Patents by Inventor Juergen Hoffmann

Juergen Hoffmann 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: 20230381302
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved treatment protocol using Intralymphatic immunotherapy (ILIT). In particular, the present invention relates ILIT in relation to grass allergy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Hans Jürgen Hoffmann, Søren Helbo Skaarup, Johannes Martin Schmid, Stephen R. Durham
  • Publication number: 20220258934
    Abstract: A beta container for an alpha-beta port system includes a sheath for receiving transport material and a flange part having a through opening for transferring the transport material from and/or into the sheath, a first interface for a reversible connection to an alpha connection of the port system, and a second interface for releasable attachment of a beta cover for closing the through opening. An edge of the sheath is connected with a first surface of a ring which encompasses a jacket surface of the flange part, the first surface and the jacket surface having different materials. An elastic bellows may be fastened to the flange part such that, in the relaxed state, it engages over the second interface and/or projects out of the through-opening on the side facing away from the sheath, and such that it can be compressed. At least one transponder for transmitting an identification may be arranged on the flange part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Jürgen Hoffmann, Andreas Mayer
  • Patent number: 11371973
    Abstract: Test device and method for the semi-quantitative determination of chlorine dioxide in a liquid sample has at least two carrier matrices. The first carrier matrix comprises at least one amino acid, sodium thiosulphate, at least one redox indicator, buffer substances and at least one surfactant. The second carrier matrix comprises at least one inorganic iodide salt, starch and/or at least one starch derivative, sodium thiosulfate, buffer substances and at least one surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: AXAGARIUS GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jürgen Hoffmann, Ralph Husmann, Dominik Lange, Tobias Schillberg
  • Patent number: 11353405
    Abstract: A method for treating a plurality of indicator fields for determining the pH-value of an aqueous solution is provided. Each of the indicator fields contains at least one indicator dye, which is fixed in a non-bleeding manner, in particular on a layer including cellulose or regenerated cellulose, and changes its color within a pH-turning-range. The indicator fields having buffer capacities which differ from one another. All the indicator fields are impregnated from the outside with an impregnation which influences the buffer capacities of the indicator fields in such a way that the deviations are levelled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: AXAGARIUS GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jürgen Hoffmann, Ralph Husmann, Dominik Lange, Christian Prokisch
  • Patent number: 11325328
    Abstract: A tool for producing a fiber composite component includes at least two tool portions which have partial cavities and which are moved together in a production position in such a manner that they form a cavity, in which cavity the fiber composite component is produced. Associated with at least a first tool portion there is a retention element which retains the fiber composite component produced in the first tool portion when the tool portions are moved apart after the production of the fiber composite component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Reinhard Brandl, Bernhard Glueck, Juergen Hoffmann, Jan Schuette, Katrin Krukowski
  • Publication number: 20220012676
    Abstract: A method for tracking components includes running individual metal blanks with a respective individual part number through a press device to form respective individual components. The components are output on an outflow conveyor belt, removed from the outflow conveyor belt, and arranged in one of a plurality of containers that have a respective container identifier. The movement of the individual components from being output on the outflow conveyor belt until being arranged in the one of the plurality of containers is captured by a camera system. A link is created between respective individual part numbers and respective individual container identifiers and stored in a database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventor: Juergen HOFFMANN
  • Patent number: 10941082
    Abstract: The glaze is prepared from the following raw materials in percentage by weight: Fire Clay 10%-25%, Feldspar 30%-40%, Sand 30%-40%, Calcium Silicate 8%-12%, Graphane (i.e., disordered crystalline and hydrogenated double bounded Carbon) 5%-15% or C-doped Boron Nitride (CBN) 5%-15%, various metal oxides as pigments and water. This glaze is applied on the standard glazing operation in the ceramic insulator manufacturing process and is fired in a controlled inert-gas atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: PPC AUSTRIA HOLDING GMBH
    Inventors: Markku Ruokanen, Juergen Hoffmann
  • Publication number: 20210018478
    Abstract: Test device and method for the semi-quantitative determination of chlorine dioxide in a liquid sample has at least two carrier matrices. The first carrier matrix comprises at least one amino acid, sodium thiosulphate, at least one redox indicator, buffer substances and at least one surfactant. The second carrier matrix comprises at least one inorganic iodide salt, starch and/or at least one starch derivative, sodium thiosulfate, buffer substances and at least one surfactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Jürgen HOFFMANN, Ralph HUSMANN, Dominik LANGE, Tobias SCHILLBERG
  • Publication number: 20200225164
    Abstract: A method for treating a plurality of indicator field for determining the pH-value of an aqueous solution is disclosed. The indicator fields each contain at least one indicator dye, which is fixed in a non-bleeding manner, in particular on a layer comprising cellulose or regenerated cellulose, and changes its color within a pH-turning-range. The indicator fields having buffer capacities which differ from one another. All the indicator fields are impregnated from the outside with an impregnation which influences the buffer capacities of the indicator fields in such a way that the deviations are leveled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Jürgen HOFFMANN, Ralph HUSMANN, Dominik LANGE, Christian PROKISCH
  • Publication number: 20200064317
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a test device for the pH-dependent detection of urine by the combined immobilization on the cellulose-containing support matrix of the pH indicator dye and the acid/base reacted with it. In addition, the present disclosure relates to a sanitary article comprising the test device according to the present disclosure, and a process for preparing the test device according to the present disclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Ralph Husmann, Jürgen Hoffmann
  • Publication number: 20190276373
    Abstract: The glaze is prepared from the following raw materials in percentage by weight: Fire Clay 10%-25%, Feldspar 30%-40%, Sand 30%-40%, Calcium Silicate 8%-12%, Graphane (i.e., disordered crystalline and hydrogenated double bounded Carbon) 5%-15% or C-doped Boron Nitride (CBN) 5%-15%, various metal oxides as pigments and water. This glaze is applied on the standard glazing operation in the ceramic insulator manufacturing process and is fired in a controlled inert-gas atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Markku RUOKANEN, Juergen HOFFMANN
  • Patent number: 10156242
    Abstract: A gas turbine and method are disclosed by which the gas turbine can be safely operated at nominal speed with reduced margin to a surge limit of a compressor. The gas turbine, via a directly driven generator which generates alternating current with an operating frequency and which is connected in a frequency-coupled manner to an electricity grid, can deliver electric power to this grid. In the case of an underfrequency event the compressor of the gas turbine is unloaded by controlled, fast closing of the variable compressor guide vanes (VGV) and as a result maintains a sufficient margin to the surge limit of the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: ANSALDO ENERGIA SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Herbert Fuchs, Anton Nemet, Jürgen Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 9810160
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for determining a temperature in a pressurized flow path of a gas turbine comprising the steps of sending an acoustic signal from an acoustic signal emitting transducer across a section of the pressurized flow path, detecting the acoustic signal with a receiving transducer, measuring the time needed by the acoustic signal to travel from the acoustic signal emitting transducer to the receiving transducer, calculating the speed of sound, and calculating the temperature as a function of the speed of sound, the heat capacity ratio (?) and a specific gas constant (Rspec) of the gas flowing in the pressurized flow path. Besides the method, a gas turbine with a processor and transducers arranged to carry out such a method is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: ANSALDO ENERGIA SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Lang, Jürgen Hoffmann
  • Publication number: 20170298837
    Abstract: The present disclosure refers to a method for operating a gas turbine with sequential combustors having a first-burner, a first combustion chamber, and a second combustor arranged sequentially in a fluid flow connection. To minimize emissions and combustion stability problems during transient changes when the fuel flow to a second combustor is initiated the method includes the steps of increasing the second fuel flow to a minimum flow, and reducing the first fuel flow to the first-burner of the same sequential combustor and/or the fuel flow to at least one other sequential combustor of the sequential combustor arrangement in order keep the total fuel mass flow to the gas turbine substantially constant. Besides the method a gas turbine with a fuel distribution system configured to carry out such a method is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: ANSALDO ENERGIA SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Adnan EROGLU, Juergen HOFFMANN
  • Patent number: 9719377
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a gas turbine power plant, including a gas turbine, a HRSG following the gas turbine, an exhaust gas blower, and a carbon dioxide separation plant which separates the carbon dioxide contained in the exhaust gases and discharges it to a carbon dioxide outlet, the gas turbine, HRSG, exhaust gas blower, and carbon dioxide separation plant being connected by means of exhaust gas lines. According to the method a trip of the gas turbine power plant includes the steps of: stopping the fuel supply, switching off the exhaust gas blower, and controlling the opening angle of a VIGV at a position bigger or equal to a position required to keep a pressure in the exhaust gas lines between the HRSG and the exhaust gas blower above a minimum required pressure. The invention relates, further relates to a gas turbine power plant configured to carry out such a method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: ANSALDO ENERGIA IP UK LIMITED
    Inventors: Richard Carroni, Jürgen Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 9708983
    Abstract: The present disclosure refers to a method for operating a gas turbine with sequential combustors having a first-burner, a first combustion chamber, and a second combustor arranged sequentially in a fluid flow connection. To minimize emissions and combustion stability problems during transient changes when the fuel flow to a second combustor is initiated the method includes the steps of increasing the second fuel flow to a minimum flow, and reducing the first fuel flow to the first-burner of the same sequential combustor and/or the fuel flow to at least one other sequential combustor of the sequential combustor arrangement in order keep the total fuel mass flow to the gas turbine substantially constant. Besides the method a gas turbine with a fuel distribution system configured to carry out such a method is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: ANSALDO ENERGIA SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Adnan Eroglu, Juergen Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 9605556
    Abstract: A power station (10) is provided having a turbine shafting (11) including a gas turbine (12) and a generator (18) which is driven directly by the gas turbine (12), produces alternating current at an operating frequency and whose output is connected to an electrical grid (21) with a predetermined grid frequency. An electronic decoupling apparatus or a variable electronic gearbox (27) is arranged between the generator (18) and the electrical grid (21), and decouples the operating frequency from the grid frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jürgen Hoffmann, Thomas Meindl
  • Publication number: 20170059164
    Abstract: The present disclosure refers to a method for operating a gas turbine with a sequential combustor arrangement having: a first burner, a first combustion chamber, and a second combustor. A fuel gas is separated into a rich fuel having a concentration of higher hydrocarbons which is higher than the concentration of higher hydrocarbons of the fuel gas supplied to the plant, and a lean fuel having a concentration of higher hydrocarbons which is lower than the concentration of higher hydrocarbons of the fuel gas. A first fuel and a second fuel mixed from at least one of the rich fuel, the lean fuel, and the fuel gas are fed to different combustors of the gas turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: ANSALDO ENERGIA IP UK LIMITED
    Inventors: Klaus KNAPP, Eribert BENZ, Jürgen HOFFMANN
  • Patent number: 9560881
    Abstract: Disclosed is a smokeless cigarette system comprising a reusable cigarette tube and a nicotine stick which can be discarded after use. The nicotine stick comprises a depot filter charged with a nanobead solution and nicotine and flavor substances attached thereto or incorporated therein, and a mouthpiece filter, which are joined together and produced at the factory stage. The disclosed smokeless cigarette is particularly suited for use in non-smoking areas to prevent stress caused by nicotine withdrawal and as a cigarette substitute, but can also be used in different types of cigarettes with varied dosage strengths to ensure gentle nicotine withdrawal and smoke disintoxication. Neither the environment nor other persons are harmed of put at risk by this system by either passive smoking or the generation of odour. The system can be handled in a simple and unproblematic manner since no heat source or heating systems are required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: ESSENTRA PTE. LTD
    Inventors: Hans-Jürgen Hoffmann, Peter Bendzko
  • Publication number: 20170021577
    Abstract: A tool for producing a fiber composite component includes at least two tool portions which have partial cavities and which are moved together in a production position in such a manner that they form a cavity, in which cavity the fiber composite component is produced. Associated with at least a first tool portion there is a retention element which retains the fiber composite component produced in the first tool portion when the tool portions are moved apart after the production of the fiber composite component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Reinhard BRANDL, Bernhard GLUECK, Juergen HOFFMANN, Jan SCHUETTE, Katrin KRUKOWSKI