Patents by Inventor Ralph Sutter

Ralph Sutter 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: 20240203220
    Abstract: A system includes a first sensor configured to identify information regarding an emergency condition associated with a structure and a second sensor configured to identify an occupancy pattern regarding the structure. The system also includes a processor operatively coupled to the first sensor, the second sensor, and a transceiver. The processor is configured to determine a severity of the emergency condition based at least in part on the information regarding the emergency condition and prioritize rescues within the structure based at least in part on the occupancy pattern. The system also includes the transceiver which is configured to transmit an identification of the emergency condition, a location of the structure, the occupancy pattern, the prioritization of rescues, and the severity of the emergency condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Kurt Joseph Wedig, Daniel Ralph Parent, Tammy Michelle Wedig, Kristin Ann Sutter-Parent
  • Publication number: 20180355914
    Abstract: A dental hand piece or angle piece including a rotating tool, which is driven via a rotating drive element disposed in a housing, wherein the rotating drive element is mounted in the housing by a radial rolling bearing, wherein the rolling bearing comprises an axial abutment surface and the housing comprises an axial countersurface, and wherein the rolling bearing is axially preloaded with respect to the housing by a spring element 11 and has a coefficient of friction for the static friction of the abutment surface to the countersurface or the abutment surface and the countersurface to the spring element that is at least 0.16 in the lubricated state and at least 0.25 in the unlubricated state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
    Inventors: Metin ERTUGRUL, Matthias Rein, Jan-Paul Gerlach, Ralph Sutter