Patents by Inventor Detlef Mattern

Detlef Mattern 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).

  • Publication number: 20060151961
    Abstract: The invention relates to a seal for coke oven doors comprising an encircling door frame, which is closed at the top on the oven chamber and which has even sealing surfaces on the exterior thereof. The inventive seal also comprises a door body, which can be fixed to the door frame, and comprises an encircling sealing element, which is attached to the door body and which rests against the door frame when the door is closed. A comb-shaped sealing strip (1) having a sealing edge (2) and notches (3) is attached to the door body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2004
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Inventors: Hans-Josef Giertz, Detlef Mattern, Ralf Hoven, Jurgen George
  • Patent number: 7038221
    Abstract: A luminophore plate has a substrate and an auxiliary layer lying thereabove onto which a storage luminophore layer is applied. The auxiliary layer is rastered such that nubs separated by trenches are formed. Luminophore needles of a storage luminophore are formed on the surface of said nubs by vapor deposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Manfred Fuchs, Erich Hell, Detlef Mattern
  • Patent number: 7022994
    Abstract: A radiation converter has a radiation absorber for generating photons dependent on the intensity of incident x-ray radiation, a photocathode arranged downstream of the radiation absorber in the radiation propagation direction at a distance therefrom and serving for generating electrons dependent on the photons emerging from the radiation absorber, a device for accelerating the electrons emerging from the photocathode onto an electron detector for generating electrical signals dependent on the impinging electrons, an electron multiplier arranged between the photocathode and the electron detector, the electrons emerging from the photocathode being multiplied by the electron multiplier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Manfred Fuchs, Erich Hell, Wolfgang Knüpfer, Detlef Mattern
  • Publication number: 20050220999
    Abstract: In a method for vapor-depositing a substrate with a layer of a needle-shaped x-ray fluorescent material containing at least one alkali metal, alkali halogenide phases and an alkali halogenide are mixed in a vapor phase and are vapor-deposited on the substrate. A needle-shaped fluorescent material is thereby produced having the formula ( ( M ? + ? H ? - ) a ? ( M ?? + ? H ?? - ) ( 1 - a ) ) k ? : ? ? ? ( M x ? + ? S y z + ? H x ? - ? H z * ? y ??? - ) b ? ( M x ?? + ? S y z + ? H x ?? - ? H z * ? y ??? - ) c ? ( M x ? + ? S y z + ? H x ?? - ? H z * ? y ??? - ) d ? ( M x ?? + ? S y z + ? H x ? - ? H z * ? y ??? - ) e wherein M+ is at least one metal ion from the group Na, K, Rb and Cs, H? is at least one halogenide from the group F, Cl, Br and I and Sz+ is at least one lanthanide ion from the group La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb or Lu.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Inventors: Manfred Fuchs, Erich Hell, Wolfgang Knupfer, Detlef Mattern, Peter Rohrer
  • Patent number: 6936304
    Abstract: A method for producing a coating of fluorescent or luminophore material includes the steps of depositing the luminophore material from a vapor phase on a substrate in such a manner that at least 30 weight-% of the luminophore material used is deposited on the substrate and then abrading or polishing the luminophore coating to a predetermined even layer thickness utilizing a polishing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Agfa-Gevaert
    Inventors: Manfred Fuchs, Erich Hell, Detlef Mattern, Bernhard Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20050006588
    Abstract: The invention concerns an x-ray detector with a plurality of layers arranged one top of one another in the incident direction of the x-rays, whereby each of the layers comprises at least one photodiode and a luminophore layer applied thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2004
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Manfred Fuchs, Detlef Mattern, Peter Schardt
  • Publication number: 20040131767
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a fluorescent material layer, comprising the following steps: a)depositing the fluorescent material layer (4) from the vapour phase on a substrate (3), b) measuring the light yield by local resolution and c) annealing the fluorescent material layer (4) by local resolution at points where the light yield is smaller that a predefined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventors: Manfred Fuchs, Erich Hell, Detlef Mattern, Bernhard Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20040126489
    Abstract: A luminophore plate has a substrate and an auxiliary layer lying thereabove onto which a storage luminophore layer is applied. The auxiliary layer is rastered such that nubs separated by trenches are formed. Luminophore needles of a storage luminophore are formed on the surface of said nubs by vapor deposition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventors: Manfred Fuchs, Erich Hell, Detlef Mattern
  • Publication number: 20040094718
    Abstract: The invention relates to a radiation converter, wherein a fluorescent layer formed by needle-shaped crystals (3) is applied on a substrate (1). In order to provide a radiation converter with improved light conducting properties that can be easily produced, a colorant (4) is contained in the crystals (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventors: Manfred Fuchs, Peter Hackenschmied, Erich Hell, Detlef Mattern
  • Patent number: 6720026
    Abstract: In a method for improving the optical separation of needle-shaped fluorescent layers, made from a fluorescent material, which are formed by vapor deposition on a substrate, vapor deposition is controlled so that the fluorescent layer is deposited on the substrate with a density which is reduced in comparison to the density that the fluorescent material has as a solid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Manfred Fuchs, Erich Hell, Detlef Mattern, Bernhard Schmitt
  • Patent number: 6709156
    Abstract: A cooling device for an X-ray source arranged at a gantry rotatable around a rotational axis has a ring-like heat exchanger that is arranged at the gantry and is thermally conductively connected to the X-ray source. The cooling device is useable in a computed tomography apparatus having the X-ray source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Erich Hell, Detlef Mattern, Peter Schardt
  • Publication number: 20040013798
    Abstract: A method for producing a coating of fluorescent or luminophore material includes the steps of depositing the luminophore material from a vapor phase on a substrate in such a manner that at least 30 weight-% of the luminophore material used is deposited on the substrate and then abrading or polishing the luminophore coating to a predetermined even layer thickness utilizing a polishing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Manfred Fuchs, Erich Hell, Detlef Mattern, Bernhard Schmitt
  • Patent number: 6646366
    Abstract: A directly heated thermionic flat emitter has an emission surface divided by slots into interconnects that have respective terminal lugs forming power leads arranged at a peripheral edge. A number of segments are connected by respective narrow webs to the outermost interconnects of the emitter but have no connection to one another. The webs are arranged and dimensioned such that practically no current can flow from the interconnects to the segments and so that thermal conduction to the segments is largely suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Erich Hell, Detlef Mattern
  • Patent number: 6624555
    Abstract: A directly thermionic flat emitter is presented whose emitting surface contains meandering conductor tracks. The conductor tracks are formed by slots in the emitting surface. The slots are arranged as claimed in a pattern of cuts which comprises a multiplicity of straight slots (3; 8, 9) which run at least transverse to the course of the main current direction and are arranged in a plurality of rows offset from one another. Meandering current paths (4) are thereby produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Erich Hell, Detlef Mattern, Markus Schild
  • Publication number: 20030164682
    Abstract: The invention relates to a radiation converter having a radiation absorber (2) for generating photons in a manner dependent on the intensity of impinging x-ray radiation, having a photocathode (3) arranged downstream of the radiation absorber (2) in the radiation direction at a distance (a) and serving for generating electrons in a manner dependent on the photons emerging from the radiation absorber (2), having a device for accelerating the electrons emerging from the photocathode onto an electron detector (5) for generating electrical signals in a manner dependent on the impinging electrons, and having an electron multiplier (4) arranged between the photocathode (3) and the electron detector (5), in which case the electrons emerging from the photocathode (3) can be multiplied by the electron multiplier (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: Manfred Fuchs, Erich Hell, Wolfgang Knupper, Detlef Mattern
  • Patent number: 6570957
    Abstract: An X-ray diagnostic apparatus has a luminescent storage screen for the latent storage of an X-ray image, an X-ray exposure apparatus for producing an X-ray beam, a readout apparatus system with which the storage luminescent screen is excited to luminescence by scanning with a source of radiation, a detector for the acquisition of the light emitted by the storage luminescent screen, and an image playback system. For the scanning, the storage luminescent screen is guided through an opening of a rectangular supporting structure and is held in the scanning region by air bearings attached to the supporting structure on both sides of the opening. A line-shaped source of stimulation radiation and a line-shaped light detector are mounted to the supporting structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Manfred Fuchs, Erich Hell, Detlef Mattern
  • Patent number: 6566809
    Abstract: A radiation converter includes a radiation absorber for generating light photons dependent on the intensity of incident radiation following the radiation absorber by a photocathode, an electrode system for accelerating the electrons emanating from the photocathode onto an electron detector for generating electrical signals dependent on the incident electrons, and an electron multiplier arranged between the photocathode and the electron detector. The electrons emanating from the photocathode are multiplied by the electron multiplier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Manfred Fuchs, Erich Hell, Wolfgang Knuepfer, Detlef Mattern
  • Publication number: 20030091729
    Abstract: A binderless storage phosphor screen with needle shaped crystals, wherein the phosphor is an alkalihalide phosphor and the needles show high [100] unit cell orientation in the plane of the screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Applicant: Agfa-Gevaert
    Inventors: Erich Hell, Manfred Fuchs, Detlef Mattern, Bernhard Schmitt, Paul Leblans
  • Publication number: 20030086522
    Abstract: An X-ray image storage unit for storing an X-ray image, particularly for subtraction angiography, has a first storage layer containing a first storage luminophore and a second storage layer containing a second storage luminophore, the first and second storage luminophores being different from one another being applied on opposite sides of a radiation-transparent substrate. In a method for the examination of a patient according to the principle of subtraction angiography, a contrast agent is administered to the patient and the patient is subsequently transirradiated with x-rays. The x-rays penetrating the patient are detected with the two storage layers that respectively contain different storage luminophores. The respective images stored in the storage luminophores are separately read out, either successively or simultaneously, with a readout device designed fro the image storage unit, and are subsequently linearly combined with one another, particularly subtracted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Inventors: Manfred Fuchs, Erich Hell, Wolfgang Knuepfer, Detlef Mattern
  • Publication number: 20030059524
    Abstract: A storage phosphor panel having a storage phosphor layer, characterized in that a focusing layer (8) which comprises a multiplicity of adjacent microlenses (9) is incorporated in said storage phosphor panel and forms an outer surface of said panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Applicant: Agfa-Gevaert
    Inventors: Erich Hell, Manfred Fuchs, Detlef Mattern