Patents by Inventor Thomas Becker

Thomas Becker 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).

  • Preparation enhancements and methods of use for MALDI mass spectrometry
    Patent number: 9305756
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods useful for preparing and analyzing a sample on a substrate by matrix assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry (MS). In some embodiments, compositions provided herein comprise a substrate, matrix and nanoparticles, and sometimes comprise one or more additives and sometimes an analyte. Compositions provided herein sometimes comprise nanoparticles that include or are made up of silicon dioxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Agena Bioscience, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Becker, Stefan Berkenkamp
  • Lumbar support belt
    Patent number: 9283105
    Abstract: A belt comprising an elastic band having a central portion and two end portions, wherein a cushion is fastened on the inner surface of the central portion of the band, centered relative to the transverse median axis. The cushion is in the shape of a V whereby the tip is oriented downward when the belt is worn, and has two flanges connected by a joining area. The cushion is designed and positioned so that, when the belt is worn, the free end portion of each flange bears on the corresponding iliac crest of the person, and the joining area is in contact with the area comprising the upper portion of the sacrum and the lower portion of the lumbar vertebrae.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: GIBAUD
    Inventors: Gérard Anglada, Thomas Beckers
  • METHOD FOR ADAPTING A COMMON-RAIL INJECTION SYSTEM OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
    Publication number: 20160061137
    Abstract: In a method for adapting at least one injector of an injection system, in particular of a common-rail injection system of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, where injections take place based on a characteristics map with at least two input variables and at least one output variable, a transition is carried out into a learning mode in which only discrete values are permitted for one of the at least two input variables of the characteristics map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Daniel HEITZ, Peter LANDGRAF, Holger RAPP, Traugott DEGLER, Lars ENGELFRIED, Thomas BECKER
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPERATING A FUEL INJECTION DEVICE, ESPECIALLY OF A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20160003184
    Abstract: In a method for operating a fuel injection device of a motor vehicle, fuel is conveyed under high pressure into a high-pressure reservoir, the pressure of which is controlled with the aid of a pressure regulation and from which fuel is taken for injection via at least one fuel injection valve under the control of a control device. A control pressure deviation of the pressure in the high-pressure reservoir is detected and the existence of a balance disturbance between quantity of fuel supplied to the high-pressure reservoir and quantity of fuel taken from the high-pressure reservoir is deduced from the control pressure deviation. If a balance disturbance exists, operational influencing of the fuel injection device counteracting the balance disturbance is produced and/or a corresponding report is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Christian Alexander Muennich, Johannes Zeidler, Till Wokoeck, Thomas Becker
  • Device for noncontact determination of edge profile at a thin disk-shaped object
    Patent number: 9106807
    Abstract: A device for noncontact determination of the edge profile at a thin disk-shaped object helps determining the edge profile at semiconductor wafers in which exact image recording is not impaired by specular reflections of the edge profile. A plurality of light sources in the form of laser radiation sources each emitting a line-shaped light bundle are arranged so as to be coplanar in a common plane representing a measurement plane oriented orthogonal to a base plane of the object and are directed from different directions to a common intersection of the laser radiation sources in the edge region of the object. A light sheet is formed in the measurement plane and at least one base camera is directed in the base plane lateral to the measurement plane to capture scattered light proceeding from a light line generated by the light sheet when impinging the object edge region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: KoCoS Automation GmbH
    Inventors: Axel Gaglin, Thomas Becker, Frank Richter, Bernd Gey
  • Method and Apparatus for Delivery of Submicroliter Volumes onto a Substrate
    Publication number: 20150182933
    Abstract: A slotted pin tool, a delivery system containing the pin tool, a substrate for use in the system and methods using the pin tool and system are provided. The slotted pin tool contains a plurality of pins having slotted ends designed to fit around each loci of material deposited on a surface, such as a microarray, without contacting any of the deposited material. Sample is delivered by contacting the pin tool with the surface; the amount delivered is proportional to the velocity of the pin tool as it contacts the surface or the velocity of the liquid when movement of the pin is halted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas BECKER, Aaron A. HANSON
  • RESONANT ENERGY HARVESTER, AIRCRAFT COMPONENT COMPRISING THE RESONANT ENERGY HARVESTER AND AN AIRCRAFT COMPRISING THE RESONANT ENERGY HARVESTER OR THE AIRCRAFT COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20150180376
    Abstract: An energy harvester for an aircraft comprises a first portion, a movable element and a kinetic-to-electric-energy-converter. The first portion includes a charge collecting device having an electrical permittivity different to that of air. The charge collecting device is configured to be exposed to an air flow. The movable element is configured to be driven by the charge of the charge collecting device, and the kinetic-to-electric-energy-converter is configured to generate energy by the movement of the movable element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Becker, Alexandros Elefsiniotis, Ulrich Schmid
  • ENERGY HARVESTER, AIRCRAFT COMPONENT COMPRISING THE ENERGY HARVESTER AND AN AIRCRAFT COMPRISING THE ENERGY HARVESTER OR THE AIRCRAFT COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20150180371
    Abstract: An energy harvester for an aircraft comprises a first portion, a second portion and an energy storing unit. The first portion includes a charge collecting device having an electrical permittivity different to the one of air. The charge collecting device is configured to be exposed to an air flow. The second portion is configured to be exposed to air and includes a conductive material. The energy storing unit is electrically connected between the first portion and the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Becker, Alexandros Elefsiniotis, Ulrich Schmid
  • Measurement device for the measurement of forces in structural components
    Patent number: 9046449
    Abstract: A measurement device for measurement of forces in structural components, having a measurement sensor, which is embodied such that it is connected with the structural component in a force-fit and/or form-fit manner, and generates measurement signals as a function of force transfers in the structural component, the measurement device having a measurement casing upon the measurement sensor. Processing of received measurement signals can occur, and the measurement casing has connecting means, for placing in position and releasable attachment of the measurement casing on the structural component, and the contacting means of the measurement casing can establish contact with the measurement sensor for the reception of the measurement signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Kluge, Fabian Sedlmeier, Thomas Becker
  • Monitoring device for repair patches, repair kit, and method for monitoring a repair patch
    Patent number: 9038458
    Abstract: A monitoring device for a repair patch that can be placed on or in a wall of an aircraft to repair a defect has a sensor device for detecting properties of the repair patch placed in the wall, an energy supply device for supplying energy at least to the sensor device, and a communication device so as to read out the sensor data. A repair kit that can be placed in or on a wall of an aircraft to repair defects comprises a repair patch for repairing a defect in or on a wall of an aircraft and also comprises a monitoring device. A method for monitoring a repair patch in or on a wall of an aircraft by means of a monitoring device comprises the steps of detecting a measurement phase on the basis of the amount of energy provided by the energy supply device, measuring load parameters in and/or on the repair patch during the measurement phase, and reading out the load parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: EADS DEUTSCHLAND GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Becker, Ulrich Prechtel, Jirka Klaue, Martin Kluge, Jordi Sabater, Josef Schalk
  • Method and apparatus for delivery of submicroliter volumes onto a substrate
    Patent number: 8999266
    Abstract: A slotted pin tool, a delivery system containing the pin tool, a substrate for use in the system and methods using the pin tool and system are provided. The slotted pin tool contains a plurality of pins having slotted ends designed to fit around each loci of material deposited on a surface, such as a microarray, without contacting any of the deposited material. Sample is delivered by contacting the pin tool with the surface; the amount delivered is proportional to the velocity of the pin tool as it contacts the surface or the velocity of the liquid when movement of the pin is halted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Agena BioScience, Inc.
    Inventors: Xian-Wei Yao, Chao Lin, Paul Heaney, Thomas Becker, Aaron A. Hanson, Michael C. Willis
  • Sulfonylpyrroles
    Patent number: 8969401
    Abstract: Compounds of a certain formula (I), in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 have the meanings indicated in the description, are novel effective HDAC inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: 4SC AG
    Inventors: Thomas Maier, Thomas Beckers, Thomas Baer, Petra Gimmnich, Frank Dullweber, Matthias Vennemann
  • METHOD FOR DETERMINING A POSITION OF A PISTON IN A PISTON PRESSURE ACCUMULATOR BY RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT AND SUITABLY DESIGNED PISTON PRESSURE ACCUMULATOR
    Publication number: 20140352648
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining a position of a piston (5) in a piston pressure accumulator (1) and a ON correspondingly designed piston pressure accumulator (1). A housing (3) accommodates a displaceable piston (5). An electrode arrangement (15) having a plurality of 4-point measurement electrode pairs (17) is provided on the electrically conductive housing (3) and is designed to determine a position of the piston (5) inside the housing (3) by measuring a distribution of an electrical resistance or potential between inner electrodes (21) when a current is applied to outer electrodes (19), depending on a position along the housing (3). The position of the piston determined from the measurement of the potential distribution can be used to determine or check a charge state of the piston pressure accumulator (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmmH
    Inventors: Christoph Weisser, Thomas Becker
  • N-sulphonylpyrroles and their use as histone deacetylase inhibitors
    Patent number: 8815855
    Abstract: Compounds of a certain formula (I), in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 have the meanings indicated in the description, are novel effective HDAC inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: 4SC AG
    Inventors: Thomas Maier, Thomas Bär, Thomas Beckers, Astrid Zimmermann, Siegfried Schneider, Volker Gekeler
  • Pulverizer and operating method therefor
    Patent number: 8800901
    Abstract: A pulverizer includes a cutting rotor with a multiplicity of cutting blades, a cutting stator surrounding the cutting rotor with a plurality of stator blades, a milling stock inlet for the milling stock feed and a discharge screen in direction of rotation of the cutting rotor located after the milling stock inlet, wherein all stator blades in direction of rotation of the cutting rotor are arranged between the milling stock inlet and the discharge screen. Furthermore, an operating method for a pulverizer as described above is also contemplated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignees: Netzsch-Condux Mahltechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Roland Nied, Wolfgang Rohmann, Hermann Sickel, Thomas Becker
  • Wafer cylinder having blockable wafer tumblers
    Patent number: 8695390
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cylinder lock of the type of a disk tumbler cylinder having a cylinder housing and a cylinder core rotatable therein, with a plurality of blockable disk tumblers being provided in the cylinder core which have at least one respective engagement section. The disk tumblers are movable between an unlatched position and a latched position and are biased along a respective direction of bias into the latched position. In the latched position, the respective engagement section engages into an associated cut-out in the cylinder housing to block the cylinder core against a rotary movement relative to the cylinder housing. The cylinder core is rotatable in a rotary opening direction relative to the cylinder housing when the disk tumblers are in the unlatched position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: ABUS August Bremicker Soehne KG
    Inventors: Thomas Becker, Wai Leung Ng
  • FUSED BICYCLIC IMIDAZOLES
    Publication number: 20140088110
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) a tautomer or stereoisomer thereof, or a salt thereof, wherein ring B and the imidazole to which it is fused, R4, R6 and R7 have the meanings as given in the description and the claims, are effective inhibitors of the Pi3K/Akt pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GmbH
    Inventors: Swen HÖLDER, Armin ZÜLCH, Thomas BÄR, Thomas MAIER, Astrid ZIMMERMANN, Thomas BECKERS, Volker GEKELER, Hemant JOSHI, Yogesh MUNOT, Umesh BHISE, Sunil CHAVAN, Sachin SHIVATARE, Sarvesh PATEL, Vikas GORE
  • Apparatus and method for acquiring mechanical loads on thrust elements
    Patent number: 8677830
    Abstract: A device for acquiring mechanical loads on mechanically loaded bodies is provided. The device exhibits a resonance-capable micro-bridge structure, an alternating voltage source with a variable frequency, an impedance measuring device for acquiring the impedance of the micro-bridge structure and an electronic unit for receiving determined impedance values and changing the frequency of the alternating voltage source. By exciting the micro-bridge structure and measuring its impedance, a conclusion can be drawn as to the expansion-dependent resonance frequency, which in return makes it possible to determine the expansion, and hence the mechanical load. Such a device is sufficiently accurate, and largely independent of outside influences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Becker, Martin Kluge, Michael Schneider, Ulrich Schmid, Achim Bittner
  • GUIDE VANE ASSEMBLY FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE
    Publication number: 20140064955
    Abstract: A guide vane assembly for a gas turbine engine includes: a strut having: a root, a tip, a leading edge, a trailing edge wall, and opposed sidewalls extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge wall; and a pair of spaced-apart prongs extending axially aft from the trailing edge wall, each prong having an outer wall that is flush with a respective one of the sidewalls; and a flap positioned axially aft of the strut, the flap having a root, a tip, a leading edge, a trailing edge, and opposed sides extending between the leading and trailing edge, wherein a portion of the leading edge is disposed between the prongs, and wherein a disk-like flap button is disposed at the tip of the flap adjacent its leading edge, the flap button including a pair of spaced-apart notches formed therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Thurmond Douglas Senter, Mark Joseph Mielke, Alan Glen Turner, Thomas Becker
  • METHOD OF DRYING A WET CARBON DIOXIDE RICH GAS STREAM
    Publication number: 20140026749
    Abstract: A method of drying a wet carbon dioxide rich gas stream is disclosed. The method includes: feeding a wet carbon dioxide rich gas stream into a dryer unit, bringing the wet carbon dioxide rich gas stream in contact with a hygroscopic salt in the dryer unit, whereby a dry carbon dioxide rich gas stream and brine are formed, withdrawing the dry carbon dioxide rich gas stream from the dryer unit, and withdrawing the brine from the dryer unit. A system includes a method of drying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: ALSTOM Technology
    Inventor: Thomas BECKER