Patents by Inventor Ulrich Lehmann

Ulrich Lehmann 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: 20090240212
    Abstract: A device for connecting an injection needle to an injection apparatus, wherein the device provides a plurality of possible points of contact in at least two planes, and wherein the points of contact have associated spring forces for acting generally perpendicularly on the injection apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Gian-Carlo Covino, Patrick Fiechter, Fritz Kirchhofer, Hans-Ulrich Lehmann, Daniel Scheidegger, Stefan West
  • Patent number: 7571963
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fitting for a vehicle seat, in particular a motor vehicle seat, comprising a first fitting part; a second fitting part which can be rotated about an axis in relation to the first fitting part; an eccentric which is rotationally mounted about the axis and which can be driven; at least two locking devices, which are guided in a radial direction by the first fitting part, can be displaced in a radial direction in an outward manner by the eccentric and which co-operate in a radial manner towards the outside with the second fitting part in order to lock the fitting; and at least one spring arrangement (17) which impinges upon the eccentric. The spring arrangement (17) comprises two springs (27, 28) which are arranged in a central manner and are placed within each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: KEIPER GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christoph Peters, Ulrich Lehmann
  • Publication number: 20090102265
    Abstract: A compound fitting (18) for a vehicle seat, especially for an automotive seat, comprises two individual fittings (10, 50) that are arranged axially juxtaposed and in parallel in relation to the flow of force, and that each have at least two fitting parts (11, 12, 40, 51, 52) that can be rotated in relation to one another, the inner fitting parts being interlinkable and the outer fitting parts being interlinkable. One of the individual fittings is a adjusting fitting (10) for adjusting the compound fitting (8), and the other individual fitting is a locking fitting (50) for locking the compound fitting (8). Two fitting parts (11, 12) of the adjusting fitting (10) can be interlinked by way of a non-self-locking eccentric epicyclic gear. At least to a large extent, the locked locking fitting (50) bridges the adjusting fitting (10) in terms of the flow of force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: KEIPER GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Dietmar Eppert, Jurgen Stemmer, Ulrich Lehmann
  • Publication number: 20090085391
    Abstract: A fitting has a first fitting part, a second fitting part which is rotatable about an axis relative to the first fitting part, a drivable eccentric mounted rotatably about the axis, locking elements moved radially outward by the eccentric to interact with the second fitting part to lock the fitting, a disc cam which pulls the locking elements radially inwards to unlock the fitting, and a free-pivoting control element which, in a certain free-pivoting angular range corresponding to a relative angular range of the fitting parts, prevents the fitting from locking. The free-pivoting control element has at least one first stop track, and at least one second stop track which is offset axially and/or radially with respect to the first stop track. The locking elements comprise first locking elements which interact with the first stop track, and second locking elements which interact with the second stop track.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: KEIPER GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Christoph Peters, Ulrich Lehmann
  • Patent number: 7512727
    Abstract: There is described a periphery unit for an automatic device, which can be actuated as an analog input and as an analog output. A number of connections which are to be used as inputs and the number of connections which are to be used as outputs can be adapted in a flexible manner on the respective application from a predetermined number of connections of the periphery unit. As a result, a redundant automatic device wherein said types of periphery units can be used, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Walter Kreb, Ulrich Lehmann, Robert Schwab
  • Publication number: 20090030532
    Abstract: There is described a method for operating an automation system which comprises at least two measuring modules, each connected to a higher order processing unit in order to communicate therewith. The higher order processing unit is informed of an event that is recorded by one of the at least two measuring modules. The processing unit then informs any available measuring module of the event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Thomas Borger, Walter Kreb, Ulrich Lehmann, Robert Schwab, Hans-Gunther Sieberling, Raimund Trockel
  • Publication number: 20090021062
    Abstract: In the case of a transmission device (5) for a vehicle seat (1), in particular a motor vehicle seat, with at least one hub (7, 27, 27?, 27?) and a shaft (10) which interact in a form-fitting manner in order to transmit a torque, wherein the shaft (10) has a profile with m teeth (12) and the hub (7, 27, 27?, 27?) has a profile with a central opening with n receptacles (15, 15?), and wherein each receptacle (15, 15?) is designed for interaction with a tooth (12), the hub (7, 27, 27?, 27?) has n=2m receptacles (15, 15?) or n=2m?1 receptacles (15, 15?).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventor: Ulrich Lehmann
  • Patent number: 7455361
    Abstract: A fitting (10) for a vehicle seat, more particularly for a motor vehicle seat, comprises a first fitting part (11), a second fitting part (12) that is in geared connection with the first fitting part (11), a driver (21) and wedge segments (27a, 27b), which at least partly define a cam that is rotatably mounted on the first fitting part (11) for driving a rolling movement of the first fitting part (11) and the second fitting part (12) against one another, and with a first sliding bearing (28) or rolling bearing, by way of which the wedge segments (27a, 27b) are mounted on the second fitting part (12) with a small amount of friction, at least a first (27a) of the two wedge segments (27a, 27b) being mounted on the first fitting part (11) with a small amount of friction by way of a second sliding bearing (41) or rolling bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Keiper GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jürgen Stemmer, Rainer Messerschmidt, Tobias Ewald, Grit Scholz, Andreas Norbisrath, Artur Komainda, Holger Finner, Ulrich Lehmann
  • Publication number: 20080203784
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fitting (8) for a vehicle seat, especially for an automotive seat. The fitting comprises two individual fittings (10, 50) that are arranged axially juxtaposed and in parallel in relation to the flow of force, and that each have two fitting parts (11, 12, 51, 52) that can be rotated in relation to each other and that are mechanically interlinked by way of an eccentric epicyclic gear. The present invention is characterized in that the first individual fitting (10) has an eccentric with backlash and the second individual fitting (50) has an eccentric with zero backlash.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: KEIPER GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Dietmar Eppert, Holger Finner, Ulrich Lehmann, Grit Scholz, Andreas Vedder, Gregor Vossmann, Heinrich Busch
  • Publication number: 20080193203
    Abstract: A first fitting part is in geared connection with a second fitting part, and a rotatably mounted eccentric drives a rolling movement of the first and second fitting parts on each other. The eccentric includes at least one driver and wedge segments. The components of the eccentric bear at least indirectly by way of their inner side and/or their outer side in each case against one of the fitting parts, at least one component of the eccentric is mounted with its inner side on the first fitting part and/or with its outer side on the second fitting part and interacts directly with the relevant fitting part, wherein the component of the eccentric or the associated fitting part, in the interacting region, is coated with a thin layer, and the thin layer has a lower coefficient of friction than the material of the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: KEIPER GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Heinz Voss, Ulrich Lehmann, Grit Scholz
  • Publication number: 20080185892
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fitting for a vehicle seat, in particular a motor vehicle seat, comprising a first fitting part; a second fitting part which can be rotated about an axis in relation to the first fitting part; an eccentric which is rotationally mounted about the axis and which can be driven; at least two locking devices, which are guided in a radial direction by the first fitting part, can be displaced in a radial direction in an outward manner by the eccentric and which co-operate in a radial manner towards the outside with the second fitting part in order to lock the fitting; and at least one spring arrangement (17) which impinges upon the eccentric. The spring arrangement (17) comprises two springs (27, 28) which are arranged in a central manner and are placed within each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: KEIPER GmbH & Co, KG
    Inventors: Christoph PETERS, Ulrich LEHMANN
  • Publication number: 20080136242
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fitting (10) for a vehicle seat, more particularly for a motor vehicle seat, comprising a first fitting part (11), a second fitting part (12) that is in geared connection with the first fitting part (11), an eccentric (27a, 27b; 127; 327) that is rotatably mounted on the fitting parts (11, 12), for driving a rolling movement of the first fitting part (11) and the second fitting part (12), a driver (21) for driving the eccentric (27a, 27b; 127; 327) and a brake for locking the fitting (10) against torque introduced at the output side in the rest state, with at least one wrap-spring brake (44) being provided as the brake, and the brake being acted upon by the driver (21) and the eccentric (27a, 27b; 127; 327).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: KEIPER GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jurgen Stemmer, Rainer Messerschmidt, Tobias Ewald, Grit Scholz, Andreas Norbisrath, Artur Komainda, Holger Finner, Ulrich Lehmann
  • Publication number: 20080136241
    Abstract: A fitting (10) for a vehicle seat, more particularly for a motor vehicle seat, comprises a first fitting part (11), a second fitting part (12) that is in geared connection with the first fitting part (11), a driver (21) and wedge segments (27a, 27b), which at least partly define a cam that is rotatably mounted on the first fitting part (11) for driving a rolling movement of the first fitting part (11) and the second fitting part (12) against one another, and with a first sliding bearing (28) or rolling bearing, by way of which the wedge segments (27a, 27b) are mounted on the second fitting part (12) with a small amount of friction, at least a first (27a) of the two wedge segments (27a, 27b) being mounted on the first fitting part (11) with a small amount of friction by way of a second sliding bearing (41) or rolling bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: KEIPER GmbH Co. KG
    Inventors: Jurgen Stemmer, Rainer Messerschmidt, Tobias Ewald, Grit Scholz, Andreas Norbisrath, Artur Komainda, Holger Finner, Ulrich Lehmann
  • Publication number: 20080119775
    Abstract: A self-closing antiseptic plaster (1) for puncturing blood vessels, muscle tissue, tissue, skin, organs (biopsy) or bone marrow is puncturable by cannulas, needles or the like. It has a backing layer (2), a sealing layer (5) made of a material having an elastic restoring force and a skin adhesive layer (3) applied to the underside U of the backing layer (2), said the sealing layer being applied to the backing layer (2) by means of an adhesive layer (4). The backing layer (2) is usually thin. The backing layer (2), the sealing layer (5), the adhesive layer (4) and the skin adhesive layer (3) are transparent or approximately transparent in the entire area or at least in a superimposed partial area. The backing layer (2) and the sealing layer (5) are made of thin and soft materials so that any puncture site is visible and/or palpable through the self-closing antiseptic plaster (1). The advantages include the fact that the antiseptic state at the puncture site is preserved before, during and after the puncturing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2005
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Applicant: VOSTRA-MED AG
    Inventors: Ernst-Diethelm Harren, Marc Ulrich Lehmann
  • Publication number: 20080098136
    Abstract: There is described a periphery unit for an automatic device, which can be actuated as an analog input and as an analog output. A number of connections which are to be used as inputs and the number of connections which are to be used as outputs can be adapted in a flexible manner on the respective application from a predetermined number of connections of the periphery unit. As a result, a redundant automatic device wherein said types of periphery units can be used, is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2005
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventors: Walter Kreb, Ulrich Lehmann, Robert Schwab
  • Publication number: 20070298891
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fitting (10) for the seat of a vehicle, particularly for a motor vehicle, comprising a first fitting part (11), a second fitting part (12) which is mechanically linked to the first fitting part (11), a locking eccentric which is provided primarily to lock the fitting (10), a running eccentric (31) which is primarily provided for driving a relative rolling movement of the second fitting part (12) on the first fitting part (11) in order to adjust the fitting (10), and a driver (21) which controls the locking eccentric at the beginning of the adjusting movement in order to cancel the locking effect and which drives at least the running eccentric (31) during the adjusting movement. The rotating driver (21) impinges upon the rotating running eccentric (31) without any lateral force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Applicant: KEIPER GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Heinz Voss, Tobias Ewald, Ulrich Lehmann, Artur Komainda, Rainer Messerschmidt, Grit Scholz, Andreas Norbisrath, Jurgen Stemmer
  • Publication number: 20070290540
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fitting (10) for the seat of a vehicle, particularly a motor vehicle, comprising a first fitting part (11), a second fitting part (12) which is mechanically linked to the first fitting part (11), a locking eccentric, and a running eccentric (131), wherein the running eccentric (131) is mounted in relation to the first fitting part (11) and second fitting part (12) by way of a rolling bearing or sliding bearing bushing (28,33), wherein friction between the running eccentric (131) and the sliding bearing bushings (28,33) or between at least one sliding bearing bushing (28, 33) and the associated fitting part (11, 12) is lower than the friction between the locking eccentric and at least one of the fitting parts (11, 12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Applicant: KEIPER GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Heinz Voss, Tobias Ewald, Ulrich Lehmann, Artur Komainda, Rainer Messerschmidt, Grit Scholz, Andreas Norbisrath, Jurgen Stemmer, Heinrich Busch, Holger Finner, Dirk Angermann, Markus Vesper, Gregor Vossmann
  • Patent number: 7306285
    Abstract: In the case of an adjuster (3) for a vehicle seat, in particular for a motor vehicle seat, with a drivable geared fitting, the driven geared fitting moving a component of the adjuster (3) and/or of the vehicle seat (1), a gear stage (21) with a fluctuating transmission ratio is connected upstream of the geared fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: Keiper GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rolf Schüler, Ulrich Lehmann
  • Patent number: 7281765
    Abstract: A fitting for a vehicle seat, in particular for a motor vehicle seat, has a first fitting part (11), a second fitting part (12) in geared connection with the first fitting part (11), and an eccentric (26, 27) for driving a rolling movement of the second fitting part (12) on the first fitting part (11). The eccentric is defined by at least one driving ring (26) and two wedge segments (27). The wedge segments (27) are braced with respect to one another. The driving ring (26) encloses the wedge segments (27). For each of the wedge segments (27), the outer side of the wedge segment bears along at least one outer supporting line (33) against the driving ring (26).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Keiper GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Grit Scholz, Ulrich Lehmann, Holger Finner, Andreas Vedder
  • Publication number: 20070137505
    Abstract: A conveyor for transporting work pieces in a press, in particular a press line or multiple-die press, from a first station to a second station adjacent to the first station, comprises at least one lateral beam (300, 400) arranged on a side of the press, essentially extending parallel to a transport direction of the conveyor (52), at least one bar (500) having grippers (502) for gripping the work piece to be transported, whereby the bar (500) is attached to the lateral beam (300, 400) in such a way that it is movable along a longitudinal extension of the beam (300, 400); and for each lateral beam (300, 400) an assembly (100, 200) for supporting the lateral beam (300, 400).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2004
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Rudolf Heid, Hans-Ulrich Kurt, Ulrich Lehmann