Patents by Inventor Stefan Bruck

Stefan Bruck 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).

  • Patent number: 10093146
    Abstract: An air-conditioning system for a vehicle, comprising a refrigerant circuit through which a refrigerant can flow and which is configured as a heat pump circuit and as a cooling system circuit, and associated with these, a compressor, at least one external heat exchanger, at least one internal heat exchanger that is associated with an internal heating condenser, whereby a device is provided for generating an air stream that can be thermally coupled to the internal heat exchanger and to the internal heating condenser, as well as a metering device that can meter the flow of at least a partial stream of the thermally coupled air stream through the internal heating condenser is provided, wherein in the heat pump mode of operation, the refrigerant can be or is conveyed from the high-pressure side of the compressor into the internal heating condenser, can be or is conveyed from the internal heating condenser via a first expansion valve to the internal heat exchanger, can be or is conveyed from the internal heat ex
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Matthias Fürll, Stefan Schmitt, Horst Achim Schröter, Stefan Brück, Gregor Homann
  • Publication number: 20130152611
    Abstract: An air-conditioning system for a vehicle, comprising a refrigerant circuit through which a refrigerant can flow and which is configured as a heat pump circuit and as a cooling system circuit, and associated with these, a compressor, at least one external heat exchanger, at least one internal heat exchanger that is associated with an internal heating condenser, whereby a device is provided for generating an air stream that can be thermally coupled to the internal heat exchanger and to the internal heating condenser, as well as a metering device that can meter the flow of at least a partial stream of the thermally coupled air stream through the internal heating condenser is provided, wherein in the heat pump mode of operation, the refrigerant can be or is conveyed from the high-pressure side of the compressor into the internal heating condenser, can be or is conveyed from the internal heating condenser via a first expansion valve to the internal heat exchanger, can be or is conveyed from the internal heat ex
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventors: Matthias Fürll, Stefan Schmitt, Horst Achim Schrõter, Stefan Brück, Gregor Homann
  • Patent number: 8459652
    Abstract: A brush seal for a turbo-machine for sealing a gap between a rotating and a stationary component is disclosed. Elastically flexible bristles are arranged in a plurality of rows that are adjacent to each other. A film or a disk is arranged between at least two rows of bristles, the film or the disk extending in the longitudinal direction of said bristles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stefan Brück, Matthias Neef, Erik Sulda, Norbert Sürken
  • Patent number: 8413993
    Abstract: A sealing ring for turbo engines is provided. The sealing ring includes individual sealing segments, between which springs are mounted. Locking elements are provided on the parting joint of the turbo engine to retain the sealing segments. In order to ensure that the sealing elements can be securely closed on the parting joint, the sealing segments are positively interconnected on the parting joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stefan Brück, Eduard Jenikejew, Matthias Neef, Norbert Sürken
  • Publication number: 20100164181
    Abstract: A sealing ring for turbo engines is provided. The sealing ring includes individual sealing segments, between which springs are mounted. Locking elements are provided on the parting joint of the turbo engine to retain the sealing segments. In order to ensure that the sealing elements can be securely closed on the parting joint, the sealing segments are positively interconnected on the parting joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Stefan Brück, Eduard Jenikejew, Matthias Neef, Norbert Sürken
  • Publication number: 20100068042
    Abstract: A brush seal for a turbo-machine for sealing a gap between a rotating and a stationary component is disclosed. Elastically flexible bristles are arranged in a plurality of rows that are adjacent to each other. A film or a disk is arranged between at least two rows of bristles, the film or the disk extending in the longitudinal direction of said bristles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: Stefan Brück, Matthias Neef, Erik Sulda, Norbert Sürken
  • Patent number: 7490933
    Abstract: In hingeless eyeglasses, especially safety glasses, wherein the temples are formed as one piece with a top frame piece, and the top frame piece has provided on it fastening means for the lens, it is provided, with a view to obtaining cost-effective production, that said fastening means for the lens are injection-molded from plastic in one piece with an intrinsically elastic top frame piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Uvex Arbeitsschutz GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Bruck
  • Patent number: 7264081
    Abstract: In a hearing protection earplug for insertion into the ear canal ear composed of a soft material, especially a foam material, having a cavity that is open toward the outside, it is provided, with a view to achieving additionally increased wearing comfort accompanied with easy handling during insertion into and removal from the ear, that the cavity, as seen in the cross-section, has an approximately cross-shaped configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Uvex Arbeitsschutz GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Bruck
  • Patent number: 7234808
    Abstract: In a pair of glasses, in particular industrial safety glasses, comprising a frame with side pieces which are articulated thereto by a side-piece projection; and two eyeholes with encircling grooves and sight pieces inserted in the grooves; the frame being divided in the vicinity of the eyeholes for expansion and exchange of the sight pieces and lockable in the closed position; and the frame being divided in the vicinity of the side-piece projection; it is provided that the side-piece projection, in prolongation of the divided area of the frame, is divided into a top projection of the top frame member and a bottom projection; and that a pivoted locking device is pivotably mounted on the top projection of the frame member and lockable in place by the bottom projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Uvex Arbeitsschutz GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Bruck
  • Publication number: 20060278468
    Abstract: In a hearing protection earplug for insertion into the ear canal ear composed of a soft material, especially a foam material, having a cavity that is open toward the outside, it is provided, with a view to achieving additionally increased wearing comfort accompanied with easy handling during insertion into and removal from the ear, that the cavity, as seen in the cross-section, has an approximately cross-shaped configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Applicant: Uvex Arbeitsschutz Gmbh
    Inventor: Stefan Bruck
  • Publication number: 20060279692
    Abstract: In hingeless eyeglasses, especially safety glasses, wherein the temples are formed as one piece with a top frame piece, and the top frame piece has provided on it fastening means for the lens, it is provided, with a view to obtaining cost-effective production, that said fastening means for the lens are injection-molded from plastic in one piece with an intrinsically elastic top frame piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2006
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Applicant: Uvex Arbeitsschutz GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Bruck
  • Patent number: 7144109
    Abstract: In a pair of glasses comprising at least a sight piece and two ear pieces which are foldable in relation to the sight piece or a frame allocated to the sight piece about a substantially horizontal pivoting axis by approximately 180° towards the inside of the sight piece, provision is made for an inclination arrangement by which, upon use, to adjust the angular position of the ear pieces in relation to the sight piece for a stable stop position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: UVEX Arbeitsschutz GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Bruck
  • Publication number: 20060119789
    Abstract: In a pair of glasses, in particular industrial safety glasses, comprising a frame with side pieces which are articulated thereto by a side-piece projection; and two eyeholes with encircling grooves and sight pieces inserted in the grooves; the frame being divided in the vicinity of the eyeholes for expansion and exchange of the sight pieces and lockable in the closed position; and the frame being divided in the vicinity of the side-piece projection; it is provided that the side-piece projection, in prolongation of the divided area of the frame, is divided into a top projection of the top frame member and a bottom projection; and that a pivoted locking device is pivotably mounted on the top projection of the frame member and lockable in place by the bottom projection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2005
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Applicant: Uvex Arbeitsschutz GMBH
    Inventor: Stefan Bruck
  • Publication number: 20050117111
    Abstract: In a pair of glasses comprising at least a sight piece and two ear pieces which are foldable in relation to the sight piece or a frame allocated to the sight piece about a substantially horizontal pivoting axis by approximately 180° towards the inside of the sight piece, provision is made for an inclination arrangement by which, upon use, to adjust the angular position of the ear pieces in relation to the sight piece for a stable stop position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Applicant: UVEX ARBEITSSCHUTZ GMBH
    Inventor: Stefan Bruck
  • Patent number: 5644014
    Abstract: A coating composition is disclosed based on polycondensates of hydrolyzable compounds in particular of Si, Al, Ti and/or Zr, whereas at least part of the non-hydrolyzable groups linked to these elements contain in average 2 to 30 fluorine atoms linked to aliphatic carbon atoms. A process for producing such coating compositions is also disclosed. The corresponding cured (transparent) coatings are characterized in particular by a very good adherence to various types of substrates, in particular glass, besides an antiadhesive effect with respect to many different materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1997
    Assignee: Institut Fur Neue Materialien gemeinnutzige GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Schmidt, Reiner Kasemann, Stefan Bruck
  • Patent number: D536026
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Uvex Arbeitsshutz GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Bruck
  • Patent number: D555701
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Uvex Arbeitsschutz GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Bruck
  • Patent number: D556811
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Uvex Arbeitsschutz GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Bruck
  • Patent number: D556813
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Uvex Arbeitsschutz GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Brück
  • Patent number: RE41097
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Uvex Arbeitsschutz GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Brück