Patents by Inventor Norbert Geerken

Norbert Geerken 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: 10323986
    Abstract: A method for determining the temperature of a strand comprises disposing the strand along a background radiator of known temperature. Receiving the strand using a spatially resolving thermal imaging sensor in front of the background radiator while the strand is being disposed along its longitudinal axis. Forming an integral across a measuring value area, the integral configured to detect a complete strand portion located in front of the background radiator of the thermal imaging sensor. deducing the temperature of the strand by comparing the formed integral with a reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Sikora AG
    Inventors: Norbert Geerken, Hilmar Bolte, Harald Sikora
  • Publication number: 20180052054
    Abstract: A method for determining the temperature of a strand comprises disposing the strand along a background radiator of known temperature. Receiving the strand using a spatially resolving thermal imaging sensor in front of the background radiator while the strand is being disposed along its longitudinal axis. Forming an integral across a measuring value area, the integral configured to detect a complete strand portion located in front of the background radiator of the thermal imaging sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: Sikora AG
    Inventors: Norbert Geerken, Hilmar Bolte, Harald Sikora
  • Patent number: 6072856
    Abstract: The invention relates to a power supply unit which includes an inverter having output connections whereto the primary winding of a transformer is connected via a series capacitor. The rectified secondary voltage of this transformer is applied to a use which requires a high short-time power in a first mode of operation and a lower continuous power in a second mode of operation. The maximum permissible continuous power can be increased by means of an auxiliary inductance Lh which is active in the second mode of operation but inactive in the first mode of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: U.S. Phillips Corporation
    Inventors: Heinz Van Der Broeck, Wolfgang Rexhausen, Bernhard Wagner, Norbert Geerkens