Patents by Inventor Ralf Engels

Ralf Engels 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: 20240092696
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a reactive liquid applied material for producing a roofing membrane, wherein the reactive liquid applied material has a liquid component and a powder component, wherein the powder component comprises a mineral binder system consisting of a plurality of mineral binders capable of forming an ettringite phase when combined, and wherein the liquid component comprises one or more aqueous polymer dispersions. According to the invention, the reactive material contains at least twice, preferably at least 2.5 times, in particular at least three times as much wt. % solids content of polymers as it does wt. % mineral binders, a proportion of a PU polymer is at most 30% of the solids content of polymers, relative to the total mass of the polymers, and at least one of the polymers used in the reactive roof waterproofing product has a Tg determined by DSC of less than ?20° C., preferably less than ?30° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Dennis Boesker, Kevin Willen, Ralf Wilgen, Magnus Greiwe, Christiane Saalbach, Lukas Schrand, Sebastian Kiehn, Jens Engel
  • Patent number: 10451750
    Abstract: The invention concerns a scintillation detector with which high count rates and/or high resolutions are possible. The scintillator of the claimed scintillation detector is formed from pixels (2), which are separated from each other by interstices (4). Alternatively or additionally, the surface of the scintillator is divided by grooves into pixels (2). Such a structure enables not only a particularly high resolution. When multiple detector modules are used, it also allows high count rates in the range of roughly 20 MHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignees: Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Commissariat á l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies (CEA), Integrated Detector Electronics AS, Legal Division European Spallation Source ERIC
    Inventors: Sebastian Jaksch, Henrich Frielinghaus, Ralf Engels, Günter Kemmerling, Kalliopi Kanaki, Richard Hall-Wilton, Sylvain Désert, Codin Gheorghe
  • Patent number: 10145612
    Abstract: Flicker values to be expected may be determined and achieve a high probability from suitable state and operating variables which are acquired during the first minutes in the initial smelting phase. In this way, flicker can effectively be reduced and kept below predefined limiting values. This is in particular suitable during steel production using electric arc furnaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Arno Doebbeler, Ralf Engels, Thomas Matschullat, Wolfgang Meusel, Detlef Rieger
  • Publication number: 20170329027
    Abstract: The invention concerns a scintillation detector with which high count rates and/or high resolutions are possible. The scintillator of the claimed scintillation detector is formed from pixels (2), which are separated from each other by interstices (4). Alternatively or additionally, the surface of the scintillator is divided by grooves into pixels (2). Such a structure enables not only a particularly high resolution. When multiple detector modules are used, it also allows high count rates in the range of roughly 20 MHz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Sebastian JAKSCH, Henrich FRIELINGHAUS, Ralf ENGELS, Günter KEMMERLING, Kalliopi KANAKI, Richard HALL-WILTON, Sylvain DÉSERT, Codin GHEORGHE
  • Publication number: 20160153714
    Abstract: An electric arc furnace (2) and to a method for operating an electric arc furnace having at least one electrode (4a, 4b, 4c) for generating an electric arc (6a, 6b, 6c), in which the desired value of the current (I) guided to the electrode (4a, 4b, 4c) oscillates about a predetermined base value (I0).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Markus DORNDORF, Ralf ENGELS, Michel HEIN, Klaus KRÜGER, Domenico NARDACCHIONE
  • Publication number: 20160061869
    Abstract: A basic materials industry facility having a type 1 electrical consumer with at least three working points that each have a respective expected power consumption is disclosed. The facility can also have type 2 or type 3 consumers, each having only two working points or a single expected power consumption assigned to them, respectively. Schedule diagrams for type 1 and 2 consumers define their working points as a function of time, taking into account technological criteria for the operation of the facility, and are continuously updated using actual energy consumption data in such a way that the expected total energy consumption between starting time point and a predefined end time point does not exceed a maximum permissible total energy consumption. Preferably the consumers are controlled so that the expected total energy consumption is brought close to the maximum permissible energy consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Björn Dittmer, Arno Döbbeler, Ralf Engels, Thomas Matschullat, Otto Schmid
  • Publication number: 20150226484
    Abstract: Flicker values to be expected may be determined and achieve a high probability from suitable state and operating variables which are acquired during the first minutes in the initial smelting phase. In this way, flicker can effectively be reduced and kept below predefined limiting values. This is in particular suitable during steel production using electric arc furnaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Arno Doebbeler, Ralf Engels, Thomas Matschullat, Wolfgang Meusel, Detlef Rieger
  • Publication number: 20140111379
    Abstract: A system for determining position comprises at least one transmitter connected to the object, at least two stationary receivers, and means for determining the phase difference with which the signal of the transmitter arrives at the two receivers. Compared to conventional radio direction finding (decca direction finding), transmission takes place only at the location of the mobile object. This has the effect that only one transmitter having very small dimensions and very low power consumption is required at the location of the mobile object. At least one pair of two stationary receivers is used for operation to determine at least one space coordinate of the object position, the measuring region for the object position being located between these receivers at this space coordinate. The position can be determined with high accuracy if the three space coordinates thereof are determined separately using at least one dedicated receiver pair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JUELICH GMBH
    Inventors: Jakob Schelten, Kari Sobotta, Ralf Engels, Christian Mueller
  • Patent number: 7380861
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plastic fuel inlet compartment which can be inserted into an opening in the bodywork of a motor vehicle. The invention is characterized by a two-hole embodiment for bivalent tanking whereby the second through hole can also be selectively covered. A controllable closing device can also be easily inserted in a recess in an outer wall of the housing, thereby enabling the fuel inlet compartment valve to be controlled by a motor and to be manually actuated. The fuel inlet compartment can be inserted into an opening of the bodywork in a self-locking manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignees: ITW Automotive Products GmbH & Co. KG, Dr. Scheider Kunststoffwerke GmbH
    Inventor: Ralf Engel
  • Publication number: 20070149208
    Abstract: The present inventions relate to methods for providing services in dependence on the geographical location of mobile terminals in a cellular network. The inventions relate further to mobile communication terminals for use with a cellular network that are able to receive or provide services in dependence of their geographical position obtained through interaction with the cellular network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventors: Hanno Syrbe, Ralf Engels, Maik Kobald, Ulrich Muller, Christian Zundt
  • Publication number: 20060163902
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plastic fuel inlet compartment which can be inserted into an opening in the bodywork of a motor vehicle. The invention is characterized by a two-hole embodiment for bivalent tanking whereby the second through hole can also be selectively covered. A controllable closing device can also be easily inserted in a recess in an outer wall of the housing, thereby enabling the fuel inlet compartment valve to be controlled by a motor and to be manually actuated. The fuel inlet compartment can be inserted into an opening of the bodywork in a self-locking manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2004
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventor: Ralf Engel
  • Patent number: 6605809
    Abstract: The invention relates to an evaluation unit to evaluate detector events registered by one or more detectors, whereby the evaluation unit contains signal processors that serve to process the signals from the detectors. According to the invention, the evaluation unit is characterized in that it has at least one distributor that relays the signals from the detector to at least one selected signal processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Engels, Richard Reinartz, Jakob Schelten, Heinz Rongen, Uwe Clemens