Patents by Inventor Michael PULFER

Michael PULFER 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: 11940316
    Abstract: An optical operating fluid detector for optical detection of operating fluid for a hand-guided garden, forestry and/or construction machining appliance includes a light source, an operating fluid line and a light receiver. The light source is designed for radiation of rays of light. The operating fluid line is designed for optical interaction of rays of light from the light source with operating fluid in line for the optical detection of operating fluid. The light receiver is designed for differing reception of rays of light from the line in dependence on the presence or the absence of operating fluid in the line. The operating fluid detector has an optical deflecting device. The deflecting device is designed for deflection of rays of light from the light source to the operating fluid line and/or for deflection of rays of light from the line to the light receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Alexander Haas, Michael Pulfer
  • Publication number: 20220072690
    Abstract: An apparatus driving fastening elements has an energy store, a transmission element movable along a setting axis in a driving direction between a starting position and a setting position for transmitting energy from the energy store to the fastening elements, the transmission element having a rear end in the driving direction, the energy store having a container and a piston, the container defining a cylinder axis and the piston being movable along the cylinder axis in the container, the piston closing off a partial volume of the container, and gas in the closed-off partial volume forming a gas spring, the apparatus having a force transmission device transmitting a spring force of the gas spring to the rear end of the transmission element, the rear end of the transmission element being arranged behind the piston in the driving direction when the transmission element is in the starting position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Emanuel KURTH, Alain ERNI, Fabio LUONGO, Michael PULFER
  • Publication number: 20210181007
    Abstract: An optical operating fluid detector for optical detection of operating fluid for a hand-guided garden, forestry and/or construction machining appliance includes a light source, an operating fluid line and a light receiver. The light source is designed for radiation of rays of light. The operating fluid line is designed for optical interaction of rays of light from the light source with operating fluid in line for the optical detection of operating fluid. The light receiver is designed for differing reception of rays of light from the line in dependence on the presence or the absence of operating fluid in the line. The operating fluid detector has an optical deflecting device. The deflecting device is designed for deflection of rays of light from the light source to the operating fluid line and/or for deflection of rays of light from the line to the light receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Alexander HAAS, Michael PULFER