Patents by Inventor Martin Spindler

Martin Spindler 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: 12311704
    Abstract: A wheel unit of a vehicle having a rim on which a tire is mounted, and having a hub which can rotate about an axis of rotation (T), wherein the hub includes a hub body in which a control element that is mounted such that it is displaceable relative to the hub body in the direction of the axis of rotation (T) between a first position and a second position is accommodated. A fluid channel which fluidically connects the tire to a first space formed between the control element and the hub body is configured in the rim. In the first position of the control element, a fluidic connection between the first space and a second space formed between the control element and the rim is interrupted, whereas, in the second position of the control element, a fluidic connection between the first space and the second space is established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignees: Illinois Tool Works Inc., KT Projektentwicklungs GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Haering, Bruno Schulze Selting, Erwin Braun, Martin Spindler
  • Publication number: 20250065581
    Abstract: A device (1) for inflating or repairing in particular vehicle tires, as needed, wherein the device (1) comprises a compressor unit (2) for supplying compressed air, a container (4) having a sealing liquid, and a distribution system (5), which is configured in order to fluidically connect the compressed air outlet (3) of the at least one compressor unit (2) to a compressed air inlet (6) of the scaling liquid container (4), as needed. According to the invention, it is provided in particular that the distribution system (5) is configured in order to automatically deliver compressed air exclusively to the item to be inflated or repaired when a first connector (8) of the distribution system (5) is fluidically connected to the item and to deliver a sealing liquid/compressed air mixture to the item when a second connector (9) of the distribution system (5) is fluidically connected to the item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Martin SPINDLER, Maria BRAUN, Bruno SCHULZE SELTING, Andreas HARING, Erwin BRAUN
  • Patent number: 12220886
    Abstract: A tire repair kit is described for inflating and/or sealing a tire mounted on a rim of a vehicle wheel. The tire repair kit may include a support body configured to be replaceably received in a central recess of the vehicle wheel rim, and a compressor unit including a drive and a compressor portion having at least one working chamber. The drive may be received inside of the support body, and the compressor portion may be releasably connected to a flange region of the support body and is outside of the supporting body. With the supporting body received in the central recess of the vehicle wheel, the drive of the compressor unit is arranged at least in certain regions of the central recess and the compressor portion of the compressor unit is completely outside the central recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: KT PROJEKTENTWICKLUNGS-GMBH
    Inventors: Konstantin Tsiberidis, Martin Spindler
  • Publication number: 20250043777
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compressor assembly (1) for an apparatus (100) for inflating and/or repairing inflatable items or products as needed, in particular vehicle tires. The compressor assembly (1) comprises a first compressor unit (2) having a compressed air outlet (5) via which the air compressed by the first compressor unit (2) is supplied. The compressor assembly (1) further comprises at least one further second compressor unit (3, 4) having a compressed air outlet (6, 7) via which the air compressed, in particular as needed, by the second compressor unit (3, 4) is supplied as compressed air. The first compressor unit (2) and the at least one second compressor unit (3, 4) are fluidly switched in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventor: Martin SPINDLER
  • Patent number: 12109849
    Abstract: A rotary transmission device for transmitting control and/or working pressures to a wheel hub. The rotary transmission device has a housing structure in which a piston element is displaceable between a first and a second position relative to the housing structure and relative to a running body of the wheel hub which is mounted so as to rotate relative to the housing structure. To transmit the control and/or working pressures, at least one pressure medium channel is formed in the piston element. In the first position, an air gap is present between an end face of the piston element on the running body side and an end face of the running body on the piston element side, while in the second position, no air gap is present, and the at least one pressure medium channel opens in sealed fashion into at least one pressure medium channel formed in the running body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Eva Tritschler, Christiane Schwarz, Roland Braun, Henry Klemm, Martin Spindler, Bruno Schulze Selting
  • Publication number: 20240236592
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method and a device for automated harmonization of digital audio signals with a target frequency, wherein the digital audio signal is pitch-shifted. In one embodiment of the invention the target frequency is the frequency of a tinnitus sound. Therefore, the method according to the invention is usable in the context of tinnitus treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Martin SPINDLER, Matthias LIPPMANN, Johannes PECKMANN
  • Publication number: 20240158619
    Abstract: An efficient tire sealant that is environmentally friendly or less damaging to the environment, which is characterized by a high stability, good processability, and safe application. The tire sealant includes approximately 5 wt. % to approximately 50 wt. % of a bio-based aliphatic diol; approximately 5 wt. % to approximately 70 wt. % natural rubber latex; and approximately 0.001 wt. % to approximately 10 wt. % of a water-soluble polymer as an additive for adjusting and/or influencing a freezing point of the tire sealant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Hava KAYA, Jade WARREN, Martin SPINDLER
  • Patent number: 11951779
    Abstract: A system (40) for transmitting control pressures and/or working pressures from a wheel-hub pressure medium supply (20, 21, 22), in particular from a wheel-hub pressure medium rotary union (21), to a vehicle rim (2) mounted on the wheel hub (1). The system (40) has a receiving part (41), which has a central region (55) with a central opening (44) and at least one extension region (43) projecting radially from the central region (55), at least in some regions. The receiving part (41) can be connected to the wheel hub (1) by means of the at least one radially projecting extension region (43), in a detachable way, and the control pressures and/or working pressures can be transmitted from the wheel-hub pressure medium supply (20, 21, 22) to the opening (44).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Eva Tritschler, Christiane Schwarz, Roland Braun, Henry Klemm, Martin Spindler, Bruno Schulze Selting
  • Publication number: 20240109261
    Abstract: A tire repair kit is described for inflating and/or sealing a tire mounted on a rim of a vehicle wheel. The tire repair kit may include a support body configured to be replaceably received in a central recess of the vehicle wheel rim, and a compressor unit including a drive and a compressor portion having at least one working chamber. The drive may be received inside of the support body, and the compressor portion may be releasably connected to a flange region of the support body and is outside of the supporting body. With the supporting body received in the central recess of the vehicle wheel, the drive of the compressor unit is arranged at least in certain regions of the central recess and the compressor portion of the compressor unit is completely outside the central recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Konstantin TSIBERIDIS, Martin SPINDLER
  • Publication number: 20240066930
    Abstract: The invention relates in particular to a device for transmitting pressurized media, in particular compressed air, or control and/or working pressures between a first fluid duct (4), which is received or formed at least in regions in the interior of a first, in particular transmission-side cardan shaft section (3), and a second fluid duct (6), which is received or formed at least in regions in the interior of a second, in particular wheel-side cardan shaft section (5) which is connected in an articulated manner to an end region of the first cardan shaft section (3), wherein the device has a line section (7) which is fluidically connected to, or can be brought into fluidic connection with, the first and the second fluid duct (4, 6) and the length of which is reversibly changeable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicants: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., KT PROJEKTENTWICKLUNGS GMBH
    Inventors: Konstantin TSIBERIDIS, Martin SPINDLER
  • Publication number: 20230026449
    Abstract: A wheel unit of a vehicle having a rim on which a tire is mounted, and having a hub which can rotate about an axis of rotation (T), wherein the hub includes a hub body in which a control element that is mounted such that it is displaceable relative to the hub body in the direction of the axis of rotation (T) between a first position and a second position is accommodated. A fluid channel which fluidically connects the tire to a first space formed between the control element and the hub body is configured in the rim. In the first position of the control element, a fluidic connection between the first space and a second space formed between the control element and the rim is interrupted, whereas, in the second position of the control element, a fluidic connection between the first space and the second space is established.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Andreas HAERING, Bruno SCHULZE SELTING, Erwin BRAUN, Martin SPINDLER
  • Publication number: 20230023313
    Abstract: A rotation transmission apparatus for transmitting control and/or working pressures to a fluid channel, which is at least regionally configured or accommodated on or in a shaft, in particular a drive shaft, wherein the rotation transmission apparatus includes a stator assembly, which is arranged such that it is stationary relative to a rotational movement of the shaft and has at least one fluid supply/discharge line, wherein the fluid supply/discharge opens into an annular space which surrounds the shaft at least partially and with which the fluid channel of the shaft is fluidically connected via a branch channel, wherein the annular space is associated with sealing elements, which are arranged and configured in the annular space at least partially such that they seal the annular space from the outside atmosphere when a previously defined or definable overpressure is applied in the annular space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Martin SPINDLER, Andreas HAERING, Bruno SCHULZE SELTING, Erwin BRAUN
  • Patent number: 11407883
    Abstract: A high performing low viscosity tire sealant includes about 15% to about 75% by weight of a biobased aliphatic diol, about 5% to about 50% by weight natural rubber latex, and about 2% to about 50% by weight synthetic rubber latex. The tire sealant exhibits excellent performance at temperatures of ?40 degrees Celsius and lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Nihar Ranjan Kundu, Ranjith Kokkot, Ryan Jones, Martin Spindler, Suboth Srinivas Deshpande
  • Publication number: 20220227187
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotary transmission apparatus (1) for the transmission of control and/or working pressures to a fluid duct (51) which is received or configured at least in regions in the interior of a shaft (50), in particular a drive shaft. The rotary transmission apparatus (1) has a stator assembly (2) which is arranged in a stationary manner with respect to a rotational movement of the shaft (50) and has at least one fluid feed/discharge line (3) and a control element (4) which can be displaced in the shaft longitudinal direction (L) relative to the shaft (50) between a first position and a second position. A flow connection between the at least one fluid feed/discharge line (3) and the fluid duct (51) is interrupted in the first position of the control element (4), and a flow connection between the at least one fluid feed/discharge line (3) and the fluid duct (51) is established in the second position of the control element (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Bruno SCHULZE SELTING, Martin SPINDLER
  • Publication number: 20220227186
    Abstract: A rotary transmission device for transmitting control and/or working pressures to a wheel hub. The rotary transmission device has a housing structure in which a piston element is displaceable between a first and a second position relative to the housing structure and relative to a running body of the wheel hub which is mounted so as to rotate relative to the housing structure. To transmit the control and/or working pressures, at least one pressure medium channel is formed in the piston element. In the first position, an air gap is present between an end face of the piston element on the running body side and an end face of the running body on the piston element side, while in the second position, no air gap is present, and the at least one pressure medium channel opens in sealed fashion into at least one pressure medium channel formed in the running body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Eva TRITSCHLER, Christiane SCHWARZ, Roand BRAUN, Henry KLEMN, Martin SPINDLER, Bruno SCHULZE SELTING
  • Publication number: 20210238394
    Abstract: A high performing low viscosity tire sealant includes about 15% to about 75% by weight of a biobased aliphatic diol, about 5% to about 50% by weight natural rubber latex, and about 2% to about 50% by weight synthetic rubber latex. The tire sealant exhibits excellent performance at temperatures of ?40 degrees Celsius and lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Nihar Ranjan Kundu, Ranjith Kokkot, Ryan Jones, Martin Spindler, Suboth Srinivas Deshpande
  • Patent number: 10926495
    Abstract: A device and method for dispensing and sealing an inflatable article, in particular a tire, are provide from a container (5) having a valve (6) that has an inlet (7) and an outlet (8), the inlet (7) and an outlet (8) are connected to one another in a first position of the valve (6) and are connected to one another in a first position of the valve (6), and outlet (8), the container (5) are in communication via the valve (6) only if necessary for delivering sealing means in the second position of the valve (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS
    Inventors: Martin Spindler, Henry Klemm
  • Publication number: 20200346499
    Abstract: A system (40) for transmitting control pressures and/or working pressures from a wheel-hub pressure medium supply (20, 21, 22), in particular from a wheel-hub pressure medium rotary union (21), to a vehicle rim (2) mounted on the wheel hub (1). The system (40) has a receiving part (41), which has a central region (55) with a central opening (44) and at least one extension region (43) projecting radially from the central region (55), at least in some regions. The receiving part (41) can be connected to the wheel hub (1) by means of the at least one radially projecting extension region (43), in a detachable way, and the control pressures and/or working pressures can be transmitted from the wheel-hub pressure medium supply (20, 21, 22) to the opening (44).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Eva TRITSCHLER, Christiane SCHWARZ, Roland BRAUN, Henry KLEMM, Martin SPINDLER, Bruno SCHULZE SELTING
  • Publication number: 20180333927
    Abstract: A device and method for dispensing and sealing an inflatable article, in particular a tire, are provide from a container (5) having a valve (6) that has an inlet (7) and an outlet (8), the inlet (7) and an outlet (8) are connected to one another in a first position of the valve (6) and are connected to one another in a first position of the valve (6), and outlet (8), the container (5) are in communication via the valve (6) only if necessary for delivering sealing means in the second position of the valve (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Martin SPINDLER, Henry Klemm
  • Publication number: 20160195078
    Abstract: In the case of a compressor for delivering a medium from a pressure chamber (2) in a head (1) through an outlet (10) into a line (16), wherein a piston (3) is arranged in the pressure chamber (2) and the pressure chamber (2) has a longitudinal axis (A) along which the piston (3) moves, it is the intention for the piston (3) to perform a wobbling movement relative to the longitudinal axis (A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Applicant: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventor: Martin SPINDLER