Patents by Inventor Juergen Beck
Juergen Beck 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: 11971171Abstract: A pilot cone for use in a burner arrangement having a pilot burner includes a casing which widens downstream along a burner axis and has a plurality of cooling air passages passing through it; an inner wall which extends upstream starting from the upstream end of the casing; an annular gap which runs along the inner wall on the radially outer side; and a plurality of cooling air openings which establish a connection between the annular gap and the cooling air passages. Another wall extends upstream at a distance from the inner wall starting from the casing and delimits the annular gap on the radially outer side, the inner wall having a plurality of holes.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Christian Beck, Jürgen Meisl, Stefan Reich, Sabrina Isolde Siebelist, Christopher Grandt, Benjamin Witzel
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Patent number: 11932925Abstract: Provided herein are new aluminum alloys comprising Ca, Mg and/or Zn and new coated aluminum alloys comprising surface layers (e.g., coatings) comprising Ca, Mn, Zn, and/or Ni that can be used in aluminum alloy products, such as clad layers. Also provided are methods of making these aluminum alloys, coated aluminum alloys, and clad layers, as well as clad products. These alloys, coated alloys, clad layers, and products possess a combination of strength and other key attributes, such as corrosion resistance, formability, and applicability of paint line pretreatments. The materials can be used in a variety of applications, including automotive, transportation, and electronics applications.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: NOVELIS INC.Inventors: Aurèle Mariaux, Juergen Timm, Guillaume Florey, Emanuel Beck, Lasitha Cumaranatunge, Peter Lloyd Redmond, Duane E. Bendzinski, Aude Celine Despois, Theresa Elizabeth MacFarlane, Rajeev G. Kamat
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Publication number: 20220072285Abstract: The invention relates to an implantable valve (1) for a drainage system for discharging cerebrospinal fluid, comprising: a valve housing (10) extending along a valve axis (A), an inlet (2) and an outlet (3) as well as a valve housing (10) surrounding an interior space (4), a valve body assembly (600) arranged in the interior (4) and movably arranged in the interior space (4), a first valve seat (5), wherein the valve body assembly (600) is configured to abut the first valve seat (5) to close a flow connection between the inlet (2) and the interior space (4) of the valve housing (10), a second valve seat (7) which faces the first valve seat (5), wherein the valve body assembly (600) is configured to abut the second valve seat (7) to close a flow connection between the outlet (3) and the interior space (4) of the valve housing (10), and a spring device (800) arranged in the interior space (4) which exerts a spring force on the valve body assembly (600) in the direction of the first valve seat (5).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2019Publication date: March 10, 2022Applicants: UNIVERSITÄT BERNInventors: Andreas SPIEGELBERG, Jürgen BECK
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Patent number: 10857743Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing components from fiber-reinforced thermoplastic. The method involves manufacturing a multitude of semifinished products, each of which includes a plurality of impregnated fabric layers that are joined to one another only locally, as well as a frame structure having at least one cutout. The semifinished products are consolidated using a consolidation device, an inlay element being placed in each cutout before the semifinished products are consolidated.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2017Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Juergen Beck, Daniel Heim
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Patent number: 10759125Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing components from fiber-reinforced thermoplastic on the basis of fiber tapes impregnated with matrix material. The method includes manufacturing a multitude of semi-finished products, each of which has a plurality of non-consolidated layers of fiber tapes. The semi-finished products are placed in a consolidation device in such a way that the semi-finished products are in direct contact with one another. The semi-finished products are then consolidated using the consolidation device and the semi-finished products are at least partially joined to one another during the consolidation process. The joined semi-finished products are then cut apart using a cutting device.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2017Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Juergen Beck, Daniel Heim
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Patent number: 10614844Abstract: A media device may comprise a controller, a tape head, a tape comprising tape-position indicia, an indicia detection device, and an adjusting device. The indicia detection device may be configured to detect the tape-position indicia and provide an output corresponding to a tape position. The controller may be configured to send an adjustment command based on the output. The adjusting device may be configured to adjust the media device between a first configuration and a second configuration, based on the adjustment command. The tape may physically contact the tape head in the first configuration and not physically contact the tape head in the second configuration.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2019Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Marcus Breuer, Frank Krick, Juergen Beck, Bernd Freitag, Tim Oswald
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Publication number: 20200098389Abstract: A media device may comprise a controller, a tape head, a tape comprising tape-position indicia, an indicia detection device, and an adjusting device. The indicia detection device may be configured to detect the tape-position indicia and provide an output corresponding to a tape position. The controller may be configured to send an adjustment command based on the output. The adjusting device may be configured to adjust the media device between a first configuration and a second configuration, based on the adjustment command. The tape may physically contact the tape head in the first configuration and not physically contact the tape head in the second configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Marcus Breuer, Frank Krick, Juergen Beck, Bernd Freitag, Tim Oswald
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Patent number: 10395681Abstract: A media device may comprise a controller, a tape head, a tape comprising tape-position indicia, an indicia detection device, and an adjusting device. The indicia detection device may be configured to detect the tape-position indicia and provide an output corresponding to a tape position. The controller may be configured to send an adjustment command based on the output. The adjusting device may be configured to adjust the media device between a first configuration and a second configuration, based on the adjustment command. The tape may physically contact the tape head in the first configuration and not physically contact the tape head in the second configuration.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2018Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Marcus Breuer, Frank Krick, Juergen Beck, Bernd Freitag, Tim Oswald
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Publication number: 20170348925Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing components from fiber-reinforced thermoplastic on the basis of fiber tapes impregnated with matrix material. The method includes manufacturing a multitude of semi-finished products, each of which has a plurality of non-consolidated layers of fiber tapes. The semi-finished products are placed in a consolidation device in such a way that the semi-finished products are in direct contact with one another. The semi-finished products are then consolidated using the consolidation device and the semi-finished products are at least partially joined to one another during the consolidation process. The joined semi-finished products are then cut apart using a cutting device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2017Publication date: December 7, 2017Inventors: Juergen BECK, Daniel HEIM
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Publication number: 20170334149Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing components from fiber-reinforced thermoplastic. The method involves manufacturing a multitude of semifinished products, each of which includes a plurality of impregnated fabric layers that are joined to one another only locally, as well as a frame structure having at least one cutout. The semifinished products are consolidated using a consolidation device, an inlay element being placed in each cutout before the semifinished products are consolidated.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2017Publication date: November 23, 2017Inventors: Juergen BECK, Daniel HEIM
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Patent number: 8877490Abstract: The invention relates to a fermenter for generating biogas from pumpable organic material with a low content of organic dry matter (oTS), comprising at least one inlet for the pumpable organic material, at least one fixed bed reactor for the pumpable organic material with at least one primary and one secondary section and at least one outlet the remaining fermentation residue. Furthermore, the fermenter can optionally comprises at least one sedimentation chamber for the pumpable organic material, arranged between the primary and secondary sections and at least one recycling section connected to the sedimentation chamber and designed such that specific lighter fractions of the pumpable organic material can be recovered and reintroduced to the rising (primary) section of the fixed bed reactor or a preceding or subsequent conventional fermenter.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2008Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Inventors: Wilhelm Gantefort, Jürgen Beck
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Patent number: 8231254Abstract: A lighting unit for vehicle headlights comprising a light-emitting diode device (500), and a housing (200), in the interior of which are arranged components of an operating circuit for operating the light-emitting diode device (500), wherein the housing (200) is composed of electrically insulating material, electrical connections (222) for the voltage supply of the lighting unit are embedded in the housing (200), and the housing (200) has adjustment means (213a, 213b, 213c) for orienting the lighting unit in a vehicle headlight; wherein the light-emitting diode device (500) is arranged on a surface (112) of a heat sink (100) composed of thermally conductive material; and wherein the heat sink (100) forms a bearing surface (120a) for an external cooling system, said bearing surface being arranged at an outer side of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2009Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: Osram AGInventors: Jürgen Beck, Siegfried Foerstner, Peter Frey, Christian Meier
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Patent number: 8005094Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for circuit emulation services over cell and packet networks. A constant bit rate traffic stream is mapped to one of a cell and packet structure. The constant bit rate traffic stream is mapped to one or more cells and the one or more cells are selectively translated to one or more packets if a packet stream is selected. In addition, one of a received cell and packet stream are mapped to a constant bit rate traffic stream. The packet stream is selectively translated to one or more cells and the one or more cells are translated to the constant bit rate traffic stream. A clock can optionally be recovered from the received cell or packet stream.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2006Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: Agere Systems Inc.Inventors: Juergen Beck, Mark A. Bordogna, Christopher W. Hamilton
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Publication number: 20110103076Abstract: A lighting unit for vehicle headlights comprising a light-emitting diode device (500), and a housing (200), in the interior of which are arranged components of an operating circuit for operating the light-emitting diode device (500), wherein the housing (200) is composed of electrically insulating material, electrical connections (222) for the voltage supply of the lighting unit are embedded in the housing (200), and the housing (200) has adjustment means (213a, 213b, 213c) for orienting the lighting unit in a vehicle headlight; wherein the light-emitting diode device (500) is arranged on a surface (112) of a heat sink (100) composed of thermally conductive material; and wherein the heat sink (100) forms a bearing surface (120a) for an external cooling system, said bearing surface being arranged at an outer side of the housingType: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2009Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicant: OSRAM GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNGInventors: Jüergen Beck, Siegfried Foerstner, Peter Frey, Christian Maier
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Patent number: 7729387Abstract: Methods and apparatus for controlling latency variation of packets received in a packet transfer network are provided. A plurality of packets is received at a network element of a receive node of the packet transfer network. A time-stamp is provided for each of the plurality of packets. An egress delay time is computed at a scheduler of the network element for each of the plurality of packets in accordance with each corresponding time-stamp to provide a substantially constant latency for the plurality of packets upon egression from the network element.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2007Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Agere Systems Inc.Inventors: Juergen Beck, David P. Sonnier
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Publication number: 20100061110Abstract: A lighting system has a flat lamp, which has a front side intended for light emission and a rear side opposite thereto, a frame, which encloses at least the edge of the flat lamp, wherein the frame includes a top part and a bottom part, the frame top part and the frame bottom part being connected to one another using a releasable connector, and the flat lamp being situated between the frame top part and the frame bottom part, oriented such that the front side of the flat lamp faces toward the frame top part.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2008Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: OSRAM GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRAENKTER HAFTUNGInventors: Juergen Beck, Bert Schlenga
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Publication number: 20100033975Abstract: The lighting system according to the invention comprises a flat luminaire (6), the edge region of which is provided with a frame (9), which has a substantially U-shaped profile. The two sides (10, 11) of the U-profile surround the edge region of the flat luminaire (6).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2008Publication date: February 11, 2010Inventors: Jürgen Beck, Bert Schlenga
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Publication number: 20090200314Abstract: A cooking vessel has a handle, in particular for a pot or a pan, wherein the grip region of said handle is composed of metal. In this case, the handle has at least one first substantially metal fixing section for being fixed to the cooking vessel, a transition section and a substantially metal grip section. The transition section has a reduced metal cross section compared to the adjacent sections, wherein said transition section respectively comprises either a metal section, which is integrally connected to the adjacent sections, and a ceramic piece, or comprises only a ceramic piece, and the ceramic pieces are connected to the adjacent adjoining metal sections in an interlocking manner. The result of this is a reduction in thermal conductivity in the grip region without reducing the stability of the handle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2006Publication date: August 13, 2009Applicant: AMC INTERNATIONAL ALFA METALCRAFT CORPORATION AGInventor: Hans-Jürgen Beck
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Publication number: 20080181112Abstract: Methods and apparatus for controlling latency variation of packets received in a packet transfer network are provided. A plurality of packets is received at a network element of a receive node of the packet transfer network. A time-stamp is provided for each of the plurality of packets. An egress delay time is computed at a scheduler of the network element for each of the plurality of packets in accordance with each corresponding time-stamp to provide a substantially constant latency for the plurality of packets upon egression from the network element.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2007Publication date: July 31, 2008Inventors: Juergen Beck, David P. Sonnier
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Publication number: 20080002738Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for circuit emulation services over cell and packet networks. A constant bit rate traffic stream is mapped to one of a cell and packet structure. The constant bit rate traffic stream is mapped to one or more cells and the one or more cells are selectively translated to one or more packets if a packet stream is selected. In addition, one of a received cell and packet stream are mapped to a constant bit rate traffic stream. The packet stream is selectively translated to one or more cells and the one or more cells are translated to the constant bit rate traffic stream. A clock can optionally be recovered from the received cell or packet stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2006Publication date: January 3, 2008Inventors: Juergen Beck, Mark A. Bordogna, Christopher W. Hamilton