Patents by Inventor Marcel SCHULZ

Marcel SCHULZ 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: 12275048
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a desired metal workpiece (134), the method comprising: producing an elongate finished material (116; 222) by hot rolling, wherein a first data record (112) is assigned to the finished material (116; 222), wherein the finished material (116; 222) is logically divided in the longitudinal direction thereof into a plurality of first segments (118), wherein the first data record, for each of the first segments (118), includes first physical data (228) characterizing the segment; and working the finished material (116; 222) using a processing process to obtain the desired metal workpiece (134), wherein the processing process is at least partially controlled based on the first physical data (228) characterizing the first segments (118) that are logically assigned to the finished material (116; 222).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP HOHENLIMBURG GMBH, THYSSENKRUPP AG
    Inventors: Marcel Schulz, Stefan Kmetsch, Peter Manthey, Thomas Ewert
  • Patent number: 12140914
    Abstract: A method for closed-loop control of a chemical process may involve acquiring process data with sensors, transferring the process data to a control system via a fieldbus, transferring a subset of the process data to a computer system that includes a simulation program for stationary and dynamic process simulation of the chemical process, a closed-loop control program for implementing a closed-loop controller, and a memory for storing simulated state variables, cyclically repeatedly calculating and storing the simulated state variables of the chemical process by the simulation program from the subset of the process data, transferring a setpoint value of a control variable of the chemical process to the closed-loop control program, reading a subset of the simulated state variables for input into the closed-loop control program, ascertaining a manipulated variable to achieve the setpoint value by the closed-loop control program, and transferring the calculated manipulated variable to the control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS AG, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Marcel Schulz, Dirk Scheckreiter
  • Publication number: 20240144459
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an aircraft and to a method using this aircraft to inspect equipment in coking plants for detecting sources of error. The aircraft has at least one inspection device for inspecting surfaces of the equipment that are to be inspected, and an airspace, distanced from one of the surfaces to be inspected, and at least one transmitting and receiving device for data communication with at least other aircraft or at least one external analysis device for detecting the sources of error. The method comprises converting the detected phototechnical and optical data, in particular 2D data, into a 3D thermal point cloud by means of a conversion unit of the analysis device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicants: thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Ronald KIM, Marcel SCHULZ, Uwe CONRADS, Philipp ESSER, Sophie RUOSHAN WEI
  • Publication number: 20210394244
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a desired metal workpiece (134), the method comprising: producing an elongate finished material (116; 222) by hot rolling, wherein a first data record (112) is assigned to the finished material (116; 222), wherein the finished material (116; 222) is logically divided in the longitudinal direction thereof into a plurality of first segments (118), wherein the first data record, for each of the first segments (118), includes first physical data (228) characterizing the segment; and working the finished material (116; 222) using a processing process to obtain the desired metal workpiece (134), wherein the processing process is at least partially controlled based on the first physical data (228) characterizing the first segments (118) that are logically assigned to the finished material (116; 222).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Marcel SCHULZ, Stefan KMETSCH, Peter MANTHEY, Thomas EWERT
  • Publication number: 20210286347
    Abstract: A method for closed-loop control of a chemical process may involve acquiring process data with sensors, transferring the process data to a control system via a fieldbus, transferring a subset of the process data to a computer system that includes a simulation program for stationary and dynamic process simulation of the chemical process, a closed-loop control program for implementing a closed-loop controller, and a memory for storing simulated state variables, cyclically repeatedly calculating and storing the simulated state variables of the chemical process by the simulation program from the subset of the process data, transferring a setpoint value of a control variable of the chemical process to the closed-loop control program, reading a subset of the simulated state variables for input into the closed-loop control program, ascertaining a manipulated variable to achieve the setpoint value by the closed-loop control program, and transferring the calculated manipulated variable to the control system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicants: THYSSENKRUPP INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS AG, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Marcel SCHULZ, Dirk SCHECKREITER