Patents by Inventor Martin Steude

Martin Steude 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).

  • Device and method for combustion analysis by means of induction furnaces and protective element for induction furnaces for the combustion analysis
    Patent number: 9945823
    Abstract: With a device for combustion analysis, comprising an induction furnace with a furnace chamber, in which carrier gas can flow during operation via at least one gas inlet to a gas outlet, and in which a sample to be analyzed can be arranged and burned in a sample container, a hollow protective element is provided and, with normal operation of the device, is arranged in the furnace chamber directly above the sample in such a way that the end of the protective element facing towards the sample, together with the sample container, forms a constriction for the carrier gas flow, wherein the protective element is desgned to convey gases produced during the combustion of the sample through the protective element and to the gas outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: BRUKER AXS GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Steude, Christian Camps
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COMBUSTION ANALYSIS BY MEANS OF INDUCTION FURNACES AND PROTECTIVE ELEMENT FOR INDUCTION FURNACES FOR THE COMBUSTION ANALYSIS
    Publication number: 20130316465
    Abstract: With a device for combustion analysis, comprising an induction furnace with a furnace chamber, in which carrier gas can flow during operation via at least one gas inlet to a gas outlet, and in which a sample to be analyzed can be arranged and burned in a sample container, a hollow protective element is provided and, with normal operation of the device, is arranged in the furnace chamber directly above the sample in such a way that the end of the protective element facing towards the sample, together with the sample container, forms a constriction for the carrier gas flow, wherein the protective element is desgned to convey gases produced during the combustion of the sample through the protective element and to the gas outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: BRUKER ELEMENTAL GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Steude, Christian Camps