Patents by Inventor Peter Steurer

Peter Steurer 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: 11747513
    Abstract: A sensor apparatus for detecting a target object influenced by a process or formed in the process includes a sensor unit and an evaluation device. The sensor unit detects the target object in a detection zone of the sensor unit and generates a sensor signal that can be influenced by the target object. The evaluation device processes the sensor signal as a first input variable and generates an output signal, which indicates the detection of the target object, in dependence on the sensor signal. The evaluation device further processes a process parameter of the process, which acts on the target object, or a target object parameter, which characterizes the target object and is influenced by the process, as a respective further input variable and to generate the output signal in dependence on the process parameter and/or the target object parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignees: SICK AG, TRUMPF WERKZEUGMASCHINEN SE + CO. KG
    Inventors: Jens Ottnad, Dennis Wolf, Kevin Lutz, Christoph Blömker, Michael Burger, Peter Steurer, Günter Hirt, Stefan Kienzler
  • Publication number: 20220082724
    Abstract: A sensor apparatus for detecting a target object influenced by a process or formed in the process includes a sensor unit and an evaluation device. The sensor unit detects the target object in a detection zone of the sensor unit and generates a sensor signal that can be influenced by the target object. The evaluation device processes the sensor signal as a first input variable and generates an output signal, which indicates the detection of the target object, in dependence on the sensor signal. The evaluation device further processes a process parameter of the process, which acts on the target object, or a target object parameter, which characterizes the target object and is influenced by the process, as a respective further input variable and to generate the output signal in dependence on the process parameter and/or the target object parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Jens OTTNAD, Dennis WOLF, Kevin LUTZ, Christoph BLÖMKER, Michael BURGER, Peter STEURER, Günter HIRT, Stefan KIENZLER
  • Patent number: 9120909
    Abstract: Process for producing a polymer-graphite nanocomposite, which comprises the steps a) oxidation of graphite to graphite oxide, b) conversion of the graphite oxide into an aqueous dispersion, c) mixing of the aqueous dispersion comprising graphite oxide or, if appropriate, reduced graphite oxide which is obtained from b) with an aqueous polymer dispersion comprising at least one polymer and d) separating off the polymer-graphite mixture from the aqueous phase, wherein the graphite oxide which has been oxidized in step a) is reduced to graphite between step b) and c) or between step c) and d).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Styrolution Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Helmut Görtz, Rolf Minkwitz, Rolf Mülhaupt, Rainer Wissert, Peter Steurer
  • Publication number: 20120187348
    Abstract: Process for producing a polymer-graphite nanocomposite, which comprises the steps a) oxidation of graphite to graphite oxide, b) conversion of the graphite oxide into an aqueous dispersion, c) mixing of the aqueous dispersion comprising graphite oxide or, if appropriate, reduced graphite oxide which is obtained from b) with an aqueous polymer dispersion comprising at least one polymer and d) separating off the polymer-graphite mixture from the aqueous phase, wherein the graphite oxide which has been oxidized in step a) is reduced to graphite between step b) and c) or between step c) and d).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Hans-Helmut Görtz, Rolf Minkwitz, Rolf Mülhaupt, Rainer Wissert, Peter Steurer