Patents by Inventor Thomas Reichenbach

Thomas Reichenbach 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).

  • Switching cabinet arrangement with a main door and at least one auxiliary door
    Patent number: 8020950
    Abstract: A switching cabinet arrangement equipped with a main door and at least one auxiliary door having a locking device mounted on them, which has an actuating mechanism that causes an actuating device to unlock the auxiliary door as the main door is opened. The locking device has a blocking mechanism that acts on the actuating device and prevents the main door from closing when an auxiliary door is open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Rittal GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Reuter, Matthias Müller, Thomas Reichenbach
  • Switching cabinet arrangement with a main door and at least one auxiliary door
    Publication number: 20090127991
    Abstract: A switching cabinet arrangement equipped with a main door and at least one auxiliary door having a locking device mounted on them, which has an actuating mechanism that causes an actuating device to unlock the auxiliary door as the main door is opened. The locking device has a blocking mechanism that acts on the actuating device and prevents the main door from closing when an auxiliary door is open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventors: Wolfgang Reuter, Matthias Muller, Thomas Reichenbach
  • Method and Device for Operating a Drive Unit
    Publication number: 20070272207
    Abstract: A method and a device for operating a drive unit in a vehicle permit convenient transformation of a specified speed. A setpoint for at least one output variable of the drive unit is specified, and in at least one operating state of the drive unit, a setpoint for an operating variable of the drive unit is also specified, the at least one output variable of the drive unit being specified in this operating state regardless of its setpoint in the sense of approximating an actual value for the operating variable to the setpoint for the operating variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2004
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Inventors: Christian Claudepierre, Rainer Hoepfinger, Thomas Reichenbach