Patents by Inventor Thomas Neumaier

Thomas Neumaier 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: 9320195
    Abstract: A trimmer head for a trimmer has a base member having a trimmer line opening. A clamping device arranged in the base member clamps a trimmer line that defines a cutting plane when rotated. The clamping member of the clamping device is rotatably disposed on a pivot bolt having a pivot axis positioned in a plane that is parallel to the cutting plane. The clamping member is spring-loaded by a clamping spring into a clamping position. The trimmer line is secured in the clamping position between a clamping surface and the clamping member. A centrifugal force acting on the trimmer line loads the clamping member in the clamping position. A U-shaped bracket has bracket legs connected by a stay. The clamping member is positioned between the bracket legs. The pivot bolt is supported on the bracket leg ends. The stay of the U-shaped bracket forms the clamping surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ina Weimer, Katharina Keller, Thomas Neumaier, Thomas Stark, Jürgen Häberlein
  • Publication number: 20140250699
    Abstract: A trimmer head for a trimmer has a base member having a trimmer line opening. A clamping device arranged in the base member clamps a trimmer line that defines a cutting plane when rotated. The clamping member of the clamping device is rotatably disposed on a pivot bolt having a pivot axis positioned in a plane that is parallel to the cutting plane. The clamping member is spring-loaded by a clamping spring into a clamping position. The trimmer line is secured in the clamping position between a clamping surface and the clamping member. A centrifugal force acting on the trimmer line loads the clamping member in the clamping position. A U-shaped bracket has bracket legs connected by a stay. The clamping member is positioned between the bracket legs. The pivot bolt is supported on the bracket leg ends. The stay of the U-shaped bracket forms the clamping surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ina Weimer, Katharina Keller, Thomas Neumaier, Thomas Stark, Jürgen Häberlein
  • Publication number: 20130152421
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for performing heat treatments comprising at least one treatment module (10), which has a first and a second heating section (11a, 11b). Hot air (L) is introduced into the heating sections (11a, 11b) via a line connection (13). After the treatment, the hot air (L) is discharged via suction means (14). The suction means are arranged at the end faces of the heating sections (11a, 11b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: BENNINGER ZELL GMBH
    Inventors: Paul Fricker, Thomas Neumaier, Andreas Maerkl, Thomas Wegmann
  • Patent number: 7552714
    Abstract: An ignition device for a motor unit with an internal combustion engine provided with a piston, a combustion chamber with a spark plug, a crankshaft driven by the piston, an intake port supplying combustion air to the combustion chamber, an exhaust for removing combustion gases from the combustion chamber, a signal generator driven by the crankshaft and emitting for one crankshaft revolution an alternating voltage signal, has an ignition unit that triggers a spark at the spark plug at a preselectable timing. The ignition unit is a module separate from the motor unit. An alternating voltage signal generated by the signal generator is supplied to the ignition unit as an information signal sufficient for operating the internal combustion engine. The alternating voltage signal is supplied to a first unit for energy processing and to a second unit for processing information for control of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Georg Maier, Wolfgang Layher, Thomas Neumaier, Eberhard Schieber, Mohamed Abou-Aly
  • Publication number: 20080053407
    Abstract: An ignition device for a motor unit with an internal combustion engine provided with a piston, a combustion chamber with a spark plug, a crankshaft driven by the piston, an intake port supplying combustion air to the combustion chamber, an exhaust for removing combustion gases from the combustion chamber, a signal generator driven by the crankshaft and emitting for one crankshaft revolution an alternating voltage signal, has an ignition unit that triggers a spark at the spark plug at a preselectable timing. The ignition unit is a module separate from the motor unit. An alternating voltage signal generated by the signal generator is supplied to the ignition unit as an information signal sufficient for operating the internal combustion engine. The alternating voltage signal is supplied to a first unit for energy processing and to a second unit for processing information for control of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: ANDREAS STIHL AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Georg Maier, Wolfgang Layher, Thomas Neumaier, Eberhard Schieber, Mohamed Abou-Aly
  • Publication number: 20060179806
    Abstract: A carrying system for an implement, comprising a carrying arm and a receiving device held on the carrying arm for receiving the guide rod of the implement. In a first state, the receiving device is adapted to fix the guide rod in a longitudinal direction thereof. In a second state, the receiving device is displaceable in the longitudinal direction of the guide rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Applicant: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Georg Maier, Wolfgang Layher, Gunter Mayer, Christoph Winkler, Carl-Philipp Clarenbach, Tobias Leininger, Benjamin Lietz, Thomas Neumaier, Denys Oparin, Achim Seifermann