Patents by Inventor Frank Baumann

Frank 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).

  • Publication number: 20240342734
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an operating method for an atomizer for painting components (e.g. motor vehicle body components) with a paint, with the following a) Painting with the atomizer with an attachment component mounted on it (e.g. charging ring for exterior painting, protective cover, handling tool), b) replacing the attachment component on the atomizer with another attachment component (e.g. charging ring for the interior painting, protective cover, handling tool). The disclosure further comprises a painting system for carrying out the operating method according to the disclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Frank Herre, Michael Baumann, Thomas Buck, Manfred Michelfelder, Sören Wehler, Sandra Berndt, Sascha Hermann, Rainer Melcher, Daniel Tino Ackermann, Patrick Häussermann, Johannes Höchsmann
  • Publication number: 20230278810
    Abstract: The invention relates to improvements in the technical field of supplying cannulas (2). For this purpose, there is proposed, inter alia, a supply device (1), the removal carriage (4) of which includes at least one cannula receptacle (6) for accommodating a cannula (2), said cannula receptacle (6) being connectable or connected to a vacuum source (7) in order for a cannula (2) to be fixed in the cannula receptacle (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: Zahoransky Automation & Molds GmbH
    Inventors: Frank BAUMANN, Stefan SIMON
  • Publication number: 20230143736
    Abstract: A prefabricated foundation system for mounting one or more electric vehicle charging stations is provided. The prefabricated foundation system includes a body, including a top opening, a plurality of sidewalls, and a plurality of sidewall openings, wherein each of the plurality of sidewalls includes at least one sidewall opening. The prefabricated foundation system further includes a lid configured to be secured to the body over the top opening. The lid includes a lid opening configured to receive one or more components of the one or more electric vehicle charging stations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Frank A. Baumann, Frank M. Baumann, Robert A. Baumann
  • Publication number: 20200274124
    Abstract: A separator and/or protective layer for a lithium cell. In order to enable rapid charging of the cell and to extend the service life of the cell, the separator and/or the protective layer encompasses a copolymer and/or a polymer blend, the copolymer encompassing at least one repeating unit for constituting a polymer having a lithium-ion transference number >0.7 and at least one mechanically stabilizing repeating unit, and/or the polymer blend encompassing at least one polymer having a lithium-ion transference number >0.7 and at least one mechanically stabilizing polymer. Cells, and copolymers, polymer blends, and polymer electrolytes on the basis of polymers having a lithium-ion transference number >0.7, are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2016
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Joerg Thielen, Frank Baumann, Ulrich Sauter
  • Patent number: 10461317
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a solid electrode. To more strongly utilize the intrinsic properties of a porous active material with respect to capacitance and therefore energy density and also rate and high-current capability, in the method, porous active material particles are impregnated using an ion-conducting liquid which contains monomers and/or oligomers in particular and a solid electrode is formed from the impregnated active material particles by adding at least one solid electrolyte. In addition, the invention relates to such solid electrodes and all-solid-state cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Joerg Thielen, Ulrich Sauter, Frank Baumann
  • Patent number: 10141483
    Abstract: A semiconductor illuminating device is disclosed. The device includes an LED configured for emitting blue primary radiation and an LED phosphor arranged and configured such that it emits secondary light that forms at least one component of the illumination light, wherein the LED phosphor comprises a red phosphor for emitting red light as a component of the secondary light and a green phosphor for emitting green light as a component of the secondary light, wherein the green light has a color point located above a first straight line having a slope m1 and a y-intercept n1 in a CIE standard chromaticity diagram, with the slope m1=1.189 and the y-intercept n1=0.226, and wherein the components of the illumination light are at such a ratio to one another that the illumination light has a color temperature of at most 5500 K.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Elmar Baur, Reiner Windisch, Frank Baumann
  • Patent number: 10020429
    Abstract: Conversion LED emits primary radiation (peak wavelength 435 nm to 455 nm) and has a luminescent substance-containing layer positioned to intercept the primary radiation and convert it into secondary radiation. First and second luminescent substances are used. The first luminescent substance is a A3B5O12:Ce garnet type emitting yellow green having cation A=75 to 100 mol. % Lu, remainder Y and a Ce content of 1.5 to 2.9 mol. %, where B=10 to 40 mol. % Ga, remainder Al. The second luminescent substance is of the MAlSiN3:Eu calsine type which emits orange red, where M is Ca alone or at least 80% Ca and the remainder of M may be Sr, Ba, Mg, Li or Cu, in each case alone or in combination, wherein some of the Al up to 20%, can be replaced by B, and wherein N can be partially replaced by O, F, Cl, alone or in combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Baumann, Norbert Boenisch, Tim Fiedler, Frank Jermann, Stefan Lange, Reiner Windisch
  • Publication number: 20180033921
    Abstract: A semiconductor illuminating device is disclosed. The device includes an LED configured for emitting blue primary radiation and an LED phosphor arranged and configured such that it emits secondary light that forms at least one component of the illumination light, wherein the LED phosphor comprises a red phosphor for emitting red light as a component of the secondary light and a green phosphor for emitting green light as a component of the secondary light, wherein the green light has a color point located above a first straight line having a slope m1 and a y-intercept n1 in a CIE standard chromaticity diagram, with the slope m1=1.189 and the y-intercept n1=0.226, and wherein the components of the illumination light are at such a ratio to one another that the illumination light has a color temperature of at most 5500 K.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Elmar Baur, Reiner Windisch, Frank Baumann
  • Publication number: 20170368653
    Abstract: A working device is proposed, with a positioning system, containing at least one pallet that is positionable and movable by performing a two-dimensional positioning movement in a positioning plane. The pallet is provided with at least one application area, on which in a work zone by means of a handling unit an application can be performed. The work zone is isolated from the handling unit by a protective cover, which is penetrated by an access opening, through which the handling unit can be moved by an application movement directed perpendicularly to the positioning plane, in order to perform an application in the application area of the pallet positioned in the area of the access opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Frank Baumann, Thomas Feyrer
  • Publication number: 20170162862
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a solid electrode. To more strongly utilize the intrinsic properties of a porous active material with respect to capacitance and therefore energy density and also rate and high-current capability, in the method, porous active material particles are impregnated using an ion-conducting liquid which contains monomers and/or oligomers in particular and a solid electrode is formed from the impregnated active material particles by adding at least one solid electrolyte. In addition, the invention relates to such solid electrodes and all-solid-state cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Joerg Thielen, Ulrich Sauter, Frank Baumann
  • Publication number: 20160111609
    Abstract: Conversion LED emits primary radiation (peak wavelength 435 nm to 455 nm) and has a luminescent substance-containing layer positioned to intercept the primary radiation and convert it into secondary radiation. First and second luminescent substances are used. The first luminescent substance is a A3B5O12:Ce garnet type emitting yellow green having cation A=75 to 100 mol. % Lu, remainder Y and a Ce content of 1.5 to 2.9 mol. %, where B=10 to 40 mol. % Ga, remainder Al. The second luminescent substance is of the MAlSiN3:Eu calsine type which emits orange red, where M is Ca alone or at least 80% Ca and the remainder of M may be Sr, Ba, Mg, Li or Cu, in each case alone or in combination, wherein some of the Al up to 20%, can be replaced by B, and wherein N can be partially replaced by O, F, Cl, alone or in combination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Frank BAUMANN, Norbert BOENISCH, Tim FIEDLER, Frank JERMANN, Stefan LANGE, Reiner WINDISCH
  • Patent number: 9234132
    Abstract: A conversion LED comprising a chip which emits primary radiation and a luminescent substance-containing layer which is on the chip or positioned so that it intercepts the primary radiation emitted from the chip and which converts at least some of the primary radiation of the chip into secondary radiation, wherein a first luminescent substance of the A3B5O12:Ce garnet type which emits yellow green and a second luminescent substance of the MAlSiN3:Eu calsine type which emits orange red is used, wherein the peak wavelength of the primary radiation lies in the 435 to 455 nm range, the first luminescent substance being a garnet having essentially the cation A=75 to 100% Lu, remainder Y and a Ce content of 1.5 to 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Baumann, Norbert Boenisch, Tim Fiedler, Frank Jermann, Stefan Lange, Reiner Windisch
  • Patent number: 9172102
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel cell system (1, 2) having at least one or more fuel cells (10, 30), wherein the fuel cell (10, 30) extends between a first cell end (10a, 30a) and a second cell end (10b, 30b) in a tubular shape, and wherein the fuel cell (10, 30) is mechanically received with the first cell end (10a, 30a) on an inflow distributor unit (11, 33), and wherein a fuel gas flows through the fuel cell (10, 30), the gas entering the first cell end (10a, 30a) and exiting one of the cell ends (10a, 10b, 30a, 30b) as exhaust gas. According to the invention, means (12, 16, 18, 32) are provided which suction at least a part of the exhaust gas exiting the fuel cell (10) and feed said gas to the inflow distributor unit (11, 33) for recirculation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Baumann, Raphaelle Satet, Birgit Thoben, Wolfgang Friede, Uwe Limbeck
  • Publication number: 20150132616
    Abstract: A method for triggering at least one safety function in the event of a safety-critical state of an electrochemical energy store includes: detecting the safety-critical state of the electrochemical energy store using a sensor signal which represents at least one detected state variable of the electrochemical energy store; generating a safety function signal based on the detected safety-critical state of the electrochemical energy store; and triggering the at least one safety function based on the safety function signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Kathy Sahner, Thomas Classen, Jens Grimminger, Bernd Schumann, Frank Baumann, Dirk Liemersdorf
  • Patent number: 8962361
    Abstract: A method is provided for producing a radiation-emitting semiconductor chip, in which a first wavelength-converting layer is applied over the radiation exit face of a semiconductor body. The application method is selected from the following group: sedimentation, electrophoresis. In addition, a second wavelength-converting layer is applied over the radiation exit face of the semiconductor body. The second wavelength-converting layer is either produced in a separate method step and then applied or the application method is sedimentation, electrophoresis or printing. Furthermore, a radiation-emitting semiconductor chip and a radiation-emitting component are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Kirstin Petersen, Frank Baumann, Dominik Eisert, Hailing Cui
  • Publication number: 20140132163
    Abstract: An LED multichip module may include a plurality of LED chips, which have electrical terminals and are connected in series via electrical connections, and have a designated operating voltage, wherein at least one short-circuiting connection is provided, which connects two of the terminals or connections electrically conductively to one another, and the short-circuiting connection bypasses at least one of the LED chips or a resistor, with the result that the operating voltage is in the range of between 150 V and 350 V.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Baumann, Ulrich Biebel, Andreas Biebersdorf, Hubert Maiwald, Hansjoerg Schoell, Axel Kaltenbacher
  • Publication number: 20140072843
    Abstract: An electrochemical energy store, e.g., a lithium-ion battery, includes a cell chamber, in which at least one anode, at least one cathode, and an electrolyte, which is situated between the anode and the cathode, are situated, the cell chamber being separated from the external surroundings by a housing, and at least one detection substance for the detection of a leak of the housing being situated in the cell chamber. The energy store configuration allows a leak of the energy store to be detected in a simple way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Dirk LIEMERSDORF, Frank BAUMANN, Bernd SCHUMANN, Jens GRIMMINGER, Thomas CLASSEN, Kathy SAHNER, Joerg THIELEN
  • Publication number: 20140008683
    Abstract: A method is provided for producing a radiation-emitting semiconductor chip, in which a first wavelength-converting layer is applied over the radiation exit face of a semiconductor body. The application method is selected from the following group: sedimentation, electrophoresis. In addition, a second wavelength-converting layer is applied over the radiation exit face of the semiconductor body. The second wavelength-converting layer is either produced in a separate method step and then applied or the application method is sedimentation, electrophoresis or printing. Furthermore, a radiation-emitting semiconductor chip and a radiation-emitting component are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Kirstin Petersen, Frank Baumann, Dominik Eisert, Hailing Cui
  • Patent number: 8564185
    Abstract: A semiconductor light source is provided, the semiconductor light source having a primary radiation source (1) which, when the semiconductor light source is operated, emits electromagnetic primary radiation (5) in a first wavelength range, and having a luminescence conversion module (2) into which primary radiation (5) emitted by the primary radiation source (1) is fed. The luminescence conversion module (2) contains a luminescence conversion element (6) which, by means of a luminescent material, absorbs primary radiation (5) from the first wavelength range and emits electromagnetic secondary radiation (15) in a second wavelength range. The luminescence conversion element (6) is arranged on a heat sink (3) at a distance from the primary radiation source (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Hubert Ott, Alfred Lell, Sönke Tautz, Uwe Strauss, Frank Baumann, Kirstin Petersen
  • Patent number: 8563187
    Abstract: The subject of the present invention relates to a method and a protector for reducing degradation of fuel cell systems at transitions in operation, in particular at electrodes or catalysts in a combustion chamber of a stack of a PEM fuel cell system in startup and shutoff events of the fuel cell system. A switchable material delivery device is provided for varying a delivery of material to the fuel cell system, so that a transition from a first state of the fuel cell system to a second state of the fuel cell system can be initiated, such that a potential difference between different electrodes can be effected. At least one reducing mechanism is provided for reducing the potential difference between the different electrodes during the transition, in which the reducing mechanism includes at least one compensating device for an unequal gas distribution by reducing the proportions causing degradation, to reduce degradation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Baumann, Florian Wahl, Arthur Schaefert, Sebastian Maass, Jens Intorp, Gunter Wiedemann, Wolfgang Friede, Uwe Limbeck