Patents by Inventor Thomas Kloos

Thomas Kloos 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: 20130032054
    Abstract: Disclosed is an actuator, in particular for a rail vehicle, comprising a fluidic first actuator unit and a control device having a first control unit, wherein the first actuator unit is connected to the first control unit and can be supplied with power from a fluidic power source under the control of the first control unit. Furthermore, a fluidic second actuator unit is provided, and the control device comprises a second control unit, wherein the second actuator unit is connected to the second control unit and can be supplied with power from the fluidic power source under the control of the second control unit. The invention further relates to a vehicle, in particular a rail vehicle, having an actuator according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicants: LIEBHERR-AEROSPACE LINDENBERG GMBH, BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION GMBH
    Inventors: Richard Schneider, Eduard Mesnjak, Anton Gaile, Thomas Kloos
  • Patent number: 5038261
    Abstract: An operating-room light fixture features a cardanic mounting connected to an overhead beam or other stationary support by joints or linkages which rotate about horizontal and vertical axes. After setting of the optimal illumination zone into the operating plane, that zone's coordinates, and the associated coordinates of the lamp housing, are stored as values in a computer. Upon intentional or unintentional spatial displacement of the lamp housing, angle sensors in the joints, and a distance sensor in the lamp housing, furnish data to the computer, which calculates a compensating adjustment and carries it out by applying control signals to positioning motors in the cardanic mounting, until the axis or axes of the light beam(s) again place the optimal illumination zone on the operating field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1991
    Assignee: W. C. Heraeus GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Kloos