Patents by Inventor Dieter Hentschel

Dieter Hentschel 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: 8365600
    Abstract: The invention is a method using ultrasound for non-destructive examination of a test body, whereby ultrasonic waves are coupled into the test body with one ultrasonic transducer or a multiplicity of ultrasonic transducers and the ultrasonic waves reflected inside the test body are received by a multiplicity of ultrasonic transducers and converted into ultrasonic signals. The ultrasonic signals detected in the single measurement periods are individually stored and are accessible for off-line evaluation after termination of the measurements. Application of corresponding reconstruction algorithms permits subsequent synthetization of any desired ultrasonic coupling-in angles and focussing into the volume region of the test body from the stored ultrasonic signals without requiring any additional ultrasonic measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Michael Kröning, Dieter Hentschel, Ludwig von Bernus, Andrey Bulavinov, Krishna Reddy
  • Publication number: 20120036934
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the non-destructive examination of a test body by means of ultrasound, whereby ultrasound waves are injected into the test body by means of one or more ultrasound transducers and ultrasound waves reflected inside the test body are received by a plurality of ultrasound transducers and are converted to ultrasound signals. The ultrasound signals are detected in individual measurement intervals and are stored individually and are accessible to offline evaluation after termination of the measurements. The inventive method allows to subsequently synthesize any acoustic irradiation angle and focusing in the physically possible volume range of the test body from the stored ultrasound signals by using corresponding reconstruction algorithms, thereby eliminating the need for additional ultrasound measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2005
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Michael Kröning, Dieter Hentschel, Ludwig von Bernus, Andrey Bulavinov, Krishna Reddy
  • Patent number: 7873518
    Abstract: A device for assessing a quality class of an object to be tested includes a unit for detecting a test signal from the object to be tested. Furthermore, the device for assessing includes a unit for providing a stochastic Markov model including states and transitions between states on the basis of reference measurements of objects of known quality classes, and a unit for evaluating the test signal using the stochastic Markov model. In addition, the device for assessing includes a unit for associating the object to be tested with a quality class based on the evaluation of the test signal. Such a device has the advantage to be able to perform a more precise association of an object to be tested with a quality class as compared to prior art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignees: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Technische Universitaet Dresden
    Inventors: Dieter Hentschel, Constanze Tschoepe, Ruediger Hoffmann, Matthias Eichner, Matthias Wolff
  • Publication number: 20100170626
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing polymer-coated metal foils, comprising the following steps: (a) applying a base layer (7) onto a support foil (3), with a dispersion (5) which comprises electrolessly and/or electrolytically coatable particles in a matrix material, (b) at least partially drying and/or at least partially curing the matrix material, (c) forming a metal layer (19) on the base layer (7) by electroless and/or electrolytic coating of the base layer (7) comprising the electrolessly or electrolytically coatable particles, (d) applying a polymer (23) to the metal layer (19). Furthermore, the invention relates to a use of the polymer-coated metal foil for the production of printed circuit boards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2008
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Rene Lochtman, Jürgen Kaczun, Norbert Wagner, Jürgen Pfister, Dieter Hentschel
  • Publication number: 20090321123
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing structured, electrically-conductive surfaces (3, 11) on an electrically nonconductive support (1), in which the structured and/or full-area electrically-conductive surfaces (3) of a first plane are applied onto the support (1) in a first step, an insulating layer (9) is applied in a second step at the positions where structured and/or full-area electrically-conductive surfaces (11) of a second plane cross the structured and/or full-area electrically-conductive surfaces (3) of the first plane and no electrical contact is intended to take place between the structured and/or full-area electrically-conductive surfaces of the first plane (3) and of the second plane (11), in a third step the structured and/or full-area electrically-conductive surfaces (11) of the second plane are applied according to the first step, and the second and third steps are optionally repeated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: BASF SE Patents, Trademarks and Lincenses
    Inventors: Rene Lochtman, Jürgen Kaczun, Norbert Schneider, Jürgen Pfister, Norbert Wagner, Dieter Hentschel
  • Publication number: 20070100623
    Abstract: A device for assessing a quality class of an object to be tested includes a unit for detecting a test signal from the object to be tested. Furthermore, the device for assessing includes a unit for providing a stochastic Markov model including states and transitions between states on the basis of reference measurements of objects of known quality classes, and a unit for evaluating the test signal using the stochastic Markov model. In addition, the device for assessing includes a unit for associating the object to be tested with a quality class based on the evaluation of the test signal. Such a device has the advantage to be able to perform a more precise association of an object to be tested with a quality class as compared to prior art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2006
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Inventors: Dieter Hentschel, Constanze Tschoepe, Ruediger Hoffmann, Matthias Eichner, Matthias Wolff
  • Publication number: 20020154762
    Abstract: The invention relates to a telephone connection box for an ISDN basic access. The telephone connection box comprises an electronic circuit of a network terminating device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2001
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: Rainer Guenther, Wolfgang Huschmann, Jost Kawczyk, Peter Klimann, Heinz Dieter Hentschel