Patents by Inventor Manfred Sauer

Manfred Sauer 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: 11029558
    Abstract: An image display apparatus includes a liquid crystal display panel including a display surface for displaying an image; an imaging device disposed face a back surface of the liquid crystal display panel, the back surface located opposite to the display surface, the imaging device being capable of imaging a front area of the liquid crystal display panel; and a backlight device which retains the imaging device in a location behind the back surface of the liquid crystal display panel, and applies light to the back surface of the liquid crystal display panel. The imaging device includes a sleeve including a cylindrical third sleeve which receives therein a lens, and an annular light shield member is mounted between the back surface and an end surface of the third sleeve and is in contact with each of the back surface and the end surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignees: KYOCERA CORPORATION, KYOCERA AUTOMOTIVE AND INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Koichi Nagasaki, Seiichi Karatsu, Manfred Sauer, Matthias Neundorf
  • Publication number: 20190258112
    Abstract: An image display apparatus includes a liquid crystal display panel including a display surface for displaying an image; an imaging device disposed face a back surface of the liquid crystal display panel, the back surface located opposite to the display surface, the imaging device being capable of imaging a front area of the liquid crystal display panel; and a backlight device which retains the imaging device in a location behind the back surface of the liquid crystal display panel, and applies light to the back surface of the liquid crystal display panel. The imaging device includes a sleeve including a cylindrical third sleeve which receives therein a lens, and an annular light shield member is mounted between the back surface and an end surface of the third sleeve and is in contact with each of the back surface and the end surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicants: KYOCERA Corporation, KYOCERA Automotive and Industrial Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Koichi NAGASAKI, Seiichi KARATSU, Manfred SAUER, Matthias NEUNDORF
  • Patent number: 10381179
    Abstract: A gas-insulated medium voltage switchgear includes: a circuit breaker pole part arrangement in a gastight compartment of the switchgear; a drive arrangement for switching actuation of the circuit breaker, the drive arrangement and the pole part arrangement being fixed on a common plate or frame, which is provided with the gastight compartment, and being configured to close the gastight compartment gastightly such that in a completely mounted position of the plate or frame, the circuit breaker pole part arrangement is positioned inside the gastight compartment, and the drive arrangement is positioned outside the gastight compartment; and a standardized circuit breaker drive adaptable to switchgear arrangements with different pole distances. The plate or frame is provided with holes, in which gastight mechanical feedthroughs are arranged, through which the standardized circuit breaker drive is coupled with each vacuum interrupter in the circuit breaker pole part arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventor: Manfred Sauer
  • Publication number: 20180174785
    Abstract: A gas-insulated medium voltage switchgear includes: a circuit breaker pole part arrangement in a gastight compartment of the switchgear; a drive arrangement for switching actuation of the circuit breaker, the drive arrangement and the pole part arrangement being fixed on a common plate or frame, which is provided with the gastight compartment, and being configured to close the gastight compartment gastightly such that in a completely mounted position of the plate or frame, the circuit breaker pole part arrangement is positioned inside the gastight compartment, and the drive arrangement is positioned outside the gastight compartment; and a standardized circuit breaker drive adaptable to switchgear arrangements with different pole distances. The plate or frame is provided with holes, in which gastight mechanical feedtroughs are arranged, through which the standardized circuit breaker drive is coupled with each vacuum interrupter in the circuit breaker pole part arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Manfred Sauer
  • Patent number: 9620316
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a pole part of a circuit-breaker arrangement having an insulation housing for accommodating a vacuum interrupter containing a pair of corresponding electrical switching contacts, wherein a fixed upper electrical contact is connected to an upper electrical terminal molded or assembled in the insulation housing and a movable lower electrical contact is connected to the insulating housing by a support plate of the insulation housing via a flexible conductor that includes a first end for attaching the flexible conductor to the lower electrical terminal and a second end for attaching the flexible conductor to the movable lower electrical contact. The second end of the flexible conductor is provided with an inside thread which is screwed to an outside thread arranged on the distal end of the movable lower electrical contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Dietmar Gentsch, Manfred Sauer
  • Patent number: 9460868
    Abstract: An exemplary assembled pole part includes two pole part frames made of insulating material, between which a vacuum interrupter is mounted. The vacuum interrupter includes a fixed contact and a moving contact. The frame includes a first support to affix the vacuum interrupter at the moving contact side, and a second support to affix the vacuum interrupter to the fixed contact side at an opposite end of the frame. In order to apply common pole part frames for different vacuum interrupter sizes, in order to alleviate the manufacture of such pole parts, at least two fixation points are arranged pairwise in parallel along different distances along the long axis of the frame. The first support at the moving contact side maintains a specified fixation position, so the frame is configured for use with at least one other vacuum interrupter of a different length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Maik Hyrenbach, Manfred Sauer
  • Publication number: 20150221457
    Abstract: An exemplary assembled pole part includes two pole part frames made of insulating material, between which a vacuum interrupter is mounted. The vacuum interrupter includes a fixed contact and a moving contact. The frame includes a first support to affix the vacuum interrupter at the moving contact side, and a second support to affix the vacuum interrupter to the fixed contact side at an opposite end of the frame. In order to apply common pole part frames for different vacuum interrupter sizes, in order to alleviate the manufacture of such pole parts, at least two fixation points are arranged pairwise in parallel along different distances along the long axis of the frame. The first support at the moving contact side maintains a specified fixation position, so the frame is configured for use with at least one other vacuum interrupter of a different length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: ABB Technology AG
    Inventors: Maik HYRENBACH, Manfred SAUER
  • Publication number: 20140175058
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a pole part of a circuit-breaker arrangement having an insulation housing for accommodating a vacuum interrupter containing a pair of corresponding electrical switching contacts, wherein a fixed upper electrical contact is connected to an upper electrical terminal molded or assembled in the insulation housing and a movable lower electrical contact is connected to the insulating housing by a support plate of the insulation housing via a flexible conductor that includes a first end for attaching the flexible conductor to the lower electrical terminal and a second end for attaching the flexible conductor to the movable lower electrical contact. The second end of the flexible conductor is provided with an inside thread which is screwed to an outside thread arranged on the distal end of the movable lower electrical contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: ABB Technology AG
    Inventors: Dietmar GENTSCH, Manfred SAUER
  • Patent number: 8641997
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing shaped inorganic cyanide bodies, especially made of alkaline metal cyanides and alkaline earth metal cyanides, by pressing particulate inorganic cyanide obtained by means of a crystallization method. According to the invention, a cyanide crystallate separated from a mother liquor by means of a solid-liquid separation device and containing 2-15 wt. % water is fed to a forming device without the addition of an auxiliary forming agent and placed under pressure and compressed to form shaped bodies containing 0.1-12 wt. % water. The amount of water contained by the shaped bodies is always less than that contained in the crystallates used for the production thereof. Preferably, the crystallite is pressed out of a rotary filter or a centrifuge at a temperature of more than 40° C. to form shaped bodies containing 0.2-6 wt. % residual water. The inventive method can be carried out in a more economical manner than previously known methods using dried cyanide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: CyPlus GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Jafeld, Stephan Schäflein, Norbert Steier, Annette Dickmann, Stefan Franke, Andreas Rubo, Manfred Sauer, Ernst Gail
  • Patent number: 7717902
    Abstract: A catheter for draining urine from the bladder and which is composed of a flexible plastic tube (1) having an insertion aid (2) secured to the insertion end of the tube. Thus the insertion aid and tube may be inserted into the urethra and guided therethrough into the bladder. The tube (1) has at least one orifice (4) in the region adjacent the insertion aid (2). Also, the insertion aid (2) connects with essentially the same diameter to the tube (1) and ends with a rounded head portion (3), whose diameter may be slightly larger than the diameter of the tube (1). The insertion aid may be significantly more flexible as compared to the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Inventor: Manfred Sauer
  • Publication number: 20080317655
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing shaped inorganic cyanide bodies, especially made of alkaline metal cyanides and alkaline earth metal cyanides, by pressing particulate inorganic cyanide obtained by means of a crystallization method. According to the invention, a cyanide crystallate separated from a mother liquor by means of a solid-liquid separation device and containing 2-15 wt. % water is fed to a forming device without the addition of an auxiliary forming agent and placed under pressure and compressed to form shaped bodies containing 0.1-12 wt. % water. The amount of water contained by the shaped bodies is always less than that contained in the crystallates used for the production thereof. Preferably, the crystallite is pressed out of a rotary filter or a centrifuge at a temperature of more than 40° C. to form shaped bodies containing 0.2-6 wt. % residual water. The inventive method can be carried out in a more economical manner than previously known methods using dried cyanide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Markus Jafeld, Stephan Schaflein, Norbert Steier, Annette Dickmann, Stefan Franke, Andreas Rubo, Manfred Sauer, Ernst Gail
  • Publication number: 20040193143
    Abstract: A catheter for draining urine from the bladder and which is composed of a flexible plastic tube (1) having an insertion aid (2) secured to the insertion end of the tube. Thus the insertion aid and tube may be inserted into the urethra and guided therethrough into the bladder. The tube (1) has at least one orifice (4) in the region adjacent the insertion aid (2). Also, the insertion aid (2) connects with essentially the same diameter to the tube (1) and ends with a rounded head portion (3), whose diameter may be slightly larger than the diameter of the tube (1). The insertion aid may be significantly more flexible as compared to the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventor: Manfred Sauer
  • Publication number: 20030143147
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing shaped inorganic cyanide bodies, especially made of alkaline metal cyanides and alkaline earth metal cyanides, by pressing particulate inorganic cyanide obtained by means of a crystallization method. According to the invention, a cyanide crystallate separated from a mother liquor by means of a solid-liquid separation device and containing 2-15 wt. % water is fed to a forming device without the addition of an auxiliary forming agent and placed under pressure and compressed to form shaped bodies containing 0.1-12 wt. % water. The amount of water contained by the shaped bodies is always less than that contained in the crystallates used for the production thereof. Preferably, the crystallite is pressed out of a rotary filter or a centrifuge at a temperature of more than 40° C. to form shaped bodies containing 0.2-6 wt. % residual water. The inventive method can be carried out in a more economical manner than previously known methods using dried cyanide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventors: Markus Jafeld, Stephan Schflein, Norbert Steier, Annette Dickmann, Stefan Franke, Andreas Rubo, Manfred Sauer, Ernst Gail
  • Publication number: 20020169438
    Abstract: A device for inserting a tubular catheter (1) into the urethra, preferably for catheterizing male persons, in particular in the case of paraplegia. The device comprises a guide means (2) for inserting the catheter (1), with the guide means composed of an outer funnel (3) that is intended for insertion into the urethra orifice, and an inner funnel (4) that is adapted for insertion into the urethra through the outer funnel (3). The catheter (1) is then insertable into the urethra through the inner funnel (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Inventor: Manfred Sauer
  • Patent number: 6096173
    Abstract: A method of producing hydrogen cyanide by the gas-phase reaction of methane with ammonia at elevated temperature and an ammonia/methane ratio of 1.001 to 1.1. The conducting of the gaseous reaction mixture through a corona discharge causes the reaction to start at temperatures below 1000.degree. C. without the action of a catalyst. This results in considerable savings of the necessary investment expenses as well as of the running costs for energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: Degussa Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Lukas Von Hippel, Andreas Gutsch, Roland Schaffer, Manfred Sauer, Rudolf Vanheertum
  • Patent number: 6048512
    Abstract: A process for preparing catalytically active coatings for the synthesis of hydrogen cyanide on moulded items substantially consisting of aluminum oxide. The catalytically active coatings contain, as active components, at least one platinum group metal and a nitride waich are applied to the moulded item by means of a coating dispersion which contains the active components as finely divided solids. This means that the hitherto conventional production of aluminum nitride during the forming process is not required. The coatings therefore achieve their final activity level, which is well above that of conventional coatings, very rapidly. In addition, these catalysts can be started up under high load and have a lower operating temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Degussa Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Lukas von Hippel, Christian Bussek, Jorg Sauer, Manfred Sauer, Dietrich Arntz
  • Patent number: 5961945
    Abstract: An ammoxidizable compound is reacted with an ammonium salt, especially an inorganic ammonium salt, in the presence of a source of oxygen and an ammoxidation catalyst at 100 to 700.degree. C., preferably 200 to 700.degree. C., in order to produce cyano compounds of the formula R--CN, in which R is H or an organic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: Degussa Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Lukas M. J. Von Hippel, Jorg Sauer, Rudiger Schutte, Manfred Sauer, Dietrich Arntz
  • Patent number: 5958588
    Abstract: A process for the direct preparation of alkali metal cyanide and alkaline earth metal cyanide granules from an HCN-containing gas and an aqueous solution or suspension of an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal hydroxide. The reaction is performed in a reactor for fluidized bed spray granulation, wherein a solution or suspension of the hydroxide is sprayed onto seed granules of the cyanide being prepared and at the same time a hydrogen cyanide-containing gas is supplied to the reactor and water is evaporated by means of a fluidizing gas. The preferred fluidizing gas is steam. The reaction gases from a BMA or Andrussow process may be quenched with water and the gas mixture used as fluidizing gas. By using a CO.sub.2 -free HCN-containing gas, alkali metal cyanide granules with advantageous properties, including a combined concentration of alkali metal carbonate and alkali metal formate of less then 0.4 wt. %, are obtainable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Degussa-Huls AG
    Inventors: Rudiger Schutte, Hans Christian Alt, Catrin Becker-Balfanz, Manfred Sauer, Lukas Von Hippel, Oliver Feuer, Jurgen Lorosch
  • Patent number: 5928984
    Abstract: A process for preparing catalytically active coatings for the synthesis of hydrogen cyanide on moulded items substantially consisting of aluminum oxide. The catalytically active coating contain, as active components, at least one platinum group metal and a nitrate which are applied to the moulded item by means of a coating dispersion which contains the active components as finely divided solids. This means that the hitherto conventional production of aluminum nitride during the forming process is not required. The coatings therefore achieve their final activity level, which is well above that of conventional coatings, very rapidly. In addition, these catalysts can be started up under high load and have a lower operating temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignee: Degussa Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Lukas von Hippel, Christian Bussek, Joerg Sauer, Manfred Sauer, Dietrich Arntz
  • Patent number: 4913572
    Abstract: Ribbon cassettes for typewriters or office machines of similar construction are subject to differnt structural requirements and primarily they are to be easily exchangeable in a one-hand operation. Since additionally the ribbon cassettes are also designed as disposable components, many still functional individual parts are also discarded. To avoid this, ribbon cassettes are known which have exchangeable ribbon spools. It is the object of the invention to provide a reloadable ribbon cassette in which the exchange of ribbon spools (4, 5) is possible with few manipulations. The removal of the spent ribbon spools (4, 5) should here be possible without soiling the fingers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 3, 1990
    Assignee: AEG Olympia Office GmbH
    Inventors: Rolf Behrens, Hermann Jendricke, Manfred Sauer, Klaus D. Frerichs, Alfred Keiter, Andreas Wesselhoft, Hans P. Heins, Heinz Lange