Patents by Inventor Thomas Gasser

Thomas Gasser 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: 20240239137
    Abstract: A bicycle hub with a hub axle, a hub shell, a rotor and a freewheel device, the hub shell rotates with a rotor-side hub bearing, and an outer hub bearing. The rotor rotates with a hub-side rotor bearing disposed closer to the hub shell and an outer rotor bearing further from the hub shell. The freewheel device includes hub-side and rotor-side toothed disk devices, each toothed and biased for engagement with one another. The toothing of the hub-side toothed disk device is axially oriented to the rotor. The rotor-side toothed disk device is accommodated radially within the rotor and is coupled to move with the rotor. The inner diameter of the rotor-side toothed disk device is larger than that of the hub-side rotor bearing. The biasing device includes a coil spring with a winding wire, extending around a spring axis and whose winding ends are disposed diagonally opposite one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Stefan SPAHR, Nicholas OMLIN, Thomas GASSER
  • Publication number: 20240208262
    Abstract: A wheel component, method, and tool device for a bicycle, including a plurality of integrally interconnected component parts, which form a spoked rim, wherein the rim and spokes are manufactured of a fibrous composite material by an injection molding process with fluid injection, wherein the liquefied fibrous composite material is injected into a cavity of a tool device, and a fluid is injected into the partially liquid fibrous composite material within the cavity to form at least one hollow space within the component part. A further component part forming a spoke, is manufactured by an injection molding process, wherein a mold core device for forming a hollow space within the spoke is disposed within a further cavity of the tool device. The fibrous composite material is injected into the further cavity. The mold core device is retracted from the fibrous composite material to form a cavity in the spoke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Fabian BECKER, Michael MÜLLER, Thomas GASSER, Martin WALTHERT
  • Patent number: 9604495
    Abstract: A hub and wheel equipped with a hub body and an axle that rotatably receives the hub body. The hub body is provided with two circumferential hub flanges which accommodate and define an orientation of multiple spokes. Each of the spokes including a spoke body and a flattened spoke head. The hub flange is configured to fix the flattened spoke head to only one axial side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: DT SWISS INC.
    Inventors: Stefan Spahr, Thomas Gasser
  • Patent number: 9010875
    Abstract: A hub with a hub body, the hub body having two end units and a tubular center part, and the center part being disposed between, and received at, the end units. At least one end unit includes a tubular inserting portion onto which the center part having a tubular slip-on portion is pushed. The inserting portion and the slip-on portion overlap in an overlapping region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: DT Swiss Inc.
    Inventors: Stefan Spahr, Thomas Gasser
  • Patent number: 8409809
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a newly discovered gene named KASPP for Kinase Associated with Parkinsonism with Pleiomorphic Pathology or alternatively named LRRK2 for Leucine-Rich Repeat Kinase 2, its production, biochemical characterization and use for the detection and treatment of neurodegenerative disorders, such as Parkinson disease (PD) including, without limitation, sporadic PD, Alzheimer disease (AD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and other synucleinopathies and/or tauopathy as well as several polymorphisms and mutations in the KASPP/LRRK2 gene segregated with PD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignees: Helmholtz Zentrum München Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH), Eberhard-Karls-Universitaet Tuebingen, Mayo Foundation For Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Thomas Meitinger, Tim Matthias Strom, Saskia Biskup, Marius Ueffing, Elisabeth Kremmer, Christian Johannes Gloeckner, Thomas Gasser, Petra Herzig, Friedrich Asmus, Nadja Patenge, Alexander Zimprich, Matthew J. Farrer, Jennifer M. Kachergus, Sara J. Lincoln, Mary M. Hulihan, Zibigniew Wszolek, Ryan Uitti
  • Publication number: 20120248854
    Abstract: A hub and wheel equipped therewith includes a hub body and an axle rotatably receiving the hub body, the hub body being provided with at least one circumferential hub flanges which serve for accommodation and defined orientation of a multitude of spokes. Each of the spokes has a spoke body and a flattened spoke head. The hub flange is configured to fix the flattened spoke head to only one axial side wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Stefan Spahr, Thomas Gasser
  • Publication number: 20120228922
    Abstract: A hub with a hub body, the hub body having two end units and a tubular center part, and the center part being disposed between, and received at, the end units. At least one end unit includes a tubular inserting portion onto which the center part having a tubular slip-on portion is pushed. The inserting portion and the slip-on portion overlap in an overlapping region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Stefan Spahr, Thomas Gasser
  • Publication number: 20120035072
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a newly discovered gene named KASPP for Kinase Associated with Parkinsonism with Pleiomorphic Pathology or alternatively named LRRK2 for Leucine-Rich Repeat Kinase 2, its production, biochemical characterization and use for the detection and treatment of neurodegenerative disorders, such as Parkinson disease (PD) including, without limitation, sporadic PD, Alzheimer disease (AD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and other synucleinopathies and/or tauopathy as well as several polymorphisms and mutations in the KASPP/LRRK2 gene segregated with PD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicants: Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen Deutsches Forschungszentrum fuer Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH, Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Eberhard Karls Universitaet Tuebingen
    Inventors: Thomas Meitinger, Tim Matthias Strom, Saskia Biskup, Marius Ueffing, Elisabeth Kremmer, Christian Johannes Gloeckner, Thomas Gasser, Petra (Leitner) Herzig, Friedrich Asmus, Nadja Patenge, Alexander Zimprich, Matthew J. Farrer, Jennifer M. Kachergus, Sara J. Lincoln, Mary M. Hulihan, Zibigniew Wszolek, Ryan Uitti
  • Patent number: 8029986
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a newly discovered gene named KASPP for Kinase Associated with Parkinsonism with Pleiomorphic Pathology or alternatively named LRRK2 for Leucine-Rich Repeat Kinase 2, its production, biochemical characterization and use for the detection and treatment of neurodegenerative disorders, such as Parkinson disease (PD) including, without limitation, sporadic PD, Alzheimer disease (AD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and other synucleinopathies and/or tauopathy as well as several polymorphisms and mutations in the KASPP/LRRK2 gene segregated with PD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignees: Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen Deutsches Forschungszentrum fuer Gesundheit und Umwelt(GmbH), Eberhard Karls Universitaet Tuebingen, Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Thomas Meitinger, Tim Matthias Strom, Saskia Biskup, Marius Ueffing, Elisabeth Kremmer, Christian Johannes Gloeckner, Thomas Gasser, Petra Herzig, Friedrich Asmus, Nadja Patenge, Alexander Zimprich, Matthew J. Farrer, Jennifer M. Kachergus, Sara J. Lincoln, Mary M. Hulihan, Zibigniew Wszolek, Ryan Uitti
  • Publication number: 20100235933
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a newly discovered gene named KASPP for Kinase Associated with Parkinsonism with Pleiomorphic Pathology or alternatively named LRRK2 for Leucine-Rich Repeat Kinase 2, its production, biochemical characterization and use for the detection and treatment of neurodegenerative disorders, such as Parkinson disease (PD) including, without limitation, sporadic PD, Alzheimer disease (AD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and other synucleinopathies and/or tauopathy as well as several polymorphisms and mutations in the KASPP/LRRK2 gene segregated with PD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicants: Mayo Clinic, GSF Forschungszentrum fuer umwelt und Gesundheit GmbH, Eberhard Karls Universitaet Tuebingen
    Inventors: Thomas Meitinger, Tim Matthias Strom, Saskia Biskup, Marius Ueffing, Elisabeth Kremmer, Christian Gloeckner, Thomas Gasser, Petra Leitner, Friedrich Asmus, Nadja Patenge, Alexander Zimprich, Matthew J. Farrer, Jennifer M. Kachergus, Sara J. Lincoln, Mary M. Hulihan, Zibigniew Wszolek, Ryan Uitti
  • Patent number: 6776406
    Abstract: A feeder/separator apparatus for separating and moving sheets from a stack of sheets is described. The feeder/separator includes an input area for positioning the stack of sheets; a first and second series of rollers for jointly feeding a sheet on the bottom of the stack into an area of the apparatus including a third and forth series of rollers and a first series of belts; a pre-separation brake adapted to act in a pivoting pattern only on the first series of belts to cause a first stage separation of the bottom sheet; a separation brake adapted to act in a linear pattern only on the fourth series of rollers to cause a second stage separation of the bottom sheet, the pre-separation and separation brakes permitting the bottom sheets to be separated from the stack; and a fifth series of rollers and a second series of belts both being adapted to feed the bottom sheets away from the feeder/separator apparatus in a sheet feed path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Ascom Hasler Mailing Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Hans Jaeger, Stefan Etter, Thomas Gasser
  • Publication number: 20020170681
    Abstract: A moistening apparatus for moistening an area containing glue on an envelope flap by continuously supplying water to the glue area. The apparatus comprises a frame member; a support member for moving one envelope at a time with the envelope flap in a partially opened position toward the moistening apparatus; a brush member supported lengthwise within the frame member; and a water supply member in contiguous contact with the brush member and adapted to continuously moisten the entire length of the brush with water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2002
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Inventors: Alain Saurer, Stefan Etter, Thomas Gasser
  • Publication number: 20020140162
    Abstract: An apparatus for stacking a stream of moving sheet-like material such as, for example, mailpieces is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2002
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventors: Thomas Gasser, Dan Ancliffe, Mitch Heeney
  • Publication number: 20020140158
    Abstract: A feeder/separator apparatus for separating and moving sheets from a stack of sheets is described. The feeder/separator includes an input area for positioning the stack of sheets; a first and second series of rollers for jointly feeding a sheet on the bottom of the stack into an area of the apparatus including a third and forth series of rollers and a first series of belts; a pre-separation brake adapted to act in a pivoting pattern only on the first series of belts to cause a first stage separation of the bottom sheet; a separation brake adapted to act in a linear pattern only on the fourth series of rollers to cause a second stage separation of the bottom sheet, the pre-separation and separation brakes permitting the bottom sheets to be separated from the stack; and a fifth series of rollers and a second series of belts both being adapted to feed the bottom sheets away from the feeder/separator apparatus in a sheet feed path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2002
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventors: Hans Jaeger, Stefan Etter, Thomas Gasser
  • Patent number: 6422554
    Abstract: A document feeder employs a lifting lever to lift stacked documents away from a feed roller each time a document is being fed away from the stack. In this way the separation of documents is enhanced, providing a mechanism that more readily accommodates documents of varying shapes, thicknesses, and materials. The feeder uses a motor linked by one-way clutches to feed mechanisms for documents and for labels, stacked separately. The motor is driven in one direction to feed documents and in the other direction to feed labels. A moistener is provided below the paper path, and the moistener is mounted so that it can be slidably removed. When it is removed, feed rollers are permitted to relax and move apart which helps in the clearing of jams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: Ascom Hasler Mailing Systems AG
    Inventors: Heinz Wuethrich, Stefan Kaeser, Thomas Gasser
  • Patent number: 5526273
    Abstract: A method of and an apparatus for monitoring and programming functioning of a machine for machining workpieces, in particular, a spark erosion machine, in which separate functions are displayed on a window of the apparatus screen, one or more of the displayed functions is/are selected and then set up valuewise in a further window of the apparatus screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1996
    Assignee: AGIE A.G. Fur Industrielle Elektronik
    Inventors: Claudio Borsari, Thomas Gasser, Lars Olsson