Patents by Inventor Tim Schroeder

Tim Schroeder 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: 11933276
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plain bearing device, in particular for supporting a rotor hub of a wind turbine, comprising an inner ring element (1), which in particular forms a part of the rotating rotor shaft, and an outer ring element (2), which in particular forms a part of the rotor stator, wherein two plain bearings (3a, 3b) axially spaced apart are formed between the inner and outer ring elements (1, 2), the plain bearing surfaces (3c) of which plain bearings, in particular as viewed in a cross-section parallel through the axis of rotation (4), are arranged nonparallel to each other and each at an angle not equal to zero and/or not equal to 90 degrees to the axis of rotation (4), and wherein in each of the two plain bearings (3a, 3b) one of the interacting plain bearing surfaces (3c), in particular the plain bearing surface on the inner ring element (1), forms a surface that is continuous in the circumferential direction and the other of the interacting plain bearing surfaces (3c), in particular the plain
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: RHEINISCH-WESTFAELISCHE-TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE
    Inventor: Tim Schroeder
  • Patent number: 11841098
    Abstract: A wireless communication safety break device is disclosed which has an upper safety break portion having a fuel inlet, an upper portion check valve, an upper portion communications device, an upper portion contact point or switch, and a lower safety break portion having a fuel outlet, a lower portion check valve, a lower portion contact point or switch, and a locator device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Inventors: Tim Schroeder, Arthur C. Fink
  • Publication number: 20200332935
    Abstract: A wireless communication safety break device is disclosed which has an upper safety break portion having a fuel inlet, an upper portion check valve, an upper portion communications device, an upper portion contact point or switch, and a lower safety break portion having a fuel outlet, a lower portion check valve, a lower portion contact point or switch, and a locator device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Tim Schroeder, Arthur C. Fink
  • Publication number: 20200173425
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plain bearing device, in particular for supporting a rotor hub of a wind turbine, comprising an inner ring element (1), which in particular forms a part of the rotating rotor shaft, and an outer ring element (2), which in particular forms a part of the rotor stator, wherein two plain bearings (3a, 3b) axially spaced apart are formed between the inner and outer ring elements (1, 2), the plain bearing surfaces (3c) of which plain bearings, in particular as viewed in a cross-section parallel through the axis of rotation (4), are arranged nonparallel to each other and each at an angle not equal to zero and/or not equal to 90 degrees to the axis of rotation (4), and wherein in each of the two plain bearings (3a, 3b) one of the interacting plain bearing surfaces (3c), in particular the plain bearing surface on the inner ring element (1), forms a surface that is continuous in the circumferential direction and the other
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventor: Tim SCHROEDER
  • Patent number: 8474336
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for depositing samples in modules, in particular, in kits, in addition to an adapter. The inventive adapter (1) is embodied in such a manner that an injection needle can be received in a liquid-tight manner. It is connected in a liquid-tight manner to the low-lying module or kit (20) and enables a continuous flow of samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Atoll GmbH
    Inventors: Juergen Hubbuch, Tim Schroeder, Pierre Beugre, Matthias Wiendahl
  • Publication number: 20100242634
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for depositing samples in modules, in particular, in kits, in addition to an adapter. The inventive adapter (1) is embodied in such a manner that an injection needle can be received in a liquid-tight manner. It is connected in a liquid-tight manner to the low-lying module or kit (20) and enables a continuous flow of samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2006
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Juergen Hubbuch, Tim Schroeder, Pierre Beugre, Matthias Wiendahl