Patents by Inventor Michael WAGENKNECHT

Michael WAGENKNECHT 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: 10393833
    Abstract: A superconducting magnet coil arrangement has a high-temperature superconductor (HTS) coil section (1a,1b,1c) in the form of a solenoid that is wound with an HTS tape conductor, and also has a field-shaping device comprising at least two field-shaping elements (2a,2b,2c). At least one respective field-shaping element is arranged adjoining each of the two axial ends of the HTS coil section, the field-shaping elements being configured in such a way that they reduce the field angle of the magnetic field generated by the magnet coil arrangement with respect to the axial direction in the region of the HTS coil section by at least 1.5°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: BRUKER BIOSPIN GMBH
    Inventors: Patrick Wikus, Volker Niemann, Wolfgang Frantz, Michael Dumm, Michael Wagenknecht
  • Patent number: 10060998
    Abstract: An arrangement for setting the spatial profile of a magnetic field in a working volume of a main field magnet (2), in particular a superconducting main field magnet, of a magnetic resonance installation. The main field magnet is arranged in a cryostat (1) and the spatial profile is set by a passive shim apparatus (3) with magnetic field forming elements which are arranged within the cryostat during operation and which have cryogenic temperatures. The magnetic resonance installation contains a room temperature tube (4), in which the sample volume is situated during operation. The passive shim apparatus is introduced into or removed from the cold region of the cryostat via a vacuum lock (5), without needing to ventilate the cold region of the cryostat. This provides a relatively simple, cost effective, and time-efficient method to carry out a stable field homogenization using a passive shim apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Bruker BioSpin GmbH
    Inventors: Patrick Wikus, Volker Niemann, Wolfgang Frantz, Michael Dumm, Michael Wagenknecht, Steffen Bonn
  • Publication number: 20170343629
    Abstract: A superconducting magnet coil arrangement has a high-temperature superconductor (HTS) coil section (1a,1b,1c) in the form of a solenoid that is wound with an HTS tape conductor, and also has a field-shaping device comprising at least two field-shaping elements (2a,2b,2c). At least one respective field-shaping element is arranged adjoining each of the two axial ends of the HTS coil section, the field-shaping elements being configured in such a way that they reduce the field angle of the magnetic field generated by the magnet coil arrangement with respect to the axial direction in the region of the HTS coil section by at least 1.5°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Patrick WIKUS, Volker NIEMANN, Wolfgang FRANTZ, Michael DUMM, Michael WAGENKNECHT
  • Publication number: 20170322270
    Abstract: An arrangement for setting the spatial profile of a magnetic field in a working volume of a main field magnet (2), in particular a superconducting main field magnet, of a magnetic resonance installation. The main field magnet is arranged in a cryostat (1) and the spatial profile is set by a passive shim apparatus (3) with magnetic field forming elements which are arranged within the cryostat during operation and which have cryogenic temperatures. The magnetic resonance installation contains a room temperature tube (4), in which the sample volume is situated during operation. The passive shim apparatus is introduced into or removed from the cold region of the cryostat via a vacuum lock (5), without needing to ventilate the cold region of the cryostat. This provides a relatively simple, cost effective, and time-efficient method to carry out a stable field homogenization using a passive shim apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Patrick WIKUS, Volker NIEMANN, Wolfgang FRANTZ, Michael DUMM, Michael WAGENKNECHT, Steffen BONN