Patents by Inventor Henning Schneider

Henning Schneider 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: 10218290
    Abstract: An inverter has an inverter bridge connected between two DC busbars on the input side and connected to an AC output on the output side. The two DC busbars run, in a manner overlapping one another, in planes which are parallel to one another. The inverter bridge has a subcircuit having a plurality of semiconductor switches between the AC output and each DC busbar. Semiconductor modules which form the two subcircuits are connected, in a manner arranged beside one another, to the two DC busbars and to the AC output via connections. A connection element which leads to the AC output begins on that side of the DC busbar which faces the semiconductor modules in a region overlapped by the DC busbars and connects the semiconductor modules of the two subcircuits to one another there.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: SMA Solar Technology AG
    Inventors: Karl Nesemann, Andreas Falk, Henning Schneider
  • Patent number: 10178814
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an inverter, in particular for a photovoltaic system, including a housing with at least one chamber and a cooling air channel formed within the chamber for guiding ambient air as cooling air for electrical and/or electronic components of the inverter disposed along the cooling air channel. The cooling air channel extends through the housing from an air inlet to an air outlet. The inverter includes a further air outlet provided within the cooling air channel between two of the components to be cooled, and is arranged above the air inlet and the air outlet. The disclosure further relates to a method of cooling such an inverter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: SMA Solar Technology AG
    Inventors: Andreas Falk, Jan Goldau, Thomas Kuehn, Henning Schneider, Jochen Roemer
  • Patent number: 9859713
    Abstract: An inductor device has a plurality of inductor windings arranged on a common magnetic core and electrically connected, parallel to one another, to a common connection at one end of the inductor windings. The inductor windings are implemented by a one-part coil form arranged on the common magnetic core and comprising the common connection of the inductor windings. The inductor windings are wound around their common connection and the common magnetic core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: SMA Solar Technology AG
    Inventors: Raphael Knoke, Henning Schneider, Gerold Schulze
  • Publication number: 20170238445
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an inverter, in particular for a photovoltaic system, including a housing with at least one chamber and a cooling air channel formed within the chamber for guiding ambient air as cooling air for electrical and/or electronic components of the inverter disposed along the cooling air channel. The cooling air channel extends through the housing from an air inlet to an air outlet. The inverter includes a further air outlet provided within the cooling air channel between two of the components to be cooled, and is arranged above the air inlet and the air outlet. The disclosure further relates to a method of cooling such an inverter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Andreas Falk, Jan Goldau, Thomas kuehn, Henning Schneider, Jochen Roemer
  • Publication number: 20160006371
    Abstract: An inverter has an inverter bridge connected between two DC busbars on the input side and connected to an AC output on the output side. The two DC busbars run, in a manner overlapping one another, in planes which are parallel to one another. The inverter bridge has a subcircuit having a plurality of semiconductor switches between the AC output and each DC busbar. Semiconductor modules which form the two subcircuits are connected, in a manner arranged beside one another, to the two DC busbars and to the AC output via connections. A connection element which leads to the AC output begins on that side of the DC busbar which faces the semiconductor modules in a region overlapped by the DC busbars and connects the semiconductor modules of the two subcircuits to one another there.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Karl Nesemann, Andreas Falk, Henning Schneider
  • Publication number: 20150102678
    Abstract: An inductor device has a plurality of inductor windings arranged on a common magnetic core and electrically connected, parallel to one another, to a common connection at one end of the inductor windings. The inductor windings are implemented by a one-part coil form arranged on the common magnetic core and comprising the common connection of the inductor windings. The inductor windings are wound around their common connection and the common magnetic core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Raphael Knoke, Henning Schneider, Gerold Schulze
  • Patent number: 8749957
    Abstract: A device for holding at least one switch within an enclosure includes a frame configured to surround at least a portion of the switch. The frame includes a bridge portion extending along a back portion of the switch, and lateral arms extending along respective side portions of the switch. The lateral arms include fastening equipment configured to provide an adjustable retention of the switch in the enclosure. The device may be included in a switch cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: SMA Solar Technology AG
    Inventors: Henning Schneider, Marc Willius, Philipp Werb, Ronny Zabel
  • Publication number: 20120026648
    Abstract: A device for holding at least one switch within an enclosure includes a frame configured to surround at least a portion of the switch. The frame includes a bridge portion extending along a back portion of the switch, and lateral arms extending along respective side portions of the switch. The lateral arms include fastening equipment configured to provide an adjustable retention of the switch in the enclosure. The device may be included in a switch cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: SMA Solar Technology AG
    Inventors: Henning Schneider, Marc Willius, Philipp Werb, Ronny Zabel
  • Patent number: 7895055
    Abstract: In a method for optimizing and automating patient clinical workflow where medical personnel oversee a patient from intake to an end of the clinical workflow, at least one patient monitoring unit is provided which monitors clinical activities related to the patient during at least a portion of the clinical workflow. A centralized communication platform is provided which is controlled by, and which provides information output to, at least one of the medical personnel. The communication platform receives different types of information including at least patient monitoring unit information, rules information, structured information, and IT information. With the communication platform, the different information types are processed and management outputs are provided to the at least one medical personnel for decision making and overall management of the clinical workflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Henning Schneider, Sultan Haider
  • Publication number: 20070168225
    Abstract: In a method, a system and a central control device for generation of a workflow for a medical treatment of a patient, the treatment is divided into treatment segments that are implemented on a number of instances. After the acquisition of a symptom list, a set of diagnostic questions is generated that are answered by responses. An optimized, case-specific workflow based on the symptom list is thereupon automatically generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Inventors: Sultan Haider, Michael Mankopf, Henning Schneider
  • Publication number: 20070136089
    Abstract: In a method for optimizing and automating patient clinical workflow where medical personnel oversee a patient from intake to an end of the clinical workflow, at least one patient monitoring unit is provided which monitors clinical activities related to the patient during at least a portion of the clinical workflow. A centralized communication platform is provided which is controlled by, and which provides information output to, at least one of the medical personnel. The communication platform receives different types of information including at least patient monitoring unit information, rules information, structured information, and IT information. With the communication platform, the different information types are processed and management outputs are provided to the at least one medical personnel for decision making and overall management of the clinical workflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Inventors: Henning Schneider, Sultan Haider
  • Patent number: 7178835
    Abstract: In a belt locking device for a vehicle seat, in particular a motor vehicle seat, having a moveably attached belt lock (19), a tightening unit (13) supported on a structure-fixed support element (29), and a transmission element (21) acting between the tightening unit (13) and the belt lock (19), wherein, in the event of a crash, the tightening until (13) pulls the belt lock (19) from an initial position into a crash position by way of the transmission element (21), the position of the tightening unit (13) can be changed in a longitudinal direction of the transmission element (21) relative to the support element (29).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Keiper GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Daniel Hippel, Michael König, Martin Reischmann, Henning Schneider, Hans Edrich, Andreas Diehl
  • Patent number: 7150500
    Abstract: In the case of a vehicle seat, in particular a motor vehicle seat, with a seat part structure (5), a seat cushion (7) positioned on the seat part structure (5) and an antisubmarining ramp (11) effective at the latest at the beginning of a crash, the antisubmarining ramp (11) is movable in a recess (9) of the seat cushion (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Keiper GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Daniel Hippel, Bernhard Müller, Henning Schneider, Harald Klein, Michael Böhmer
  • Publication number: 20060125296
    Abstract: In the case of a vehicle seat, in particular a motor vehicle seat, with a seat part structure (5), a seat cushion (7) positioned on the seat part structure (5) and an antisubmarining ramp (11) effective at the latest at the beginning of a crash, the antisubmarining ramp (11) is movable in a recess (9) of the seat cushion (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2006
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: Daniel Hippel, Bernhard Muller, Henning Schneider, Harald Klein, Michael Bohmer
  • Publication number: 20060076767
    Abstract: In a belt locking device for a vehicle seat, in particular a motor vehicle seat, having a moveably attached belt lock (19), a tightening unit (13) supported on a structure-fixed support element (29), and a transmission means (21) acting between the tightening unit (13) and the belt lock (19), wherein, in the event of a crash, the tightening unit (13) pulls the belt lock (19) from an initial position into a crash position by means of the transmission means (21), the position of the tightening unit (13) can be changed in a longitudinal direction of the transmission means (21) relative to the support element (29).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2005
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Inventors: Daniel Hippel, Michael Konig, Martin Reischmann, Henning Schneider, Hans Edrich, Andreas Diehl
  • Patent number: 6227091
    Abstract: A hook conveyor moves a succession of coils having outer turns through a trimming station in a transport direction with each coil lying at the station in a plane generally parallel to the direction. A trimming apparatus has a pair of supports flanking the conveyor at the station and each movable between outer and inner positions, respective guides on the supports defining respective vertical guide planes generally parallel to the direction, and respective shears movable on the guides long the respective guide planes. Respective actuators displace the shears along the respective planes and, in the inner positions of the respective supports, cut the outer turns from a coil in the station. Respective separating wedges are displaceable on the guides generally radially of the coil in the station to separate the respective outer turns from the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: SMS Schloemann-Siemag AG
    Inventors: Erich Grossmann, Henning Schneider