Patents by Inventor Thorsten Schaefer

Thorsten Schaefer 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: 20240150054
    Abstract: The invention relates to an output unit for a provision individually per track of sheet material for placing beneath products fed on two or multiple tracks, in particular beneath food portions, said output unit comprising a draw-in device that is configured to draw in individually per track a respective one material web of the sheet material per track and that in particular has at least one driven draw-in shaft and at least one draw-in pressure unit; a separation device that is configured to separate the sheet material from the material webs; and an ejection device that is configured to discharge sheet material on two or multiple tracks and that comprises a driven ejection roller and an ejection counter-unit that forms an ejection gap for the sheet material together with the ejection roller, wherein the ejection roller is jointly associated with at least two tracks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Marvin Schäfer, Thorsten Schneider, Markus Gerhardt, Florian Reitz, Julian Nolte, Heiko Knöppel
  • Patent number: 11975873
    Abstract: The invention relates to an output unit for a provision individually per track of sheet material for placing beneath products fed on two or multiple tracks, in particular beneath food portions, said output unit comprising a draw-in device that is configured to draw in individually per track a respective one material web of the sheet material per track and that in particular has at least one driven draw-in shaft and at least one draw-in pressure unit; a separation device that is configured to separate the sheet material from the material webs; and an ejection device that is configured to discharge sheet material on two or multiple tracks and that comprises a driven ejection roller and an ejection counter-unit that forms an ejection gap for the sheet material together with the ejection roller, wherein the ejection roller is jointly associated with at least two tracks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Weber Maschinenbau GmbH Breidenbach
    Inventors: Marvin Schäfer, Thorsten Schneider, Markus Gerhardt, Florian Reitz, Julian Nolte, Heiko Knöppel
  • Publication number: 20240091519
    Abstract: A dialysis machine includes a leakage construction having a leakage collecting device and a leakage connector. The leakage connector is preferably a leakage adapter arranged between an opening of the leakage collecting device and a hose. The leakage connector has a main body to which a seal is attached, which can be brought into sealing contact with the leakage collecting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Marco Jakobi, Oliver Schaefer, Thorsten Thomas
  • Patent number: 11927295
    Abstract: A tube arrangement for the transport of temperature control medium, comprising a base body (2) made of polymeric material and produced by means of blow molding, wherein at least one functional element (3) is arranged in the base body (2), which element is in operative connection with the temperature control medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: TI AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
    Inventors: Albert Boecker, Matthias Winter, Thorsten Schaefer, Florian Deibel
  • Publication number: 20240003640
    Abstract: Arrangement for the transport of media, having at least one base body, wherein the base body forms at least one wall, wherein the wall delimits, at least in sections, two flow channels formed in the base body, wherein the flow channels are separated from one another by at least one separating body arranged in the base body at least in sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Albert BOECKER, Matthias WINTER, Thorsten SCHAEFER, Manuel SCHUSTER
  • Publication number: 20230323965
    Abstract: A rotary valve, comprising a valve housing with a valve chamber, wherein the valve chamber has a chamber wall in which at least two fluid openings are provided, wherein the valve chamber has a receiving opening on the end face side, wherein the valve chamber accommodates a valve core, wherein the valve core is provided with a channel structure which interacts with the fluid openings, wherein the valve core is supported in the valve chamber in a rotationally movable manner, wherein the valve core is continuously rotatable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Albert BOECKER, Matthias WINTER, Thorsten SCHAEFER, Florian DEIBEL, Matthias Bernhard OLBRICH, Artem TUZIN
  • Publication number: 20230258272
    Abstract: A check valve, comprising a first housing part, a second housing part and an insert, wherein a spring element and a valve body are formed from the insert, wherein a valve seat is formed from the first housing part, wherein the first housing part and the second housing part have a connecting element for connection to a fluid line, wherein the insert is formed from injection-moldable plastic, and a coolant circuit comprising a coolant guide and at least one check valve, and an electric vehicle comprising a coolant circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Albert BOECKER, Matthias WINTER, Thorsten SCHAEFER, Florian DEIBEL
  • Patent number: 11674483
    Abstract: A sucking jet pump arrangement, with a sucking jet pump comprising a primary fluid inlet for feeding a fuel driving stream to the sucking jet pump, a secondary fluid inlet for feeding the sucking jet pump with the fuel to be delivered, a fluid outlet for outputting the fuel, and a collection container surrounding a first end of the sucking jet pump opposite of the fluid outlet. The container preferably surrounds the primary fluid inlet from at least three sides such that the sucking jet pump sucks fuel via the secondary fluid inlet out of the inner volume of the collection container. The collection container has at least one fuel inlet opening for feeding fuel from the outside to the inner volume of the collection container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: TI AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY CENTER, GMBH
    Inventors: Albert Boecker, Thorsten Schaefer
  • Patent number: 11662032
    Abstract: A rotary valve, comprising a valve housing with a valve chamber, wherein the valve chamber has a chamber wall in which at least two fluid openings are provided, wherein the valve chamber has a receiving opening on the end face side, wherein the valve chamber accommodates a valve core, wherein the valve core is provided with a channel structure which interacts with the fluid openings, wherein the valve core is supported in the valve chamber in a rotationally movable manner, wherein the valve chamber is formed in a conical shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: TI AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
    Inventors: Albert Boecker, Matthias Winter, Thorsten Schaefer, Florian Deibel, Matthias B. Olbrich
  • Publication number: 20220314521
    Abstract: An Arrangement for transporting media, comprising a base body formed as a blow-molded part and at least one functional element, wherein the functional element is positively fixed to the base body, wherein the positive fit is formed by shaping the base body during blow molding, and a method for producing an arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Albert Boecker, Matthias Winter, Thorsten Schaefer, Florian Deibel, Artem Tuzin
  • Publication number: 20220314520
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an arrangement for the transport of media includes a base body formed as a blow-molded part and at least one functional element, in which a preform consisting of polymeric material and at least one functional element are provided and arranged in a blow mold, wherein the base body is formed from the preform, wherein the preform bears against the functional element during forming, wherein the blow mold has a first mold element and a second mold element, wherein the base body is formed from the preform between the first mold element and the second mold element, wherein the first mold element and the second mold element bear against the functional element in such a way that excess material produced from the preform in the area of the functional element during blow molding can be removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Albert Boecker, Matthias Winter, Thorsten Schaefer, Florian Deibel, Artem Tuzin
  • Publication number: 20220178453
    Abstract: A rotary valve, comprising a valve housing with a valve chamber, wherein the valve chamber has a chamber wall in which at least two fluid openings are provided, wherein the valve chamber has a receiving opening on the end face side, wherein the valve chamber accommodates a valve core, wherein the valve core is provided with a channel structure which interacts with the fluid openings, wherein the valve core is supported in the valve chamber in a rotationally movable manner, wherein the valve chamber is formed in a conical shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Albert BOECKER, Matthias WINTER, Thorsten SCHAEFER, Florian DEIBEL, Matthias B. OLBRICH
  • Publication number: 20220109202
    Abstract: An energy storage system, comprising a housing in which several energy storage cells are arranged, wherein a temperature control unit is arranged in the housing, wherein the temperature control unit contacts the energy storage cells at least in sections, wherein the temperature control unit has a shape which is adapted at least in sections to the shape of the energy storage cells, wherein the temperature control unit is designed as a blow molded part, and a method of manufacturing an energy storage system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Albert BOECKER, Matthias WINTER, Thorsten SCHAEFER, Florian DEIBEL
  • Publication number: 20220065554
    Abstract: Pipe arrangement for transporting temperature control media, comprising a base body which is produced by means of blow molding and from which at least a first channel and a second channel are formed, wherein the first channel and the second channel have a first orientation towards one another in a first section and a second orientation towards one another in a second section, wherein the first orientation is different from the second orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Albert BOECKER, Matthias WINTER, Thorsten SCHAEFER, Florian DEIBEL, Mathieu AUCOUTURIER
  • Publication number: 20210379811
    Abstract: A method for producing a tube arrangement (1) for the transport of tempering medium, in which base body sections (6, 7) are provided, which have congruently configured separating surfaces (8), wherein at least one functional element (3) on at least one base body section (6, 7) is arranged in such a way that it can be in contact with the tempering medium, whereafter the base body sections (6, 7) are joined along the separating surface (8) and bonded to one another to form the tube arrangement (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Albert BOECKER, Matthias WINTER, Thorsten SCHAEFER, Florian DEIBEL
  • Publication number: 20210381626
    Abstract: A tube arrangement for the transport of temperature control medium, comprising a base body (2) made of polymeric material and produced by means of blow molding, wherein at least one functional element (3) is arranged in the base body (2), which element is in operative connection with the temperature control medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Albert BOECKER, Matthias WINTER, Thorsten SCHAEFER, Florian DEIBEL
  • Patent number: 10953743
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a saddle tank for motor vehicles, having two chambers connected to one another in their upper region via a central portion having a reduced cross-section, wherein the first chamber has an access opening for refueling and wherein a fill level-limiting valve is arranged in the second chamber. In order to prevent unwanted swash-over of fuel from the first chamber into the second chamber, provision is made according to the invention for there to be arranged, between the two chambers, a separating body which has a separating wall, which extends over the entire width of the central portion between an upper and a lower wall portion, and a pipe which extends from an opening in the separating wall into the first chamber and allows fluid communication between the first and the second chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: TI AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
    Inventors: Albert J. Boecker, Alex Ehler, Thorsten Schaefer
  • Publication number: 20210054812
    Abstract: A sucking jet pump arrangement, with a sucking jet pump comprising a primary fluid inlet for feeding a fuel driving stream to the sucking jet pump, a secondary fluid inlet for feeding the sucking jet pump with the fuel to be delivered, a fluid outlet for outputting the fuel, and a collection container surrounding a first end of the sucking jet pump opposite of the fluid outlet. The container preferably surrounds the primary fluid inlet from at least three sides such that the sucking jet pump sucks fuel via the secondary fluid inlet out of the inner volume of the collection container. The collection container has at least one fuel inlet opening for feeding fuel from the outside to the inner volume of the collection container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Albert Boecker, Thorsten Schaefer
  • Patent number: 10906735
    Abstract: A plastic fuel container with a fill level transmitter has a floating body, which is disposed on a rotatably mounted carrier via a lever arm, and a magnet, which is disposed on the carrier and which rotates together with the carrier when the carrier rotates as a result of the floating body, and a Hall sensor, which is disposed in a fixed position relative to the magnet, for detecting a field strength, which changes when the magnet rotates, as a measurement for the fill level in the container. In addition, the Hall sensor is disposed on a sensor carrier which can be mounted from the outer side of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: TI AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
    Inventors: Albert J. Boecker, Patrick Gmünd, Gerrit Michaelis, Thorsten Schaefer
  • Publication number: 20200255217
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a container, in particular a plastic fuel container, with a fill level transmitter that has a floating body, which is disposed on a rotatably mounted carrier via a lever arm, and a magnet, which is disposed on the carrier and which rotates together with the carrier when the carrier rotates as a result of the floating body, and a Hall sensor, which is disposed in a fixed position relative to the magnet, for detecting a field strength, which changes when the magnet rotates, as a measurement for the fill level in the container. According to the present disclosure, the Hall sensor is disposed on a sensor carrier which can be mounted from the outer side of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Albert J. BOECKER, Patrick GMÜND, Gerrit MICHAELIS, Thorsten SCHAEFER