Patents by Inventor Paul Braun

Paul Braun 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: 20150001372
    Abstract: A mold for forming a porous article can include a first material having a first thermal conductivity and a second material having a second thermal conductivity different from the first thermal conductivity. The first material may be at least partially embedded within the second material and configured to create regions of different thermal conductivity in the body, such as configured to create distinct nucleation regions within a material formed within the mold. A method for forming a porous article can include providing a slurry within a mold and freeze-casting the slurry to form a ceramic article having a burst-like distribution of porosity. A porous article according to embodiments herein can include a burst-like distribution of porosity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Satyalakshmi K. Ramesh, Chuanping Li, Paul Braun, Michael J. Ferrecchia
  • Publication number: 20150001753
    Abstract: A mold for forming a ceramic article can include a first material having a first thermal conductivity and a second material having a second thermal conductivity different from the first thermal conductivity. The first material may be at least partially embedded within the second material and configured to create regions of different thermal conductivity in the body, such as configured to create distinct nucleation regions within a material formed within the mold. A method for forming a ceramic article can include providing a slurry within a mold and freeze-casting the slurry to form a ceramic article having a burst-like distribution of porosity. A ceramic article according to embodiments herein can include a burst-like distribution of porosity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Satyalakshmi K. Ramesh, Chuanping Li, Paul Braun, Michael J. Ferrecchia
  • Publication number: 20140325917
    Abstract: A method of forming a mixture including a ceramic material into a sheet, sectioning at least a portion of the sheet using a mechanical object and forming at least one shaped abrasive particle from the sheet, such that the at least one shaped abrasive particle can have a two-dimensional shape as viewed in a plane defined by a length and a width of the shaped abrasive particle selected from the group consisting of polygons, ellipsoids, numerals, Greek alphabet characters, Latin alphabet characters, Russian alphabet characters, complex shapes having a combination of polygonal shapes, and a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Paul Braun, Doruk O. Yener, Jennifer H. Czerepinski, Ralph Bauer, Krishnamoorthy Subramanian, Robin M. Bright, Anuj Seth, Gregory G. Lafond
  • Publication number: 20140250797
    Abstract: A method of forming a shaped abrasive particle includes forming a first mixture and a second mixture in a single forming process into an integral precursor shaped abrasive particle, wherein the first mixture has a different composition than a composition of the second mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Doruk O. Yener, Paul Braun
  • Patent number: 8764863
    Abstract: A method of forming a shaped abrasive particle includes forming a first mixture and a second mixture in a single forming process into an integral precursor shaped abrasive particle, wherein the first mixture has a different composition than a composition of the second mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Doruk O. Yener, Paul Braun
  • Publication number: 20140175976
    Abstract: A high-pressure discharge lamp may include a discharge vessel, which encloses a discharge volume, wherein a filler is housed in the discharge volume, wherein the discharge vessel is equipped with an end which is tubular and in which a two-part feedthrough is sealed by means of glass solder, wherein an electrode is attached to the feedthrough, which protrudes into the discharge volume, wherein the feedthrough is composed of a front part and a rear part, wherein the rear part is manufactured from niobium material and the front part is manufactured from iridium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: OSRAM GMBH
    Inventors: Paul Braun, Klaus Stockwald
  • Publication number: 20140110360
    Abstract: A device for thermally treating products in containers, including supply and discharge conveyors for containers; with at least one irrigation or spraying zone for irrigating or spraying the containers with a process liquid, for example water; and a circulation circuit for at least partially reusing said process liquid, the circulation circuit including at least one pump; with at least one separation unit with several essentially parallel lamellae for cleaning the process liquid from particles, for example broken glass and/or sand, and the pump pumps the process liquid along the lamella.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Paul Braun, Jan Karsten Munzer
  • Publication number: 20140106126
    Abstract: An abrasive article comprising a first group including a plurality of shaped abrasive particles overlying a backing, wherein the plurality of shaped abrasive particles of the first group define a first non-shadowing distribution relative to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Inventors: Anthony C. Gaeta, Anuj Seth, Christopher Arcona, Doruk O. Yener, Jennifer H. Czerepinski, Sujatha Iyengar, Frank J. Csillag, William C. Rice, Satyalakshmi Kayyar-Mahabala, Gregory Lafond, Sidath S. Wijesooriya, Adam D. Lior, Alan J. Brandes, Anil Parmar, Paul Braun, Darrel K. Everts
  • Publication number: 20130180180
    Abstract: A method of forming a shaped abrasive particle includes forming a first mixture and a second mixture in a single forming process into an integral precursor shaped abrasive particle, wherein the first mixture has a different composition than a composition of the second mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Inventors: Doruk O. Yener, Paul Braun
  • Patent number: 8004194
    Abstract: The lamp uses a sealing system with a ceramic supporting element (17) having a short length LA together with a W—Nb leadthrough part (18, 19, 20) and a specially adapted glass solder (21), which is based on an Al2O3 rare earth oxide system. In this case, the W part is accommodated in the supporting part over a length LW of 1 mm, and the aspect ratio LW/DUW, formed from the length LW and the diameter DUW of the W part, is at least 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: OSRAM Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
    Inventors: Paul Braun, Roland Hüttinger, Klaus Stockwald
  • Publication number: 20100213860
    Abstract: A high-pressure discharge lamp may include an elongated ceramic discharge vessel, wherein an electrode projects into the discharge vessel in each end area, wherein the electrode is attached to a bushing arranged in a capillary tube, wherein the internal diameter is reduced to at most 85% of the internal diameter of the elongated ceramic discharge vessel in the end area, such that an end surface remains at the end of the vessel, which has an internal diameter of at least 15% of the internal diameter, wherein a gap of most 20 ?m remains between the bushing and the inner wall of the capillary, wherein the ratio between the areas which are formed by the internal diameter of the capillary and the diameter of the end surface is in the range from 0.06 to 0.12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2008
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: OSRAM GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRAENKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Paul Braun, Jens Clark, Roland Huettinger, Patrick Mueller, Klaus Stockwald
  • Publication number: 20100201243
    Abstract: A high-pressure discharge lamp is provided. The high-pressure discharge lamp may include a ceramic discharge vessel, electrodes respectively being guided out of the discharge vessel by means of a leadthrough system via capillaries, wherein at least one leadthrough system is at least of tripartite form, including a first leadthrough part that is at the front with reference to the discharge, is corrosion resistant and is held entirely in the capillary, and a second, middle leadthrough part that is not corrosion resistant and is likewise held entirely in the capillary, there being adjacent thereto a third, rear, corrosion resistant leadthrough part, a soldering glass covering a segment of the first leadthrough part up to a segment of the third leadthrough part such that the soldering glass entirely covers the second, middle leadthrough part, the middle leadthrough part being sunk in the capillary to a depth of at least 0.1 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: OSRAM GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRAENKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventor: Paul Braun
  • Publication number: 20100187994
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high-pressure discharge lamp, having a ceramic discharge vessel comprising a capillary (5) on the end. An electrode system is incorporated into the capillary, said electrode system having a three-part bushing (6). The bushing comprises a first, front-end part (15) in the shape of a pin, a center part comprising a core pin (16) and a Mo-winding (17), and an outer part that is a niobium pin (18). Each of the three parts has a different gap width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: OSRAM GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRAENKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Paul Braun, Roland Huettinger, Klaus Stockwald, Stefan Juengst
  • Publication number: 20100148674
    Abstract: An arrangement for setting at least one RGB luminous module is provided. The arrangement may include at least one RGB sensor configured to detect a color signal; and a processor configured to set the at least one RGB luminous module depending on the color signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: OSRAM GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRAENKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Paul Braun, Harald Dellian, Peter Hummel
  • Publication number: 20090153052
    Abstract: The lamp uses a sealing system with a ceramic supporting element (17) having a short length LA together with a W-Nb leadthrough part (18, 19, 20) and a specially adapted glass solder (21), which is based on an Al2O3 rare earth oxide system. In this case, the W part is accommodated in the supporting part over a length LW of 1 mm, and the aspect ratio LW/DUW, formed from the length LW and the diameter DUW of the W part, is at least 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: OSRAM Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Paul Braun, Roland Huttinger, Klaus Stockwald
  • Publication number: 20070166542
    Abstract: A self-healing coating includes a polymer matrix, a polymerizer, and a set of capsules containing a corresponding activator for the polymerizer. The polymerizer may be present in another set of capsules, or the polymerizer may be phase separated from the polymer matrix. The coating may be prepared by depositing a coating composition on a substrate and solidifying the coating composition, where the coating composition includes the polymerizer, the activator capsules and a matrix precursor. A combination of polymerizer capsules and activator capsules may be part of a kit, which may be used to provide self-healing properties to a coating. The polymerizer and the activator may be wet-curable, and coatings containing the polymerizer and activator may be able to self-heal when in contact with water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2007
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Inventors: Paul Braun, Soo Cho, Scott White
  • Publication number: 20060252852
    Abstract: A composite material includes a polymer matrix, a polymerizer, and a plurality of capsules containing a corresponding activator for the polymerizer. The composite material can also include an adhesion promoter, and the polymerizer can be phase separated from the polymer matrix. The composite material can be made by dispersing the polymerizer and capsules into the polymer matrix. These composite materials can exhibit improved environmental stability, and can be used with a wider variety of activators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2005
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventors: Paul Braun, Soo Cho, Scott White, Nancy Sottos, H. Andersson
  • Publication number: 20040255895
    Abstract: A four-stroke internal combustion engine is provided that is capable of use in many power tools, including those power tools subjected to tippable applications. There is provided within an engine housing, an oil reservoir and a valve chamber which independently communicate with a crank chamber. A system of strategically placed dividers and passageways within the engine housing appropriately directs lubricant within the engine housing so that the internal cavity of the engine is lubricated during use in any operational attitude, and so that the lubricant flows to and is held in the proper chambers during storage. There is also provided a breather arrangement for an internal combustion engine which includes a camshaft having a hollow passageway in communication with a crank chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Nicholas Robert Hirsch, Mark Donald Schaefer, Michael Paul Braun, Peter Hotz, Darrell Albert Wiatrowski, Ronald Lee Bartelt, Brian Hubbard
  • Patent number: 6810849
    Abstract: A four-stroke internal combustion engine is provided that is capable of use in many power tools, including those power tools subjected to tippable applications. There is provided within an engine housing an oil reservoir and a valve chamber which independently communicate with a crank chamber. A strategically placed divider and passageway, located within the engine housing, appropriately direct lubricant within the engine housing so that the internal cavity of the engine is lubricated during use in various operating attitudes, and so that the fluid flows to and is held in the proper chambers of the engine housing during storage. There is also provided a breather arrangement for an internal combustion engine which includes a cam shaft having a hollow passageway in communication with the crank chamber and the air intake system of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Briggs & Stratton Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas Robert Hirsch, Mark Donald Schaefer, Michael Paul Braun, Peter Hotz, Darrell Albert Wiatrowski, Ronald Lee Bartelt, Brian Hubbard
  • Patent number: 6564153
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for predicting the presence of an abnormal level of one or more proteins in the clotting cascade from at least one time-dependent measurement profile. At least one time-dependent measurement on an unknown sample is performed and a respective property of said sample is measured over time so as to derive a time-dependent measurement profile. A set of a plurality of predictor variables are defined which sufficiently define the data of the time-dependent measurement profile. A model is then derived that represents the relationship between the abnormality and the set of predictor variables. Subsequently, the model is utilized to predict which protein or proteins in the clotting cascade are at an abnormal level, with the prediction being a more informative prediction than clot time alone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: bioMerieux
    Inventors: Paul Braun, Thomas B. Givens, Timothy J. Fischer