Patents Assigned to Technische Universitat
  • Publication number: 20250006963
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method of operating a fuel cell system (1) in fuel cell mode, the fuel cell system (1) comprising at least one fuel cell (2) comprising an anode (2a), a cathode (2b) and an electrolyte (2c) provided between the anode (2a) and the cathode (2b), the fuel cell (2) being arranged for an internal reformation of hydrocarbon compounds inside the anode (2a), an anode exhaust conduit (4) connecting the anode outlet (2d) and a fuel conduit (6) and comprising a methanation unit (3a), a water-gas shift reactor (3b), and a water vapor condenser or water removal unit (12), the anode exhaust conduit (4) or the fuel conduit (6) comprising a carbon dioxide separation unit (11), and the fuel conduit (6) connecting a fuel cell system inlet (7) and an anode inlet (2e), the method comprising the steps of a) feeding feed gas into the fuel conduit (6) via the fuel cell system inlet (7), the feed gas comprising hydrocarbon compounds, b) controlling the methanation unit (3a) to produce methane and controlling
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: Technische Universität München
    Inventors: Stephan HERRMANN, Felix FISCHER, Hartmut SPLIETHOFF, Maximilian HAUCK, Jeremias WEINRICH
  • Patent number: 12178567
    Abstract: The invention relates to a medical analysis device (1) for assessing a patient's suitability for anaesthesia by analysing at least one physiological biosignal (S) detected during an apnoea, wherein the medical analysis device (1) comprises the following: —an input interface (2) for detecting a time curve of at least one physiological biosignal (S) of a patient, —a computing unit (3) which is configured to compare a time curve of the at least one physiological biosignal (S) with at least one predefinable curve or a limit value according to an algorithm (4) in order to determine a patient's suitability for anaesthesia and to calculate an assessment result (E) depending thereon, wherein the time curve of the at least one physiological biosignal (S) comprises at least the duration of a patient's apnoea, and —an output interface (5) connected to the computing unit (3), to output the assessment result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignees: Technische Universität Wien, Medizinische Universität Wien
    Inventors: Eugenijus Kaniusas, Klaus Ulrich Klein, Florian Thürk, Stefan Kampusch
  • Patent number: 12176476
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a porous polymer etched ion-track membrane as separator for batteries comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a liquid electrolyte comprising at least one salt of a cationic ion in solution in a solvent, and to batteries comprising such a membrane as porous separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignees: Centre national de la recherche scientifique, UNIVERSITE DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE, GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GmbH, Technische Universität Darmstadt
    Inventors: Maria Eugenia Toimil Molares, Christina Trautmann, Pui Lap Jacob Lee, Mathieu Morcrette
  • Patent number: 12170168
    Abstract: An electrode suitable for constructing an electrochemical double layer capacitor and/or supercapacitor is provided that includes an electrode material a metal organic framework (MOF), wherein the MOF includes an inorganic building unit including metal atoms selected from group 1 to group 12 elements, and functional groups of organic linkers including oxygen (O) and one or more atoms selected from the group comprising phosphorus (P), arsenic (As), antimony (Sb), silicon (Si), selenium (Se) and bismuth (Bi). The functional groups of the organic linkers can include phosphonate, arsonate, phosphonic acid, phosphinic acid, arsonic acids and/or arsenic acids, monoester and/or diester forms thereof. Further, the metal atoms may be selected from zinc (Zn), cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), gold (Au) and silver (Ag). The use of the MOF as a semiconductor in semiconductor applications, a semiconductive device, such as a photovoltaic cell, including the MOF are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Technische Universitat Berlin
    Inventor: Gündog Yücesan
  • Patent number: 12163112
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a microfluidic device (1; 8) for the production of cellular spheroids comprising at least one chamber (2; 9) comprising a fluid inlet (3) for introducing fluid into the chamber (2; 9) and a fluid outlet (4) for removing said fluid from the chamber (2, 9), wherein said at least one chamber (2; 9) comprises a base formed by a substrate (5; 10) comprising at least two recesses (6; 11) to collect a fluid comprising biological cells when the substrate (5, 10) is contacted with the fluid, wherein the size of the at least two recesses (6; 11) decreases from the fluid inlet (3) to the fluid outlet (4) of the at least one chamber (2; 9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Technische Universität Wien
    Inventors: Mario Rothbauer, Peter Ertl, Christoph Eilenberger
  • Patent number: 12145291
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for producing a concrete component, comprising concrete and a textile reinforcement composed of a reinforcement fiber strand (28), wherein first a yarn (20) is saturated with a mineral suspension (35) and forms the at least one reinforcement fiber strand (28). According to the invention, the reinforcement fiber strand (28) is fed by means of a moving device, so that the reinforcement fiber strand (28) is placed in a concrete strand (4), placed on a concrete layer (2), or placed on a vertical side surface of a plurality of concrete layers placed on top of each other, so that a perpendicular reinforcement is produced when arranged on the outside, and wherein the reinforcement fiber strand (28) is further enclosed by the concrete immediately upon placement or subsequently before the mineral suspension (35) has cured. The invention also relates to a reinforced concrete component (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Technische Universität Dresden
    Inventors: Viktor Mechtcherine, Albert Michel
  • Patent number: 12127490
    Abstract: A Gunn diode is disclosed which comprises a first contact layer, a second contact layer, and an active layer based on a gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductor material having a base surface and a side surface non-parallel thereto. Optionally, related materials such as aluminum indium gallium nitride (AlInGaN) materials may also be used as the active layer. The first contact layer electrically contacts the side surface to form a side contact. The second contact layer forms an electrical contact for the base surface, so that a maximum of the electric field strength is formed when an electric voltage is applied between the first contact layer and the second contact layer at the side contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Technische Universität Darmstadt
    Inventors: Oktay Yilmazoglu, Ahid S. Hajo
  • Publication number: 20240316012
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method for treating a lymphoma in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of at least one PD-1 pathway agonist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicants: Northwestern University, Technische Universität München
    Inventors: Jaehyuk Choi, Jay Carroll Daniels, Jurgen Ruland, Tim Wartewig
  • Publication number: 20240314006
    Abstract: Communication systems and methods in accordance with various embodiments of the invention utilize modulation on zeros. Carrier frequency offsets (CFO) can result in an unknown rotation of all zeros of a received signal's z-transform. Therefore, a binary MOCZ scheme (BMOCZ) can be utilized in which the modulated binary data is encoded using a cycling register code (e.g. CPC or ACPC), enabling receivers to determine cyclic shifts in the BMOCZ symbol resulting from a CFO. Receivers in accordance with several embodiments of the invention include decoders capable of decoding information bits from received discrete-time baseband signals by: estimating a timing offset for the received signal; determining a plurality of zeros of a z-transform of the received symbol; identifying zeros from the plurality of zeros that encode received bits by correcting fractional rotations resulting from the CFO; and decoding information bits based upon the received bits using a cycling register code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicants: California Institute of Technology, The Regents of the University of California, Technische Universität Berlin
    Inventors: Philipp Walk, Babak Hassibi, Peter Jung, Hamid Jafarkhani
  • Publication number: 20240286950
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for producing an enamel functional layer, especially an antistatic layer or an electronically conductive corrosion protection layer, to the use of this composition, to a process for producing an enamel coating on a substrate, and to articles having a base body and an enamel functional layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg
    Inventors: Torsten Lorenz, Sabine Hönig
  • Publication number: 20240243318
    Abstract: A fuel cell system arranged for the conversion of pure hydrogen comprising a) at least one fuel cell comprising an anode, a cathode and an electrolyte, and arranged for an internal reformation of methane, b) a fuel conduit connecting a fuel conduit inlet with an anode inlet, c) an anode exhaust conduit connecting an anode outlet and a methanation unit capable of producing methane from anode exhaust, and d) a methanation unit exhaust conduit connecting a methanation unit exit and the fuel conduit, and e) a water removal and/or water condenser unit coupled to the methanation unit exhaust conduit, wherein the fuel introduced into an inlet of the fuel conduit is pure hydrogen, and the amount of methane produced in the methanation unit is equal to the amount of methane reformed inside of the fuel cell so that the content of methane cycling through the fuel cell system is constant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: Technische Universität München
    Inventors: Stephan HERRMANN, Felix FISCHER, Hartmut SPLIETHOFF, Maximilian HAUCK, Jeremias WEINRICH
  • Patent number: 12038720
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting a measured value (d?/dx, M).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Technische Universität Berlin
    Inventors: Tolga Wagner, Michael Lehmann, Tore Niermann
  • Patent number: 12031573
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gas bearing for contactlessly bearing a rotatable element (50). The gas bearing comprises: a housing (100) having an opening for receiving the rotatable element; and at least two sliding films (200), which are arranged on an interior (110) of the opening without overlap and which each have a first end portion (210) and a second end portion (220) for support on the housing (100). The sliding films (200) are designed to radially support the rotatable element relative to the housing (100) only by means of the first and second end portions (210, 220), the second end portion (220) providing frictional contact with the interior (110) and the first end portion (210) being fastened to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Technische Universität Darmstadt
    Inventors: Bernhard Schweizer, Marcel Bauer, Marcel Mahner, Markus Rieken, Pascal Zeise
  • Publication number: 20240193891
    Abstract: A method for user command-guided editing of an initial textured 3D morphable model of an object comprising: obtaining the initial textured 3D morphable model of the object comprising an initial texture map and an initial 3D mesh model of the object; and determining an edited texture map of the object corresponding to the user command by editing the initial texture map of the object based on a first artificial neural network; and/or determining an edited 3D mesh model of the object corresponding to the user command by editing the initial 3D mesh model of the object based on a second artificial neural network; and generating an edited textured 3D morphable model of the object corresponding to the user command based on the edited texture map of the object and/or the edited 3D mesh model of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicants: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Technische Universität München
    Inventors: Lev MARKHASIN, Iheb BELGACEM, Shivangi ANEJA, Matthias NIEßNER, Angela DAI
  • Patent number: 11994346
    Abstract: According to various embodiments of the invention, a heat exchanger can have at least one duct for conveying a coolant, wherein the at least one duct has a first section and a second section, the first section being arranged in the at least one duct upstream relative to the second section, in relation to a flow direction of the coolant, the second section having a cross section area that is larger than a cross section area of the first section, such that a sublimation of the coolant in the second section is made possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Technische Universitat Dresden
    Inventors: Andreas Wagner, Yixia Xu, Ullrich Hesse
  • Patent number: 11975553
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat-sensitive recording material comprising a carrier substrate, which is black or coloured on at least one side, and a thermoresponsive layer on the at least one black or coloured side of the carrier substrate, wherein the thermoresponsive layer comprises nanoparticles of at least one cellulose ester, and to a method for producing this material, and to a heat-sensitive recording material that can be obtained by this method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: Papierfabrik August Koehler SE, Technische Universitat Darmstadt
    Inventors: Maximilian Nau, Markus Biesalski, Michael Horn
  • Patent number: 11967666
    Abstract: A semiconductor device for emitting electromagnetic radiation, and to a method of producing the same, which can be used as a semiconductor-based, structured light source. The semiconductor device comprises a layer stack structure composed of an n-doped layer, an active layer and a p-doped layer, as well as a connection structure comprising conductor layers and at least one insulator layer, the conductor layers being arranged, parallel to and spaced apart from one another, along a first direction that is parallel to the active layer of the layer stack structure, and at least one insulator layer being arranged between at least two conductor layers, one or more conductor layers being electrically connected to the p-doped layer of the layer stack structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Technische Universität Braunschweig Korperschaft Des Offentlichen Rechts
    Inventors: Sönke Fündling, Frederik Steib, Andreas Waag
  • Patent number: 11953583
    Abstract: A radar assembly and a method for operating the radar assembly is disclosed, where a first frequency comb generator is arranged in the transmitting unit between the first oscillator and the transmitting antenna and a second frequency comb generator is arranged in the receiving unit between the second oscillator and the first mixer. On the transmitter side a first frequency comb generator is controlled with the first oscillator frequency in order to generate a primary signal containing a plurality of frequency components, on the receiver side a second frequency comb generator is controlled with a second oscillator frequency in order to generate an output signal containing a plurality of frequency components, the output signal generated in such a way is mixed with a third oscillator frequency, and the intermediate frequency is generated by mixing the received reflected signal with the mixed signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Technische Universität Dresden
    Inventors: Martin Laabs, Dirk Plettemeier
  • Patent number: 11938683
    Abstract: A shaped article, a method for making it, and its use. The shaped article is formed from flat fiber material and has a bottom (2), a body (4), and an opening, which is surrounded by a circumferential flange (6). The shaped article (1) comprises a flange stabilizer (10) attached to the second flat side (18) of the flange (6) facing the bottom (2). The flange stabilizer (10) is disc-shaped and has an inner contour (12) corresponding to the desired cross-sectional shape of the shaped article (1) in the region of the opening and can be slipped over the body (4) in the region of the bottom (2) and up to the flange (6). The flat sides (16, 18) of the flange stabilizer (10) extend essentially parallel to the flange (6), defining and stabilizing the cross-sectional shape of the body (4) in the region of the opening and the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Technische Universität Dresden
    Inventor: Tobias Müller
  • Patent number: 11929391
    Abstract: Described herein is an electronic component that may include a substrate, wherein the substrate may include at least two electrodes, wherein the at least two electrodes are each spaced apart from each other on and/or within the substrate. When the electronic component is in a first operating state, an electrolytic material may be disposed at least in a spatial region between the at least two electrodes, wherein the electrolytic material comprises at least one polymerizable material. When the electronic device is in a second operating state, at least one electrical connection may be made between the at least two electrodes, wherein the at least one electrical connection comprises an electrically conductive polymer. The electrically conductive polymer may comprise one or more fiber structures, wherein the one or more fiber structures are in physical contact with the at least two electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Technische Universitat Dresden
    Inventors: Hans Kleemann, Matteo Cucchi, Karl Leo, Veronika Scholz, Hsin Tseng, Alexander Lee