Patents by Inventor Josef Eckert

Josef Eckert 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: 8584669
    Abstract: An inhaler (1) is proposed (see FIG. 1), for the inhalation of a formulation (2) from capsules (3) that each contain one dose of the formulation. The capsules are preferably each emptied in a capsule chamber (4) by being set in motion by a stream of air flowing through the capsule chamber. The stream of air can be generated by the inhalation of a user or patient and/or can be generated actively generated by the inhaler. For simple handling, the inhaler has a means for, in particular, automatic filling, emptying and/or cleaning of the capsule chamber, if the latter is used more than once. Alternatively, the inhaler has a large number of capsule chambers that each preferably already contain a capsule and re preferably used just once.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Besseler, Hubert Kunze, Achim Moser, Ralf Thoemmes, Gilbert Wuttke, Dieter Hochrainer, Heinrich Kladders, Christoph Dworzak, Josef Eckert, Antonio Lanci, Markus Mast, Elmar Mock, Andre Klopfenstein
  • Patent number: 8535192
    Abstract: A transmission arrangement is provided for a motor vehicle that includes, but is not limited to a first gear wheel, a first shaft, and a first shaft-like connecting element. The first shaft-like connecting element includes, but is not limited to a first end portion and a second end portion. The first shaft-like connecting element is connected with its first end portion to the first gear wheel and with its second end portion to the first shaft. The first shaft-like connecting element is connected with its first end portion to the first gear wheel via a first plug connection. The first plug connection is secured by means of a first retaining element provided on the circumferential surface of the first shaft-like connecting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventor: Franz-Josef Eckert
  • Patent number: 8298575
    Abstract: The present invention relates to capsules for holding pharmaceutical preparations for powder inhalers with increased drug safety and capsules for pharmaceutical preparations for powder inhalers with improved adaptation to their use in powder inhalers. The capsules consist of water-insoluble hydrophobic synthetic materials which do not significantly affect the pharmaceutical quality of the contents themselves, but which improve the usability of the filled capsules with regard to their function, their longevity, and/or the geographic location of their use, and are advantageous at various stages from manufacture up to utilization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Dieter Hochrainer, Josef Eckert
  • Publication number: 20110183803
    Abstract: A transmission arrangement is provided for a motor vehicle that includes, but is not limited to a first gear wheel, a first shaft, and a first shaft-like connecting element. The first shaft-like connecting element includes, but is not limited to a first end portion and a second end portion. The first shaft-like connecting element is connected with its first end portion to the first gear wheel and with its second end portion to the first shaft. The first shaft-like connecting element is connected with its first end portion to the first gear wheel via a first plug connection. The first plug connection is secured by means of a first retaining element provided on the circumferential surface of the first shaft-like connecting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Franz-Josef ECKERT
  • Publication number: 20090194105
    Abstract: An inhaler (1) is proposed (see FIG. 1), for the inhalation of a formulation (2) from capsules (3) that each contain one dose of the formulation. The capsules are preferably each emptied in a capsule chamber (4) by being set in motion by a stream of air flowing through the capsule chamber. The stream of air can be generated by the inhalation of a user or patient and/or can be generated actively generated by the inhaler. For simple handling, the inhaler has a means for, in particular, automatic filling, emptying and/or cleaning of the capsule chamber, if the latter is used more than once. Alternatively, the inhaler has a large number of capsule chambers that each preferably already contain a capsule and re preferably used just once.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2007
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Jens Besseler, Hubert Kunze, Achim Moser, Ralf Thoemmes, Gilbert Wuttke, Dieter Hochrainer, Heinrich Kladders, Christoph Dworzak, Josef Eckert, Antonio Lanci, Markus Mast, Elmar Mock, Andre Klopfenstein
  • Publication number: 20080160076
    Abstract: The present invention relates to capsules for holding pharmaceutical preparations for powder inhalers with increased drug safety and capsules for pharmaceutical preparations for powder inhalers with improved adaptation to their use in powder inhalers. The capsules consist of water-insoluble hydrophobic synthetic materials which do not significantly affect the pharmaceutical quality of the contents themselves, but which improve the usability of the filled capsules with regard to their function, their longevity, and/or the geographic location of their use, and are advantageous at various stages from manufacture up to utilization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Dieter HOCHRAINER, Josef ECKERT
  • Publication number: 20040131668
    Abstract: The present invention relates to capsules for holding pharmaceutical preparations for powder inhalers with increased drug safety and capsules for pharmaceutical preparations for powder inhalers with improved adaptation to their use in powder inhalers. The capsules consist of water-insoluble hydrophobic synthetic materials which do not significantly affect the pharmaceutical quality of the contents themselves, but which improve the usability of the filled capsules with regard to their function, their longevity and/or the geographic location of their use, and are advantageous at various stages from manufacture up to utilisation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Applicant: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma KG
    Inventors: Dieter Hochrainer, Josef Eckert
  • Publication number: 20010008637
    Abstract: The present invention relates to capsules for holding pharmaceutical preparations for powder inhalers with increased drug safety and capsules for pharmaceutical preparations for powder inhalers with improved adaptation to their use in powder inhalers. The capsules consist of water-insoluble hydrophobic synthetic materials which do not significantly affect the pharmaceutical quality of the contents themselves, but which improve the usability of the filled capsules with regard to their function, their longevity and/or the geographic location of their use, and are advantageous at various stages from manufacture up to utilisation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2001
    Publication date: July 19, 2001
    Inventors: Dieter Hochrainer, Josef Eckert
  • Patent number: 4438871
    Abstract: A dispenser for pasty substances and/or liquids has two coaxially arranged metering pistons 11,24 which supply charges of material from two coaxially arranged pump chambers 14,23 through ejection channels 19,26 into an ejection chamber 20. The material can emerge from ejection chamber 20 through an outlet 4. This outlet 4 is controlled by means of plug 21 biassed in closing direction. When the metering pistons 11,24 are on their suction strokes material passes from the supply tanks 17,27 which are likewise arranged coaxially one inside the other. Such a configuration yields a dispenser which consists in essence of two separate dispensers, one inside the other. The two streams of material combine directly ahead of the outlet 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1984
    Assignee: Wischerath and Schreiner KG
    Inventor: Josef Eckert
  • Patent number: 4323175
    Abstract: A dispenser for cream, sauces, jelly, pastes, syrups or the like which has a main cylinder and a guide cylinder coaxially arranged within it. The annular space between the cylinders is divided into an intake space and a feed space by a displacement piston which allows for drawing the material to be dispensed from a container through an intake passage in the main cylinder and discharging the material through an outlet opening in the forward end of the main cylinder. A closure element is normally biased against the outlet opening and a plunger is provided at the rear end of the main cylinder, bearing against the piston and normally biased in the outward position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1982
    Inventor: Josef Eckert