Patents by Inventor Mark Kempf

Mark Kempf 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: 9126053
    Abstract: One aspect relates to an electrical bushing for use in a housing of an active implantable medical device. The electrical bushing includes an electrically insulating base body and an electrical conducting element. The conducting element is set up to establish, through the base body, an electrically conducting connection between an internal space of the housing and an external space. The conducting element is hermetically sealed with respect to the base body, and the conducting element includes a cermet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Mark Kempf, Andreas Reisinger
  • Patent number: 9040819
    Abstract: One aspect relates to a housing for an active implantable medical device, whereby the housing, at least parts thereof, includes an electrically insulating ceramic material, and has at least one electrically conductive conducting element, whereby the at least one conducting element is set up to establish at least one electrically conductive connection between an internal space of the housing and an external space. One aspect provides the at least one conducting element to include at least one cermet, whereby the housing and the at least one conducting element are connected in a firmly bonded manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Mark Kempf, Goran Pavlovic
  • Publication number: 20120193118
    Abstract: One aspect relates to an electrical bushing for use in a housing of an active implantable medical device, whereby the electrical bushing includes at least one electrically insulating base body and at least one electrical conducting element, whereby the conducting element establishes, through the base body, at least one electrically conductive connection between an internal space of the housing and an external space, whereby the conducting element is hermetically sealed with respect to the base body, and whereby the at least one conducting element includes at least one cermet. One aspect provides the base body to include a contact region, whereby the base body can be connected to the housing in a firmly bonded manner by means of the contact region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: HERAEUS PRECIOUS MATERIALS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Mark Kempf, Jens Troetzschel
  • Publication number: 20120193119
    Abstract: One aspect relates to an electrical bushing for use in a housing of an active implantable medical device. The electrical bushing includes an electrically insulating base body and an electrical conducting element. The conducting element is set up to establish, through the base body, a electrically conducting connection between an internal space of the housing and an external space. The conducting element is hermetically sealed with respect to the base body, and the conducting element includes a cermet. The electrical bushing includes a head part, the head part includes a plug connector element, the conducting element includes a feedthrough element, and the feedthrough element and the plug connector element are connected in an electrically conductive manner through a connecting element, and the connecting element and the feedthrough element are provided as a single part and are made of the same material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: HERAEUS PRECIOUS MATERIALS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Mark Kempf, Andreas Reisinger
  • Publication number: 20120194981
    Abstract: One aspect relates to a housing for an active implantable medical device, whereby the housing, at least parts thereof, includes an electrically insulating ceramic material, and has at least one electrically conductive conducting element, whereby the at least one conducting element is set up to establish at least one electrically conductive connection between an internal space of the housing and an external space. One aspect provides the at least one conducting element to include at least one cermet, whereby the housing and the at least one conducting element are connected in a firmly bonded manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: HERAEUS PRECIOUS MATERIALS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Mark Kempf, Goran Pavlovic
  • Patent number: 5542505
    Abstract: A torque limiting device that includes a shaft and a wrap extending around the shaft. The wrap is frictionally engaged with the shaft, and the wrap has an inner and an outer surface. The device further includes a restraining mechanism enclosing the wrap such that there is contact between the restraining mechanism and the outer surface of the wrap, and such that the restraining mechanism prevents the wrap from rotating relative to the retraining mechanism as the shaft is rotated in either one of two opposing rotational directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1996
    Assignee: Vadnais Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Mark Kempf