Patents by Inventor Josef Fischer

Josef Fischer 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).

  • Publication number: 20240130284
    Abstract: A maize header comprising multiple mowing and infeed units (units 10), the first lateral mowing and infeed units (units 10b) are laterally next to central mowing and infeed units (units 10a), second lateral mowing and infeed units (units 10c) are laterally next to the first units (10b), and units (10d) are laterally next to the second units (10c), wherein, to transfer the maize header (2) between the working and a transport position, the units (10) are pivotable relative to one another about horizontal pivot axes (16) so that each of the units (10b) is pivotable about a first pivot axis (16a), each of the units (10c) is pivotable about a second pivot axis (16b), and each of the units (10d) is pivotable about a third pivot axis (16c), wherein a pivot angle (?1) about the axes (16a) is 164°±4°, a pivot angle (?2) about the (16b) is 180°±4°, and a pivot angle (?3) about the axes (16c) is 184°±4°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Josef Fischer, Patrick Popp
  • Publication number: 20240130285
    Abstract: A maize header (2) comprising multiple mowing and infeed units (10) and comprising feeding drums (12) and turning drums (14, 15) arranged behind the mowing and infeed units (10), in the working position a feeding drum (12) is behind the two central mowing and infeed units (10a) and a first turning drum (14) is behind a transfer region between the central mowing and infeed units (10a) and a first lateral mowing and infeed unit (10b) that is laterally next to it, and to transfer the maize header (2) between the two positions, the mowing and infeed units (10) pivot relative to one another about axes (16) so the first lateral mowing and infeed units (10b) and one of the first turning drums (14) is pivotable relative to the adjoining central mowing and infeed unit (10a), so that, in the transport position, a frustoconical envelope (14a) of the respective first turning drum (14) is completely inside a permissible transport width of the maize header (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Josef Fischer, Felix Hafen
  • Publication number: 20240119328
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a quantum system of dimension M comprising a transmon device. The transmon device is in an initial state ?ini which is restricted to a state ?S of a N-dimensional quantum system embedded in the quantum system, where N<M. The transmon device is configured to receive a sequence of pulses for transforming the initial state ?ini to a state ?ext of the quantum system. The transmon device is connected to a readout that is configured to perform a projection-valued measure (PVM) of the transmon device in its state ?ext.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel Miller, Laurin Elias Fischer, Panagiotis Barkoutsos, Francesco Tacchino, Daniel Josef Egger, Ivano Tavernelli
  • Publication number: 20240113249
    Abstract: A method for efficiently sealing the back of photovoltaic modules as part of a repair. The photovoltaic modules pass through several process stages one after another, beginning with a selection of repairable photovoltaic modules, their anonymization and cleaning, followed by further process stages. The further process steps include drying, coating, and treating the coating with pulsed infrared radiation. The process is completed with a check of the process and a functional test using a flash test. The process conditions and apparatus configurations in the process stages are described in detail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: HORST FISCHER, JOSEF JOACHIM GMEINER
  • Publication number: 20240065159
    Abstract: Chopping unit (5) of an agricultural harvesting machine (1), having a chopping drum (10) bearing chopping knives, a first roller pair (11) consisting of an upper and a lower press roller (15) and (16) positioned upstream of the chopping drum (10), at least one second roller pair (12) consisting of a pre-compression roller (13) and a transport roller (14) positioned upstream of the first roller pair (11), a counter-cutting device (18) cooperating with the chopping drum (10) and a stripper device (19) cooperating with the lower press roller (16), arranged between the lower press roller (16) and the chopping drum (10), wherein a rotary shaft (20) of the lower press roller (16) and/or a rotary shaft (21) of the transport roller (14) can be displaced in its relative position to a rotary shaft (17) of the chopping drum (10) at least in the vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Philipp Kloker, Josef Fischer
  • Publication number: 20230368597
    Abstract: A device for checking access permissions includes an access area with guidance devices for forming an access lane for separating people or objects, in which blocking and/or signal means define an access threshold. A gate controller having a Bluetooth radio interface allows an access permission to be read from mobile data carriers, and positive validation of the access permission results in the access controller releasing the blocking and/or signal means and thus allowing separate passage through the access threshold. An access lane has an associated multiphase antenna group, the transmission/reception antennas of which are actuated by a Bluetooth transceiver module via an antenna feed network in such a way that at least two antenna lobes form that are at different distances from the access threshold as seen in the direction of access.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Christian WINDHAGER, Oliver SUTER, Daniel WAKOUNIG, Josef FISCHER, Stoyan ILIEV, Volker SCHOENIG, Thomas BRUNNER
  • Publication number: 20230263096
    Abstract: Harvesting vehicle, in particular forage harvester or combine harvester, comprising a mounting frame (10), wherein the mounting fame (10) is designed to couple an attachment to the mounting frame (10) and via the mounting frame (10) to the harvesting vehicle, and comprising a drive coupler (16) which engages with the mounting frame (10) and which is designed to form a drive connection between the attachment and the harvesting vehicle in order to transmit a drive power provided by the harvesting vehicle in the direction of the attachment, wherein the drive coupler (16) has a drive hub (17) which can be coupled to the harvesting vehicle, a coupling disk (19) which can be coupled to the attachment and a centering mandrel (22) which cooperates with the attachment, wherein the centering mandrel (22) is fixedly engaged with the coupling disk (19), a slide piece (24) which can be displaced in a translatory manner relative to the drive hub (17) is coupled fixedly in terms of rotation to the drive hub (17), and wherei
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Martin Lehmann, Andreas Ott, Stefan Wohnhas, Josef Fischer
  • Publication number: 20230167172
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods to prevent the formation of visible particles in aqueous protein formulations, as well as compositions and pharmaceutical products obtained with said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Keijiro HATADE, Stefan Josef FISCHER, Christina Roswitha HAEUSER, Stephen Alfred HYLAND, Tarik Ali KHAN, Ralph LOVIS, Satya Krishna Kishore RAVURI, Hitoshi SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20230114778
    Abstract: Corn header (4) for a forage harvester (1) for harvesting stalk crops, having a plurality of mowing and infeed units (5), which each have a plurality of drum-like or chain-like mowing and infeed members (6), which are rotatable about a vertical axis and are drivable in a revolving manner, for severing the crop in a substantially horizontal direction from a field to be cultivated, wherein the mowing and infeed members (6) of a pair (11) of mowing and infeed units (5) arranged in the center between two sides (4a, 4b) of the corn header (4) are drivable in a revolving manner such that they have a tendency to convey crop out of a gap (12), which is formed between them, forwards away from an infeed (9) of the forage harvester (1), wherein a central separating member (13) for separating the crop is positioned in a substantially vertical direction in the region of the gap (12) between the mowing and infeed members (6) of the pair (11) of mowing and infeed units (5) arranged in the center of the corn header (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Josef Fischer, Martin Link
  • Patent number: 10766038
    Abstract: A cryogenic grinding apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a material charge, a low-temperature embrittling device for embrittling the charged ground material by supplying liquid low-temperature gas, a mill for grinding the low-temperature embrittled ground material in an atmosphere containing the low-temperature gas, and a separating device. The separating device has a wind classifier, a removal device to remove the ground material from the mill-output volumetric flow, and a directing device to feed the removed ground material into a classifier-input volumetric flow and to discharge excess mill-output gas of the mill-output volumetric flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Inventor: Josef Fischer
  • Patent number: 10719678
    Abstract: A device for checking access authorizations stored on data carriers is provided, having a reading unit, arranged in the access region, for the data carrier, said reading unit actuating a signaling means and/or a blocking means, wherein the reading unit includes a housing having an insertion region for the data carrier and the insertion region having an upper first wall with a reading module sensing the insertion region, a lower second wall of the insertion region be fastened detachably and/or pivotably to the housing, that the reading unit can be changed from a first state to a second state in a predefinable manner by pivoting and/or removing the lower second wall, wherein in the first state of the reading unit, the second wall, together with the first wall, forms a U- or V-shaped insertion region and in the second state, the insertion region is L-shaped and open towards the bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Axess AG
    Inventors: Josef Fischer, Christian Windhager, Oliver Suter
  • Publication number: 20190340402
    Abstract: A device for checking access authorizations stored on data carriers is provided, having a reading unit, arranged in the access region, for the data carrier, said reading unit actuating a signaling means and/or a blocking means, wherein the reading unit includes a housing having an insertion region for the data carrier and the insertion region having an upper first wall with a reading module sensing the insertion region, a lower second wall of the insertion region be fastened detachably and/or pivotably to the housing, that the reading unit can be changed from a first state to a second state in a predefinable manner by pivoting and/or removing the lower second wall, wherein in the first state of the reading unit, the second wall, together with the first wall, forms a U- or V-shaped insertion region and in the second state, the insertion region is L-shaped and open towards the bottom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: Axess AG
    Inventors: Josef Fischer, Christian Windhager, Oliver Suter
  • Patent number: 9925633
    Abstract: The invention relates, on the one hand, to a machine element (6), for example a motor spindle or an electromechanical drive unit, with integrated, internal cooling system (8) and, on the other hand, to a closed cooling circuit (24) with corresponding machine element (6). According to the invention, the cooling takes place with a special coolant (4). The coolant (4) is a dispersion containing at least one Phase Change Material (PCM).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Step-Tec AG
    Inventors: Lukas Weiss, Simon Zuest, Ludger Josef Fischer, Joerg Worlitschek, Edwin Reinhard
  • Patent number: 9822836
    Abstract: An agricultural implement includes a first central implement section. At least one second implement section is positioned on each of two sides of the first implement section. Adjacent implement sections are each displaceable relative to one another about a pivot axis in order to displace the implement between a transport position and a working position. Each implement section comprises mowing mechanisms, conveying mechanisms or both. A hat-like conveying element made from an elastically deformable material is positioned on at least one of the mowing mechanisms, on at least one of the conveying mechanisms or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: CLAAS Saulgau GmbH
    Inventor: Josef Fischer
  • Publication number: 20170056890
    Abstract: A cryogenic grinding apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a material charge, a low-temperature embrittling device for embrittling the charged ground material by supplying liquid low-temperature gas, a mill for grinding the low-temperature embrittled ground material in an atmosphere containing the low-temperature gas, and a separating device. The separating device has a wind classifier, a removal device to remove the ground material from the mill-output volumetric flow, and a directing device to feed the removed ground material into a classifier-input volumetric flow and to discharge excess mill-output gas of the mill-output volumetric flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventor: Josef Fischer
  • Publication number: 20160295796
    Abstract: A method for operating an agricultural harvesting vehicle embodying a carrier vehicle and a front attachment includes measuring travel over a local ground-level change, such as a local bump, a local depression or both using at least one acceleration sensor and, depending upon the measured travel, counteracting pitch motions or rolling motions of the front attachment caused by travel over the local ground-level change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventor: Josef Fischer
  • Publication number: 20160227706
    Abstract: An agricultural implement includes a first central implement section. At least one second implement section is positioned on each of two sides of the first implement section. Adjacent implement sections are each displaceable relative to one another about a pivot axis in order to displace the implement between a transport position and a working position. Each implement section comprises mowing mechanisms, conveying mechanisms or both. A hat-like conveying element made from an elastically deformable material is positioned on at least one of the mowing mechanisms, on at least one of the conveying mechanisms or both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventor: Josef Fischer
  • Publication number: 20150343588
    Abstract: The invention relates, on the one hand, to a machine element (6), for example a motor spindle or an electromechanical drive unit, with integrated, internal cooling system (8) and, on the other hand, to a closed cooling circuit (24) with corresponding machine element (6). According to the invention, the cooling takes place with a special coolant (4). The coolant (4) is a dispersion containing at least one Phase Change Material (PCM).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Lukas WEISS, Simon ZUEST, Ludger Josef FISCHER, Joerg WORLITSCHEK, Edwin REINHARD
  • Patent number: 9045181
    Abstract: A position-securing mechanism and a device unit equipped therewith for securing a working device to a trailer is designed to the working device is attachable to a working machine via a coupling device. The position-securing mechanism is formed with a sensor designed to detect a coupled state and a decoupled state of the coupling device, a receiving device having first and second functional sections provided on a first longitudinal side of the trailer or the working device, a locking device that is brought into a locked state in which this locking device prevents the release of the engagement of the functional sections and into an unlocked state in which this locking device permits the release of this engagement and a drive device connected to the sensor and driven thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: CLAAS Saulgau GmbH
    Inventor: Josef Fischer
  • Patent number: 8951399
    Abstract: A method for continuously manufacturing lithium transition metal phosphates of the formula LiMPO4, comprising the steps of providing an aqueous reaction mixture containing LION, H3PO4, and a transition metal sulphate, converting the reaction mixture into a lithium transition metal phosphate, separating the solid lithium transition metal phosphate from the soluble part of the reaction mixture, subjecting the soluble part (diluate) to an electrodialysis, and isolating the part of the electrodialysate that contains an aqueous LiOH solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Sud-Chemie AG
    Inventors: Josef Fischer, Johannes Hartel