Patents by Inventor Stefan Haas

Stefan Haas 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: 11975402
    Abstract: A beam machining head (10; 100; 200) for beam cutting of a workpiece is provided, having an interface (12) for an energy beam source (14; 14, 201) for generating a focused machining energy beam (15; 206) selected from a particle beam source, a fuel fluid beam source, a plasma beam source and/or a source for electromagnetic radiation; an exit opening (16) for the machining energy beam bounded by an opening edge (18); an optical detector unit (19) for recording at least one image of an electromagnetic radiation (17) emitted from the workpiece (11) through the exit opening into the beam machining head (10; 100; 200) and induced in the workpiece by the machining energy beam; and a monitoring unit (30) connected in a data-transmitting manner to the optical detector unit for monitoring a positional relationship between a centre of the emitted electromagnetic radiation and the exit opening, wherein the monitoring unit (30) has: a first determination module for determining at least one position (180; 182) of the exit
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: BYSTRONIC LASER AG
    Inventors: Christoph Fahrni, Stefan Kaltenbach, Titus Haas, Andreas Luedi
  • Publication number: 20240094353
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system, which comprises: a distance measuring unit configured to emit a plurality of first pulses towards an object located in a field of view (FOV), wherein the object is associated with one or more markers; and a detector configured to receive at least one second pulse from the one or more markers of the object, wherein each of the at least one second pulse indicates object information identifying the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Ricardo Ferreira, Stefan Hadrath, Peter Hoehmann, Herbert Kaestle, Florian Kolb, Norbert Magg, Jiye Park, Tobias Schmidt, Martin Schnarrenberger, Norbert Haas, Helmut Horn, Bernhard Siessegger, Guido Angenendt, Charles Braquet, Gerhard Maierbacher, Oliver Neitzke, Sergey Khrushchev
  • Patent number: 11933388
    Abstract: A powershift transmission has a split group with a plurality of powershift stages and an input shaft that can be rotatably driven by a drive shaft of a motorized drive. The input shaft transmits in a stepped-up manner to an output shaft of the split group a rotational movement corresponding to a selected powershiftable stage transmission. A synchromesh transmission group has at least four gear stages and can be rotatably driven by the output shaft of the split group via an intermediate group located therebetween, and via the output shaft of the synchromesh transmission group an axle transmission of the motor vehicle can be rotatably driven. The intermediate group has first and second switching elements each having an output shaft that can be coupled by means of a switchable clutch to an idler. First and second output gears are arranged on the output shaft of the synchromesh transmission group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Michael Haas, Martin Dankesreiter, Thomas Oberbuchner, Thomas Pauli, Stefan Igl
  • Publication number: 20210336123
    Abstract: A surface element with a first layer, which has a conductive loop embedded in an insulating material, and with a sensor layer forming a second layer that is in contact with the conductive loop. The sensor layer is designed for detecting at least one external input variable. Dependent upon this detection, a current flowing through the conductive loop is affected. The surface element can be operated in a reverse operation such that by feeding currents into the conductive loop, the one or each of multiple sensor layer(s) generates output variables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventor: Stefan Haas
  • Patent number: 10940456
    Abstract: Hydrogenated amorphous silicon-containing colloids or composite colloids have a silicon-containing shell which surrounds the hollow colloids or composite colloids. The colloids have a spherical geometry. The silicon-containing composite colloids have a spherical geometry and a diameter of between 2 nm and 7 nm in scanning electron micrographs, and the silicon-containing colloids have a spherical geometry with a cavity and a diameter of between 50 and 200 nm in scanning transmission electron micrographs. The cavity is surrounded by a shell with a thickness of between 3 and 10 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JUELICH GMBH
    Inventors: Andrew Paolo Cadiz Bedini, Benjamin Klingebiel, Stefan Haas, Jan Flohre, Reinhard Carius, Chunguang Chen, Peter Notten
  • Publication number: 20200254416
    Abstract: Hydrogenated amorphous silicon-containing colloids or composite colloids have a silicon-containing shell which surrounds the hollow colloids or composite colloids. The colloids have a spherical geometry. The silicon-containing composite colloids have a spherical geometry and a diameter of between 2 nm and 7 nm in scanning electron micrographs, and the silicon-containing colloids have a spherical geometry with a cavity and a diameter of between 50 and 200 nm in scanning transmission electron micrographs. The cavity is surrounded by a shell with a thickness of between 3 and 10 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Andrew Paolo Cadiz Bedini, Benjamin Klingebiel, Stefan Haas, Jan Flohre, Reinhard Carius, Chunguang Chen, Peter Notten
  • Patent number: 10655582
    Abstract: A fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine may include a plurality of fuel injection pumps, each fuel injection pump being configured to pressurize fuel and provide the pressurized fuel to an associated fuel injector. The fuel supply system may further include a low-pressure fuel supply line fluidly connected to the plurality of fuel injection pumps and configured to provide fuel from a fuel supply tank to the plurality of fuel injection pumps. The fuel supply system may still further include a low-pressure fuel return line fluidly connected to the plurality of fuel injection pumps and configured to return remaining fuel from the plurality of fuel injection pumps to the fuel supply tank. The fuel supply system may include a first fuel cut-off valve disposed in the low-pressure fuel supply line and configured to stop a flow of fuel from the fuel supply tank to the plurality of fuel injection pumps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Caterpillar Motoren GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ole Ohrt, Stefan Haas, Thorsten Tuexen, Sven Ernst
  • Publication number: 20190367852
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of preparing a wort from cereals, comprising the steps of: providing a grist comprising non-malted cereals; preparing a mixture by contacting the grist with water and with an alpha-amylase, a protease and a filtration aid enzyme, to yield a mash after incubation; incubating said mixture at 45-55° C. for a period of 10-30 minutes, at 60-70° C. for a period of 20-40 minutes and at 80-90° C. for a period of 5-15 minutes; filtering the mash to obtain a liquid wort; and collecting the wort.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Ansgar Hempen, Helge Ulmer, Stefan Haas
  • Publication number: 20160348613
    Abstract: A double walled gas valve unit controls the gaseous fuel flow within a vessel gas system. The gas valve unit may include a housing providing an outer wall, a fuel gas inlet, a fuel gas outlet, and an inert gas inlet, and a fuel line fluidly connected to the fuel gas inlet and the fuel gas outlet and extending within the housing, thereby forming an inner wall of the double walled gas valve unit. The fuel line may include a flow control valve and a block valve, a flushing line, and a flushing valve system. The flushing line is fluidly connected to the inert gas inlet. The flushing line is also fluidly connected via the flushing valve system to a storage side access point of the fuel line and to an engine side access point of the fuel line. The storage side access point is fluidly positioned between the fuel gas inlet and the block valve. The engine side access point is fluidly positioned between the block valve and the fuel gas outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: Caterpillar Motoren GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thorsten TUEXEN, Stefan HAAS, Finn VOGLER
  • Publication number: 20160333834
    Abstract: A fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine may include a plurality of fuel injection pumps, each fuel injection pump being configured to pressurize fuel and provide the pressurized fuel to an associated fuel injector. The fuel supply system may further include a low-pressure fuel supply line fluidly connected to the plurality of fuel injection pumps and configured to provide fuel from a fuel supply tank to the plurality of fuel injection pumps. The fuel supply system may still further include a low-pressure fuel return line fluidly connected to the plurality of fuel injection pumps and configured to return remaining fuel from the plurality of fuel injection pumps to the fuel supply tank. The fuel supply system may include a first fuel cut-off valve disposed in the low-pressure fuel supply line and configured to stop a flow of fuel from the fuel supply tank to the plurality of fuel injection pumps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: Caterpillar Motoren GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ole OHRT, Stefan HAAS, Thorsten TUEXEN, Sven ERNST
  • Publication number: 20150241306
    Abstract: A method of detecting an incomplete combustion, such as a misfire, in an internal combustion engine operating at least partly on a gaseous fuel, includes: receiving pressure data corresponding to a temporal development of a cylinder pressure during a combustion event within a combustion cycle; deriving from the pressure data a combustion energy value of the combustion; determining that the derived combustion energy value is beyond a predetermined combustion-cycle specific combustion threshold level; and associating the combustion event with an incomplete combustion in the combustion cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR MOTOREN GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Eike Joachim SIXEL, Bert RITSCHER, Hendrik HEROLD, Andre SCHMIDT, Stefan HAAS, Arvind SIVASUBRAMANIAN
  • Publication number: 20140017356
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing a whole grain cereal based extract having improved suspension properties. The process comprises the steps of: (i) providing a whole grain cereal; (ii) subjecting the whole grain cereal to a first grinding; (iii) subjecting the ground whole grain cereal to an hydrolysis of the macromolecular elements providing a modified whole grain cereal; (iv) separating a soluble fraction of the modified whole grain cereal from an insoluble fraction of the modified whole grain cereal; and (v) subjecting the insoluble fraction of the modified whole grain cereal to a second grinding and/or enzymatic modification obtaining a cereal based fraction having improved suspension properties, and comprising particles having a particle size of at the most 100 ?m, such as at the most 50 ?m, e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: NESTEC S.A.
    Inventors: Rob Te Biesebeke, Michael Walters, Nicolas Marjanovic, Stefan Haas
  • Patent number: 8307810
    Abstract: A fuel injection system supplies fuel at high pressure to an internal combustion engine via at least two high-pressure fuel pumps and a high-pressure fuel distribution line. The high-pressure fuel pumps can operate in a first pump mode and a second pump mode, which differ in the amount of fuel that is pumped. A control unit alternately operates the high-pressure fuel pumps such that, during a first time period, at least one of the high-pressure fuel pumps is operated in the first pump mode and all other high-pressure fuel pumps are simultaneously operated in the second pump mode and such that, during a second time period, at least one of the high-pressure fuel pumps, which was operated in the second pump mode during the first time period, is operated in the first pump mode and the remaining high-pressure fuel pumps are simultaneously operated in the second pump mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignees: Caterpillar Motoren GmbH & Co. KG, L'Orange GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Haas, Bert Ritscher, Bodo Gneist, Horst Ressel, Wolfgang Scheibe, Jürgen Schick
  • Publication number: 20120234366
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing and for connecting in series photovoltaic elements to form a solar module, and a solar module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Andreas Lambertz, Stefan Haas
  • Publication number: 20120097208
    Abstract: Provided is a method for generating, and for connecting in series, stripe-shaped elements, wherein less space is required for the series connection as compared to the prior art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Lambertz, Stefan Haas
  • Publication number: 20110023830
    Abstract: A fuel injection system supplies fuel at high pressure to an internal combustion engine via at least two high-pressure fuel pumps and a high-pressure fuel distribution line. The high-pressure fuel pumps can operate in a first pump mode and a second pump mode, which differ in the amount of fuel that is pumped. A control unit alternately operates the high-pressure fuel pumps such that, during a first time period, at least one of the high-pressure fuel pumps is operated in the first pump mode and all other high-pressure fuel pumps are simultaneously operated in the second pump mode and such that, during a second time period, at least one of the high-pressure fuel pumps, which was operated in the second pump mode during the first time period, is operated in the first pump mode and the remaining high-pressure fuel pumps are simultaneously operated in the second pump mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2008
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicants: CATERPILLAR MOTOREN GMBH & CO. KG, L'Orange GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Haas, Bert Ritscher, Bodo Gneist, Horst Ressel, Wolfgang Scheibe, Jürgen Schick
  • Patent number: 7866449
    Abstract: The invention relates to a magnetic rail brake device of a railway vehicle, including a magnetic base or carrier element, and a magnetic coil which can be connected to a voltage source by means of a connecting mechanism that is on the base or carrier element and is provided with at least two electrical terminals. An end face of the connecting mechanism is disposed within an imaginary enveloping area of the base or carrier element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Knorr-Bremse Systeme Für Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Henry Lehmann, Herrmann Koidl, Lothar Schmied, Richard Rathhammer, Stefan Haas
  • Publication number: 20100286154
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with an anthelmintic paste in form of an aqueous suspension, comprising a veterinarily effective amount each of praziquantel and a macrocyclic lactone selected from avermectins, milbemycins and derivatives thereof; a cyclodextrin; a thickener; and water. The suspension formulations of the present invention are useful for controlling endoparasites in warm-blooded animals such as companion animals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventors: Susanne Christine Wieland-Berghausen, Katrin Oppel, Stefan Haas
  • Patent number: 7806242
    Abstract: A magnetic rail brake device of a rail vehicle comprises at least one braking magnet including a magnet coil body having a plurality of magnetic elements held thereon, and which magnetic elements are movable. The device also comprises at least one fixing strip running parallel to a longitudinal length of the magnetic coil body and directly connected to the magnetic coil body to fix the braking magnet to other components of the magnetic rail brake device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Knorr-Bremse Systeme fur Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Henry Lehmann, Hermann Koidl, Lothar Schmied, Richard Rathammer, Stefan Haas
  • Publication number: 20100116602
    Abstract: The invention relates to a magnetic rail brake device of a railway vehicle, including a magnetic base or carrier element, and a magnetic coil which can be connected to a voltage source by means of a connecting mechanism that is on the base or carrier element and is provided with at least two electrical terminals. An end face of the connecting mechanism is disposed within an imaginary enveloping area of the base or carrier element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2005
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Henry Lehmann, Herrmann Koidl, Lothar Schmied, Richard Rathhammer, Stefan Haas