Patents by Inventor Herbert Schmidt

Herbert 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).

  • Patent number: 10961778
    Abstract: A boat or recreational vehicle ladder apparatus is provided. One aspect of the present ladder apparatus includes an elongated extension handle including a slot adjacent a lower end thereof. Another aspect of a boat or recreational vehicle ladder apparatus provides a snap-on step tread which can be mounted to a dual-tubular ladder step structure. Another aspect of a boat or recreational vehicle ladder apparatus employs a laterally expandable ladder step which can be retrofit onto an existing ladder. A further aspect employs clasps or hooks to attach and retain a ladder step to generally vertical ladder rails in a tool-free and fastener-free manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Bobo Ladders LLC
    Inventors: Wayne Lawrence Soucie, Michael Herbert Schmidt, Jeffrey Earl Tayon, Larry Brian Champ
  • Patent number: 10858887
    Abstract: A boat or recreational vehicle ladder apparatus is provided. One aspect of the present ladder apparatus includes an elongated extension handle including a slot adjacent a lower end thereof. Another aspect of a boat or recreational vehicle ladder apparatus provides a snap-on step tread which can be mounted to a dual-tubular ladder step structure. Another aspect of a boat or recreational vehicle ladder apparatus employs a laterally expandable ladder step which can be retrofit onto an existing ladder. A further aspect employs clasps or hooks to attach and retain a ladder step to generally vertical ladder rails in a tool-free and fastener-free manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Bobo Ladders LLC
    Inventors: Robert J. Orscheln, Jeffrey Earl Tayon, Wayne Lawrence Soucie, Larry Brian Champ, Michael Herbert Schmidt, Michael Lee Ashton
  • Publication number: 20190323562
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotationally symmetrical hollow body having a main body (18), and to a method for producing the same, having a cavity (12) which extends along a longitudinal axis (14) of the main body and which is delimited by an inner wall (17) of the main body, wherein at least one filling body (24) is inserted into the cavity, the longitudinal extent of which filling body in an axial direction with respect to the longitudinal axis of the main body is smaller than the length of the main body, and wherein the filling body is fixed in a fixing position relative to the main body by at least one clamping means which acts between the filling body and the main body, and a functional region (21) is formed in the main body by the filling body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventor: Herbert SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20190195016
    Abstract: A boat or recreational vehicle ladder apparatus is provided. One aspect of the present ladder apparatus includes an elongated extension handle including a slot adjacent a lower end thereof. Another aspect of a boat or recreational vehicle ladder apparatus provides a snap-on step tread which can be mounted to a dual-tubular ladder step structure. Another aspect of a boat or recreational vehicle ladder apparatus employs a laterally expandable ladder step which can be retrofit onto an existing ladder. A further aspect employs clasps or hooks to attach and retain a ladder step to generally vertical ladder rails in a tool-free and fastener-free manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: BoBo Ladders LLC
    Inventors: Larry Brian Champ, Wayne Lawrence Soucie, Jeffrey Earl Tayon, Michael Herbert Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20190186201
    Abstract: A boat or recreational vehicle ladder apparatus is provided. One aspect of the present ladder apparatus includes an elongated extension handle including a slot adjacent a lower end thereof. Another aspect of a boat or recreational vehicle ladder apparatus provides a snap-on step tread which can be mounted to a dual-tubular ladder step structure. Another aspect of a boat or recreational vehicle ladder apparatus employs a laterally expandable ladder step which can be retrofit onto an existing ladder. A further aspect employs clasps or hooks to attach and retain a ladder step to generally vertical ladder rails in a tool-free and fastener-free manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: BoBo Ladders LLC
    Inventors: Wayne Lawrence Soucie, Michael Herbert Schmidt, Jeffrey Earl Tayon, Larry Brian Champ
  • Publication number: 20180044985
    Abstract: A boat or recreational vehicle ladder apparatus is provided. One aspect of the present ladder apparatus includes an elongated extension handle including a slot adjacent a lower end thereof. Another aspect of a boat or recreational vehicle ladder apparatus provides a snap-on step tread which can be mounted to a dual-tubular ladder step structure. Another aspect of a boat or recreational vehicle ladder apparatus employs a laterally expandable ladder step which can be retrofit onto an existing ladder. A further aspect employs clasps or hooks to attach and retain a ladder step to generally vertical ladder rails in a tool-free and fastener-free manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: Bobo Ladders LLC
    Inventors: ROBERT J. ORSCHELN, Jeffrey Earl Tayan, Wayne Lawrence Soucie, Larry Brian Champ, Michael Herbert Schmidt, Michael Lee Ashton
  • Patent number: 9660363
    Abstract: What is described is a battery terminal having a pole contact element which is designed to surround a pole of a rechargeable battery on a mounting plane; a first limb and a second limb which are each connected to the pole contact element, the spacing between the first and second limbs being reducible by application of force in order to fasten the pole contact element to the pole, and a tensioning arrangement which couples the two limbs to one another, said tensioning arrangement having a tensioning screw which can be actuated so as to apply force to the two limbs and which is oriented along a tensioning direction which is tilted with respect to the mounting plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: BREMI FAHRZEUG-ELEKTRIK GMBH + CO. KG
    Inventor: Herbert Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20160240942
    Abstract: What is described is a battery terminal having a pole contact element which is designed to surround a pole of a rechargeable battery on a mounting plane; a first limb and a second limb which are each connected to the pole contact element, the spacing between the first and second limbs being reducible by application of force in order to fasten the pole contact element to the pole, and a tensioning arrangement which couples the two limbs to one another, said tensioning arrangement having a tensioning screw which can be actuated so as to apply force to the two limbs and which is oriented along a tensioning direction which is tilted with respect to the mounting plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventor: Herbert SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20150322194
    Abstract: There is described an isocyanate-based polymer foam having a V-0 rating according to Underwriters' Laboratories Standard 94 Flammability Test after aging of separate samples of the foam (i) for 168 hours at 150° C., and (ii) for 600 hours at 120° C. The foam may be in the form of a molded foam or a slabstock foam. The foam may be used in vehicular applications, such as an under hood application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: HERBERT SCHMIDT, GEORGE NG, LE TANG, PETAR PEPIC, DOROTA ULMAN
  • Patent number: 8663394
    Abstract: A dishwasher, in particular a domestic dishwasher, having a dishwashing compartment and apparatuses for washing tableware using washing liquor, wherein it is possible to set the pressure in the apparatuses for washing tableware. A feed apparatus for an additive is provided, and the pressure in the apparatuses for washing tableware can be set as a function of the metering of the additive in the feed apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Fauth, Georg Hechtl, Michael Rosenbauer, Herbert Schmidt
  • Patent number: 8287040
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicular seat system including a seat bottom and a seat back. The headrest is connected to the seat back. The headrest consists of a number of components. These components include: a non-foam frame element, a non-foam insert secured with respect to a portion of the frame element, and a resilient element in which at least a portion of the frame element and the entire insert are embedded. The resilient element consists essentially of a homogeneous foam material. The frame element comprises a pair of post elements for coupling to the vehicular seat back. The post elements are interconnected by a cross-piece element. The headrest is connected to the seat back such that the minimum distance between the outer surface of the headrest for contacting a head of an occupant and the insert is in the range of from about 10 mm to about 30 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Proprietect LP
    Inventors: Henry E. Hojnacki, George Ng, Herbert Schmidt
  • Patent number: 8231725
    Abstract: Semiconductor wafers of silicon are produced by pulling a single crystal growing on a phase boundary from a melt contained in a crucible and cutting of semiconductor wafers therefrom, wherein during pulling of the single crystal, heat is delivered to a center of the phase boundary and a radial profile of a ratio V/G from the center to an edge of the phase boundary is controlled, G being the temperature gradient perpendicular to the phase boundary and V being the pull rate. The radial profile of the ratio V/G is controlled so that the effect of thermomechanical stress in the single crystal adjoining the phase boundary, is compensated with respect to creation of intrinsic point defects. The invention also relates to defect-free semiconductor wafers of silicon, which can be produced economically by this method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Siltronic AG
    Inventors: Andreas Sattler, Wilfried von Ammon, Martin Weber, Walter Haeckl, Herbert Schmidt
  • Patent number: 8197594
    Abstract: Silicon wafers having a density of BMDs with sizes between 20 to 40 nm at positions ?20 ?m below the wafer surface in the range of 5×1011/cm3, and a density of BMDs with sizes of ?300 nm?1×107/cm3, exhibit reduced slip dislocation and warpage. The wafers are sliced from a crystal grown under specific conditions and then subjected to both low temperature heat-treatment and high temperature anneal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Siltronic AG
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Nakai, Wilfried von Ammon, Sei Fukushima, Herbert Schmidt, Martin Weber
  • Patent number: 8172941
    Abstract: Semiconductor wafers of silicon are produced by pulling a single crystal from a melt contained in a crucible and slicing semiconductor wafers from the pulled single crystal, heat being delivered to a center of the growing single crystal at the boundary with the melt during the pulling of the single crystal, a CUSP magnetic field applied such that a neutral surface of the CUSP magnetic field intersects a pulling axis of the single crystal at a distance of at least 50 mm from a surface of the melt. An apparatus suitable therefore contains a CUSP field positioned such that a neutral field intersects the axis of the crystal in the crucible 50 mm or more from the melt surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Siltronic AG
    Inventors: Martin Weber, Herbert Schmidt, Wilfried von Ammon
  • Publication number: 20110316128
    Abstract: Semiconductor wafers of silicon are produced by pulling a single crystal growing on a phase boundary from a melt contained in a crucible and cutting of semiconductor wafers therefrom, wherein during pulling of the single crystal, heat is delivered to a center of the phase boundary and a radial profile of a ratio V/G from the center to an edge of the phase boundary is controlled, G being the temperature gradient perpendicular to the phase boundary and V being the pull rate. The radial profile of the ratio V/G is controlled so that the effect of thermomechanical stress in the single crystal adjoining the phase boundary, is compensated with respect to creation of intrinsic point defects. The invention also relates to defect-free semiconductor wafers of silicon, which can be produced economically by this method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: SILTRONIC AG
    Inventors: Andreas Sattler, Wilfried von Ammon, Martin Weber, Walter Haeckl, Herbert Schmidt
  • Patent number: 8043427
    Abstract: Semiconductor wafers of silicon are produced by pulling a single crystal growing on a phase boundary from a melt contained in a crucible and cutting of semiconductor wafers therefrom, wherein during pulling of the single crystal, heat is delivered to a center of the phase boundary and a radial profile of a ratio V/G from the center to an edge of the phase boundary is controlled, G being the temperature gradient perpendicular to the phase boundary and V being the pull rate. The radial profile of the ratio V/G is controlled so that the effect of thermomechanical stress in the single crystal adjoining the phase boundary, is compensated with respect to creation of intrinsic point defects. The invention also relates to defect-free semiconductor wafers of silicon, which can be produced economically by this method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Siltronic AG
    Inventors: Andreas Sattler, Wilfried von Ammon, Martin Weber, Walter Haeckl, Herbert Schmidt
  • Patent number: 7708830
    Abstract: A method for the production of a silicon single crystal by pulling the single crystal, according to the Czochralski method, from a melt which is held in a rotating crucible, the single crystal growing at a growth front, heat being deliberately supplied to the center of the growth front by a heat flux directed at the growth front. The method produces a silicon single crystal with an oxygen content of from 4*1017 cm?3 to 7.2*1017 cm?3 and a radial concentration change for boron or phosphorus of less than 5%, which has no agglomerated self-point defects. Semiconductor wafers are separated from the single crystal. These semiconductor wafers have may have agglomerated vacancy defects (COPs) as the only self-point defect type or may have certain other defect distributions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Siltronic AG
    Inventors: Wilfried Von Ammon, Janis Virbulis, Martin Weber, Thomas Wetzel, Herbert Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20100060066
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicular seat system including a seat bottom and a seat back. The headrest is connected to the seat back. The headrest consists of a number of components. These components include: a non-foam frame element, a non-foam insert secured with respect to a portion of the frame element, and a resilient element in which at least a portion of the frame element and the entire insert are embedded. The resilient element consists essentially of a homogeneous foam material. The frame element comprises a pair of post elements for coupling to the vehicular seat back. The post elements are interconnected by a cross-piece element. The headrest is connected to the seat back such that the minimum distance between the outer surface of the headrest for contacting a head of an occupant and the insert is in the range of from about 10 mm to about 30 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: PROPRIETECT LP
    Inventors: Henry E. HOJNACKI, George NG, Herbert SCHMIDT
  • Patent number: 7617562
    Abstract: The invention concerns an apparatus for the contactless cleaning of a conveying element which is designed to receive rod-shaped articles in the tobacco-processing industry, including at least one ionising element for removing electrostatic charges on the surfaces of the conveying element to be cleaned, at least one rotating compressed-air nozzle for loosening and removing contaminants located on surfaces of the conveying element, and a suction device for extracting the contaminated outgoing air, characterized in that associated with the apparatus is a housing for forming a cleaning chamber at least partially shielded from the environment, whereby the cleaning chamber has an inlet opening and an outlet opening for the conveying element to be cleaned, such that upper side and lower side of the conveying element are surrounded. Furthermore, the invention concerns an arrangement for transporting and/or storing rod-shaped articles with an apparatus for contactless cleaning with the above-mentioned characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Hauni Maschinenbau AG
    Inventors: Hans-Herbert Schmidt, Knut Tracht
  • Patent number: D729611
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Fulterer U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventor: Herbert Schmidt