Patents by Inventor MICHAEL WEICK
MICHAEL WEICK 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).
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Patent number: 10691654Abstract: A method of migrating data from one or more source databases to one or more target databases may include generating a pre-migration analysis for a plurality of objects stored in the one or more source databases, and generating a plurality of migration scripts that transfer the plurality of objects from the one or more source databases to the one or more target databases. The method may also include generating a migration plan that defines an execution order for the plurality of migration scripts, and migrating the plurality of objects from the one or more source databases to one or more target databases according to the migration plan. The method may further include validating the plurality of objects on the one or more target databases.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2018Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventors: Antony Higginson, John Masterson, Sean Fitzpatrick, Peter Robertshaw, Elmar Spiegelberg, Stephan Buhne, Michael Weick, Nick Balch, Florin Popescu
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Publication number: 20180293233Abstract: A method of migrating data from one or more source databases to one or more target databases may include generating a pre-migration analysis for a plurality of objects stored in the one or more source databases, and generating a plurality of migration scripts that transfer the plurality of objects from the one or more source databases to the one or more target databases. The method may also include generating a migration plan that defines an execution order for the plurality of migration scripts, and migrating the plurality of objects from the one or more source databases to one or more target databases according to the migration plan. The method may further include validating the plurality of objects on the one or more target databases.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: ANTONY HIGGINSON, JOHN MASTERSON, SEAN FITZPATRICK, PETER ROBERTSHAW, ELMAR SPIEGELBERG, STEPHAN BUHNE, MICHAEL WEICK, NICK BALCH, FLORIN POPESCU
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Patent number: 9996562Abstract: A method of migrating data from one or more source databases to one or more target databases may include generating a pre-migration analysis for a plurality of objects stored in the one or more source databases, and generating a plurality of migration scripts that transfer the plurality of objects from the one or more source databases to the one or more target databases. The method may also include generating a migration plan that defines an execution order for the plurality of migration scripts, and migrating the plurality of objects from the one or more source databases to one or more target databases according to the migration plan. The method may further include validating the plurality of objects on the one or more target databases.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2013Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventors: Antony Higginson, John Masterson, Sean Fitzpatrick, Peter Robertshaw, Elmar Spiegelberg, Stephan Buhne, Michael Weick, Nick Balch, Florin Popescu
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Patent number: 9511450Abstract: An apparatus for focusing a laser beam on a workpiece includes at least one transmissive optical element which is arranged at a tilting angle with respect to a plane perpendicular to a beam axis of the laser beam, the transmissive optical element comprising a first side and a second side through which the laser beam passes, a spatially-resolving detector configured to detect laser radiation reflected from the transmissive optical element, and an image evaluation device coupled to the detector, the image evaluation device configured to distinguish laser radiation reflected from the first side of the optical element from laser radiation reflected from the second side of the optical element.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2013Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KGInventor: Juergen-Michael Weick
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Patent number: 9393643Abstract: An optical element for installation in a laser processing machine has a surface that is optically unused and/or not subject to a laser beam during operation of the laser processing machine when the optical element is installed in the laser processing machine, and a transponder disposed in a region on or near the surface and containing readable information relating to the optical element.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2013Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KGInventors: Juergen-Michael Weick, Thomas Rupp, Dominik Vees
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Patent number: 9329368Abstract: A beam shaping unit for focusing a divergent laser beam includes a first optical element to receive the laser beam, a second optical element to receive the beam from the first optical element, an optical focusing unit to receive the beam from the second optical element, a first focal point adjustment device coupled to the first optical element, the first focal point adjustment device being configured to adjust the beam focal point diameter by manipulating the first optical element, and a second focal point adjustment device coupled to the second optical element, the second focal point adjustment device being configured to adjust, in the beam propagation direction, the beam focal position by manipulating the second optical element, and in which the beam shaping unit is configured to image the beam from the first optical element through an intermediate focal point onto the second optical element.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2014Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KGInventors: Thomas Rupp, Jens Braun, Dominik Vees, Juergen-Michael Weick, Dieter Burger
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Patent number: 9149889Abstract: A method for orientating a focused laser cutting beam eccentrically relative to the nozzle axis of a cutting gas nozzle and a laser processing machine for performing the same, the method including: arranging a redirecting mirror in a beam path of the laser cutting beam upstream of the cutting gas nozzle, the mirror being rotated about a direction which is coaxial with the nozzle axis and/or about a direction which is perpendicular relative to the nozzle axis and which corresponds to the beam incidence direction of the laser beam on the redirecting mirror. The cutting gas nozzle and the redirecting mirror are arranged in a second structural unit of a laser processing head, for rotation about the direction corresponding to the beam incidence direction relative to a first structural unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2010Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KGInventors: Christian Boettcher, Werner Dilger, Peter Demel, Juergen-Michael Weick
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Publication number: 20150019488Abstract: A method of migrating data from one or more source databases to one or more target databases may include generating a pre-migration analysis for a plurality of objects stored in the one or more source databases, and generating a plurality of migration scripts that transfer the plurality of objects from the one or more source databases to the one or more target databases. The method may also include generating a migration plan that defines an execution order for the plurality of migration scripts, and migrating the plurality of objects from the one or more source databases to one or more target databases according to the migration plan. The method may further include validating the plurality of objects on the one or more target databases.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2013Publication date: January 15, 2015Inventors: ANTONY HIGGINSON, JOHN MASTERSON, SEAN FITZPATRICK, PETER ROBERTSHAW, ELMAR SPIEGELBERG, STEPHAN BUHNE, MICHAEL WEICK, NICK BALCH, FLORIN POPESCU
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Publication number: 20140307312Abstract: A beam shaping unit for focusing a divergent laser beam includes a first optical element to receive the laser beam, a second optical element to receive the beam from the first optical element, an optical focusing unit to receive the beam from the second optical element, a first focal point adjustment device coupled to the first optical element, the first focal point adjustment device being configured to adjust the beam focal point diameter by manipulating the first optical element, and a second focal point adjustment device coupled to the second optical element, the second focal point adjustment device being configured to adjust, in the beam propagation direction, the beam focal position by manipulating the second optical element, and in which the beam shaping unit is configured to image the beam from the first optical element through an intermediate focal point onto the second optical element.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventors: Thomas Rupp, Jens Braun, Dominik Vees, Juergen-Michael Weick, Dieter Burger
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Patent number: 8804238Abstract: A beam shaping unit for focusing a divergent laser beam includes a first optical element to receive the laser beam, a second optical element to receive the beam from the first optical element, an optical focusing unit to receive the beam from the second optical element, a first focal point adjustment device coupled to the first optical element, the first focal point adjustment device being configured to adjust the beam focal point diameter by manipulating the first optical element, and a second focal point adjustment device coupled to the second optical element, the second focal point adjustment device being configured to adjust, in the beam propagation direction, the beam focal position by manipulating the second optical element, and in which the beam shaping unit is configured to image the beam from the first optical element through an intermediate focal point onto the second optical element.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2012Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KGInventors: Thomas Rupp, Jens Braun, Dominik Vees, Juergen-Michael Weick, Dieter Burger
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Publication number: 20140183175Abstract: An optical element for installation in a laser processing machine has a surface that is optically unused and/or not subject to a laser beam during operation of the laser processing machine when the optical element is installed in the laser processing machine, and a transponder disposed in a region on or near the surface and containing readable information relating to the optical element.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KGInventors: Juergen-Michael Weick, Thomas Rupp, Dominik Vees
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Publication number: 20140042133Abstract: An apparatus for focusing a laser beam on a workpiece includes at least one transmissive optical element which is arranged at a tilting angle with respect to a plane perpendicular to a beam axis of the laser beam, the transmissive optical element comprising a first side and a second side through which the laser beam passes, a spatially-resolving detector configured to detect laser radiation reflected from the transmissive optical element, and an image evaluation device coupled to the detector, the image evaluation device configured to distinguish laser radiation reflected from the first side of the optical element from laser radiation reflected from the second side of the optical element.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KGInventor: Juergen-Michael Weick
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Patent number: 8591105Abstract: The invention relates to an optical element for guiding and forming a laser beam, and to a method for recording beam parameters, particularly in a laser system, comprising a carrier substrate (40) and a coating (39), which is applied to at least one side of the carrier substrate (40), and comprising at least one temperature sensor (38). The temperature sensor (38) is comprised of a number of pixels arranged in a matrix, and each respective pixel has at least one temperature-sensitive element (39). The at least one temperature-sensitive element (39) of the pixel is constructed inside the carrier substrate (40) made of silicon.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2006Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KGInventors: Jürgen-Michael Weick, Armin Horn, Gerhard Hammann, Peter Laitenberger, Nick Collier, Ross Peter Jones
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Patent number: 8445815Abstract: A laser processing machine head, a laser processing machine head monitoring system, and a method of monitoring an optical element of a laser processing machine feature a light-transmissive optical element and an optical element holder defining a cavity in which the optical element is retained against rotation. A light source mounted to the holder directs a beam of light into the optical element through a peripheral surface of the optical element. A light receiver is responsive to light from the light source reflected through the optical element. Monitoring a signal from the light receiver allows a status of the optical element to be assessed.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2011Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KGInventors: Martin Lambert, Juergen-Michael Weick
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Patent number: 8258430Abstract: A method of determining a contact point of a laser beam on an edge of a body and a system for performing the same, in which the method includes a) moving the laser beam relative to the edge in a spatial direction until the laser beam touches the edge, in which the spatial direction is at a right angle relative to an axis of the laser beam and in which the edge is formed at an opening, b) measuring acoustic oscillations produced photoacoustically during the movement of the laser beam, and c) determining the laser beam point of contact with the edge based on the measured acoustic oscillations.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2009Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KGInventors: Juergen-Michael Weick, Andreas Milich, Ulrich Ritter
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Patent number: 8247732Abstract: An insulator for a sensor arrangement of a laser processing machine comprises an outer insulating part of plastics material for electrical shielding and an inner shielding part of a non-conductive heat-resistant material for shielding against laser irradiation and/or heat.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2008Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KGInventors: Juergen-Michael Weick, Tobias Kluehspies, Jens Braun
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Publication number: 20110108533Abstract: A method for orientating a focused laser cutting beam eccentrically relative to the nozzle axis of a cutting gas nozzle and a laser processing machine for performing the same, the method including: arranging a redirecting mirror in a beam path of the laser cutting beam upstream of the cutting gas nozzle, the mirror being rotated about a direction which is coaxial with the nozzle axis and/or about a direction which is perpendicular relative to the nozzle axis and which corresponds to the beam incidence direction of the laser beam on the redirecting mirror. The cutting gas nozzle and the redirecting mirror are arranged in a second structural unit of a laser processing head, for rotation about the direction corresponding to the beam incidence direction relative to a first structural unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2010Publication date: May 12, 2011Applicant: TRUMPF WERKZEUGMASCHINEN GMBH + CO. KGInventors: Christian Boettcher, Werner Dilger, Peter Demel, Juergen-Michael Weick
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Publication number: 20110100968Abstract: A laser processing machine head, a laser processing machine head monitoring system, and a method of monitoring an optical element of a laser processing machine feature a light-transmissive optical element and an optical element holder defining a cavity in which the optical element is retained against rotation. A light source mounted to the holder directs a beam of light into the optical element through a peripheral surface of the optical element. A light receiver is responsive to light from the light source reflected through the optical element. Monitoring a signal from the light receiver allows a status of the optical element to be assessed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2011Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicant: TRUMPF WERKZEUGMASCHINEN GMBH + CO. KGInventors: Martin Lambert, Juergen-Michael Weick
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Patent number: 7875830Abstract: A laser processing machine head, a laser processing machine head monitoring system, and a method of monitoring an optical element of a laser processing machine feature a light-transmissive optical element and an optical element holder defining a cavity in which the optical element is retained against rotation. A light source mounted to the holder directs a beam of light into the optical element through a peripheral surface of the optical element. A light receiver is responsive to light from the light source reflected through the optical element. Monitoring a signal from the light receiver allows a status of the optical element to be assessed.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2007Date of Patent: January 25, 2011Assignee: TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KGInventors: Martin Lambert, Juergen-Michael Weick
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Patent number: 7859752Abstract: An optical module adjusts an output of a laser of a laser processing machine. The optical module consists essentially of includes an adaptive spherical mirror configured to receive a laser beam from the laser, and a spherical mirror configured to receive a laser beam reflected from the adaptive mirror. Both the adaptive mirror and the spherical mirror have a phase-shifting coating such that the laser beam reflected from the spherical mirror has a circular polarization.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2007Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KGInventor: Juergen-Michael Weick