Patents by Inventor Bernhard Kraus
Bernhard Kraus 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).
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Publication number: 20170172278Abstract: An epilator having a body and a plucking cylinder which is rotatable about a rotation axis for plucking hair. The plucking cylinder is movable with respect to the body between an extended position and a retracted position. Further, the epilator has elastically deformable elements biasing the plucking cylinder and at least two rollers mounted on the same side of the body as the plucking cylinder with the plucking cylinder interposed between the rollers. When pressing the rollers and the plucking cylinder to a flat surface the force exerted by the rollers exceeds the force exerted by the plucking cylinder.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2016Publication date: June 22, 2017Inventors: Tarik Mehaddene, Frieder Grieshaber, Bernhard Kraus
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Publication number: 20160176059Abstract: The present invention relates to electric appliances for personal care, in particular electric shavers, comprising a magnetic linear drive unit having first and second drive components supported for linear displacement relative to each other and adapted to magnetically interact with each other, wherein a drive support is provided for supporting the drive unit onto a mounting structure. The drive support supporting the drive unit onto a mounting structure of the installation environment is adapted to provide for at least one axis of rotation for at least one of the drive components of the drive unit allowing said at least one drive component to rotate relative to the mounting structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2015Publication date: June 23, 2016Inventors: Martin Ring, Bernhard Kraus, Robert Schaefer
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Publication number: 20160181901Abstract: The present invention relates to electric appliances for personal care, in particular electric shavers, comprising a magnetic linear drive unit having first and second drive components supported for linear displacement relative to each other and adapted to magnetically interact with each other, wherein a drive support is provided for supporting the drive unit onto a mounting structure. The drive support supporting the drive unit onto a mounting structure of the installation environment is adapted to provide for at least one axis of rotation for the drive unit allowing said drive unit to rotate relative to the mounting structure, said axis of rotation being spaced apart from the drive unit to provide for a transmission ratio increasing or decreasing the oscillation amplitude of the functional element driven by the drive unit vis-à-vis the oscillation amplitude of the drive unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2015Publication date: June 23, 2016Inventors: Bernhard Kraus, Thomas Verstege, Uwe Schober, Frank Ziegler
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Patent number: 9274037Abstract: A method is disclosed for determining bone mineral density values of an object. In an embodiment, the method includes acquisition of first two-dimensional projection overview image data of the object to be examined in an image detail with a first X-ray energy; acquisition of at least second two-dimensional projection overview image data of the object to be examined in an image detail with at least one different second X-ray energy; determining a bone overview image data record using the first and second projection overview image data; determining at least one specific evaluation region of the image detail using the bone overview image data record; and determining a bone mineral density value for the specific evaluation region of the image detail using the image data of the bone overview image data record in the specific evaluation region. A computerized tomography system for implementing a method is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2013Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Kerstin Huwer, Bernhard Krauβ, Michael Scheuering
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Patent number: 9247798Abstract: An epilator (100) comprising an epilating unit (1) for plucking and/or pulling hair (51) out of the skin (50) over an epilating width (E). Such an epilator is disadvantageous in that typically not all of the hairs are detected by the epilating unit (1) and some remain in the skin after the epilation. A subsequent epilation would then be required. In order to solve this problem, the epilator (100) has a hair removal unit (2) following the epilating unit (1) in the direction (B) of use, such that, in at least one operating mode, the hair removal unit (2) removes the hairs (51) that have not been pulled out by the epilating unit (1).Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2008Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: Braun GmbHInventors: Pedro Sanchez-Martinez, Bernhard Kraus, Frieder Grieshaber
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Patent number: 9211066Abstract: A method is disclosed for detecting damage to silicone implants. In an embodiment, the method includes taking at least two computed tomography recordings at different X-ray spectra or different mono-energies of the X-ray radiation and reconstruction thereof. A data point is determined in a diagram for each voxel of interest, the X-ray attenuation values for different X-ray energies being plotted against one another; The data point, or another value for each voxel of interest determined from the X-ray attenuation values, is compared to known data points or values of body tissue and/or of silicone, and a note or warning is output if the data point or other value deviates from the known data points or values for body tissue by at least a first threshold value and/or in the event of simultaneous approximation to the known data point or value for silicone by less than a second threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2013Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Thorsten Johnson, Bernhard Krauβ
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Patent number: 9211104Abstract: A method is disclosed for selecting two contrast agents to be used in a dual energy CT examination of a patient. In at least one embodiment, the method includes determining the gradient of a connecting line between a first material or a first tissue type and a second material or second tissue type in an HU value diagram of the energy-specific HU values, selecting a first contrast agent with an enhancement gradient which is significantly greater than the determined base gradient, and selecting a second contrast agent, the enhancement of which lies in the significance region of the determined base gradient. A contrast agent combination selected in the fashion is also disclosed in at least one embodiment, as well as the generation of CT images using a contrast agent combination selected in the fashion and using different energy spectra.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2008Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignee: BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBHInventors: Bernhard Krauβ, Hubertus Pietsch
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Patent number: 9186114Abstract: A method is disclosed for producing a noise-reduced CT image data record by frequency band breakdown, a computer system for carrying out the method, and a CT system (1) with such a computer system. In an embodiment of the method, several linear-combined mixed image data records ( M m = c 0 , m + ? i ? c i , m · X i ) are produced from several simultaneously-recorded energy spectrum-specific CT image data records (Xi); a frequency band breakdown of the mixed image data records (Mm) takes place into a first lowest frequency band (F0) and several higher frequency bands; and a result image data record ( E = ? j , m ? g j , m ? ( r ) · F j · M m ) is calculated, wherein each mixed image data record (Mm) is multiplied with precisely one filter and with a location-dependent function (gj,m(r)) and is thereby totaled, and wherein g0,0(r)=1.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2012Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Thomas Flohr, Bernhard Krauβ, Rainer Raupach, Bernhard Schmidt
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Patent number: 8870896Abstract: The present invention discloses a hybrid epilator device that comprises a razor blade having a sharp edge for cutting hairs, an epilation cylinder comprising at least a pair of clamping elements that during operation are actuated by an actuation system between an open position and a closed position so that hairs can feed into the gap between the pair of clamping elements in the open position and are gripped and plucked out from the skin surface when the pair of clamping elements is in the closed position, and a manually operable adjustment mechanism that has a least a first adjustment and a second adjustment such that in the first adjustment and the second adjustment the skin surface can be simultaneously contacted by the sharp edge of the razor blade and an circumferential area of the epilation cylinder. This allows switching between two different epilation efficiencies of the epilation cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2011Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Inventors: Frieder Grieshaber, Bernhard Kraus
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Patent number: 8806756Abstract: An electric shaving apparatus including a housing and a shaving head. The shaving head is coupled to the housing by at least one first elastic element and includes at least one first shaving element. The electric shaving apparatus includes in addition an electric motor for generating an oscillatory motion of the shaving head and an oscillatory motion differing therefrom of at least one second shaving element. The electric motor includes two drive components of which a first drive component is adapted to be driven to oscillate relative to a second drive component. One of the drive components is connected to the second shaving element. The second shaving element or a drive part connected thereto is equipped with an elastic connection to the shaving head.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2009Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Braun GmbHInventors: Bernhard Kraus, Uwe Schober, Detlef Gleich, Thomas Verstege, Tobias Schwarz
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Publication number: 20140182135Abstract: A dry shaver with a housing featuring a drive motor and a shaving head connected to the housing for pivotal movement about a pivot axis. The shaving head mounts at least two shaving systems, each comprised of an outer cutter and associated under cutters. The under cutters are adapted to be driven in an oscillatory linear motion relative to the outer cutter. The at least two under cutters are mounted respectively on separate oscillatory elements in the shaving head. The oscillatory elements are each connected to the drive motor via drive elements and are driven in mutually opposite directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2014Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: Braun GmbHInventors: Diana Kappes, Joerg Kaiser, Alexander Kloes, Bernhard Kraus, Andreas Larscheid, Stefan Rehbein
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Publication number: 20140114328Abstract: The present disclosure is concerned with an attachment for an epilator or an epilator having at least a clamping unit for clamping and plucking hairs. The clamping unit is arranged for driven movement relative to a housing of the attachment or the epilator along a hair capture direction. The clamping unit has a moveable clamping element having a clamping surface and a hair guiding surface and a fixed clamping element having a clamping surface and a hair guiding surface, wherein the moveable clamping element and the fixed clamping element are arranged to be cyclically moveable between an open position and a closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2013Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: Braun GmbHInventors: Frieder Grieshaber, Tarik Mehaddene, Bernhard Kraus, Luis Burrell-Diez, Andreas Lennartz, Tobias Schwarz, Markus Halm
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Publication number: 20140107670Abstract: An attachment for an epilator or an epilator having at least a clamping unit for clamping and plucking hairs that is arranged for driven movement relative to a housing of the attachment or the epilator along a hair capture direction is disclosed. The clamping unit has a first clamping element having a clamping surface and a hair guiding surface and a second clamping element having a clamping surface and a hair guiding surface. The first clamping element and the second clamping element are arranged to be cyclically first between an open position in which the two clamping surfaces have a minimal distance such that a gap for receiving hairs is formed between them and a closed position in which the two clamping surfaces abut on each other. The two hair guiding surfaces form a funnel in front of the gap in the open position with respect to the hair capture direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: Braun GmbHInventors: Frieder Grieshaber, Tarik Mehaddene, Bernhard Kraus, Luis Burrell-Diez, Andreas Lennartz, Tobias Schwarz, Markus Halm
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Publication number: 20140107669Abstract: An attachment for an epilator or an epilator having at least a clamping unit for clamping and plucking hairs that is arranged for driven movement relative to a housing along a hair capture direction is disclosed. The clamping unit has a moveable clamping element having a clamping surface and a hair guiding surface and a fixed clamping element having a clamping surface and a hair guiding surfaced. The moveable clamping element and the fixed clamping element are arranged to be cyclically moveable between an open position in which the two clamping surfaces have a minimal distance such that a gap for receiving hairs is formed between them and a closed position in which the two clamping surfaces abut on each other. The two hair guiding surfaces form a funnel in front of the gap in the open position with respect to the hair capture direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: Braun GmbHInventors: Frieder Grieshaber, Tarik Mehaddene, Bernhard Kraus, Luis Burrell-Diez, Andreas Lennartz, Tobias Schwarz, Markus Halm
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Patent number: 8667692Abstract: An electric hair removal apparatus for removing hair from the human skin. The hair removal apparatus includes a housing adapted to be held in the hand, a mechanically working hair removal device and a motor for driving the hair removal device. Provision is made for a sensor device for generating a signal that depends on the speed at which the hair removal device is moved over the skin during the hair removal.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2008Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: Braun GmbHInventor: Bernhard Kraus
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Publication number: 20140064587Abstract: A method is disclosed for detecting damage to silicone implants. In an embodiment, the method includes taking at least two computed tomography recordings at different X-ray spectra or different mono-energies of the X-ray radiation and reconstruction thereof. A data point is determined in a diagram for each voxel of interest, the X-ray attenuation values for different X-ray energies being plotted against one another; The data point, or another value for each voxel of interest determined from the X-ray attenuation values, is compared to known data points or values of body tissue and/or of silicone, and a note or warning is output if the data point or other value deviates from the known data points or values for body tissue by at least a first threshold value and/or in the event of simultaneous approximation to the known data point or value for silicone by less than a second threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2013Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicants: KLINIKUM DER UNIVERSITAT MUNCHEN, SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Thorsten JOHNSON, Bernhard KRAUß
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Patent number: 8661596Abstract: A toothbrush drive includes a first drive component for generating a magnetic field and a second drive component driven in both a translational and rotational manner under the influence of the magnetic field. A transmission element is deflected out of a predetermined position for transmission of both translational and rotary movement of the second drive component. The deflection of the transmission element varies along its longitudinal axis. A transmission element can be deflected out of a predefined position for transmission of a translatory movement and a rotational movement of the second drive component to the brush element along a longitudinal axis of the transmission element. The deflection of the transmission element out of the predefined position is varied along the longitudinal axis of the transmission element.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2007Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Braun GmbHInventors: Uwe Jungnickel, Benedikt Heil, Christian Neyer, Bernhard Kraus
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Patent number: 8634625Abstract: A method is disclosed for the reduction of image artifacts, in particular metal artifacts, during the generation of computed tomography image data of an object. In at least one embodiment of the method, two CT image data sets are generated with different medium x-ray energies. By way of a weighted combination of the two CT image data sets, a new image data set is calculated. The weighting factor employed in the weighted combination is here selected in such a way that the image artifacts in the new CT image data set are significantly reduced compared with the image artifacts in the two original CT image data sets. In this way it is possible in a simple manner significantly to reduce in particular metal artifacts in CT images.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2011Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Thomas Flohr, Bernhard Krauβ, Rainer Raupach, Bernhard Schmidt
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Patent number: 8627573Abstract: The invention relates to a hair-removing device with a movable actuator head and/or at least one movable actuator support, which have at least one actuator element for removing hair on a skin surface. The particular feature of the invention is that a detecting device for detecting a parameter which relates to the position of the actuator element relative to the skin surface is provided as well as at least one actively actuated positioning device for modifying the position of the actuator head and/or the actuator support and a control device for activating the positioning device according to the detected parameter.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2005Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: Braun GmbHInventors: Bernhard Kraus, Alexander Klos
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Patent number: 8574242Abstract: The present invention is concerned with an epilator that comprises a housing, an epilation cylinder mounted at a head region of the housing for plucking hairs from the skin during operation, and an attachment detachably connected with the housing, which attachment comprises at least a shaving blade defining a use direction along which the shaving blade is to be drawn over the skin to shave off hairs. In the attached state the shaving blade is disposed behind the epilation cylinder with respect to the use direction so that during operation the epilation cylinder plucks hairs from the skin and the shaving blade contacts the skin to shave off hairs from the skin in successive order during a single stroke of the epilator over a skin area, wherein the attachment is connected with the housing in the head region such that the epilation cylinder is partially covered by the attachment and a non-covered part of the epilation cylinder extends into an aperture of the attachment.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2011Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Braun GmbHInventors: Bernd Pfeiffer, Frieder Grieshaber, Bernhard Kraus