Patents by Inventor Kai-Uwe Rettenmeier

Kai-Uwe Rettenmeier 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: 20040227304
    Abstract: A sealing ring has a support member and a sealing lip connected to the support member. The sealing lip rests against a machine part to be sealed. The sealing lip has a passage for the machine part, wherein the passage points to an air side of the machine part to be sealed and has a contact side provided with a return conveying device for a medium to be sealed at a medium side of the machine part. The return conveying device is an alternating twist structure that is formed by angularly staggered, crossing elliptical structures, crossing straight structures, sine-shaped structures, or arcs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Applicant: KACO GMBH + CO. KG
    Inventors: Hermann Kern, Dieter Meister, Joachim Reichert, Kai-Uwe Rettenmeier, Thomas Schwarz
  • Patent number: 6420865
    Abstract: A device for detecting rotary movement has a rotary part configured to be fixedly connected to a motor shaft and rotate with the motor shaft. One or more sensors are positioned opposite the rotary part and configured to sense rotary movement of the rotary part and transmit signals derived from the rotary movement. A processing unit is connected to the sensor and receives and processes the signals transmitted by the sensor. A receptacle is provided to secure the sensor. The sensor and the receptacle have positioning elements cooperating with one, another so as to adjust a position of the sensor relative to the rotary part in a rotational direction of the rotary part. The device cooperates with a mounting device for mounting and positioning the rotary part relative to the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: KACO GmbH & Co.
    Inventor: Kai-Uwe Rettenmeier