Patents by Inventor Roland Fischer
Roland Fischer 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: 7765828Abstract: A refrigerator includes a freezer compartment provided with an automatic icemaker incorporating a mold configured to produce truncated, crescent-shaped ice cubes. With this arrangement, the icemaker produces cubes that are shorter than full, standard crescent-shaped cubes. The reduced mold size advantageously enables the icemaker to take less space in a freezer compartment, without a significant reduction in ice cube volume.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2007Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Guolian Wu, Kevin Michael Chase, Marcus Roland Fischer
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Patent number: 7743623Abstract: An ice making and storing system which may be mounted in a refrigeration appliance. The ice making and storing system includes an ice making mechanism, a removable ice storage receptacle positioned adjacent to the ice making mechanism, an insulated cover for the ice making mechanism with a portion engageable with the ice storage receptacle to provide a thermally tight seal between the cover and the ice storage receptacle.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2007Date of Patent: June 29, 2010Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: James Charles Leslie Guarino, Marcus Roland Fischer, Jeffrey J. Anselmino
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Patent number: 7743622Abstract: The present invention relates to an ice dispenser apparatus having an ice storage bin removably mounted to the refrigerator for receiving and storing ice pieces from an ice maker, a metering device for separating individual ice pieces, and a sensing device for detecting the presence of ice pieces. Actuation of a motor causes the metering device to separate individual ice pieces and the sensing device detects ice pieces before, after, or during dispensing.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2006Date of Patent: June 29, 2010Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Marcus Roland Fischer, Amy Lauren Siwek, Kevin Michael Chase, Tony Lee Koenigsknecht, Randell Lee Jeffery, Larry Thomas Bashark, Jordan Robert Fountain, Brandon Michael Dawson, Ryan Dean McCollum, Matthew Russel Schwartz
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Publication number: 20100006181Abstract: A cylindrical cutter for machining wood, wooden materials and plastics, has at least one helical cutting edge, wherein a helix angle ?s of the at least one cutting edge is in a range of 70° to close to 90°, a rake angle ?r of the at least one cutting edge between a tool orthogonal plane Po and a rake face A?—measured in a tool reference plane Pr—is at least 5°, and a wedge angle ?r between the rake face A? and a flank A?—measured in the tool reference plane Pr—is 45°to 65°.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2006Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicant: Technische Universitat DresdenInventors: Roland Fischer, Christian Gottlöber, Klaus Rehm, Wolfgang Butter
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Patent number: 7603736Abstract: A system is provided for aligning a first passenger boarding bridge tunnel section with a first doorway of an aircraft and for aligning a second passenger boarding bridge tunnel section with a second doorway of the aircraft includes. The system includes a sensor for sensing an orientation of a first passenger boarding bridge tunnel section when it is in an aligned condition with a first doorway of the aircraft, and for sensing an orientation of a second passenger boarding bridge tunnel section when it is in other than an aligned condition with the second doorway of the aircraft. The sensor is in communication with a controller. The controller is for receiving a signal from the sensor, and for determining the orientation of the first passenger boarding bridge tunnel section and the orientation of the second passenger boarding bridge tunnel section in dependence upon the signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2006Date of Patent: October 20, 2009Assignee: DEW Engineering and Development ULCInventors: Neil Hutton, Roland Fischer
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Publication number: 20090248098Abstract: A device for stimulation via special electric and magnetic fields and optimized field applicators is provided. Derived from human physiology, the autonomic/vegetative nervous system, specifically its sympathetic and parasympathetic components, can be controlled by signals in the frequency ranges of 0.05 to 0.15 Hz and of 0.15 to 0.30 Hz, respectively. Along with other components, these constitute integral parts of corresponding modular physical cardiovascular stimulation programs. By addition of characteristic sinusoidal oscillations, including a positive or negative electric field between the head area and a peripheral area of a human or animal, with the corresponding low-frequency sympathetic or parasympathetic control frequency as base oscillation and with application-typical EEG frequencies and higher-frequency sinusoidal oscillations in the range of ca. 250 to 1500 Hz, characteristic stimulation programs can be established in modular configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2006Publication date: October 1, 2009Applicant: GOLDENRULE (AUST) PTY LTD.Inventors: Stewart Penny, Manfred Krauss, Roland Fischer, Werner Schmidt, Mario Möbius
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Publication number: 20090221418Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing a catalyst comprising a porous support and at least one active metal, which comprises providing a porous support which has a specific BET surface area of at least 500 m2/g and is transparent to an activating radiation, applying at least one active metal precursor which comprises at least one active metal and at least one group which is bound via a ligator atom selected from among oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen, phosphorus and carbon to the active metal atom to the porous support so as to produce an adduct which comprises the porous support and the at least one active metal precursor; and illuminating the adduct with the activating radiation to convert the at least one active metal into its reduced form.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2006Publication date: September 3, 2009Applicant: SUD-CHEMIE AGInventors: Richard Fischer, Arnold Tissler, Roland Fischer, Stephan Hermes, Martin Muhler
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Publication number: 20090169857Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing highly porous layers, which comprises making available a substrate having a substrate surface; modifying at least sections of the substrate surface so as to produce surface-modified sections in which anchor groups for metal ions are provided; applying at least one MOF to the surface-modified sections of the substrate so as to produce a layer of the MOF. The invention further relates to a composite comprising a substrate and a porous layer of an MOF located on the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2006Publication date: July 2, 2009Applicant: Sud-Chemie AGInventors: Richard Fischer, Roland Fischer, Christof Woll, Felicitas Schroder, Stephan Hermes
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Publication number: 20090139636Abstract: A winding machine for electrical coils to be wound into layers has a device which supplies a material to the coil to be wound in order to separate adjacent layers of the coil from one another. The device has a device for producing a predetermined breaking point in the material, and a measuring unit. The measuring unit determines when the device for producing a predetermined breaking point is to be activated in order to produce a predetermined breaking point in the material. The device also has a guide device which fixes the material on the coil to be wound in the vicinity of the predetermined breaking point at a predetermined time, in order to sever the material at the predetermined breaking point. The winding machine therefore anticipates when a layer change is required, in order to then produce a predetermined breaking point in the material at a distance from the coil.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2005Publication date: June 4, 2009Inventors: Reinhold Bauer, Roland Fischer, Daniel Kunzli, Christoph Muller
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Patent number: 7495580Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for finding a parked vehicle again. According to the invention, a portable unit is provided with a pressure sensor whose signals can be evaluated by an evaluation and control unit in order to determine the current air pressure, with the evaluation and control unit evaluating the determined air pressure in order to determine altitude, and storing a first air pressure value as a reference value at a predeterminable first time, which reference value represents an instantaneous altitude of a geographic position of the parked vehicle, with the evaluation and control unit estimating a height difference between a current geographic position of the portable unit and the geographic position of the parked vehicle at a second time, and/or continuously from a pressure difference between the determined current air pressure value and the reference value.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2006Date of Patent: February 24, 2009Assignee: Daimler AGInventors: Stefan Albrecht, Roland Fischer, Peter Herges, Joerg Huber, Roland Roessler, David J. Skiff, John A. Wilke
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Patent number: 7454991Abstract: A shiftable multispeed reverse transmission having one input shaft (1) and a plurality of countershafts (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) and one output shaft (8). One of gears and/or idle gears being situated upon the countershafts (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) for non-rotatably connection with the countershafts, via shiftable clutches, for gear and direction change. The reduction ratios being generated by spur pinion stages and at least one shiftable planetary stage (P).Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2004Date of Patent: November 25, 2008Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventors: Gerhard Buck, Wolfgang Rebholz, Siegfried Stützle, Michael Riedhammer, Hugo Burkhart, Michael Herlitzek, Jürgen Legner, Jochen Schneider, Michael Thielmann, Roland Fischer
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Publication number: 20080177098Abstract: Process for the preparation of nanoscale metal-organic frameworks, and porous frameworks synthesized from at least one metal ion and at least one at least bidentate organic compound and a monodentate growth inhibitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2007Publication date: July 24, 2008Inventors: Stefan Bahnmuller, Gerhard Langstein, Roland A. Fischer, Stephen Hermes
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Publication number: 20080155998Abstract: A refrigerator includes a freezer compartment provided with an automatic icemaker incorporating a mold configured to produce truncated, crescent-shaped ice cubes. With this arrangement, the icemaker produces cubes that are shorter than full, standard crescent-shaped cubes. The reduced mold size advantageously enables the icemaker to take less space in a freezer compartment, without a significant reduction in ice cube volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2007Publication date: July 3, 2008Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: GUOLIAN WU, KEVIN MICHAEL CHASE, MARCUS ROLAND FISCHER
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Publication number: 20080148762Abstract: An ice making and storing system which may be mounted in a refrigeration appliance. The ice making and storing system includes an ice making mechanism, a removable ice storage receptacle positioned adjacent to the ice making mechanism, an insulated cover for the ice making mechanism with a portion engageable with the ice storage receptacle to provide a thermally tight seal between the cover and the ice storage receptacle.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2007Publication date: June 26, 2008Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: JAMES CHARLES LESLIE GUARINO, MARCUS ROLAND FISCHER, JEFFREY J. ANSELMINO
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Publication number: 20080134709Abstract: The present invention relates to an ice dispenser apparatus having an ice storage bin removably mounted to the refrigerator for receiving and storing ice pieces from an ice maker, a metering device for separating individual ice pieces, and a sensing device for detecting the presence of ice pieces. Actuation of a motor causes the metering device to separate individual ice pieces and the sensing device detects ice pieces before, after, or during dispensing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2006Publication date: June 12, 2008Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONInventors: MARCUS ROLAND FISCHER, AMY LAUREN SIWEK, KEVIN MICHAEL CHASE, TONY LEE KOENIGSKNECHT, RANDELL LEE JEFFERY, LARRY THOMAS BASHARK, JORDAN ROBERT FOUNTAIN, BRANDON MICHAEL DAWSON, RYAN DEAN MCCOLLUM, MATTHEW RUSSEL SCHWARTZ
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Publication number: 20070273553Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for finding a parked vehicle again. According to the invention, a portable unit is provided with a pressure sensor whose signals can be evaluated by an evaluation and control unit in order to determine the current air pressure, with the evaluation and control unit evaluating the determined air pressure in order to determine altitude, and storing a first air pressure value as a reference value at a predeterminable first time, which reference value represents an instantaneous altitude of a geographic position of the parked vehicle, with the evaluation and control unit estimating a height difference between a current geographic position of the portable unit and the geographic position of the parked vehicle at a second time, and/or continuously from a pressure difference between the determined current air pressure value and the reference value.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2006Publication date: November 29, 2007Applicant: DaimlerChrysler AGInventors: Stefan Albrecht, Roland Fischer, Peter Herges, Joerg Huber, Roland Roessler, David J. Skiff, John A. Wilke
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Publication number: 20070214585Abstract: A system is provided for aligning a first passenger boarding bridge tunnel section with a first doorway of an aircraft and for aligning a second passenger boarding bridge tunnel section with a second doorway of the aircraft includes. The system includes a sensor for sensing an orientation of a first passenger boarding bridge tunnel section when it is in an aligned condition with a first doorway of the aircraft, and for sensing an orientation of a second passenger boarding bridge tunnel section when it is in other than an aligned condition with the second doorway of the aircraft. The sensor is in communication with a controller. The controller is for receiving a signal from the sensor, and for determining the orientation of the first passenger boarding bridge tunnel section and the orientation of the second passenger boarding bridge tunnel section in dependence upon the signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2006Publication date: September 20, 2007Applicant: DEW Engineering and Development LimitedInventors: Neil Hutton, Roland Fischer
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Publication number: 20070084692Abstract: A form-locking clutch (2) for an automobile transmission, in particular for a clutch device formed by a form-locking coupling and the disc clutch (2), having a piston (6) connected to a drive or in a torque proof piston manner to a drive, is connectable to an external disc carrier (3) of the disc clutch via the form-locking clutch (2) constructed as a coupling disc, which encompasses a synchronizing ring (1), whereby at least one guide pin (4) connected with the external disc carrier (3) of the disc clutch is provided, which can move along a connecting link (5) provided on the synchronizing disc (1) of the form-locking clutch (2) in such a way that, with a torque proof connection of the external disc carrier (3) to the piston (6) and for the case of a tooth on tooth position of the components, they can rotate so that the coupling disc engages.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2006Publication date: April 19, 2007Inventors: Roland Fischer, Gerhard Buck, Martin Reck
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Publication number: 20070068294Abstract: A shiftable multispeed reverse transmission having one input shaft (1) and a plurality of countershafts (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) and one output shaft (8). One of gears and/or idle gears being situated upon the countershafts (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) for non-rotatably connection with the countershafts, via shiftable clutches, for gear and direction change. The reduction ratios being generated by spur pinion stages and at least one shiftable planetary stage (P).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2004Publication date: March 29, 2007Inventors: Gerhard Buck, Wolfgang Rebholz, Siegfried Stutzle, Michael Riedhammer, Hugo Burkhart, Michael Herlitzek, Jurgen Legner, Jochen Schneider, Michael Thielmann, Roland Fischer
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Patent number: D555748Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2005Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Inventors: Jean-Christophe Gyr, Roland Fischer