Patents by Inventor Peter Maurer

Peter Maurer 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: 20250037955
    Abstract: An electronic fuse includes a housing, a first housing terminal and a second housing terminal. The electronic fuse further includes a circuit breaker including a first terminal of the circuit breaker and a second terminal of the circuit breaker. The first terminal of the circuit breaker is electrically connected to the first housing terminal of the electronic fuse. The second terminal of the circuit breaker is electrically connected to the second housing terminal of the electronic fuse. A thermal protection is arranged in a current path between the first housing terminal and the second housing terminal in series with the circuit breaker. The thermal protection interrupts the current path when a temperature of the circuit breaker or a temperature within the housing of the electronic fuse and/or a temperature of the housing of the electronic fuse exceeds a switch-off temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: ELMOS Semiconductor SE
    Inventors: André Sudhaus, Christian SCHMITZ, Hanno SEILER, Fikret Abaza, Peter Maurer, Frank Stehr
  • Patent number: 11969784
    Abstract: A casting plunger system for a die casting machine includes a stationary system part and a system part which moves relative to the stationary system part in a respective casting cycle for the introduction of melt material into a casting mould. The moved system part has a plunger, a plunger rod and a rod drive unit, and is configured to decelerate at the end of a mould filling phase of the casting cycle under the effect of pressure on the melt material. A casting method for a die casting machine is provided with such a plunger system. The moved system part has a mass which can be adjusted variably between different casting cycles, and/or the moved system part consists of a moved main system part and an additional mass unit which is arranged so as to be movable relative to the main system part and is configured to decelerate, at the end of the mould fill phase of the casting cycle, later by a predefined delay time than the main system part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Oskar Frech GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventor: Peter Maurer
  • Publication number: 20240120166
    Abstract: In a safety switch off of an electric consumer in a vehicle, the current consumption of the consumer is monitored in its active state by a main monitoring unit with respect to a safety switch off threshold which, when reached or exceeded, results in switching off the electronic switch. In a further operating state, in which the current consumption of the line leading to the consumer is lower than in its active state, the current consumption is monitored by an auxiliary monitoring unit with respect to the rate of changes. When the consumer is in the further operating state, the main monitoring unit is deactivated or operated in standby mode. When the consumer is in the further operating state, the main monitoring unit is activated, when the rate of changes in the current consumption reaches a threshold value and/or falls short of or exceeds a voltage range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: ELMOS Semiconductor SE
    Inventors: Andre Sudhaus, Fikret Abaza, Peter Maurer
  • Publication number: 20240042668
    Abstract: A pinning device for the electrostatic pinning of a film on a chill roll is disclosed having a first coil unit, a second coil unit, a pinning region situated between the coil units, a high-voltage source as well as at least two electrodes. At least the first electrode of at least two electrodes is strip-shaped. The electrodes run from the first coil unit to the second coil unit in the pinning region and high voltage is applied to both electrodes by the high-voltage source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Stefan FUßSTETTER, Florian ADLER, Anton EDFELDER, Günter OEDL, Anthimos GIAPOULIS, Peter MAURER, Florian KELLNBERGER
  • Publication number: 20230256636
    Abstract: A safety razor handle comprising a handle connecting structure for a cartridge and a handle body wherein the handle body is chunky, and bulbous in two orthogonal directions, widening away from an end surface towards the center of the body; and wherein an outer surface of the handle body comprises a wet grip preparation in the form of a friction-enhancing finish, a friction-enhancing additive or a friction-enhancing surface coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: INOTECH Kunststofftechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Michaela KOHUT, Peter MAURER, Alexander KRÜMKE, Martin WEHMANN, Josef GLEIXNER, Sander PATJE
  • Patent number: 11692602
    Abstract: Brake apparatus for a motor vehicle with a restoring apparatus, comprising a brake support body, a brake lining, a restoring apparatus for the brake lining, and a wear compensation means, the restoring apparatus being connected via the wear compensation means to the brake lining, the restoring apparatus having a lever arm which comprises a spring section, a supporting bearing and a lever bearing, the lever bearing being arranged between the spring section and the supporting bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: ZF Active Safety GmbH
    Inventors: Paul Wecker, Marco Becker, Guido Zenzen, Lukas Madzgalla, Joerg Knieper, Florian Roessinger, Peter Mäurer, Philipp Schwenzer
  • Patent number: 11649836
    Abstract: A pressure intensifier device increases pressure in a pressurized fluid chamber of a piston/cylinder unit. The pressure intensifier device has a pressure intensifier cylinder and a pressure intensifier piston, which is guided in an axially movable manner in the cylinder, wherein the pressure intensifier cylinder has an outlet region, an inlet region upstream of the outlet region and a piston guiding chamber, and the pressure intensifier piston has a piston part, which is guided in the piston guiding chamber, and a piston rod, which extends from the piston part to the inlet region, in a maximally retracted release position releases a fluid connection between the inlet region and the outlet region and, in a maximally advanced blocking position, blocks this connection with a free end portion, with which it extends into the outlet region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Oskar Frech GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Norbert Erhard, Peter Maurer
  • Publication number: 20220371083
    Abstract: A casting plunger system for a die casting machine includes a stationary system part and a system part which moves relative to the stationary system part in a respective casting cycle for the introduction of melt material into a casting mould. The moved system part has a plunger, a plunger rod and a rod drive unit, and is configured to decelerate at the end of a mould filling phase of the casting cycle under the effect of pressure on the melt material. A casting method for a die casting machine is provided with such a plunger system. The moved system part has a mass which can be adjusted variably between different casting cycles, and/or the moved system part consists of a moved main system part and an additional mass unit which is arranged so as to be movable relative to the main system part and is configured to decelerate, at the end of the mould fill phase of the casting cycle, later by a predefined delay time than the main system part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventor: Peter MAURER
  • Patent number: 11466739
    Abstract: A brake caliper arrangement includes a housing, a restoring device, a first brake lining arrangement and a second brake lining arrangement. The first brake lining arrangement and the second brake lining arrangement can be moved relative to one another from a respective starting position with a reduction of an initial spacing which exists between them. The restoring device includes first and second restoring elements. The first restoring element may prestress the first brake lining arrangement into its starting position, while the second restoring element may prestress the second brake lining arrangement into its starting position. The first and/or second restoring elements may be supported, on both sides of a central region of the brake lining arrangement, on the associated brake lining arrangement. The first and/or second restoring elements may be twisted elastically at least in sections in order to generate the prestress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: ZF Active Safety GmbH
    Inventors: Guido Zenzen, Marco Becker, Frank Wilhelm Madzgalla, Christian Schroeter, Jörg Knieper, Florian Roessinger, Peter Mäurer
  • Patent number: 11448276
    Abstract: A brake lining restoring device includes at least one clamping limb with at least one first aperture, at least one base limb, and at least one clamping limb. The clamping limb and the one base limb may be connected to one another via at least one spring section. The clamping limb may be moved under elastic deformation relative to the at least one base limb. The brake lining restoring device may include a frictionally locking connection to a holding element which is assigned to the brake lining arrangement can be established via one edge (R) of the first aperture of the clamping limb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: ZF Active Safety GmbH
    Inventors: Guido Zenzen, Marco Becker, Lukas Madzgalla, Peter Mäurer, Philipp Schwenzer, Paul Wecker, Jörg Knieper, Florian Roessinger
  • Patent number: 11440087
    Abstract: A casting plunger system for a die casting machine includes a stationary system part and a system part which moves relative to the stationary system part in a respective casting cycle for the introduction of melt material into a casting mould. The moved system part has a plunger, a plunger rod and a rod drive unit, and is configured to decelerate at the end of a mould filling phase of the casting cycle under the effect of pressure on the melt material. A casting method for a die casting machine is provided with such a plunger system. The moved system part has a mass which can be adjusted variably between different casting cycles, and/or the moved system part consists of a moved main system part and an additional mass unit which is arranged so as to be movable relative to the main system part and is configured to decelerate, at the end of the mould fill phase of the casting cycle, later by a predefined delay time than the main system part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Oskar Frech GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventor: Peter Maurer
  • Publication number: 20210339417
    Abstract: A connection system for connecting a safety razor handle (50) to a replaceable blade cartridge (10), comprising: a cartridge connecting structure (120) attached to the replaceable blade cartridge (10); and a handle connecting structure (102) attached to the safety razor handle (50) and configured to be brought into engagement with the cartridge connecting structure (120) along a connection axis, wherein the handle connecting structure (102) comprises a lever (112) mounted to a body (103), the lever (112) having a user end (113) to be actuated by a user, a working end (114), and a rotation axis (115) about which the lever (112) is rotatable with respect to the body (103), the rotation axis (115) being situated between the user end (113) and the working end (114), and the working end (114) of the lever (112) is configured to exert a pushing force on the cartridge connecting structure (120) when the lever (112) is rotated by actuation of the user end (113), to eject the cartridge connecting structure (120) from
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Peter MAURER, Alexander KRUEMKE, Michaela KOHUT, Arne SCHULTCHEN, Andre FELDMANN, Christine JUNG, Armin WARNECKE, Jelte STEUR, Arif VEENDIJK, Sander PATJE, Johannes Rogier DE VRIND
  • Publication number: 20210316359
    Abstract: A casting plunger system for a die casting machine includes a stationary system part and a system part which moves relative to the stationary system part in a respective casting cycle for the introduction of melt material into a casting mould. The moved system part has a plunger, a plunger rod and a rod drive unit, and is configured to decelerate at the end of a mould filling phase of the casting cycle under the effect of pressure on the melt material. A casting method for a die casting machine is provided with such a plunger system. The moved system part has a mass which can be adjusted variably between different casting cycles, and/or the moved system part consists of a moved main system part and an additional mass unit which is arranged so as to be movable relative to the main system part and is configured to decelerate, at the end of the mould fill phase of the casting cycle, later by a predefined delay time than the main system part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventor: Peter MAURER
  • Publication number: 20210180658
    Abstract: A brake pad arrangement for a disc brake of a vehicle braking system includes at least one brake pad carrier plate and at least one friction lining is attached to the at least one brake pad carrier plate, wherein the brake pad carrier plate has at least one fastening section which is configured for fastening the brake pad restoring device, wherein the fastening section has at least one bearing surface for the brake pad restoring device, wherein the at least one bearing surface extends obliquely with respect to the longitudinal axis of the brake pad carrier plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: ZF Active Safety GmbH
    Inventors: Florian RÖSSINGER, Peter MÄURER
  • Patent number: 11015619
    Abstract: A pressure intensifier device for increasing pressure in a pressurized fluid chamber of a piston/cylinder unit and a casting unit provided therewith for a diecasting machine, and also an associated operating method are provided. The pressure intensifier device has a pressure intensifier cylinder and a pressure intensifier piston, which is guided in an axially movable manner in the cylinder, wherein the pressure intensifier cylinder has an outlet region, an inlet region upstream of the outlet region and a piston guiding chamber, and the pressure intensifier piston has a piston part, which is guided in the piston guiding chamber, and a piston rod, which extends from the piston part to the inlet region, in a maximally retracted release position releases a fluid connection between the inlet region and the outlet region and, in a maximally advanced blocking position, blocks this connection with a free end portion, with which it extends into the outlet region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Oskar Frech GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Norbert Erhard, Peter Maurer
  • Publication number: 20210108655
    Abstract: A pressure intensifier device increases pressure in a pressurized fluid chamber of a piston/cylinder unit. The pressure intensifier device has a pressure intensifier cylinder and a pressure intensifier piston, which is guided in an axially movable manner in the cylinder, wherein the pressure intensifier cylinder has an outlet region, an inlet region upstream of the outlet region and a piston guiding chamber, and the pressure intensifier piston has a piston part, which is guided in the piston guiding chamber, and a piston rod, which extends from the piston part to the inlet region, in a maximally retracted release position releases a fluid connection between the inlet region and the outlet region and, in a maximally advanced blocking position, blocks this connection with a free end portion, with which it extends into the outlet region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Norbert Erhard, Peter Maurer
  • Publication number: 20210010554
    Abstract: Brake apparatus for a motor vehicle with a restoring apparatus, comprising a brake support body, a brake lining, a restoring apparatus for the brake lining, and a wear compensation means, the restoring apparatus being connected via the wear compensation means to the brake lining, the restoring apparatus having a lever arm which comprises a spring section, a supporting bearing and a lever bearing, the lever bearing being arranged between the spring section and the supporting bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: ZF Active Safety GmbH
    Inventors: Paul Wecker, Marco Becker, Guido Zenzen, Lukas Madzgalla, Joerg Knieper, Florian Roessinger, Peter Mäurer, Philipp Schwenzer
  • Publication number: 20210008746
    Abstract: A safety razor shaving system, comprising: a handle; a replaceable razor cartridge; and a base plate comprising an elongate frame surrounding at least one hole, wherein the elongate frame is connected to the handle and provided with engaging elements on either short side portion, the engaging elements of the elongate frame configured to releasably engage complementary engaging elements of the replaceable razor cartridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Alexander KRÜMKE, Peter MAURER, Michaela KOHUT, Frank HETZEL, Jelte STEUR, Arif VEENDIJK, Johannes Rogier DE VRIND, Patje SANDER
  • Publication number: 20210008745
    Abstract: A safety razor shaving system comprises: a handle having a handle connecting structure; and a replaceable razor cartridge having a cartridge connecting structure; wherein the handle connecting structure and the cartridge connecting structure are configured to be brought together along a connection axis into a securely connected position; and wherein the handle connecting structure or the cartridge connecting structure has an L-shaped release member including a leg that extends along the connection axis and a foot that extends away from the connection axis, the L-shaped release member configured to release the handle connecting structure and the cartridge connecting structure from the securely connected position in response to a user-applied force to the foot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Alexander KRUEMKE, Peter MAURER, Michaela KOHUT, Frank HETZEL, Jelte STEUR, Arif VEENDIJK, Johannes Rogier DE VRIND, Patje SANDER
  • Publication number: 20200406485
    Abstract: A safety razor shaving system, comprising: a handle having a handle connecting structure; and a replaceable razor cartridge having a cartridge connecting structure; wherein the handle connecting structure comprises two arms, each arm having a proximal end connected to the handle and a free distal end having a pin extending away from the pin of the other arm; and wherein the cartridge connecting structure comprises two through holes, each through hole configured to accommodate one of the pins and one of two end portions of a resiliently flexible clip, the two end portions of the resiliently flexible clip configured to eject the two pins from the through holes when a user-applied pinching force is applied to opposite sides of the clip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Alexander KRUEMKE, Peter MAURER, Michaela KOHUT, Frank HETZEL, Jelte STEUR, Arif VEENDIJK, Johannes Rogier DE VRIND, Patje SANDER