Patents Assigned to Systems AG
  • Publication number: 20050100309
    Abstract: In order to provide a recording method for data which have been or are being generated at a data source in a time sequenced manner and are transmitted via a digital network to at least one recording device for storage, by means of which method the data can be reliably recorded, it is provided that the data are stored at the data source before the transmission on the digital network in such a way that, after a fault on the digital network, data which were intended for transmission during the period of the fault can be made available to the at least one recording device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Applicant: VCS Video Communication Systems AG
    Inventor: Michael Gilge
  • Patent number: 6887609
    Abstract: A fuel cell system and method of operation in which the fuel cell system has a fuel cell unit with anode and cathode, a media flow path for supplying substantially pure hydrogen to the anode, a media flow path for the cathode, an anode exhaust-gas flow path and a cathode exhaust-gas flow path. A fan for supplying air to the cathode is provided in the flow path of the cathode, and a catalytic burner is arranged in the cathode exhaust-gas flow path. The anode exhaust-gas flow path opens into the catalytic burner and/or into the cathode exhaust-gas flow path upstream of the catalytic burner. The combined, catalytically converted fuel cell exhaust-gas flow is passed into an expansion machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Ballard Power Systems AG
    Inventor: Lars Kaufmann
  • Patent number: 6884434
    Abstract: A transdermal therapeutic system, comprising a backing layer inert to the components of the matrix, a self-adhesive matrix layer containing (?)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-6-[propyl-[2-(2-thienyl)ethyl]amino]-1-naphthalenol in an effective amount and a protective foil or sheet to be removed prior to use, is characterised by a matrix that is based on a non-aqueous, acrylate-based or silicone-based polymer adhesive system having a solubility of ?5% (w/w) for (?)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-6-[propyl-[2-(2-thienyl)ethyl]-amino]-1-naphthalenol, and said matrix is substantially free of inorganic silicate particulates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignees: LTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme AG, Aderis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter Muller, James V. Peck
  • Patent number: 6885298
    Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack with single fuel cells stacked together in a fuel cell housing and a detection system for fire or elevated temperatures. The detection system may include a monitoring system; a sensor unit that detects fire or elevated temperatures inside said fuel cell housing; and a voltage or current source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Ballard Power Systems AG
    Inventors: Ted Everson, Adrian Corless, Edward Mufford
  • Patent number: 6884532
    Abstract: A fuel cell system having a fuel cell unit and a means for detecting hydrogen leaks in the fuel cell system. The fuel cell system comprises components which operate at an elevated temperature and are accommodated in a gas generation system box. The gas generation system box is connected to a suction line of a pump, which has a gas sensor arranged therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Ballard Power Systems AG
    Inventor: Bernd Monzel
  • Patent number: 6879164
    Abstract: A method and device for insulation monitoring of an electrically insulated DC network by measuring of the insulation resistance using galvanic isolation between a measuring resistor which is connected to ground, and a measuring pulse generator, and a measurement-data acquisition device, which eliminates some of the effect that noise in the DC network would otherwise have on the measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Ballard Power Systems AG
    Inventors: Gerald Kollenda, Hubert Urban
  • Patent number: 6877287
    Abstract: Adjacent rows of flat, panel-shaped components disposed below one another, overlapping in a shingle-like way, form a covering of a roof or a facade. The components are preferably designed as photovoltaic elements. Disposed under the components in each case in the region between adjacently situated vertical rows is a section forming an upwardly open channel in order to receive and drain water running off next to the components. The section has sawtooth-shaped lateral parts on which the components are borne in their shingle-like configuration. By means of the lateral parts, a clearly defined support for the components is formed, and by means of the sections draining the water, seals between the components can be dispensed with even in horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Swiss Sustainable Systems AG
    Inventor: Tamás Szacsvay
  • Patent number: 6877217
    Abstract: An apparatus for handling electrical components is provided with a head. The head may include at least one gripper and a storage element which can be filled with the electrical components. The head may move over the substrate, and the gripper may remove components from the storage element and place them onto the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Siemens Production & Logistics Systems AG
    Inventors: Mohammad Mehdianpour, Ralf Schulz
  • Patent number: 6872882
    Abstract: An electrical conductor including an areal conductor having a constricted current path region along a length thereof is described, in which an accessory conductor bridges the constricted current path region along the length of the areal conductor such that a substantially uniform current density exists throughout the electrical conductor. In this way, current hot spots in the region of the current path constriction are avoided. The constricted current path region may be defined by two lengthwise edges of the areal conductor and the accessory conductor may include two circular or parabolic contours, each opposing and spaced apart from a respective edge of the areal conductor defining the constricted current path region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignee: W.E.T. Automotive Systems AG
    Inventor: Andreas Fritz
  • Patent number: 6871419
    Abstract: The invention relates to a flat and activable drying device for reducing the moisture content of a gas space surrounding said device and to a method for producing a device of this type. The inventive drying device contains a flat matrix with at least one regenerable drying agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignee: LTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme AG
    Inventors: Franz-Josef Becker, Robert-Peter Klein
  • Patent number: 6869139
    Abstract: There is disclosed an automotive vehicle seating comfort system for providing heating, cooling, ventilation or a combination thereof to an individual in an automotive car seat. The system typically includes an insert, a blower and a tubular structure for providing fluid communication between the insert and blower for providing ventilation and/or cooling for the individual. Preferably, the insert includes a heater or heater layer for providing heat for the individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: W.E.T. Automotive Systems AG
    Inventors: Lindy Brennan, Goran Bajic, Lucas Fernandez, Valerija Drobnjakovic
  • Patent number: 6868286
    Abstract: The invention relates to a combination therapy by TTS and simultaneous initial ultrasound treatment and the subsequent use of the TTS without additional ultrasound treatment. The treatment is characterized in that it shows an effect without or with only little delay. This form of therapy is especially advantageous for treating strong or chronic pains. The invention relates to a corresponding device and the use of suitable pharmaceutical substances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: LTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme AG
    Inventors: Thomas Hille, Bernhard Hehn
  • Publication number: 20050053463
    Abstract: The exhaust-gas turbine comprises a turbine wheel arranged on a shaft, a bearing casing for the bearing arrangement of the rotatable shaft, a gas-inlet casing supported on the bearing casing and concentrically surrounding the bearing casing in the supporting region, and a centering ring for centering the gas-inlet casing relative to the shaft mounted in the bearing casing. The centering ring and either the bearing casing or the gas-inlet casing comprise grooves and either radially or axially unidirectional centering lugs for engaging in the grooves. Due to the radially or axially unidirectional centering lugs with corresponding grooves, at least one of the connections between the bearing casing and the centering ring and the centering ring and the gas-inlet casing is not positive-locking, as a result of which any desired positioning of the gas-inlet casing relative to the bearing casing is made possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Applicant: ABB Turbo Systems AG
    Inventors: Adrian Kopp, Josef Battig, Marcel Meier
  • Patent number: 6863522
    Abstract: A method serves the purpose of introducing fuel and/or thermal energy into a gas stream flowing to a catalytic reactor. The gas stream flows in part through an exterior chamber and in part through an interior chamber, which is at least partially open in the flow direction and to which fuel is supplied. The partial streams are re-united after flowing through the two chambers and are fed to the catalytic reactor. In a starting phase of the still cold catalytic reactor, the fuel is burned in the interior chamber. During conventional normal operating modes of the warm catalytic reactor, the fuel is vaporized in the interior chamber. In a suitable device, the exterior chamber and the interior chamber are designed as two tube elements that are inserted into one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: Ballard Power Systems AG
    Inventors: Stefan Boneberg, Thomas Hoeger, Michael Schonert
  • Patent number: 6864688
    Abstract: Insulation monitoring of an electrical network such as a DC network which is electrically insulated with respect to the ground of a device, includes at least two insulation monitoring devices that monitor different network sections, which can be isolated by one or more switches. Non-contacting switches are used to alternatingly connect and isolate respective measuring resistors of the monitoring devices to, and from, ground, as a result of which the insulation monitoring devices can not negatively affect each other's measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: Ballard Power Systems AG
    Inventors: Klaus Beutelschiess, Karl-Heinz Landenberger
  • Patent number: 6861166
    Abstract: A fuel cell system has at least one fuel cell and a fan for supplying air to the at least one fuel cell. Sound-absorbing means for absorbing sound in the air section of the fuel cell system are designed as broadband silencers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: Ballard Power Systems AG
    Inventor: Peter Sohmer
  • Patent number: 6861947
    Abstract: Anti-theft security devices for a motor vehicle, comprise portable transmitting elements, of a receiving module on board the vehicle and of elements controlling a system for interrupting at least one circuit required for operating the vehicle (ignition circuit engine, fuel intake circuit or other . . . ) when the distance between the transmitting elements and the receiving elements exceeds a certain value. The method for managing the operation of such a device consists, when resetting the affected circuit(s), following an interruption relative to accidental signal loss, in performing this resetting only very gradually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: Sevic System AG
    Inventor: Pascal Albert
  • Patent number: 6857697
    Abstract: There is disclosed an automotive vehicle seating comfort system for providing heating, cooling, ventilation or a combination thereof to an individual in an automotive car seat. The system typically includes an insert, a blower and a tubular structure for providing fluid communication between the insert and blower for providing ventilation and/or cooling for the individual. Preferably, the insert includes a heater or heater layer for providing heat for the individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: W.E.T. Automotive Systems AG
    Inventors: Lindy Brennan, Goran Bajic, Lucas Fernandez, Valerija Drobnajakovic
  • Publication number: 20050038362
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for the generation of shockwaves, consisting of a pressure pulse source (7), at least one reflector element (2, 3, 102, 103, 104), a shockwave permeable diaphragm (8) and a shockwave conducting medium and enables the generation of different shockwave profiles in the treatment area without extensive modification or remounting. For this purpose the apparatus is equipped with an adjustment mechanism for changing the size of the reflection surface (5) located within the radiation path of the primary pressure pulse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2004
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Applicant: SWS Shock Wave Systems AG
    Inventor: Reiner Schultheiss
  • Patent number: 6854621
    Abstract: The cartridge dispenser comprises a double cartridge having two cylindrical containers of different cross-sections, a drive for a dynamic mixer, and a housing base in which the drive shaft of the dynamic mixer is arranged in a longitudinally displaceable manner. The mixer drive shaft is guided in a laterally displaceable manner such that the driver of the mixer drive shaft is situated on the center axis of the mixer rotor independently of the cross-sectional ratio of the containers of the double cartridge. The mixer is located on the center axis which extends between the outlets of the containers. The mixer drive shaft is automatically forced to the correct position when a double cartridge is inserted. Consequently, the driver is always correctly aligned to the mixer rotor. Suitable means in the housing base always provide a correct location of the cartridges, and in a preferred embodiment, the mixer can be attached to the cartridge without the need of being previously oriented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Mixpac Systems AG
    Inventor: Wilhelm A. Keller