Patents by Inventor Martin Wolfgang Meyer

Martin Wolfgang Meyer 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: 20120068437
    Abstract: A coupler head of a coupling device for mechanically connecting two units is provided. The coupler head comprises at least one coupler lock to form a mechanical connection with a coupler lock of a counter-coupler head, and an electrical contact coupling for the coupling of at least one electrical line between the coupler head and the counter-coupler head. The coupler head further comprises a base body to which the coupler lock and the electrical contact coupling are mounted, so as to enable the coupler head to be universally applicable for a plurality of applications and in particular for it to be operated as low-maintenance as possible. A coupler head housing accommodates the base body with the at least one coupler lock and electrical contact coupling. The base body further comprises a linkage to which a coupling shaft is articulated so as to be pivotable in a horizontal and/or vertical plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: VOITH PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Siegfried Kobert, Martin Wolfgang Meyer, Sanja Kahl
  • Patent number: 7270486
    Abstract: Described are an optical signal coupling for two vehicles coupled with one another and a conductive coupling which contains such a signal coupling. The signal coupling has a first and a second coupling part each of which is carried by a respective one of the vehicles and between which the optical signals are transmitted. The first coupling part contains a sending device which creates the optical signals to be transmitted, and the second coupling part contains a receiving device which detects the transmitted optical signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: era-contact GmbH
    Inventor: Martin Wolfgang Meyer
  • Patent number: 6883973
    Abstract: A light conductor coupling has a first and a second coupling part which coupling parts are couplable with one another and in each of which a light conducting element is held. At least one of the light conducting elements is elastically biased so that the two light conducting elements are pressed against one another with their end surfaces when the coupling parts are coupled with one another, to allow the transmission of light from one light conducting element to the other. The end surface of the one light conducting element is spherically concave and the end surface of the other light conducting element is formed spherically convex with the same radius of curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: era-contact GmbH
    Inventor: Martin Wolfgang Meyer
  • Publication number: 20040175068
    Abstract: Described are an optical signal coupling for two vehicles coupled with one another and a conductive coupling which contains such a signal coupling. The signal coupling has a first and a second coupling part each of which is carried by a respective one of the vehicles and between which the optical signals are transmitted. The first coupling part contains a sending device which creates the optical signals to be transmitted, and the second coupling part contains a receiving device which detects the transmitted optical signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2003
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Applicant: era-contact GmbH
    Inventor: Martin Wolfgang Meyer
  • Publication number: 20040175076
    Abstract: A light conductor coupling has a first and a second coupling part which coupling parts are couplable with one another and in each of which a light conducting element is held. At least one of the light conducting elements is elastically biased so that the two light conducting elements are pressed against one another with their end surfaces when the coupling parts are coupled with one another, to allow the transmission of light from one light conducting element to the other. The end surface of the one light conducting element is spherically concave and the end surface of the other light conducting element is formed spherically convex with the same radius of curvature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2003
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Applicant: era-contact GmbH
    Inventor: Martin Wolfgang Meyer