Patents by Inventor Ralf Mollendorf

Ralf Mollendorf 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: 9835244
    Abstract: A planetary gear train for a wind power plant includes a planetary stage rotating in a gear train housing, a spur gear stage downstream of the planetary stage, a sun wheel shaft which is non-rotatably connected to a sun wheel of the planetary gear stage, and a hollow shaft which is coaxially surrounded by a spur gear of the spur gear stage and is non-rotatably connected to the spur gear. The sun wheel shaft and the hollow shaft are non-rotatably connected to each other by a toothed coupling, with an outer toothing of the sun wheel shaft meshing with an inner toothing of the hollow shaft. The planetary gear train includes oil-guide ducts which produce a connection between an oil inlet connected to the gear train housing, on the one hand, and the toothed coupling and the axial contact surface, on the other hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Deitmers, Ralf Möllendorf
  • Publication number: 20160223073
    Abstract: A planetary gear train for a wind power plant includes a planetary stage rotating in a gear train housing, a spur gear stage downstream of the planetary stage, a sun wheel shaft which is non-rotatably connected to a sun wheel of the planetary gear stage, and a hollow shaft which is coaxially surrounded by a spur gear of the spur gear stage and is non-rotatably connected to the spur gear. The sun wheel shaft and the hollow shaft are non-rotatably connected to each other by a toothed coupling, with an outer toothing of the sun wheel shaft meshing with an inner toothing of the hollow shaft. The planetary gear train includes oil-guide ducts which produce a connection between an oil inlet connected to the gear train housing, on the one hand, and the toothed coupling and the axial contact surface, on the other hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: MICHAEL DEITMERS, RALF MÖLLENDORF
  • Patent number: 4188640
    Abstract: In tomosynthesis, as is known, a series of individual images taken in different orientations, are superimposed. By shifting the individual images relative to each other the position of the layer which is sharply reproduced can be changed. However, there may still be unsharpness in said layer, in the case of image distortion during recording of the individual images, for example owing to the curvature of the input screen. This image distortion can hardly be compensated for, because it greatly depends on the projection angle. The invention provides a simple method of compensating for such image distortion. The image intensifier is then arranged and steered so that its optical axis is always parallel to the central ray. The distortion caused by the image intensifier curvature is then independent of the projection angle and can be eliminated in a comparatively simple manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1980
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Jurgen Dittrich, Jurgen Heinzerling, Dietrich E. Meijer, Ralf Mollendorf, Friedrich Wolf
  • Patent number: 4061920
    Abstract: The invention relates to an X-ray installation which comprises a television display device and an automatic exposure device and in which dominant selection is no longer required. The television image produced during fluoroscopy is sub-divided into a large number of sub-fields, a storage position being assigned to each sub-field. In each storage position the part of the video signal is stored which corresponds to the assigned sub-field. The sub-fields are then determined which contain the regions of the maximum and the minimum brightness. An effective, organ-programmed intermediate value is derived therefrom. Moreover, the mean value of the video signal is obtained in the part of the television image assigned to the sole central measuring field of the automatic exposure device. The mean value is compared with the intermediate value, and the switch-off dose or switch-off voltage is corrected in dependence of the difference thus found.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1977
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Ralf Mollendorf, Peter Lux