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).
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Patent number: 11975402Abstract: 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 exitType: GrantFiled: October 15, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: BYSTRONIC LASER AGInventors: Christoph Fahrni, Stefan Kaltenbach, Titus Haas, Andreas Luedi
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Publication number: 20240094353Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: 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
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Patent number: 11933388Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 28, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventors: Michael Haas, Martin Dankesreiter, Thomas Oberbuchner, Thomas Pauli, Stefan Igl
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Publication number: 20210336123Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2021Publication date: October 28, 2021Inventor: Stefan Haas
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Patent number: 10940456Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 30, 2018Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JUELICH GMBHInventors: Andrew Paolo Cadiz Bedini, Benjamin Klingebiel, Stefan Haas, Jan Flohre, Reinhard Carius, Chunguang Chen, Peter Notten
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Publication number: 20200254416Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2018Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Andrew Paolo Cadiz Bedini, Benjamin Klingebiel, Stefan Haas, Jan Flohre, Reinhard Carius, Chunguang Chen, Peter Notten
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Patent number: 10655582Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 6, 2016Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Caterpillar Motoren GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Ole Ohrt, Stefan Haas, Thorsten Tuexen, Sven Ernst
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Publication number: 20190367852Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2017Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventors: Ansgar Hempen, Helge Ulmer, Stefan Haas
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Publication number: 20160348613Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2016Publication date: December 1, 2016Applicant: Caterpillar Motoren GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Thorsten TUEXEN, Stefan HAAS, Finn VOGLER
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Publication number: 20160333834Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2016Publication date: November 17, 2016Applicant: Caterpillar Motoren GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Ole OHRT, Stefan HAAS, Thorsten TUEXEN, Sven ERNST
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Publication number: 20150241306Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2015Publication date: August 27, 2015Applicant: CATERPILLAR MOTOREN GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Eike Joachim SIXEL, Bert RITSCHER, Hendrik HEROLD, Andre SCHMIDT, Stefan HAAS, Arvind SIVASUBRAMANIAN
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Publication number: 20140017356Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2012Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicant: NESTEC S.A.Inventors: Rob Te Biesebeke, Michael Walters, Nicolas Marjanovic, Stefan Haas
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Patent number: 8307810Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 28, 2008Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignees: Caterpillar Motoren GmbH & Co. KG, L'Orange GmbHInventors: Stefan Haas, Bert Ritscher, Bodo Gneist, Horst Ressel, Wolfgang Scheibe, Jürgen Schick
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Publication number: 20120234366Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing and for connecting in series photovoltaic elements to form a solar module, and a solar module.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2010Publication date: September 20, 2012Inventors: Andreas Lambertz, Stefan Haas
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Publication number: 20120097208Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2010Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbHInventors: Andreas Lambertz, Stefan Haas
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Publication number: 20110023830Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2008Publication date: February 3, 2011Applicants: CATERPILLAR MOTOREN GMBH & CO. KG, L'Orange GmbHInventors: Stefan Haas, Bert Ritscher, Bodo Gneist, Horst Ressel, Wolfgang Scheibe, Jürgen Schick
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Patent number: 7866449Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 13, 2005Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: Knorr-Bremse Systeme Für Schienenfahrzeuge GmbHInventors: Henry Lehmann, Herrmann Koidl, Lothar Schmied, Richard Rathhammer, Stefan Haas
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Publication number: 20100286154Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2008Publication date: November 11, 2010Inventors: Susanne Christine Wieland-Berghausen, Katrin Oppel, Stefan Haas
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Patent number: 7806242Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 13, 2005Date of Patent: October 5, 2010Assignee: Knorr-Bremse Systeme fur Schienenfahrzeuge GmbHInventors: Henry Lehmann, Hermann Koidl, Lothar Schmied, Richard Rathammer, Stefan Haas
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Publication number: 20100116602Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2005Publication date: May 13, 2010Inventors: Henry Lehmann, Herrmann Koidl, Lothar Schmied, Richard Rathhammer, Stefan Haas