Patents by Inventor Ralf Michel

Ralf Michel 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: 20240170900
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: at least a first housing part and a second housing part, an engagement region of one of the first housing part and the second housing part engaging at least partially and concentrically with an other of the first housing part and the second housing part, the first housing part and the second housing part being rotatable in the engagement region relative to each other about an axis of rotation; at least one bolt disposed in the engagement region, which in a first basic state secures the first housing part and the second housing part against rotation of the housing parts relative to each other about the axis of rotation, and in a second basic state releases the housing parts. The at least one bolt is magnetic and preloaded by a spring force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Hrvoje Babic, Ralf Beckmann, Martin Schaefers, Juergen Sahm, Markus Hermann, Markus Michel, Frank Brokmann, Holger Ritter, Markus Hanses
  • Publication number: 20240088606
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: at least a first housing part and a second housing part, one of the first housing part and the second housing part engaging, at least partially and concentrically, in an other of the first housing part and the second housing part in an engagement region, the first housing part and the second housing part being rotatable relative to one another in the engagement region about an axis of rotation. The first housing part and the second housing part each have a magnetic structure extending, at least in part, circumferentially on an inside or an outside in the engagement region, the respective magnetic structures interacting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Hrvoje Babic, Ralf Beckmann, Martin Schaefers, Juergen Sahm, Markus Hermann, Markus Michel, Frank Brokmann, Holger Ritter, Markus Hanses
  • Patent number: 9765915
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sealing device for cylindrical or conical orifices, which is composed of an elongate sealing body made from elastically deformable material, the following components being provided for the deformation of the sealing body: a tension bolt extending through the middle, free passage region of the sealing body, a pressure sleeve seated at the inner end of the tension bolt, a brace which is arranged at the outer end of the tension bolt and through which the tension bolt engages, and an actuation element which acts upon the outer end, projecting through the brace, of the tension bolt and which, when a tensile force is exerted upon the tension bolt, enlarges the sealing body and at the same time its outer circumference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ralf Kutzinsky, Juergen Meier-Sponheuer, Wilfried Baeumler, Ralf Michels, Oliver Naumann
  • Publication number: 20150328849
    Abstract: A fastening element for holding onto a stud, the fastening element having a body extending along an axis and including a wall of substantially uniform thickness that partially defines an axially extending through hole; a sprue located only at a single axial injection end of the wall; and wherein the fastening element is formed of an injection molded liquid crystal polymer material that flowed into the body via the sprue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Frank ROSEMANN, Wolfgang GERLACH, Michael SCHMIDT, Siegfried LAUTNER, Ralf MICHEL
  • Publication number: 20150276116
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sealing device for cylindrical or conical orifices, which is composed of an elongate sealing body made from elastically deformable material, the following components being provided for the deformation of the sealing body: a tension bolt extending through the middle, free passage region of the sealing body, a pressure sleeve seated at the inner end of the tension bolt, a brace which is arranged at the outer end of the tension bolt and through which the tension bolt engages, and an actuation element which acts upon the outer end, projecting through the brace, of the tension bolt and which, when a tensile force is exerted upon the tension bolt, enlarges the sealing body and at the same time its outer circumference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Ralf Kutzinsky, Juergen Meier-Sponheuer, Wilfried Baeumler, Ralf Michels, Oliver Naumann
  • Patent number: 7510603
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tattooing ink containing water, colored pigments, and a binding agent for binding the colored pigments with the water. Said tattooing ink also contains another constituent in the form of bioactive glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Inventor: Ralf Michel
  • Publication number: 20090000513
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tattooing ink containing water, coloured pigments, and a binding agent for binding the coloured pigments with the water. Said tattooing ink also contains another constituent in the form of bioactive glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventor: Ralf Michel
  • Patent number: 6896103
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (10) for depositing a flowable medium, in particular lubricating oil, onto a workpiece (16). The device (10) has a base body (13) having a duct (14a) for supplying the lubricating oil, the duct (14a) ending in a cavity (14d). The cavity (14d) is covered by a mask (15) having an opening. The opening of the mask (15) is closed by a hard metal sphere (11) which is prestressed into this closure position by a spring (12). When contact is made with a workpiece the sphere is pressed into the cavity (14d) and thereby opens up the opening in the mask (15) for the discharge of lubricating oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Oliver Naumann, Ralf Michels
  • Publication number: 20020189904
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (10) for depositing a flowable medium, in particular lubricating oil, onto a workpiece (16). The device (10) has a base body (13) having a duct (14a) for supplying the lubricating oil, the duct (14a) ending in a cavity (14d). The cavity (14d) is covered by a mask (15) having an opening. The opening of the mask (15) is closed by a hard metal sphere (11) which is prestressed into this closure position by a spring (12). When contact is made with a workpiece the sphere is pressed into the cavity (14d) and thereby opens up the opening in the mask (15) for the discharge of lubricating oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Applicant: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Oliver Naumann, Ralf Michels