Patents Assigned to Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
  • Patent number: 9804240
    Abstract: Starting with a magnetic resonance imaging system control sequence that has a radio-frequency (RF) pulse train to control the RF transmission system and a gradient pulse train, chronologically matching the RF pulse train, to control the gradient system, the gradient pulse train including a predetermined selection gradient pulse chronologically matched to a refocusing pulse of the RF pulse train, the execution capability of the control sequence is initially established using an execution capability criterion, in particular under consideration of a refocusing flip angle of the refocusing pulse. Modification of the refocusing pulse and/or of the selection gradient pulse takes place depending on the establishment of the execution capability of the control sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: David Grodzki
  • Patent number: 9804242
    Abstract: In a method and apparatus for time-resolved phase-contrast magnetic resonance (MR) imaging with speed encoding, MR signals are detected with multiple receivers in each of numerous time segments in order to acquire raw data in each of the time segments, in each case for numerous MR images with different speed encodings. Stationary image points and/or non-stationary image points are identified, dependent on the detected MR signals. A mask is defined, dependent on the identified stationary image points and/or the non-stationary image points, wherein the mask is locally variable. The numerous MR images for the numerous time segments are reconstructed from the acquired raw data, wherein the reconstruction occurs in an iterative process and with a temporal regularization, which is dependent on the mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jana Hutter, Peter Schmitt
  • Patent number: 9804209
    Abstract: A method and a device are provided for monitoring an electrical power supply network. A temporal frequency change value is determined for at least two sections or for at least two points of the power supply network. The frequency change value indicates the respective temporal frequency change of the network frequency. A conclusion is drawn regarding a possible islanding within the power supply network, and a warning signal which indicates the possible islanding within the power supply network is generated when the difference between the frequency change values, exceeds a predetermined frequency change threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Andreas Litzinger, Stefan Piel
  • Patent number: 9804247
    Abstract: In a method and a magnetic resonance system to acquire MR data of a slice of a volume segment within an examination subject, a slice selection gradient is activated along a first direction that is orthogonal to the slice. An RF excitation pulse is radiated for selective excitation of the slice, a first phase coding gradient is activated along the first direction, and a second phase coding gradient is activated along a second direction. The second direction is orthogonal to the first direction. A readout gradient is activated along a third direction that is orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction. MR data are acquired while the readout gradient is activated. A number of phase coding steps for the second phase coding gradient is determined depending on the first phase coding gradient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Dominik Paul
  • Patent number: 9806266
    Abstract: An organic electronic component contains a substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode and at least one electron transport layer between the first and second electrode. The electron transport layer is a salt-like derivative of a phosphorus oxo compound as n-dopant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Andreas Kanitz, Günter Schmid, Jan Hauke Wemken
  • Patent number: 9803694
    Abstract: A direct drive wind turbine with a cooling system has a generator with a rotor and a stator and a bearing with an inner ring and an outer ring connecting the rotor and the stator rotatively. The cooling system includes at least one heat sink which is in thermal communication with the inner ring of the bearing and a heat dissipater which is in thermal communication with the heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Uffe Eriksen
  • Patent number: 9805887
    Abstract: A multi-finger circuit breaker includes a moving contact assembly having a carrier body, a first plurality of fixed breaking contacts, a first plurality of movable contacts, a plurality of first fingers, at least one second finger longer in length to a length of a first finger of the plurality of first fingers, a plurality of splitter plates disposed adjacent to the plurality of first fingers and the at least one second finger and a slot motor disposed adjacent to the plurality of first fingers and the at least one second finger. The slot motor is configured to provide a first magnetic field force to amplify a second magnetic field force being applied on the second finger to influence an arc between the first plurality of fixed breaking contacts and the first plurality of movable contacts during a short circuit such that to move the arc away from between the first plurality of fixed breaking contacts and the first plurality of movable contacts and dissipate energy of the arc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: James Edward Ferree
  • Patent number: 9805597
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a stationary device for communication on the basis of an ad-hoc interacting motor vehicle communication system, particularly of the wireless variety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ömer Karacan, Fritz Kasslatter
  • Patent number: 9804241
    Abstract: In a method and apparatus for magnetic resonance imaging, in order to enable improved saturation of magnetic resonance signals during an acquisition sequence, the acquisition sequence includes a readout block set with multiple readout blocks, a readout saturation pulse set with multiple readout saturation pulses, and an intermediate saturation pulse set with one or more intermediate saturation pulses, wherein the readout saturation pulse set is disjoint from the intermediate saturation pulse set, at least one readout block of the readout block set includes a readout saturation pulse of the readout saturation pulse set, and at least one intermediate saturation pulse of the intermediate saturation pulse set takes place between two successive readout blocks of the readout block set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Miriam Keil, Dominik Paul
  • Patent number: 9804110
    Abstract: A measurement method for early detection of damage to a blade of an impeller of a turbine is provided. During operation, in a rotational direction of the blade along a circumference which surrounds the impeller, at a plurality of points, in each case a plurality of magnetic fields are generated next to one another substantially in an oscillation direction of the blade, which magnetic fields are influenced by a tip of a turbine blade during transit. Positional values of the tip are detected by at the plurality of points. A positional profile of the turbine blade is then formed from the positional values and a frequency is determined from the positional profile. The frequency is compared with defined frequency values. An alarm event is recognized in case of a sudden and/or pronounced change in the frequency. In addition, a turbine is provided which is configured to carry out the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Sebastian Jakielski, Stefan Obermayr
  • Patent number: 9805848
    Abstract: An overvoltage arrester for high voltages having a high-voltage terminal that is connected to an arrester block forming a nonlinear resistor, and a temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of the arrester block. In order to enable a simple and reliable detection of the temperature of the arrester block continually during the operation thereof, the temperature sensor detects a change of the longitudinal extent of the arrester block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Axel Preidel
  • Patent number: 9805593
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for communication on the basis of an, in particular wireless, motor vehicle communication system interacting in an ad-hoc manner, wherein the communication takes place between road users themselves and/or between road users and traffic infrastructure, in which, in the vicinity of a node for traffic routes, particularly junctions or intersections between traffic routes such as road or rail junctions, a radio transmission/radio reception device associated with a first road user continuously sends a message to at least one second radio transmission/radio reception device, which is situated in the radio coverage area of the first radio transmission/radio reception device and is associated with a device for the traffic infrastructure, the message is sent such that, on the basis of the received message, for each manoeuvre that is possible at the node, at least one value correlating to a probability of execution of the manoeuvre at the node is ascertained, and the road users are con
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ömer Karacan, Fritz Kasslatter
  • Patent number: 9804238
    Abstract: A local coil system for detecting magnetic resonance (MR) signals in a magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) device includes an energy reception antenna for inductively receiving energy for the local coil system from a magnetic field changing over time with an energy transmission frequency. The energy reception antenna includes a conductor loop running in loop-like fashion from a first loop connection to a second loop connection. At least one path filter that blocks for harmonic frequencies of the energy transmission frequency is arranged over the course of the energy reception path, and/or at least one path filter that blocks for harmonic frequencies of the energy transmission frequency is arranged over the course of an energy reception path leading from the loop connections to a rectifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andre Albsmeier, Franz Eiermann, Klaus Huber, Dominikus Joachim Müller
  • Patent number: 9806247
    Abstract: A gas turbine arrangement, a power plant having such a gas turbine arrangement and a method for operating the power plant are provided. A compressor may be mechanically coupled to a turbine which can be driven by combustion gases, such as can be generated by combustion of fuel with the compressed combustion air. An exhaust system may be used to discharge the combustion gases. One or more thermoelectric generators may be thermally coupled to the exhaust system for generating electrical energy from residual heat of the combustion gases which pass in the exhaust system. This gas turbine arrangement allows waste heat from the combustion gases to be utilized and thus the overall efficiency of the gas turbine arrangement can be increased and pollutant emissions may be lowered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Thomas Hammer, Stefan Lampenscherf, Gia Khanh Pham, Andreas Pickard
  • Patent number: 9804237
    Abstract: A body coil for magnetic resonance imaging includes one or more coil elements incorporated in a shell material. The body coil has a rectangular basic shape. Two opposing edge sections of the body coil may be pivoted along one pivot axis, respectively, relative to a middle section. For this purpose, movement elements that effect pivoting are arranged on an edge section side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Daniel Driemel
  • Patent number: 9802628
    Abstract: An anti-climbing protection apparatus for a rail vehicle includes at least one buffer supported by an energy absorption element connected to a rail vehicle frame. In order to permit such a protection apparatus to be produced economically, to reliably prevent overriding and to be comparatively easy to retrofit, a bearing element is fastened to an end of the energy absorption element facing away from the vehicle frame. The bearing element supports an anti-climbing protection device at an end thereof protruding in a vertical direction from the buffer. In the event of a crash, a horizontally oriented stop, in cooperation with the front of the rail vehicle, permits an anti-climbing protection element of the anti-climbing protection device to be brought from the stop into an anti-climbing protection position extending outward over the buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Marcus Koerner, Alexander Trachtenherz
  • Patent number: 9806327
    Abstract: A method for producing a porous element is presented. A powdery metal-ceramic composite material is produced. The composite material has a metal matrix and a ceramic portion amounting to less than 25 percent by volume. The metal matrix is at least partially oxidized to obtain a metal oxide. The metal-ceramic composite material is grinded and mixed with powdery ceramic supporting particles to obtain a metal-ceramic/ceramic mixture. The metal-ceramic/ceramic mixture is shaped into the porous element. The porous element can be used as an energy storage medium in a battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Ines Becker, Horst Greiner
  • Patent number: 9805894
    Abstract: A connecting apparatus is for connecting a first component to a second component in an interlocking manner. The first component includes a flexible limb having a latching lug which can latch with a projection on the second component in order to connect the first component to the second component in a releasable manner without using a tool. For the purpose of connection in a releasable manner without using a tool, the flexible limb runs in a guide of the second component, which guide allows the flexible limb only to move in the direction which is prespecified by the guide, and the latching lug and the projection are at a distance from one another in the state in which said components are connected in an interlocking manner. An electrical switch is also disclosed, including the connecting apparatus; a side wall; and a pole cassette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Katja Manthey
  • Patent number: 9806586
    Abstract: An electric machine includes a housing having a first hollow cylinder-shaped housing element for guidance of a first cooling medium in a first axial direction, and a second hollow cylinder-shaped housing element in which the first housing element is arranged. Arranged in the first housing element is a hollow cylinder-shaped stator and a rotor which is mounted in the stator for rotation about a rotational axis. A heat exchanger cover is arranged between the first and second housing elements and includes a guide element running helically about the rotational axis, and pipes extending axially and passing through the guide element. The heat exchanger cover guides the first cooling medium between the pipes in a helical manner along the at least one guide element in a second axial direction which runs opposite to the first axial direction, and guides a second cooling medium through the pipes in an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Gerd Granat, Walter Putz
  • Patent number: D801335
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Sven Klingebiel