Patents by Inventor Andreas Karl
Andreas Karl 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).
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Patent number: 9139508Abstract: The present invention relates to a process and a plant for the production, in particular the continuous production, of nitrobenzene by means of adiabatic nitration of benzene with nitric acid in the presence of sulfuric acid, in which, following the nitration, a multi-stage concentration of the sulfuric acid is carried out by means of heating at a pressure that is reduced as compared with ambient pressure, and wherein the heating takes place using the heat generated in the adiabatic nitration of benzene.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2013Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbHInventors: Bernd Pennemann, Juergen Munnig, Wulf Dietrich, Andreas Karl Rausch
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Patent number: 9141902Abstract: A smart card module for a smart card, comprising a chip having electrical contacts at a front side; a first laminate layer, wherein a rear side of the chip is connected to the first laminate layer, the rear side of the chip opposite the front side; a second laminate layer; a first conductive layer, wherein the electrical contacts of the chip are connected to the first conductive layer and the first conductive layer is arranged between the chip and the second laminate layer; and an adhesive material arranged between the chip and the conductive layer and/or the second laminate layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2012Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AGInventors: Frank Pueschner, Kristof Bothe, Juergen Hoegerl, Andreas Karl, Andreas Mueller-Hipper, Peter Scherl, Peter Stampka, Uwe Wagner
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Patent number: 9133957Abstract: A magnet valve configured to control a fluid includes an armature with a base region, a casing region, and a head region. The magnet valve also includes a valve element that is connected to the armature and an armature housing component. A flow path is formed between the armature and the armature housing component. The flow path runs from a lower armature chamber to an upper armature chamber and back to the lower armature chamber. The head region of the armature has a flattened section, and the upper armature chamber is defined between the armature housing component and the flattened section. At least one groove is formed on the casing region of the armature starting from the base region. The at least one groove ends in the casing region before the flattened section of the head region.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2011Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Massimiliano Ambrosi, Elmar Vier, Andreas Karl, Andreas Lechler, Stephan Steingass, Nicolas Houis, Jens Norberg, Gerhard Stokmaier
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Patent number: 9102594Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of isocyanates by reaction of the corresponding amines with phosgene in the gas phase, wherein a diluent containing between 90.0000% by weight and 99.9999% by weight of substances which are inert in the phosgenation process and between 0.0001% by weight and 10.0000% by weight of oxygen is present during the conversion of the amine into the gas phase and the molar ratio of amine to oxygen (O2) is ?1,000:1.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2011Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbHInventors: Rainer Bruns, Wolfgang Lorenz, Andreas Karl Rausch, Stefan Wershofen, Tim Loddenkemper
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Patent number: 9074701Abstract: A solenoid valve is disclosed that includes at least one chamber which can be filled with a fluid and which is provided in a housing of the solenoid valve, a closing piston which can be displaced by an actuation device and a spring element which can act against the actuation device. An annular element which divides the chamber into a first and a second sub-chamber is provided, said annular element being at least partially, in particular completely engaged in the axial direction by a closing piston of the solenoid valve arranged in a guide opening of the annular element and comprises at least one fluid passage recess which is different from the guide opening.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2010Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Andreas Karl, Florian Richter, Oliver Holz, Nicolas Houis, Joerg Fricke-Schmidt, Andrej Gardt, Elmar Vier
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Publication number: 20150171460Abstract: A mount for use with a downhole tool such as, but not limited to, an electrical submersible pump (“ESP”) gauge, includes a mounting means (20) that does not use a fixed- or spring-connection between it and the outer housing of the sensitive assembly but rather makes use of a sliding joint (25). One end of the sliding joint is in communication with the sensitive assembly of the downhole tool and the other end of the sliding joint is in communication with another component of the downhole tool. The sliding joint is arranged relative to the sensitive assembly so that a radial movement of the sliding joint is restricted and an axial movement of the sliding joint is permitted. When in use, the sliding joint isolates the sensitive assembly from an axial load, thermal stress, or both axial load and thermal stress.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2013Publication date: June 18, 2015Applicant: AFC Energy picInventors: Martin Thomas, Andreas Karl Backstrom
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Patent number: 9051243Abstract: Isocyanates are produced by reacting a primary amine with phosgene in the gas phase. In this process, the amine is vaporized and then superheated prior to introduction into the reactor. The amine is superheated to a temperature at least 10° C. above dew point before entry into the reactor. A pressure difference between the vaporizer and entry into the reactor of from 1 to 500 mbar is maintained.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2010Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience AGInventors: Rainer Bruns, Wolfgang Lorenz, Andreas Karl Rausch
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Patent number: 9039904Abstract: The invention relates to a method for treating wastewater containing nitroaromatics and nitrohydroxyaromatics, as for example arises in the production of nitroaromatics or in the production of nitrohydroxyaromatics, by a two-stage method consisting of pre-reduction and wet oxidation.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2010Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience AGInventors: Andreas Karl Rausch, Christoph Blöcher
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Publication number: 20150114123Abstract: A gripper unit for handling a vessel for receiving biological material is proposed, inter alia. The vessel has a lid which can assume an open position and a closed position. The gripper unit comprises a gripper for gripping and releasing the vessel, and a lid holder, for holding a lid in a defined position in relation to the vessel. The defined position is an open position of the lid.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2014Publication date: April 30, 2015Inventors: Andreas SCHAEFER, Thomas VOIT, Walter TSCHOPP, Adrian GEIGER, Markus ZBINDEN, Harald HIBBING, Andreas KARL, Frank EIGEMEIER, Volker BEHRMANN, Dietmar KOPP, Andreas SCHMIEDE
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Patent number: 8932542Abstract: A gripper unit for handling a vessel for receiving biological material is proposed, inter alia. The vessel has a lid which can assume an open position and a closed position. The gripper unit comprises a gripper for gripping and releasing the vessel, and a lid holder, for holding a lid in a defined position in relation to the vessel. The defined position is an open position of the lid.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2006Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Qiagen GmbHInventors: Andreas Schaefer, Thomas Voit, Walter Tschopp, Adrian Geiger, Markus Zbinden, Harald Hibbing, Andreas Karl, Frank Eigemeier, Volker Behrmann, Dietmar Kopp, Andreas Schmiede
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Publication number: 20150004505Abstract: A liquid electrolyte fuel cell system (10) comprises at least one fuel cell with a liquid electrolyte chamber between opposed electrodes, the electrodes being an anode and a cathode, and means (30, 32) for supplying a gas stream to a gas chamber adjacent to the cathode and withdrawing a spent gas stream (38) from the gas chamber adjacent to the cathode, the system also comprising a liquid electrolyte storage tank (40), and means (42, 44, 47, 48) to circulate liquid electrolyte between the liquid electrolyte storage tank (40) and the fuel cells. In addition the system comprises a water storage tank (60) adjacent to the storage tank (40), and means (50, 51) for condensing water vapour from the spent gas stream (38), and for feeding (56) the condensed water vapour into the water storage tank (60). The water storage tank (60) has an overflow outlet (64); and a communication duct (68) linking the liquid electrolyte storage tank (40) and the water storage tank (60) below the level of the overflow outlet (60).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2012Publication date: January 1, 2015Applicant: AFC ENERGY PLCInventor: Andreas Karl Backstrom
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Publication number: 20140357905Abstract: The present invention relates to a process and a plant for the production, in particular the continuous production, of nitrobenzene by means of adiabatic nitration of benzene with nitric acid in the presence of sulfuric acid, in which, following the nitration, a multi-stage concentration of the sulfuric acid is carried out by means of heating at a pressure that is reduced as compared with ambient pressure, and wherein the heating takes place using the heat generated in the adiabatic nitration of benzene.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2013Publication date: December 4, 2014Inventors: Bernd Pennemann, Juergen Munnig, Wulf Dietrich, Andreas Karl Rausch
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Patent number: 8870478Abstract: Media rolls, support structures for the media rolls, and media processing systems are provided. A media roll may include an identification transponder having retrievable information regarding the media units and associated media unit transponders wound around a core of the media roll. A support structure may include a spindle for supporting a media roll and include an identification coupler for communicating with the identification transponder. In addition to the spindle having the identification coupler, the media processing systems may include a second coupler for encoding the media unit transponders and a printhead for printing indicia onto the media units. The information retrieved from the identification transponder may be used to adjust one or more encoding and/or printing settings of the systems.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2007Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: ZIH Corp.Inventors: Boris Y. Tsirline, Karl Torchalski, Martin Andreas Karl Schwan, Steven Kovanko, Anthony Brown, Chris Aiello, Robert Gawelczyk, Tom Zwier, William Shuff
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Patent number: 8830734Abstract: Method and apparatus for writing data to a magnetic memory cell, such as a spin-torque transfer random access memory (STRAM) memory cell. In accordance with various embodiments, a write current is applied through a selected magnetic memory cell to initiate magnetic precession of the selected cell to a desired magnetic state. A field assist current is concurrently flowed through an adjacent memory cell to generate a magnetic field that assists in the precession of the selected cell to the desired magnetic state.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2010Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Seagate Technology LLCInventors: Andreas Karl Roelofs, Haiwen Xi
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Patent number: 8814140Abstract: A valve for controlling a fluid includes a closing body and a valve seat. The closing body opens and closes a passage at the valve seat along a sealing line. The valve seat and the closing body have a rotationally symmetrical region where the sealing line between the valve seat and closing body is formed. The valve seat and/or the closing body also has a nonrotationally symmetrical region, which adjoins the rotationally symmetrical region in a throughflow direction of the valve.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2012Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Andreas Karl, Andreas Lechler, Jens Norberg
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Patent number: 8740178Abstract: A solenoid valve for controlling a fluid includes an armature having a base region, a lateral region and a head region. The solenoid valve includes a valve member connected to the armature. The solenoid valve further includes an armature casing component in which the armature is positioned. A flow path is formed between the armature and the armature casing component, the flow path extending from a lower armature space to an upper armature space and back to the lower armature space. A junction region is arranged between the head region and the lateral region. The junction region has at least one groove formed therein to facilitate an overflow between the lateral region and the head region.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2011Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Andreas Karl, Massimiliano Ambrosi, Nicolas Houis, Jens Norberg, Stephan Steingass, Elmar Vier, Andreas Lechler, Gerhard Stokmaier
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Patent number: 8729309Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the continuous production of nitrobenzene by nitration of benzene with a mixture of nitric acid and sulfuric acid under adiabatic conditions, in which unreacted benzene is separated from the crude product obtained after phase separation before washing thereof, using the adiabatic heat of reaction.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2011Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbHInventors: Thomas Knauf, Alexandre Racoes, Andreas Karl Rausch, Dietrich Wulf
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Publication number: 20140110614Abstract: A magnetic valve includes a valve component and a valve body that engages around a region of the valve component in a hood-like manner and in a sealing manner in at least one sealing region. A flow chamber is formed between the valve body and an end face of the valve component. The valve component has an axially running through-channel with a constant cross-section which passes through the end face and which opens into the flow chamber so as to form an axial duct for a fluid. The valve body has a through-opening that is fluidically connected to the flow chamber and is configured to be closed by a closing element that is movably arranged on a valve body face that faces away from the flow chamber. The end face is configured as a type of lip seal ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2012Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Andreas Karl, Reinhard Fink, Dirk Foerch
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Patent number: 8679695Abstract: A system (10) for supplying a liquid electrolyte to cell stacks (32) arranged at a plurality of different heights comprises a plurality of constant head supply tanks (12) for containing liquid electrolyte, one for each of the different heights. Each such supply tank (12) is adapted to ensure that the surface of the liquid electrolyte is at atmospheric pressure, and to feed electrolyte to a cell stack, and incorporates an overflow duct (18) to keep the electrolyte at a constant level. For each supply tank (12) except the lowest, the overflow duct (18) supplies overflowing electrolyte to a supply tank at a lower height. The system also includes an electrolyte storage tank (20), and means (24, 26) to supply electrolyte from the storage tank (20) to the highest supply tank (12).Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2011Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: AFC Energy plcInventor: Andreas Karl Backstrom
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Patent number: 8640961Abstract: In various embodiments, a transponder inlay for a document for personal identification may include a cover; an adhesive layer arranged on the cover; a chip arranged on the adhesive layer; an antenna connected to the chip; and a top layer on the adhesive layer, wherein the top layer has a top and a bottom and wherein the bottom of the top layer is connected to the cover by means of the adhesive layer and wherein the antenna is arranged on the top of the top layer such that the antenna is at least to some extent physically separated from the adhesive layer by the top layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2011Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Matthias Gruenauer, Andreas Karl, Andreas Mueller-Hipper, Frank Pueschner, Peter Scherl