Patents by Inventor Kai Weber

Kai Weber 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: 20240125816
    Abstract: A probe head with a cylindrical portion and an oblique truncated portion angled downward toward a high-powered electronic device under testing. The probe head has a proximal end comprising an oblique truncated cone portion angled relative to the longitudinal axis at an input angle and has an analog signal input. The probe head has a digital signal output provided on the distal end of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Michael J Mende, Mark Heimann, Richard Booman, Philipp Palffy-Daun-Seiler, Michael Engels, Nadja Laeaeperi, Benno Jacobs, Michael D Stevens, Nicolas Frabasile, Peter Hildenhagen, Kai Klein, Jurij Weber, Iris Zimmermann, Juergen Trueller, Thomas Podrebersek, Michael Eube, Frank Pannes, Matthew M Mende
  • Publication number: 20240080434
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a display device. The disclosure is further directed towards a method, a computer program code, and an apparatus for providing a correction map for such a display device. The disclosure is further related to a method and a computer program code for operating a display device. The display device comprises a display panel comprising pixels, a cover element, and a decorative element arranged on the cover element. An individual brightness of the pixels of the display panel is adapted to a light transmissivity of the decorative element at the respective pixel positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Weber, Andreas Brüninghaus, Jürgen Bäthis, Jochen Möller, Jan Hermes, Kai Hohmann
  • Publication number: 20230351829
    Abstract: An interlock, wherein the interlock includes an entrance and an inner region arranged behind the entrance, wherein the interlock has a body scanner and an optical playback device, wherein the body scanner is configured to scan a body of a person in the inner region of the interlock and wherein the playback device is configured to display a scanning position of the person, wherein the scanning position is suitable for successfully scanning the body of the person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventor: Kai Weber
  • Patent number: 11041233
    Abstract: A copper-nickel-tin alloy with excellent castability, hot workability and cold workability, high resistance to abrasive wear, adhesive wear and fretting wear and improved resistance to corrosion and stress relaxation stability, consisting of (in weight %): 2.0-10.0% Ni, 2.0-10.0% Sn, 0.01-1.0% Fe, 0.01-0.8% Mg, 0.01-2.5% Zn, 0.01-1.5% Si, 0.002-0.45% B, 0.004-0.3% P, selectively up to a maximum of 2.0% Co, selectively up to a maximum of 0.25% Pb, the residue being copper and unavoidable impurities. The ratio Si/B of the element-contents in wt. % of the elements silicon and boron is a minimum 0.4 and a maximum 8 such that the copper-nickel-tin alloy has Si-containing and B-containing phases, phases of the systems Ni—Si—B, Ni—B, Fe—B, Ni—P, Fe—P, Mg—P, Ni—Si, and Mg—Si, and other Fe-containing phases and Mg-containing phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: WIELAND-WERKE AG
    Inventor: Kai Weber
  • Patent number: 11035025
    Abstract: A high-strength copper-nickel-tin alloy consisting of (in weight %): 2.0-10.0% Ni, 2.0-10.0% Sn, 0.01-0.8% Mg, 0.01-1.5% Si, 0.002-0.45% B, 0.004-0.3% P, selectively up to a maximum of 2.0% Co, optionally also up to a maximum 2.5% Zn, selectively up to a maximum of 0.25% Pb, the residue being copper and unavoidable impurities, where the ratio Si/B of the element contents in wt. % of the elements silicon and boron is a minimum 0.4 and a maximum 8. The high-strength copper-nickel-tin alloy has Si-containing and B-containing phases and phases of the systems Ni—Si—B, Ni—B, Ni—P, Mg—P, Ni—Si, Mg—Si and other Mg-containing phases which significantly improve the processing properties and use properties of the alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: WIELAND-WERKE AG
    Inventor: Kai Weber
  • Patent number: 11035024
    Abstract: A high-strength copper-nickel-tin alloy with excellent castability, hot workability and cold workability, high resistance to abrasive wear, adhesive wear and fretting wear and improved resistance to corrosion and stress relaxation stability, consisting of (in weight %): 2.0-10.0% Ni, 2.0-10.0% Sn, 0.01-1.5% Si, 0.002-0.45% B, 0.001-0.09% P, selectively up to a maximum of 2.0% Co, optionally also up to a maximum of 2.0% Zn, selectively up to a maximum of 0.25% Pb, the residue being copper and unavoidable impurities. The ratio Si/B of the element contents in wt. % of the elements silicon and boron is a minimum 0.4 and a maximum 8 such that the copper-nickel-tin alloy has Si-containing and B-containing phases and phases of the systems Ni—Si—B, Ni—B, Ni—P and Ni—Si, which significantly improve the processing properties and use properties of the alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: WIELAND-WERKE AG
    Inventor: Kai Weber
  • Patent number: 11035030
    Abstract: A copper-nickel-tin alloy with excellent castability, hot and cold workability, high resistance to abrasive wear, adhesive wear and fretting wear and improved resistance to corrosion and stress relaxation stability, consisting of (in weight %): 2.0-10.0% Ni, 2.0-10.0% Sn, 0.01-1.5% Si, 0.01-1.0% Fe, 0.002-0.45% B, 0.001-0.15% P, selectively up to a maximum of 2.0% Co, optionally also up to a maximum 2.0% Zn, selectively up to a maximum of 0.25% Pb, the residue being copper and unavoidable impurities. The ratio Si/B of the element contents in wt. % of the elements silicon and boron is a minimum 0.4 and a maximum 8 such that the copper-nickel-tin alloy has Si-containing and B-containing phases, phases of the systems Ni—Si—B, Ni—B, Fe—B, Ni—P, Fe—P, Ni—Si, and other Fe-containing phases, which improve the processing and use properties of the alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: WIELAND-WERKE AG
    Inventor: Kai Weber
  • Patent number: 11028463
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high-strength as-cast copper alloy containing tin, with excellent hot-workability and cold-workability properties, high resistance to abrasive wear, adhesive wear and fretting wear, and improved corrosion resistance and stress relaxation resistance, consisting (in wt. %) of: 4.0 to 23.0% Sn, 0.05 to 2.0% Si, 0.005 to 0.6 B, 0.001 to 0.08% P, optionally up to a maximum of 2.0% Zn, optionally up to a maximum of 0.6% Fe, optionally up to a maximum of 0.5% Mg, optionally up to a maximum of 0.25% Pb, with the remainder being copper and inevitable impurities, characterised in that the ratio of Si/B of the element content of the elements silicon and boron lies between 0.3 and 10. The invention also relates to a casting variant and a further-processed variant of the tin-containing copper alloy, a production method, and the use of the alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: WIELAND-WERKE AG
    Inventor: Kai Weber
  • Patent number: 11010160
    Abstract: A data processor comprising a plurality of registers, and instruction execution circuitry having an associated instruction set, wherein the instruction set includes an instruction specifying at least a mask operand, a register operand and an immediate value operand, and the instruction execution circuitry, in response to an instance of the instruction, determines a Boolean value based on the mask operand and sets a respective one of a plurality of registers specified by the register operand of the instance to a value of the immediate value operand if the Boolean value is true. The instruction execution circuitry, in response to the instance of the instruction, may set the respective one of the plurality of registers specified by the register operand of the instance to zero if the Boolean value is false.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wolfgang Gellerich, Martin Schwidefsky, Chung-Lung K. Shum, Kai Weber
  • Patent number: 10982302
    Abstract: A copper-nickel-tin alloy with excellent castability, hot and cold workability, high resistance to abrasive wear, adhesive wear and fretting wear and improved resistance to corrosion and stress relaxation stability, consisting of (in weight %): 2.0-10.0% Ni, 2.0-10.0% Sn, 0.01-1.0% Fe, 0.01-0.8.% Mg, 0.01-1.5% Si, 0.002-0.45% B, 0.004-0.3% P, selectively up to a maximum of 2.0% Co, selectively up to a maximum of 0.25% Pb, the residue being copper and unavoidable impurities. The ratio Si/B of the element contents in wt. % of the elements silicon and boron is a minimum 0.4 and a maximum 8 such that the copper-nickel-tin alloy has Si-containing and B-containing phases and phases of the systems Ni—Si—B, Ni—B, Fe—B, Ni—P, Fe—P, Mg—P, Ni—Si, Mg—Si and other Fe-containing phases and Mg-containing phases which improve the processing and use properties of the alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: WIELAND-WERKE AG
    Inventor: Kai Weber
  • Publication number: 20200277686
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high-strength copper-nickel-tin alloy with excellent castability, hot workability and cold workability, high resistance to abrasive wear, adhesive wear and fretting wear and improved resistance to corrosion and stress relaxation stability, consisting of (in weight %): 2.0-10.0% Ni, 2.0-10.0% Sn, 0.01-1.5% Si, 0.002-0.45% B, 0.001-0.09% P, selectively up to a maximum of 2.0% Co, optionally also up to a maximum of 2.0% Zn, selectively up to a maximum of 0.25% Pb, the residue being copper and unavoidable impurities, characterised in that—the ratio Si/B of the element contents in wt. % of the elements silicon and boron is a minimum 0.4 and a maximum 8; such that the copper-nickel-tin alloy has Si-containing and B-containing phases and phases of the systems Ni—Si—B, Ni—B, Ni—P and Ni—Si, which significantly improve the processing properties and use properties of the alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventor: Kai WEBER
  • Publication number: 20200248293
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high-strength copper-nickel-tin alloy with excellent castability, hot workability and cold workability, high resistance to abrasive wear, adhesive wear and fretting wear and improved resistance to corrosion and stress relaxation stability, consisting of (in weight %): 2.0-10.0% Ni, 2.0-10.0% Sn, 0.01-1.5% Si, 0.01-1.0% Fe, 0.002-0.45% B, 0.001-0.15% P, selectively up to a maximum of 2.0% Co, optionally also up to a maximum 2.0% Zn, selectively up to a maximum of—0.25% Pb, the residue being copper and unavoidable impurities, characterised in that—the ratio Si/B of the element contents in wt. % of the elements silicon and boron is a minimum 0.4 and a maximum 8; such that the copper-nickel-tin alloy has Si-containing and B-containing phases and phases of the systems Ni—Si—B, Ni—B, Fe—B, Ni—P, Fe—P, Ni—Si and other Fe-containing phases which significantly improve the processing properties and use properties of the alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: Wieland-Werke AG
    Inventor: Kai WEBER
  • Publication number: 20200208240
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high-strength copper-nickel-tin alloy with excellent castability, hot workability and cold workability, high resistance to abrasive wear, adhesive wear and fretting wear and improved resistance to corrosion and stress relaxation stability, consisting of (in weight %): 2.0-10.0% Ni, 2.0-10.0% Sn, 0.01-0.8% Mg, 0.01-1.5% Si, 0.002-0.45% B, 0.004-0.3% P, selectively up to a maximum of 2.0% Co, optionally also up to a maximum 2.5% Zn, selectively up to a maximum of 0.25% Pb, the residue being copper and unavoidable impurities, characterised in that—the ratio Si/B of the element contents in wt. % of the elements silicon and boron is a minimum 0.4 and a maximum 8; such that the copper-nickel-tin alloy has Si-containing and B-containing phases and phases of the systems Ni—Si—B, Ni—B, Ni—P, Mg—P, Ni—Si, Mg—Si and other Mg-containing phases which significantly improve the processing properties and use properties of the alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventor: Kai WEBER
  • Publication number: 20200181738
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high-strength as-cast copper alloy containing tin, with excellent hot-workability and cold-workability properties, high resistance to abrasive wear, adhesive wear and fretting wear, and improved corrosion resistance and stress relaxation resistance, consisting (in wt. %) of: 4.0 to 23.0% Sn, 0.05 to 2.0% Si, 0.005 to 0.6 B, 0.001 to 0.08% P, optionally up to a maximum of 2.0% Zn, optionally up to a maximum of 0.6% Fe, optionally up to a maximum of 0.5% Mg, optionally up to a maximum of 0.25% Pb, with the remainder being copper and inevitable impurities, characterised in that the ratio of Si/B of the element content of the elements silicon and boron lies between 0.3 and 10. The invention also relates to a casting variant and a further-processed variant of the tin-containing copper alloy, a production method, and the use of the alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: Wieland-Werke AG
    Inventor: Kai WEBER
  • Publication number: 20190300985
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high-strength copper-nickel-tin alloy with excellent castability, hot workability and cold workability, high resistance to abrasive wear, adhesive wear and fretting wear and improved resistance to corrosion and stress relaxation stability, consisting of (in weight %): 2.0-10.0% Ni, 2.0-10.0% Sn, 0.01-1.5% Si, 0.002-0.45% B, 0.001-0.09% P, selectively up to a maximum of 2.0% Co, optionally also up to a maximum of 2.0% Zn, selectively up to a maximum of 0.25% Pb, the residue being copper and unavoidable impurities, characterised in that—the ratio Si/B of the element contents in wt. % of the elements silicon and boron is a minimum 0.4 and a maximum 8; such that the copper-nickel-tin alloy has Si-containing and B-containing phases and phases of the systems Ni—Si—B, Ni—B, Ni—P and Ni—Si, which significantly improve the processing properties and use properties of the alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventor: Kai WEBER
  • Publication number: 20190264312
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high-strength copper-nickel-tin alloy with excellent castability, hot workability and cold workability, high resistance to abrasive wear, adhesive wear and fretting wear and improved resistance to corrosion and stress relaxation stability, consisting of (in weight %): 2.0-10.0% Ni, 2.0-10.0% Sn, 0.01-1.5% Si, 0.01-1.0% Fe, 0.002-0.45% B, 0.001-0.15% P, selectively up to a maximum of 2.0% Co, optionally also up to a maximum 2.0% Zn, selectively up to a maximum of—0.25% Pb, the residue being copper and unavoidable impurities, characterised in that—the ratio Si/B of the element contents in wt. % of the elements silicon and boron is a minimum 0.4 and a maximum 8; such that the copper-nickel-tin alloy has Si-containing and B-containing phases and phases of the systems Ni—Si—B, Ni—B, Fe—B, Ni—P, Fe—P, Ni—Si and other Fe-containing phases which significantly improve the processing properties and use properties of the alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: Wieland-Werke AG
    Inventor: Kai WEBER
  • Publication number: 20190187989
    Abstract: A data processor comprising a plurality of registers, and instruction execution circuitry having an associated instruction set, wherein the instruction set includes an instruction specifying at least a mask operand, a register operand and an immediate value operand, and the instruction execution circuitry, in response to an instance of the instruction, determines a Boolean value based on the mask operand and sets a respective one of a plurality of registers specified by the register operand of the instance to a value of the immediate value operand if the Boolean value is true. The instruction execution circuitry, in response to the instance of the instruction, may set the respective one of the plurality of registers specified by the register operand of the instance to zero if the Boolean value is false.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Wolfgang Gellerich, Martin Schwidefsky, Chung-Lung K. Shum, Kai Weber
  • Publication number: 20190161833
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high-strength copper-nickel-tin alloy with excellent castability, hot workability and cold workability, high resistance to abrasive wear, adhesive wear and fretting wear and improved resistance to corrosion and stress relaxation stability, consisting of (in weight %): 2.0-10.0% Ni, 2.0-10.0% Sn, 0.01-1.0% Fe, 0.01-0.8% Mg, 0.01-1.5% Si, 0.002-0.45% B, 0.004-0.3% P, selectively up to a maximum of 2.0% Co, selectively up to a maximum of 0.25% Pb, the residue being copper and unavoidable impurities, characterised in that—the ratio Si/B of the element contents in wt. % of the elements silicon and boron is a minimum 0.4 and a maximum 8; such that the copper-nickel-tin alloy has Si-containing and B-containing phases and phases of the systems Ni—Si—B, Ni—B, Fe—B, Ni—P, Fe—P, Mg—P, Ni—Si, Mg—Si and other Fe-containing phases and Mg-containing phases which significantly improve the processing properties and use properties of the alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: WIELAND-WERKE AG
    Inventor: Kai WEBER
  • Publication number: 20190153564
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high-strength copper-nickel-tin alloy with excellent castability, hot workability and cold workability, high resistance to abrasive wear, adhesive wear and fretting wear and improved resistance to corrosion and stress relaxation stability, consisting of (in weight %): 2.0-10.0% Ni, 2.0-10.0% Sn, 0.01-0.8% Mg, 0.01-1.5% Si, 0.002-0.45% B, 0.004-0.3% P, selectively up to a maximum of 2.0% Co, optionally also up to a maximum 2.5% Zn, selectively up to a maximum of 0.25% Pb, the residue being copper and unavoidable impurities, characterised in that—the ratio Si/B of the element contents in wt. % of the elements silicon and boron is a minimum 0.4 and a maximum 8; such that the copper-nickel-tin alloy has Si-containing and B-containing phases and phases of the systems Ni—Si—B, Ni—B, Ni—P, Mg—P, Ni—Si, Mg—Si and other Mg-containing phases which significantly improve the processing properties and use properties of the alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventor: Kai WEBER
  • Publication number: 20190136357
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high-strength copper-nickel-tin alloy with excellent castability, hot workability and cold workability, high resistance to abrasive wear, adhesive wear and fretting wear and improved resistance to corrosion and stress relaxation stability, consisting of (in weight %): 2.0-10.0% Ni, 2.0-10.0% Sn, 0.01-1.0% Fe, 0.01-0.8% Mg, 0.01-2.5% Zn, 0.01-1.5% Si, 0.002-0.45% B, 0.004-0.3% P, selectively up to a maximum of 2.0% Co, selectively up to a maximum of 0.25% Pb, the residue being copper and unavoidable impurities, characterised in that—the ratio Si/B of the element contents in wt. % of the elements silicon and boron is a minimum 0.4 and a maximum 8; such that the copper-nickel-tin alloy has Si-containing and B-containing phases and phases of the systems Ni—Si—B, Ni—B, Fe—B, Ni—P, Fe—P, Mg—P, Ni—Si, Mg—Si and other Fe-containing phases and Mg-containing phases which significantly improve the processing properties and use properties of the alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventor: Kai WEBER