Patents by Inventor Frank Hochhaus

Frank Hochhaus 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).

  • Device for sensing the wear state of wheels or rollers
    Patent number: 7032740
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for automatically sensing the wear state of movable wheels or rollers (1) in conveying systems, for example baggage conveying systems. It achieves the object of easily and reliably sensing the wear state in an automatic fashion using measuring equipment when the roller to be checked runs through the system, by means of a measuring station (2,3) which is arranged in a stationary fashion in the conveying path of the system and in which diameter deviations of the wheel or of the roller (1) from a predefined set point diameter can be sensed in a contactless fashion and signaled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Frank Hochhaus, Jaro Kubik, Frank König
  • Device for sensing the wear state of wheels or rollers
    Publication number: 20040206606
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for automatically sensing the wear state of movable wheels or rollers (1) in conveying systems, for example baggage conveying systems. It achieves the object of easily and reliably sensing the wear state in an automatic fashion using measuring equipment when the roller to be checked runs through the system, by means of a measuring station (2,3) which is arranged in a stationary fashion in the conveying path of the system and in which diameter deviations of the wheel or of the roller (1) from a predefined set point diameter can be sensed in a contactless fashion and signaled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Frank Hochhaus, Jaro Kubik, Frank Konig