Patents by Inventor Karl-Michael Schmidt

Karl-Michael Schmidt 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: 20240016107
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a culture facility for aquatic plants, and to a culture facility itself, in which aquatic plants, especially duckweeds, are employed, according to the preamble to claims 1 and 31, and also to a computer program product according to claims 32 and 33. The culture is populated by seeding with aquatic plants initially along a growth sigmoid to a coverage state of more than 50% above the species- and light-dependent coverage limit ascertained beforehand. Thereafter, an amount of 5/?70% of the respective coverage is harvested at cyclically recurring intervals of time, referred to as harvest cycle times. Modelling of the growth process is used to predeterminedly optimize the culture parameters of temperature, carbon dioxide and light and these are then fed into the controller of a harvesting unit or harvesting process as control variables for optimally triggering a harvest time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: Uniper Kraftwerke GmbH
    Inventor: Karl-Michael SCHMIDT
  • Patent number: 8768525
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a medium-voltage or high-voltage switchgear comprising at least one switching device. The aim is to enable the associated switchgear to be functionally integrated with the greatest possible technical functional comfort. To this end, the switching device or the switching devices is/are respectively provided with a data and/or control interface, with the aid of which the same is/are linked to an electronic master terminal via a data and/or control line such that the switching devices can be triggered by the electronic master terminal and the control thereof can be integrated in a process, particularly an industrial process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: ABB Technology AG
    Inventors: Werner Ebbinghaus, Harald Fink, Karl-Michael Schmidt
  • Patent number: 8148654
    Abstract: A switchgear assembly is disclosed wherein to combine individual functions to form a standardized unit, without deviating from known technology, electrical cabling between the electrical functional components of the switchgear assembly can be replaced by a wiring in a box. The electrical components can each be connected directly to the box by a bundle of bound cables. Another embodiment includes a coding plug for being plugged from the exterior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: ABB Technology AG
    Inventors: Karl-Michael Schmidt, Ralf Henke, Sven Wehrmann
  • Publication number: 20100039752
    Abstract: A switchgear assembly is disclosed wherein to combine individual functions to form a standardized unit, without deviating from known technology, electrical cabling between the electrical functional components of the switchgear assembly can be replaced by a wiring in a box. The electrical components can each be connected directly to the box by a bundle of bound cables. Another embodiment includes a coding plug for being plugged from the exterior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: ABB Technology AG
    Inventors: Karl-Michael SCHMIDT, Ralf Henke, Sven Wehrmann
  • Publication number: 20080188992
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a medium-voltage or high-voltage switchgear comprising at least one switching device. The aim is to enable the associated switchgear to be functionally integrated with the greatest possible technical functional comfort. To this end, the switching device or the switching devices is/are respectively provided with a data and/or control interface, with the aid of which the same is/are linked to an electronic master terminal via a data and/or control line such that the switching devices can be triggered by the electronic master terminal and the control thereof can be integrated in a process, particularly an industrial process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: ABB Technology AG
    Inventors: Werner Ebbinghaus, Harald Fink, Karl-Michael Schmidt