Patents by Inventor Thomas Zipper

Thomas Zipper 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: 20250189004
    Abstract: In particular, the invention relates to an electromechanical brake, a machine, a wear readjustment device and a method or procedure, whereby the electromechanical brake comprises an actuator, a transmission unit, a brake lining and a friction surface, the actuator which is moving in a limited actuator actuation range, the actuator which is executing a lining stroke over at least a portion of its actuator actuation range via the transmission unit, whereby the transmission unit has a non-linearity, i.e. a transference ratio which is not constant over at least part of the actuator operating range, and whereby the transference ratio of the transmission unit is selected and/or configured in such a way that at least two subsections with differently acting non-linearities are formed along the actuator operating range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Inventors: Michael Putz, Thomas Zipper
  • Publication number: 20240326761
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for braking a vehicle, a brake control device and a vehicle, wherein the vehicle has at least one wheel, a first braking device, a braking-detection device and a brake control device, wherein the detected braking instance is converted into a braking-detection signal by the braking-detection device, wherein a brake actuation signal is generated by the brake control device on the basis of the braking-detection signal, and wherein the brake actuation signal is transmitted to the first braking device by the brake control device to control the first braking device, thereby controlling the first braking device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Putz, Thomas Zipper
  • Publication number: 20230392659
    Abstract: The invention relates to a brake device and a machine which comprises said brake device, wherein: the brake device comprises an actuator (04), a transmission an expander device, a brake lining (063) and a frictional surface; the actuator (04) moves in a limited actuator actuation region; in at least part of its actuator actuation region, the actuator (04) turns the expander device about at least one fulcrum via the transmission, in at least part of its actuator actuation region, for the purpose of braking, the actuator (04) presses the brake lining (063), via the expander device, in the direction of and onto the frictional surface to generate a pressing force and a braking torque resulting therefrom; the transmission has a non-linearity (03), i.e. a non-consistent transmission ratio, over at least part of the actuator actuation region; and the transmission turns the expander device in accordance with the non-linearity (03).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Putz, Thomas Zipper
  • Patent number: 10414062
    Abstract: A transverse cutting roller 1 for the transverse cutting of a flat product moving in a transport direction, in particular a viscous foodstuff, such as industrially produced cheese 14, wherein a transverse cutting blade 3, which bridges the product, which is intended to be cut, transversely to the transport direction, is held on a carrier shaft 2 by a plurality of axially spaced blade carriers 4 mounted on the carrier shaft 2, wherein each blade carrier has at least one carrier element 7, which extends radially outward with respect to the rotational axis A of the carrier shaft 2 when the blade carrier 4 is installed, wherein provided on the outer end of each carrier element 7 is a blade attachment section 5, on which the strip-type blade is detachably attached so as to be radially spaced from the carrier shaft 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Hochland SE
    Inventors: Franz Stadelmann, Andreas Biggel, Claudio Polizzi, Thomas Zipper, Michael Wilhelm, Mario Iblher
  • Publication number: 20160158954
    Abstract: A transverse cutting roller 1 for the transverse cutting of a flat product moving in a transport direction, in particular a viscous foodstuff, such as industrially produced cheese 14, wherein a transverse cutting blade 3, which bridges the product, which is intended to be cut, transversely to the transport direction, is held on a carrier shaft 2 by a plurality of axially spaced blade carriers 4 mounted on the carrier shaft 2, wherein each blade carrier has at least one carrier element 7, which extends radially outward with respect to the rotational axis A of the carrier shaft 2 when the blade carrier 4 is installed, wherein provided on the outer end of each carrier element 7 is a blade attachment section 5, on which the strip-type blade is detachably attached so as to be radially spaced from the carrier shaft 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: Hochland SE
    Inventors: Franz Stadelmann, Andreas Biggel, Claudio Polizzi, Thomas Zipper, Michael Wilhelm, Mario Iblher
  • Patent number: 6956648
    Abstract: Miniaturized spectrometer in the form of a probe for determining ingredients of a gaseous or liquid fluid with a light source and a spectrometer, at least one measurement beam, and at least one reference beam. Light from the light source is optionally fanned out and focused, by at least one optical lens, in an essentially parallel beam. At least one measurement beam is passed through a light transparent window from the probe into the fluid being investigated and through an additional light transparent window back in to the probe, and at least one reference beam is guided in the probe interior. A collecting optics device, comprising at least one lens, diverts the beams to the impingement point of the light guide or the inlet of the spectrometer, and a beam selector in the area of the collecting optics device passes through one of the partial beams and interrupts all the others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Assignee: scan Messtechnik Gesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Martin Loicht, Andreas Weingartner, Wendelin Weingartner, Nikolaus Fleischmann, Thomas Zipper, Bernhard Weingartner
  • Publication number: 20040017567
    Abstract: The invention concerns a miniaturized spectrometer, especially in the form of a probe, for determination of the ingredients of a gaseous or liquid fluid with a light source (3) and a spectrometer (2), at least one measurement beam and at least one reference beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2003
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Inventors: Martin Loicht, Andreas Weingartner, Wendelin Weingartner, Nikolaus Fleischmann, Thomas Zipper, Bernhard Weingartner