Patents by Inventor Heinz Hermanns

Heinz Hermanns 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: 20150148351
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 3-(1-{3-[5-(1-methyl-piperidin-4-ylmethoxy)-pyrimidin-2-yl]-benzyl}-6-oxo-1,6-dihydro-pyridazin-3-yl)-benzonitrile hydrochloride solvates and crystalline modifications thereof. The present invention further relates to processes of manufacturing these crystalline modifications as well as their use in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of physiological and/or pathophysiological conditions, which are caused, mediated and/or propagated by the inhibition, regulation and/or modulation of signal transduction of kinases, in particular by the inhibition of tyrosine kinases, e.g. pathophysiological conditions such as cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Axel BECKER, Clemens KUEHN, Christoph SAAL, Oliver SCHADT, Dieter DORSCH, Heinz-Hermann BOKEL, Frank STIEBER, Cristina DONINI
  • Patent number: 8997281
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to operating table top assemblies and related devices. In some aspects, an operating table top coupling assembly includes a receiver assembly and a hook assembly. The receiver assembly includes first and second spaced walls that define a central recess therebetween. The hook assembly includes an elongate hook member attached to or integrally formed with a housing that is configured to be at least partially disposed within the central recess of the receiver assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Trumpf Medizin Systeme GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Edward Daley, Patrick Schleitzer, Ivo Mueller, Rene Harig, Rene Lenk, Peter Schumann, Heinz-Hermann Dalbert
  • Publication number: 20150048683
    Abstract: A converter including a converter control for a wind turbine and a chopper, wherein the converter control includes a dynamic limit value which is allowable for a first tolerance time and a static limit value of the converter. Furthermore, an overcurrent module is provided which includes a limit value expander which is designed to increase the static limit value by a portion of the difference from the dynamic limit value as additional current, and a dynamic module which interacts with the limit value expander in such a way that overcurrents between the static limit value which is increased by the additional current and the dynamic limit value are routed in a first stage to the converter and in a second stage at least partially to the chopper, wherein a switch is made to the second stage after a second tolerance time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: SENVION SE
    Inventors: Heinz-Hermann Letas, Malte Mohr
  • Patent number: 8934270
    Abstract: Controlling a converter of a wind turbine is disclosed. The converter is connected to a rotor of a doubly fed asynchronous generator in order to feed electrical energy into an electric network. The converter comprises a network-side inverter, a generator-side inverter, and a controller, which outputs target values for demanded reactive power to at least one of the inverters. A reactive power target signal is determined for the portion that the network-side inverter contributes to the demanded reactive power QT, a slip signal is determined from the frequency of the network and the rotational speed of the generator, a gain value is calculated according to the slip signal, and the gain value is modified according to the reactive power target signal for the network-side inverter. The distribution of the reactive power between the two inverters is thus optimized over a wide operating range, not only at individual predetermined operating points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Senvion SE
    Inventor: Heinz-Hermann Letas
  • Patent number: 8869424
    Abstract: A method and an associated apparatus for drying moisture-laden air from a working chamber of a water-bearing machine, in particular a dishwasher, comprises: setting the temperature of the moisture-laden air in the working chamber to between 40° C. and 50° C., setting the temperature of a cooling medium in a heat exchanger to less than 20° C., and conducting the moisture-laden air, of which the temperature has been adjusted in this way, out of the working chamber through the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Etimex Technical Components GmbH
    Inventors: Heinz Hermann, Adalbert Kasper
  • Publication number: 20140283838
    Abstract: Diving equipment includes a compressed air bottle connected to a breathing apparatus and an inflatable jacket via which buoyancy is balanced by the jacket being connected to the compressed air bottle to be inflated or to an outlet to be deflated. A monitoring device is activated via a control valve as a function of surrounding water pressure and has a time monitoring unit which, after the expiry of a defined time and in the absence of breathing activity in the breathing apparatus, changes to emergency operation and activates an emergency valve via a control line connecting the jacket to the compressed air bottle to force inflation of the jacket. Actuation of at least one regulating valve is influenced during a dive by the monitoring device and/or the control valve. In manual activation, the jacket is inflated via the inflation valve, and the compressed air is bled via the outlet valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Rudolf Moeller, Johan Forsslund, Janett Schulz, Heinz-Hermann Meyer, Isabell Hubein, Riccardo Luessenhop
  • Publication number: 20140200221
    Abstract: The present invention relates to 3-(1-{3-[5-(1-methyl-piperidin-4-ylmethoxy)-pyrimidin-2-yl]-benzyl}-6-oxo-1,6-dihydro-pyridazin-3-yl)-benzonitrile hydrochloride solvates and crystalline modifications thereof. The present invention further relates to processes of manufacturing these crystalline modifications as well as their use in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of physiological and/or pathophysiological conditions, which are caused, mediated and/or propagated by the inhibition, regulation and/or modulation of signal transduction of kinases, in particular by the inhibition of tyrosine kinases, e.g. pathophysiological conditions such as cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Axel BECKER, Clemens KUEHN, Christoph SAAL, Oliver SCHADT, Dieter DORSCH, Heinz-Hermann BOKEL, Frank STIEBER, Cristina DONINI
  • Patent number: 8749082
    Abstract: A wind energy installation, monitoring device, and method. An exemplary wind energy installation includes a rotor including at least one blade and a generator configured to be driven by the rotor to produce electrical energy. The installation also includes a pitch device configured to vary the at least one blade of the rotor. The pitch device includes a power supply unit with a battery, an actuating drive, a monitoring unit, and a load module configured to switch the actuating drive between an operating mode and a test mode. In the test mode, the actuating drive forms a preselectable defined load for the battery. Accordingly, a high and reproducible load not dependent upon environmental conditions may be applied to conduct a stress test, even during ongoing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Senvion SE
    Inventors: Heinz-Hermann Letas, Matthias Peters
  • Patent number: 8710058
    Abstract: Compounds of the present invention concern 3-(1-{3-[5-(1-methyl-piperidin-4-ylmethoxy)-pyrimidin-2-yl]-benzyl}-6-oxo-1,6-dihydro-pyridazin-3-yl)-benzonitrile hydrochloride solvates and crystalline modifications thereof. The compound, 3-(1-{3-[5-(1-methyl-piperidin-4-ylmethoxy)-pyrimidin-2-yl]-benzyl}-6-oxo-1,6-dihydro-pyridazin-3-yl)-benzonitrile, has the following structural formula: The hydrochloride solvates and crystalline modifications thereof according to the invention are useful for treatment of physiological and/or pathophysiological conditions, such as cancer, that are caused, mediated and/or propagated by the inhibition, regulation and/or modulation of signal transduction of kinases, in particular by the inhibition of tyrosine kinases, especially Met-kinase. The present invention further relates to processes of manufacturing these crystalline modifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GmbH
    Inventors: Axel Becker, Clemens Kuehn, Christoph Saal, Oliver Schadt, Dieter Dorsch, Heinz Hermann Bokel, Frank Stieber, Cristina Donini
  • Patent number: 8710689
    Abstract: A wind energy installation includes a rotor, a generator driven by the rotor, and a converter for generating electrical power which is output into a power supply system via a transformer. The installation also includes an open-loop control system having an open-loop converter control unit. The open-loop control system supplies an actuating signal for a reactive component to the converter. The installation further includes a voltage measurement device arranged on the transformer. The voltage signal of the voltage measurement device is applied to an input of a state-dependent setpoint value shifter, whose output signal is applied to a limitation module for the reactive component acting on the converter. With this configuration, the installation can be better protected and the transformer can be better utilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Senvion SE
    Inventor: Heinz-Hermann Letas
  • Patent number: 8692419
    Abstract: A method is provided for operating a wind power plant (15-19) with a rotor-driven (25-29) electric generator (30) for delivering electric power to an electric grid (31) which provides a grid voltage in which, when excess voltage prevails in the grid (31), idle power from the wind power plant (15-19) is fed to the grid (31) in order to lower the voltage. A wind power plant is provided (15-19) with a rotor-driven electric generator (30) for delivering electric power to an electric grid (31) in which when excess voltage prevails in the grid idle power from the wind power plant (15-19) is fed to the grid (31) in order to lower the voltage. Monitoring occurs to determine whether within a predeterminable time a voltage was lowered to a predeterminable reference value and/or an idle current is delivered which is greater than or equal to a predeterminable idle current reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Repower Systems SE
    Inventors: Jens Fortmann, Heinz-Hermann Letas
  • Publication number: 20140000849
    Abstract: A method and an associated apparatus for drying moisture-laden air from a working chamber of a water-bearing machine, in particular a dishwasher, comprises: setting the temperature of the moisture-laden air in the working chamber to between 40° C. and 50° C., setting the temperature of a cooling medium in a heat exchanger to less than 20° C., and conducting the moisture-laden air, of which the temperature has been adjusted in this way, out of the working chamber through the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: Etimex Technical Components GmbH
    Inventors: Heinz Hermann, Adalbert Kapser
  • Publication number: 20130255734
    Abstract: In a spray arm for a dishwasher, comprising a first spray arm part and a second spray arm part, of which the first spray arm part comprises a groove which extends substantially along the circumference of the first spray arm part, said groove being formed by a first, inner groove wall and a second, outer groove wall, and of which the second spray arm part comprises a web wall which extends substantially along the circumference of the second spray arm part and engages with the groove, the web wall comprises a first latching element which, in order to establish a latching connection between the first and the second spray arm part, is designed to interact with a second latching element which is located on one of the groove walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Etimex Technical Components GmbH
    Inventors: Heinz Hermann, Marc Vogt
  • Publication number: 20130247301
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to operating table top assemblies and related devices. In some aspects, an operating table top coupling assembly includes a receiver assembly and a hook assembly. The receiver assembly includes first and second spaced walls that define a central recess therebetween. The hook assembly includes an elongate hook member attached to or integrally formed with a housing that is configured to be at least partially disposed within the central recess of the receiver assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Inventors: Edward Daley, Patrick Schleitzer, Ivo Mueller, Rene Harig, Rene Lenk, Peter Schumann, Heinz-Hermann Dalbert
  • Publication number: 20130170254
    Abstract: Controlling a converter of a wind turbine is disclosed. The converter is connected to a rotor of a doubly fed asynchronous generator in order to feed electrical energy into an electric network. The converter comprises a network-side inverter, a generator-side inverter, and a controller, which outputs target values for demanded reactive power to at least one of the inverters. A reactive power target signal is determined for the portion that the network-side inverter contributes to the demanded reactive power QT, a slip signal is determined from the frequency of the network and the rotational speed of the generator, a gain value is calculated according to the slip signal, and the gain value is modified according to the reactive power target signal for the network-side inverter. The distribution of the reactive power between the two inverters is thus optimized over a wide operating range, not only at individual predetermined operating points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: REpower Systems SE
    Inventor: Heinz-Hermann Letas
  • Patent number: 8405237
    Abstract: A wind energy installation includes a tower provided with rotor blades that are adjusted using a servomotor connected to a pitch circuit and an emergency circuit. During normal operation the rotor blades are actuated by the pitch circuit and during emergency operation are actuated by the emergency circuit. The emergency circuit has an electric energy store, a switching device, connection lines to the servomotor and a protection device which includes comprises a power flow detector module (60) designed for determining whether electric power flows into or from the servomotor and a discharge module designed to limit the voltage and/or current in the emergency circuit in the case of a power flow from the servomotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: REpower Systems AG
    Inventors: Karsten Warfen, Heinz-Hermann Letas
  • Patent number: 8400003
    Abstract: A method for controlling a converter of a wind energy installation. The converter is connected to the rotor of a doubly-fed asynchronous generator in order to feed electrical power into an electrical grid and comprises a generator-side inverter, a grid-side inverter, and at least one converter regulator for regulating and/or controlling current output from at least one of the inverters to the doubly-fed asynchronous generator and/or to the electrical grid. The method includes detecting a change in output real power, determining whether the detected change satisfies a predefined condition, and changing a nominal value of reactive power to be output in an opposite sense to a change in real power at the grid-side inverter and in a same sense as the generator-side inverter when the predefined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: REpower Systems AG
    Inventors: Heinz-Hermann Letas, Jens Fortmann
  • Patent number: 8390138
    Abstract: A wind energy installation can include a generator which is driven by a rotor and generates electrical power in a multiphase manner for feeding into a network, a converter which is connected to the generator and to the network, and a control system which interacts with the converter and includes a negative sequence system regulation mechanism. The negative sequence system regulation mechanism can include a phase control module configured to determine an electrical variable of the negative sequence system according to the phase. Accordingly, an available current can be provided according to the operating situation for active power or idle power in the negative sequence system regulation mechanism. The negative sequence system regulation mechanism can thus help stabilize the network in the event of asymmetrical network conditions. Also, this relates to a correspondingly equipped wind park and an operating method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: REpower Systems AG
    Inventors: Jens Fortmann, Heinz-Hermann Letas
  • Patent number: 8378514
    Abstract: A system for a wind energy installation. The wind energy installation feeds electrical power into a power supply system. A phase control device can include a power supply system fault detector, a phase angle detector, and a signal processing module. When a power supply system fault is detected, a phase error signal can be determined. A preset angle signal can be determined based on the phase error signal. The preset angle signal can be provided to a converter which can emit electrical power having a phase angle corresponding to the preset angle signal into the power supply system. Accordingly, an undesirable sudden surge in power output resulting from a phase change occurring at the end of the power supply system disturbance can be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: REPower Systems AG
    Inventors: Jens Fortmann, Heinz-Hermann Letas
  • Patent number: 8373291
    Abstract: A wind park and operating method thereof. The wind park includes at least two wind energy systems each comprising a generator and converter for generating electrical energy and a control system, a park master designed for active and idle power control that transmits a control signal for idle power via a communications network to the wind energy systems, and a connection network feeding generated electrical energy into a grid. The wind energy system can include an idle power regulator and a supplementary regulator, the control signals of each of which are linked together. Thus, a combination of idle power and voltage regulation is achieved that combines the advantages of each. Accordingly, the wind park can have high dynamic and stability notwithstanding erratic changes in the grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: REpower Systems AG
    Inventors: Jorg Zeumer, Heinz-Hermann Letas, Jens Fortmann