Patents by Inventor Andreas Gebhardt

Andreas Gebhardt 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).

  • Patent number: 11920965
    Abstract: A method for determining a temperature of a fluid flowing through a pipe section includes: determining a temperature of the pipe section; obtaining a reference temperature at a distance from a surface of the pipe section; determining a heat transfer behaviour, in particular a thermal resistance, of a boundary layer of the fluid on an inner wall of the pipe section based on at least one material property and/or at least one value of a state variable of the fluid; and determining the temperature of the fluid based on the heat transfer behaviour of the boundary layer, a heat transfer behavior, in particular a thermal resistance, of the pipe section, the temperature of the pipe section, and the reference temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Joerg Gebhardt, Guruprasad Sosale, Andreas Decker, Wilhelm Daake, Juergen Horstkotte, Peter Ude, Paul Szasz, Ulf Ahrend
  • Publication number: 20230249379
    Abstract: A method for forming a multi-layer blank of a ceramic material including the steps of: providing a mold that includes at least one side wall surrounding a lower press plunger to form a cavity therebetween, wherein the lower press plunger has a movable pin; filling into the mold a first ceramic material; extending the movable pin from an upper surface of the lower press plunger and into the cavity; pressing a first upper press plunger against the first ceramic material so that a first open cavity is formed while at least a portion of the first upper press plunger is in contact with the movable pin to maintain the through-hole through the first layer; filling into the mold a second ceramic material of a different composition; extending the movable pin from an upper surface of the first layer and into the first open cavity; and pressing a second upper press plunger against the second layer so that a second open cavity is formed in communication with the through-hole that extends through the first and second laye
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: DENTSPLY SIRONA INC.
    Inventors: Stefan FECHER, Lothar VÖLKL, Sven GIESE, Tobias RÖSCH, Andreas GEBHARDT
  • Publication number: 20220175500
    Abstract: A blank for milling or grinding a dental article, the blank having a plate-shaped body adapted to be received in a blank holder of a CAM system, which plate-shaped body comprises one or more ceramic or glass ceramic blank portions and two or more through holes, wherein each through hole is contiguous with at least one of the ceramic or glass ceramic blank portions for receiving a working end of a milling or grinding tool of the CAM system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
    Inventors: Stefan FECHER, Lothar VÖLKL, Markus VOLLMANN, Andreas GEBHARDT
  • Publication number: 20210290351
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for the manufacture of a multilayer blank, having a lowermost layer and a topmost layer, of a ceramic material, where layers of different compositions are introduced layer-by-layer into a mold, compressed and then sintered and where individual layers contain at least one coloring oxide, wherein as a first coloring oxide as the one coloring oxide at least one oxide from the group Co, Mn, Ni, Cr is used, the proportion of which in the lowermost layer containing the first coloring oxide is lower than in the topmost layer containing the first coloring oxide: and at least one oxide from the group Pr, Er, Fe, Ti, V, Bi, Cu, Tb is used as the second coloring oxide, the proportion of which in the lowermost layer containing the second coloring oxide is greater than that in the topmost layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
    Inventors: Lothar VOELKL, Stefan FECHER, Martin KUTZNER, Tanja OEFNER, Christian KOHLER, Tobias KRANZ, Andreas GEBHARDT, Martin HAIZMANN, Heiner HOERHOLD, Andrea BURNS
  • Publication number: 20210220958
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an optical system with an optical component made of a brittle-hard material is described, comprising the steps of; producing at least one optical functional surface at the optical component; mounting of the optical component on a processing machine and producing several reference surfaces and mounting surfaces at the optical component or at least one insert body permanently connected to the optical component by at least one machining tool of the processing machine; measuring the shape and position of the optical functional surface in a coordinate system related to the reference surfaces; performing a correction machining at least once, in which the shape and position deviation of the optical functional surface relative to the reference and mounting surfaces is reduced; and installation of the optical component in a housing structure of the optical system at the mounting surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e. V.
    Inventors: Matthias BEIER, Stefan RISSE, Andreas GEBHARDT
  • Patent number: 10799326
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for positioning a blank (116), which after insertion in a holder is in contact therewith, wherein the holder has a structural element. The blank (16) is positioned in the holder by way of an adapter (118), which is inserted in both the holder or the structural element and the blank, wherein the adapter positively engages with the holder or the structural element and with the blank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: DENTSPLY SIRONA INC.
    Inventors: Andreas Gebhardt, Stefan Fecher, Lothar Volkl
  • Publication number: 20190076222
    Abstract: The invention relates to a blank for the production of a molded body, in particular a dental reconstruction. The blank has a base and at least one region that emanates therefrom and projects above the base, from which at least a part of the molded body can be derived by working.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
    Inventors: Lothar VOLKL, Stefan FECHER, Andreas GEBHARDT
  • Publication number: 20190046305
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for positioning a blank (116), which after insertion in a holder is in contact therewith, wherein the holder has a structural element. The blank (16) is positioned in the holder by means of an adapter (118), which is inserted in both the holder or the structural element and the blank, wherein the adapter positively engages with the holder or the structural element and with the blank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
    Inventors: Andreas GEBHARDT, Stefan FECHER, Lothar VOLKL
  • Patent number: 10105200
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a dental model for removable insertion in a recess of a holder, which dental model has a referencing, comprising at least one tooth part having a base to be inserted into the recess, wherein the at least one tooth part is produced using digitized data of a jaw in that the digitized data are saved in a computer beforehand and supplied to a processing machine to produce the at least one tooth part. In order to ensure simple handling of the dental model and in particular to prevent faulty insertion of the dental model or segment, according to the invention the referencing is saved in the computer and, in consideration of the referencing, the at least one tooth part is produced as having the base as a unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: DEGUDENT GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Fecher, Andreas Gebhardt, Martin Haizmann, Heiner Horhold, Elmar Hock, Lothar Volkl
  • Patent number: 9599756
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a light weight optical mirror or a monolithic mirror comprising at least one cooling channel, the method comprising forming a mirror body by iteratively depositing a metallic powder in layers and applying, for each of the layers, heat at least in a subarea of this layer, thereby fusing or sintering the powder in this subarea and bonding it to a previously deposited layer, the powder remaining in an unfused state in at least one region, the method further comprising forming at least one cavity within the carrier by removing the unfused powder from said region and producing a mirror surface at a closed surface of the mirror body. The invention further relates to an optical mirror and to an optical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Sebastian Scheiding, Andreas Gebhardt, Christoph Damm, Michael Scheiding, Stefan Risse
  • Patent number: 9296161
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an optical assembly, comprising at least two optical functional surfaces arranged in a fixed positional relationship to one another on a common supporting structure, wherein by means of a processing machine, in various process steps, at least two optical functional surfaces and at least one reference structure having a defined and measurable relative position to the optical functional surfaces are produced. The supporting structure remains rigidly connected to the processing machine until said process steps have been completed, and wherein the optical functional surfaces are then measured relative to the at least one reference structure, and any deviation from a target shape and target position is determined, after which said process steps are repeated at least once with modified actuation of the processing machine. The invention further relates to an optical device comprising an optical assembly produced in this way and to a unit for carrying out such a method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignees: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
    Inventors: Sebastian Scheiding, Stefan Risse, Andreas Gebhardt, Christoph Damm, Thomas Peschel, Ralf Steinkopf
  • Publication number: 20150010880
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a dental model for removable insertion in a recess of a holder, which dental model has a referencing, comprising at least one tooth part having a base to be inserted into the recess, wherein the at least one tooth part is produced using digitized data of a jaw in that the digitized data are saved in a computer beforehand and supplied to a processing machine to produce the at least one tooth part. In order to ensure simple handling of the dental model and in particular to prevent faulty insertion of the dental model or segment, according to the invention the referencing is saved in the computer and, in consideration of the referencing, the at least one tooth part is produced as having the base as a unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Stefan Fecher, Andreas Gebhardt, Martin Haizmann, Heiner Horhold, Elmar Hock, Lothar Volkl
  • Publication number: 20140247512
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a light weight optical mirror or a monolithic mirror comprising at least one cooling channel, the method comprising forming a mirror body by iteratively depositing a metallic powder in layers and applying, for each of the layers, heat at least in a subarea of this layer, thereby fusing or sintering the powder in this subarea and bonding it to a previously deposited layer, the powder remaining in an unfused state in at least one region, the method further comprising forming at least one cavity within the carrier by removing the unfused powder from said region and producing a mirror surface at a closed surface of the mirror body. The invention further relates to an optical mirror and to an optical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e. V.
    Inventors: Sebastian Scheiding, Andreas Gebhardt, Christoph Damm, Michael Scheiding, Stefan Risse
  • Publication number: 20130057952
    Abstract: The invention relates to a substrate made of an aluminium-silicon alloy or crystalline silicon to which a polishable layer is applied and also to a metal mirror which comprises this substrate. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for the production of metal mirrors and also the use of the metal mirror according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Stefan Risse, Andreas Gebhardt, Thomas Peschel, Wieland Stockl
  • Publication number: 20120236400
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an optical assembly, comprising at least two optical functional surfaces arranged in a fixed positional relationship to one another on a common supporting structure, wherein by means of a processing machine, in various process steps, at least two optical functional surfaces and at least one reference structure having a defined and measurable relative position to the optical functional surfaces are produced. The supporting structure remains rigidly connected to the processing machine until said process steps have been completed, and wherein the optical functional surfaces are then measured relative to the at least one reference structure, and any deviation from a target shape and target position is determined, after which said process steps are repeated at least once with modified actuation of the processing machine. The invention further relates to an optical device comprising an optical assembly produced in this way and to a unit for carrying out such a method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2010
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: Friedrich-Schiller-Universitat Jena
    Inventors: Sebastian Scheiding, Stefan Risse, Andreas Gebhardt, Christoph Damm, Thomas Peschel, Ralf Steinkopf
  • Patent number: 7491946
    Abstract: The invention is directed to electrostatic deflection systems for corpuscular beams which can be used particularly in microstructured and nanostructured applications in lithography installations or measuring equipment. According to the proposed object of the invention, the individual electrodes of a deflection system of this kind should permanently have and retain a very exact axially symmetric arrangement relative to one another. In the electrostatic deflection system according to the invention, rod-shaped electrodes are held in an axially symmetric arrangement in an inwardly hollow carrier through which a corpuscular beam can be directed. The carrier is formed of at least two, and at most four, carrier members which are connected to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Leica Microsystems Lithography GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Risse, Thomas Peschel, Christoph Damm, Andreas Gebhardt, Mathias Rohde, Christoph Schenk, Thomas Elster, Hans-Joachim Doering, Gerhard Schubert
  • Publication number: 20060192133
    Abstract: The invention is directed to electrostatic deflection systems for corpuscular beams which can be used particularly in microstructured and nanostructured applications in lithography installations or measuring equipment. According to the proposed object of the invention, the individual electrodes of a deflection system of this kind should permanently have and retain a very exact axially symmetric arrangement relative to one another. In the electrostatic deflection system according to the invention, rod-shaped electrodes are held in an axially symmetric arrangement in an inwardly hollow carrier through which a corpuscular beam can be directed. The carrier is formed of at least two, and at most four, carrier members which are connected to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2006
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Inventors: Stefan Risse, Thomas Peschel, Christoph Damm, Andreas Gebhardt, Mathias Rohde, Christoph Schenk, Thomas Elster, Hans-Joachim Doering, Gerhard Schubert
  • Patent number: 7013652
    Abstract: A gas turbo set comprises a compressor, combustion chamber and turbine, a common rotor shaft having arranged on it, within the compressor, a plurality of rows of compressor moving blades and, within the turbine, a plurality of rows of turbine moving blades, which alternate with guide vane rows of compressor guide vanes and turbine guide vanes fastened to a carrying structure surrounding the rotor shaft on the outside. Simplified mounting/demounting is achieved with the compressor guide vanes and/or the turbine guide vanes of a guide vane row held in each case in a plurality of separate annular segments together forming a complete ring with at least one guide vane row, and with the annular segments fastened releasably to the carrying structure such that the annular segments, together with the compressor or turbine guide vanes fastened to them, can be removed individually from the carrying structure, while maintaining the carrying structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: ALSTOM Technology Ltd
    Inventor: Andreas Gebhardt
  • Publication number: 20050132707
    Abstract: A gas turbo set comprises a compressor, combustion chamber and turbine, a common rotor shaft having arranged on it, within the compressor, a plurality of rows of compressor moving blades and, within the turbine, a plurality of rows of turbine moving blades, which alternate with guide vane rows of compressor guide vanes and turbine guide vanes fastened to a carrying structure surrounding the rotor shaft on the outside. Simplified mounting/demounting is achieved with the compressor guide vanes and/or the turbine guide vanes of a guide vane row held in each case in a plurality of separate annular segments together forming a complete ring with at least one guide vane row, and with the annular segments fastened releasably to the carrying structure such that the annular segments, together with the compressor or turbine guide vanes fastened to them, can be removed individually from the carrying structure, while maintaining the carrying structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Inventor: Andreas Gebhardt