Patents by Inventor Markus Hirschmann

Markus Hirschmann 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: 12012986
    Abstract: A press-in nut is formed as a cap nut and has a nut body with a through hole, which is closed by a cap under formation of a blind hole. This is provided to obtain a media-tight connection with the nut body. The nut body has a ring collar at the top. In a pre-assembled state, the ring collar is only at least partially bent over, so that the cap is only held captively, without a media-tight connection being formed. The desired media-tight connection is only formed when press-fitting into a component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: RICHARD BERGNER HOLDING GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Markus Hirschmann, Juliane Gersler, Klaus Heubusch
  • Publication number: 20220307542
    Abstract: A press-in nut is formed as a cap nut and has a nut body with a through hole, which is closed by a cap under formation of a blind hole. This is provided to obtain a media-tight connection with the nut body. The nut body has a ring collar at the top. In a pre-assembled state, the ring collar is only at least partially bent over, so that the cap is only held captively, without a media-tight connection being formed. The desired media-tight connection is only formed when press-fitting into a component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Richard Bergner Holding GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus HIRSCHMANN, Juliane GERSLER, Klaus HEUBUSCH
  • Patent number: 11028868
    Abstract: A press-fit connection between a high-strength component and a press-fit element is characterized by a non-circular previously made hole into which the press-fit element having a collar is inserted. Here, the collar is merely upset and pressed against a hole rim without embracing an underside of the component. Preferably, the hole rim is widened in a longitudinal direction such that a form-locking connection acting in opposition to the longitudinal direction is formed. The non-circular hole geometry is produced with the aid of a punch of circular cross sectional geometry, in that a cutter of the punch has leading and recessed cutting regions, with the result that disrupted partial regions are formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Richard Bergner Verbindungstechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Hirschmann, Juliane Niedermueller, Bastian Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 10794417
    Abstract: A self-punching press-fit element, in particular a punching nut, has a head part with a head bearing for bearing on a component, as well as a punching collar having an end-side cutting edge. An undercut is configured between the punching collar and the head bearing. An encircling displacement web is configured so as to adjoin the punching collar on the head bearing, the encircling displacement web being adjoined in the radial direction by a further external region of the head bearing. The further external region in the longitudinal direction is set back in relation to the displacement web. During the configuration of the press-fit connection, material is press-fitted from the upper side of the component into the undercut by the displacement web. A deformation of the lower side of the component is preferably not performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Richard Bergner Verbindungstechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Hirschmann, Juliane Niedermueller
  • Publication number: 20190010973
    Abstract: A self-punching press-fit element, in particular a punching nut, has a head part with a head bearing for bearing on a component, as well as a punching collar having an end-side cutting edge. An undercut is configured between the punching collar and the head bearing. An encircling displacement web is configured so as to adjoin the punching collar on the head bearing, the encircling displacement web being adjoined in the radial direction by a further external region of the head bearing. The further external region in the longitudinal direction is set back in relation to the displacement web. During the configuration of the press-fit connection, material is press-fitted from the upper side of the component into the undercut by the displacement web. A deformation of the lower side of the component is preferably not performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: MARKUS HIRSCHMANN, JULIANE NIEDERMUELLER
  • Publication number: 20170268553
    Abstract: A press-fit connection between a high-strength component and a press-fit element is characterized by a non-circular previously made hole into which the press-fit element having a collar is inserted. Here, the collar is merely upset and pressed against a hole rim without embracing an underside of the component. Preferably, the hole rim is widened in a longitudinal direction such that a form-locking connection acting in opposition to the longitudinal direction is formed. The non-circular hole geometry is produced with the aid of a punch of circular cross sectional geometry, in that a cutter of the punch has leading and recessed cutting regions, with the result that disrupted partial regions are formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: MARKUS HIRSCHMANN, JULIANE NIEDERMUELLER, BASTIAN ZIMMERMANN
  • Patent number: 7797962
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of operating an aircraft system, in particular for the purpose of fresh air supply, air-conditioning and pressurization of an aircraft cabin, having a first compressed air source formed by a first compressor charged with ambient air, ram air and/or precompressed air and driven by means of at least one motor and/or of at least one turbine and whose outlet is in direct or indirect communication with an aircraft cabin, said aircraft system having at least one second compressed air source whose outlet can be connected directly or indirectly to the aircraft cabin, wherein only the first compressed air source is in communication with the aircraft cabin in a first operating mode, wherein both the first and the second compressed air sources are in communication with the aircraft cabin in a second operating mode, and wherein the selection of the operating mode depends on the pressure of the ambient air such that the first operating mode is set at a high pressure of the ambien
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH
    Inventors: Hubert Kresser, Markus Hirschmann, Alfred Sauterleute, David Lavergne, Laurent Hartenstein
  • Publication number: 20090117840
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of operating an aircraft system, in particular for the purpose of fresh air supply, air-conditioning and pressurization of an aircraft cabin, having a first compressed air source formed by a first compressor charged with ambient air, ram air and/or precompressed air and driven by means of at least one motor and/or of at least one turbine and whose outlet is in direct or indirect communication with an aircraft cabin, said aircraft system having at least one second compressed air source whose outlet can be connected directly or indirectly to the aircraft cabin, wherein only the first compressed air source is in communication with the aircraft cabin in a first operating mode, wherein both the first and the second compressed air sources are in communication with the aircraft cabin in a second operating mode, and wherein the selection of the operating mode depends on the pressure of the ambient air such that the first operating mode is set at a high pressure of the ambien
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Hubert Kresser, Markus Hirschmann, Alfred Sauterleute, David Lavergne, Laurent Hartenstein