Patents by Inventor Klaus Werner

Klaus Werner 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: 20260206104
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heating device (100) for heating a fluid used in a medical procedure, comprising: a holder (110) arranged for receiving a channel (10) comprising a channel wall (11) arranged for conducting the fluid; and an electrical circuit (120) comprising: a first conductive surface (135), arranged to the holder for in use annularly surrounding the channel and together with the channel wall and the fluid forming a first capacitor (130) contributing to the capacitance of the electrical circuit, and for generating a first electrical field in the channel wall for introducing a first capacitively coupled current in the fluid; a second conductive surface (155), arranged to the holder for in use annularly surrounding the channel and together with the channel wall and the fluid forming a second capacitor (150) contributing to the capacitance of the electrical circuit, and for generating a second electrical field in the channel wall for introducing a second capacitively coupled current in the fluid; an
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: July 16, 2026
    Applicants: ThermaSolutions LLC, ThermaSolutions Europe B.V.
    Inventors: Klaus WERNER, Stephan HOLTRUP, Anna Helena TER STEGE-HAKE
  • Publication number: 20260124069
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heating device (100) for heating a fluid used in a medical procedure, comprising: a holder (110) arranged for receiving a channel (10) comprising a channel wall (11) arranged for conducting the fluid; and an electrical circuit (120) comprising: a first conductive surface (135), arranged to the holder for in use annularly surrounding the channel and together with the channel wall and the fluid forming a first capacitor (130) contributing to the capacitance of the electrical circuit, and for generating a first electrical field in the channel wall for introducing a first capacitively coupled current in the fluid; a second conductive surface (155), arranged to the holder for in use annularly surrounding the channel and together with the channel wall and the fluid forming a second capacitor (150) contributing to the capacitance of the electrical circuit, and for generating a second electrical field in the channel wall for introducing a second capacitively coupled current in the fluid; an
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2025
    Publication date: May 7, 2026
    Applicants: ThermaSolutions LLC, ThermaSolutions Europe B.V.
    Inventors: Klaus WERNER, Stephan HOLTRUP, Anna Helena TER STEGE-HAKE
  • Patent number: 12544973
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system (10) for curing and/or inspecting a pipeline lining (30) positioned in a pipeline (20), the pipeline lining (30) comprising an outer plastics material layer and an inner fiber composite layer, the fiber composite layer comprising a plastics material which is to be cured and/or which is at least partially cured. In accordance with the invention, the system (10) comprises at least one high-frequency unit (40) which comprises at least one microwave-generator unit (41) and at least one microwave-transmitting antenna (42) for curing a plastics material which is to be cured, at least the at least one microwave-transmitting antenna (42) being movable in the pipeline (20) by means of a transporting device (60).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: BODUS GMBH
    Inventors: Daniel Boller, Klaus Werner, Joao Carlos Gomes Cancio
  • Patent number: 11984282
    Abstract: A circuit breaker, in particular of a power breaker, having a busbar which is mounted so as to be movable between a closed position and an open position. The busbar, a trip device and a hand lever are coupled by means of the mechanism in such a way that, when the hand lever is moved from the first position into the second position, the busbar is moved from the open position into the closed position. Upon tripping of the trip device, the busbar is moved from the closed position into the open position, and the hand lever is moved from the second position into the first position if it is not blocked. When the hand lever is moved from the second position into the first position, the busbar is moved from the closed position into the open position regardless of whether the busbar is blocked in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH
    Inventors: Hubert Harrer, Hendrik-Christian Koepf, Klaus Loos, Klaus Werner, Juergen Zeberl
  • Patent number: 11817283
    Abstract: An electrical switching system of a circuit breaker, with a first busbar extending in a longitudinal direction, which carries a first contact and a second contact spaced apart therefrom in the longitudinal direction, and which has a first power connection, and with a second busbar extending in the longitudinal direction, which carries a first counterpart contact and a second counterpart contact spaced apart therefrom in the longitudinal direction, and which has a second power connection. The second busbar is mounted so as to be movable in a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, wherein the first busbar partially overlaps the second busbar along the longitudinal direction. In the longitudinal direction, the contacts and the counterpart contacts are arranged between the two power connections in the overlap region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH
    Inventors: Hubert Harrer, Hendrik-Christian Koepf, Klaus Loos, Klaus Werner, Juergen Zeberl
  • Patent number: 11727154
    Abstract: Multiple work requests from different applications are queued to be processed subsequently without interruption by a crypto device. A prediction table is generated for each application to be processed by the crypto device. An initial credit value is determined for each incoming work request. The work request is an entry in an ordered queue in the order of time using respective time stamps. The next work request to be processed is selected from the entries in the queue by using the first entry in the queue for which the credit values for the corresponding application is greater than or equal to the predicted execution time for the corresponding request type in the prediction table. The selected next work request is processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Klaus Werner, Joerg Schmidbauer, Jakob Christopher Lang, Angel Nunez Mencias
  • Publication number: 20230047561
    Abstract: A system for preparing food that includes a holder for holding the food and an apparatus. The apparatus includes a processing chamber that is RF-impermeable and air-impermeable, a holding device for holding the holder inside the processing chamber, an RF-antenna to radiate RF-energy to the inside of the processing chamber for heating the food inside the holder, a fan for circulating the air in the processing chamber through an air-permeable side and through the holder, and a heater to provide heat to the circulated air. The fan and the heater are to air fry the food inside the holder. The processing chamber includes a top shell having a top inner space and a top rim forming an access opening to the top inner space, and a bottom shell having a bottom inner space and a bottom rim forming an access opening to the bottom inner space. In a closed position, the top shell and the bottom shell are to envelop an interior space that includes the top inner space and the bottom space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: KAVARING COOKING SYSTEMS B.V.
    Inventors: Lars LIEBERWIRTH, Hans BROCKER, Stephan HOLTRUP, Klaus WERNER
  • Publication number: 20230018503
    Abstract: Multiple work requests from different applications are queued to be processed subsequently without interruption by a crypto device. A prediction table is generated for each application to be processed by the crypto device. An initial credit value is determined for each incoming work request. The work request is an entry in an ordered queue in the order of time using respective time stamps. The next work request to be processed is selected from the entries in the queue by using the first entry in the queue for which the credit values for the corresponding application is greater than or equal to the predicted execution time for the corresponding request type in the prediction table. The selected next work request is processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Klaus Werner, Joerg Schmidbauer, Jakob Christopher Lang, Angel Nunez Mencias
  • Publication number: 20230018832
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system (10) for curing and/or inspecting a pipeline lining (30) positioned in a pipeline (20), the pipeline lining (30) comprising an outer plastics material layer and an inner fiber composite layer, the fiber composite layer comprising a plastics material which is to be cured and/or which is at least partially cured. In accordance with the invention, the system (10) comprises at least one high-frequency unit (40) which comprises at least one microwave-generator unit (41) and at least one microwave-transmitting antenna (42) for curing a plastics material which is to be cured, at least the at least one microwave-transmitting antenna (42) being movable in the pipeline (20) by means of a transporting device (60).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel BOLLER, Klaus WERNER, Joao Carlos GOMES CANCIO
  • Patent number: 11538649
    Abstract: A circuit breaker housing for holding a switching device unit and a number of connection contacts for a connection line and/or a busbar. The housing has a first housing part and a second housing part. In the joined, assembled state, the housing parts form a front side and a rear side opposite said front side and at least one connection side and end faces located opposite one another. A holding chamber for a connection module having one of the connection contacts is provided on the front side and/or on at least one of the connection sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH
    Inventors: Erich Fischer, Hubert Harrer, Dean Latham, Klaus Loos, Fabio Pafumi, Klaus Werner, Juergen Zeberl
  • Patent number: 11475167
    Abstract: A security module, such as a cryptographic adapter, is reserved for a secure guest of a computing environment. The reserving includes binding one or more queues of the security module to the secure guest. The one or more queues are then managed based on one or more actions relating to the reservation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Reinhard Theodor Buendgen, Volker Urban, Richard Victor Kisley, Jonathan D. Bradbury, Torsten Hendel, Harald Freudenberger, Benedikt Klotz, Klaus Werner, Markus Selve
  • Patent number: 11429733
    Abstract: A method for sharing secret data between multiple containers. In response to the initial booting of an operating system instance in a container, a unique operating system identifier is generated for the operating system instance. A grant authority stores the unique operating system identifier in a reserved area of a secure storage device. In response to a request from the operating system instance to access secret data in the secure storage device, the grant authority determines whether the unique operating system identifier is stored in the secure storage device. The operating system instance may be granted access to secret data in the non-reserved area of the secure storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Klaus Werner, Jakob C. Lang, Joerg Schmidbauer, Angel Nunez Mencias
  • Patent number: 11360963
    Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of receiving a unique identifier and a security value from an object, retrieving a previously stored security value of the object from a database based on the received unique identifier, determining that the object is verified based on the received security value and the previously stored security value, and modifying the previously stored security value to generate a modified security value and transmitting the modified security value to the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Klaus Werner, Jakob Christopher Lang, Joerg Schmidbauer, Angel Nunez Mencias
  • Publication number: 20220122791
    Abstract: A circuit breaker, in particular of a power breaker, having a busbar which is mounted so as to be movable between a closed position and an open position. The busbar, a trip device and a hand lever are coupled by means of the mechanism in such a way that, when the hand lever is moved from the first position into the second position, the busbar is moved from the open position into the closed position. Upon tripping of the trip device, the busbar is moved from the closed position into the open position, and the hand lever is moved from the second position into the first position if it is not blocked. When the hand lever is moved from the second position into the first position, the busbar is moved from the closed position into the open position regardless of whether the busbar is blocked in the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH
    Inventors: Hubert HARRER, Hendrik-Christian KOEPF, Klaus LOOS, Klaus WERNER, Juergen ZEBERL
  • Publication number: 20220122798
    Abstract: An electrical switching system of a circuit breaker, with a first busbar extending in a longitudinal direction, which carries a first contact and a second contact spaced apart therefrom in the longitudinal direction, and which has a first power connection, and with a second busbar extending in the longitudinal direction, which carries a first counterpart contact and a second counterpart contact spaced apart therefrom in the longitudinal direction, and which has a second power connection. The second busbar is mounted so as to be movable in a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, wherein the first busbar partially overlaps the second busbar along the longitudinal direction. In the longitudinal direction, the contacts and the counterpart contacts are arranged between the two power connections in the overlap region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH
    Inventors: Hubert HARRER, Hendrik-Christian KOEPF, Klaus LOOS, Klaus WERNER, Juergen ZEBERL
  • Patent number: 11088514
    Abstract: A power distributor having a plurality of power distribution modules arranged in a row, for directly mounting on a carrier rail, having a supply module arranged on one end face and a signal module arranged on the opposite end face, and having at least one connection module arranged therebetween. The supply module has a supply connection for a main power line for tapping off a supply power. The connection module is fitted or can be fitted with a protective switch that can be actuated and a plurality of load connections for connecting to an interruptible load circuit by means of the protective switch. The signal module has a first signal connection for a switch signal actuating the protective switch, and the power distribution modules are or can be coupled to each other in an electrically conductive manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH
    Inventors: Erich Fischer, Klaus Werner
  • Patent number: 11082232
    Abstract: Auditably proving a usage history of an asset, in which the asset includes a hardware security module with at least a public key and a private key. A client application logs hash values of a pair of request data and response data. Usage history of the asset is proved. The proving includes verifying, using the public key, a signature of other hash values of the pair of request data and response data. The other hash values are signed with the private key. The proving further includes comparing the hash values logged by the client application with the other hash values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Klaus Werner, Jakob C. Lang, Joerg Schmidbauer, Angel Nunez Mencias
  • Publication number: 20210232709
    Abstract: A security module, such as a cryptographic adapter, is reserved for a secure guest of a computing environment. The reserving includes binding one or more queues of the security module to the secure guest. The one or more queues are then managed based on one or more actions relating to the reservation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Reinhard Theodor Buendgen, Volker Urban, Richard Victor Kisley, Jonathan D. Bradbury, Torsten Hendel, Harald Freudenberger, Benedikt Klotz, Klaus Werner, Markus Selve
  • Publication number: 20210091960
    Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of receiving a signed storage request which comprises a unique identifier of an object, a public key of the object, and a signed security value associated with the object, determining, via code installed on a database node, whether the signed storage request is valid based on a signature of the signed storage request and a signature of the signed security value of the object, and in response to validation of the signed storage request, generating a storage object based on the signed storage request which includes the unique identifier, the public key of the object, and the signed security value, and storing the generated storage object in a database including the database node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Klaus Werner, Jakob Christopher Lang, Joerg Schmidbauer, Angel Nunez Mencias
  • Publication number: 20210089514
    Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of receiving a unique identifier and a security value from an object, retrieving a previously stored security value of the object from a database based on the received unique identifier, determining that the object is verified based on the received security value and the previously stored security value, and modifying the previously stored security value to generate a modified security value and transmitting the modified security value to the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Klaus Werner, Jakob Christopher Lang, Joerg Schmidbauer, Angel Nunez Mencias