Patents by Inventor Klaus Backhaus

Klaus Backhaus 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: 11934997
    Abstract: The invention relates to the monitoring of products by means of active radio tags. According to the invention, packagings of products are provided with an active radio tag that detects at least one environmental condition and/or at least one packaging state, and which emits a signal at time intervals, which provides information about a unique identifier and at least one state in which the respective product is found. The signal is picked up by a receiver that extracts the unique identifier and the state information and transmits same together with location information to an external server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Christof Backhaus, Katharina Berger, Uwe Schenkel, Jürgen Schmidt, Walter Speth, Klaus Glismann, Eric Willms, Markus Storz, Arne Wendt, Gregory James Dibble
  • Patent number: 11934998
    Abstract: The invention relates to the monitoring of products by means of active radio tags. According to the invention, packagings of products are provided with an active radio tag that detects at least one environmental condition and/or at least one packaging state, and which emits a signal at time intervals, which provides information about a unique identifier and at least one state in which the respective product is found. The signal is picked up by a receiver that extracts the unique identifier and the state information and transmits same together with location information to an external server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Christof Backhaus, Katharina Berger, Uwe Schenkel, Jürgen Schmidt, Walter Speth, Klaus Glismann, Eric Willms, Markus Storz, Arne Wendt, Gregory James Dibble
  • Patent number: 11934996
    Abstract: The invention relates to the monitoring of products by means of active radio tags. According to the invention, packagings of products are provided with an active radio tag that detects at least one environmental condition and/or at least one packaging state, and which emits a signal at time intervals, which provides information about a unique identifier and at least one state in which the respective product is found. The signal is picked up by a receiver that extracts the unique identifier and the state information and transmits same together with location information to an external server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Christof Backhaus, Katharina Berger, Uwe Schenkel, Jürgen Schmidt, Walter Speth, Klaus Glismann, Eric Willms, Markus Storz, Arne Wendt, Gregory James Dibble
  • Patent number: 11934999
    Abstract: The invention relates to the monitoring of products by means of active radio tags. According to the invention, packagings of products are provided with an active radio tag that detects at least one environmental condition and/or at least one packaging state, and which emits a signal at time intervals, which provides information about a unique identifier and at least one state in which the respective product is found. The signal is picked up by a receiver that extracts the unique identifier and the state information and transmits same together with location information to an external server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Christof Backhaus, Katharina Berger, Uwe Schenkel, Jürgen Schmidt, Walter Speth, Klaus Glismann, Eric Willms, Markus Storz, Arne Wendt, Gregory James Dibble
  • Patent number: 9907215
    Abstract: A power electronic subassembly having a housing and a capacitor arranged therein. The housing has an internally arranged cooling area, which is cooled by a cooling device integrated in the housing or an external cooling device. The capacitor has a contact device of a first polarity and a contact device of a second polarity and a capacitor busbar system. This capacitor busbar system comprises first and second sheet-like shaped metal bodies. The first metal body with the first contact device of the first polarity and the second metal body with the second contact device of the second polarity are electrically conductively connected. A first portion of the first metal body has a first subportion, which is arranged parallel to and at a distance from the cooling area, and a second subportion, which is in thermal contact with the cooling area, wherein the two subportions are connected by an intermediate portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Semikron GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Klaus Backhaus, Roland Bittner, Marco Lederer, Rainer Popp
  • Publication number: 20170055366
    Abstract: A power electronic subassembly having a housing and a capacitor arranged therein. The housing has an internally arranged cooling area, which is cooled by a cooling device integrated in the housing or an external cooling device. The capacitor has a contact device of a first polarity and a contact device of a second polarity and a capacitor busbar system. This capacitor busbar system comprises first and second sheet-like shaped metal bodies. The first metal body with the first contact device of the first polarity and the second metal body with the second contact device of the second polarity are electrically conductively connected. A first portion of the first metal body has a first subportion, which is arranged parallel to and at a distance from the cooling area, and a second subportion, which is in thermal contact with the cooling area, wherein the two subportions are connected by an intermediate portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: Semikron Elektronik GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Klaus BACKHAUS, Roland BITTNER, Marco LEDERER, Rainer POPP
  • Patent number: 8344270
    Abstract: A combination of a main carrier and a printed circuit board. Light and heavy electrical and/or electronic components are fixed on the printed circuit board, wherein at least one heavy component is mechanically fixedly connected to the main carrier and electrically conductively connected to conductor tracks of a first section of the printed circuit board. The first section of the printed circuit board is electrically conductively connected to a second section of the printed circuit board and decoupled from the second section of the printed circuit board with regard to mechanical vibrations by means of a decoupling device. The decoupling device may be, for example, a flexible section or a recess formed in said printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Semikron Elektronik GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventor: Klaus Backhaus
  • Publication number: 20090284936
    Abstract: A combination of a main carrier and a printed circuit board. Light and heavy electrical and/or electronic components are fixed on the printed circuit board, wherein at least one heavy component is mechanically fixedly connected to the main carrier and electrically conductively connected to conductor tracks of a first section of the printed circuit board. The first section of the printed circuit board is electrically conductively connected to a second section of the printed circuit board and decoupled from the second section of the printed circuit board with regard to mechanical vibrations by means of a decoupling device. The decoupling device may be, for example, a flexible section or a recess formed in said printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: SEMIKRON Elektronik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Klaus BACKHAUS
  • Patent number: 7554336
    Abstract: A method for measuring the insulation resistance in an information technology (IT) network. The IT network has a DC voltage intermediate circuit and at least one self-commutated converter having at least one first and one second power switch. The IT network also includes a measuring arrangement for measuring the intermediate circuit voltage relative to ground potential comprising a voltage divider and two assigned potential measuring devices. The method has an offline and an online measurement, wherein, during the offline measurement, all of one of the first and second power switches are closed and the potentials Up and Um, respectively, and also the intermediate circuit voltage are measured and the insulation resistance Rf is determined therefrom. During the online measurement, the two potentials Up and Um are measured and the temporal profile of the measurements is compared with the offline measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Semikron Elektronik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Klaus Backhaus
  • Publication number: 20080007277
    Abstract: A method for measuring the insulation resistance in an IT network. The IT network has a DC voltage intermediate circuit and at least one self-commutated converter having at least one first and one second power switch. The IT network also includes a measuring arrangement for measuring the intermediate circuit voltage relative to ground potential comprising a voltage divider and two assigned potential measuring devices. The method has an offline and an online measurement, wherein, during the offline measurement, all of one of the first and second power switches are closed and the potentials Up and Um, respectively, and also the intermediate circuit voltage are measured and the insulation resistance Rf is determined therefrom. During the online measurement, the two potentials Up and Um are measured and the temporal profile of the measurements is compared with the offline measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Inventor: Klaus Backhaus