Patents by Inventor Thomas Staub

Thomas Staub 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: 20240131276
    Abstract: An insertion mechanism for a cannula includes a cannula housing, a displaceable cannula, at least one cannula holder, an insertion spring, a triggering element, and a safety device. The safety device, in a secured state, holds the triggering element in a blocked position against a force of the insertion spring and, in a released state, releases the triggering element such that the triggering element is movable into a release position by the force of said insertion energy store and the at least one cannula holder is able to move relative to the cannula housing, driven by the insertion energy store, so as to trigger or implement an insertion movement or insertion. To reach the released state, the safety mechanism is heatable by a heating element and softened and/or weakened with respect to its mechanical carrying or holding capacity, or severed or at least partially or completely melted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Buri, Christophe Hofer, Patrick Hostettler, Seline Staub, Jürg Steck, Ursina Streit
  • Patent number: 11911601
    Abstract: An insertion mechanism for a cannula includes a cannula housing, a displaceable cannula, at least one cannula holder, an insertion spring, a triggering element, and a safety device. The safety device, in a secured state, holds the triggering element in a blocked position against a force of the insertion spring and, in a released state, releases the triggering element such that the triggering element is movable into a release position by the force of said insertion energy store and the at least one cannula holder is able to move relative to the cannula housing, driven by the insertion energy store, so as to trigger or implement an insertion movement or insertion. To reach the released state, the safety mechanism is heatable by a heating element and softened and/or weakened with respect to its mechanical carrying or holding capacity, or severed or at least partially or completely melted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: TecMed AG
    Inventors: Thomas Buri, Christophe Hofer, Patrick Hostettler, Seline Staub, Jürg Steck, Ursina Streit
  • Patent number: 11119123
    Abstract: A power meter includes a power meter housing and a terminal block that is movable relative to the power meter housing between a first orientation where two or more terminals of the terminal block face a first direction, and a second orientation where the two or more terminals of the terminal block face a second direction. A controller is operatively coupled to the two or more terminals of the terminal block in the first orientation and in the second orientation and is configured to determine a number of power monitor parameters for one or more phases of power that is delivered to a load based at least in part on signals at the two or more terminals of the terminal block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Staub
  • Publication number: 20200292581
    Abstract: A power meter includes a power meter housing and a terminal block that is movable relative to the power meter housing between a first orientation where two or more terminals of the terminal block face a first direction, and a second orientation where the two or more terminals of the terminal block face a second direction. A controller is operatively coupled to the two or more terminals of the terminal block in the first orientation and in the second orientation and is configured to determine a number of power monitor parameters for one or more phases of power that is delivered to a load based at least in part on signals at the two or more terminals of the terminal block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventor: Thomas Staub
  • Patent number: 8951022
    Abstract: A powder feed apparatus for a powder spraycoating equipment includes a dense phase powder pump fitted with at least one, or two feed chambers. Each of the feed chambers includes at one chamber end a powder intake valve and at the opposite chamber end a powder outlet valve and further includes at least one air exchange aperture to alternatingly apply compressed conveying air or a partial vacuum to the feed chamber. The apparatus further includes an integral structural block. The structural block includes the feed chambers and first control valves connected in fluid communication to at least one of feed chambers for the purpose of applying compressed conveying air and a partial vacuum to it. The first control valves are directly connected, in fluid communication via ducts constituted in the structural block, to at least one of the feed chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Gema Switzerland GmbH
    Inventors: Felix Mauchle, Christian Marxer, Thomas Staub
  • Publication number: 20140044578
    Abstract: The invention relates to a powder pump (100; 100?) for conveying coating powder, the powder pump (100; 100?) having a powder chamber (10; 10?) with a casing tube (1; 1?) and a gas-permeable filter element (2; 2?) arranged inside the casing tube (1; 1?) a first pinch valve (3; 3?), connected to the intake-side end region of the powder chamber (10; 10?), and a second pinch valve (4; 4?), connected to the delivery-side end region of the powder chamber (10; 10?). In order to achieve the effect that the powder pump (100; 100?) can be maintained with relatively little effort, according to the invention a first connection element (6; 6?) is provided, connected to the first pinch valve (3; 3?) and fitted onto or inserted into the intake-side end region of the powder chamber (10; 10?). A second connection element (7; 7?) is also provided, connected to the second pinch valve (4; 4?) and fitted onto or inserted into the delivery-side end region of the powder chamber (10; 10?).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: GEMA SWITZERLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Marco Sanwald, Thomas Staub
  • Patent number: 7871090
    Abstract: A powder spraycoating cart comprising two lateral posts fitted at their upper ends with a grip system and connected to each other by a control implement bin, said posts being connected at their lower ends by a base designed to support any one of several different powder containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: ITW Gema GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Staub
  • Publication number: 20100213281
    Abstract: A powder spraycoating equipment's powder feed apparatus containing a dense phase powder pump fitted with at least one, preferably two feed chambers each of which comprises at one chamber end a powder intake valve and at the opposite chamber end a powder outlet valve and further comprises at least one air exchange aperture to alternatingly apply compressed conveying air or a partial vacuum to the feed chamber, characterized by an integral structural block, by the feed chambers being constituted in the structural block, by all those first control valves that are connected in fluid communication to the minimum of one feed chamber for the purpose of applying compressed conveying air and a partial vacuum to it, being configured at the structural block and being directly connected, in fluid communication and by means of ducts constituted in the structural block, to the minimum of one feed chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: ITW GEMA GMBH
    Inventors: Felix Mauchle, Christian Marxer, Thomas Staub
  • Publication number: 20080191437
    Abstract: A powder spraycoating cart comprising two lateral posts fitted at their upper ends with a grip system and connected to each other by a control implement bin, said posts being connected at their lower ends by a base designed to support any one of several different powder containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: ITW GEMA AG
    Inventor: Thomas Staub
  • Patent number: D913829
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Wenbin Zhou, Thomas Staub, Qiang Peng
  • Patent number: D913830
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Wenbin Zhou, Thomas Staub, Qiang Peng
  • Patent number: D976364
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: GEMA SWITZERLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Marco Sanwald, Thomas Staub, Roger Tobler