Patents by Inventor Erik Frank
Erik Frank 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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Patent number: 12378701Abstract: A process for stabilizing precursor fibers for the production of carbon fibers is disclosed. The process comprises the following steps: continuously introducing, passing and removing said precursor fibers into, through and from a process chamber; establishing a predetermined process gas atmosphere different in composition from ambient air in said at least one process chamber, said process gas atmosphere containing at least one of a reactive component and a catalyst having a predetermined partial pressure; while said precursor fibers are in said process chamber, heating the precursor fibers to at least a first temperature and maintaining said first temperature for a predetermined period of time.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2019Date of Patent: August 5, 2025Assignee: CENTROTHERM INTERNATIONAL AGInventors: Manuel Clauss, Andreas Keller, Erik Frank, Volker Bauch, Frank Hermanutz, Michael R. Buchmeiser, Gunter Fauth
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Publication number: 20200349819Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus are discussed for a passive optical camera-based system to detect a presence of one or more vehicles with one or more cameras. A detection algorithm is applied to recognize of the presence of the one or more vehicles using one or more imaging processors and the one or more cameras to detect fluctuations in light intensity from scattered light and/or reflections off of that vehicle. Those scattered light and/or reflections are captured in images contained in a set of frames from the one or more cameras.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2019Publication date: November 5, 2020Inventors: Richard Andrew Hill, Karen Marie Nashold, Zachary Flom, Erik Frank Matlin, Robert A. Brown
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Patent number: 10403107Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus are discussed for a passive optical camera-based system to detect a presence of one or more vehicles with one or more cameras. A detection algorithm is applied to recognize of the presence of the one or more vehicles using one or more imaging processors and the one or more cameras to detect fluctuations in light intensity from scattered light and/or reflections off of that vehicle. Those scattered light and/or reflections are captured in images contained in a set of frames from the one or more cameras.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2017Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: SRI InternationalInventors: Richard Andrew Hill, Karen Marie Nashold, Zachary Flom, Erik Frank Matlin, Robert A. Brown
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Patent number: 10180402Abstract: A method and apparatus for scanning an integrated circuit comprising a plurality of time-synchronized laser microscopes, each of which is configured to scan the same field of view of an integrated circuit under test that generates a plurality of images of the integrated circuit under test, a data processor, coupled to the laser scanning microscope, for processing the plurality of images, comprising, a netlist extractor (NE) that produces one or more netlists defining structure of the integrated circuit under test.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2013Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: SRI InternationalInventors: David S. Stoker, Erik Frank Matlin, Motilal Agrawal, James R. Potthast, Neil William Troy
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Publication number: 20180012461Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus are discussed for a passive optical camera-based system to detect a presence of one or more vehicles with one or more cameras. A detection algorithm is applied to recognize of the presence of the one or more vehicles using one or more imaging processors and the one or more cameras to detect fluctuations in light intensity from scattered light and/or reflections off of that vehicle. Those scattered light and/or reflections are captured in images contained in a set of frames from the one or more cameras.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2017Publication date: January 11, 2018Inventors: Richard Andrew Hill, Karen Marie Nashold, Zachary Flom, Erik Frank Matlin, Robert A. Brown
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Publication number: 20140172345Abstract: A method and apparatus for scanning an integrated circuit comprising a plurality of time-synchronized laser microscopes, each of which is configured to scan the same field of view of an integrated circuit under test that generates a plurality of images of the integrated circuit under test, a data processor, coupled to the laser scanning microscope, for processing the plurality of images, comprising, a netlist extractor (NE) that produces one or more netlists defining structure of the integrated circuit under test.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2013Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: SRI InternationalInventors: David S. Stoker, Erik Frank Matlin, Motilal Agrawal, James R. Potthast, Neil William Troy
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Patent number: 7195811Abstract: A transfer capable of applying one- or multi-colored patterns to textiles under heat and pressure comprises a carrier sheet (1) having a non-binding surface which carries (a) a one- or multi-colored pattern (5) printed on the carrier sheet using a digitally controlled color printer; (b) a transparent (6) or white-pigmented (7) elastomer layer of a polymer having a high plasticizing point printed configuratively on the pattern (5); and (c) a heat-activatable thermoplastic polymeric glue layer (8) printed configuratively on the transparent (6) or white-pigmented (7) elastomer layer or a heat-activatable hot melt granulate sprinkled on the elastomer layer while said layer was still wet. An even better encapsulation of the colored pattern is obtained when the carrier sheet has printed thereon a first transparent elastomer layer of a polymer having a high plasticizing point, and the pattern is printed on this elastomer layer using a digitally controlled color printer.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2002Date of Patent: March 27, 2007Assignee: Reflex Holding A/SInventor: Kell Erik Franke
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Patent number: 6945209Abstract: A torsional vibration damper for the crankshaft of an internal combustion engine. The damper includes a housing and a damper mass arranged in the housing and embedded in a fluid. The damper mass is joined to the housing by a spring device. The spring device is embodied and arranged in such a way that the damper mass is prevented from knocking against the housing.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2002Date of Patent: September 20, 2005Assignee: Volkswagen AGInventor: Jens Erik Franke
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Patent number: 6872443Abstract: A transfer capable of applying one- or multi-colored patterns to textiles under heat and pressure comprises a carrier sheet (1) having a non-binding surface which carries (a) a one- or multi-colored pattern (5) printed on the carrier sheet using a digitally controlled color printer; (b) a transparent (6) or white-pigmented (7) elastomer layer of a polymer having a high plasticizing point printed configuratively on the pattern (5); and (c) a heat-activatable thermoplastic polymeric glue layer (8) printed configuratively on the transparent (6) or white-pigmented (7) elastomer layer or a heat-activatable hot melt granulate sprinkled on the elastomer layer while said layer was still wet. An even better encapsulation of the colored pattern is obtained when the carrier sheet has printed thereon a first transparent elastomer layer of a polymer having a high plasticizing point, and the pattern is printed on this elastomer layer using a digitally controlled color printer.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2002Date of Patent: March 29, 2005Assignee: Relex Holding A/SInventor: Kell Erik Franke
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Publication number: 20030134113Abstract: A transfer capable of applying one- or multi-coloured patterns to textiles under heat and pressure comprises a carrier sheet (1) having a non-binding surface which carriesType: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2002Publication date: July 17, 2003Applicant: Reflex Holding A/SInventor: Kell Erik Franke
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Publication number: 20030091799Abstract: A transfer capable of applying one- or multi-colored patterns to textiles under heat and pressure comprises a carrier sheet (1) having a non-binding surface which carries (a) a one- or multi-colored pattern (5) printed on the carrier sheet using a digitally controlled color printer; (b) a transparent (6) or white-pigmented (7) elastomer layer of a polymer having a high plasticizing point printed configuratively on the pattern (5); and (c) a heat-activatable thermoplastic polymeric glue layer (8) printed configuratively on the transparent (6) or white-pigmented (7) elastomer layer or a heat-activatable hot melt granulate sprinkled on the elastomer layer while said layer was still wet. An even better encapsulation of the colored pattern is obtained when the carrier sheet has printed thereon a first transparent elastomer layer of a polymer having a high plasticizing point, and the pattern is printed on this elastomer layer using a digitally controlled color printer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2002Publication date: May 15, 2003Applicant: Reflex Holding A/SInventor: Kell Erik Franke
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Patent number: 6521327Abstract: A transfer capable of applying one- or multi-coloured patterns to textiles under heat and pressure comprises a carrier sheet (1) having a non-binding surface which carries (a) a one- or multi-coloured pattern (5) printed on the carrier sheet using a digitally controlled colour printer; (b) a transparent (6) or white-pigmented (7) elastomer layer of a polymer having a high plasticizing point printed configuratively on the pattern (5); and (c) a heat-activatable thermoplastic polymeric glue layer (8) printed configuratively on the transparent (6) or white-pigmented (7) elastomer layer or a heat-activatable hot melt granulate sprinkled on the elastomer layer while said layer was still wet. An even better encapsulation of the coloured pattern is obtained when the carrier sheet has printed thereon a first transparent elastomer layer of a polymer having a high plasticizing point, and the pattern is printed on this elastomer layer using a digitally controlled colour printer.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 1998Date of Patent: February 18, 2003Assignee: Reflex Holding A/SInventor: Kell Erik Franke
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Patent number: 5785790Abstract: A transfer with durable images comprising a support sheet having a monolayer of transparent microspheres that are partially embedded in the support sheet with a specularly reflecting layer covering the parts of the surfaces of the microspheres which are exposed above the support sheet. One or more coatings of two-component colors can be printed imagewise on top of the layer of microspheres. The two-component colors are based on a polyester resin an isocyanate hardener.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 1995Date of Patent: July 28, 1998Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Ulf N. Olsen, Erik Franke, Eilif Strand
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Patent number: 5679198Abstract: A transfer that is produced by the steps comprising: (a) printing imagewise on a support sheet that has a layer of microspheres embedded therein one or more colored layers that are prepared from a polyester resin and an isocyanate hardener, (b) if more than one colored layer is printed, drying each color layer separately before the next layer is primed, and applying over all the layers a layer of a corresponding two-component extender or a polyester-based glue, and (c) while the single-color layer or the extender layer is still wet, applying a powder of a polyester or polyamide based elastomer, and fusing the powder into the color layer or the extender and color layers.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 1995Date of Patent: October 21, 1997Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Ulf N. Olsen, Erik Franke, Eilif Strand
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Patent number: 5612119Abstract: A transfer for decorating surfaces comprises microspheres that are embedded about one-fourth to one-half the microsphere's diameter in a support sheet. The embedded portion of the microspheres have a reflective layer associated therewith to allow a retroreflective article that is stripped from the transfer to retroreflect light. One or more colored layers are printed imagewise one the microspheres. The color layers are prepared from a polyester resin and an isocyanate hardener. If more than one color layer is printed on the microspheres, then a two-component extender or a glue that contains a polyester is disposed on top of all the colored layers. An elastomer that contains a polyester or polyamide is then applied over either a single color layer or a multiple color layers and the extender layer or the polyester containing glue while either is still wet. The elastomer is fused into the single color layer or the extender layer or polyester containing glue and colored layers.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 1995Date of Patent: March 18, 1997Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Ulf N. Olsen, Erik Franke, Eilif Strand
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Patent number: 5510178Abstract: A transfer with durable images comprising a support sheet having a monolayer of transparent microspheres that are partially embedded in the support sheet with a specularly reflecting layer covering the parts of the surfaces of the microspheres which are exposed above the support sheet. One or more coatings of two-component colors can be printed imagewise on top of the layer of microspheres. The two-component colors are based on polyester resin and an isocyanate hardener.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 1993Date of Patent: April 23, 1996Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Ulf N. Olsen, Erik Franke, Eilif Strand