Patents by Inventor Peter A. Ernst

Peter A. Ernst 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: 20140096159
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for creating and distributing programming content carried by a digital streaming media to be a plurality of remote nodes located over a large geographic area to create customized broadcast quality programming at the remote nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: XIALAN CHI LTD., LLC
    Inventors: Lynn T. ROWE, John A. HEINEN, Peter A. ERNST, Gary H. OLSON
  • Publication number: 20140079890
    Abstract: A component stack is coated such that, during a first coating pass, a first angle (?) is formed between the first stack opening surface and the coating beam and, during a second coating pass, a second angle (?) is formed between the first stack opening surface and the coating beam, wherein the first angle (?) and the second angle (?) are formed in opposite directions relative to the first stack opening surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: Sulzer Metco AG
    Inventors: Peter Ernst, Bernd Distler
  • Patent number: 8621508
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for creating and distributing programming content carried by a digital streaming media to be a plurality of remote nodes located over a large geographic area to create customized broadcast quality programming at the remote nodes. At the remote nodes, a multi-window screen display simultaneously shows different programming including national programming and local programming content. The remote nodes utilize a remote channel origination device to assemble the customized programming at the remote location that can be controlled from a central location. An encapsulated IP and IP encryption system is used to transport the digital streaming media to the appropriate remote nodes. Also disclosed is a graphical user interface (“GUI”) providing a software control interface for creating and editing shows or programs that can be aired or played on a remote display device having a multi-window display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Xialan Chi Ltd., LLC
    Inventors: Lynn T. Rowe, John A. Heinen, Peter A. Ernst, Gary H. Olson
  • Publication number: 20130323528
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bearing part as well as to a spray method for manufacturing a layer system on a bearing part, in particular a connecting rod eye of a connecting rod for a reciprocating piston combustion engine, with a layer system containing at least tin being provided on a surface of the bearing part. In accordance with the invention, an outer, thermally sprayed top layer of the layer system is composed only of tin with the exception of contaminants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Inventors: Peter Ernst, Bernd Distler
  • Publication number: 20130319367
    Abstract: The invention relates to a zinc-free spray powder for thermally coating a substrate, in particular for thermally coating a bearing part of a bearing apparatus, which spray powder has the following composition except for unavoidable contaminants: tin=5% to 30% weight percent; aluminum=0.1% to 5% weight percent; iron=at most 1% weight percent, and copper=difference to 100% weight percent. The invention furthermore relates to a layer system applied via thermal spraying, a work piece, particularly a connecting rod, as well as a spray method for manufacturing a spray layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Inventors: Bernd Distler, Peter Ernst
  • Publication number: 20130295375
    Abstract: The invention relates to a spray powder with a superferritic iron-based compound for the thermal coating of a substrate, wherein the spray powder includes, apart from impurities, a chemical list from the list of chemical elements consisting of C, Mn, Cr, Mo, Ni, Nb, P, S, Si, Fe, Al, O, and Zr. In accordance with the invention, the spray powder has the following chemical composition: C at a maximum up to 0.7% by weight, Mn at a maximum up to 0.7% by weight; Ni at a maximum up to 0.5% by weight, Nb at a maximum up to 1.2% by weight, Pat a maximum up to 0.1% by weight, S at a maximum up to 0.1% by weight, Si at a maximum up to 0.2% by weight, Cr in the range from 20% to 40% by weight, Mo in the range 2.0% to 6% by weight, and a ceramic component Al2O3/ZrO2 up to a maximum of 50% by weight, with the remainder being Fe, and otherwise a total of a maximum of 0.4% by weight of further chemical components being contained as impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Peter Ernst, Alexander Barth
  • Patent number: 8492318
    Abstract: Spray material for thermally coating a substrate, a thermal spray layer, and a cylinder for a reciprocating piston combustion engine coated with the thermal spray layer. The spray material includes a solid lubricant of ZnO. A volume fraction of ZnO in the spray material lies in a range from 0.1% to 15% of the volume of the spray material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Sulzer Metco AG
    Inventors: Gérard Barbezat, Peter Ernst
  • Publication number: 20130005618
    Abstract: The invention relates to a spray material on an iron base for the thermal coating of a substrate, in particular for the thermal coating of a running surface of a cylinder of a reciprocating combustion engine, wherein the spray material includes FeTiO3 as a base material. In accordance with the invention, the spray material includes at least one first solid lubricant composed of a sulfide and one second solid lubricant composed of a fluoride. The invention further relates to a method for manufacturing a spray material, to a spray wire, in particular a spray filler wire for use in a thermal wire spraying method, to a thermal spray layer on an iron base, in particular for a running surface of a cylinder of a reciprocating combustion engine, to a spraying method for manufacturing a thermal spray layer, as well as to the use of a powder material and of a spray wire for manufacturing a thermal spray layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Gérard Barbezat, Silvia Barbezat, Peter Ernst
  • Publication number: 20120322347
    Abstract: An apparatus for and a method of prepping a surface of a cylinder bore using a pulsed waterjet entails generating a signal having a frequency f using a signal generator, applying the signal to generate a pulsed waterjet through an exit orifice of a nozzle having an exit orifice diameter d and a length L. The pulsed waterjet prepares the surface to within a predetermined range of surface roughness. The surface roughness is determined by selecting operating parameters comprising a standoff distance (SD), a traverse velocity VTR of the nozzle, a water pressure P, a water flow rate Q, a length-to-diameter (L/d) ratio, the frequency f, and an amplitude A of the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventors: Ronald J. Molz, Peter Ernst
  • Patent number: 8250057
    Abstract: A method for automatically sensing a set of elements in a computer system, wherein each element in the set has an associated character body from a plurality of character bodies, and each character body comprises character strings which characterize a respective element, the performance of the method involving a search for at least one prescribed character string within the character bodies and use of the at least one character string to ascertain at least one property for at least one element, and association of this at least one ascertained property with at least one category, and this involving a user of the method being provided with a taxonomy which is inherent of the set of elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Parametric Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Peter Ernst
  • Publication number: 20110155090
    Abstract: Spray material for thermally coating a substrate, a thermal spray layer, and a cylinder for a reciprocating piston combustion engine coated with the thermal spray layer. The spray material includes a solid lubricant of ZnO. A volume fraction of ZnO in the spray material lies in a range from 0.1% to 15% of the volume of the spray material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: SULZER METCO AG
    Inventors: Gérard BARBEZAT, Peter ERNST
  • Patent number: 7905520
    Abstract: A hose connecting device that is suitable for high-pressure applications includes a retainer for connecting a hose end to a hose connecting device element. The retainer may be secured or anchored to a flange of the hose connecting device element. In an embodiment, the retainer includes at least two retaining limbs that are secured on the outside of the hose by a tension device, such as by tightening straps. The retaining limbs may be provided between the outside of the hose and the tension device, and may be clamped therein. In an embodiment, the retaining limbs include recesses with flanges or stepped edges to support the limbs. In an embodiment, tightening straps may dig into the outside of the hose and rest against the hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Eaton Fluid Power GmbH
    Inventors: Eric Scherer, Peter Ernst, Jurgen Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20100217770
    Abstract: A method for automatically sensing a set of elements in a computer system, wherein each element in the set has an associated character body from a plurality of character bodies, and each character body comprises character strings which characterize a respective element, the performance of the method involving a search for at least one prescribed character string within the character bodies and use of the at least one character string to ascertain at least one property for at least one element, and association of this at least one ascertained property with at least one category, and this involving a user of the method being provided with a taxonomy which is inherent of the set of elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventor: Peter Ernst
  • Publication number: 20100205991
    Abstract: A merchandise display case has a housing having a plurality of housing walls forming an access opening, a roller-type cover shiftable between an extended closed position extending across and substantially closing the opening and a retracted open position generally clear of the opening, and a seal engaged between the cover and at least one respective wall of the housing. The cover has a pair of opposite side edges and an end edge bridging the side edges. The seal is engaged with at least one of the edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventors: Peter Ernst, Robert Ochsenschlaeger
  • Publication number: 20090162207
    Abstract: In accordance with the invention a method for the manufacture of an erosion protection layer on a metallic substrate is proposed in which a material is welded onto the metallic substrate (2, 2?). The material is a steel which contains at least 0.1% carbon and at least 12% chrome. The material is applied to the substrate (2, 2?) by laser deposition welding. A component (1, 1?) is further proposed by the invention with a metallic substrate (2, 2?) and an erosion protection layer (3, 3?) applied on the substrate (2, 2?), wherein the erosion protection layer (3, 3?) is manufactured using a method in accordance with the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: Sulzer Markets And Technology AG
    Inventors: Thomas Peters, Eduard Denzler, Peter Ernst, Martin Danner, Fouad Cheaitany
  • Publication number: 20080252072
    Abstract: The invention provides a hose connecting device that is suitable for high-pressure applications. The connecting device including a retainer for connecting a hose end to a hose connecting device element. The retainer may be secured or anchored to a flange of the hose connecting device element. In an embodiment, the retainer includes at least two retaining limbs that are secured on the outside of the hose by a tension means, such as by tightening straps. The retaining limbs may be provided between the outside of the hose and the tension means, and may be clamped therein. In an embodiment, the retaining limbs include recesses with flanges or stepped edges to support the limbs. In an embodiment, tightening straps may dig into the outside of the hose and rest against the hose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: Eaton Fluid Power GmbH
    Inventors: Eric Scherer, Peter Ernst, Jurgen Schmidt
  • Patent number: 7425587
    Abstract: A flowable, light-curing underfilling material that is easily visible and distinguishable from the tooth substance. The underfilling material contains at least one polymerizable monomer, at least one polymerization initiator and also 0.3-10% white pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: Heraecus Kulzer GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Grundler, Albert Erdrich, Michael Greczmiel, Claus-Peter Ernst
  • Patent number: 7198160
    Abstract: A sales rack for accommodating goods such as foods presented in open containers, such as fruits, vegetables, etc. The sales rack has a base and a goods support surface that is adjustable relative to the base. The goods support surface is equipped with at least one holder element which can be optionally affixed, and over which the goods, i.e. the containers can pass when they are put into place, to fix the goods in place in the slanted position of the goods support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: Aldi Einkauf GmbH & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Peter Ernst, Robert Ochsenschläger
  • Patent number: 7016647
    Abstract: A method and system for transferring data between at least one read/write device (RWD) and at least one mobile data memory (MDM). The mobile data memory (MDM) is preferably attached to an object for recording object-related status and/or process data, e.g. in a dispatch, transport and/or manufacturing system for the individual objects. According to the method, a difference in transfer time between the received data signals of a mobile data memory (MDM) and transmitted data signals of the read/write device (RWD) is determined in the read/write device (RWD) and the received data signals of the mobile data memory (MDM) are processed further in said read/write device (RWD) only if the difference in transfer time which has been determined lies within a predefined transfer time limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Olaf Albert, Janos Gila, Wolfgang Konrad, Martin Schiefer, Peter-Ernst Veith
  • Patent number: 6944240
    Abstract: A method and circuit for transmitting a data-modulated high-frequency data signal fC from a transmitter to a receiver, for transmitting data between a read-write device (RWD) and at least one mobile data memory (MDM) in an identification system that has a number of mobile data memories (MDM) which are placed on objects and which are provided for detecting object-specific status data and/or process data. Such an identification system is particularly useful, e.g., in a shipping, transport and/or manufacturing system of the individual objects. In addition to the transmitted high frequency data signal fC, a further high-frequency data signal fS is transmitted, which serves to convert the frequency and/or to modulate the carrier code of the high-frequency data signal fC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Konrad, Martin Schiefer, Peter-Ernst Veith