Patents by Inventor Michael Kress
Michael Kress 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).
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Patent number: 11303854Abstract: An inspection system comprising an inspection and/or maintenance device and a monitoring device is provided. The inspection and/or maintenance device is operationally connected to the monitoring device via a wired communication connection, and the inspection and/or maintenance device has at least one image recording system, the at least one image recording system provides digital video data and the inspection and/or maintenance device has a transmitting device which is operationally coupled to the at least one image recording system and to the communication connection, and the monitoring device has a receiving device which is operationally coupled to the communication connection. The transmitting device and the receiving device are adapted to transmit the digital video data at least via a sub-section of the communication connection in an analog manner according to an AHD standard. Also provided is a method for transmitting digital video data is provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2019Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: iPEK International GmbHInventors: Michael Kress, Harald Kaderabek, Fabian Zahnd, Dominik Pomp
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Patent number: 11059695Abstract: A cable reel is provided, in particular for a pipe inspection system, the cable reel having a frame and a cable receptacle. The cable receptacle is rotatably arranged on the frame, it being possible to wind a cable onto the cable receptacle and unwind it from the cable receptacle. The cable receptacle has an inner cage and an outer cage, with the diameter of the inner cage being smaller than the diameter of the outer cage. The inner cage is arranged coaxially with respect to the outer cage and is inside the outer cage. It is possible to rotate the inner cage and the outer cage independently of one another, and the inner cage is receives a first cable portion of the cable and the outer cage receives a second cable portion of the cable.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: iPEK International GmbHInventors: Fabian Zahnd, Simon Grimm, Gerhard Kennerknecht, Michael Kress
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Publication number: 20200095089Abstract: A cable reel is provided, in particular for a pipe inspection system, the cable reel having a frame and a cable receptacle. The cable receptacle is rotatably arranged on the frame, it being possible to wind a cable onto the cable receptacle and unwind it from the cable receptacle. The cable receptacle has an inner cage and an outer cage, with the diameter of the inner cage being smaller than the diameter of the outer cage. The inner cage is arranged coaxially with respect to the outer cage and is inside the outer cage. It is possible to rotate the inner cage and the outer cage independently of one another, and the inner cage is receives a first cable portion of the cable and the outer cage receives a second cable portion of the cable.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Fabian ZAHND, Simon GRIMM, Gerhard KENNERKNECHT, Michael KRESS
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Publication number: 20190373223Abstract: An inspection system comprising an inspection and/or maintenance device and a monitoring device is provided, wherein the inspection and/or maintenance device is operationally connected to the monitoring device via a wired communication connection, and the inspection and/or maintenance device has at least one image recording system, the at least one image recording system providing digital video data, and wherein the inspection and/or maintenance device has a transmitting device which is operationally coupled to the at least one image recording system and to the communication connection, and the monitoring device has a receiving device which is operationally coupled to the communication connection, wherein the transmitting device and the receiving device are adapted to transmit the digital video data at least via a sub-section of the communication connection in an analog manner according to an AHD (analog high definition) standard.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventors: Michael KRESS, Harald KADERABEK, Fabian ZAHND, Dominik POMP
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Publication number: 20190032324Abstract: A sewer inspection and/or maintenance system is provided comprising an inspection and/or maintenance unit and a control and/or display unit, wherein the control and/or display unit is coupled operatively to the inspection and/or maintenance unit via a twisted-pair cable comprising copper. The inspection and/or maintenance unit comprises an imaging unit, which is coupled operatively to a processing unit comprising a digital signal processor (DSP) or an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) of the inspection and/or maintenance unit. The processing unit is coupled operatively to the twisted pair cable, and the processing unit is adapted to digitalize and to compress the image data received from the imaging unit to prepare the digitalized and compressed image data for a transmission according to the BroadR-Reach standard, and to transmit the prepared image data according to the BroadR-Reach standard via the twisted pair cable to the control and/or display unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2018Publication date: January 31, 2019Inventor: Michael Kress
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Patent number: 9840941Abstract: An internal lever for a switchable cam follower for a valve train of an internal combustion engine with two opposite side walls (1, 2), between which at least one cam roller (9) can be arranged for following a cam stroke motion and aligned opposing openings (3, 4) on a support-side lever end area for holding a shaft (7) for the pivoting support on an external lever (8) of the cam follower encompassing the internal lever at least in some sections. The side walls (1, 2) are made from sheet metal and, arranged in the area of the openings (3, 4) spaced apart from each other, define a space for the arrangement of the cam roller (9) and are connected to each other by at least one stiffening element (5). A method for producing an internal lever is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2017Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Michael Kress, Kilian Dummer
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Publication number: 20170204748Abstract: An internal lever for a switchable cam follower for a valve train of an internal combustion engine with two opposite side walls (1, 2), between which at least one cam roller (9) can be arranged for following a cam stroke motion and aligned opposing openings (3, 4) on a support-side lever end area for holding a shaft (7) for the pivoting support on an external lever (8) of the cam follower encompassing the internal lever at least in some sections. The side walls (1, 2) are made from sheet metal and, arranged in the area of the openings (3, 4) spaced apart from each other, define a space for the arrangement of the cam roller (9) and are connected to each other by at least one stiffening element (5). A method for producing an internal lever is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2017Publication date: July 20, 2017Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Michael Kress, Kilian Dummer
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Patent number: 9103417Abstract: A lever-type cam follower for a valve train of an internal combustion engine, the cam follower having two side walls which are connected to each other through a crossbar on whose underside, on one end, a support for a gas exchange valve is disposed, the crossbar having a recess through which a roller extends, the roller is supported via a bearing on a pin seated in the side walls, wherein the roller is so narrow that outer front ends of the roller are clearly spaced from and out of contact with longitudinal surfaces of the recess, one guide extension projects from each of the longitudinal surfaces towards a central longitudinal plane of the cam follower, and the roller is guided on inner sides of the at least one guide extension.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2013Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Oliver Witter, Michael Kress
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Patent number: 8925505Abstract: A finger follower lever of a valve train, which has a lever body that is a pressed and punched component made of sheet metal and has a U-shaped cross-section with two largely parallel side walls. A roller rotatably mounted between the side walls on a pin. The pin is uniformly hardened and inserted at each end into a hole punched out of the side wall and is staked or caulked at the ends. To enable the holes to be punched out simultaneously in opposite directions of a relatively narrow lever body, at least one of the two side walls has, at least on the outside thereof, a flat recess in the region of the hole.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2012Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Stephan Moeck, Michael Kress, Martin Lambert
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Patent number: 8633314Abstract: The present invention provides alternative forms of Compound I, processes to reproducibly make them and methods of treating patients using them.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2012Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: Cephalon, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Bierlmaier, Michael Christie, R. Scott Field, R. Curtis Haltiwanger, Linli He, Martin J. Jacobs, Michael Kress, Robert E. McKean, Dale R. Mowrey, Joseph Petraitis, Mehran Yazdanian, Veronique Courvoisier
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Patent number: 8584640Abstract: The invention relates to a finger follower, or lever (1) of a valve train, for example of a piston-type internal combustion engine, with a lever body (2) having an end-sided base web (4), on which there is a spherical cap-shaped bearing cup (8) for an articulated mounting on a bearing pin of a housing-sided support element, said bearing pin terminating as a spherical cap; and on this base web is fastened a retaining clamp (9), engaging with an annular groove of the bearing pin, in order to secure the finger follower (1) on the support element in such a way that said finger follower can move to a limited extent.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2012Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Stephan Moeck, Michael Kress
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Publication number: 20130263695Abstract: A lever-type cam follower for a valve train of an internal combustion engine, the cam follower having two side walls which are connected to each other through a crossbar on whose underside, on one end, a support for a gas exchange valve is disposed, the crossbar having a recess through which a roller extends, the roller is supported via a bearing on a pin seated in the side walls, wherein the roller is so narrow that outer front ends of the roller are clearly spaced from and out of contact with longitudinal surfaces of the recess, one guide extension projects from each of the longitudinal surfaces towards a central longitudinal plane of the cam follower, and the roller is guided on inner sides of the at least one guide extension.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2013Publication date: October 10, 2013Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Oliver Witter, Michael Kress
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Publication number: 20130263694Abstract: According to the invention this object is attained by a rocker arm for actuating at least one gas exchange valve of an internal combustion engine having an elongated lever body with a floor and with side walls angled away therefrom, wherein a first end section of the lever body has a cup formed in the floor for a support element, and in that a section near the center is provided with a cam engagement surface and in that a second end section of the lever body has a bottom contact surface for a valve stem end of the gas exchange valve, wherein a crossbar extends between the section near the center and the second end section, and wherein the bottom contact surface for the valve stem end has a first stamping toward the top side of the rocker arm for a direct fine enclosure of the valve stem end, and wherein the crossbar has a second stamping whose shape is matched to the valve stem end.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: October 10, 2013Inventors: Oliver Witter, Michael Kress
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Publication number: 20130087059Abstract: A system and method to detect defects in ink blankets of a decorator wheel. An image of each of a plurality of ink blankets of a decorator wheel is acquired using an optical inspection device of the system as the decorator wheel rotates past the optical inspection device during an inking process. Each acquired image is correlated to a unique ink blanket of the plurality of ink blankets. Each acquired image is further matched to a unique standard image of a correlated unique ink blanket. Each acquired image is also compared to a matching unique standard image to determine any defects.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2011Publication date: April 11, 2013Applicant: APPLIED VISION CORPORATIONInventors: Brian M. Baird, Michael A. Kress
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Publication number: 20120260874Abstract: The invention relates to a finger follower, or lever (1) of a valve train, for example of a piston-type internal combustion engine, with a lever body (2) having an end-sided base web (4), on which there is a spherical cap-shaped bearing cup (8) for an articulated mounting on a bearing pin of a housing-sided support element, said bearing pin terminating as a spherical cap; and on this base web is fastened a retaining clamp (9), engaging with an annular groove of the bearing pin, in order to secure the finger follower (1) on the support element in such a way that said finger follower can move to a limited extent.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2012Publication date: October 18, 2012Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Stephan Moeck, Michael Kress
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Publication number: 20120260875Abstract: A finger follower lever of a valve train, which has a lever body that is a pressed and punched component made of sheet metal and has a U-shaped cross-section with two largely parallel side walls. A roller rotatably mounted between the side walls on a pin. The pin is uniformly hardened and inserted at each end into a hole punched out of the side wall and is staked or caulked at the ends. To enable the holes to be punched out simultaneously in opposite directions of a relatively narrow lever body, at least one of the two side walls has, at least on the outside thereof, a flat recess in the region of the hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2012Publication date: October 18, 2012Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KGInventors: Stephan MOECK, Michael KRESS, Martin LAMBERT
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Publication number: 20120214998Abstract: The present invention provides alternative forms of Compound I, processes to reproducibly make them and methods of treating patients using them.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2012Publication date: August 23, 2012Applicant: Cephalon, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Bierlmaier, Michael Christie, Laurent Courvoisier, Veronique Courvoisier, R. Scott Field, R. Curtis Haltiwanger, Linli He, Martin J. Jacobs, Michael Kress, Robert E. McKean, Dale R. Mowrey, Joseph Petraitis, Mehran Yazdanian
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Patent number: 8104441Abstract: A cam follower for a valve drive of an internal combustion engine. The cam follower has a housing and a cam roller. The cam roller is arranged between the side walls of the housing and is mounted on a journal which bridges the side walls. The cam roller, which has an outer ring, a rolling body set and an inner ring, is a combined plain and rolling bearing. The outer ring and the inner ring are in sliding contact with one another, and the rolling body set is arranged between the inner ring and the journal.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2009Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Schaeffler KGInventors: Stephan Moeck, Michael Kress
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Patent number: 8014586Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods to recognize features on bottom surfaces of containers on a container production line, detect defects in the containers, and correlate the defects to specific production equipment of the container production line, based in part on the recognized features. The system includes imaging apparatus, programmable processing devices, and encoders. The methods include synchronization techniques and correlation techniques.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2007Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Applied Vision CorporationInventors: Richard A. Sones, Carl E. Sebeny, Brian M. Baird, Michael A. Kress, Michael L. Kress
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Patent number: 7773214Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods to recognize features on bottom surfaces of containers on a container production line, detect defects in the containers, and correlate the defects to specific production equipment of the container production line, based in part on the recognized features. The system includes imaging apparatus, programmable processing devices, and controllers. The methods include imaging techniques and estimation techniques.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2009Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: Applied Vision CorporationInventors: Richard A. Sones, Carl E. Sebeny, Brian M. Baird, Michael A. Kress, Michael L. Kress