Patents by Inventor Thomas Von Arx

Thomas Von Arx 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: 7898819
    Abstract: A 1/16 DIN power controller configuration is provided that includes a housing, a circuit board carrier disposed within the housing and capable of engaging at least three circuit boards within the housing, a power supply circuit board disposed within the housing and engaged by the circuit board carrier, and a communications circuit board disposed adjacent the power supply circuit board within the housing and engaged by the circuit board carrier. The communications circuit board includes Ethernet/IP and/or Modbus TCP protocols, and in alternate forms includes RS-232 and RS-485 with Modbus RTU protocol, DeviceNet, Profibus DP, CanOpen, and/or EtherCat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Thomas Robert Pfingsten, Stanton Hopkins Breitlow, John Frederic Lemke, Keith Douglas Ness, Robert Allen Pape, Larry Emil Tiedemann, Theodore Thomas Von Arx, Dale Thomas Wolfe, Matthew Francis Yender
  • Patent number: 7826232
    Abstract: An assembly includes a circuit board, a terminal and a pin. The circuit board is for a controller and includes terminal mounting holes. The terminal mounting holes include a first mounting hole and a second mounting hole. The terminal includes a first mounting post that has an interference fit with said first mounting hole. The terminal also includes a second mounting post that has a transitional fit with the second mounting hole. A pin is electrically coupled to one or more of the first mounting post and the second mounting post and couples to a block connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Theodore Thomas Von Arx, Stanton Hopkins Breitlow, John Frederic Lemke, Keith Douglas Ness, Robert Allen Pape, Thomas Robert Pfingsten, Larry Emil Tiedemann
  • Patent number: 7652395
    Abstract: A power control system includes a base having a housing configured for releasably receiving a control unit and a cavity within the housing for receiving a solid state relay having a hockey puck configuration. The base includes an input power terminal for coupling to an input power source, an output power terminal for coupling to a power receiving load, and coupling fixtures for fixedly and electrically coupling to input and output power terminals and control terminals of the received solid state relay. A control unit is configured to control the solid state relay for selectively providing, at least a portion of, the power received at the input power terminal to the output power terminal. The control unit has a housing adapted to be releasably coupled to the base housing. The control unit and base each configured to electrically couple the control unit to the control terminals of the received solid state relay as a function of the control unit being coupled to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Theodore Thomas Von Arx, Donald Leo Commare, Craig Richard Dennis, Leon J. McNutt, Thomas Robert Pfingsten, Keith Douglas Ness, Robert Allen Pape, John Frederic Lemke, Larry Emil Tiedemann, Stanton Hopkins Breitlow
  • Patent number: 7636615
    Abstract: A power control assembly for use in an integrated power control system has a base with a housing that defines a cavity adapted for receiving a power switch. The control assembly includes a control module configured for generating control signals for controlling the power switch for selectively providing power to a load. A control housing houses the control module and is adapted to be releasably coupled to the base housing and is configured for electrically coupling to control couplers on the base housing for providing the generated control signals to the power switch within the housing cavity upon coupling the control housing to the base housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Thomas Robert Pfingsten, Donald Leo Commare, Craig Richard Dennis, Leon J. McNutt, Theodore Thomas Von Arx, Keith Douglas Ness, Robert Allen Pape, John Frederic Lemke, Larry Emil Tiedemann, Stanton Hopkins Breitlow
  • Patent number: 7048542
    Abstract: A dental splint for fixing a tooth with increased mobility, which dental splint has several eyes, adjacent eyes being interconnected via a flat connection, and the individual eyes each having a through-opening which is surrounded by a link so that it is possible, by way of the through-opening, to apply an adhesive to the tooth located behind the respective through-opening to secure the dental splint on the tooth, wherein the through-opening of the eye is substantially diamond-shaped, and wherein the flat connection between the eyes is at least approximately twice as wide as the link which surrounds the through-openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Medartis AG
    Inventors: Thomas Von Arx, Andreas Filippi, Joachim Pfefferle
  • Publication number: 20030180689
    Abstract: A dental splint (2) for fixing a tooth (Z4, Z5) with increased mobility has several eyes (10), adjacent eyes (10) being interconnected. The individual eyes (10) each have a through opening (11) which is surrounded by a link (12a, 12b, 12c, 12d), so that e.g. an adhesive (KK) can be applied to the tooth (Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4, Z5, Z6, Z7) that is located behind a particular through opening (11) through said through opening (11) in order to fix the dental splint (2) on the tooth. The invention is characterised in that the connection (13) between adjacent eyes (10) is configured in the form of a flat connection (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: Thomas Von Arx, Andreas Filippi, Joachim Pfefferle
  • Patent number: D601103
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Robert Allen Pape, Stanton Hopkins Breitlow, John Frederic Lemke, Keith Douglas Ness, Thomas Robert Pfingsten, Theodore Thomas Von Arx
  • Patent number: D605119
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Robert A. Pape, Craig Richard Dennis, Donald L. Commare, Thomas Robert Pfingsten, Stanton Hopkins Breitlow, Keith Douglas Ness, John Frederic Lemke, Theodore Thomas Von Arx
  • Patent number: D605120
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Robert A. Pape, Craig Richard Dennis, Thomas Robert Pfingsten, Theodore Thomas Von Arx
  • Patent number: D605143
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Theodore Thomas Von Arx, Robert Allen Pape, Keith Douglas Ness, John Frederic Lemke
  • Patent number: D605144
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Theodore Thomas Von Arx, Robert Allen Pape, Keith Douglas Ness, John Frederic Lemke
  • Patent number: D630580
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Robert Allen Pape, Stanton Hopkins Breitlow, John Frederic Lemke, Keith Douglas Ness, Thomas Robert Pfingsten, Theodore Thomas Von Arx