Patents by Inventor Thomas Ruhe

Thomas Ruhe 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).

  • Media loading and separation system for printer
    Publication number: 20050062825
    Abstract: A media loading and separation system includes a spring pick block with an inclined surface having a lower end; an indentation, formed near the lower end of the inclined surface, having a substantially vertical surface; and a spring arm movably disposed in response to a media stack with respect to the inclined surface between rearward and forward positions. The media separation system can also include a corner media separator to engage a corner of the media stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2003
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Inventors: Jiangxiao Mo, Thomas Ruhe, Stephen Deng
  • Device for absorbing and/or damping sound waves
    Patent number: 6305494
    Abstract: A device for absorbing and/or damping sound waves has a system for damping and/or silencing sound waves provided with a thin vibratory layer (1) on the side facing the sound waves. In order to improve sound damping and silencing properties, even during a prolonged use with concomitant exposure to strong heat, the thin vibratory layer (1) is made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy and is 0.004 to 0.35 mm thick.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Faist Automotive GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Klaus Pfaffelhuber, Gerhard Köck, Stefan Lahner, Thomas Ruhe
  • Magnetizable flat damping component and adhesive, especially for use in sound-deadening mats
    Patent number: 5984043
    Abstract: In a magnetizable flat damping component with an acoustic wave damping or suppressing layer (5) with an adhesive layer (2) bonded thereto for securing the damping component to other objects (6) and with magnetizable particles (3) in the damping component the magnetizable particles are integrated into the adhesive layer (2) using binding agents (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: M. Faist GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Ruhe, Max Wagner, Stefan Lahner, Manfred Roller