Patents by Inventor Rainer Schmitt

Rainer Schmitt 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: 20040197219
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a metal component, in particular an internal joint part of a Cardan joint, which is provided with a ball path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventors: Guido Degen, Wolfgang Schiemenz, Eberhard Ernst, Rainer Schmitt
  • Patent number: 6634178
    Abstract: In a prior-art method to regulate the pressure inside a cryogenic tank containing cold gas when a main stream for a consumer is withdrawn, heated gas in the form of a heating gas secondary stream, which is regulated as a function of the tank pressure, is fed through the cryogenic tank via a pipe. In order to start on this basis and to provide a simple and safe operating method to regulate the main stream and the secondary stream while also providing a cost-efficient device for this purpose, it is proposed by the method according to the invention that the secondary stream and the main stream be fed to a pressure-control means equipped with a first adjustable throttle for the secondary stream and with a second adjustable throttle for the main stream, whereby the throttles are coupled to each other in such a way that they can be opened and closed in opposite directions as a function of the pressure in the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Messer Griesheim GmbH
    Inventors: Friedel Michel, Heinz Koser, Rainer Schmitt
  • Patent number: 6056695
    Abstract: What is disclosed here is a transmitting and receiving means for ultrasonic waves, comprising a miniaturized ultrasonic generator which operates inendently on a battery and which is appropriate for accommodation in a small encapsulating case for medical examinations, as well as at least one ultrasonic receiver which is connected to an analyzer which determines, with resolution in terms of time, the distance between the ultrasonic generator and the ultrasonic receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: Fraunhofer Gesellscaft zur Forderung der Angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Joerg Rupp, Dieter Heidmann, Rainer Schmitt, Bertram Bresser