Patents by Inventor André Thess

André Thess 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: 20230263704
    Abstract: The subject of the present invention is a sauna storage heater and a sauna cabin which uses the sauna storage heater. The sauna heater can be operated independently in terms of energy without a connection to the power grid and without the use of fuels such as wood, gas, or oil. A heat storage fluid is used in the sauna storage heater, the boiling temperature of which fluid is over 100° C. at normal pressure. The heat output from the sauna storage heater is regulated by means of flaps on air inlet and air outlet openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: THESS UG haftungsbeschränkt
    Inventor: André THESS
  • Patent number: 8148976
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and arrangement for the contactless determination of conductivity-influencing properties and their spatial distribution over the entire cross section of an electrically conductive substance moving in a primary magnetic field (B). The substance may be a liquid or a solid. A simultaneous measurement of a number of mechanical state parameters of the magnetic system is performed (three-dimensional components of the force and the torque), said parameters being variable by the effect of a secondary field on the magnetic system, the secondary field being produced on the basis of eddy currents induced in the substance by the primary field (B). To determine the spatial distribution of the property that is sought, the primary field is changed in intensity or form a number of times and a measurement of the state parameters is carried out for each change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Technische Universitat Ilmenau
    Inventors: André Thess, Yuri Kolesnikov, Christian Karcher
  • Publication number: 20080252287
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and arrangement for the contactless determination of conductivity-influencing properties and their spatial distribution over the entire cross section of an electrically conductive substance moving in a primary magnetic field (B). The substance may be a liquid or a solid. A simultaneous measurement of a number of mechanical state parameters of the magnetic system is performed (three-dimensional components of the force and the torque), said parameters being variable by the effect of a secondary field on the magnetic system, the secondary field being produced on the basis of eddy currents induced in the substance by the primary field (B). To determine the spatial distribution of the property that is sought, the primary field is changed in intensity or form a number of times and a measurement of the state parameters is carried out for each change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: Technische Universitat IImenau
    Inventors: Andre Thess, Yuri Kolesnikov, Christian Karcher
  • Publication number: 20050252243
    Abstract: The invention includes a method and an arrangement for influencing the flow of glass melts in a controlled way during the transfer from the melting furnace to a processing process. The simultaneous generation of electric and magnetic fields generates a force in the glass melt which boosts or inhibits the melt flow and acts substantially in the same direction as or in the opposite direction to the main direction of flow. It is in this way possible to control the melt flow without affecting the temperature of the melt. Consequently, the invention is suitable in particular for the accurately controllable feeding of a homogeneous glass melt to a glass production process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2005
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventors: Christian Kunert, Andreas Langsdorf, Frank Lentes, Klaus Duch, Andre Thess, Yurll Kolesnikov