Patents by Inventor Thomas Leibfried

Thomas Leibfried 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: 20260168309
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, articles of manufacture, and methods to detect and respond to drive belt failures in vertically translating doors are disclosed. An example apparatus comprising: a bracket mountable adjacent to a drive belt of a vertically translating door, and a roller to be coupled to the bracket in a position to be in contact with the drive belt. The roller pivots about a first axis relative to the bracket. The roller rotates about a second axis relative to the bracket as the drive belt moves against the roller. The example apparatus further includes a sensor to sense movement of the roller about the first axis in response to a loss of tension in the drive belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2025
    Publication date: June 18, 2026
    Inventors: Luke Nuzzo, Derek Lewan, Steven Hart Campbell, Connor Kaufmann, Thomas Leibfried, Luke Ryder Kamps, Michael Sivill
  • Publication number: 20220356758
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to operate powered doors are disclosed. A door system includes a panel, and a track including a first track wall and a second track wall opposite the first track wall. The first and second track walls define a channel therebetween. A lateral edge of the panel is to move along the channel as the panel moves between a closed position and an open position. The door system further includes a first refeed block to be aligned with the first track wall. The first refeed block is to extend a first distance above the first track wall. The door system also includes a second refeed block to be aligned with the second track wall. The second refeed block is to extend a second distance above the second track wall. The first distance greater than the second distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Derek Lewan, Steven Hart Campbell, Michael Moore, Thomas Jansen, Thomas Leibfried, Ryan Pfaff, Perry Knutson
  • Patent number: 8819881
    Abstract: Electrostatic dust collector comprising a first (1) and a second electrode (2), a voltage source (3) for applying a voltage between the two electrodes (1, 2), and a connection to ground (2a) is provided. The first electrode (1) and the second electrode (2) form a dust collection device, the first electrode (1) being positively charged and the second electrode (2) being negatively charged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Carl Freudenberg KG
    Inventors: Karl-Ludwig Gibis, Mike Kosub, Thomas Leibfried, Christoph Herold
  • Publication number: 20120110756
    Abstract: Electrostatic dust collector comprising a first (1) and a second electrode (2), a voltage source (3) for applying a voltage between the two electrodes (1, 2), and a connection to ground (2a) is provided. The first electrode (1) and the second electrode (2) form a dust collection device, the first electrode (1) being positively charged and the second electrode (2) being negatively charged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Karl-Ludwig Gibis, Mike Kosub, Thomas Leibfried, Christoph Herold
  • Patent number: 7694591
    Abstract: During a method of evaluating a dosing operation, carried out by means of a dosing pump, for dosing a liquid medium in a vessel, filled at least partially with a gas, a pressure profile of the gas, present in the vessel, is detected at least periodically during the dosing operation. This pressure profile is compared with a desired value profile, prescribed for a control unit of the dosing pump, of the pump rate or pump output defining the dosing operation, and an evaluation result is issued in dependence on the comparison. In such case, the dosing operation is evaluated to be faulty or in need of correction when it is determined that the detected pressure profile over time with the prescribed pump rate or prescribed pump output lies outside a desired value range. A plurality of error conditions for the evaluation of the dosing operation are used, which consider the pressure development in a time window after a prescribed change in the defining pump rate or pump output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: STRATEC BIOMEDICAL Systems AG
    Inventor: Thomas Leibfried
  • Publication number: 20070177986
    Abstract: During a method of evaluating a dosing operation, carried out by means of a dosing pump, for dosing a liquid medium in a vessel, filled at least partially with a gas, a pressure profile of the gas, present in the vessel, is detected at least periodically during the dosing operation. This pressure profile is compared with a desired value profile, prescribed for a control unit of the dosing pump, of the pump rate or pump output defining the dosing operation, and an evaluation result is issued in dependence on the comparison. In such case, the dosing operation is evaluated to be faulty or in need of correction when it is determined that the detected pressure profile over time with the prescribed pump rate or prescribed pump output lies outside a desired value range. A plurality of error conditions for the evaluation of the dosing operation are used, which consider the pressure development in a time window after a prescribed change in the defining pump rate or pump output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventor: Thomas Leibfried