Patents by Inventor Dirk Bugner

Dirk Bugner 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).

  • Apparatus and method for determining the position of an automatically displaceable gauge
    Patent number: 9678094
    Abstract: The invention relates to apparatus for determining the position of an automatically displaceable gauge. The apparatus comprises the gauge, a first device for displacing the gauge in the spatial X-direction, a second device for displacing the gauge in a spatial Z-direction, a sensor for identifying the abutment of the gauge on, or the approach thereof to, an article, an at least partly bordered receptacle position, into which the gauge is at least partly insertable by displacing the gauge in the spatial X- and/or Z-direction, and a movable assembly, wherein the receptacle position for the gauge is arranged on the movable assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS PRODUCTS GMBH
    Inventors: Carolin Brade, Dirk Bugner, Guenther Kotulla
  • Method for temporary operation of an automated analysis device in a standby mode
    Patent number: 9430025
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an automated analysis device (1) and a method for temporary, energy-saving operation of the analysis device (1) in a standby mode, the analysis device (1) comprising a central control unit (6) and a standby control unit (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS PRODUCTS GMBH
    Inventors: Dirk Bugner, Markus Preidel, Klaus Proch, Holger Pufahl
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF AN AUTOMATICALLY DISPLACEABLE GAUGE
    Publication number: 20160018430
    Abstract: The invention relates to apparatus for determining the position of an automatically displaceable gauge. The apparatus comprises the gauge, a first device for displacing the gauge in the spatial X-direction, a second device for displacing the gauge in a spatial Z-direction, a sensor for identifying the abutment of the gauge on, or the approach thereof to, an article, an at least partly bordered receptacle position, into which the gauge is at least partly insertable by displacing the gauge in the spatial X- and/or Z-direction, and a movable assembly, wherein the receptacle position for the gauge is arranged on the movable assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Carolin Brade, Dirk Bugner, Guenther Kotulla
  • METHOD FOR TEMPORARY OPERATION OF AN AUTOMATED ANALYSIS DEVICE IN A STANDBY MODE
    Publication number: 20140149778
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an automated analysis device (1) and a method for temporary, energy-saving operation of the analysis device (1) in a standby mode, the analysis device (1) comprising a central control unit (6) and a standby control unit (24).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS PRODUCTS GMBH
    Inventors: Dirk Bugner, Markus Preidel, Klaus Proch, Holger Pufahl