Patents by Inventor Peter Zimmermann
Peter Zimmermann 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).
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Patent number: 11970828Abstract: The invention relates to a piste grooming vehicle having at least one piste grooming device for preparing a piste and to a method for operating such a piste grooming vehicle. Use in grooming ski pistes or snowboard pistes.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: KÄSSBOHRER GELÄNDEFAHRZEUG AGInventors: Peter Betz, Olivier Hargoaa, Michael Kuhn, Jens Rottmair, Jonathan Zimmermann
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Publication number: 20240125816Abstract: A probe head with a cylindrical portion and an oblique truncated portion angled downward toward a high-powered electronic device under testing. The probe head has a proximal end comprising an oblique truncated cone portion angled relative to the longitudinal axis at an input angle and has an analog signal input. The probe head has a digital signal output provided on the distal end of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Michael J Mende, Mark Heimann, Richard Booman, Philipp Palffy-Daun-Seiler, Michael Engels, Nadja Laeaeperi, Benno Jacobs, Michael D Stevens, Nicolas Frabasile, Peter Hildenhagen, Kai Klein, Jurij Weber, Iris Zimmermann, Juergen Trueller, Thomas Podrebersek, Michael Eube, Frank Pannes, Matthew M Mende
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Publication number: 20240119870Abstract: A system includes a container and a security label. The container is divisible into a plurality of parts and has a container body and a removable container closure. The security label has a first label section and a second label section forming respective parts of a common material web and a severing element which is arranged between the first and second label section with respect to a longitudinal axis of the security label. The security label is applied to the container such that the first label section is attached to the container body and the second label section surrounds the container closure. The second label section is formed such that the security label is closed along an edge line above the container closure by gluing and/or welding such that the second label section encloses the removable container closure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: Schreiner Group GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Andreas HOFENAUER, Nadine LAMPKA, Stefan KRAUSS, Ursula SCHROEPF, Peter ZIMMERMANN
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Publication number: 20240001471Abstract: The invention relates to a soldering tip assembly for an electric soldering device, in particular a soldering iron. The soldering tip assembly is designed to be releasably arranged on a soldering device handle which has a heating element, and the soldering tip assembly has a sleeve with a soldering tip provided on the distal end of the sleeve. The sleeve has an opening at the proximal end for introducing the heating element, wherein a holding element which at least partially surrounds the sleeve in an annular manner and a spring element which is provided between the holding element and the sleeve are provided, the spring element pushing the holding element in the distal direction. The sleeve has at least one stop arranged distally from the spring element. The stop secures the holding element against the soldering tip assembly in the distal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: ERSA GmbHInventors: Elmar Müller, Peter Zimmermann, Thorsten Issler
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Patent number: 11738872Abstract: A passenger seat having a frame is proposed, wherein the frame is intended for securing to a floor of a passenger cabin, wherein the frame comprises a seat divider and beams that run transverse to the seat direction, wherein the seat divider is held by the beams, wherein a housing is disposed on the seat divider, wherein the housing at least partly surrounds a backrest. According to the invention, a structure component is disposed on the seat divider, with an attachment unit for a safety belt for a passenger disposed on the structure component.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: ZIM Aircraft Seating GmbHInventor: Peter Zimmermann
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Publication number: 20230003752Abstract: A fluid handling unit is configured for handling a fluid contained or to be contained in a receptacle bearing a marking. The unit includes a needle having an elongated shape with an open end and for aspirating the fluid from the receptacle and/or dispensing the fluid into the receptacle. The fluid handling unit further includes a needle drive for positioning the needle with respect to the receptacle, a detection unit for detecting the marking of the receptacle, and a control unit. The control unit is configured for analyzing the detected marking for determining at least one feature that is part of the marking or the marking itself, determining a target position based on the detected at least one feature, and operating the needle drive to position the open end of the needle relative to the determined target position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2020Publication date: January 5, 2023Inventor: Hans-Peter Zimmermann
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Publication number: 20220402617Abstract: A passenger seat having a frame is proposed, wherein the frame is intended for securing to a floor of a passenger cabin, wherein the frame comprises a seat divider and beams that run transverse to the seat direction, wherein the seat divider is held by the beams, wherein a housing is disposed on the seat divider, wherein the housing at least partly surrounds a backrest. According to the invention, a structure component is disposed on the seat divider, with an attachment unit for a safety belt for a passenger disposed on the structure component.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: ZIM AIRCRAFT SEATING GMBHInventor: Peter ZIMMERMANN
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Patent number: 11524787Abstract: The present invention proposes an air passenger seat comprising a frame that is designed to be fastened to a floor in an air passenger cabin, the frame comprising a seat divider and rails running transversely to the seat direction, wherein: the seat divider is held in place by the rails and is disposed behind a first front rail, which is positioned in front, with regard to the seat direction of the rail; and wherein perpendicular to a plane, which is formed by points for fastening the frame to the floor of an air passenger cabin, is a height difference between the rails so that the rear rail is positioned above the front rail at least by a difference d of 20 mm.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2022Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Zim Aircraft Seating GmbHInventor: Peter Zimmermann
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Publication number: 20220380054Abstract: An aircraft passenger seat including a support framework designed to be fastened to a floor in an aircraft passenger cabin. The support framework has a seat divider and cross rails running transversely to the seating direction, and the support framework is held by the cross rails, a housing including a structural component, and the housing at least partly surrounds a backrest. The structural component is provided on the seat divider, and includes a compound sheet component having one or more cover sheets, with a connecting structure provided between a plurality of cover sheets, more particularly between two cover sheets. The connecting structure creates gaps between the cover plates, and the volume of the gaps makes up at least 50% of the volume between the cover sheets of the compound sheet component.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicant: ZIM AIRCRAFT SEATING GMBHInventor: Peter ZIMMERMANN
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Publication number: 20220227494Abstract: The present invention proposes an air passenger seat comprising a frame that is designed to be fastened to a floor in an air passenger cabin, the frame comprising a seat divider and rails running transversely to the seat direction, wherein: the seat divider is held in place by the rails and is disposed behind a first front rail, which is positioned in front, with regard to the seat direction of the rail; and wherein perpendicular to a plane, which is formed by points for fastening the frame to the floor of an air passenger cabin, is a height difference between the rails so that the rear rail is positioned above the front rail at least by a difference d of 20 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2022Publication date: July 21, 2022Applicant: ZIM AIRCRAFT SEATING GMBHInventor: Peter ZIMMERMANN
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Patent number: 11391751Abstract: Impact or acceleration sensor, which contains a liquid droplet and is designed such that the position and/or distribution of the liquid indicates whether an impact or any other acceleration of a predetermined minimum magnitude has occurred, includes: first and second foils, a cavity disposed between the foil faces of the foils and at least one retaining structure disposed on the foil face of the first and/or second foil and functions to maintain the liquid in a predetermined first sub-volume of the cavity. The retaining structure is a region of the first and/or second foil formed as a local elevation, depression or irregularity of the foil face, which forms a passable barrier for the wetting and/or contacting of the first and/or second foil by the liquid and defines an area piece of the foil face of the first and/or second foil corresponding to the first sub-volume.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2016Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Schreiner Group GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Peter Zimmermann, Pierre Goeppert, Kurt Kugler, Jan Rogge, Thomas Samuel, Sebastian Baur
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Publication number: 20220176296Abstract: The invention relates to a filter arrangement for cleaning an air stream having at least three filter elements, wherein each filter element has a bellows made of pleated filter medium, wherein the filter elements are arranged in series and any two adjacent filter elements are connected to one another by means of a connecting tab. According to the invention, a fold run-out of all end folds of all bellows is oriented in a particular direction, the connecting tabs are of two different embodiments and the different embodiments of the connecting tabs are arranged alternatingly when viewed in a longitudinal direction of the filter arrangement. Not only is a simple installation of the filter elements in a filter holder thus facilitated but also a defined seating of the filter elements in the filter holder is ensured.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2021Publication date: June 9, 2022Inventors: Tobias Beisel, Alexander Oelsner, Christoph Krambs, Peter Zimmermann, Emre Karasu, Peter Capuani
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Publication number: 20220125517Abstract: Disclosed herein is a surgical system for surgical registration of patient bones to a surgical plan. As part of its ability to perform the surgical registration, the system is configured to process an ultrasound image of patient bones, the ultrasound image including a bone surface for each of the patient bones. The system includes a computing device including a processing device and a computer-readable medium with one or more executable instructions stored thereon. The processing device is configured to execute the one or more executable instructions. The one or more executable instructions: i) detects the bone surface of each of the patient bones in the ultrasound image; and ii) segregates a first point cloud of ultrasound image pixels associated with the bone surface of each of the patient bones.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2021Publication date: April 28, 2022Applicant: MAKO Surgical Corp.Inventors: Peter Zimmermann, Raphael Prevost
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Publication number: 20210383724Abstract: A security label for a multi-part container includes a first section for attachment to a first container part and a second section adapted to a second container part with respect to a state of the label in that it is applied to the container, so that the label is closed in on itself along an edge line at a free end of the second section facing away from the first section. The two sections form a respective mutually adjacent part of a common material web. The label further includes a severing element between the first and second sections relative to a label longitudinal axis, so that, when the container applied with the label is opened, the label can be cut in a predetermined manner by the severing element and the second section can be removed together with the second container part from the first section and the first container part.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2019Publication date: December 9, 2021Applicant: Schreiner Group GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Andreas HOFENAUER, Nadine LAMPKA, Stefan KRAUSS, Ursula SCHROEPF, Peter ZIMMERMANN
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Patent number: 11152200Abstract: An interface device, for providing a fluidic interface between a sample separation device and a mass spectrometer, includes an emitter capillary and a plurality of sample capillaries. The sample capillaries are movably arranged within the emitter capillary for transferring fluidic sample from the sample separation device to the mass spectrometer.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2020Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Hans-Peter Zimmermann
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Publication number: 20200251323Abstract: An interface device, for providing a fluidic interface between a sample separation device and a mass spectrometer, includes an emitter capillary and a plurality of sample capillaries. The sample capillaries are movably arranged within the emitter capillary for transferring fluidic sample from the sample separation device to the mass spectrometer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Inventor: Hans-Peter Zimmermann
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Patent number: 10634179Abstract: A fastening device for fastening an object to a wall includes a fastening element, a bearing element adapted for bearing against the wall, and a holding element configured to hold at least a part of the object. The holding element has a through opening running at least through the holding element and the bearing element for allowing passage of the fastening element. A connecting element constructed as an eccentric connects the bearing element and the holding element to one another. The holding element together with the connecting element and the bearing element form a single-piece fastening unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2015Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Jochen Klemm, Holm Liewke, Ulmar Neumann, Michael Reule, Andreas Thumm, Peter Zimmermann
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Publication number: 20190011476Abstract: Impact or acceleration sensor, which contains a liquid droplet and is designed such that the position and/or distribution of the liquid indicates whether an impact or any other acceleration of a predetermined minimum magnitude has occurred, includes: first and second foils, a cavity disposed between the foil faces of the foils and at least one retaining structure disposed on the foil face of the first and/or second foil and functions to maintain the liquid in a predetermined first sub-volume of the cavity. The retaining structure is a region of the first and/or second foil formed as a local elevation, depression or irregularity of the foil face, which forms a passable barrier for the wetting and/or contacting of the first and/or second foil by the liquid and defines an area piece of the foil face of the first and/or second foil corresponding to the first sub-volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2016Publication date: January 10, 2019Applicant: Schreiner Group GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Peter ZIMMERMANN, Pierre GOEPPERT, Kurt KUGLER, Jan ROGGE, Thomas SAMUEL, Sebastian BAUR
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Patent number: 9739794Abstract: A sample injector for injecting a fluid into a fluidic path, wherein the sample injector comprises a robot arm configured for moving an injection needle, when being connected to the robot arm, between a fluid container containing the fluid and a seat in fluid communication with the fluidic path, the needle configured for aspirating the fluid from the fluid container, when the needle has been moved to the fluid container, and for injecting aspirated fluid into the fluidic path, when the needle is accommodated in the seat, and the seat configured for accommodating the needle and providing fluid communication with the fluidic path, wherein the robot arm is configured for selectively disconnecting the needle from the robot arm when the needle is accommodated in the seat, and wherein the robot arm is configured for performing a further task while the needle is disconnected from the robot arm.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2011Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Hans-Peter Zimmermann, David Jenaro
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Patent number: 9733221Abstract: An injection needle cartridge for a sample injector for injecting a sample fluid into a mobile phase in a fluidic path of a fluid separation system between a mobile phase drive and a separation unit, the injection needle cartridge comprising an injection needle configured for aspirating the sample fluid from a fluid container when the injection needle has been moved to the fluid container, and for injecting aspirated sample fluid into the fluidic path when the injection needle is sealingly accommodated in a needle seat, and a sealing force generator configured for applying a sealing force to the injection needle for sealingly accommodating the injection needle in the needle seat, wherein the injection needle cartridge is configured for being substitutably mountable on a handling robot of the sample injector for handling the injection needle cartridge between the fluid container and the needle seat.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2014Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Hans-Peter Zimmermann, David Jenaro