Patents by Inventor Rudolf Sommer

Rudolf Sommer 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: 20160270902
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for fixing a flexible element (10), particularly in the form of an artificial or natural ligament or a tendon, to a bone (20), comprising: an insert (100) being designed to hold said flexible element (10), and an anchor (200), wherein the insert (100) is designed to be inserted into said anchor (200), and wherein the anchor (200) is designed to be inserted into a bore hole (2) of said bone (20) together with said insert (100) inserted into the anchor (200) to fix the flexible element (10) to the bone (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: UNIVERSITAT ZURICH
    Inventors: Jess G. SNEDEKER, Xiang LI, Hans Rudolf SOMMER
  • Patent number: 7987543
    Abstract: In a working method for a cleaning device (2) that moves back and forth in a swimming pool (1), control thereof is such that the cleaning device (2) moves from a starting position at a low speed in a forward direction V in a first pass in a first cleaning path (4) until it runs up to a pool wall (3), wherein the distance D1 traversed along the first cleaning path is measured or determined. The cleaning device (2) is then guided to a second cleaning path (5) deviating from or offset relative to the first cleaning path (4) in a second pass, initially at a low speed, whereupon the cleaning device then moves in a backward direction along the second cleaning path (5) at a high speed until the distance Dz traversed is smaller than the distance D1 traversed in the previous pass by an amount A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: 3S Systemtechnik AG
    Inventors: Hans Rudolf Sommer, Peter Sommer
  • Publication number: 20100132136
    Abstract: In a working method for a cleaning device (2) that moves back and forth in a swimming pool (1), control thereof is such that the cleaning device (2) moves from a starting position at a low speed in a forward direction V in a first pass in a first cleaning path (4) until it runs up to a pool wall (3), wherein the distance D1 traversed along the first cleaning path is measured or determined, the cleaning device (2) is then guided to a second cleaning path (5) deviating from or offset relative to the first cleaning path (4) in a second pass, initially at a low speed, whereupon the cleaning device then moves in a backward direction along the second cleaning path (5) at a high speed until the distance Dz traversed is smaller than the distance D1 traversed in the previous pass by an amount A, upon reaching distance Dz the cleaning device (2) continues to move along the second cleaning path (5) at low speed until it runs up to a swimming pool wall (3), wherein the distance D2 traversed along the second cleaning path
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: 3G SYSTEMTECHNIK AG
    Inventors: Hans Rudolf Sommer, Peter Sommer
  • Patent number: 7682461
    Abstract: In a working method for a cleaning device (2) that moves back and forth in a swimming pool (1), control thereof is such that the cleaning device (2) moves from a starting position at a low speed in a forward direction V in a first pass in a first cleaning path (4) until it runs up to a pool wall (3), wherein the distance D1 traversed along the first cleaning path is measured or determined, the cleaning device (2) is then guided to a second cleaning path (5) deviating from or offset relative to the first cleaning path (4) in a second pass, initially at a low speed, whereupon the cleaning device then moves in a backward direction along the second cleaning path (5) at a high speed until the distance Dz traversed is smaller than the distance D1 traversed in the previous pass by an amount A, upon reaching distance Dz the cleaning device (2) continues to move along the second cleaning path (5) at low speed until it runs up to a swimming pool wall (3), wherein the distance D2 traversed along the second cleaning p
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: 3S Systemtechnik AG
    Inventors: Hans Rudolf Sommer, Peter Sommer
  • Patent number: 6473927
    Abstract: Cleaning device, especially for the cleaning of swimming pools, having a housing (1) and having at least one intake aperture (3) arranged on the base (2) of the housing through which, by means of a pump (4, 4′), a liquid to be cleaned can be conveyed into an inner chamber (5) at least partially enclosed by the housing (1) by a filter (6) which can be arranged in this inner chamber, in order to separate a contamination-exposed part (5′) from a clean part (5″) of the inner chamber, and through an outlet aperture (7), which is characterized in that the filter (6) lies sealingly on the bottom surface (8) of the inner chamber (5) and an underside (9) of a cover (10) which can be arranged over the inner chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: 3S Systemtechnik AG
    Inventor: Hans-Rudolf Sommer
  • Patent number: 6357314
    Abstract: The rack-and-pinion steering gear, in particular for controlling motor vehicles, in order to compensate for the deviations in planarity between the thrust piece and the set screw, has a compensating disk acted upon by a spring on one side; the top side of the compensating disk is embodied spherically and engages the inside of a recess, adapted to it, of the thrust piece, and its underside is partly curved, so that the requisite variation in spacing between the thrust piece and the set screw that is required to compensate for toothing deviations is constantly spanned while maintaining a contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Rudolf Sommer
  • Patent number: 6309468
    Abstract: A cleaning device (2) which can be moved backwards and forwards in a swimming pool (1) has a drive mechanism which can be switched to forward or backward travel and has one motor for a left-hand-side and one for a right-hand-side part of the drive mechanism and a control apparatus for controlling the drive mechanism. The control apparatus has a speed regulation apparatus for each part of the drive mechanism and has means for differentially controlling the speed of the two motors. The cleaning device has means on both parts of the drive mechanism for measuring the distances (d1, d2) covered in forward and backward travel. The angles (R1, R2) of change of direction are calculated and differentially controlled by the control apparatus on the basis of the measured distances (d1, d2) covered and an offset width (v) of the respective travel tracks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: 3S Systemtechnik AG
    Inventor: Hans-Rudolf Sommer
  • Patent number: 5213437
    Abstract: A serrated-shaft connection between a shaft (1) and a hub (4) has a large number of teeth (2, 5) that are located on the outer circumferential surface of the shaft (1) and the inner circumferential surface of the hub (4), respectively. The profiles (6) of the teeth (5) of the hub (4) are bent convexly in cross section. In such a connection, it is essential that the profiles (3, 6) of the teeth (2, 5) of the shaft (1) and the hub (4) should be bent differently in such a way that the profiles (3) of the teeth (2) of the shaft (1) will have distances above the top of the teeth that are different from those above the top of the teeth (5) of the hub (4). As a result, the tooth profiles of the shaft and the hub can mesh with each other during assembly so that a compressive connection that fits with great precision is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1993
    Assignee: Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen, AG
    Inventor: Rudolf Sommer