Patents Assigned to Siemens
  • Supply line arrangement for a robot
    Patent number: 9289902
    Abstract: An arrangement includes a robot having a robot arm that supports a device powered by supply lines. The arrangement includes at least one guide element that is fastened to the robot arm, and the supply lines are moveably held against at least one segment of the robot arm by the at least one guide element. At least one storage element is provided for receiving a supply line provision. The at least one storage element releases the supply line from the supply line provision with an increasing tensile load of the supply lines and retracts the supply line into the supply line provision with a decreasing tensile load of the supply lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stefan Groβ, Harald Neumann, Franz Schmeisser
  • Superconducting magnets with thermal radiation shields
    Patent number: 9293253
    Abstract: A cylindrical superconducting magnet has a number of axially-aligned annular coils of superconducting wire, arranged for cooling by thermal conduction through a cooled surface in mechanical contact with the coils. The coils are provided with a cryogenic radiation shield located between respective radially inner surfaces of the coils and respective axes of the coils. The cryogenic radiation shield is formed of a metal layer in thermal contact with the cooled surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Siemens PLC
    Inventors: Simon Calvert, Marcel Kruip, Rodrigo Ormeno, Michael Simpkins
  • Forced-flow steam generator
    Patent number: 9291344
    Abstract: A forced-flow steam generator includes first and second steam generator pipes which form a surrounding wall, wherein the first and second steam generator pipes are welded in a gas-tight fashion and are traversable by flow in a vertical direction. A passage collector is arranged within the surrounding wall, wherein the passage collector connects the first steam generator pipes with the second steam generator pipes. The first steam generator pipes are connected at an outlet side to an inlet side of the second steam generator pipes, wherein the second steam generator pipes are connected in series with the first steam generator pipes. Each of the second generator pipes has a restrictor device. Further, a power plant with a forced-flow steam generator is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Joachim Brodeβer, Jan Brückner, Martin Effert, Joachim Franke, Tobias Schulze
  • Patient support apparatus, a medical imaging apparatus with the patient support apparatus and a method for marking a maximum occupancy area
    Patent number: 9289181
    Abstract: Disclosed is a patient support apparatus having a patient support couch, a moveable support plate for supporting a patient, a surgical head fastening unit for fastening a head of the patient in an examination position and/or in an operation position. The patient support apparatus includes a marker unit for marking a maximum occupancy area for the surgical head fastening unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Hanns Eder, Patrick Gross, Martin Ringholz
  • METHOD AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE APPARATUS FOR PLANNING A SPECTROSCOPY MEASUREMENT
    Publication number: 20160078616
    Abstract: In a method for planning a spectroscopy measurement of an examination object by operation of a magnetic resonance apparatus, an image data record is selected that includes at least two images of a magnetic resonance measurement of the examination object, an isometric and/or isogonal region is determined in a first image of the at least two images, a region of interest is selected according to the isometric and/or isogonal region determined on the first image, and the first image is displayed, at least one further, second image of the image data record is displayed according to the selected region of interest, and the spectroscopy measurement is planned according to the displayed images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wilhelm Horger, Miriam Keil
  • MAGNETIC RESONANCE APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD
    Publication number: 20160077181
    Abstract: In a magnetic resonance apparatus and an operating method therefor in which magnetic resonance data are acquired from a patient, a measurement process is used in which a number of magnetic resonance sequences are carried out sequentially, and a maximum measurement time parameter, describing a maximum possible measurement time for undershooting a threshold value for the overall energy input into the patient during the measurement process, is established, taking into account other known recording parameters of the measurement process. The maximum measurement time parameter is used to restrict the ability of an operator to set a measurement time parameter describing the measurement time as a recording parameter, and/or is used as the measurement time parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Bielmeier, Miriam Keil, Joerg Roland, Stephan Stoecker
  • ABSORPTION MEDIUM, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING AN ABSORPTION MEDIUM, AND ALSO PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING HYDROGEN SULFIDE FROM AN ACIDIC GAS
    Publication number: 20160074804
    Abstract: An absorption medium contains a dissolved amino acid salt and a dissolved metal. The absorption medium is brought into contact with the acidic gas in an absorber. In the absorber, the H2S goes over from the gas phase into the liquid phase. In addition, carbon dioxide (CO2) is likewise absorbed from the gas as a function of the contact time. The scrubbing solution is conveyed from the absorber into a regeneration tank. In the regeneration tank, the solution is treated with air, with oxygen (O2)-enriched air or with pure O2. As a result of the introduction of O2 into the solution, the H2S present in the solution is reacted at the dissolved metal catalyst. After the regeneration, possible solids are separated off and the regenerated scrubbing solution is recirculated to the absorber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Kevin Brechtel, Ralph Joh, Markus Kinzl, Hans Wolfgang Nickelfeld, Katrin Raake, Matthias Renger, Henning Schramm
  • MAGNETIC RESONANCE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROSPECTIVE MOTION CORRECTION
    Publication number: 20160077180
    Abstract: For prospective motion correction in magnetic resonance imaging, first magnetic resonance data that map a first sub-region of a region of interest are acquired. Motion correction parameters are determined based on a comparison of at least the first magnetic resonance data with reference magnetic resonance data that map the region of interest. Second magnetic resonance data that map a second sub-region of the region of interest are determined using prospective motion correction based on the motion correction parameters. A magnetic resonance image is determined based on the first magnetic resonance data and based on the second magnetic resonance data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: THOMAS BECK
  • CURRENT CONVERTER APPARATUS HAVING A MULTI-PHASE CURRENT CONVERTER
    Publication number: 20160081202
    Abstract: A current converter apparatus includes a multi-phase current converter having current-converter modules for each phase that are electrically connected to one another and arranged in a current-converter cabinet. Each current-converter module has at least one semiconductor component arranged on a heat sink and includes just two semiconductor components connected to each other and connected to be controlled by a control component. The current-converter modules in the current-converter cabinet are arranged so that the current-converter modules of each current-converter phase form a horizontal row of modules arranged one beside the other and the rows are arranged vertically one above the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Brigitte Hetzel, Marc Hiller, Anton Pfauser, Gudrun Popp, Elfriede Schickert
  • IMAGING APPARATUS AND POSITIONING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20160073980
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus and a positioning apparatus that include an imaging unit for imaging a detected part of a body to be detected; and a distance positioning unit having at least two signal positioning devices, i.e., a signal generator and a signal detector, wherein one signal positioning device is arranged at the detected part, the other signal positioning device is arranged at a position where a predetermined position relationship exists relative to the imaging unit. The position of the detected part in at least one direction in a three-dimensional space relative to the imaging unit is obtained according to a measured distance between the two signal positioning devices. The imaging apparatus and the positioning apparatus reduce pre-positioning imaging sequence workload, and the risk of radiation on the body to be detected is avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: De He Weng, Xu Yan
  • ELECTRICAL MACHINE HAVING A FLUX-CONCENTRATING PERMANENT MAGNET ROTOR AND REDUCTION OF THE AXIAL LEAKAGE FLUX
    Publication number: 20160079815
    Abstract: A rotor having a number of tangentially magnetized permanent magnets tangentially evenly distributed and arranged both in the center region and in the outer regions in the axial direction is disclosed. Flux-guiding elements between the permanent magnets guide the magnetic fields of the permanent magnets radially toward the center region of the stator. The flux-guiding elements comprise a plurality of sheets stacked on one another in the axial direction. The sheets in the outer regions are smaller than the sheets in the center region. The sheets arranged in the outer regions are surrounded on their radially outside end by a retaining apparatus. Form-fitting elements transmit centrifugal forces acting on the sheets arranged in the center region are transmitted to the sheets arranged in the outer regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Daniel MADER, Rolf VOLLMER
  • COMBUSTION SYSTEM OF A FLOW ENGINE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A DIMENSION OF A RESONATOR CAVITY
    Publication number: 20160076766
    Abstract: A combustion system of a flow engine has at least one combustion chamber, a shared manifold to feed a flow medium via at least two injectors to the at least one combustion chamber and at least one resonator with at least one resonator cavity, wherein the at least one resonator is arranged functionally in/at the manifold. To obtain good combustion performance with a homogenous fuel flow rate and high combustion stability, the resonator includes at least one perforated section with at least two orifices, wherein the at least two orifices provide access to the at least one resonator cavity of the at least one resonator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Charith Jayatunga
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN INDIVIDUAL-SEGMENT ROTOR AND CORRESPONDING ROTOR
    Publication number: 20160079832
    Abstract: In a method for producing an individual-segment rotor for an electric machine, a shaft is arranged in a mould and a plurality of laminated core segments, which are at a distance from one another, are arranged on the circumference of the shaft in a distributed manner in the mould. The laminated core segments each have a fixing contour for a form closure for radially fixing the laminated core segment on the shaft. In addition, a permanent magnet is arranged between each pair of laminated core segments. An intermediate space between the shaft and each fixing contour of the laminated core segments is filled with a curable nonmagnetic material. The curable nonmagnetic material forms a form closure with respect to the radial direction with each fixing contour, and therefore each laminated core segment is retained on the shaft by the form closure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: HELMUT SCHNEIDER, Armin STÄBLEIN, BENJAMIN VOLKMUTH
  • MAGNETIC RESONANCE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20160077173
    Abstract: In method for operating a magnetic resonance apparatus that has a gradient power amplifier that supplies a voltage to a gradient coil, and a gradient power amplifier control processor that provides control a control signal thereto that predetermines the aforementioned voltage, and a simulation computer that models an operational characteristic of each of the gradient coil the gradient power amplifier, an actual current value of a current fed into the gradient coil by the gradient power amplifier is measured and a target current value of the current fed into the gradient coil by the gradient power amplifier is determined by the simulation computer, using the control signal as an input variable. A fault signal is generated as a function of a determined deviation in the actual current value from the target current value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Aleksandar Juloski, Ludwig Kreischer, Stefan Nowak
  • NON-CONTACT MICRO DROPLET DISPENSER AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20160074857
    Abstract: A liquid deposition system comprises a liquid delivery assembly including a dispensing probe having a sidewall including a first end having a liquid port and a second end having a tip, and a flow path opening at the tip and fluidly connected with the liquid port. The system includes a gas injection assembly with a manifold having a gas nozzle, a nozzle opening, and a gas port, the gas nozzle configured to eject a substantially laminar gas stream so that the gas stream travels through a travel path, the tip of the dispensing probe extending into the travel path. The liquid port is fluidly connectable with a liquid source and the gas port is fluidly connectable with a pressurized gas source, so that a liquid micro droplet is formed at the tip. The laminar gas stream separates the micro droplet from the tip and carries it through the travel path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS INC.
    Inventors: Jay J. Li, Normand P. Desmarais, James E. Rasmussen, Eric Cowden
  • ROTOR OF AN ELECTRIC MACHINE HAVING A SQUIRREL CAGE PRODUCED FROM A GRANULATE
    Publication number: 20160079821
    Abstract: A rotor has a rotor core which is made of a core material and has grooves which extend substantially in a direction of a rotor axis. The rotor core has at each axial end of the grooves an annular recess which is disposed concentrically with respect to the rotor axis and connects the grooves. The rotor core has a diffusion layer which has a diffusion material and which at least partially covers at least the respective surface of the grooves and/or the annular recess. A granulate of an electrically conductive material is introduced into the grooves and/or the annular recess and, while heat being supplied and while pressure being exerted, is connected by cohesive bonding to the rotor core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: ANDREAS BETHGE
  • MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS WITH A MOVABLY MOUNTED PATIENT BED
    Publication number: 20160077170
    Abstract: A medical imaging apparatus has a patient-receiving area, with a patient bed for supporting a patient and a sliding-support for movable mounting of the patient bed inside the patient-receiving area with the sliding-support has at least one first sliding-support element, which is arranged on the patient bed, and at least two second sliding-support elements, which are arranged inside the patient-receiving area and that engage a first sliding surface of the at least one first sliding-support element. The sliding-support further has at least one third sliding-support element that, when the patient bed is only partially inside the patient-receiving area, engages a second sliding surface of the at least one first sliding-support element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Ludwig Eberler, Razvan Lazar, Juergen Nistler, Martin Schramm
  • PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLER HAVING LOW LATENCY
    Publication number: 20160077509
    Abstract: A method for operating a programmable logic control device to which a current input data set having state data regarding a peripheral component is provided cyclically by a communications bus after each bus cycle terminates. A first program instance of a control program is cyclically processed by a control device. The program cycle duration is longer than the bus cycle duration and, therefore, between the beginning and end of the program cycle, the communications bus provides at least one current data set that cannot be taken into account by the first program instance. To reduce the latency with which a control device reacts to a change in the input value of a peripheral component. at least one other program instance of the control program is cyclically processed so that it is temporally offset by less than one program cycle duration relative to the first program instance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Rene Graf, MICHAEL WIECZOREK
  • AN ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A TWO-STAGE CRYOGENIC REFRIGERATOR AND ASSOCIATED MOUNTING ARRANGEMENT
    Publication number: 20160078987
    Abstract: An assembly has a two-stage cryogenic refrigerator and an associated mounting arrangement, and a sock having first and second stages corresponding to first and second stages of the refrigerator, with the first stage of the refrigerator being in thermal contact with the first stage of the sock and the second stage of the refrigerator being in thermal contact with the second stage of the sock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: SIEMENS PLC
    Inventors: MICHAEL SIMPKINS, NEIL CHARLES TIGWELL, KEVIN PAUL WASTIE
  • Superconducting electromagnets comprising coils bonded to a support structure
    Patent number: RE45942
    Abstract: A superconducting electromagnet comprising coils of superconducting wire bonded to a support structure, and wherein heating elements are provided in thermal contact with the support structure for heating the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Siemens PLC
    Inventors: Hugh Alexander Blakes, Matthew John Longfield, Patrick William Retz