Patents by Inventor Reinhard Krause

Reinhard Krause 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: 20110250830
    Abstract: An air vent comprising a housing and an air guiding device which is pivotally and rotatably mounted in the housing and has an outer surface having the general shape of a spherical segment, the air vent having a sliding bearing which includes a first sliding surface provided on the housing and facing the air guiding device, and a second sliding surface provided on the air guiding device, the air vent having a support arranged between the housing and the air guiding device, by means of which the air guiding device is mounted to the housing for pivotal movement about at least one swiveling axis, and the support being arranged opposite the sliding bearing in the radial direction, and a prestressing device being provided on the support, which can act on the air guiding device with a force directed against the sliding bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventors: Sabine Steinbeiss, Reinhard Krause
  • Patent number: 7727474
    Abstract: The invention relates to a closure for a reagent container (7) with a screw-cap or lid (6), comprising a conical insert (4), reaching in the direction of the contents. The conical insert (4) is cut at least once, such that said insert may be bent apart in the lower region thereof and further comprises, for example, an annular step (3) in the middle region thereof. In the rest state the cone completely seals the reagent container. For the removal of liquid, a pipette with a release sleeve (2), in other words, a broadening (2) at a particular separation from the needle end (1), is introduced. The release sleeve contacts the step of the conical insert (3) and produces a separation of the divided walls of the cone. The pipette needle enters the container without making contact with the cone, in other words with the closure. As the pipette needle, complete with release sleeve (2), is withdrawn, the walls of the cone close back together, as the release sleeve (2) is no longer pressing on the step (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventor: Reinhard Krause
  • Patent number: 7544123
    Abstract: An air vent, in particular for a vehicle, includes an air outflow channel and several operating elements which regulate the outflow direction and the volume flow of an airflow and which are designed as sliding elements, a first sliding element (14) moving horizontal vanes (16), a second sliding element (18) moving vertical vanes (20), and a third sliding element (22) moving a shutoff flap (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: TRW Automotive Electronics & Components GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Reinhard Krause, Sabine Steinbeiss
  • Patent number: 7066045
    Abstract: An assembly comprises a spindle and a moving nut disposed on the spindle. The spindle and the moving nut are made of plastics. At least one of the two components spindle and moving nut being resilient such that the moving nut is prevented from getting stuck on the spindle. There is further proposed an actuator including such assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: TRW Automotive Electronics & Components GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Reinhard Krause
  • Patent number: 7043150
    Abstract: A fluid dispensing system is provided. The fluid dispensing system includes a fluid storage tank, a filter in flow communication with the fluid storage tank and a heating device proximate to at least one of the fluid storage tank and the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Andrew Reinhard Krause, Adam Paul Banet, James Christopher Roberts
  • Publication number: 20060052046
    Abstract: An air vent, in particular for a vehicle, includes an air outflow channel and several operating elements which regulate the outflow direction and the volume flow of an airflow and which are designed as sliding elements, a first sliding element (14) moving horizontal vanes (16), a second sliding element (18) moving vertical vanes (20), and a third sliding element (22) moving a shutoff flap (24).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2005
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Inventors: Reinhard Krause, Sabine Steinbeiss
  • Patent number: 6854711
    Abstract: An assembly consists of a housing and a flap unit. The housing and the flap unit are each one-piece injection-molded parts and the flap unit is mounted in the housing. The flap unit has at least two flap elements and a connection section arranged between each two flap elements. The connection section has a compensation element that can compensate for shrinkage-related length changes, in particular of the connection section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: TRW Automotive Electronics & Components GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Reinhard Krause
  • Publication number: 20050028323
    Abstract: A support for a vehicle grab handle comprises a mounting part provided to be fastened to the vehicle, a support part provided to be joined to a grip part, and a support spindle by which the support part is rotatably supported on the mounting part. The support spindle is formed as an integral part of the mounting part and is injection-molded into the support part so as to be rotatable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Francis Meyer, Joerg Wagner, Reinhard Krause
  • Publication number: 20040171344
    Abstract: A vane actuating system, in particular for an air outflow for vehicle air- conditioning, comprises a first vane (12) which is held in a frame (10) so as to be swiveling about a first axis (A), and a second vane (16) which is held in the frame so as to be swiveling about a second axis (B). An operating element (28) is arranged on the first vane, which element (28) is connected with the second vane (16) by means of a sliding-/cardan joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Applicant: TRW Automotive Electronics & Components GmbH & Co KG
    Inventor: Reinhard Krause
  • Publication number: 20040067169
    Abstract: The invention relates to a closure for a reagent container (7) with a screw-cap or lid (6), comprising a conical insert (4), reaching in the direction of the contents. The conical insert (4) is cut at least once, such that said insert may be bent apart in the lower region thereof and further comprises, for example, an annular step (3) in the middle region thereof. In the rest state the cone completely seals the reagent container. For the removal of liquid, a pipette with a release sleeve (2), in other words, a broadening (2) at a particular separation from the needle end (1), is introduced. The release sleeve contacts the step of the conical insert (3) and produces a separation of the divided walls of the cone. The pipette needle enters the container without making contact with the cone, in other words with the closure. As the pipette needle, complete with release sleeve (2), is withdrawn, the walls of the cone close back together, as the release sleeve (2) is no longer pressing on the step (57).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2003
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Inventor: Reinhard Krause
  • Publication number: 20030140720
    Abstract: An assembly comprises a spindle and a moving nut disposed on the spindle. The spindle and the moving nut are made of plastics. At least one of the two components spindle and moving nut being resilient such that the moving nut is prevented from getting stuck on the spindle. There is further proposed an actuator including such assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2003
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Applicant: TRW Automotive Electronics & Components GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Reinhard Krause
  • Publication number: 20030136936
    Abstract: An assembly consists of a housing and a flap unit. The housing and the flap unit are each one-piece injection-molded parts and the flap unit is mounted in the housing. The flap unit has at least two flap elements and a connection section arranged between each two flap elements. The connection section has a compensation element that can compensate for shrinkage-related length changes, in particular of the connection section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2003
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Applicant: TRW Automotive Electronics & Components GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Reinhard Krause
  • Patent number: 6131336
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the flow of air in an air duct structure includes a lamella unit in the air duct structure moveable between a plurality of positions for controlling the flow of air in the air duct structure. A rocking lever having a groove is pivotally mounted on the air duct structure for pivotal movement about a pivotal axis. The lamella unit has an engageable part disposed in the groove to provide an operable connection between the lamella unit and the rocking lever such that pivoting of the rocking lever about the pivotal axis effects movement of the lamella unit between the plurality of positions. An adjusting element is provided for effecting pivotal movement of the rocking lever about the pivotal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignees: Fickenscher & Co. GmbH, Werkzeug- und Formenbau
    Inventors: Reinhard Krause, Herbert Meyer
  • Patent number: 5298215
    Abstract: In a method for the injection molding of objects of at least two independent parts, which are connected nondetachably but mutually rotatably, the subsequently produced part being injected at least partially into a mold recess of the previously produced part or injected at least partially about the previously produced part, an approximately hollow, cylindrical element (1) is molded to the part produced first in the region connecting this part to a rotatable part (18) that is to be produced subsequently, which hollow, cylindrical element (1) is thereupon surrounded by a mold (10) for the subsequent part (18) and, for the production of this part (18), either the outer space of the hollow, cylindrical element (1), which is closed off by a core, or the inner space (9) of this hollow, cylindrical element (1), which is not closed off, is injected for the production of this part (18), the part produced first being deformed in the region of the hollow cylinder (1) into an undercut with rotational symmetry by the press
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1994
    Assignee: Fickenscher & Co. GmbH Werkzeugund Formenbau
    Inventor: Reinhard Krause