Patents by Inventor Peter Schaefer

Peter Schaefer 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: 10981883
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of the compounds II from the respective oxo compounds. Furthermore, the invention relates to a process for the preparation of triazole compounds from oxiranes II.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: BASF AGRO B.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Zierke, Joachim Gebhardt, Peter Schaefer, Uwe Josef Vogelbacher, Michael Rack, Jan Klaas Lohmann
  • Patent number: 10620245
    Abstract: Device for monitoring a submarine cable (1) comprising at least one optical fiber (2) which is arranged in or on the submarine cable (1), at least one laser light source (3), the light of which can be coupled into the optical fiber (2), wherein portions of the light back-scattered in the optical fiber (2) can be coupled out from the optical fiber (2), detection and evaluation means (5) capable of detecting the back-scattered light and determining from the detected light spatially resolved the temperature of the optical fiber (2), detection means (6) for the electric current flowing in the submarine cable (1), evaluation means (7) capable of storing the time profile of the detected temperature and the time profile of the detected electric, wherein the evaluation means (7) are capable of calculating from the time profiles of the temperature and the electric current spatially resolved the thermal resistance of the soil surrounding the submarine cable (1) and inferring from the spatially resolved determined therm
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: NKT PHOTONICS GMBH
    Inventors: Wieland Hill, Peter Schaefer, Martin Olschewski
  • Publication number: 20200095215
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of the compounds II from the respective oxo compounds. Furthermore, the invention relates to a process for the preparation of triazole compounds from oxiranes II.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas ZIERKE, Joachim GEBHARDT, Peter SCHAEFER, Uwe Josef VOGELBACHER, Michael RACK, Jan Klaas LOHMANN
  • Patent number: 10544725
    Abstract: A thermal management valve module is provided which includes a housing with at least one flow chamber. First and second valve bodies are rotatably positioned in the housing, and control the opening and closing of ports located on the housing. The first and second valve bodies include fluid pathways that allow flow through the first port and second port, dependent upon rotational positions of the valve bodies. First and second actuator shafts extend in the housing, the second actuator shaft is hollow and the first actuator shaft extends, preferably concentrically, through the second actuator shaft. The first valve body is rotationally fixed to the first actuator shaft and the second valve body is rotationally fixed to the second actuator shaft allowing separate positioning of the first and second valve bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventor: Peter Schaefer
  • Patent number: 10519122
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of the compounds II from the respective oxo compounds. Furthermore, he invention relates to a process for the preparation of triazole compounds from oxiranes II.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: BASF Agro B.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Zierke, Joachim Gebhardt, Peter Schaefer, Uwe Josef Vogelbacher, Michael Rack, Jan Klaas Lohmann
  • Patent number: 10468858
    Abstract: Described is a supply circuit for a corona ignition device, with an input for connection to a direct voltage source, a first converter, a second converter, and an output for connecting a load. The two converters each generate an output voltage, which is provided on its secondary side and exceeds the input voltage. The two converters each contain a transformer that galvanically separates the primary side of the converter from its secondary side. At least one transistor switch is arranged between the input and primary side of the two converters for pulse width-modulation of the input voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: BORGWARNER LUDWIGSBURG GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Holzschuh, Hans-Peter Etzkorn, Peter Schaefer
  • Patent number: 9981931
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of the compounds II from the respective oxo compounds. Furthermore, he invention relates to a process for the preparation of triazole compounds from oxiranes II.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: BASF Agro B.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Zierke, Joachim Gebhardt, Peter Schaefer, Uwe Josef Vogelbacher, Michael Rack, Jan Klaas Lohmann
  • Publication number: 20180118701
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of the compounds II from the respective oxo compounds. Furthermore, he invention relates to a process for the preparation of triazole compounds from oxiranes II.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas ZIERKE, Joachim GEBHARDT, Peter SCHAEFER, Uwe Josef VOGELBACHER, Michael RACK, Jan Klaas LOHMANN
  • Patent number: 9903200
    Abstract: An apparatus for estimating a viscosity or density of a fluid downhole includes a carrier configured to be conveyed through a borehole penetrating the earth. A pump is disposed at the carrier and configured to pump the fluid. A flow restriction element is configured to receive a flow of the fluid pumped by the pump and to reduce pressure of the fluid flowing through the flow restriction element. A sensor is configured to measure a differential pressure across the flow restriction element and to provide an output that is used to estimate the viscosity or density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Stefan Sroka, Thomas Kruspe, Peter Schaefer
  • Publication number: 20180006435
    Abstract: Described is a supply circuit for a corona ignition device, with an input for connection to a direct voltage source, a first converter, a second converter, and an output for connecting a load. The two converters each generate an output voltage, which is provided on its secondary side and exceeds the input voltage. The two converters each contain a transformer that galvanically separates the primary side of the converter from its secondary side. At least one transistor switch is arranged between the input and primary side of the two converters for pulse width-modulation of the input voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas Holzschuh, Hans-Peter Etzkorn, Peter Schaefer
  • Publication number: 20160298960
    Abstract: Device for monitoring a submarine cable (1) comprising at least one optical fiber (2) which is arranged in or on the submarine cable (1), at least one laser light source (3), the light of which can be coupled into the optical fiber (2), wherein portions of the light back-scattered in the optical fiber (2) can be coupled out from the optical fiber (2), detection and evaluation means (5) capable of detecting the back-scattered light and determining from the detected light spatially resolved the temperature of the optical fiber (2), detection means (6) for the electric current flowing in the submarine cable (1), evaluation means (7) capable of storing the time profile of the detected temperature and the time profile of the detected electric, wherein the evaluation means (7) are capable of calculating from the time profiles of the temperature and the electric current spatially resolved the thermal resistance of the soil surrounding the submarine cable (1) and inferring from the spatially resolved determined therm
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Wieland HILL, Peter SCHAEFER, Martin OLSCHEWSKI
  • Patent number: 9416863
    Abstract: A structural or support ring for an overmolded pulley, the ring placed between a bearing and outer radial surface of the pulley, providing structural support across a width of the pulley.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Peter Schaefer
  • Publication number: 20160040585
    Abstract: A thermal management valve module is provided which includes a housing with at least one flow chamber. First and second valve bodies are rotatably positioned in the housing, and control the opening and closing of ports located on the housing. The first and second valve bodies include fluid pathways that allow flow through the first port and second port, dependent upon rotational positions of the valve bodies. First and second actuator shafts extend in the housing, the second actuator shaft is hollow and the first actuator shaft extends, preferably concentrically, through the second actuator shaft. The first valve body is rotationally fixed to the first actuator shaft and the second valve body is rotationally fixed to the second actuator shaft allowing separate positioning of the first and second valve bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicants: SCHAEFFLER GROUP USA, INC., SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventor: Peter Schaefer
  • Publication number: 20160025056
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a fuel injector clamp for fixing a fuel injector to an engine component such as a cylinder head. Fuel injector clamps can be made from a variety of manufacturing processes, but some processes are more limiting in terms of material selection, structural properties of the clamp, and overall cost. A fuel injector clamp for use in a diesel engine is provided that has a design conforming to a stamping manufacturing process to increase the strength of the clamp as well as increase reliability while reducing the cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Ronald Paul Smaldone, Narendra S. Desai, Glen Weber, Peter Schaefer
  • Publication number: 20160002189
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of the compounds II from the respective oxo compounds. Furthermore, he invention relates to a process for the preparation of triazole compounds from oxiranes II.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas ZIERKE, Joachim GEBHARDT, Peter SCHAEFER, Uwe Josef VOGELBACHER, Michael RACK, Jan Klaas LOHMANN
  • Patent number: 9007076
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for measuring the electrical resistance of a glow plug, wherein a test current is set by closed-loop control to a constant value using a constant-current source, and is directed through the plug. A value of the electrical resistance of the glow plug is determined by evaluating a feedback signal of the constant-current source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: BorgWarner BERU Systems GmbH
    Inventor: Peter Schaefer
  • Publication number: 20140357439
    Abstract: A structural or support ring for an overmolded pulley, the ring placed between a bearing and outer radial surface of the pulley, providing structural support across a width of the pulley.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Peter Schaefer
  • Patent number: 8850707
    Abstract: A hair trimmer is disclosed, comprising a fixed cutting element having teeth on the front side thereof, and a mobile cutting element which has teeth on the front side thereof and is oscillable in relation to the fixed cutting element, so that, when the hair trimmer is used, hairs reaching between the teeth of the fixed cutting element and the mobile cutting element are cut off. The hair trimmer also has a protective support which has teeth on its front side, is arranged on the fixed cutting element, and used to place the hair trimmer on the skin of the user. The teeth of the protective support lock with the teeth of the fixed cutting element on the front side or slightly extend over the teeth, and the teeth of the protective support lie on the fixed cutting element, essentially without gaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Maichel, Peter Schaefer, Juergen Behrendt
  • Patent number: 8770835
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a system, tools and methods for estimating a property or characteristic of a fluid downhole. In one aspect, the method may include: heating the fluid at a selected or first location during a first time phase, taking temperature measurements of the fluid substantially at the selected location during a second time phase, and estimating the property of the downhole fluid using temperature measurements. Temperature measurements may also be taken at a location spaced apart from the first location and used to estimate the property of the fluid. The tool may include a device that heats the fluid during a first time phase and takes temperature measurements of the fluid during a second time phase. A processor uses the temperature measurements and a model to estimate a property of interest of the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Stefan Sroka, Peter Schaefer
  • Patent number: 8614407
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for supplying current to a glow plug in a running diesel engine after reaching the operating temperature thereof by a series of current pulses, wherein a piston of the engine carries out a work cycle comprising several strokes and the glow plug is supplied with current as a function of the strokes of the work cycle such that the electric current supplied in each work cycle is mainly supplied at a predetermined, steady stroke of the piston, wherein control time intervals that follow each other are defined, during which up to two switching processes can be triggered by a control device, by which the glow plug can be connected to a voltage source for creating a current pulse or can be disconnected from the voltage source for ending a current pulse. According to the invention, the control time intervals have a duration that can be varied by the control device as a function of the rotational speed of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: BorgWarner BERU Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Kernwein, Peter Schaefer