Patents by Inventor Martin Kunz

Martin Kunz 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: 9234087
    Abstract: A preparation, comprising a mixture of dibenzoyl peroxides where the mixture of dibenzoyl peroxides contains 50 to 99.7 mole % of a symmetric dibenzoyl peroxide and 0.3 to 50 mole % asymmetric dibenzoyl peroxides, shows a reduced decomposition temperature of the peroxides compared to the symmetric dibenzoyl peroxide and is suitable for hot cross-linking silicone rubber. The preparation can be produced by reacting a mixture containing a first benzoyl chloride and a second benzoyl chloride that is different therefrom with hydrogen peroxide, wherein the mixture of benzoyl chlorides contains 70 to 99.7 mole % of the first benzoyl chloride and 0.3 to 30 mole % of the second benzoyl chloride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: UNITED INITIATORS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Josef Helmut Weinmaier, Dominik Hermann, Martin Kunz
  • Publication number: 20150338832
    Abstract: For the safe check of a state of an automation system using a simple, safe data transfer, a method is provided for a secure checking of a state of a first device and of a second device which are connected to one another via a first line and via a second line, wherein the first device transmits a signal characterizing the first device to the second device and receives the signal characterizing the first device back via the second line and the second device transmits a signal characterizing the second device via a second line to the first device and receives the signal characterizing the second device back via the first line, and wherein a defect case is determined on a change of one of the two signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Franz DOLD, Markus SAUMER, Martin KUNZ
  • Patent number: 8877835
    Abstract: Composite material comprising—one or more heat-activatable free-radical initiators selected from the group consisting of organic peroxides and/or initiators having labile carbon-carbon bonds and particles which have a core-shell structure and the core of which comprises one or more magnetic materials, while the shell comprises silicon dioxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignees: Evonik Degussa GmbH, United Initiatiors GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Harald Herzog, Konrad Rockstein, Stipan Katusic, Martin Kunz, Iris Nagl, Hanno Wolf
  • Patent number: 8630235
    Abstract: In a method for the computer-aided classification of measurements for the featured-based positioning of a mobile object in a predetermined region, for which one or more starting regions are defined through which the mobile object can leave and enter the predetermined region, each measurement is specified by a time and features of several base stations. The measurements are classified based on the relative base stations positions and the base station features, wherein a respective first class measurement is categorized as a measurement in a mobile object position inside the predetermined region and a respective second class measurement is categorized as a potential measurement in a mobile object position outside of the predetermined region. Subsequently, for a respective second class measurement, the path of the mobile object is tracked to determine whether the respective measurement is located inside the predetermined region to be also assigned to the first class.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Joachim Bamberger, Marian Grigoras, Martin Kunz, Andrei Szabo
  • Publication number: 20130309800
    Abstract: The present invention relates to peroxide mixtures and in particular to peroxide mixtures that are suitable for the accelerated crosslinking of ethylene vinyl acetate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: United Initiators GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Martin Kunz, Katharina Seitz, Iris Nagl
  • Publication number: 20120190923
    Abstract: An endoscope measures the topography of a surface. The endoscope contains a projection unit and an imaging unit. The projection unit and the imaging unit are arranged successively in relation to an axis of the endoscope. The configuration of the projection unit and the imaging unit arranged axially behind one another on the axis permits a significantly smaller endoscope configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Martin Kunz, Anton Schick, Michael Stockmann
  • Publication number: 20120130023
    Abstract: Composite material comprising—one or more heat-activatable free-radical initiators selected from the group consisting of organic peroxides and/or initiators having labile carbon-carbon bonds and particles which have a core-shell structure and the core of which comprises one or more magnetic materials, while the shell comprises silicon dioxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicants: UNITED INITIATORS GMBH & CO. KG, EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBH
    Inventors: Harald Herzog, Konrad Rockstein, Stipan Katusic, Martin Kunz, Iris Nagl, Hanno Wolf
  • Publication number: 20110272628
    Abstract: A preparation, comprising a mixture of dibenzoyl peroxides where the mixture of dibenzoyl peroxides contains 50 to 99.7 mole % of a symmetric dibenzoyl peroxide and 0.3 to 50 mole % asymmetric dibenzoyl peroxides, shows a reduced decomposition temperature of the peroxides compared to the symmetric dibenzoyl peroxide and is suitable for hot cross-linking silicone rubber. The preparation can be produced by reacting a mixture containing a first benzoyl chloride and a second benzoyl chloride that is different therefrom with hydrogen peroxide, wherein the mixture of benzoyl chlorides contains 70 to 99.7 mole % of the first benzoyl chloride and 0.3 to 30 mole % of the second benzoyl chloride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventors: Josef Helmut Weinmaier, Dominik Hermann, Martin Kunz
  • Patent number: 8040527
    Abstract: The invention describes an optical deflection element for the refractive production of a spatially structured bundle of light beams fanned concentrically to an optical axis of the deflection element. The optical deflection element has a base body made of optically transparent material, and has a light input and output side. The light input side is configured such that a primary bundle of light beams can be coupled in the base body. The light output side has a cylindrically symmetrical contour, which defines a recess in the base body. The fanning of the primary bundle of light beams is achieved by refraction on rotationally symmetric interfaces, which are variably inclined relative to the optical axis. The invention further relates to an optical measuring device for the three-dimensional measurement of a cavity in an object and a method for producing a concentrically fanned, spatially structured bundle of light beams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Martin Kunz, Anton Schick, Michael Stockmann
  • Patent number: 7995214
    Abstract: An apparatus for recording a shape of a section of the human ear is provided. The apparatus has a recording device for recording a spatial shape of a first and a second subsection of the section and for recording a position or a variable representing the position of the first and the second subsection relative to a predetermined optical feature of the section. The apparatus has an evaluation device for obtaining shape information about the section by combination of the shapes of the subsections based on the recorded positions or the variables representing the respective position. This enables a number of individual images to be joined together into a three-dimensional map based on natural features in the auditory canal, such as skin flecks or veins for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Instruments Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Frank Forster, Rudolf Holzner, Martin Kunz, Uwe Rass, Anton Schick
  • Publication number: 20110164569
    Abstract: In a method for the computer-aided classification of measurements for the featured-based positioning of a mobile object in a predetermined region, for which one or more starting regions are defined through which the mobile object can leave and enter the predetermined region, each measurement is specified by a time and features of several base stations. The measurements are classified based on the relative base stations positions and the base station features, wherein a respective first class measurement is categorized as a measurement in a mobile object position inside the predetermined region and a respective second class measurement is categorized as a potential measurement in a mobile object position outside of the predetermined region. Subsequently, for a respective second class measurement, the path of the mobile object is tracked to determine whether the respective measurement is located inside the predetermined region to be also assigned to the first class.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Joachim Bamberger, Marian Grigoras, Martin Kunz, Andrei Szabo
  • Publication number: 20110026037
    Abstract: An apparatus for recording a shape of a section of the human ear is provided. The apparatus has a recording device for recording a spatial shape of a first and a second subsection of the section and for recording a position or a variable representing the position of the first and the second subsection relative to a predetermined optical feature of the section. The apparatus has an evaluation device for obtaining shape infoimation about the section by combination of the shapes of the subsections based on the recorded positions or the variables representing the respective position. This enables a number of individual images to be joined together into a three-dimensional map based on natural features in the auditory canal, such as skin flecks or veins for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Frank Forster, Rudolf Holzner, Martin Kunz, Uwe Rass, Anton Schick
  • Publication number: 20100239126
    Abstract: An apparatus for measuring a distance to an eardrum has an optical sensor and a signal-processing device. The optical sensor acquires an image of the eardrum and the signal-processing device determines an area or separation extending perpendicular to the spacing distance to be measured in the image and determines the spacing distance to the eardrum as a function of the determined area or separation. A corresponding method includes the steps of acquiring an image of the eardrum, determining an area or separation extending perpendicular to the distance to be measured in the image, and determining the distance as a function of the determined area or separation. A projection image may be projected onto or into a vicinity of the eardrum and then the distance can be determined from the separation between the projection image and the eardrum or the image center of the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: SIEMENS MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Alexander Grafenberg, Martin Kunz, Uwe Rass, Frank Wagner
  • Publication number: 20100020333
    Abstract: The invention describes an optical deflection element for the refractive production of a spatially structured bundle of light beams fanned concentrically to an optical axis of the deflection element. The optical deflection element has a base body made of optically transparent material, and has a light input and output side. The light input side is configured such that a primary bundle of light beams can be coupled in the base body. The light output side has a cylindrically symmetrical contour, which defines a recess in the base body. The fanning of the primary bundle of light beams is achieved by refraction on rotationally symmetric interfaces, which are variably inclined relative to the optical axis. The invention further relates to an optical measuring device for the three-dimensional measurement of a cavity in an object and a method for producing a concentrically fanned, spatially structured bundle of light beams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventors: Martin Kunz, Anton Schick, Michael Stockmann
  • Patent number: 7455891
    Abstract: A process for the production of strongly adherent coatings on an inorganic or organic substrate is provided, wherein in a first step a) a low temperature plasma, a corona discharge or a flame is caused to act on the inorganic or organic substrate, in a second step b) one or more photoinitiators or mixtures of photoinitiators with monomers, containing at least one ethylenically unsaturated group, or solutions, suspensions or emulsions of the afore-mentioned substances, are applied at normal pressure to the inorganic or organic substrate, in a third step c) using suitable methods those afore-mentioned substances are dried and irradiated with electromagnetic waves and, optionally, in a fourth step d1) the substrate so pretreated is provided with a coating and the coating is cured or dried.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Martin Kunz, Michael Bauer, Andreas Baranyai, Giorgio Macor
  • Patent number: 7214812
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stabilized peroxydicarbonate preparation and its use in the polymerization or copolymerization of ethylenically unsaturated compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Peroxid-Chemie GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Eberhard Hägel, Martin Kunz, Werner Zeiss
  • Publication number: 20060257681
    Abstract: In a process for the production of a strongly adherent coating on an inorganic or organic substrate, wherein a), a low-temperature plasma treatment, a corona discharge treatment or a flame treatment is carried out on the inorganic or organic substrate, b) one or more photoinitiators or mixtures of photoinitiators with monomers or/and oligomers, containing at least one ethylenically unsaturated group, or solutions, suspensions or emulsions of the afore-mentioned substances, are applied to the inorganic or organic substrate, and optionally, c) using suitable methods those afore-mentioned substances are dried and/or are irradiated with electromagnetic waves, it proves advantageous to use compounds of formula (I), (II), (III) and/or (IV), IN-L-RG (I), >IN-L-RG1-L1-H (II), IN-L-RG1-L1-IN1 (III), IN-L-RG1-L1-RG2-L2-IN1 (IV), wherein IN and IN1 are each independently of the others a monacylphosphine, monoacylphosphine oxide or monoacylphosphine sulfide photoinitiator group; L1 L1 and L2 are a single bond or a spa
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Wolf, Martin Kunz
  • Publication number: 20060246291
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for forming functional layers on an inorganic or organic substrate, wherein a) a low-temperature plasma, a corona discharge, high-energy radiation and/or a flame treatment is caused to act on the inorganic or organic substrate, b) 1) at least one activatable initiator or 2) at least one activatable initiator and at least one ethylenically unsaturated compound is/are applied in the form of a melt, solution, suspension or emulsion to the inorganic or organic substrate, there being incorporated in the activatable initiator and/or the ethylenically unsaturated compound at least one function-controlling group which results in the treated substrate's acquiring desired surface properties, and c) the coated substrate is heated and/or is irradiated with electromagnetic waves, the substrate thereby acquiring the desired surface properties. The invention relates also to substrates coated in accordance with the method and to their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Inventors: Martin Kunz, Michael Bauer, Andreas Baranyai
  • Patent number: 7084183
    Abstract: The invention relates to ?-hydroxy ketones of formula I or IIa; or mixtures of compounds of formula I and II; or mixtures of compounds of formulae Ia and IIa
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemcials Corp.
    Inventors: André Fuchs, Rinaldo Hüsler, Christian Schregenberger, Martin Kunz
  • Publication number: 20060159856
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for forming coatings on an inorganic or organic substrate and to substrates coated in accordance with the method. In the method: a) a low-temperature plasma, a corona discharge, high-energy radiation and/or a flame treatment is caused to act on the inorganic or organic substrate, b) 1.) at least one activatable initiator or 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Inventors: Martin Kunz, Michael Bauer, Andreas Baranyai