Patents by Inventor Johannes Schmid

Johannes Schmid 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: 9089826
    Abstract: A fluidized-bed reactor system with at least two fluidized-bed reactors, each being a circulating fluidized bed, a particle line with a particle separator for transferring fluidized-bed particles from the first to the second reactor, and a particle line exiting at the lower half of the second reactor for transferring fluidized-bed particles back to the first reactor, wherein, at least in the second reactor, two or more reaction zones separated by one or more flow controllers and that the particle line opens into the second reactor above at least one flow controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT WIEN
    Inventors: Tobias Proell, Johannes Schmid, Christoph Pfeifer, Hermann Hofbauer
  • Publication number: 20150136879
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel injector having an electromagnet 2 which contains a magnet core 6 and a coil 7 and which further has an armature 9 that is guided on an armature pin 8. The armature pin 8 is guided in a guide sleeve 11 which projects into the electromagnet 2. The fuel injector further has an injector body 4 with at least one injection opening which is introduced into the injector body 4 and which is controlled by an injector needle 5. The aim of the invention is to provide a fuel injector which is functionally improved with respect to the switching times of the fuel injector and the forces that can be generated in the fuel injector while simultaneously simplifying a guide sleeve for an armature pin. This is achieved in that the guide sleeve 11 is integrated into the magnet core 6 and is connected to the magnet core 6 in a formfitting or bonded manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Jochen Rager, Andreas Buergel, Joachim Fleuren, Bernd Reinsch, Johannes Schmid, Dieter Maier, Helmut Sattmann, David Holzer, Andreas Stimmeder, Dieter Deutsch
  • Publication number: 20150125306
    Abstract: A method for producing a connection of at least one rotary component with a central opening to a shaft with a first section along the shaft and a second section on an end face of the shaft includes fixing the shaft at the first section in the central opening of the at least one rotary component by an eccentric arrangement. The fixing of the shaft is such that the shaft is fixed in the radial direction relative to the at least one rotary component. The method also includes fixing the shaft at the second section by press-fitting a ball so that the shaft is secured in the axial direction relative to the at least one rotary component. The fixing steps are carried about by a positive engagement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Johannes Schmid, Bernd Reinsch, Ugur Kisa, Andreas Burghardt, Jochen Rager, Bernd Lutz
  • Patent number: 8988461
    Abstract: Rendering 3D paintings can be done by compositing strokes embedded in space. Users input strokes and other image elements using an input device that specifies a 2D view of the element, and the system provides the 3D position of the element based on rules and processes, some of which allow for user input of high level parameters, thereby allowing for intuitive and quick entry of 3D elements, and a 3D scalar field. The artist can treat the full 3D space as a canvas. Strokes painted in a 2D viewport window are embedded in 3D space in a way that gives creative freedom to the artist while maintaining an acceptable level of controllability. The canvas need not be tied to any particular object already in a scene, but the canvas can be dependent on, or a function of, another object. An implicit canvas can be defined by the 3D scalar field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Johannes Schmid, Martin Sebastian Senn, Markus Gross, Robert Sumner
  • Patent number: 8952984
    Abstract: Rendering 3D paintings can be done by compositing strokes embedded in space. Users input strokes and other image elements using an input device that specifies a 2D view of the element, and the system provides the 3D position of the element based on rules and processes, some of which allow for user input of high level parameters, thereby allowing for intuitive and quick entry of 3D elements, and a 3D scalar field. The artist can treat the full 3D space as a canvas. Strokes painted in a 2D viewport window are embedded in 3D space in a way that gives creative freedom to the artist while maintaining an acceptable level of controllability. The canvas need not be tied to any particular object already in a scene, but the canvas can be dependent on, or a function of, another object. An implicit canvas can be defined by the 3D scalar field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Johannes Schmid, Martin Sebastian Senn, Markus Gross, Robert Sumner
  • Publication number: 20140326413
    Abstract: A hot gas generation device with which a gas flow, for example, an air flow, is heated. This device is used for heating an edge band or another coating material, in particular an adhesive layer provided on this coating material. In this way, the coating material is prepared for being applied to a (wooden) work piece, which may, for example, be plate-shaped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Reiner Gotz, Johannes Schmid
  • Patent number: 8875767
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus (1) for coating workpieces (2) which are preferably made at least in sections of wood, wood materials, plastic or the like, comprising a feed apparatus (10) for feeding a coating material, an activation region (20) for activating the fed coating material (2), and a pressing apparatus (40) for pressing the activated coating material (2) onto a workpiece (3). The apparatus according to the invention is characterised in that at least the activation region (20) with the pressing apparatus (40) and the workpiece (3) can be moved and/or rotated relative to one another in a plane of movement perpendicular to the coating plane in the course of the coating process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Homag Holzbearbeitungssysteme AG
    Inventors: Johannes Schmid, Axel Petrak
  • Publication number: 20140224902
    Abstract: A fuel injection valve for injecting fuel includes: a coil, an internal pole, a valve sleeve, and a magnetic separating element, where the valve sleeve and the magnetic separating element are embodied in one piece as a powder injection-molded component, and the valve sleeve forms a magnetic region and the magnetic separating element forms a non-magnetic region, which are intermaterially joined to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Inventors: Johannes Schmid, Juergen Graner, Tilla Haubold, Friedrich Moser, Matthias Schumacher, Andreas Burghardt, Jochen Rager
  • Publication number: 20140197340
    Abstract: A single-piece component for a magnetic actuator, in particular for fuel injection, including an internal pole, a magnetic sleeve, and a non-magnetic separating sleeve, the internal pole, the magnetic sleeve and the separating sleeve being integrated into the single-piece component. A method for manufacturing a single-piece component for an magnetic actuator with the aid of a two-component powder injection molding method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Inventors: Rainer Walter, Johannes Schmid, Juergen Graner, Matthias Schumacher, Andreas Burghardt, Ralph Engelberg, Jochen Rager
  • Patent number: 8752302
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing, in particular coating, workpieces which preferably consist at least in certain portions of wood, wood-based materials, plastic or the like, having a radiation device for generating and/or transmitting radiation, preferably a laser beam, and a spindle unit with a shaft (4) rotatable in a shaft bearing section (4a) and a holder (5) for accommodating processing tools and/or processing units, characterized in that the shaft (4) and/or a unit (10) attached to the shaft has at least in certain portions a cavity (4b, 9a, 2b) and the radiation device is arranged in such a manner that the radiation runs at least in certain portions inside the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Homag Holzbearbeitungssysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Schmid, Axel Petrak
  • Publication number: 20140023957
    Abstract: The invention relates to a layer structure which is formed between an interconnect and a cathode of a solid oxide fuel cell and can be used for forming a ceramic layer structure between an interconnect and a cathode. In this respect, the interconnect comprises a metal alloy containing chromium. The object of the present invention is to provide a layer structure between an interconnect and a cathode of a solid oxide fuel cell with which a good protective function (from corrosion and from chromium vaporization), a high electrical conductivity and also a good thermal expansion behavior adapted to the materials of an interconnect and of a cathode can be achieved. The layer structure in the green state is formed by a powdery spinel as well as at least one of the below-named metal oxides CuO, NiO, CoOx and MnOx as a sintering additive and at least one powdery perovskite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicants: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Foerderubg Der Angewandten Forschung E.V., Plansee SE
    Inventors: Marco Brandner, Johannes Schmid, Andreas Venskutonis, Nikolai Trofimenko, Viktar Sauchuk, Mihails Kusnezoff, Karin Lucke, Alexander Michaelis
  • Publication number: 20130143167
    Abstract: A fluidized-bed reactor system with at least two fluidized-bed reactors, each being a circulating fluidized bed, a particle line with a particle separator for transferring fluidized-bed particles from the first to the second reactor, and a particle line exiting at the lower half of the second reactor for transferring fluidized-bed particles back to the first reactor, wherein, at least in the second reactor, two or more reaction zones separated by one or more flow controllers and that the particle line opens into the second reactor above at least one flow controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN
    Inventors: Tobias Proell, Johannes Schmid, Christoph Pfeifer, Hermann Hofbauer
  • Publication number: 20130037633
    Abstract: A solenoid armature for a solenoid actuator, including at least one magnetic region and at least one non-magnetic region, the solenoid armature being configured as a one-piece component having a first and second armature end face, the magnetic and non-magnetic regions being integrally bonded to each other by a two-component powder injection molding technique, and the magnetic region and the non-magnetic region extending in the axial direction at least as far as the first armature end face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Inventors: Rainer WALTER, Dieter Maier, Johannes Schmid, Axel Heinstein, Ralph Engelberg, Andreas Burghardt, Jochen Rager, Matthias Schumacher
  • Patent number: 8366260
    Abstract: The invention discloses a process for printing of panel-shaped workpieces, in particular in the region of an edge, in which a section of a panel-shaped workpiece to be printed is subjected first of all to one or a plurality of pre-treatment stages which are selected from a) pre-cleaning, b) degreasing, c) improvement of the adhesion and wetting properties and d) reduction of the electrostatic charge, and in which the pre-treated section to be printed is subsequently printed with a desired pattern, in particular by means of inkjet printing. The invention also provides an apparatus for performing said process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Homag Holzbearbeitungssysteme AG
    Inventors: Achim Gauss, Johannes Schmid, Ludwig Albrecht, Karl Frey
  • Publication number: 20130014882
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing coating material (1) for workpieces, comprising the steps of: providing a web-shaped or strip-shaped base material (2), feeding the base material into a coating system (6), pre-treating at least one surface of the base material (2), and applying a functional layer (5) to the pre-treated surface of the base material (2), wherein the functional layer (5) can be activated by an energy source (7), such that said layer develops adhesive properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: HOMAG Holzbearbeitungssysteme AG
    Inventor: Johannes Schmid
  • Publication number: 20120305168
    Abstract: A method for coating workpieces (10), preferably in sheet form, which preferably consist at least in certain portions of wood, wood-based materials, plastic or the like, with the following method steps: providing a workpiece (10) having at least one workpiece surface (12), in which the workpiece surface (12) is improved by applying at least a first curable liquid to the workpiece surface (12) and at least partially curing the first liquid (16); exposing the workpiece (10) to energy, at least on the workpiece surface (12) and/or a coating (14) that is intended to be applied to the workpiece surface (12); and applying the coating (14), in particular of an edge (14), to the liquid-coated workpiece surface (12) and preferably pressing the edge (14) onto a liquid-coated workpiece surface (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: HOMAG Holzbearbeitungssysteme AG
    Inventors: Johannes Schmid, Klaus Reich, Achim Gauss
  • Publication number: 20120285604
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for coating workpieces (2), preferably consisting of wood, wood-based materials, plastics material or the like at least in sections, comprising a feed device (10) for feeding a coating material (12), a pressing unit (20) for pressing the coating material (12) against a surface (2a) of a workpiece (2), a conveyor device (4) for bringing about a relative motion between the pressing device (20) and the respective workpiece (2), an energy source (30) for applying energy onto the coating material (12) and/or the workpiece (2), and a control device (50) for controlling at least the energy source (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: Homag Holzbearbeitungssysteme AG
    Inventor: Johannes Schmid
  • Publication number: 20120180328
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing, in particular coating, workpieces which preferably consist at least in certain portions of wood, wood-based materials, plastic or the like, having a radiation device for generating and/or transmitting radiation, preferably a laser beam, and a spindle unit with a shaft (4) rotatable in a shaft bearing section (4a) and a holder (5) for accommodating processing tools and/or processing units, characterised in that the shaft (4) and/or a unit (10) attached to the shaft has at least in certain portions a cavity (4b, 9a, 2b) and the radiation device is arranged in such a manner that the radiation runs at least in certain portions inside the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: HOMAG HOLZBEARBEITUNGSSYSTEME GMBH
    Inventors: Johannes SCHMID, Axel PETRAK
  • Patent number: 8176704
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for sticking edging material (12, 10) onto lightweight building boards (1) comprising two thin-walled outer layers (2, 4) and a core layer (6) of lightweight filler material disposed between the outer layers, having the steps: provision of a lightweight building board (1), a decor edge (10) and a stabilizing edge (12), and sticking on of the decor edge (10) and/or the stabilizing edge (12) in the region of a narrow surface (1?) of the lightweight building board (1). The process according to the invention is characterized in that the stabilizing edge (12) is introduced into a section between two outer layers (2, 4) in the region of the narrow surface (1?) without having first created a recess of at least one outer layer and/or of the core layer in this section, said recess corresponding substantially to the stabilizing edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Homag Holzbearbeitungssysteme AG
    Inventors: Achim Gauss, Peter Rathgeber, Johannes Schmid
  • Publication number: 20120058279
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for coating workpieces (2), which consist at least partly of wood, wood materials or the like, comprising the following steps: providing a workplace (2), which consists at least partly of wood, wood materials or the like, supplying a coating material (12) which is to be applied to a surface (2a) of the workpiece (2), applying energy to a surface (2a) of the workplace in such a way that lignin contained in the material of the workpiece (2) involves adhesive properties, at least at the surface (2a) of the workpiece that is to be coated, and pressing the coating material (2) against a surface (2a) of the workpiece, wherein the coating material (12) is at least partially bonded to the workplace (2) by using the adhesive properties of the lignin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventor: Johannes Schmid