensors from the plurality of sensors, and wherein the residual data comprises, for each of the sensors of the sensor object, a residue signal which is a difference between the sensor's measured output and the sensor's expected output, monitoring, via any of the one or more processing units, a level signal; wherein the level signal is indicative of a collective time-based variation of the time-series residual data, monitoring, via any of the one or more processing units, an association signal; wherein the association signal is indicative of the variation and/or association structure of the time-series residual data, generating, via any of the one or more processing units, an anomaly event signal when aType: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Nikolaos Fanidakis, Claus-Juergen Neumann, Benjamin Priese, Frank Strohmaier, Norman Volkert, Thomas Christ, Torsten Norbert Kneitz, Alexander Kubisch
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Publication number: 20140215710Abstract: The invention relates to a sanitary single-lever washstand fitting on a washstand, comprising a single-lever cartridge, a fitting body with a water outlet, a fitting handle, and inlet hoses for hot and cold water, and said single-lever cartridge having at least one cartridge base, a cartridge bearing, sealing discs, a cartridge housing, a pivot, and a mixed water outlet. In order for the fitting body to be easier and more cost-effective to produce, easy to replace on an installed sanitary standard single-lever cartridge, and for the installation to be simplified in general, the invention suggests that the single-lever cartridge is fixed directly to the washstand and that the fitting body is put over said single-lever cartridge and fixed thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2012Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: CERAMTEC GMBHInventors: Frank Christ, Matthias Sell
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Patent number: 8069877Abstract: A flush valve according to the present disclosure includes a pressure compensating device for toilet and urinals to ensure consistent flush and bowl refill volumes. Certain flush volume limits may required for compliance with federal, state and local regulations regarding water usage. The flush valve can adjust water flow rates within the prescribed water usage limits and does not sacrifice the toilet's bowl washing and waste removal capabilities.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2008Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: AS IP Holdco, LLCInventors: Barry Jacobs, Frank Seggio, Frank Christ, Juergen Sponheimer, Walter Schmitz
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Publication number: 20110017327Abstract: A cartridge for a sanitary fitting wherein the most highly used plate is moved and subjected to bending and torsion, and wherein the adjuster lever which for operation cooperates with the control opening for mixing the hot and cold water and which is moved by the housing has a cylindrical pivot bearing, by means of which the adjuster elevator is mounted in the bush to rotate about a non-mechanical pivot axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2009Publication date: January 27, 2011Inventor: Frank Christ
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Publication number: 20080277612Abstract: A flush valve according to the present disclosure includes a pressure compensating device for toilet and urinals to ensure consistent flush and bowl refill volumes. Certain flush volume limits may required for compliance with federal, state and local regulations regarding water usage. The flush valve can adjust water flow rates within the prescribed water usage limits and does not sacrifice the toilet's bowl washing and waste removal capabilities.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2008Publication date: November 13, 2008Inventors: Barry Jacobs, Frank Seggio, Frank Christ, Juergen Sponheimer, Walter Schmitz
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Patent number: 7114515Abstract: The present invention provides an in-line valve cartridge for use in sanitary fittings. The valve cartridge of the present invention includes a generally cylindrical housing having a proximate extent for support in a sanitary fitting, a distal extent from which water leaves the cartridge and a longitudinal body extending therebetween. The body has a thickness delineated by inner and outer peripheral surfaces with the inner peripheral surface further defining an elongated lumen thereby. The housing further includes an annular aperture that accommodates placement of a driving member therethrough and includes opposing extents that operate as stops for the driving member and correspond to the valve cartridge's open and closed positions. In addition, rotating and stationary ceramic disks are disposed in tandem wherein the stationary disk has at least one aperture for through flow of cold water, hot water or a combination thereof.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2005Date of Patent: October 3, 2006Assignee: American Standard Europe B.V.B.A.Inventors: Juergen Sponheimer, Frank Christ, Theo Thoennes
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Publication number: 20060191580Abstract: The present invention provides an in-line valve cartridge for use in sanitary fittings. The valve cartridge of the present invention includes a generally cylindrical housing having a proximate extent for support in a sanitary fitting, a distal extent from which water leaves the cartridge and a longitudinal body extending therebetween. The body has a thickness delineated by inner and outer peripheral surfaces with the inner peripheral surface further defining an elongated lumen thereby. The housing further includes an annular aperture that accommodates placement of a driving member therethrough and includes opposing extents that operate as stops for the driving member and correspond to the valve cartridge's open and closed positions. In addition, rotating and stationary ceramic disks are disposed in tandem wherein the stationary disk has at least one aperture for through flow of cold water, hot water or a combination thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2005Publication date: August 31, 2006Inventors: Juergen Sponheimer, Frank Christ, Theo Thoennes
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Apparatus for measuring a variation in a circumference of a body part and method for plethysmography
Patent number: 6592527Abstract: An apparatus for measuring a variation in a circumference of a body part comprising an elongated force transmission element, an elongated support element, a casing, and a displacement measuring device, said force transmission element having a first end and a second end and not being expandable longitudinally, said support element having a first end and a second end and being expandable longitudinally, said force transmission element being slidingly arranged on said support element, said displacement measuring device having force connecting means being connectable or connected to said first end of said force transmission element and being moveable relative to said casing, and comprising support connecting means being connectable or connected to said first end and to said second end of said support element, and further comprising fixing means being connectable or connected to said second end of said force transmission element and being fixed relative to said casing, said displacement measuring device having meaType: GrantFiled: February 28, 2002Date of Patent: July 15, 2003Assignee: DOMED medical device GmbHInventors: Daniel Oser, Frank Christ -
Apparatus for measuring a variation in a circumference of a body part and method for plethysmography
Publication number: 20020082505Abstract: An apparatus for measuring a variation in a circumference of a body part comprising an elongated force transmission element, an elongated support element, a casing, and a displacement measuring device, said force transmission element having a first end and a second end and not being expandable longitudinally, said support element having a first end and a second end and being expandable longitudinally, said force transmission element being slidingly arranged on said support element, said displacement measuring device having force connecting means being connectable or connected to said first end of said force transmission element and being moveable relative to said casing, and comprising support connecting means being connectable or connected to said first end and to said second end of said support element, and further comprising fixing means being connectable or connected to said second end of said force transmission element and being fixed relative to said casing, said displacement measuring device having meaType: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2002Publication date: June 27, 2002Inventors: Daniel Oser, Frank Christ -
Patent number: 6375620Abstract: Method and apparatus for venous compression plethysmography with a strain-gauge or by direct circumferential length measurement, the calibration of the measurement equipment being done automotively.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 1998Date of Patent: April 23, 2002Assignee: Domed Medizintechnik GmbHInventors: Daniel Oser, Frank Christ