Patents by Inventor Michael Hartl

Michael Hartl 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: 20150314935
    Abstract: A pack including at least two articles or PET containers combined with each other, which are held together by means of a strip-like or ribbon-like compact strapping and said strapping being stretched around an outer surface of the articles or PET containers in a horizontal manner. The strapping is made of one, two or more similar or different plastic strapping band or bands made of a composite material with overlapping ends each whereby a single part or multi part contact point is formed by glueing and/or welding. The strapping forms a relief loop at the contact site or apart from the contact site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Kurt PERL, Michael Hartl
  • Patent number: 9051071
    Abstract: A device and method for the manufacturing of a pack including at least one article. The device includes a strapper for strapping a strip around the at least one article. The strapping is strapped around the outside of the article horizontally and/or vertically and/or cross-wise. A device generates a definable tensioning force of the strapping. A detector for the detection of properties of the article(s) is coupled and/or effectively connected to the device for generating a definable tensioning force of the strapping. A regulation and/or control method for a strapping device is also provided. Recorded properties of the articles to be wrapped and/or of the strapping material to be used are used as control values for the tensioning force and/or back tensioning force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Krones AG
    Inventors: Kurt Perl, Michael Hartl, Christian Napravnik
  • Patent number: 9033100
    Abstract: A sound suppressor device for an air drying unit of a compressed-air supply system having a sound suppressor housing on which is arranged an inlet opening for the supply of condensate-laden compressed air to be discharged from the air drying unit and at least one outlet opening for the discharge of the condensate-laden compressed air to the outside, wherein the inlet opening issues into at least one pre-chamber of the sound suppressor housing, which pre-chamber issues into post-chambers which are connected in parallel and which are arranged around a heating rod arranged centrally in the sound suppressor housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUR SCHIENENFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Hartl, Matthias Fritz, Christian Achatz
  • Patent number: 8992187
    Abstract: An air-cooled reciprocating compressor for vehicles includes a compressing unit, which has a plurality of cylinders and is driven by a motor and has a fan for generating a cooling air flow. The fan is disposed on a connecting shaft between the motor and the compressing unit and takes in cooling air from the surroundings and delivers cooling air to a downstream cooling air duct, wherein the cooling air duct at least partially surrounds the cylinders and is designed such that cooling air can flow around all in-line cylinders of the compressing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Hartl, Juergen Mendel, Joerg Mellar, Matthias Fritz
  • Publication number: 20140301873
    Abstract: A condensate separator device for a compressor arrangement for the production of compressed air having a separator housing that has a compressor-side inlet connection and an outlet connection for discharging the dehydrated compressed air. A base-side drainage valve is provided for releasing the condensate, which has collected in the separator housing, into the surrounding environment via a release opening. The valve is pneumatically-piloted seat valve able to be controlled by an electro-pneumatic control valve, and this electro-pneumatic control valve of the drainage valve is arranged outside the separator housing and connected to a pilot connection of the drainage valve via a control pressure-line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Michael Hartl, Corneliu Popescu, Christian Urra, Manuel Lund
  • Patent number: 8851285
    Abstract: A pack (10) including at least two articles or PET containers (12) combined with each other, which are held together by means of a strip-like or ribbon-like compact strapping (18) and said strapping (18) being stretched around an outer surface (16) of the articles or PET containers (12) in a horizontal manner. The strapping (18) is made of one, two or more similar or different plastic strapping band (20) or bands (20) made of a composite material with overlapping ends each whereby a single part or multi part contact point (22) is formed by gluing and/or welding. The strapping (18) forms a relief loop (30) at the contact site (22) or apart from the contact site (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Krones AG
    Inventors: Kurt Perl, Michael Hartl
  • Publication number: 20140231169
    Abstract: A sound suppressor device for an air drying unit of a compressed-air supply system having a sound suppressor housing on which is arranged an inlet opening for the supply of condensate-laden compressed air to be discharged from the air drying unit and at least one outlet opening for the discharge of the condensate-laden compressed air to the outside, wherein the inlet opening issues into at least one pre-chamber of the sound suppressor housing, which pre-chamber issues into post-chambers which are connected in parallel and which are arranged around a heating rod arranged centrally in the sound suppressor housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUR SCHIENENFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Hartl, Matthias Fritz, Christian Achatz
  • Publication number: 20140041534
    Abstract: A strapping station and to a method for strapping groups, bundles, packaged goods, and/or grouped articles or grouped packaged goods, having at least one strapping band, which is placed and/or tensioned approximately horizontally and/or vertically and/or diagonally around the exterior of the bundles, packaged goods, or groups of articles, or groups of packaged goods, said strapping band forming either an open or a closed ring, which is tensioned to form a firm assembly of the bundles, packaged goods, etc. A magazine feeds the strapping band to at least one application head for applying the strapping respectively to a group, to a bundle, to at least one packaged good, and/or to the grouped articles or grouped packaged goods. In addition, the strapping band extends and is conveyed largely without being guided and/or in a free-floating manner, at least within an operating range of the application head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: Krones AG
    Inventors: Michael Hartl, Manuel Kollmuss, Kurt Perl
  • Patent number: 8448411
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a method and a machine to group and join at last two articles by attaching a first packaging to form a packaging unit. The individual packaging units are joined together with an additional second packaging to form a bigger unit. The process is carried out continuously, whereby the packaging units are transposed or not.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Krones AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Huber, Michael Hartl
  • Patent number: 8439195
    Abstract: A pack, including at least two PET containers combined with each other, which are held together by a strip-like or ribbon-like compact strapping. The pack is provided with a carrier handle, which overstretches one top side of the pack and is fixed at the lateral surface areas of two PET containers which are arranged opposite of each other, next to each other or adjacent to each other, joints between the carrier handle and the respective PET container being at least partially arranged within the strapping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Krones AG
    Inventors: Kurt Perl, Michael Hartl
  • Patent number: 8333054
    Abstract: A method for producing a plurality of packages of liquid containers including the steps of dividing the liquid containers into groups representing the packages, applying handles to a film, wherein the film is located in a feeding area for the film, supplying one film to each of the groups of liquid containers via the feeding area, and wrapping each group of liquid containers with the film and the applied handle, thereby completing the packages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Krones AG
    Inventor: Michael Hartl
  • Patent number: 8317488
    Abstract: A multi-cylinder dry-running piston compressor for generating compressed air. The piston compressor includes a crankcase having an interior and a crankshaft rotatably mounted in the crankcase. Also included are two connecting rods mounted in the crankshaft and configured to run counter to one another. Further included are two cylinders mounted in the crankcase and a piston arranged at an end of each of the connecting rods and configured to run in a respective one of the two cylinders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Knorr-Bremse Systeme fur Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventor: Michael Hartl
  • Patent number: 8308447
    Abstract: A compressor piston including a piston in a cylinder; a connecting rod connecting the piston to a crankshaft in a crankcase by a roller bearing; and an air inlet line and an air outlet line in a cylinder head. A tube connection between the air inlet line and the crankcase transports cooling air from the inlet line to the crankcase. The tube connection is exterior the cylinder. An inlet valve is connected to the tube connection which opens when the pressure in the crankcase is less than the pressure in the air inlet line; and an outlet valve is connected to the crankcase which opens when the pressure in the crankcase exceeds a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Knorr-Bremse System fur Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventor: Michael Hartl
  • Publication number: 20120210674
    Abstract: A device and method for the manufacturing of a pack including at least one article. The device includes a strapper for strapping a strip around the at least one article. The strapping is strapped around the outside of the article horizontally and/or vertically and/or cross-wise. A device generates a definable tensioning force of the strapping. A detector for the detection of properties of the article(s) is coupled and/or effectively connected to the device for generating a definable tensioning force of the strapping. A regulation and/or control method for a strapping device is also provided. Recorded properties of the articles to be wrapped and/or of the strapping material to be used are used as control values for the tensioning force and/or back tensioning force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Kurt Perl, Michael Hartl, Christian Napravnik
  • Patent number: 8196372
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pack, which includes at least two PET containers combined with each other, which are held together by a strip-like or ribbon-like strap, the strap being spun about an outer surface of the PET containers in a horizontal manner, wherein an inner surface of the strap, which lies at the outer surfaces of the PET containers, is fixed at least at one junction with one of the PET containers. The strap is fixed at the junction by a material integrated bond in the form of at least one welded joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Krones AG
    Inventors: Kurt Perl, Michael Hartl
  • Patent number: 8117960
    Abstract: A water-cooled piston compressor having at least one air-compressing piston, which can be driven with means for producing a linearly oscillating drive force and which is accommodated in an axially movable manner in a cylinder housing which is closed at the end face via a cylinder head and is provided with water-cooling means, wherein the water-cooling means comprise a cylinder housing which is formed with a double wall and on whose end face facing the cylinder head a plurality of cooling openings are arranged, via which coolant flowing through the double-walled cylinder housing comes into contact with the region of the cylinder head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignees: Knorr-Bremse Systeme fur Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH, Knorr-Bremse Systeme fur Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Hartl, Gerhard Pröll, Dieter Weisse
  • Publication number: 20110259766
    Abstract: A pack (10) including at least two articles or PET containers (12) combined with each other, which are held together by means of a strip-like or ribbon-like compact strapping (18) and said strapping (18) being stretched around an outer surface (16) of the articles or PET containers (12) in a horizontal manner. The strapping (18) is made of one, two or more similar or different plastic strapping band (20) or bands (20) made of a composite material with overlapping ends each whereby a single part or multi part contact point (22) is formed by gluing and/or welding. The strapping (18) forms a relief loop (30) at the contact site (22) or apart from the contact site (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Kurt Perl, Michael Hartl
  • Publication number: 20110089055
    Abstract: A pack, including at least two PET containers combined with each other, which are held together by a strip-like or ribbon-like compact strapping. The pack is provided with a carrier handle, which overstretches one top side of the pack and is fixed at the lateral surface areas of two PET containers which are arranged opposite of each other, next to each other or adjacent to each other, joints between the carrier handle and the respective PET container being at least partially arranged within the strapping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Kurt Perl, Michael Hartl
  • Publication number: 20110073511
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pack, which includes at least two PET containers combined with each other, which are held together by a strip-like or ribbon-like strap, the strap being spun about an outer surface of the PET containers in a horizontal manner, wherein an inner surface of the strap, which lies at the outer surfaces of the PET containers, is fixed at least at one junction with one of the PET containers. The strap is fixed at the junction by a material integrated bond in the form of at least one welded joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Kurt Perl, Michael Hartl
  • Publication number: 20110016831
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a method and a machine to group and join at last two articles by attaching a first packaging to form a packaging unit. The individual packaging units are joined together with an additional second packaging to form a bigger unit. The process is carried out continuously, whereby the packaging units are transposed or not.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Huber, Michael Hartl