Patents by Inventor Joerg Becker

Joerg Becker 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: 12269332
    Abstract: A charging vehicle for a stack storage assembly includes a chassis; a first impeller assembly structured and arranged to move the chassis in a first direction; a second impeller assembly structured and arranged to move the chassis in a second direction transverse to the first direction; and a hoisting device comprising a hoisting drive acting perpendicularly to the first direction and to the second direction. The hoisting device has a hoisting platform movable, with the hoisting drive, upwardly in the direction of gravity from an initial position into a lifted position. The hoisting drive acts downwardly on the second impeller assembly in the direction of gravity and downwardly moves the second impeller assembly beyond the first impeller assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Jungheinrich Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jörg Cavelius, Michael Becker, Markus Liebhaber, Timm Morawietz
  • Publication number: 20250102026
    Abstract: The invention relates to a restoring device (1) for restoring a brake pad of a motor vehicle disc brake, and to a motor vehicle disc brake which comprises a restoring device of this type. The restoring device (1) comprises a wear compensation means (2) and a tension arrangement (7) for generating a restoring force, having a bearing region (10) for support on a brake carrier of the motor vehicle disc brake, and a coupling section (8), the bearing region (10) defining a bearing plane (AE) by way of a bearing contact (11) which, when the tension arrangement (7) bears against the brake carrier, comes into contact with the latter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Lukas Madzgalla, Marco Becker, Peter Maeurer, Paul Wecker, Joerg Knieper, Florian Rössinger, Philipp Schwenzer, Guido Zenzen
  • Patent number: 12221345
    Abstract: Known processes for preparing a porous carbonaceous material require lengthy polymerization and washing steps involving solvents or neutralizing agents. The use of high quantities of pore formers leads to a lower carbon yield and higher costs, and use of sulphuric acid leads to sulphur contamination of the final material, but also to corrosion and corrosive by-products and a more complicated handling of the process. In order allows the manufacturing of a porous carbonaceous material with a high pore volume and avoiding the disadvantages of the known methods, a process is provide that comprise the steps of a) providing at least one carbon source and at least one amphiphilic species, b) combining at least the carbon source and the amphiphilic species to obtain a precursor material, c) heating the precursor material to a temperature in the range between 300° C. and 600° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: HERAEUS BATTERY TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Klose, Stephan Osinga, Julie Michaud-Bernlochner, Dominik Samuelis, Jörg Becker, Thomas Hucke, Benjamin Krüner, Evgeniia Komarova
  • Patent number: 12209626
    Abstract: The invention relates to a restoring device (1) for restoring a brake pad of a motor vehicle disc brake, and to a motor vehicle disc brake which comprises a restoring device of this type. The restoring device (1) comprises a wear compensation means (2) and a tension arrangement (7) for generating a restoring force, having a bearing region (10) for support on a brake carrier of the motor vehicle disc brake, and a coupling section (8), the bearing region (10) defining a bearing plane (AE) by way of a bearing contact (11) which, when the tension arrangement (7) bears against the brake carrier, comes into contact with the latter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: ZF ACTIVE SAFETY GMBH
    Inventors: Lukas Madzgalla, Marco Becker, Peter Maeurer, Paul Wecker, Joerg Knieper, Florian Rössinger, Philipp Schwenzer, Guido Zenzen
  • Publication number: 20240238693
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a facility for purifying recovered NMP from lithium-ion battery production, comprising a first column for separating low-boiling impurities, comprising a supply, in its central part, for the recovered NMP, and which can be heated by means of a first evaporator for supplying thermal energy; and a second column for separating high-boiling impurities, a connection line from a lower part of the first column to a lower part of the second column being provided. In this case, according to the invention, the second column can be heated by means of a second evaporator comprising an inlet and an outlet for purified NMP, and the second column is assigned a compressor portion which extends from a head of the second column to the inlet of the second evaporator and comprises a mechanical vapor compressor for inputting energy to the vapor of the second column. The present invention furthermore relates to a method for operating a facility of this kind.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: GEA WIEGAND GMBH
    Inventors: Jörg Becker, Ralf Leibig
  • Publication number: 20220177309
    Abstract: Known processes for preparing a porous carbonaceous material require lengthy polymerization and washing steps involving solvents or neutralizing agents. The use of high quantities of pore formers leads to a lower carbon yield and higher costs, and use of sulphuric acid leads to sulphur contamination of the final material, but also to corrosion and corrosive by-products and a more complicated handling of the process. In order allows the manufacturing of a porous carbonaceous material with a high pore volume and avoiding the disadvantages of the known methods, a process is provide that comprise the steps of a) providing at least one carbon source and at least one amphiphilic species, b) combining at least the carbon source and the amphiphilic species to obtain a precursor material, c) heating the precursor material to a temperature in the range between 300° C. and 600° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Markus Klose, Stephan Osinga, Julie Michaud-Bernlochner, Dominik Samuelis, Jörg Becker, Thomas Hucke, Benjamin Krüner, Evgeniia Komarova
  • Publication number: 20220169510
    Abstract: Known processes for preparing a porous carbon material with a hierarchical porosity comprise the steps of a) providing at least one carbon source and at least one amphiphilic species, b) combining the carbon source and the amphiphilic species to obtain a precursor material, and c) heating the precursor material to obtain the porous carbon material having a modal pore size and a pore volume. In order to avoid a lengthy hydrothermal treatment and to allow tunability of the pore size, pore size distribution and pore volume in carbon material, it is proposed that the heating step c) comprises a low temperature treatment in which the precursor material is heated to a first temperature in the range between 300° C. and 600° C. to obtain a self-assembled porous carbonaceous material, and wherein heating to the first temperature comprises a first average heating rate in the range of 0.5° C./min to 5° C./min.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Julie MICHAUD-BERNLOCHNER, Andreas KUHN, Evgeniia KOMAROVA, Benjamin KRÜNER, Jörg BECKER
  • Patent number: 11053126
    Abstract: One aspect is a production process including feeding a feed material composition into a reaction zone at a feeding position, wherein the feed material composition is liquid or gaseous or both; reacting the feed material composition in the reaction zone into a first plurality of particles by a chemical reaction; depositing the first plurality of particles onto a substrate surface of a substrate, thereby obtaining a porous silicon dioxide material, having a pore structure, in the form of up to 20 layers superimposing the substrate surface; at least partially removing the porous silicon dioxide material from the substrate surface; and modifying the pore structure of the porous silicon dioxide material, thereby obtaining the porous silicon dioxide material having a further pore structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Sascha Pihan, Jörg Becker, Christian Neumann
  • Patent number: 10879537
    Abstract: Known lithium-ion cells for a secondary battery including an electrode have an active material layer containing active material particles in contact with a non-aqueous electrolyte and a particulate, porous additive. Using this as a basis, it is desired to achieve an improvement in the lithium-ion cells in respect of their gravimetric and volumetric energy density and in respect of inexpensive and reproducible production, and in particular to ensure that the desired properties of the active material layer are not changed, or are not changed to an unacceptable degree, by compression during calendering. Accordingly, it is proposed to use, as an additive, porous carbon particles having a porosity in the range between 50% and 95% and having macropores which are fluidically connected to one another and which are delimited by carbon walls having an average wall thickness in the range of 5 to 500 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: HERAEUS QUARZGLAS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Christian Neumann, Jörg Becker, Sascha Pihan, Matthias Otter
  • Patent number: 10468712
    Abstract: A method for producing carbon particles having a core/shell structure includes infiltrating a pore-containing template material with a first precursor for carbon of a first variety, carbonizing the first precursor to form a deposit of the carbon of the first variety, infiltrating the remaining pore space with a second precursor for carbon of a second variety to form a second deposit of the carbon of the second variety which has a second porosity lower than the first porosity, and removing the template material to form the carbon particles. The template material is provided as template particles and the first precursor is provided as precursor particles of meltable and polymerizable material. The infiltration occurs in the molten phase so that the first precursor is foamed before or during the carbonization to form a pore-containing carbon foam. In an intermediate product, pores of the template material are at least partially filled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Otter, Jörg Becker, Sascha Pihan, Christian Neumann
  • Patent number: 10340512
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composite made of a porous carbon and an active material containing sulphur and to method for producing same. A method for producing a composite made of a porous carbon structure and sulphur is disclosed, said composite being characterized by a high capacitance and a low capacitance loss, when used as an electrode material for a lithium-sulphur secondary battery. According to the invention, a dispersion of carbon powder, an active material containing sulphur and an aqueous medium are treated hydrothermally at a temperature sufficient for melting sulphur. The liquid phase which forms, which contains the melted sulphur and water, infiltrates the pores of the porous carbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Otter, Jörg Becker, Sascha Pihan, Christian Neumann
  • Patent number: 10283779
    Abstract: A known method for producing porous graphitized carbon material covered with metal nanoparticles involves infiltrating a porous template framework of inorganic material with a carbon precursor. After thermal treatment of the precursor, the template is removed and the particulate porous carbon material is covered with a catalytically active substance. According to the invention, in order to keep the proportion of the noble metal loading at a low level, the thermal treatment of the precursor first involves carbonization, and the material is not graphitized into graphitized, particulate, porous carbon material until the template has been removed. The graphitized carbon material has a hierarchical pore structure with a pore volume of at least 0.5 cm3/g and at least 75% of the pore volume is apportioned to macropores with, size 100 to 5000 nm. Before covering with catalytically active substance, the carbon material is subjected to an activation treatment in an oxidizing atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Heraeus Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christian Neumann, Jörg Becker, Sascha Pihan, Richard Walter, Walter Laessig, Florian Eweiner, Rainer Kiemel, Gabriele Przibilla, Christian Breuer, Mark Neuschütz
  • Publication number: 20190127228
    Abstract: One aspect is a production process including feeding a feed material composition into a reaction zone at a feeding position, wherein the feed material composition is liquid or gaseous or both; reacting the feed material composition in the reaction zone into a first plurality of particles by a chemical reaction; depositing the first plurality of particles onto a substrate surface of a substrate, thereby obtaining a porous silicon dioxide material, having a pore structure, in the form of up to 20 layers superimposing the substrate surface; at least partially removing the porous silicon dioxide material from the substrate surface; and modifying the pore structure of the porous silicon dioxide material, thereby obtaining the porous silicon dioxide material having a further pore structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Sascha Pihan, Jörg Becker, Christian Neumann
  • Patent number: 10272884
    Abstract: The invention relates to a window-wiping device (2; 28, 30; 74; 78) for a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle. The window-wiping device (2; 28, 30; 74; 78) comprises an elongated upper part (10), which is at least partially bendable, an elongated lower part (12), which is at least partially bendable, and a plurality of connecting elements (18) for connecting the upper part (10) and the lower part (12), wherein the connecting elements (18) are spaced apart along a longitudinal extension (8) of the wiper blade (2), wherein the connecting elements (18) are designed to enable motion of the upper part (10) and the lower part in relation to each other having a motion component along a longitudinal extension (8) of the wiper blade (2), wherein the connecting elements are connected to the lower part (12) and the upper part (10) by means of rotational joints, and wherein the upper part and the lower part are connected to a connection piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Weiler, Joerg Becker
  • Patent number: 9960410
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for economically producing a composite powder made of carbon and electrochemical active material. According to the invention, a melt made of a meltable carbon precursor substance having nanoparticles made of an active material distributed in the melt is provided, and said melt is divided into the composite powder, in which nanoparticles made of the active material are embedded in a matrix made of the carbon precursor substance. A porous composite material produced using the composite powder is used to produce an electrode for a secondary battery, in particular for use as an anode material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christian Neumann, Jörg Becker, Sascha Pihan, Matthias Otter
  • Patent number: 9860719
    Abstract: A method of setting up a call group for participation in a group call by a number of mobile devices in a mobile telecommunications network. The mobile telecommunications network includes a serving node in communication with the mobile devices. The method includes the serving node receiving data indicative of a group identifier from a given mobile device registered with the mobile telecommunications network. The method also includes defining a group call area using the received group identifier, and the serving node discriminating one call group registered with the telecommunications network from another call group registered with the telecommunications network based upon the defined group call area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Joerg Becker, Martin Sauter, Timothy Longman
  • Patent number: 9780364
    Abstract: In order to provide an inexpensive product composed of a porous carbon provided with electrochemical active material, said product being suitable particularly for use as a cathode or anode material for a secondary battery, a process comprising the following process steps is proposed: (a) producing a template from inorganic material by gas phase deposition, said template comprising a framework of pores and nanoparticles joined to one another, (b) coating the template framework with an electrochemical active material or a precursor thereof, (c) infiltrating the pores of the template with a precursor substance for carbon, (d) carbonizing the precursor substance to form a carbon layer, (f) removing the template.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christian Neumann, Jörg Becker
  • Publication number: 20170263924
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composite made of a porous carbon and an active material containing sulphur and to method for producing same. A method for producing a composite made of a porous carbon structure and sulphur is disclosed, said composite being characterised by a high capacitance and a low capacitance loss, when used as an electrode material for a lithium-sulphur secondary battery. According to the invention, a dispersion of carbon powder, an active material containing sulphur and an aqueous medium are treated hydrothermally at a temperature sufficient for melting sulphur. The liquid phase which forms, which contains the melted sulphur and water, infiltrates the pores of the porous carbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Matthias Otter, Jörg Becker, Sascha Pihan, Christian Neumann
  • Patent number: 9718690
    Abstract: Methods for producing porous carbon product utilize template material in the form of template particles containing macropores and a polymerizable carbon precursor substance. The macropores of the template are infiltrated with the precursor substance in dissolved or melted form. After carbonization of the infiltrated precursor substance, the template is removed to form the porous carbon product. In order to obtain a carbon structure with hierarchical porosity having a high fraction of mesopores having pore sizes in the range of 2 to 50 nm, after the infiltration and before carbonization, the precursor substance within the macropores of the template is subjected to a treatment at a foaming temperature at which the precursor substance foams under polycondensation and fills the macropores as substantially mesoporous foam, in which at least 70% of the pores have pore sizes in the range of 10 to 150 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christian Neumann, Matthias Otter, Jörg Becker, Sascha Pihan
  • Publication number: 20170141405
    Abstract: A known method for producing porous graphitized carbon material covered with metal nanoparticles involves infiltrating a porous template framework of inorganic material with a carbon precursor. After thermal treatment of the precursor, the template is removed and the particulate porous carbon material is covered with a catalytically active substance. According to the invention, in order to keep the proportion of the noble metal loading at a low level, the thermal treatment of the precursor first involves carbonization, and the material is not graphitized into graphitized, particulate, porous carbon material until the template has been removed. The graphitized carbon material has a hierarchical pore structure with a pore volume of at least 0.5 cm3/g and at least 75% of the pore volume is apportioned to macropores with, size 100 to 5000 nm. Before covering with catalytically active substance, the carbon material is subjected to an activation treatment in an oxidizing atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Christian NEUMANN, Jörg BECKER, Sascha PIHAN, Richard WALTER, Walter LAESSIG, Florian EWEINER, Rainer KIEMEL, Gabriele PRZIBILLA, Christian BREUER, Mark NEUSCHÜTZ