Patents by Inventor Torsten Hofmann
Torsten Hofmann 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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Publication number: 20230243433Abstract: A directional control valve for handling fluids, such as cooling and/or heating fluids, may be used in a motor vehicle, such as an electrically operated motor vehicle. The directional control value may include: a valve housing defining at least one fluid channel including at least one fluid inlet and at least one fluid outlet, and at least one fluid connecting piece adapted to the at least one fluid inlet or fluid outlet. The fluid connecting piece may be positively connected to the valve housing using a bayonet mechanism. The directional control may include a multi-way valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2021Publication date: August 3, 2023Applicant: WOCO Industrietechnik GmbHInventors: Eberhard Geissel, Torsten Hofmann, Martin Hofmann, Michael Kolb, Rita Spomer
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Patent number: 11448116Abstract: A multiport valve for controlling a fluid flow in a fluid circuit, such as a cooling fluid circuit of a motor vehicle, may include a valve housing having at least three fluid connections and a rotary slide for setting the fluid flow. The rotary slide includes at least two fluid channels and is configured to connect two respective fluid connections fluidly via one fluid channel dependent upon its rotary position in relation to its rotational axis. The at least three fluid connections and the at least two fluid channels overlap in relation to a crosswise direction oriented crosswise relative to the rotational axis.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: WOCO Industrietechnik GmbHInventors: Eberhard Geiβel, Torsten Hofmann, Martin Heldmann
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Patent number: 11203956Abstract: A valve for controlling at least one first flow of at least one fluid, in particular, within a motor vehicle, along a first fluid path from at least one valve inlet to at least one valve outlet, comprising at least one valve seat that is arranged—with regard to the fluid flow—between the valve inlet and the valve outlet, wherein the valve seat can be closed at least in some regions in at least one closed position by means of at least one valve member.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2017Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: Woco Industrietechnik GmbHInventors: Franz-Josef Brulin, Torsten Hofmann, Ralf Möller, Zsolt Mosonyi
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Publication number: 20210123374Abstract: A multiport valve for controlling a fluid flow in a fluid circuit, such as a cooling fluid circuit of a motor vehicle, may include a valve housing having at least three fluid connections and a rotary slide for setting the fluid flow. The rotary slide includes at least two fluid channels and is configured to connect two respective fluid connections fluidly via one fluid channel dependent upon its rotary position in relation to its rotational axis. The at least three fluid connections and the at least two fluid channels overlap in relation to a crosswise direction oriented crosswise relative to the rotational axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2020Publication date: April 29, 2021Applicant: WOCO Industrietechnik GmbHInventors: Eberhard Geißel, Torsten Hofmann, Martin Heldmann
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Patent number: 10339779Abstract: A monitoring system (1) for monitoring a deployed person. It includes a base station (11) which provides a radio cell (F) in accordance with a first wireless communication standard; and at least one mobile monitoring apparatus (12) which is designed for wireless communication with the base station (11) via the radio cell (F) in accordance with the first wireless communication standard. The mobile monitoring apparatus (12) includes a signaling tag (121) and the base station (11) includes a wireless interface (111) which is designed to automatically read out from the mobile monitoring apparatus (12) participant information (3) required for a registration in the radio cell (F), via the signaling tag (121), wirelessly in accordance with a second wireless communication standard, when the mobile monitoring apparatus (12) is within a minimum distance (A) from the base station (11), which is predetermined by the second wireless communication standard.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2015Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: MSA Europe GmbHInventors: Julian Möller, Torsten Hofmann
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Patent number: 9964026Abstract: An overrun air recirculation valve 1 of an exhaust-gas turbocharger compressor 2, having a valve housing 3 which has an interior 4, having a diaphragm 5 which is guided in the interior 4 and which has an edge-side sealing means 6; and having a connecting means 7 provided on the valve housing 3, wherein the sealing means 6 is in the form of a sealing means which acts in the radial direction R of the diaphragm 5.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2013Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignees: BorgWarner Inc., Woco Industrietechnik GmbHInventors: Oliver Schumnig, Franz-Josef Brulin, Torsten Hofmann
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Publication number: 20180038506Abstract: A valve for controlling at least one first flow of at least one fluid, in particular, within a motor vehicle, along a first fluid path from at least one valve inlet to at least one valve outlet, comprising at least one valve seat that is arranged—with regard to the fluid flow—between the valve inlet and the valve outlet, wherein the valve seat can be closed at least in some regions in at least one closed position by means of at least one valve member.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2017Publication date: February 8, 2018Inventors: Franz-Josef Brulin, Torsten Hofmann, Ralf Möller, Zsolt Mosonyi
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Publication number: 20170039834Abstract: A monitoring system (1) for monitoring a deployed person. It includes a base station (11) which provides a radio cell (F) in accordance with a first wireless communication standard; and at least one mobile monitoring apparatus (12) which is designed for wireless communication with the base station (11) via the radio cell (F) in accordance with the first wireless communication standard. The mobile monitoring apparatus (12) includes a signaling tag (121) and the base station (11) includes a wireless interface (111) which is designed to automatically read out from the mobile monitoring apparatus (12) participant information (3) required for a registration in the radio cell (F), via the signaling tag (121), wirelessly in accordance with a second wireless communication standard, when the mobile monitoring apparatus (12) is within a minimum distance (A) from the base station (11), which is predetermined by the second wireless communication standard.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2015Publication date: February 9, 2017Inventors: Julian Möller, Torsten Hofmann
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Publication number: 20150315962Abstract: An overrun air recirculation valve 1 of an exhaust-gas turbocharger compressor 2, having a valve housing 3 which has an interior 4, having a diaphragm 5 which is guided in the interior 4 and which has an edge-side sealing means 6; and having a connecting means 7 provided on the valve housing 3, wherein the sealing means 6 is in the form of a sealing means which acts in the radial direction R of the diaphragm 5.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2013Publication date: November 5, 2015Inventors: Oliver Schumnig, Franz-Josef Brulin, Torsten Hofmann
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Publication number: 20080038613Abstract: The invention relates to a method for production of a membrane/electrode unit, whereby a conducting polymer membrane is compressed with two electrodes until a given compression is achieved. Said method permits an increase in resting voltage of the membrane/electrode unit in use, the amount of damage during production is reduced and a constant thickness within a production run is achieved.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2005Publication date: February 14, 2008Inventors: Christoph Padberg, Jurgen Sinschek, Torsten Raap, Torsten Hofmann
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Publication number: 20060234940Abstract: The present application relates to the secondary binding site of dipeptidyl peptidase IV, its relationship amongst substrates and to the modulation of substrate specificity of dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DP IV, synonym: DPP IV, CD26, EC 3.4.14.5). The application relates further to compounds that bind to the secondary binding site of DP IV and their use to modulate the substrate specificity of DP IV; methods of treatment of various DP IV mediated disorders; and screening methods for the identification of secondary binding sites on DP IV and DP IV-like enzymes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2006Publication date: October 19, 2006Inventors: Kerstin Kuhn-Wache, Joachim Bar, Hans-Ulrich Demuth, Torsten Hofmann, Ulrich Heiser, Wolfgang Brandt