Patents by Inventor Thomas Baumgartner
Thomas Baumgartner 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: 12520441Abstract: An electronics housing comprises a housing cover and/or a housing body for delimiting a receiving space, and an electronics module arranged therein, wherein the electronics module has a plug connector socket accessible from outside the electronics housing for receiving a plug connector plug of a data cable, wherein the electronics housing has a pull tab integrated into the plug connector socket or upstream of the plug connector socket on the outside, for releasing the plug connector latched connection between the plug connector socket and the plug connector when the pull tab is pulled.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2023Date of Patent: January 6, 2026Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KGInventors: Thomas Baumgartner, Axel Vierkötter, Konstantinos Diplas, Christian Felcmann
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Patent number: 12239974Abstract: Disclosed is a measuring arrangement for measuring the total nitrogen bound (TN) in a measuring liquid, comprising: a radiation source emitting UV radiation; a radiation receiver configured to generate a signal that depends on the intensity of radiation impinging on the radiation receiver; a vessel having a first opening and a second opening opposite the first opening; a first window closing the first opening; and a second window closing the second opening. The first and second windows are transparent to the measuring radiation. The measuring radiation emitted by the radiation source propagates along a measuring path which extends from the radiation source through the first window, the vessel, and the second window to the radiation receiver. The measuring arrangement also includes a heating element in thermal contact with the vessel wall.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2020Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KGInventors: Ulrich Rottensteiner, Christian Cramer, Eva-Maria Petat, Thomas Baumgartner, Thomas Schipolowski, Ralf Bernhard
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Patent number: 12196313Abstract: A tensioning device, more particularly a hydraulically actuated chain tensioner, for a chain drive of an internal combustion engine, having a tensioner housing, a tensioning piston which is displaceably guided in a piston bore of the tensioner housing and has a piston skirt, a transport securing means for fastening the tensioning piston in the tensioner housing, a adjustment apparatus for incrementally adjusting and limiting the working range of the tensioning piston, and a final position securing means for the captive arrangement of the tensioning piston in the piston bore. The transport securing means, the adjustment apparatus and the final position securing means together have a single securing ring for fastening the tensioning piston in the tensioner housing, the incremental adjustment and limiting of the working range of the tensioning piston and the captive arrangement of the tensioning piston.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2020Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: IWIS MOTORSYSTEME GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Franz Wach, Florian Bruhn, Andreas Görmer, Thomas Baumgartner, Petra Doll
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Publication number: 20240206094Abstract: An electronics housing comprises a housing cover and/or a housing body for delimiting a receiving space, and an electronics module arranged therein, wherein the electronics module has a plug connector socket accessible from outside the electronics housing for receiving a plug connector plug of a data cable, wherein the electronics housing has a pull tab integrated into the plug connector socket or upstream of the plug connector socket on the outside, for releasing the plug connector latched connection between the plug connector socket and the plug connector when the pull tab is pulled.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2023Publication date: June 20, 2024Inventors: Thomas Baumgartner, Axel Vierkötter, Konstantinos Diplas, Christian Felcmann
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Patent number: 11905307Abstract: The present invention relates to new phosphaviologen derivatives, methods of making phosphaviologen derivatives, and uses thereof, including uses in electrochromic devices and organic battery materials. The phosphaviologen derivatives described herein have strong electron-accepting properties and can be used to provide phosphaviologen derivative-containing electronic materials. In certain embodiments, the phosphaviologen derivatives include dimeric phosphaviologens.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Inventors: Thomas Baumgartner, Markus Boergardts
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Publication number: 20220299091Abstract: A tensioning device, more particularly a hydraulically actuated chain tensioner, for a chain drive of an internal combustion engine, having a tensioner housing, a tensioning piston which is displaceably guided in a piston bore of the tensioner housing and has a piston skirt, a transport securing means for fastening the tensioning piston in the tensioner housing, a adjustment apparatus for incrementally adjusting and limiting the working range of the tensioning piston, and a final position securing means for the captive arrangement of the tensioning piston in the piston bore. The transport securing means, the adjustment apparatus and the final position securing means together have a single securing ring for fastening the tensioning piston in the tensioner housing, the incremental adjustment and limiting of the working range of the tensioning piston and the captive arrangement of the tensioning piston.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2020Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: Franz WACH, Florian BRUHN, Andreas GÖRMER, Thomas BAUMGARTNER, Petra DOLL
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Patent number: 11116093Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wing hinge for a field device housing, including: a first wing having a first and a second holding device, the first holding device configured to connect to the field device housing and to move the first wing about a first axis; a second wing having a third and a fourth holding device, the third holding device configured to connect to the second holding device and to move the second wing relative to the first wing about a second axis, wherein the fourth holding device is connectable to a housing cover as to move the housing cover relative to the second wing about a third axis; and a tensioning element in contact with the first wing and the second wing and configured to move the first wing relative to the second wing about the second axis from a first position into a second position.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2019Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KGInventors: Michael Dieterich, Thomas Baumgartner
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Publication number: 20210053047Abstract: Disclosed is a measuring arrangement for measuring the total nitrogen bound (TN) in a measuring liquid, comprising: a radiation source emitting UV radiation; a radiation receiver configured to generate a signal that depends on the intensity of radiation impinging on the radiation receiver; a vessel having a first opening and a second opening opposite the first opening; a first window closing the first opening; and a second window closing the second opening. The first and second windows are transparent to the measuring radiation. The measuring radiation emitted by the radiation source propagates along a measuring path which extends from the radiation source through the first window, the vessel, and the second window to the radiation receiver. The measuring arrangement also includes a heating element in thermal contact with the vessel wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2020Publication date: February 25, 2021Inventors: Ulrich Rottensteiner, Christian Cramer, Eva-Maria Petat, Thomas Baumgartner, Thomas Schipolowski, Ralf Bernhard
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Publication number: 20210002310Abstract: The present invention relates to new phosphaviologen derivatives, methods of making phosphaviologen derivatives, and uses thereof, including uses in electrochromic devices and organic battery materials. The phosphaviologen derivatives described herein have strong electron-accepting properties and can be used to provide phosphaviologen derivative-containing electronic materials. In certain embodiments, the phosphaviologen derivatives include dimeric phosphaviologens.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2019Publication date: January 7, 2021Inventors: Thomas BAUMGARTNER, Markus BORGARDTS
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Patent number: 10780989Abstract: An aircraft propeller drive system has a gear to be driven by an engine and having a first plurality of teeth. A torsion bar has a first end driven by the gear and a second end rotatable relative to the first end about a torsion axis by a torsion angle. An output shaft is driven by the second end and is adapted for connection to a propeller. A clutch has a driven member rotationally fixed to the output shaft and a driving member having a second plurality of teeth. The first and second pluralities of teeth engage each other when a variation in the torsion angle from a mean torsion angle is greater than a predetermined angle. Torque is transferred between the gear and the output shaft via the clutch when the first and second pluralities of teeth engage each other.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2017Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: BRP-ROTAX GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Harald Mittermaier, Johann Bayerl, Michael Dopona, Thomas Baumgartner
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Publication number: 20200196469Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wing hinge for a field device housing, including: a first wing having a first and a second holding device, the first holding device configured to connect to the field device housing and to move the first wing about a first axis; a second wing having a third and a fourth holding device, the third holding device configured to connect to the second holding device and to move the second wing relative to the first wing about a second axis, wherein the fourth holding device is connectable to a housing cover as to move the housing cover relative to the second wing about a third axis; and a tensioning element in contact with the first wing and the second wing and configured to move the first wing relative to the second wing about the second axis from a first position into a second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2019Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: Michael Dieterich, Thomas Baumgartner
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Patent number: 10161781Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device for dispensing a liquid, including a vertically arranged, translucent pipe for guiding the liquid, wherein the pipe has an upper section and a lower section, wherein an inner diameter of the upper section is greater than an inner diameter of the lower section, at least two light barriers for detecting a rise in the liquid over two defined levels in the pipe, wherein a first light barrier detects a rise in the liquid in the upper section of the pipe, and wherein a second light barrier detects a rise in the liquid in the lower section of the pipe.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2016Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KGInventors: Frank Müller, Thomas Baumgartner, Ralf Bernhard
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Patent number: 9897549Abstract: An analytical device, including: a processing system for treating a liquid sample and for supplying the treated liquid sample to a measuring cell, to the liquid sample; a measuring transducer for registering a measured value of the treated liquid sample variable; a control unit to control the processing system; and an evaluating unit for determining the measured variable based on the measured value registered by the measuring transducer. The analytical device includes at least one first supply container containing a first reagent component, at least one second supply container containing a second reagent component and a mixing apparatus, for mixing a predetermined amount of the first reagent component contained in the first supply container with a predetermined amount of the second reagent component to form a predetermined amount of the reagent.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2012Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KGInventors: Ulrich Kathe, Ralf Steuerwald, Thomas Schipolowski, Matthias Knopp, Tobias Zachmann, Thomas Baumgartner
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Publication number: 20180016021Abstract: An aircraft propeller drive system has a gear to be driven by an engine and having a first plurality of teeth. A torsion bar has a first end driven by the gear and a second end rotatable relative to the first end about a torsion axis by a torsion angle. An output shaft is driven by the second end and is adapted for connection to a propeller. A clutch has a driven member rotationally fixed to the output shaft and a driving member having a second plurality of teeth. The first and second pluralities of teeth engage each other when a variation in the torsion angle from a mean torsion angle is greater than a predetermined angle. Torque is transferred between the gear and the output shaft via the clutch when the first and second pluralities of teeth engage each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2017Publication date: January 18, 2018Inventors: Harald MITTERMAIER, Johann BAYERL, Michael DOPONA, Thomas BAUMGARTNER
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Patent number: 9839912Abstract: An analytical device for automated determining of a measured variable of a liquid sample, includes: a base module; a replaceable cassette connectable with the base module and having at least one liquid container connectable via a fluid line with a measuring cell and containing a reagent to be added to the liquid sample for forming a measured liquid; and a measuring transducer for registering measured values correlated with the measured variable for the measured liquid accommodated in the measuring cell. The cassette has, associated with the at least one liquid container, a fluid coupling apparatus having a primary component and a secondary component and serving for producing a connection of the fluid line with the liquid container.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2013Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KGInventors: Michael Oprea, Thomas Baumgartner, Jurgen Erchinger, Christian Hirn, Ralf Steuerwald, Tobias Zachmann, Ulrich Kathe, Anja Gerlinger
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Patent number: 9745074Abstract: An aircraft propeller drive system has a gear to be driven by an engine and having a first plurality of teeth. A torsion bar has a first end driven by the gear and a second end rotatable relative to the first end about a torsion axis by a torsion angle. An output shaft is driven by the second end and is adapted for connection to a propeller. A clutch has a driven member rotationally fixed to the output shaft and a driving member having a second plurality of teeth. The first and second pluralities of teeth engage each other when a variation in the torsion angle from a mean torsion angle is greater than a predetermined angle. Torque is transferred between the gear and the output shaft via the clutch when the first and second pluralities of teeth engage each other.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2015Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: BRP-POWERTRAIN GMBH & CO KGInventors: Harald Mittermaier, Johann Bayerl, Michael Dopona, Thomas Baumgartner
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Publication number: 20170089750Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device for dispensing a liquid, including a vertically arranged, translucent pipe for guiding the liquid, wherein the pipe has an upper section and a lower section, wherein an inner diameter of the upper section is greater than an inner diameter of the lower section, at least two light barriers for detecting a rise in the liquid over two defined levels in the pipe, wherein a first light barrier detects a rise in the liquid in the upper section of the pipe, and wherein a second light barrier detects a rise in the liquid in the lower section of the pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventors: Frank Müller, Thomas Baumgartner, Ralf Bernhard
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Publication number: 20170088283Abstract: An aircraft propeller drive system has a gear to be driven by an engine and having a first plurality of teeth. A torsion bar has a first end driven by the gear and a second end rotatable relative to the first end about a torsion axis by a torsion angle. An output shaft is driven by the second end and is adapted for connection to a propeller. A clutch has a driven member rotationally fixed to the output shaft and a driving member having a second plurality of teeth. The first and second pluralities of teeth engage each other when a variation in the torsion angle from a mean torsion angle is greater than a predetermined angle. Torque is transferred between the gear and the output shaft via the clutch when the first and second pluralities of teeth engage each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2015Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventors: Harald MITTERMAIER, Johann BAYERL, Michael DOPONA, Thomas BAUMGARTNER
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Patent number: 8353916Abstract: A quick-release guide assembly for an external fixation system has a body with at least one hole and a handle portion with a handle bar. The device body comprises at least one extension having a first coupling portion. The handle comprises a complementary second coupling portion, wherein one coupling portion comprising a spring actuated locking pin, wherein an actuator knob is provided to release the locking pin. Therefore the coupling portion of the handle can be releasably attached to the guide body, enabling a quick change of device bodies having different oriented and arranged holes.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2006Date of Patent: January 15, 2013Assignee: Stryker Trauma S.A.Inventors: Thomas Baumgartner, Andreas Bernhard
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Publication number: 20120258542Abstract: An analytical device, including: a processing system for treating a liquid sample and for supplying the treated liquid sample to a measuring cell, to the liquid sample; a measuring transducer for registering a measured value of the treated liquid sample variable; a control unit to control the processing system; and an evaluating unit for determining the measured variable based on the measured value registered by the measuring transducer. The analytical device includes at least one first supply container containing a first reagent component, at least one second supply container containing a second reagent component and a mixing apparatus, for mixing a predetermined amount of the first reagent component contained in the first supply container with a predetermined amount of the second reagent component to form a predetermined amount of the reagent.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2012Publication date: October 11, 2012Applicant: Endress + Hauser Conducta Gesellschaft für Mess- und Regeltechnik mbH + Co. KGInventors: Ulrich KATHE, Ralf STEUERWALD, Thomas SCHIPOLOWSKI, Matthias KNOPP, Tobias ZACHMANN, Thomas BAUMGARTNER