Patents by Inventor Peter Zier

Peter Zier 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: 20240077074
    Abstract: A device including a reservoir configured to receive a lubricant from a machine lubricated with the lubricant. The device also includes a pressure equalizer connected to the reservoir. The device also includes a first loop comprising a first line system through which the lubricant flows between the machine and the reservoir. The lubricant within the first loop is at a first pressure. The device also includes a temperature regulation system configured to regulate a temperature of the lubricant. The device also includes a second loop comprising a second line system through which the lubricant flows between the temperature regulation system and the reservoir. The lubricant within the second loop is at a second pressure that is less than the first pressure. The second loop is separate from the first loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: EKU POWER DRIVES INC.
    Inventors: Levi Wayne BECK, Benedikt Peter ZIER, Andreas PFISTER
  • Publication number: 20240077073
    Abstract: A device including a reservoir configured to contain a lubricant. One or more sets of baffles are disposed in the reservoir. The one or more sets of baffles separate the reservoir into a hot zone and a cold zone. The one or more sets of baffles permit at least some flow of the lubricant between the hot zone and the cold zone. The device also includes a machine loop drain placed in the reservoir to drain lubricant returning from a machine into the hot zone. The device also includes a thermal management loop drain placed in the reservoir to drain lubricant returning from a thermal management system into the cold zone. The device also includes a thermal management loop inlet placed in the reservoir to draw lubricant from the hot zone. The device also includes a machine loop inlet placed in the reservoir to draw lubricant from the cold zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: EKU POWER DRIVES INC.
    Inventor: Benedikt Peter ZIER
  • Patent number: 11920585
    Abstract: A device including a reservoir configured to receive a lubricant from a machine lubricated with the lubricant. The device also includes a pressure equalizer connected to the reservoir. The device also includes a first loop comprising a first line system through which the lubricant flows between the machine and the reservoir. The lubricant within the first loop is at a first pressure. The device also includes a temperature regulation system configured to regulate a temperature of the lubricant. The device also includes a second loop comprising a second line system through which the lubricant flows between the temperature regulation system and the reservoir. The lubricant within the second loop is at a second pressure that is less than the first pressure. The second loop is separate from the first loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: EKU POWER DRIVES INC.
    Inventors: Levi Wayne Beck, Benedikt Peter Zier, Andreas Pfister
  • Publication number: 20070084641
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing and/or updating learning and/or random test samples for the optimization of automatic optical readers for inscriptions on mail with adaptive classifiers, comprising the following steps: reading of wireless-readable or inscribable memory units located on or in the mail item in addition to automatic optional reading; storage of the data as destination addresses, together with the captured image of the surface of the mail item in a random test sample data base, if destination address data is identified and read from a memory unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2004
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Thomas Bayer, Peter Zier
  • Patent number: 5609381
    Abstract: A parallel gripper includes an electric motor; a threaded spindle connected to the motor to be driven thereby about a longitudinal spindle axis; a spindle nut threadedly mounted on the spindle for longitudinal travel therealong upon rotation of the spindle; a support block affixed to the nut; an arrangement for preventing a rotation of the spindle nut about the spindle axis; a mounting plate for accommodating a gripper jaw thereon; and a first, a second, a third and a fourth web coupling the mounting plate to the support block. The first and second webs are parallel to one another and are spaced in a direction parallel to the spindle axis; and also, the third and fourth webs are parallel to one another and are spaced in a direction parallel to the spindle axis. Further, strain gauges are mounted on the webs for emitting signals representing a bending deformation the webs undergo in response to a reaction force generated by a gripping force of the gripper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1997
    Assignee: Licentia Patent-Verwaltungs-GmbH
    Inventors: Heinz Thom, Alfred Neumann, Wolfgang Johansen, Peter Zier