Patents by Inventor Berthold Baumann

Berthold Baumann 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: 12000665
    Abstract: A device for driving mechanical safety systems. The device contains a housing in which at least one moving piston is arranged. The piston is connected to a first toothed rack and the first toothed rack is operatively connected to a pinion. A second toothed rack is arranged for movement in the housing. As a result, the second toothed rack is displaced in the opposite direction to the movement of the piston. The device has a locking lever and a shift claw. The shift claw is mounted on the second toothed rack and is arranged such that, on movement of the second toothed rack, the shift claw can actuate the locking lever. A locking bush secures the securing shaft to be driven. The locking bush is initially transferred to an unlocked position on movement of the toothed racks and is returned to a locked position on conclusion of the movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH
    Inventors: Berthold Baumann, Klaus Lawitzke
  • Patent number: 11998376
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for generating training data for training an algorithm for estimating positioning variances in an imaging apparatus of an x-ray imaging system is provided. The method includes predetermining target positioning data for the imaging apparatus and calculating faulty positioning data, wherein the faulty positioning data deviates from the target positioning data by at least one predetermined positioning variance. An imaging method is simulated, in order to generate two or more simulated x-ray recordings, wherein a positioning of the imaging apparatus is simulated in accordance with the faulty positioning data. An annotated training data record is generated and stored, wherein the training data record contains two or more simulated x-ray recordings and at least one positioning variance as an annotation of the two or more simulated x-ray recordings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Healthineers AG
    Inventors: Josef Zeidler, Alexander Krämer, Gerhard Wurzer, Berthold Baumann
  • Publication number: 20240000409
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for generating training data for training an algorithm for estimating positioning variances in an imaging apparatus of an x-ray imaging system is provided. The method includes predetermining target positioning data for the imaging apparatus and calculating faulty positioning data, wherein the faulty positioning data deviates from the target positioning data by at least one predetermined positioning variance. An imaging method is simulated, in order to generate two or more simulated x-ray recordings, wherein a positioning of the imaging apparatus is simulated in accordance with the faulty positioning data. An annotated training data record is generated and stored, wherein the training data record contains two or more simulated x-ray recordings and at least one positioning variance as an annotation of the two or more simulated x-ray recordings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Josef Zeidler, Alexander Krämer, Gerhard Wurzer, Berthold Baumann
  • Publication number: 20230380779
    Abstract: One or more example embodiments relates to a stretcher board of a patient couch. The stretcher board is configured to support a patient. The stretcher board includes a hollow body with a closed monolithic lateral area, the closed monolithic lateral area including an upwardly directed subregion defining a patient support surface, the patient support surface having an upwardly directed convex curvature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Konstantin KNODT, Berthold BAUMANN
  • Patent number: 11740049
    Abstract: A recoil brake for braking recoiling masses of a barreled firearm, comprising a hollow cylinder, which has an interior filled with a fluid and having a high-pressure side and a low-pressure side, a control rod arranged in the hollow cylinder, which has an end connected to the hollow cylinder, a piston rod surrounding the control rod, which is arranged within the hollow cylinder for movement in an axial direction of the hollow cylinder, a piston being formed on the piston rod, which is arranged for displacement in the axial direction and which fluidically separates the high-pressure side from the low-pressure side. A distance by which the piston is displaceable in the axial direction is at least as great as the recoil distance of the recoiling masses during a passage of a bullet through the barreled firearm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Schwieger, Berthold Baumann, Reinhard Dollak
  • Publication number: 20230057966
    Abstract: Each scissor frame of the patient positioning table has a first and a second scissor arm connected in an X-shaped arrangement to pivot about a common pivot axis via a lifting facility for vertically moving the positioning table. The lifting facility includes a roller arrangement configured to be moved by a traction device. The roller arrangement is arranged between, and guides, arm segments of the scissor frames. The arm segments open in a V-shape, wherein the traction device is fixed in position by at least one end and is led via a roller unit having deflecting rollers, one located upstream of the roller arrangement and one located downstream of the roller arrangement. The position of the roller arrangement between the arm segments is variable with the aid of a drive facility, which interacts with the traction device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Berthold BAUMANN, Johannes STOCK
  • Patent number: 11585625
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gun barrel mounting for a gun barrel, comprising a cradle with at least one gun mounting for mounting the gun barrel and a base part that can be connected to the gun barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: RHEINMETALL WAFFE MUNITION GMBH
    Inventors: Florian Schwieger, Berthold Baumann, Rüdiger Borchert
  • Publication number: 20230029121
    Abstract: The method includes: providing a body value of a patient; setting an operating parameter of a drive chain via a control unit configured to control the drive chain as a function of the body value in such a manner that a speed value of the patient couch is increased and a rocking of the patient couch during the movement of the patient couch is at least partially suppressed; and moving the patient couch via the drive chain in accordance with the increased speed value to perform the medical imaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Berthold BAUMANN, Gerhard WURZER, Alexander KRAEMER
  • Publication number: 20220325975
    Abstract: A recoil brake for braking recoiling masses of a barreled firearm, comprising a hollow cylinde, which has an interior filled with a fluid and having a high-pressure side and a low-pressure side, a control rod arranged in the hollow cylinder, which has an end connected to the hollow cylinder, a piston rod surrounding the control rod, which is arranged within the hollow cylinder for movement in an axial direction of the hollow cylinder, a piston being formed on the piston rod, which is arranged for displacement in the axial direction and which fluidically separates the high-pressure side from the low-pressure side. A distance by which the piston is displaceable in the axial direction is at least as great as the recoil distance of the recoiling masses during a passage of a bullet through the barreled firearm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH
    Inventors: Florian SCHWIEGER, Berthold BAUMANN, Reinhard DOLLAK
  • Publication number: 20220244008
    Abstract: A device for driving mechanical safety systems. The device contains a housing in which at least one moving piston is arranged. The piston is connected to a first toothed rack and the first toothed rack is operatively connected to a pinion. A second toothed rack is arranged for movement in the housing. As a result, the second toothed rack is displaced in the opposite direction to the movement of the piston. The device has a locking lever and a shift dog. The shift dog is mounted on the second toothed rack and is arranged such that, on movement of the second toothed rack, the shift dog can actuate the locking lever. A locking bush secures the securing shaft to be driven. The locking bush is initially transferred to an unlocked position on movement of the toothed racks and is returned to a locked position on conclusion of the movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH
    Inventors: Berthold BAUMANN, Klaus LAWITZKE
  • Publication number: 20220074697
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gun barrel mounting for a gun barrel, comprising a cradle with at least one gun mounting for mounting the gun barrel and a base part that can be connected to the gun barrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Florian SCHWIEGER, Berthold BAUMANN, Rüdiger BORCHERT
  • Patent number: 10948254
    Abstract: The installation space dimensions of a weapon system in the tower are complied with, and a loading space diameter of a caliber-larger weapon barrel is approximately maintained in relation to the smaller caliber. The required larger loading space volume for the caliber increase is predominantly achieved by an extension of the loading space of the caliber-larger weapon barrel relative to a loading space of the caliber-smaller weapon barrel itself. Since the loading space diameter of a larger caliber remains virtually unchanged, the outer dimensions of the caliber-larger weapon barrel also remain virtually unchanged compared to the outer dimensions of the caliber-smaller weapon barrel in the region of the loading part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH
    Inventors: Berthold Baumann, Andreas Blache, Stefan Radczinsky, Heiner Schmees, Florian Schwieger
  • Patent number: 10788282
    Abstract: The installation space dimensions of a weapon system in the tower are complied with, and a loading space diameter of a caliber-larger weapon barrel is approximately maintained in relation to the smaller caliber. The required larger loading space volume for the caliber increase is predominantly achieved by an extension of the loading space of the caliber-larger weapon barrel relative to a loading space of the caliber-smaller weapon barrel itself. Since the loading space diameter of a larger caliber remains virtually unchanged, the outer dimensions of the caliber-larger weapon barrel also remain virtually unchanged compared to the outer dimensions of the caliber-smaller weapon barrel in the region of the loading part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: RHEINMETALL WAFFE MUNITION GMBH
    Inventors: Berthold Baumann, Andreas Blache, Stefan Radczinsky, Heiner Schmees, Florian Schwieger
  • Patent number: 10779781
    Abstract: A medical examination or treatment facility includes a C-arm, arranged on a support bracket of a robot configured to move the C-arm in space. In an embodiment, the C-arm is made up of a plurality of arm elements in the form of sheet metal parts and at least one coupling unit including at least one cast metal part for coupling the C-arm to the support bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Atzinger, Stefan Gross, Berthold Baumann
  • Patent number: 10660594
    Abstract: An examination and/or treatment device includes a multi-axis robot having an articulated arm that can be moved in space as well as leads received in a flexible cladding tube and guided to one or more examination or treatment devices arranged on the articulated arm or a support arranged thereon. In an embodiment, on the articulated arm is provided a carriage arrangement including a carriage, having at least one deflection roller and that can be linearly displaced against at least one restoring element that builds up a restoring force. The cladding tube or a guide tube surrounding the cladding tube is guided around the deflection roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
    Inventors: Berthold Baumann, Robert Divoky, Franz Fadler, Stefan Gross, Norbert Herrmann, Matthias Hoff, Michael Ott, Volker Rose
  • Patent number: 10299747
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a device having a C-arm, the C-arm including a main body of which the cross-sectional profile is formed as a double H, an outer wall, an inner wall and two side walls of the main body forming a rectangular cavity. The device also includes running wires arranged on the main body and running rollers, on which the C-arm is movably mounted, rolling on the running wires. The running wires and the running rollers are arranged in such a way that at least 50 percent of the mounting forces acting on the running wires due to the running rollers is introduced into the side walls of the main body. The disclosure also provides an x-ray imager having such a device. The disclosure offers the advantage that undesired oscillations of the C-arm are avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Berthold Baumann, Ralf Gärtner, Michael Kleber, Thomas Kleber, Alexander Krämer, Harald Mulzer, Wolfgang Neuber, Matthias Schirbl, Josef Zeidler
  • Publication number: 20190120585
    Abstract: The installation space dimensions of a weapon system in the tower are complied with, and a loading space diameter of a caliber-larger weapon barrel is approximately maintained in relation to the smaller caliber. The required larger loading space volume for the caliber increase is predominantly achieved by an extension of the loading space of the caliber-larger weapon barrel relative to a loading space of the caliber-smaller weapon barrel itself. Since the loading space diameter of a larger caliber remains virtually unchanged, the outer dimensions of the caliber-larger weapon barrel also remain virtually unchanged compared to the outer dimensions of the caliber-smaller weapon barrel in the region of the loading part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: RHEINMETALL WAFFE MUNITION GMBH
    Inventors: Berthold BAUMANN, Andreas BLACHE, Stefan RADCZINSKY, Heiner SCHMEES, Florian SCHWIEGER
  • Publication number: 20190029620
    Abstract: An examination and/or treatment device includes a multi-axis robot having an articulated arm that can be moved in space as well as leads received in a flexible cladding tube and guided to one or more examination or treatment devices arranged on the articulated arm or a support arranged thereon. In an embodiment, on the articulated arm is provided a carriage arrangement including a carriage, having at least one deflection roller and that can be linearly displaced against at least one restoring element that builds up a restoring force. The cladding tube or a guide tube surrounding the cladding tube is guided around the deflection roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Berthold BAUMANN, Robert DIVOKY, Franz FADLER, Stefan GROSS, Norbert HERRMANN, Matthias HOFF, Michael OTT, Volker ROSE
  • Publication number: 20180333116
    Abstract: A medical examination or treatment facility includes a C-arm, arranged on a support bracket of a robot configured to move the C-arm in space. In an embodiment, the C-arm is made up of a plurality of arm elements in the form of sheet metal parts and at least one coupling unit including at least one cast metal part for coupling the C-arm to the support bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Michael ATZINGER, Stefan GROSS, Berthold BAUMANN
  • Patent number: 9986959
    Abstract: A system for protecting cables and lines is provided. The system includes a telescopic C-arm and a cable carrier. The telescopic C-arm includes an outer C-arm, an inner C-arm, an outer carriage, and an inner carriage. The outer C-arm, on an outer surface of the outer C-arm, is arranged in a displaceable manner along the outer carriage. The inner C-arm, on an outer surface of the inner C-arm, is arranged in a fixed or displaceable manner on the inner carriage. The inner carriage is arranged in a displaceable manner along an inner surface of the outer C-arm. The cable carrier connects the outer carriage and the inner carriage. The cable carrier accommodates the cables and the lines and is configured to move freely between the outer C-arm and the inner C-arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Atzinger, Berthold Baumann, Franz Fadler, Claus Fleischmann, Stefan Groß, Matthias Hoff, Thomas Kleber, Alexander Krämer, Harald Mulzer