Patents by Inventor Peter Winkelmann

Peter Winkelmann 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: 20240267117
    Abstract: Systems and methods of the present disclosure may use a satellite operations center (SOC) to access an activity queue of satellite activity tasks in an activity buffer, each satellite activity task being associated with at least one satellite in a fleet. The SOC may determine mission critical variables associated with each satellite activity task based on space environment context data, satellite telemetry data, the position of each satellite, and the trajectory of each satellite. The SOC may determine, for each satellite activity task, using at least one statistical model, a prioritization tier based on the mission critical variables of each satellite activity task, and determine a satellite activity order defining an order of the satellite activity tasks based on the prioritization tier of each satellite activity task. The SOC may modify the activity buffer to order the satellite activity tasks in the activity queue according to the satellite activity order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: John T. GUINEY, Christopher WINKELMANN, Peter PAPADOPOULOS, Kent MITTERER, Hank TSEU
  • Publication number: 20240253827
    Abstract: Systems and methods of the present disclosure may use a satellite operations center (SOC) to receive satellite commanding workflows associated with satellites in a fleet of satellites, where each satellite commanding workflow includes tasks configured to trigger at least one fleet operations ground segment element to generate at least one satellite command to cause at least one change in at least one of the satellite payload or the satellite bus. The SOC may determine contact windows associated with the satellites. The SOC may determine a command order of the satellite commanding workflows based on the contact windows and append each satellite commanding workflow to a satellite command queue according to the command order. The SOC may automatically instruct, upon each contact window commencing, satellite communication infrastructure to transmit the satellite command(s) of each successive satellite commanding workflow in the satellite command queue according to the command order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: John GUINEY, Chris WINKELMANN, Peter PAPADOPOULOS, Kent MITTERER, Hank TSEU
  • Patent number: 7799250
    Abstract: Ceramic friction linings comprising a material consisting essentially of metal oxides which are present in the form of a sintered ceramic or in the form of ceramic particles bound by carbon and/or carbides, processes for producing them and their use in combination with ceramic friction bodies, in particular for high-performance brakes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Ronald Huener, Moritz Bauer, Peter Winkelmann
  • Patent number: 7261846
    Abstract: A ceramic brake lining which is reinforced with carbon fibers and has a matrix which consists essentially of silicon carbide together with silicon and/or carbon, wherein the reinforcing fibers used are long fibers having a mean length of at least 10 mm which are aligned in the plane parallel to the friction surface, a process for its production and its use in combination with brake discs made of C/SiC or CFC or as lining in friction clutches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Moritz Bauer, Ronald Huener, Peter Winkelmann
  • Patent number: 7191885
    Abstract: In a friction pairing for clutch systems of two materials and processes for producing the pairing, one of the materials is a fiber-reinforced ceramic or metallic material A reinforced by carbon or ceramic fibers or whiskers. Material B acting against the material A in the friction pairing is selected from the group consisting of ceramic materials B11 and metallic materials B12, sintered metals B2, sintered oxidic ceramics B3, sintered nitridic ceramics B4, sintered carbidic ceramics B5 and organic sintered materials B6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: SGL Carbon AG
    Inventors: Andreas Kienzle, Mario Krupka, Gustavo Cabello, Peter Winkelmann, Joachim Müller
  • Publication number: 20060186565
    Abstract: Ceramic friction linings comprising a material consisting essentially of metal oxides which are present in the form of a sintered ceramic or in the form of ceramic particles bound by carbon and/or carbides, processes for producing them and their use in combination with ceramic friction bodies, in particular for high-performance brakes
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventors: Ronald Huener, Moritz Bauer, Peter Winkelmann
  • Patent number: 7037602
    Abstract: Multilayer composite for combustion chambers or nozzles of missiles, comprising an interior layer in contact with the combustion gases and an outer layer, wherein the interior layer is a fiber-reinforced ceramic whose matrix comprises phases of carbon and/or phases of silicon carbide and the outer layer is a polymer reinforced with carbon fibers, process for producing the same and combustion chambers and nozzles for missiles made of this composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: SGL Carbon AG
    Inventors: Bodo Benitsch, Udo Gruber, Sven Schweizer, Peter Winkelmann
  • Publication number: 20060070831
    Abstract: A carbon-ceramic brake disc which can be secured directly to the wheel axle without a metal hub plate, the brake disc being made from ceramic reinforced with carbon fibres and having the shape of a hub plate in the vicinity of the axis of rotation and the shape of an annular disc in the vicinity of the outer periphery
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Applicant: SGL CARBON AG
    Inventors: Harald Reulein, Peter Winkelmann, Florian Zapf
  • Publication number: 20060062984
    Abstract: Multilayer composite for combustion chambers or nozzles of missiles, comprising an interior layer in contact with the combustion gases and an outer layer, wherein the interior layer is a fiber-reinforced ceramic whose matrix comprises phases of carbon and/or phases of silicon carbide and the outer layer is a polymer reinforced with carbon fibers, process for producing the same and combustion chambers and nozzles for missiles made of this composite
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Inventors: Bodo Benitsch, Udo Gruber, Sven Schweizer, Peter Winkelmann
  • Patent number: 6936341
    Abstract: Process for a fiber-reinforced ceramic material whose reinforcing fibers are present in the form of at least one of woven fabrics, short fibers and long fibers, wherein the mass ratio of the fibers in the form of woven fabrics, short fibers and long fibers is 0-35:25-80:0-45 and at least a part of the reinforcing fibers has at least one protective layer of carbon produced by pyrolysis of resins or pitches, boron compounds or phosphorus compounds or combinations thereof which have been deposited thereon, a process for producing it and its use as material for brake linings
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: SGL Carbon AG
    Inventors: Ronald Hüner, Moritz Bauer, Peter Winkelmann
  • Publication number: 20050051393
    Abstract: Internally ventilated brake disk in the form of a circular ring disk with cooling channels in the interior of the disk which extend, respectively, from the inner circumference to the outer circumference of the circular ring disk, wherein the channel cross section and the channel course within the brake disk as well as the branching of the channels is designed such that the cooling effect by means of air flow is as efficient as possible
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2004
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Applicant: SGL Carbon AG
    Inventors: Peter Winkelmann, Florian Zapf
  • Publication number: 20050040004
    Abstract: Friction pairing for clutch systems of two materials in which one of the materials is a fiber-reinforced ceramic or metallic material A which comprises reinforcing fibers comprising carbon or ceramic fibers or whiskers, and the material B acting against the material A in the friction pairing is selected from the group consisting of ceramic materials B11 and metallic materials B12, sintered metals B2, sintered oxidic ceramics B3, sintered nitridic ceramics B4, sintered carbidic ceramics B5 and organic sintered materials B6, processes for producing it and its use in clutch systems
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2004
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Applicant: SGL Carbon AG
    Inventors: Andreas Kienzle, Mario Krupka, Gustavo Cabello, Peter Winkelmann, Joachim Muller
  • Patent number: 6824862
    Abstract: Fiber-reinforced ceramic composites contain bundles, tows or hanks of long fibers, wherein the long fiber bundles, tows or hanks are completely surrounded by a short fiber-reinforced matrix, with the long and short fibers having, independently of one another, a mean diameter of from 4 to 12 &mgr;m and the long fibers having a mean length of at least 50 mm and the short fibers having a mean length of not more than 40 mm, a process for producing them and their use for producing clutch disks or brake disks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: SGL Carbon AG
    Inventors: Moritz Bauer, Georg Burkhart, Martin Christ, Ronald Huener, Andreas Kienzle, Peter Winkelmann, Rainer Zimmermann-Chopin
  • Publication number: 20040204533
    Abstract: Process for a fiber-reinforced ceramic material whose reinforcing fibers are present in the form of at least one of woven fabrics, short fibers and long fibers, wherein the mass ratio of the fibers in the form of woven fabrics, short fibers and long fibers is 0-35:25-80:0-45 and at least a part of the reinforcing fibers has at least one protective layer of carbon produced by pyrolysis of resins or pitches, boron compounds or phosphorus compounds or combinations thereof which have been deposited thereon, a process for producing it and its use as material for brake linings
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2004
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventors: Ronald Huner, Moritz Bauer, Peter Winkelmann
  • Publication number: 20040127600
    Abstract: A ceramic brake lining which is reinforced with carbon fibers and has a matrix which consists essentially of silicon carbide together with silicon and/or carbon, wherein the reinforcing fibers used are long fibers having a mean length of at least 10 mm which are aligned in the plane parallel to the friction surface, a process for its production and its use in combination with brake discs made of C/SiC or CFC or as lining in friction clutches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventors: Moritz Bauer, Ronald Huener, Peter Winkelmann
  • Publication number: 20030167969
    Abstract: Ceramic friction linings comprising a material consisting essentially of metal oxides which are present in the form of a sintered ceramic or in the form of ceramic particles bound by carbon and/or carbides, processes for producing them and their use in combination with ceramic friction bodies, in particular for high-performance brakes
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2003
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Inventors: Ronald Huener, Moritz Bauer, Peter Winkelmann
  • Publication number: 20030134098
    Abstract: Fiber-reinforced ceramic composites comprising bundles, tows or hanks of long fibers, wherein the long fiber bundles, tows or hanks are completely surrounded by a short fiber-reinforced matrix, with the long and short fibers having, independently of one another, a mean diameter of from 4 to 12 &mgr;m and the long fibers having a mean length of at least 50 mm and the short fibers having a mean length of not more than 40 mm, a process for producing them and their use for producing clutch disks or brake disks
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Inventors: Moritz Bauer, Georg Burkhart, Martin Christ, Ronald Huener, Andreas Kienzle, Peter Winkelmann, Rainer Zimmermann-Chopin
  • Patent number: 6151887
    Abstract: In order to provide a combustion chamber, in particular for a rocket engine, comprising a combustion area, an inner shell surrounding the combustion area, an outer shell surrounding the inner shell and coolant passages formed between the inner shell and the outer shell, the casing of which has an improved thermal stability and an increased mechanical bearing strength, it is suggested in accordance with the invention that the outer shell be formed from a fibrous ceramic material and the inner shell be formed from a fibrous ceramic material or from graphite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.
    Inventors: Oskar Haidn, Hermann Hald, Michael Lezuo, Peter Winkelmann
  • Patent number: 6045291
    Abstract: A method for transmitting forces between two joined parts. A connection element is introduced into two corresponding openings in the two joined parts. A first undercut on a connection head of the connection element extends obliquely to the direction of force. The first undercut is applied to a first contact surface, which is operatively connected to the first joined part. A connection shank, starting from a connection head with an enlarged portion having a second undercut facing the first undercut, is introduced into the opening in the second joined part. The connection shank, with a longitudinal slot starting from the end surface at the shank end of the connection element, running in the direction of force and extending to the height of the enlarged portion, is compressed in the region of the enlarged portion. After the introduction, a spreading element is introduced into a receiving portion of the connection element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.
    Inventors: Felix Ruehle, Hendrik Weihs, Herrmann Hald, Peter Winkelmann, Detlef Haensel