Patents by Inventor Ulf Stein

Ulf Stein 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: 20250063696
    Abstract: An automation device configured for an automation environment for automating an industrial process includes a housing and a printed circuit board that supports a microprocessor thermally connected with a heat sink that has a plurality of cooling fins each arranged parallel to the printed circuit board with a gap between each other such that, for a first installation position in which the lower side is aligned horizontally, a cooling medium flows from the lower side through the gaps, where the cooling fins have a first, second and third surfaces, and where the second surface is arranged between the first and third surfaces such inclined plane relative to the first and third surfaces is formed and such that, for a second installation position, in which the lower side is aligned vertically, the cooling medium flows over the inclined planes arranged one above the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Ulf STEIN, Martin BERGMANN
  • Publication number: 20250056754
    Abstract: An automation device configured for use in an automation environment for automation of an industrial process includes an enclosure and a printed circuit board arranged parallel to first and second side parts at right angles to an upper or underside of the enclosure, wherein the printed circuit board carries a microprocessor in thermal connection with a heat sink that has cooling metal sheets, where the heat sink has a plurality of cooling metal sheets each arranged parallel to the printed circuit board with a clearance between them such that, for a first installation position in which the underside is aligned horizontally, a cooling medium flows from the underside through clearances, and where openings are each arranged in the cooling metal sheets such that, for a second installation position in which the underside is aligned vertically, the cooling medium flows through the openings arranged one above the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Ulf STEIN, Martin BERGMANN
  • Publication number: 20240170872
    Abstract: An automation module includes a housing that has a front and rear sides, top and lower sides and a left and right sides, wherein a printed circuit board is arranged within the housing parallel between the left and right sides of the housing, the lower and top sides are formed at least as a ventilation grid to enable cooling inside the housing, where a first plug connector is arranged on the printed circuit board proximate to the top side, an adapter is detachably arranged on the top side, where the adapter has a second plug connector and forms an encoding element such that the adapter includes pins arranged such that, during an insertion-withdrawal operation of the second plug connector into the first plug connector, the pins pass through openings in the ventilation grid and an insertion-withdrawal operation of the second plug connector into the first plug connector is therefore possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Ulf Stein, Alexander Schmidt, Martin Bergmann
  • Patent number: 8523601
    Abstract: A line receptacle device comprising a first housing part, a second housing part, an entry channel for a line and a strain relief device that is configured to move from a first position into a second position, and if configured such that, in the first position the line can be introduced through the entry channel and in the second position the line can be clamped into the entry channel, in which case the strain relief device also has a locking device which, on transition from the first position into the second position, interacts with a retaining device disposed in the first housing part and the second housing part such that the housing parts are locked together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Ulf Stein
  • Publication number: 20120264324
    Abstract: A line receptacle device comprising a first housing part, a second housing part, an entry channel for a line and a strain relief device that is configured to move from a first position into a second position, and if configured such that, in the first position the line can be introduced through the entry channel and in the second position the line can be clamped into the entry channel, in which case the strain relief device also has a locking device which, on transition from the first position into the second position, interacts with a retaining device disposed in the first housing part and the second housing part such that the housing parts are locked together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Ulf STEIN
  • Patent number: 7604501
    Abstract: There is described a bus connector with at least two cable connections for bus lines, with the cable connections being provided in each case for electrical connection to a bus signal line and a bus screen line of a cable, with a screen connector of the cable connection being provided for electrical contacting of the bus screen connection of the cable to the elements screening the bus connector. The screen connector is embodied as a flat screening of the cable connections and contact elements are arranged in the area of the contacting of the bus screen lines which are intended for automatic contacting of the bus screen lines with the elements of the bus connector screening it when clamped on during installation of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ernst Rösch, Ulf Stein
  • Patent number: 7481666
    Abstract: There is described an insulation displacement terminal connecting device with adjacent insulation displacement terminal connectors is created, its swivel joint levers forming a stepped separating plane. This allows an arrangement of the contact openings to be achieved with optimal space utilization, allowing a narrow structural form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Ulf Stein
  • Publication number: 20080242119
    Abstract: There is described a bus connector with at least two cable connections for bus lines, with the cable connections being provided in each case for electrical connection to a bus signal line and a bus screen line of a cable, with a screen connector of the cable connection being provided for electrical contacting of the bus screen connection of the cable to the elements screening the bus connector. The screen connector is embodied as a flat screening of the cable connections and contact elements are arranged in the area of the contacting of the bus screen lines which are intended for automatic contacting of the bus screen lines with the elements of the bus connector screening it when clamped on during installation of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Ernst Rosch, Ulf Stein
  • Publication number: 20080146073
    Abstract: There is described an insulation displacement terminal connecting device with adjacent insulation displacement terminal connectors is created, its swivel joint levers forming a stepped separating plane. This allows an arrangement of the contact openings to be achieved with optimal space utilization, allowing a narrow structural form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventor: Ulf Stein
  • Publication number: 20050032021
    Abstract: A dental hand instrument has two structurally distinct functional units capable of interconnection. One functional unit comprises a head piece equipped with a tool a portion of grip element which at least has the function of making it possible to hold the hand instrument in the hand, connecting element, and a driving mechanism or means for transmitting the energy therefor. A second functional unit comprises at least one carrier for conduits and/or conductors for media and signals respectively. The first functional unit forms a drive-independent, hand-held unit, having an external housing that is closed all round, and contains means for the attach-ment of the second functional unit (F1/2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Johann Hain, Ulf Stein
  • Publication number: 20020072033
    Abstract: A dental instrument with a drive tool and a transmission device. The instrument has a neck drive with a drive shaft housed within a first and second shank. The drive shaft has a toothed wheel at one end and the transmission device at the other end. The transmission device has at least one magnetic and/or magnetizable clutch element and means for influencing the transmission torque of the magnetic and/or magnetizable clutch elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Inventors: Thomas Bierbaum, Ulf Stein
  • Patent number: D844617
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stephan Hühne, Tobias Reese, Ulf Stein