Patents by Inventor Robert Pietsch
Robert Pietsch 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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Publication number: 20220418057Abstract: A household microwave appliance includes a microwave treatment chamber having a loading opening, a door for closing the loading opening of the microwave treatment chamber, and a microwave trap configured to prevent microwaves escaping when the door is closed. The microwave trap is a bent sheet-metal component with a main bending edge, which is adjoined by a row of teeth at a distance. The microwave trap includes a row of bending slots in the main bending edge, with at least one of the bending slot being interrupted by a web to define slot sections.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2020Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: Markus Kuchler, Robert Pietsch, Sebastian Sterz
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Publication number: 20220281449Abstract: The present disclosure relates to technology for controlling a driving speed of a utility vehicle. According to one embodiment, a device includes: a speed sensor that detects the driving speed of the utility vehicle; a wind speed sensor or a data interface that detects a wind speed on or in front of the utility vehicle; a locating unit that locates the utility vehicle on a route travelled by the utility vehicle; and a control unit that controls the driving speed of the utility vehicle according to the detected driving speed, the detected wind speed and a topography ahead of the utility vehicle on the route according to the location. With the topography ahead of the utility vehicle, the controlled driving speed is an increasing function of the detected wind speed in the direction of the driving speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2020Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: Niels Dethleffsen, Robert Pietsch, Julia Behringer
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Patent number: 10986706Abstract: A microwave oven includes a housing, which surrounds an oven space and has a flange configured to delimit a loading opening for the oven space. A door closes off the oven space and is disposed movably on the housing. Disposed on the door is a microwave shield, which is disposed at a distance in front of the flange, when the door is closed and is adjusted by an adjustment facility such that a position of the microwave shield can be set in three spatial directions relative to the flange.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2018Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Mathias Frey, Robert Pietsch
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Patent number: 10393575Abstract: Techniques are provided to perform flat field correction for infrared cameras using a liquid shutter. Devices and methods provide a focal plane array (FPA) that receives infrared radiation (e.g., thermal infrared radiation) from a scene, and infrared-opaque liquid disposed in a cavity of a liquid shutter housing, and a fluid controller that directs the liquid from a reservoir area of the cavity to a field of view area of the cavity to block the FPA from the infrared radiation. Flat field correction terms may be determined and radiometric calibration may be performed. In one example, a liquid shutter uses voltages to direct liquid. In another example, a liquid shutter uses magnetic fields from electromagnets to direct liquid such as ferrofluid. In another example, a liquid shutter uses electrowetting techniques to direct liquid such as water. In a further example, a liquid shutter uses a pump.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: FLIR SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Vu L. Nguyen, Theodore R. Hoelter, Pierre Boulanger, Marcel Tremblay, Robert Pietsch
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Publication number: 20180288838Abstract: A microwave oven includes a housing, which surrounds an oven space and has a flange configured to delimit a loading opening for the oven space. A door closes off the oven space and is disposed movably on the housing. Disposed on the door is a microwave shield, which is disposed at a distance in front of the flange, when the door is closed and is adjusted by an adjustment facility such that a position of the microwave shield can be set in three spatial directions relative to the flange.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2018Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventors: Mathias Frey, Robert Pietsch
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Patent number: 10021740Abstract: A microwave oven includes a housing, which surrounds an oven space and has a flange configured to delimit a loading opening for the oven space. A door closes off the oven space and is disposed movably on the housing. Disposed on the door is a microwave shield, which is disposed at a distance in front of the flange, when the door is closed and is adjusted by an adjustment facility such that a position of the microwave shield can be set in three spatial directions relative to the flange.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2015Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Mathias Frey, Robert Pietsch
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Publication number: 20170336249Abstract: Techniques are provided to perform flat field correction for infrared cameras using a liquid shutter. Devices and methods provide a focal plane array (FPA) that receives infrared radiation (e.g., thermal infrared radiation) from a scene, and infrared-opaque liquid disposed in a cavity of a liquid shutter housing, and a fluid controller that directs the liquid from a reservoir area of the cavity to a field of view area of the cavity to block the FPA from the infrared radiation. Flat field correction terms may be determined and radiometric calibration may be performed. In one example, a liquid shutter uses voltages to direct liquid. In another example, a liquid shutter uses magnetic fields from electromagnets to direct liquid such as ferrofluid. In another example, a liquid shutter uses electrowetting techniques to direct liquid such as water. In a further example, a liquid shutter uses a pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2017Publication date: November 23, 2017Inventors: Vu L. Nguyen, Theodore R. Hoelter, Pierre Boulanger, Marcel Tremblay, Robert Pietsch
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Publication number: 20150271878Abstract: A microwave oven includes a housing, which surrounds an oven space and has a flange configured to delimit a loading opening for the oven space. A door closes off the oven space and is disposed movably on the housing. Disposed on the door is a microwave shield, which is disposed at a distance in front of the flange, when the door is closed and is adjusted by an adjustment facility such that a position of the microwave shield can be set in three spatial directions relative to the flange.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventors: Mathias Frey, Robert Pietsch
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Patent number: 9001212Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that provide an infrared-transmissive dome, such as for infrared imaging applications. For example, an infrared-transmissive dome, for an embodiment, includes a main body providing a hollow, hemispherical-shaped dome; wherein the main body is made of an ultra-high molecular weight or a very-high molecular weight polyethylene material; and wherein the main body has a wall thickness equal to or less than approximately 0.012 inches to allow infrared transmittance greater than approximately sixty five percent through the main body for infrared imaging in a wavelength range of approximately three to fourteen micrometers.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2010Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: FLIR Systems, Inc.Inventors: Theodore R. Hoelter, Barbara Sharp, Warn Burt, Robert Pietsch, Marcel Tremblay
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Patent number: 8905311Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that provide an infrared-transmissive dome, such as for infrared imaging applications. For example, an infrared camera system includes a housing having a lens coupled to the housing and an infrared detector within the housing configured to receive infrared energy passing through the lens. An infrared-transmissive dome, coupled to the infrared camera system, includes a main body providing a hollow, hemispherical-shaped dome, with the main body made of an ultra-high molecular weight or a very-high molecular weight polyethylene material. The main body may have a wall thickness equal to or less than approximately 0.012 inches to allow infrared transmittance greater than approximately sixty five percent through the main body to the lens for infrared imaging in a wavelength range of approximately three to fourteen micrometers.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2010Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: FLIR Systems, Inc.Inventors: Theodore R. Hoelter, Barbara Sharp, Warn Burt, Robert Pietsch, Marcel Tremblay, Earl R. Lewis
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Publication number: 20110221908Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that provide an infrared-transmissive dome, such as for infrared imaging applications. For example, an infrared-transmissive dome, for an embodiment, includes a main body providing a hollow, hemispherical-shaped dome; wherein the main body is made of an ultra-high molecular weight or a very-high molecular weight polyethylene material; and wherein the main body has a wall thickness equal to or less than approximately 0.012 inches to allow infrared transmittance greater than approximately sixty five percent through the main body for infrared imaging in a wavelength range of approximately three to fourteen micrometers.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2010Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: FLIR SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Theodore R. Hoelter, Barbara Sharp, Warn Burt, Robert Pietsch, Marcel Tremblay
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Publication number: 20110220797Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that provide an infrared-transmissive dome, such as for infrared imaging applications. For example, an infrared camera system includes a housing having a lens coupled to the housing and an infrared detector within the housing configured to receive infrared energy passing through the lens. An infrared-transmissive dome, coupled to the infrared camera system, includes a main body providing a hollow, hemispherical-shaped dome, with the main body made of an ultra-high molecular weight or a very-high molecular weight polyethylene material. The main body may have a wall thickness equal to or less than approximately 0.012 inches to allow infrared transmittance greater than approximately sixty five percent through the main body to the lens for infrared imaging in a wavelength range of approximately three to fourteen micrometers.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2010Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: FLIR SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Theodore R. Hoelter, Barbara Sharp, Warn Burt, Robert Pietsch, Marcel Tremblay, Earl R. Lewis