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).
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Patent number: 12630129Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 14, 2022Date of Patent: May 19, 2026Assignee: Remmen TechnologiesInventors: Michael Putz, Thomas Zipper
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Patent number: 12624737Abstract: A brake device and a machine including the brake device. The brake device includes an actuator, a transmission, an expander device, a brake lining and a frictional surface. The actuator moves in a limited actuator actuation region, and in at least part of the actuator actuation region, the actuator turns the expander device about at least one fulcrum via the transmission. In at least part of the actuator actuation region, for the purpose of braking, the actuator presses the brake lining, 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-linear transmission ratio that is not constant over at least part of the actuator actuation region. The transmission turns the expander device in accordance with the non-linearity.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2021Date of Patent: May 12, 2026Assignee: Remmen TechnologiesInventors: Michael Putz, Thomas Zipper
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Publication number: 20250189004Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2021Publication date: June 12, 2025Inventors: Michael Putz, Thomas Zipper
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Publication number: 20240326761Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2022Publication date: October 3, 2024Inventors: Michael Putz, Thomas Zipper
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Publication number: 20230392659Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2021Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Michael Putz, Thomas Zipper
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Patent number: 10414062Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 4, 2015Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Hochland SEInventors: Franz Stadelmann, Andreas Biggel, Claudio Polizzi, Thomas Zipper, Michael Wilhelm, Mario Iblher
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Publication number: 20160158954Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2015Publication date: June 9, 2016Applicant: Hochland SEInventors: Franz Stadelmann, Andreas Biggel, Claudio Polizzi, Thomas Zipper, Michael Wilhelm, Mario Iblher
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Patent number: 6956648Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 21, 2000Date of Patent: October 18, 2005Assignee: scan Messtechnik Gesellschaft mbHInventors: Martin Loicht, Andreas Weingartner, Wendelin Weingartner, Nikolaus Fleischmann, Thomas Zipper, Bernhard Weingartner
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Publication number: 20040017567Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2003Publication date: January 29, 2004Inventors: Martin Loicht, Andreas Weingartner, Wendelin Weingartner, Nikolaus Fleischmann, Thomas Zipper, Bernhard Weingartner