Patents by Inventor Michael Schumann

Michael Schumann 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: 20120074825
    Abstract: A drawer assembly for mounting beneath a shelf has a drawer and a mounting unit. The drawer has a bottom, a front end, a rear end, and a pair of opposed side panels. The mounting unit is configured to mount to a shelf and has a pair of spaced apart drawer supports that support the drawer under a shelf. A pair of laterally spaced apart tracks is provided on either the drawer side panels or the mounting unit drawer supports. A pair of lugs protrudes from each of the other of the drawer side panels or the mounting unit drawer supports. Each pair of lugs is slidable relative to and along a respective one of the tracks. The drawer is slidable between a closed position and an open position relative to the mounting unit. The tracks and lugs cooperate such that the front end and rear end of the drawer are substantially level with one another in the closed position and the front end is lower than the rear end in the open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: Rubbermaid Incorporated
    Inventors: William Armstrong, Christopher J. Claypool, Bradley S. Hooley, Michael Schumann, Stian Tesdal, Anthony Torris, Allen Zadeh
  • Publication number: 20110299232
    Abstract: A surface-mountable device (100) is specified, comprising a mounting side (101), a top side (102) lying opposite the mounting side (101), an electrically insulating carrier plate (1), an electrical component (2) and a housing (3). The carrier plate (1) terminates the device (100) toward the mounting side (101). Furthermore, the carrier plate (1) has a fixing side (103) lying opposite the mounting side (101). For the purpose of making electrical contact with the component (2), the carrier plate (1) has conductor tracks (4) arranged on the fixing side (103), contact areas (5) arranged on the mounting side (101), and openings (6), wherein in each case a contact area (5) is electrically conductively connected to a conductor track (4) by means of an opening (6). The component (2) is enclosed by the housing (3), wherein at least one opening (6) is arranged below the component (2). The housing (3) and the carrier plate (1) are arranged flush with one another in a plan view of the carrier plate (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Schumann, Thomas Hoefer, Werner Kuhlmann
  • Patent number: 7975394
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a tilt sensor comprising at least one body movable along a predefined path and an optoelectronic unit for determining the position of said body, said tilt sensor being surface-mountable. The invention is further directed to a tilt sensor assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Möllmer, Frank Singer, Michael Schumann, Martin Haushalter, Thomas Hoefer, Christine Rüth, Stefan Strüwing
  • Publication number: 20100000104
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a tilt sensor comprising at least one body movable along a predefined path and an optoelectronic unit for determining the position of said body, said tilt sensor being surface-mountable. The invention is further directed to a tilt sensor assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2007
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Inventors: Frank Möllmer, Frank Singer, Michael Schumann, Martin Haushalter, Thomas Hoefer, Christine Rüth, Stefan Strüwing
  • Publication number: 20070128393
    Abstract: Heat sealable fluoropolymer-containing films and articles. More particularly, heat sealable films, tubes, packages, and other articles formed from a chlorotrifluoroethylene/vinylidene fluoride copolymer containing about 5% to about 25% vinylidene fluoride. The copolymers are capable of being formed into single or multilayer films that are heat sealable using conventional heat sealing methods while maintaining excellent clarity and moisture barrier properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Inventors: Jeffrey Moulton, Simon Porter, Eric Rainal, Yuan-Ping Ting, Michael Schumann
  • Publication number: 20070100758
    Abstract: Methods for facilitating commercial exploitation of IPR and IPR-related opportunities by a law firm on behalf of law firm clients are described, including posting on a law firm website IPR and IPR-related opportunities that clients of the law firm are interested in soliciting offers for possible commercial exploitation, and posting on a law firm website IPR, IPR-related opportunities, technology information, etc. sought by law firm clients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Applicant: HAMRE, SCHUMANN, MUELLER & LARSON, P.C.
    Inventors: Michael Schumann, James Larson
  • Patent number: 6811842
    Abstract: The present invention is a Liquid transport member with significantly improved liquid handling capability, which has at least one bulk region and a wall region that completely circumscribes said bulk region, and which comprises a port region, whereby the bulk region has an average fluid permeability kb which is higher than the average fluid permeability kp of the port regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bruno Johannes Ehrnsperger, Mattias Schmidt, Karl Michael Schumann, Fred Naval Desai, Gary Dean Lavon, Gerald Alfred Young, Donald Carroll Roe
  • Patent number: 6673057
    Abstract: The present invention is a liquid transport member with significantly improved liquid handling capability, which has at least one bulk or inner region with a high average permeability, completely circumscribed by a wall region. The wall region further comprises at least one port region with a lower permeability than the inner region, and with a ratio of its permeability to its thickness of at least 10−7 m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bruno Johannes Ehrnsperger, Mattias Schmidt, Karl Michael Schumann, Fred Naval Desai, Gary Dean Lavon, Gerald Alfred Young, Donald Carroll Roe
  • Patent number: 6579457
    Abstract: The present invention is a liquid transport member with significantly improved liquid handling capability, which has at least one bulk region and a wall region that completely circumscribes said bulk region, and which comprises a membrane port region and an open port region, whereby the bulk region has an average fluid permeability kb which is higher than the average fluid permeability kp of the membrane port region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bruno Johannes Ehrnsperger, Mattias Schmidt, Karl Michael Schumann, Fred Naval Desai, Gary Dean Lavon, Gerald Alfred Young, Donald Carroll Roe
  • Publication number: 20020087135
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent article covering certain parts of the body of the wearer and comprising a loading area, a storage area as well as chassis area, whereby the absorbent article has a specific Skin Hydration Value, calculated from the individual Skin Hydration values of the respective areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2002
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mathais Kurt Herrlein, John Peter Lankhof, Muir Charles Robertson, Jose Dominguez-Staedke, Ivan Jean Olliver, Karl Michael Schumann
  • Patent number: 6388166
    Abstract: This invention is a disposable absorbent article (20) covering certain parts of the body of the wearer and comprising a loading area, a storage area, as well as a chassis area, whereby the absorbent article has a specific skin hydration value, calculated from the individual skin hydration values of the respective areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Inventors: Mathais Kurt Herrlein, John Peter Lankhof, Muir Charles Robertson, Jose Dominguez-Staedke, Ivan Jean Olliver, Karl Michael Schumann
  • Publication number: 20020032423
    Abstract: This invention is a disposable absorbent article (20) covering certain parts of the body of the wearer and comprising a loading area, a storage area, as well as a chassis area, whereby the absorbent article has a specific skin hydration value, calculated from the individual skin hydration values of the respective areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 1998
    Publication date: March 14, 2002
    Inventors: MATHAIS KURT HERRLEIN, JOHN PETER LANKHOF, MUIR CHARLES ROBERTSON, JOSE DOMINGUEZ-STAEDKE, IVAN JEAN OLLIVER, KARL MICHAEL SCHUMANN