Patents by Inventor Frank Zimmermann

Frank Zimmermann 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: 12077600
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel monoclonal antibody that specifically binds to a conformation dependent epitope on human thymidine kinase 1 (hTK-1; SEQ ID NO:1), to methods for quantifying hTK-1 employing the antibody and to the use of the anti-hTK-1 antibody in quantifying hTK-1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Hartmut Duefel, Alfred Engel, Frank Kroner, Thomas Meier, Sandra Rutz, Michael Schraeml, Gloria Tabares, Ulrike Kurtkaya, Boris Pinchuk, Christina Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20240125258
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine for a motor vehicle includes a crankcase. The crankcase has having at least two oil separation devices and having a return device. The return device has at least one first return channel that is flowable through by a first portion of the oil separated from the blow-by gas with a first of the oil separation devices, through which the first portion of the separated oil is guided from the first oil separation device into the reservoir. The return device also has at least one second return channel that is at least partially spaced apart from the first return channel and is flowable through by a second portion of the oil separated from the blow-by gas via the second oil separation device, through which second return channel the second portion of the separated oil is guided from the second oil separation device into the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas SCHRATTENBERGER, Frank ZIMMERMANN
  • Patent number: 11933266
    Abstract: Thus there is provided a method of installing rotor blades of a wind turbine to a rotor hub of the wind turbine. The wind turbine has a tower having a tower longitudinal axis. The rotor hub has a first, a second and a third rotor blade connection. The rotor hub is rotated until the first rotor blade connection is at an angle of 90° or 270° with respect to the tower longitudinal axis. The first rotor blade is lifted substantially horizontally and fixed to the rotor blade connection. The rotor hub is rotated so that the second rotor blade connection is at an angle of 90° or 270° with respect to the tower longitudinal axis. The second rotor blade is lifted substantially horizontally and fixed to the second rotor blade connection. The rotor hub is further rotated until the third rotor blade connection is at an angle of 60° or 300° with respect to the tower longitudinal axis. The third rotor blade is lifted at an angle of ?=30° with respect to a horizontal and fixed to the third rotor blade connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Rubner, Klaas Schumann, Felix Fettback, Wolfgang Meyer-Stöver, Frank Knoop, Klaus Bünting, Frank Zimmermann, Martin Hüller, Thomas Rehberger
  • Publication number: 20240060473
    Abstract: A method for setting a fully or partially built wind power installation having a rotor having a plurality of rotor blades whose blade angle can be adjusted, wherein the wind power installation can take on variable operating situations, and each operating situation is characterized by a combination of settable installation settings of the wind power installation and environmental conditions that can be captured, with the result that an operating situation can be set for given environmental conditions by setting the installation settings, and operating situations that should be avoided and/or suitable operating situations are stored in a memory by storing a combination of environmental conditions and installation settings as a combination to be avoided for an operating situation that should be avoided in each case, and/or storing a combination of environmental conditions and installation settings as a suitable combination for a suitable operating situation in each case, and, to avoid operating situations that s
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Matthias Giesler, Philip Strauch, Frank Zimmermann, Maik Nitsche, Harro Harms
  • Patent number: 11865574
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of coating an article and to a coated article. A method according to the invention comprises: providing a substrate coated with a first powder coating layer; optionally heating the substrate and first layer so as to at least partially melt or soften the first powder coating layer, wherein said first powder coating layer is not or only partially cured; applying a second powder coating layer on said first layer; and curing said first and second layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Akzo Nobel Coatings International B.V.
    Inventors: Michael Denis McCormick, Oriol Aixala-Marimon, Frank Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20220335368
    Abstract: A method for evaluating a freight order for a lorry by a freight order evaluation system includes detecting a waiting time of the lorry, determining a route of the lorry depending on the waiting time, detecting a loading state of the lorry during the route, and evaluating the freight order depending on the waiting time and the loading state by an electronic computing device of the freight order evaluation system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Juergen DIETRICH, Cagla Ege MEHLBEER, Frank ZIMMERMANN
  • Patent number: 11441538
    Abstract: A wind turbine includes a tower, an aerodynamic rotor operable at a variable rotor speed and having a plurality of rotor blades each having an adjustable rotor blade setting angle and a generator for generating an electrical output power. An operating characteristic curve is prespecified for operating the wind turbine. The operating characteristic curve indicates a relationship between the rotor speed and the output power. A controller is provided, which sets the output power in accordance with the operating characteristic curve depending on the rotor speed. The the operating characteristic curve has a starting rotation speed to which the rotor speed increases as soon as the wind turbine starts when a sufficient wind speed is reached. The starting rotation speed is defined depending on a tower natural frequency of the wind turbine and/or depending on a detected turbulence measure of the prevailing wind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Wobben Properties GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Messing, Mustafa Onur Kimilli, Frank Zimmermann, Maik Nitsche, Matthias Giesler
  • Publication number: 20220145859
    Abstract: Thus there is provided a method of installing rotor blades of a wind turbine to a rotor hub of the wind turbine. The wind turbine has a tower having a tower longitudinal axis. The rotor hub has a first, a second and a third rotor blade connection. The rotor hub is rotated until the first rotor blade connection is at an angle of 90° or 270° with respect to the tower longitudinal axis. The first rotor blade is lifted substantially horizontally and fixed to the rotor blade connection. The rotor hub is rotated so that the second rotor blade connection is at an angle of 90° or 270° with respect to the tower longitudinal axis. The second rotor blade is lifted substantially horizontally and fixed to the second rotor blade connection. The rotor hub is further rotated until the third rotor blade connection is at an angle of 60° or 300° with respect to the tower longitudinal axis. The third rotor blade is lifted at an angle of ?=30° with respect to a horizontal and fixed to the third rotor blade connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Florian RUBNER, Klaas SCHUMANN, Felix FETTBACK, Wolfgang MEYER-STÖVER, Frank KNOOP, Klaus BÜNTING, Frank ZIMMERMANN, Martin HÜLLER, Thomas REHBERGER
  • Patent number: 11313818
    Abstract: An arrangement for closing a container, in particular a flask, for determining evaporation properties of a liquid in the flask according to at least one standardized test. The arrangement has at least one temperature measurement system, a sensor, a closing element adapted for contacting a surface of an opening in the container for closing the container and having a through-opening through which a portion of the temperature measurement sensor is guided such that a lower end of the sensor is arranged within the container. The arrangement further includes a mechanism for adjusting a position of the lower end of the sensor along a longitudinal direction of the temperature measurement sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Anton Paar ProveTec GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Zimmermann, Carsten Kindt, Daniel Pergande
  • Patent number: 11203733
    Abstract: Compositions for cleaning equipment, preferably paper or carpet making equipment, and methods of cleaning equipment, preferably paper or carpet making equipment using the said composition. The cleaning composition comprises of one or more fatty acid methyl esters, preferably vegetable oil methyl ester, more preferably soybean oil methyl ester, one or more alkene carbonate, preferably propylene carbonate; one of more surfactants, preferably nonionic surfactants; and one or more glycol ether and/or dibasic ester containing solvents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Kemira Oyj
    Inventors: Yong Zou, Frank Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20210388665
    Abstract: A frame for a façade, a façade element, a window or a door is formed from a number of profiled elements, at which an insulating glazing unit having at least two glass panes held at a distance from one another is retained. An intermediate space under negative pressure is formed between the glass panes. The insulating glazing unit is clampingly retained at the edge thereof between an inner sealing profiled element and an outer sealing profiled element and pressure strips are provided on the exterior of the insulating glazing unit, which pressure strips are fastened to the profiled elements of the frame. A thermal-conductor arrangement is provided on and/or in the inner sealing profiled elements at least in some areas. Due to the thermal-conductor arrangement, heat can be fed to the edge of the insulating glazing unit lying against the inner sealing profiled element in the event of cold outside temperatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Frank ZIMMERMANN, Jürgen MEYER, Hans-Walter BIELEFELD, Rolf NIENHÜSER-SONNENSCHEIN, Carsten HANKE
  • Patent number: 10837929
    Abstract: An arrangement for preparation of a distillation measurement of a liquid includes a heater and a traversing system. The heater supports a perforated plate selected from a group of standardized perforated plates which further supports a container containing the liquid. The heater is enabled and controlled during the performance of a standardized test for determining evaporation properties of the liquid. The traversing system is adapted to traverse the heater and to interrupt a further traversing of the heater, if a pressure force of the perforated plate put onto the heater against the container reaches a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Anton Paar Provetec GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Zimmermann, Carsten Kindt, Daniel Pergande
  • Publication number: 20200340448
    Abstract: A wind turbine includes a tower, an aerodynamic rotor operable at a variable rotor speed and having a plurality of rotor blades each having an adjustable rotor blade setting angle and a generator for generating an electrical output power. An operating characteristic curve is prespecified for operating the wind turbine. The operating characteristic curve indicates a relationship between the rotor speed and the output power. A controller is provided, which sets the output power in accordance with the operating characteristic curve depending on the rotor speed. The the operating characteristic curve has a starting rotation speed to which the rotor speed increases as soon as the wind turbine starts when a sufficient wind speed is reached. The starting rotation speed is defined depending on a tower natural frequency of the wind turbine and/or depending on a detected turbulence measure of the prevailing wind.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Ralf MESSING, Mustafa Onur KIMILLI, Frank ZIMMERMANN, Maik NITSCHE, Matthias GIESLER
  • Publication number: 20200139400
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of coating an article and to a coated article. A method according to the invention comprises: providing a substrate coated with a first powder coating layer; optionally heating the substrate and first layer so as to at least partially melt or soften the first powder coating layer, wherein said first powder coating layer is not or only partially cured; applying a second powder coating layer on said first layer; and curing said first and second layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Denis McCormick, Oriol Aixala-Marimon, Frank Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20200116620
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for measuring disintegration of a fibrous product. The method comprises disintegration of a sample of the fibrous product in an aqueous solution, optionally promoted by mechanical energy, passing the aqueous solution through a screen to obtain a permeate and retained fraction on the screen, and analyzing at least one parameter from the permeate for example by a gravimetric analysis, an optical analysis, an electrochemical analysis, a volumetric analysis, or combination thereof. Advantages include adjustability, speed, and high correlation with actual flushability or repulpability of the fibrous product, and utility in a process for manufacturing a fibrous sheet exhibiting controlled disintegration, such as a flushable or repulpable fibrous sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: Kemira Oyj
    Inventors: Clayton Campbell, Jennifer RISER, Kristin WITTICH, Frank ZIMMERMANN
  • Publication number: 20190353603
    Abstract: An arrangement for closing a container, in particular a flask, for determining evaporation properties of a liquid in the flask according to at least one standardized test. The arrangement has at least one temperature measurement system, a sensor, a closing element adapted for contacting a surface of an opening in the container for closing the container and having a through-opening through which a portion of the temperature measurement sensor is guided such that a lower end of the sensor is arranged within the container. The arrangement further includes a mechanism for adjusting a position of the lower end of the sensor along a longitudinal direction of the temperature measurement sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Frank Zimmermann, Carsten Kindt, Daniel Pergande
  • Publication number: 20190353604
    Abstract: An arrangement for preparation of a distillation measurement of a liquid includes a heater and a traversing system. The heater supports a perforated plate selected from a group of standardized perforated plates which further supports a container containing the liquid. The heater is enabled and controlled during the performance of a standardized test for determining evaporation properties of the liquid. The traversing system is adapted to traverse the heater and to interrupt a further traversing of the heater, if a pressure force of the perforated plate put onto the heater against the container reaches a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Frank Zimmermann, Carsten Kindt, Daniel Pergande
  • Publication number: 20190345418
    Abstract: Compositions for cleaning equipment, preferably paper or carpet making equipment, and methods of cleaning equipment, preferably paper or carpet making equipment using the said composition. The cleaning composition comprises of one or more fatty acid methyl esters, preferably vegetable oil methyl ester, more preferably soybean oil methyl ester, one or more alkene carbonate, preferably propylene carbonate; one of more surfactants, preferably nonionic surfactants; and one or more glycol ether and/or dibasic ester containing solvents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: Kemira Oyj
    Inventors: Yong ZOU, Frank ZIMMERMANN
  • Patent number: 10100696
    Abstract: A method for operating an exhaust gas purification system connected to an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle is disclosed. The purification system includes an SCR catalyst for catalyzed reaction of nitrogen oxides contained in the exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine with ammonia. The method includes adding a reducing agent containing ammonia to the exhaust gas upstream of the SCR catalyst at a predeterminable dosage rate and determining a pressure value correlating with an absolute pressure in the exhaust gas purification system on the input side of the SCR catalyst. The dosage rate is specified at least as a function of the pressure value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Uwe Gaertner, Alexander Massner, Erik Rechtlich, Frank Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20180171847
    Abstract: A method for operating an exhaust gas purification system connected to an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle is disclosed. The purification system includes an SCR catalyst for catalyzed reaction of nitrogen oxides contained in the exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine with ammonia. The method includes adding a reducing agent containing ammonia to the exhaust gas upstream of the SCR catalyst at a predeterminable dosage rate and determining a pressure value correlating with an absolute pressure in the exhaust gas purification system on the input side of the SCR catalyst. The dosage rate is specified at least as a function of the pressure value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: Daimier AG
    Inventors: Uwe GAERTNER, Alexander MASSNER, Erik RECHTLICH, Frank ZIMMERMANN