Patents by Inventor Thomas Kolbeck

Thomas Kolbeck 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: 8344190
    Abstract: Process for producing fluorinated olefins from fluorinated materials, the process comprising thermally decomposing the fluoropolymers into fluoroolefins in a reactor having a feeding zone where the fluorinated materials are fed into the reactor and a decomposition zone where the fluorinated materials are thermally decomposed and wherein the thermal decomposition is carried out in the presence of microwave irradiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Klaus Hintzer, Gunther J. Kaempf, Thomas Kolbeck, Tilman C. Zipplies, Monika A. Willert-Porada, Thorsten Gerdes, Achim Schmidt-Rodenkirchen
  • Publication number: 20110184214
    Abstract: Process for producing fluorinated olefins from fluorinated materials, the process comprising thermally decomposing the fluoropolymers into fluoroolefins in a reactor having a feeding zone where the fluorinated materials are fed into the reactor and a decomposition zone where the fluorinated materials are thermally decomposed and wherein the thermal decomposition is carried out in the presence of microwave irradiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventors: Klaus Hintzer, Gunther J. Kaempf, Thomas Kolbeck, Tilman C. Zipplies, Monika A. Willert-Porada, Thorsten Gerdes, Achim Schmidt-Rodenkirchen
  • Patent number: 7782167
    Abstract: In a method to produce a curved coil, in particular a sub-coil of a gradient coil for a magnetic resonance apparatus, at least one conductor is wound corresponding to a predetermined pattern on a winding plate, and a winding plate composed of multiple plate elements that are moveable relative to one another is used that is formed into a curved shape after the winding of the conductor, in which curved shape the conductor is fixed while maintaining the curved shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Kolbeck, Johann Schuster, Lothar Schoen, Stefan Stocker
  • Publication number: 20100164675
    Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a cylindrical high-frequency shield of a cylindrical gradient coil for a magnetic resonance system, a number of planar shield elements are placed adjacent to one another on a cylindrical support, together with a solder band or solder strip on the support. The segments or elements are inductively soldered together by an inductive soldering device that moves along a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Michael Eberler, Thomas Kolbeck, Johann Schuster
  • Publication number: 20090066463
    Abstract: In a method to produce a curved coil, in particular a sub-coil of a gradient coil for a magnetic resonance apparatus, at least one conductor is wound corresponding to a predetermined pattern on a winding plate, and a winding plate composed of multiple plate elements that are moveable relative to one another is used that is formed into a curved shape after the winding of the conductor, in which curved shape the conductor is fixed while maintaining the curved shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: Thomas Kolbeck, Johann Schuster, Lothar Schoen, Stefan Stocker
  • Patent number: 7382131
    Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a gradient coil system for a magnetic resonance apparatus, the conductor arrangement of the gradient coil system is produced by successively applying respective layers of metal powder sinter material on a workpiece platform, and successively sintering the respective layers by the application of radiation, such as laser radiation, to the individual layers, and the conductor arrangement is assembled with other components to produce the gradient coil system. A gradient coil system manufactured in accordance with this method includes a number of assembled components, including an electrical conductor arrangement, with the electrical conductor arrangement having conductors formed by radiation-sintered metal powder material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Eberler, Thomas Kolbeck, Lothar Schön
  • Publication number: 20070216411
    Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a gradient coil system for a magnetic resonance apparatus, the conductor arrangement of the gradient coil system is produced by successively applying respective layers of metal powder sinter material on a workpiece platform, and successively sintering the respective layers by the application of radiation, such as laser radiation, to the individual layers, and the conductor arrangement is assembled with other components to produce the gradient coil system. A gradient coil system manufactured in accordance with this method includes a number of assembled components, including an electrical conductor arrangement, with the electrical conductor arrangement having conductors formed by radiation-sintered metal powder material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2005
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Inventors: Michael Eberler, Thomas Kolbeck, Lothar Schon
  • Patent number: 7250765
    Abstract: Magnetic resonance device with an assembly having a recess, in which a gradient coil unit is attached with at least one attachment means, the attachment means having two members, between which an elastic element is disposed, only one of the members in each instance being in contact with either the gradient coil unit or the assembly, with the attachment means acting as an attachment means having no elastic element in a first attachment state, in which at least a minimum force presses the two members together, in that the two members have stop surfaces, which are in contact with each other due to the minimum force acting on the members compressed elastic element and with the attachment means acting as a spring unit in a second fixing state, in that the elastic element pushes the members apart in the event of forces smaller than the minimum force and causes the attachment means to be fixed in relation to the gradient coil unit and the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Dietz, Thomas Kolbeck, Jörg Riegler, Johann Schuster, Lothar Schön, Stefan Stocker
  • Publication number: 20060267589
    Abstract: Magnetic resonance device (1) with an assembly (3) having a recess, in which a gradient coil unit (9) is attached with at least one attachment means (15, . . . 15D), the attachment means (15 ... 15D) having two members (21,23), between which an elastic element (25) is disposed, only one of the members (21,23) in each instance being in contact with either the gradient coil unit (9) or the assembly (3), with the attachment means (15, . . . 15D) acting as an attachment means (15, . . . 15D) having no elastic element (25) in a first attachment state, in which at least a minimum force (FMIN) presses the two members (21, 23) together, in that the two members (21, 23) have stop surfaces (31), which are in contact with each other due to the minimum force acting on the members (21, 23) [lacuna] compressed elastic element (25) and with the attachment means (15, . . .
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Inventors: Peter Dietz, Thomas Kolbeck, Jorg Riegler, Johann Schuster, Lothar Schon, Stefan Stocker
  • Patent number: 7075300
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance apparatus has a basic field magnet with an interior bore having a bulge therein. A mass augmentation device is disposed in the bulge, and is composed of a number of assembled individual segments. The mass augmentation device reduces the propagation of mechanical oscillations that are produced during operation of the magnetic resonance apparatus, and which otherwise would produce unwanted noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Kolbeck, Lothar Schön, Stefan Stocker
  • Publication number: 20050030030
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance apparatus has a basic field magnet with an interior bore having a bulge therein. A mass augmentation device is disposed in the bulge, and is composed of a number of assembled individual segments. The mass augmentation device reduces the propagation of mechanical oscillations that are produced during operation of the magnetic resonance apparatus, and which otherwise would produce unwanted noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Thomas Kolbeck, Lothar Schon, Stefan Stocker
  • Patent number: 6825665
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance tomography apparatus has a basic field magnet that is surrounded by a magnet envelope. This basic field magnet surrounds and limits an interior space with a gradient coil system disposed in this interior space and a body coil having an RF antenna and a carrying tube disposed in said gradient coil system as an inner encapsulation cylinder. The magnet envelope and the gradient coil system are both optically as well as acoustically closed by the body coil and a cladding at the end faces and in the interior. The body coil is manufactured by a vacuum casting or vacuum die-casting process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ludwig Eberler, Michael Eberler, Thomas Kolbeck
  • Publication number: 20040021467
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance tomography apparatus has a basic field magnet that is surrounded by a magnet envelope. This basic field magnet surrounds and limits an interior space with a gradient coil system disposed in this interior space and a body coil having an RF antenna and a carrying tube disposed in said gradient coil system as an inner encapsulation cylinder. The magnet envelope and the gradient coil system are both optically as well as acoustically closed by the body coil and a cladding at the end faces and in the interior. The body coil is manufactured by a vacuum casting or vacuum die-casting process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Ludwig Eberler, Michael Eberler, Thomas Kolbeck