Patents by Inventor Georg Berger
Georg Berger 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: 11970366Abstract: The disclosure relates to a handrail disinfecting device for a handrail of a passenger transport installation. The handrail disinfecting device has a plurality of light-emitting diodes that can emit germicidal electromagnetic radiation in the region of their light cone. A pass-through segment of the handrail disinfecting device is divided into at least two sectors and has a carrier having planes that are arranged in the sectors. The light-emitting diodes are arranged on the carrier such that they are oriented according to the planes. In one of the sectors, there are two planes that are arranged in parallel with the longitudinal extension of the pass-through segment and so as to be mutually inclined at an angle of 100° to 160°.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Inventio AGInventors: Georg Wagenleitner, Gerhard Kleewein, Michael Berger, Richard Schütz, Ulrich Häberle
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Patent number: 9757801Abstract: A method for producing a molded body is proposed, comprising: applying a layer of particles and applying a binder and curing a molded body; and a device for producing a metallic or ceramic molded body, having a storage volume, which is configured for receiving a suspension of metallic or ceramic particles that are dispersed in a suspension fluid, a layer-forming application device, which is configured for removing an amount of suspension repeatedly from the storage volume and transferring it into a working volume and applying it there as a layer, a dehumidifying device, which is configured for dehumidifying the applied layer in the working volume, a binder application device, which is configured for applying a binder locally to the dehumidified layer in accordance with a layer model of the molded body to be produced, in such a way that particles in the dehumidified layer are adhesively bonded locally to one another and optionally in addition to particles of at least one layer lying under the dehumidified layeType: GrantFiled: June 1, 2012Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: BAM BUNDESANSTALT FÜR MATERIAL FORSCHUNG UND PRÜFUNGInventors: Jens Günster, Cynthia Morais Gomes, Georg Berger
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Patent number: 9757937Abstract: Screen printing device for applying an ink, having at least: a) a conveyor belt, b) a rotating hollow cylindrical screen stencil arranged above the conveyor belt with a circumferential screen and a rotating ink removal cylinder arranged adjacent the screen stencil, wherein: c) inside the screen stencil an ink supply device, a first doctor blade adjacent the conveyor belt, a second doctor blade adjacent the ink removal cylinder, and a third doctor blade, which is arranged upstream of the first doctor blade in the running direction of the conveyor belt and/or the rotational direction of the screen stencil are provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2013Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Georg Berger, Achim Breuer, Wolfram Nilles, Josef Switalla
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Patent number: 9662215Abstract: A sinterable and/or fusible ceramic mass is disclosed, having a long-term stable compound of crystalline phases of apatite, wollastonite, titanite and optionally cristobalite, which is stabilized by a glass phase, and a production process therefor. The ceramic mass can be obtained by sintering a mixture comprising at least the constituents SiO2, CaO, P2O5, MgO, CaF2 and TiO2, on their own or in combination with at least one alkali oxide, the alkali oxide being chosen from NaO2 and K2O. The invention further relates to uses of the sintered material in the form of shaped articles for strengthening, cleaning, roughening or polishing surfaces of medical implants or as a final prosthesis.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2014Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Vertreten durch das Bundesministerium fuer Wirtschaft und Technologie, Dieses Vertreten durch den Praesidenten der BAM, Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und—PruefungInventors: Georg Berger, Andrea Spitzer, Dagmar Nicolaides, Jens Guenster, Heidi Marx
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Publication number: 20160058558Abstract: A sinterable and/or fusible ceramic mass is disclosed, having a long-term stable compound of crystalline phases of apatite, wollastonite, titanite and optionally cristobalite, which is stabilized by a glass phase, and a production process therefor. The ceramic mass can be obtained by sintering a mixture comprising at least the constituents SiO2, CaO, P2O5, MgO, CaF2 and TiO2, on their own or in combination with at least one alkali oxide, the alkali oxide being chosen from NaO2 and K2O. The invention further relates to uses of the sintered material in the form of shaped articles for strengthening, cleaning, roughening or polishing surfaces of medical implants or as a final prosthesis.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2014Publication date: March 3, 2016Applicant: Bundesrepublik Deutschland, vertreten durch das Bundesministerium fuer Wirtschaft und TechnologieInventors: Georg Berger, Andrea Spitzer, Dagmar Nicolaides, Jens Guenster, Heidi Marx
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Publication number: 20150191005Abstract: Screen printing device for applying an ink, having at least: a) a conveyor belt, b) a rotating hollow cylindrical screen stencil arranged above the conveyor belt with a circumferential screen and a rotating ink removal cylinder arranged adjacent the screen stencil, wherein: c) inside the screen stencil an ink supply device, a first doctor blade adjacent the conveyor belt, a second doctor blade adjacent the ink removal cylinder, and a third doctor blade, which is arranged upstream of the first doctor blade in the running direction of the conveyor belt and/or the rotational direction of the screen stencil are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2013Publication date: July 9, 2015Inventors: Georg Berger, Achim Breuer, Wolfram Nilles, Josef Switalla
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Patent number: 8850817Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a steam turbine power plant comprising at least one steam generator that is fueled by lignite, wherein the lignite is indirectly dried in a fluidized bed dryer that is heated at least partially with steam from the water-steam circuit of the steam generator. Said method is characterized in that the flue gas from the steam generator undergoes gas scrubbing to remove CO2 and that the energy required for the gas scrubbing is at least partially extracted from the drying process in the fluidized bed. The invention additionally relates to a device for creating steam from lignite comprising a drying system for the lignite and a device to scrub CO2 from the flue gas, wherein the drying process and the CO2 gas scrubbing are thermally coupled to each other.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2010Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: RWE Power AktiengesellschaftInventors: Georg Berger, Peter Moser, Toni Rupprecht, Sandra Schmidt
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Publication number: 20140227123Abstract: A method for producing a moulded body is proposed, comprising: applying a layer of particles and applying a binder and curing a moulded body; and a device for producing a metallic or ceramic moulded body, having a storage volume, which is configured for receiving a suspension of metallic or ceramic particles that are dispersed in a suspension fluid, a layer-forming application device, which is configured for removing an amount of suspension repeatedly from the storage volume and transferring it into a working volume and applying it there as a layer, a dehumidfying device, which is configured for dehumidifying the applied layer in the working volume, a binder application device, which is configured for applying a binder locally to the dehumidified layer in accordance with a layer model of the moulded body to be produced, in such a way that particles in the dehumidified layer are adhesively bonded locally to one another and optionally in addition to particles of at least one layer lying under the dehumidified lType: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2012Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: BAM Bundesanstalt Fur Materialforschung Und PrufungInventors: Jens Günster, Cynthia Morais Gomes, Georg Berger
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Patent number: 8540309Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus, in particular for attaching to the back of a seat. The apparatus comprises a plate with a flat recess and an insert which is removably mountable in the flat recess of the plate and is configured to receive an information medium which is viewable when the insert is mounted in the flat recess of the plate. For releasably fixing of the insert on mounting of the same in the flat recess, the insert has the following: at least one tongue on a first border area of the insert for engagement in at least one correspondingly shaped groove in the plate, and at least one releasable fixing that is present in or on at least one second border area of the insert and that is operable by twisting and/or sliding at least one component.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2012Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Inviseo Media Holdings LimitedInventors: Georg Berger, Thomas Bulirsch
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Publication number: 20120212012Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus, in particular for attaching to the back of a seat. The apparatus comprises a plate with a flat recess and an insert which is removably mountable in the flat recess of the plate and is configured to receive an information medium which is viewable when the insert is mounted in the flat recess of the plate. For releasably fixing of the insert on mounting of the same in the flat recess, the insert has the following: at least one tongue on a first border area of the insert for engagement in at least one correspondingly shaped groove in the plate, and at least one releasable fixing that is present in or on at least one second border area of the insert and that is operable by twisting and/or sliding at least one component.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2012Publication date: August 23, 2012Applicant: Inviseo Media Holdings LimitedInventors: Georg Berger, Thomas Bulirsch
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Patent number: 8182832Abstract: The present invention relates to an X-ray amorphous-crystalline material with high solubility which can be used as a bioactive bone replacement material and as a substrate material in biotechnology. The new material comprising crystalline and X-ray amorphous phases is characterized in that according to 31P-NMR measurements, it contains Q0-groups of orthophosphate and Q1-groups of diphosphate, the orthophosphates or Q0-groups making up 70 to 99.9% by weight relative to the total phosphorus content of the finished material and the diphosphates or Q1-groups making up 0.1 to 30% by weight relative to the total phosphorus content of the finished material, and that according to X-ray diffractometric measurements and relative to the total weight of the finished material, 30 to 99.9% by weight of a main crystal phase consisting of Ca2K1?xNa1+x(PO4)2, where x=0.1 to 0.9, is contained in the bone replacement material and 0.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2009Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Bam Bundesanstalt fur Materialforschung und-PrufungInventors: Georg Berger, Andrea Spitzer, Christian Jäger, Jutta Pauli, Renate Gildenhaar
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Publication number: 20120055158Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a steam turbine power plant comprising at least one steam generator that is fueled by lignite, wherein the lignite is indirectly dried in a fluidized bed dryer that is heated at least partially with steam from the water-steam circuit of the steam generator. Said method is characterized in that the flue gas from the steam generator undergoes gas scrubbing to remove CO2 and that the energy required for the gas scrubbing is at least partially extracted from the drying process in the fluidized bed. The invention additionally relates to a device for creating steam from lignite comprising a drying system for the lignite and a device to scrub CO2 from the flue gas, wherein the drying process and the CO2 gas scrubbing are thermally coupled to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2010Publication date: March 8, 2012Applicant: RWE POWER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Georg Berger, Peter Moser, Toni Rupprecht, Sandra Schmidt
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Patent number: 8091959Abstract: A display system for a vehicle seat comprises a receiving surface including a recess. A cover plate is adapted to cover and/or fit into the recess. The recess has a support surface and a slot for receiving a tab located on the cover plate. An information carrier can be located between the cover plate and the support surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2007Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Inviseo Media Holdings LimitedInventors: Georg Berger, Thomas Bulirsch, Andersen Yuk-Fai Cheng
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Publication number: 20100167043Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of a metallic substrate having a biocompatible surface and to the substrate that is produced by means of said method. The method comprises treatment of a metal, i.e., Ti, Ti alloys with Al, V, Ta, Nb, Ni, Fe, Mo or mixtures thereof, Ta, Ta alloys with Fe, Al, Cr, stainless steel, with a melt of calcium nitrate and an additional component which is an oxygen salt of Na, K, Li, Mg and mixtures thereof, said treatment being effected at 180-480° C. for 0.1 to 12 hours. A substrate is obtained, wherein the overall layer thickness ranges from 10 to below 1600 nm and the fatigue strength of the substrate is in the same fatigue strength range as that of an untreated substrate at equal number of vibrations N.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2009Publication date: July 1, 2010Applicant: BAM BUNDESANSTALT FUER MATERIALFORSCHUNG UND-PRUEFUNGInventors: GEORG BERGER, UTE PLOSKA
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Patent number: 7670636Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of a metallic substrate having a biocompatible surface and to the substrate that is produced by means of said method. The method comprises treatment of a metal, i.e., Ti, Ti alloys with Al, V, Ta, Nb, Ni, Fe, Mo or mixtures thereof, Ta, Ta alloys with Fe, Al, Cr, stainless steel, with a melt of calcium nitrate and an additional component which is an oxygen salt of Na, K, Li, Mg and mixtures thereof, said treatment being effected at 180-480 ° C. for 0.1 to 12 hours. A substrate is obtained, wherein the overall layer thickness ranges from 10 to below 1600 nm and the fatigue strength of the substrate is in the same fatigue strength range as that of an untreated substrate at equal number of vibrations N.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2006Date of Patent: March 2, 2010Assignee: BAM Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefungInventors: Georg Berger, Ute Ploska
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Publication number: 20090322125Abstract: A display system for a vehicle seat comprises a receiving surface including a recess. A cover plate is adapted to cover and/or fit into the recess. The recess has a support surface and a slot for receiving a tab located on the cover plate. An information carrier can be located between the cover plate and the support surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2007Publication date: December 31, 2009Applicant: Inviseo Media LtdInventors: Georg Berger, Thomas Bulirsch, Andersen Yuk-Fai Cheng
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Publication number: 20090197972Abstract: The present invention relates to an X-ray amorphous-crystalline material with high solubility which can be used as a bioactive bone replacement material and as a substrate material in biotechnology. The new material comprising crystalline and X-ray amorphous phases is characterized in that according to 31P-NMR measurements, it contains Q0-groups of orthophosphate and Q1-groups of diphosphate, the ortho-phosphates or Q0-groups making up 70 to 99.9% by weight relative to the total phosphorus content of the finished material and the diphosphates or Q1-groups making up 0.1 to 30% by weight relative to the total phosphorus content of the finished material, and that according to X-ray diffractometric measurements and relative to the total weight of the finished material, 30 to 99.9% by weight of a main crystal phase consisting of Ca2K1?xNa1+x(PO4)2, where x=0.1 to 0.9, is contained in the bone replacement material and 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2009Publication date: August 6, 2009Applicant: BAM BUNDESANSTALT FUER MATERIALFORSCHUNG UND PRUEFUNGInventors: Georg BERGER, Andrea SPITZER, Christian JAGER, Jutta PAULI, Renate GILDENHAAR
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Patent number: 7547448Abstract: The present invention relates to an X-ray amorphous-crystalline material with high solubility which can be used as a bioactive bone replacement material and as a substrate material in biotechnology. The new material comprising crystalline and X-ray amorphous phases is characterized in that according to 31P-NMR measurements, it contains Q0-groups of orthophosphate and Q1-groups of diphosphate, the ortho-phosphates or Q0-groups making up 70 to 99.9% by weight relative to the total phosphorus content of the finished material and the diphosphates or Q1-groups making up 0.1 to 30% by weight relative to the total phosphorus content of the finished material, and that according to X-ray diffractometric measurements and relative to the total weight of the finished material, 30 to 99.9% by weight of a main crystal phase consisting of Ca2K1?xNa1+x(PO4)2, where x=0.1 to 0.9, is contained in the bone replacement material and 0.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2003Date of Patent: June 16, 2009Assignee: Bam Bundesanstalt fuer Material Forschung und PruefungInventors: Georg Berger, Andrea Spitzer, Christian Jäger, Jutta Pauli, Renate Gildenhaar
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Patent number: 7459170Abstract: The present invention relates to a material with orthophosphate and having a high solubility which can be used as a bioactive bone replacement material and as a substrate material in biotechnology. According to 31P-NMR measurements, the new material comprises Q0-groups of orthophosphate and Q1-groups of diphosphate, the orthophosphates or Q0-groups making up 65 to 99.9% by weight relative to the total phosphorus content of the finished material and the diphosphates or Q1-groups making up 0.1 to 35% by weight relative to the total phosphorus content of the finished material, and wherein according to X-ray diffractometric measurements and relative to the total weight of the finished material, 35 to 99.9% by weight of a main crystal phase consisting of Ca10Na(PO4)7, Ca10K(PO4)7, mixtures thereof or mixed crystals according to the general formula Ca10KxNa1?x(PO4)7, where x=0 to 1, is contained in the bone replacement material and 0.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2003Date of Patent: December 2, 2008Assignee: BAM Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und-pruefungInventors: Georg Berger, Andrea Spitzer, Christian Jäger, Jutta Pauli, Renate Gildenhaar
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Patent number: 7377943Abstract: The invention relates to a metallic implant, which has vitreous-crystalline bioactive material on the surface thereof. According to the invention, a metallic implant base body arranged on the surface of the particles has a bioactive, vitreous-crystalline material consisting of 15-45 wt. % CaO, 40-45 wt. % P2O5, 10-40 wt. % ZrO2 and 0.7-3.5 wt. % fluoride, having apatite and calcium zirconium phosphate as main crystalline and a glass phase as an auxiliary component. Said vitreous crystalline material contains at least 35 wt. % main crystal phases and at least 5-15 wt. % auxiliary compounds. All of the percentage data is expressed in relation to the total weight of the vitreous crystalline material and the particle size of the vitreous crystalline material is between 60-350 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2002Date of Patent: May 27, 2008Assignees: Humboldt-Universitaet Berlin, Charite Universitaetsklinikum, BAM Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und - pruefungInventors: Wolf-Dieter Müller, Georg Berger