Patents by Inventor BENJAMIN SCHMITT

BENJAMIN SCHMITT 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: 11826678
    Abstract: A support grid assembly for use in a vessel. The support grid assembly includes panels each including a first wall including a media-supporting screen and a second wall to be supported by the vessel wall inner surface. A manifold is coupled to the panels and is in hydraulic communication with vessel outlet. The manifold and the panels permit fluid to flow through the screen in each panel, through the panels, into the manifold, and through the manifold to the outlet of the vessel, as well as in the reverse direction. At least a portion of the first wall may slope downward toward the manifold, and at least a portion of the second wall may form a bottom surface that is curved to substantially conform to a curvature of the vessel wall inner surface. The panels may be arranged in a circular configuration extending radially from the manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Aqseptence Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Garth Hayes Saul, Robert Glen Norell, Dean Gerald Brabec, Benjamin Schmitt, Dusan Visekruna, Michael Richard Ekholm, Eugene Eberhardt, Edmund M. Wolfe
  • Publication number: 20210354057
    Abstract: A support grid assembly for use in a vessel. The support grid assembly includes panels each including a first wall including a media-supporting screen and a second wall to be supported by the vessel wall inner surface. A manifold is coupled to the panels and is in hydraulic communication with vessel outlet. The manifold and the panels permit fluid to flow through the screen in each panel, through the panels, into the manifold, and through the manifold to the outlet of the vessel, as well as in the reverse direction. At least a portion of the first wall may slope downward toward the manifold, and at least a portion of the second wall may form a bottom surface that is curved to substantially conform to a curvature of the vessel wall inner surface. The panels may be arranged in a circular configuration extending radially from the manifold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Garth Hayes Saul, Robert Glen Norell, Dean Gerald Brabec, Benjamin Schmitt, Dusan Visekruna, Michael Richard Ekholm, Eugene Eberhardt, Edmund M. Wolfe
  • Publication number: 20210201705
    Abstract: A sealing device for sealing at least one storage and/or packaging device for durable goods, particularly machine tools, and/or for sealing at least one piece of information includes at least one information carrier unit for receiving the at least one piece of information and/or a security key, particularly durable-goods-specific information and/or a durable-goods-specific security key. The sealing device also includes at least one fastening unit, particularly an adhesive unit for fastening at least the information carrier unit to the storage and/or packaging device or to the durable goods, particularly machine tools. The sealing device further includes at least one sealing unit for an at least substantially irreversible visualisation, for the first time, of the information carrier unit and/or a first-time opening of the storage and/or packaging unit. The sealing unit covers at least the information carrier unit in the at least one sealing state such that it cannot be seen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Joachim Schadow, Benjamin Schmitt, Florian Esenwein
  • Patent number: 10933353
    Abstract: A support grid assembly for use in a vessel. The support grid assembly includes panels each including a first wall including a media-supporting screen and a second wall to be supported by the vessel wall inner surface. A manifold is coupled to the panels and is in hydraulic communication with vessel outlet. The manifold and the panels permit fluid to flow through the screen in each panel, through the panels, into the manifold, and through the manifold to the outlet of the vessel, as well as in the reverse direction. At least a portion of the first wall may slope downward toward the manifold, and at least a portion of the second wall may form a bottom surface that is curved to substantially conform to a curvature of the vessel wall inner surface. The panels may be arranged in a circular configuration extending radially from the manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Aqseptence Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Garth Hayes Saul, Robert Glen Norell, Dean Gerald Brabec, Benjamin Schmitt, Dusan Visekruna, Michael Richard Ekholm, Eugene Eberhardt, Edmund M. Wolfe
  • Patent number: 10156624
    Abstract: In a method and magnetic resonance apparatus for reconstructing an MR image of a volume segment within an examination object, MR data within the volume segment are acquired according to a separation method by MR data for a k-space line being acquired respectively in steps while a readout gradient is activated in the same readout direction. An image of a first substance and an image of a second substance are thereby reconstructed. A shift length, by which the image of the first substance and the image of the second substance are displaced relative to one another due to the chemical shift in the readout direction is determined. The image of the first substance and/or the image of the second substance is shifted as a function of the shift length, to compensate for the relative displacement between the images of the first and second substances in the readout direction due to the chemical shift. An MR image is generated by combining the images of the first and second substances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dominik Paul, Benjamin Schmitt
  • Patent number: 9846212
    Abstract: In a method and apparatus for magnetic resonance imaging, in order to improve saturation of magnetic resonance signals during an acquisition sequence, the acquisition sequence includes at least one acquisition cycle, that includes: a preparation pulse set with a number of preparation pulses, a saturation pulse set that is disjoint from the preparation pulse set, with a number of saturation pulses, and a readout block set with a number of readout blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dominik Paul, Benjamin Schmitt
  • Patent number: 9823321
    Abstract: In a method and apparatus for magnetic resonance imaging of an examination subject using an acquisition sequence that includes at least one acquisition cycle, wherein the acquisition cycle includes a readout block set with at least two readout blocks, and a saturation pulse set with at least two saturation pulses, the saturation pulses of the saturation pulse set are respectively associated with respective readout blocks of the readout block set, and the saturation pulses of the saturation pulse set have respectively varying flip angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: John Kirsch, Dominik Paul, Benjamin Schmitt
  • Patent number: 9678181
    Abstract: A method for shimming a magnetic field in a magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) device includes determining a field of view region for an object under examination. Determining the field of view region includes adapting the field of view region automatically to a region of the object under examination to be examined by the MRT device. Before the MRT device records an image, an adjustment measurement of the magnetic field is performed. A field map of the magnetic field of the field of view region is defined based on the adjustment measurement. A shimming of the magnetic field is implemented based on the field map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dominik Paul, Benjamin Schmitt
  • Patent number: 9632159
    Abstract: A method includes recording a magnetic resonance (MR) spectrum with the aid of a high frequency (HF) coil and a magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) device. A static magnetic field results in a recording volume of the MRT device. The method also includes an automatic analysis of the MR spectrum by searching for two resonant signals in the form of a fat peak, a water peak, and a minimum between the fat peak and the water peak. Such an automatic analysis is used for an automatic decision as a function of a predeterminable criterion, as to whether a series, including a plurality of acts, or a single act is performed. The homogeneity of the static magnetic field is adjusted with the aid of at least one shim coil of the MRT device, and an HF pulse is calculated for fat saturation as a function of the result of the search.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dominik Paul, Benjamin Schmitt
  • Patent number: 9599691
    Abstract: In a magnetic resonance apparatus and method for RF excitation with two resonance frequencies to detect the CEST effect, the RF excitation is achieved with the use of a first RF antenna and a second RF antenna of the magnetic resonance apparatus with a first portion of the RF excitation at a first resonance frequency of the two resonance frequencies being implemented with the first RF antenna, and a second portion of the RF excitation at a second resonance frequency of the two resonance frequencies is implemented with the second RF antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dominik Paul, Benjamin Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20160084930
    Abstract: In a method and magnetic resonance apparatus for reconstructing an MR image of a volume segment within an examination object, MR data within the volume segment are acquired according to a separation method by MR data for a k-space line being acquired respectively in steps while a readout gradient is activated in the same readout direction. An image of a first substance and an image of a second substance are thereby reconstructed. A shift length, by which the image of the first substance and the image of the second substance are displaced relative to one another due to the chemical shift in the readout direction is determined. The image of the first substance and/or the image of the second substance is shifted as a function of the shift length, to compensate for the relative displacement between the images of the first and second substances in the readout direction due to the chemical shift. An MR image is generated by combining the images of the first and second substances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dominik Paul, Benjamin Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20150268319
    Abstract: In a method and apparatus for magnetic resonance imaging of an examination subject using an acquisition sequence that includes at least one acquisition cycle, wherein the acquisition cycle includes a readout block set with at least two readout blocks, and a saturation pulse set with at least two saturation pulses, the saturation pulses of the saturation pulse set are respectively associated with respective readout blocks of the readout block set, and the saturation pulses of the saturation pulse set have respectively varying flip angles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: John Kirsch, Dominik Paul, Benjamin Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20150198686
    Abstract: In a method and apparatus for magnetic resonance imaging, in order to improve saturation of magnetic resonance signals during an acquisition sequence, the acquisition sequence includes at least one acquisition cycle, that includes: a preparation pulse set with a number of preparation pulses, a saturation pulse set that is disjoint from the preparation pulse set, with a number of saturation pulses, and a readout block set with a number of readout blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Dominik Paul, Benjamin Schmitt
  • Patent number: 8970614
    Abstract: [Problem] The present invention provides an apparatus and a method, which can reduce required memory, for obtaining blur image in computer graphics. [Method of solution] The present invention performs processing leaving only the calculation results of the necessary column to obtain blur image without full memory of the SAT table. As a result, the present invention provides an apparatus and a method, which can reduce required memory, for obtaining blur image in computer graphics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Digital Media Professionals Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Schmitt, Olney Steven
  • Publication number: 20140333303
    Abstract: In a magnetic resonance apparatus and method for RF excitation with two resonance frequencies to detect the CEST effect, the RF excitation is achieved with the use of a first RF antenna and a second RF antenna of the magnetic resonance apparatus with a first portion of the RF excitation at a first resonance frequency of the two resonance frequencies being implemented with the first RF antenna, and a second portion of the RF excitation at a second resonance frequency of the two resonance frequencies is implemented with the second RF antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Dominik Paul, Benjamin Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20140049258
    Abstract: A method includes recording a magnetic resonance (MR) spectrum with the aid of a high frequency (HF) coil and a magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) device. A static magnetic field results in a recording volume of the MRT device. The method also includes an automatic analysis of the MR spectrum by searching for two resonant signals in the form of a fat peak, a water peak, and a minimum between the fat peak and the water peak. Such an automatic analysis is used for an automatic decision as a function of a predeterminable criterion, as to whether a series, including a plurality of acts, or a single act is performed. The homogeneity of the static magnetic field is adjusted with the aid of at least one shim coil of the MRT device, and an HF pulse is calculated for fat saturation as a function of the result of the search.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Inventors: Dominik Paul, Benjamin Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20140027369
    Abstract: A support grid assembly for use in a vessel. The support grid assembly includes panels each including a first wall including a media-supporting screen and a second wall to be supported by the vessel wall inner surface. A manifold is coupled to the panels and is in hydraulic communication with vessel outlet. The manifold and the panels permit fluid to flow through the screen in each panel, through the panels, into the manifold, and through the manifold to the outlet of the vessel, as well as in the reverse direction. At least a portion of the first wall may slope downward toward the manifold, and at least a portion of the second wall may form a bottom surface that is curved to substantially conform to a curvature of the vessel wall inner surface. The panels may be arranged in a circular configuration extending radially from the manifold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: Bilfinger Water Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Garth Hayes Saul, Robert Glen Norell, Dean Gerald Brabec, Benjamin Schmitt, Dusan Visekruna, Michael Richard Ekholm, Eugene Eberthardt, Edmund M. Wolfe
  • Publication number: 20130307541
    Abstract: A method for shimming a magnetic field in a magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) device includes determining a field of view region for an object under examination. Determining the field of view region includes adapting the field of view region automatically to a region of the object under examination to be examined by the MRT device. Before the MRT device records an image, an adjustment measurement of the magnetic field is performed. A field map of the magnetic field of the field of view region is defined based on the adjustment measurement. A shimming of the magnetic field is implemented based on the field map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Inventors: Dominik Paul, Benjamin Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20130042069
    Abstract: [Problem] The present invention provides an apparatus and a method, which can reduce required memory, for obtaining blur image in computer graphics. [Method of solution] The present invention performs processing leaving only the calculation results of the necessary column to obtain blur image without full memory of the SAT table. As a result, the present invention provides an apparatus and a method, which can reduce required memory, for obtaining blur image in computer graphics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: Digital Media Professionals Inc,
    Inventors: Benjamin Schmitt, Olney Steven
  • Publication number: 20090211965
    Abstract: Panels of a filter screen have a plurality of rods and a plurality of wires. The rods are arranged parallel to one another in a first direction. The wires are arranged parallel to one another and are attached in a perpendicular direction to the rods. The rods have jointed ends with a tab and a bevel along one edge of the panels and have flush ends along an opposite edge of the panels. The panels are connected together edge to edge in an elongated sheet by adjoining the jointed and the flush ends of the rods and then welding a plurality of splice bars alternatingly between adjacent ones of the rods at the joints. The elongated sheet is then rolled into a cylindrical tier that can be used as a portion of a basket, centerpipe or other cylindrical screen for a radial flow process or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: WEATHERFORD/LAMB, INC.
    Inventors: TONY PARR, GERRY BERRY, BENJAMIN SCHMITT