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Hofmeister, DE

Anja Hofmeister, Renningen DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100213797METHOD FOR CONNECTING PARTS OF A MULTIPLE-PART ROTOR CARRIER, AND ROTOR CARRIER OF AN ELECTRICAL MACHINE - The invention relates to a method for connecting parts of a multiple-part rotor carrier of an electric engine, the rotor carrier having a rotor hub as one part, and a carrier part arranged on the rotor hub, as another part, the rotor hub and carrier part being interconnected in a rotationally fixed manner by means of a connection process. According to the invention, the connection process consists of a penetrating joining method. The invention also relates to a multiple-part rotor carrier of an electric engine, having a rotor hub as one part, and a carrier part arranged on the rotor hub, as another part. The rotor hub and carrier part are interconnected in a rotationally fixed manner on at least one connection point. According to the invention, a penetrating joint is provided as the connection point.08-26-2010

Carl-Eike Hofmeister, Regensburg DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090326787Method and Device for Operating an Internal Combustion Engine - During the operation of an internal combustion engine, a check is made whether the engine functions in an error-free manner in relation to the engine noise. If not, a current value of a cylinder-specific fuel quantity in a cylinder is determined. A check is made whether a current injected cylinder-specific fuel quantity in one of the cylinders is too low or high to check with respect to a cylinder-specific motor speed N_CYL, by comparing a current value of the cylinder-specific injection quantity in the relevant cylinder with a stored reference value of the cylinder-specific injection quantity of the relevant cylinder at the current operating point. A check with respect to the cylinder-specific motor speeds of one of the cylinders is deactivated, if the current injected cylinder-specific fuel quantity in the relevant cylinder is too low or high to check the relevant cylinder with respect to the cylinder-specific motor speed N_CYL.12-31-2009
20100275680METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT AN ADAPTATION AND A DIAGNOSIS OF EMISSION-RELEVANT CONTROL DEVICES IN A VEHICLE - In a method and a device which allow carrying out of at least part of the adaptation and the diagnosis of a defined driving mode, the following steps are performed: determining whether the vehicle has reached a defined driving mode, carrying out a diagnosis of at least one of the emission-relevant control devices once it is detected that the vehicle has reached the defined driving mode, the diagnosis determining and optimizing at least one parameter of an operating point of at least one emission-relevant control device if said parameter deviates from a set range or a set value; and carrying out at least one adaptation step of the adaptation of at least one emission-relevant control device, at least one parameter of a plurality of operating points of the emission-relevant control devices being determined and optimized during said adaptation if said parameter deviates from a set range or a set value.11-04-2010
20100292866METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ACCESSING AN ASSIGNMENT RULE AND COMPUTER-PROGRAM PRODUCT - To operate a motor vehicle (11-18-2010
20100305811METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING ERRORS IN EMISSION-RELEVANT CONTROL DEVICES IN A VEHICLE - A method and a device for identifying errors in emission-relevant control devices of a vehicle, such as the injection of fuel into a cylinder, allows error identification even if none of the sub-systems exceeds a predetermined threshold value. The method has the following steps: determining whether at least one parameter, which permits conclusions to be drawn about the emission behaviour of the respective control device, lies in a desired range; if the parameter lies outside said desired range, an error value that correlates to an increase in emissions is stored; if the parameter is in the desired range, an error value of zero is stored; a total error value is formed from all error values of the control device and an error message is output if the total error value exceeds a predetermined threshold value.12-02-2010
20110077842METHOD FOR TESTING A PRESSURE SENSOR OF A FUEL ACCUMULATOR DEVICE - In a method for testing a pressure sensor of a fuel accumulator device in an internal combustion engine, the pressure in the fuel accumulator device is altered and the influence of said alteration on the torque generated by the internal combustion engine is determined. A deviation of the measured alteration from the expected alteration is then calculated.03-31-2011
20110098976METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AN ERROR FUNCTION AND IN PARTICULAR A DRIFT OF A RAIL PRESSURE SENSOR IN A COMMON RAIL INJECTION SYSTEM - In order to locate errors of the rail pressure sensor (04-28-2011

Patent applications by Carl-Eike Hofmeister, Regensburg DE

Eckard Hofmeister, Herford DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090249709Roof Construction - Roof construction having a roof skin mounted on a base construction and including a bottom skin and a top skin mounted above and spaced apart from the bottom skin, the roof skin having a two-dimensionally curved surface, the bottom skin being supported on the base construction via a grid that is formed by plane plates oriented normal to the plane of the grid and crossing one another, top edges of the plates being curved to define the curvature of the roof skin, the surface of the roof skin being divided into segments at least some of which are spanned by an associated set of straight lines and the top skin is held at a constant spacing from the bottom skin by spacer profiles extending along the straight lines.10-08-2009

Helmut Hofmeister, Weinheim DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110209300Wiper - A mop includes a handle; a sliding sleeve slidingly disposed longitudinally on the handle and including a sleeve housing having a first side face, a second side face and an opening, the squeeze housing being movable from a mopping position to squeezing position in response to a sliding of the sliding sleeve; and a mopping device disposed at a bottom end of the handle and having a mop-head plate and a cleaning pad, the mop-head plate having two swivel-mounted mop-head plate wings foldable toward one another and pressable against each other and at least partially introducible into the opening in response to the sliding of the sliding sleeve into the squeezing position.09-01-2011

Matthias Hofmeister, Pfaffenhofen DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110243800FLUIDIZED-BED REACTOR AND INSERT FOR SAID FLUIDIZED-BED REACTOR - The invention relates to a fluidized-bed reactor having a higher power density and to an exchangeable insert for said fluidized-bed reactor, which insert makes the higher power density possible. The supply and pre-heating of the fluidizing agent, especially air, to the fluidized bed is combined with the cooling of the reactor vessel wall owing to the preferably exchangeable insert in the fluidized-bed reactor. The “cold” fluidizing agent is guided in at least one flow channel in the metal jacket surrounding the fluidized bed and is preheated and said channel and is then injected into the fluidized bed in an appropriate location. The reactor vessel wall is cooled by pre-heating the fluidizing agent. The desired and required values for cooling the reactor vessel and the desired pre-heating of the fluidizing agent can be adjusted by suitably selecting the parameters ‘length’ and ‘volume’ of the flow channels in the insert and the flow rate of the fluidizing agent in the flow channels. The insert is used for supplying the fluidizing agent and for cooling the reactor vessel, thereby eliminating the need for a separate cooling device for the reactor vessel and for lining the reactor vessel with refractory clay. The reactor vessel according to the invention is compact, has a high power density and small thermal masses.10-06-2011

Michael Hofmeister, Rinchnach DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110243800FLUIDIZED-BED REACTOR AND INSERT FOR SAID FLUIDIZED-BED REACTOR - The invention relates to a fluidized-bed reactor having a higher power density and to an exchangeable insert for said fluidized-bed reactor, which insert makes the higher power density possible. The supply and pre-heating of the fluidizing agent, especially air, to the fluidized bed is combined with the cooling of the reactor vessel wall owing to the preferably exchangeable insert in the fluidized-bed reactor. The “cold” fluidizing agent is guided in at least one flow channel in the metal jacket surrounding the fluidized bed and is preheated and said channel and is then injected into the fluidized bed in an appropriate location. The reactor vessel wall is cooled by pre-heating the fluidizing agent. The desired and required values for cooling the reactor vessel and the desired pre-heating of the fluidizing agent can be adjusted by suitably selecting the parameters ‘length’ and ‘volume’ of the flow channels in the insert and the flow rate of the fluidizing agent in the flow channels. The insert is used for supplying the fluidizing agent and for cooling the reactor vessel, thereby eliminating the need for a separate cooling device for the reactor vessel and for lining the reactor vessel with refractory clay. The reactor vessel according to the invention is compact, has a high power density and small thermal masses.10-06-2011

Werner Hofmeister, Muehlacker DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090183896APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LONGITUDINAL SEALING OF ELECTRICAL LINES - In a method for longitudinal sealing of electrical conductors (07-23-2009
20100206600SEAL FOR AT LEAST ONE ELECTRICAL LINE - An electrical line is to be insulated from fluid or corrosive media penetrating along the electrical line in an advantageous and cost-effective manner from the standpoint of production engineering. The electrical line having an electrically conductive inner conductor and an insulating jacket surrounding it includes a sealing element, which is disposed on the insulating jacket in a spring-back manner via a first subsection, and which covers the inner conductor across a partial length via a second subsection. The sealing element contains a soluble, in particular fluid sealant, which is pressed into the individual conductors of the inner conductor implemented as stranded wire, and cures in a sealing manner. The electrical line is used, for example, in the automotive industry for a cable harness plug.08-19-2010