Patents by Inventor Thomas Schulz

Thomas Schulz 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: 10640855
    Abstract: A high-strength air-hardenable multiphase steel having minimal tensile strengths in a non air hardened state of 750 MPa and excellent processing properties, said steel comprising the following elements in % by weight: C?0.075 to ?0.115; Si?0.200 to ?0.300; Mn?1.700 to ?2.300; Cr?0.280 to ?0.4800; Al?0.020 to ?0.060; N?0.0020 to ?0.0120; S?0.0050; Nb?0.005 to ?0.050; Ti?0.005 to ?0.050; B?0.0005 to ?0.0060; Ca?0.0005 to ?0.0060; Cu?0.050; Ni?0.050; remainder iron, including usual steel accompanying smelting related impurities, wherein for a widest possible process window during continuous annealing of hot rolled or cold rolled strips made from the steel a sum content of M+Si+Cr in the steel is a function of a thickness of the steel strips according to the following relationship: for strip thicknesses of up to 1.00 mm the sum content of M+Si+Cr is ?2.350 and ?2.500%, for strip thicknesses of over 1.00 to 2.00 mm the sum of Mn+Si+Cr is ?2.500 and ?2.950%, and for strip thicknesses of over 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: SALZGITTER FLACHSTAHL GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Schulz, Joachim Schöttler, Sascha Kluge, Christian Meyer, Peter Matthies, Andreas Wedemeier
  • Publication number: 20200130279
    Abstract: Determination device (2) for determining at least one parameter of an energy beam (4), in particular an energy beam (4) generated via an irradiation device of an apparatus (1) for additively manufacturing three-dimensional objects, which determination device (2) comprises two determination units (5, 6) arrangeable or arranged in succession in a beam path (3) of the energy beam (4), characterized in that each determination unit (5, 6) builds or comprises at least one complementary pattern element (15, 18, 21, 23, 24, 27, 30), wherein at least two pattern elements (15, 18, 21, 23, 24, 27, 30) of the two determination units (5, 6) complement each other to a superordinate pattern (32, 35).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: CONCEPT LASER GMBH
    Inventors: Christian DICKEN, Thomas SCHULZ
  • Patent number: 10626478
    Abstract: An ultra-high-strength air-hardenable multiphase steel having minimal tensile strengths in a non air hardened state of 950 MPa and excellent processing properties, includes the following elements in % by weight: C?0.075 to ?0.115; Si?0.400 to ?0.500; Mn?1,900 to ?2,350; Cr?0.200 to ?0.500; Al?0.005 to ?0.060; N?0.0020 to ?0.0120; S?0.0030; Nb?0.005 to ?0.060; Ti?0.005 to ?0.060; B?0.0005 to ?0.0030; Mo?0.200 to ?0.300; Ca?0.0005 to ?0.0060; Cu?0.050; Ni?0.050; remainder iron, including usual steel accompanying smelting related impurities, wherein for a widest possible process window during continuous annealing of hot rolled or cold rolled strips made from said steel a sum content of M+Si+Cr in said steel is a function of a thickness of the steel strips according to the following relationship: for strip thicknesses of up to 1.00 mm the sum content of M+Si+Cr is ?2.800 and ?3.000%, for strip thicknesses of over 1.00 to 2.00 mm the sum of Mn+Si+Cr is ?2.850 and ?3.100%, and for strip thicknesses of over 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: SALZGITTER FLACHSTAHL GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Schulz, Joachim Schöttler, Sascha Kluge
  • Patent number: 10612113
    Abstract: A high-strength multi-phase steel having minimum tensile strengths of 750 MPa and preferably having a dual-phase microstructure for a cold- or hot-rolled steel strip, in particular for lightweight vehicle construction is disclosed. The high-strength multi-phase steel has improved forming properties and a ratio of yield point to tensile strength of at most 73%. The high-strength multi-phase steel includes in mass %: C?0.075 to ?0.105; Si?0.600 to ?0.800; Mn?1.000 to ?0.700; Cr?0.100 to ?0.480; Al?0.010 to ?0.060; N 0.0020?0.0120; S?0.0030; Nb?0.005 to ?0.050; Ti?0.0050 to ?0.050; B?0.0005 to ?0.0040; Mo?0.200; Cu?0.040%; Ni?0.040 % the remainder iron, including typical elements accompanying steel that are not mentioned above, which represent contamination resulting from smelting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: SALZGITTER FLACHSTAHL GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Schulz, Marion Calcagnotto, Sascha Kluge, Sebastian Westhäuser, Tobias Klinkberg, Thorsten Michaelis
  • Publication number: 20200093888
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel labyrinthopeptin derivatives. These labyrinthopeptin derivatives are useful for the treatment of infectious diseases, such as an infectious disease caused by an infection with human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV), cytomegalovirus (CMV/HCMV), dengue virus (DENV), chikungunya virus (CHIKV), tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV; FSME virus), vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus (VSV), zika virus (ZIKV) and/or hepatitis C virus (HCV). Said labyrinthopeptin derivatives are also useful for analyzing the mode of action of labyrinthopeptins. Also encompassed by the present invention are labyrinthopeptins for use in treating an infectious disease, in particular an infectious disease caused by an infection with any one of the viruses selected from RSV, KSHV, CMV, CHIKV, TBEV, VSV, ZIKV and HCV. The invention further relates to a combination of labyrinthopeptin A1 and A2 for use as a medicament, e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicants: Helmholtz-Zentrum Für Infektionsforschung GMBH, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Twincore, Zentrum Für Experimentelle und Klinische Infektionsforschung GMBH
    Inventors: Mark Brönstrup, Hans-Peter Prochnow, N.V. Suryanarayana Birudukota, Thomas Schulz, Martin Messerle, Thomas Pietschmann, Sibylle Haid, Sebastian Blockus, Christine Laqmani-Goffinet, Sergej Franz, Dominic Howard Banda
  • Publication number: 20200015537
    Abstract: The invention relates to a protective helmet, and in particular a protective motorcycle helmet, comprising an outer shell (1) for distributing impact forces and a socket (2), which is firmly connected to the outer shell (1), for accommodating an electrical accessory (3), wherein the socket (2) is disposed on an edge (6) of the outer shell (1) and the socket (2) is configured, when accommodating the accessory (3), for guiding the latter substantially along an inner face (7) of the outer shell (1), so that the accommodated accessory (3) extends substantially along the inner face (7) of the outer shell (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Jan-Christian Becker, Thomas Schulz, Christian Dittmer-Peters, Markus Moebius, Thomas Hagemeier
  • Patent number: 10519525
    Abstract: A high-strength multi-phase steel having tensile strengths of no less than 580 MPa, preferably with a dual-phase structure for a cold-rolled or hot-rolled steel strip having improved forming properties, in particular for lightweight vehicle construction is disclosed, containing the following elements (contents in % by mass): C 0.075 to ?0.105; Si 0.200 to ?0.300; Mn 1.000 to ?2.000; Cr 0.280 to ?0.480; Al 0.10 to ?0.060; P ?0.020; Nb ?0.005 to ?0.025; N ?0.0100; S ?0.0050; the remainder iron, including conventional steel-accompanying elements not mentioned above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: SALZGITTER FLACHSTAHL GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Schulz, Andreas Wedemeier, Michael Pohl, Hans-Joachim Kratz, Matthias Geler, Oliver Meyer
  • Publication number: 20190387829
    Abstract: The invention relates to a protective helmet, and in particular, to a protective motorcycle helmet, comprising an antenna (1) for radio transmission, an outer shell (2) for distributing impact forces, an inner layer (3), which is accommodated by the outer shell (2), for damping impact forces, and a socket (4), which is firmly connected to the outer shell (2), for contacting a digital device (5) for wireless communication, wherein the socket (4), when contacting the digital device (5), electrically connects the latter to the antenna (1) for wireless communication. The protective helmet is characterized in that at least a partial layer of the outer shell (2) is disposed between the antenna (1) and the inner layer (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Jan-Christian Becker, Thomas Schulz, Christian Dittmer-Peters, Markus Moebius, Thomas Hagemeier
  • Publication number: 20190319817
    Abstract: A system, method, apparatus, and computer program product for configuring a network connected appliance to use online services are disclosed. A method may include receiving an indication of a selected home automation system for a network connected appliance. The selected home automation system may be selected from multiple available home automation systems. The method may additionally include registering the network connected appliance to the selected home automation system. The method may also include enabling communication between the network connected appliance and the selected home automation system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Giorgio Francescangeli, Thomas Schulz
  • Publication number: 20190316222
    Abstract: An ultra-high-strength air-hardenable multiphase steel having minimal tensile strengths in a non air hardened state of 950 MPa and excellent processing properties, includes the following elements in % by weight: C?0.075 to ?0.115; Si?0.400 to ?0.500; Mn?1,900 to ?2,350; Cr?0.200 to ?0.500; Al?0.005 to ?0.060; N?0.0020 to ?0.0120; S?0.0030; Nb?0.005 to ?0.060; Ti?0.005 to ?0.060; B?0.0005 to ?0.0030; Mo?0.200 to ?0.300; Ca?0.0005 to ?0.0060; Cu?0.050; Ni?0.050; remainder iron, including usual steel accompanying smelting related impurities, wherein for a widest possible process window during continuous annealing of hot rolled or cold rolled strips made from said steel a sum content of M+Si +Cr in said steel is a function of a thickness of the steel strips according to the following relationship: for strip thicknesses of up to 1.00 mm the sum content of M+Si+Cr is ?2.800 and ?3.000%, for strip thicknesses of over 1.00 to 2.00 mm the sum of Mn+Si+Cr is ?2.850 and ?3.100%, and for strip thicknesses of over 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: SALZGITTER FLACHSTAHL GMBH
    Inventors: THOMAS SCHULZ, JOACHIM SCHÖTTLER, SASCHA KLUGE
  • Patent number: 10435354
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing isocyanates by reacting primary amines with phosgene in a solvent, where the solvent comprises a dialkyl carbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Manfred Heilig, Thomas Schulz, Torsten Mattke, Filip Nevejans, Kai Thiele, Stefan Maixner
  • Patent number: 10367651
    Abstract: A system, method, apparatus, and computer program product for configuring a network connected appliance to use online services are disclosed. A method may include receiving an indication of a selected home automation system for a network connected appliance. The selected home automation system may be selected from multiple available home automation systems. The method may additionally include registering the network connected appliance to the selected home automation system. The method may also include enabling communication between the network connected appliance and the selected home automation system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Giorgio Francescangeli, Thomas Schulz
  • Patent number: 10343942
    Abstract: A method for controlling a process of cooling a number of glass molds with a cooling medium in a process of producing glass bodies, wherein a production section of the section machine is respectively assigned at least one of the glass molds, and, for cooling the number of glass molds, the cooling medium is supplied on a jointly shared basis, wherein the supplying of the shared cooling medium for the number of glass molds is jointly controlled and the shared cooling medium is assigned a number of absolute cooling medium parameters and the absolute cooling medium parameters are determined as cooling medium parameters that are shared by the number of glass molds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Software & Technologie Glas GmbH (STG)
    Inventors: Norwid Hemmann, Peter Hemmann, Thomas Schulz, Matthias Schützel
  • Publication number: 20190191808
    Abstract: The invention relates to a protective helmet, in particular a protective motorcycle helmet, comprising an outer shell (1) for distributing impact forces, a battery socket (2), which is firmly connected to the outer shell (1), for detachably accommodating a battery (3), and a line assembly (4), which is electrically connected to the battery socket (2), for supplying electricity by means of the accommodated battery (3) to an electric apparatus (5) which is mechanically coupled to the outer shell (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Jan-Christian Becker, Thomas Schulz, Christian Dittmer-Peters, Markus Moebius, Thomas Hagemeier
  • Publication number: 20190151102
    Abstract: The invention relates to an implant with a shank which is insertible into a bone cavity, which shank is made of a plastic, in particular of a bioincompatible plastic, and defines at least one bone contact face, wherein the bone contact face is provided or coated with a first biocompatible bone contact layer or bears a biocompatible bone contact layer, wherein the shank of the implant is intended to be anchored in the bone cavity without bone cement and wherein the first bone contact layer is formed entirely closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas Hagen, Thomas Grupp, Thomas Schulz, Sacha T.W. Mann
  • Publication number: 20190127821
    Abstract: The invention relates to an ultrahigh strength multiphase steel with a dual-phase microstructure or a complex-phase microstructure and with a low content of residual austenite in particular for lightweight vehicle construction, to a method for producing cold-rolled steel strips from such a steel, and to steel strips produced using said method. The aim of the invention is a novel alloy concept with which the processing window for the continuous annealing of cold strips can be extended. According to the invention, this is achieved by a multiphase steel with a minimum tensile strength of 980 MPa containing (contents in wt. %): C?0.075 to ?0.115, Si?0.400 to ?0.500, Mn?1.900 to ?2.350, Cr?0.250 to ?0.400, Al?0.005 to ?0.060, N?0.0020 to ?0.0120, S?0.0020, Nb?0.005 to ?0.060, Ti?0.005 to ?0.060, B>0.0005 to ?0.0010, Mo>0.200 to ?0.300, Ca>0.0010 to ?0.0060, Cu?0.050, Ni?0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: Salzgitter Fachstahl GmbH
    Inventors: THOMAS SCHULZ, SASCHA KLUGE, CHRISTIAN MEYER, PETER MATTHIES
  • Patent number: 10273552
    Abstract: In a process for producing a cold- or hot-rolled steel strip from an ultrahigh-strength multiphase steel having a particular composition the required multiphase microstructure is generated during continuous heat treatment. The cold- or hot-rolled steel strip is heated in the continuous heat treatment furnace to a temperature in the range from 700 to 950° C. and the heat-treated steel strip is subsequently cooled from the heat treatment temperature at a cooling rate of from 15 to 100° C./s to a first intermediate temperature of from 300 to 500° C. followed by cooling at a cooling rate of from 15 to 100° C./s to a second intermediate temperature of from 200 to 250° C.; the steel strip is subsequently cooled at a cooling rate of from 2 to 30° C./s in air to room temperature or the cooling at a cooling rate of from 15 to 100° C./s is maintained from the first intermediate temperature to room temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: SALZGITTER FLACHSTAHL GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Schulz, Andreas Wedemeier, Wilfried Sprock, Volker Flaxa, Friedrich Luther, Ingwer Denks, Sven Schulz
  • Publication number: 20190046604
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel labyrinthopeptin derivatives. These labyrinthopeptin derivatives are useful for the treatment of infectious diseases, such as an infectious disease caused by an infection with human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV), cytomegalovirus (CMV/HCMV), dengue virus (DENV), chikungunya virus (CHIKV), tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV; FSME virus), vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus (VSV), zika virus (ZIKV) and/or hepatitis C virus (HCV). Said labyrinthopeptin derivatives are also useful for analyzing the mode of action of labyrinthopeptins. Also encompassed by the present invention are labyrinthopeptins for use in treating an infectious disease, in particular an infectious disease caused by an infection with any one of the viruses selected from RSV, KSHV, CMV, CHIKV, TBEV, VSV, ZIKV and HCV. The invention further relates to a combination of labyrinthopeptin A1 and A2 for use as a medicament, e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicants: Helmholtz-Zentrum Für Infektionsforschung GMBH, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Twincore, Zentrum Für Experimentelle und Klinische Infektionsforschung GMBH
    Inventors: Mark Brönstrup, Hans-Peter Prochnow, N.V. Suryanarayana Birudukota, Thomas Schulz, Martin Messerle, Thomas Pietschmann, Sibylle Haid, Sebastian Blockus, Christine Laqmani-Goffinet, Sergej Franz, Dominic Howard Banda
  • Publication number: 20180346414
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing isocyanates by reacting primary amines with phosgene in a solvent, where the solvent comprises a dialkyl carbonate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Manfred HEILIG, Thomas SCHULZ, Torsten MATTKE, Filip NEVEJANS, Kai THIELE, Stefan MAIXNER
  • Publication number: 20180347018
    Abstract: A high-strength air-hardenable multiphase steel having minimal tensile strengths in a non air hardened state of 750 MPa and excellent processing properties, said steel comprising the following elements in % by weight: C?0.075 to ?0.115; Si?0.200 to ?0.300; Mn?1.700 to ?2.300; Cr?0.280 to ?0.4800; Al?0.020 to ?0.060; N?0.0020 to ?0.0120; S?0.0050; Nb?0.005 to ?0.050; Ti?0.005 to ?0.050; B?0.0005 to ?0.0060; Ca?0.0005 to ?0.0060; Cu?0.050; Ni?0.050; remainder iron, including usual steel accompanying smelting related impurities, wherein for a widest possible process window during continuous annealing of hot rolled or cold rolled strips made from the steel a sum content of M+Si+Cr in the steel is a function of a thickness of the steel strips according to the following relationship: for strip thicknesses of up to 1.00 mm the sum content of M+Si+Cr is ?2.350 and ?2.500%, for strip thicknesses of over 1.00 to 2.00 mm the sum of Mn+Si+Cr is ?2.500 and ?2.950%, and for strip thicknesses of over 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: SALZGITTER FLACHSTAHL GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Schulz, Joachim Schöttler, Sascha Kluge, Christian Meyer, Peter Matthies, Andreas Wedemeier