Patents by Inventor Frank Probst

Frank Probst 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: 9453765
    Abstract: A method in which the wavelength of the light of a tunable light source is varied periodically over an absorption line of interest for the gas component to measure the concentration of a gas component in a measurement gas based on one of two measurement methods of direct absorption spectroscopy and wavelength modulation spectroscopy and, where in the case of wavelength modulation spectroscopy, the wavelength of the light is additionally sinusoidally modulated at a high frequency and with a small amplitude, where the intensity of the light is detected after transradiation of the measurement gas and processed to yield a measurement result, and where in order to increase the accuracy and reliability of the measurement, the two measurement methods are applied simultaneously during each period, or alternately in consecutive periods, and their results are combined by averaging to form the measurement result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Daniel Depenheuer, Thomas Hankiewicz, Frank Probst
  • Patent number: 9347921
    Abstract: Low-complexity, application-independent fixation of a chromatogram is achieved by a) determining a limit frequency under the assumption that the shape of the peaks in the chromatogram corresponds approximately to a Gaussian function having a standard deviation and the Fourier transform of the Gaussian function describes the frequency spectrum of a peak, at which limit frequency the Fourier transform has decreased to a predetermined limit value, b) determining the height, width, and retention time of each individual peak from the chromatogram, or a chromatogram taken previously under the same conditions, c) determining a constant factor based on a first predetermined relationship, d) determining the functional dependency of the limit frequency on the retention time as a variable quantity based on a second predetermined relationship, and e) filtering the chromatogram with the limit frequency depending on the retention time as the variable quantity using a low-pass filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Frank Probst
  • Patent number: 9267907
    Abstract: A measurement arrangement includes four electrically heated resistors which are arranged in gas paths and are connected to form a Wheatstone bridge, where each of two resistors which are diagonally opposite each other in the Wheatstone bridge are contained in a respective component arranged on a common heated carrier, each respective component is assigned to one heating resistor arranged near the component on the carrier, and where an unbalanced state of the Wheatstone bridge is compensated for by variably energizing the heating resistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Frank Probst, Josef Richter
  • Patent number: 9116160
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gas sample to be analyzed, wherein said sample is guided by means of a carrier gas through a separator unit having a downstream thermal conductivity detector providing a chromatogram having peaks for different analytes as a measurement signal. When using a thermal conductivity detector having a heated gold thread coated with a parylene F, hydrogen is used as a carrier gas, and a peak for the analyte hydrogen sulfide is generated by differentiating the chromatogram at the location of said analyte. The invention permits unlimited use of hydrogen as a carrier gas, even if the analyte is oxygen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Udo Gellert, Frank Probst
  • Publication number: 20140185035
    Abstract: A method in which the wavelength of the light of a tunable light source is varied periodically over an absorption line of interest for the gas component to measure the concentration of a gas component in a measurement gas based on one of two measurement methods of direct absorption spectroscopy and wavelength modulation spectroscopy and, where in the case of wavelength modulation spectroscopy, the wavelength of the light is additionally sinusoidally modulated at a high frequency and with a small amplitude, where the intensity of the light is detected after transradiation of the measurement gas and processed to yield a measurement result, and where in order to increase the accuracy and reliability of the measurement, the two measurement methods are applied simultaneously during each period, or alternately in consecutive periods, and their results are combined by averaging to form the measurement result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Inventors: Daniel Depenheuer, Thomas Hankiewicz, Frank Probst
  • Publication number: 20140157866
    Abstract: A measurement arrangement includes four electrically heated resistors which are arranged in gas paths and are connected to form a Wheatstone bridge, where each of two resistors which are diagonally opposite each other in the Wheatstone bridge are contained in a respective component arranged on a common heated carrier, each respective component is assigned to one heating resistor arranged near the component on the carrier, and where an unbalanced state of the Wheatstone bridge is compensated for by variably energizing the heating resistors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Inventors: Frank Probst, Josef Richter
  • Publication number: 20140060152
    Abstract: Method for chromatographic analysis of a hydrogen-containing gas mixture, wherein a first dose of the gas mixture is guided through a separation device using helium as a carrier gas during a first measurement pass and concentrations of separated components are measured, the concentration of the hydrogen in the gas mixture is measured and the measurement value is obtained up to an upper limit value in the range from 5% to 6%, and a second dose of the same gas mixture is guided through the separation device using the same carrier gas during a second measurement pass, wherein as compared to the first measurement pass the dose is reduced, the gas mixture is volumetrically diluted and/or the carrier-gas speed is reduced, and the hydrogen concentration is re-measured, and the measurement value obtained during the first measurement pass is verified against the measurement value obtained in the second measurement pass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: Frank Probst, Piotr Strauch
  • Publication number: 20130133403
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gas sample to be analyzed, wherein said sample is guided by means of a carrier gas through a separator unit having a downstream thermal conductivity detector providing a chromatogram having peaks for different analytes as a measurement signal. When using a thermal conductivity detector having a heated gold thread coated with a parylene F, hydrogen is used as a carrier gas, and a peak for the analyte hydrogen sulfide is generated by differentiating the chromatogram at the location of said analyte. The invention permits unlimited use of hydrogen as a carrier gas, even if the analyte is oxygen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2010
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Udo Gellert, Frank Probst
  • Publication number: 20120191372
    Abstract: Low-complexity, application-independent fixation of a chromatogram is achieved by a) determining a limit frequency under the assumption that the shape of the peaks in the chromatogram corresponds approximately to a Gaussian function having a standard deviation and the Fourier transform of the Gaussian function describes the frequency spectrum of a peak, at which limit frequency the Fourier transform has decreased to a predetermined limit value, b) determining the height, width, and retention time of each individual peak from the chromatogram, or a chromatogram taken previously under the same conditions, c) determining a constant factor based on a first predetermined relationship, d) determining the functional dependency of the limit frequency on the retention time as a variable quantity based on a second predetermined relationship, and e) filtering the chromatogram with the limit frequency depending on the retention time as the variable quantity using a low-pass filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Frank Probst
  • Publication number: 20120131987
    Abstract: A method for analyzing a gas mixture through gas chromatography, wherein a sample of the gas mixture is fed to a dosing volume using a metering valve in a first valve position and, in a second valve position the sample of the gas mixture is fed from the dosing volume through a separating device by a carrier gas. A gas component of interest, arriving at the separating device and separated from the sample, is detected by a detecting device. Part of the separating device and the metering valve are flushed with another carrier gas after the gas component of interest has passed through a part of the separating device to facilitate a precise gas chromatography analysis using minimal technical effort. Another gas sample is then fed from the dosing volume to the separating device using the other carrier gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Udo Gellert, Frank Probst
  • Patent number: 7484787
    Abstract: The invention relates to a longitudinal scat adjustment device having an upper rail and a lower rail. The upper rail sits in the lower rail. Between the two rails a spindle is fixedly connected to the lower rail. Drivable on the spindle is a transmission, which can be retained in a specific manner by slotted bridges in the case of a crash.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: IMS Gear GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfram-Heinrich Hofschulte, Michael Wöhrle, Frank Probst, Fred Krimmel
  • Publication number: 20070096494
    Abstract: The invention relates to a longitudinal seat adjustment device comprising an upper rail and a lower rail. The upper rail sits in the lower rail. Between the two rails a spindle is fixedly connected to the lower rail. Drivable on said spindle is a transmission, which can be retained in a specific manner by means of slotted bridges in the case of a crash.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Inventors: Wolfram-Heinrich Hofschulte, Michael Wohrle, Frank Probst, Fred Krimmel
  • Patent number: 7198243
    Abstract: The invention relates to a longitudinal seat adjustment device comprising an upper rail (40) and a lower rail (10). The upper rail (40) sits in the lower rail (10). Between the two rails (10, 40) a spindle (14) is fixedly connected to the lower rail (10). Drivable on said spindle (14) is a transmission (30), which can be retained in a specific manner by means of slotted bridges in the case of a crash.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: IMS Gear GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfram-Heinrich Hofschulte, Michael Wöhrle, Frank Probst, Fred Krimmel
  • Patent number: 6940050
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric heating device and a method of controlling such a heating device, by means of which homogeneous heating of a heating register is to be achieved. For this purpose, the allocations between the control channels of a control device and the heating elements are varied at predetermined time intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Catem GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Frank Probst
  • Publication number: 20040256377
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric heating device and a method of controlling such a heating device, by means of which homogeneous heating of a heating register is to be achieved. For this purpose, the allocations between the control channels of a control device and the heating elements are varied at predetermined time intervals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Applicant: Catem GmbH & Co.KG
    Inventor: Frank Probst
  • Publication number: 20040108436
    Abstract: The invention relates to a longitudinal seat adjustment device comprising an upper rail (40) and a lower rail (10). The upper rail (40) sits in the lower rail (10). Between the two rails (10, 40) a spindle (14) is fixedly connected to the lower rail (10). Drivable on said spindle (14) is a transmission (30), which can be retained in a specific manner by means of slotted bridges in the case of a crash.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Inventors: Wolfram-Heinrich Hofschulte, Michael Wohrle, Frank Probst, Fred Krimmel