Patents by Inventor Rene Braun

Rene 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).

  • Patent number: 11674895
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for monitoring an airspace for an extensive area, with at least two optical sensors with a passive Fourier transform infrared spectrometer, wherein each optical sensor has an adjustable monitoring range and wherein the monitoring ranges of the at least two optical sensors overlap at least in sections, having a server for evaluating the measurement data and for controlling the at least two optical sensors, the server being set up to monitor the optical sensors for automatic scanning of the monitored areas, wherein the server assigns a respective solid angle to the measurement data on the basis of the position data of the optical sensor, evaluates the measurement data of the optical sensors to derive the spectral intensity distribution of the received IR radiation for each solid angle and, by means of correlation of the intensity distribution with known gas spectra, to identify at least one target substance, in the event of an incident, if a first optical sensor identifies a ta
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: GRANDPERSPECTIVE GmbH
    Inventors: René Braun, Peter Maas
  • Publication number: 20220334056
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for monitoring an airspace for an extensive area, with at least two optical sensors with a passive Fourier transform infrared spectrometer, wherein each optical sensor has an adjustable monitoring range and wherein the monitoring ranges of the at least two optical sensors overlap at least in sections, having a server for evaluating the measurement data and for controlling the at least two optical sensors, the server being set up to monitor the optical sensors for automatic scanning of the monitored areas, wherein the server assigns a respective solid angle to the measurement data on the basis of the position data of the optical sensor, evaluates the measurement data of the optical sensors to derive the spectral intensity distribution of the received IR radiation for each solid angle and, by means of correlation of the intensity distribution with known gas spectra, to identify at least one target substance, in the event of an incident, if a first optical sensor identifies a ta
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: René Braun, Peter Maas
  • Patent number: 9453434
    Abstract: A combined-type gas turbine engine system is provided which achieves high efficiency by very effectively using exhaust heat from a gas turbine engine. In a gas turbine engine system including: a compressor for compressing a first working medium; a heater for heating the compressed first working medium by an external heat source; a turbine for outputting power from the first working medium; an intermediate cooler provided at the compressor for cooling the first working medium compressed by a low-pressure compression part of the compressor and supplying the first working medium to a high-pressure compression part of the compressor; and an exhaust heat boiler using as a heating medium an exhaust gas from the turbine, a Rankine cycle engine using the intermediate cooler and the exhaust heat boiler as heat sources and a cooling medium of the intermediate cooler as a second working medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Tanimura, Ryozo Tanaka, Takao Sugimoto, Hiroshi Morishita, Karsten Kusterer, Dieter Bohn, Rene Braun
  • Publication number: 20150075133
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine system is provided which achieves high efficiency while using sunlight as a heat source. In a gas turbine engine system including: a compressor configured to compress a first working medium; a heater configured to heat the compressed first working medium by an external heat source; a turbine configured to output power from the first working medium; and an intermediate cooler provided at the compressor and configured to cool the first working medium compressed by a low-pressure compression part of the compressor and supply the first working medium to a high-pressure compression part of the compressor, an organic Rankine cycle engine using, as a second working medium, an organic substance which is a cooling medium of the intermediate cooler is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Tanimura, Ryozo Tanaka, Takao Sugimoto, Hiroshi Morishita, Karsten Kusterer, Dieter Bohn, Rene Braun
  • Publication number: 20150059341
    Abstract: A combined-type gas turbine engine system is provided which achieves high efficiency by very effectively using exhaust heat from a gas turbine engine. In a gas turbine engine system including: a compressor for compressing a first working medium; a heater for heating the compressed first working medium by an external heat source; a turbine for outputting power from the first working medium; an intermediate cooler provided at the compressor for cooling the first working medium compressed by a low-pressure compression part of the compressor and supplying the first working medium to a high-pressure compression part of the compressor; and an exhaust heat boiler using as a heating medium an exhaust gas from the turbine, a Rankine cycle engine using the intermediate cooler and the exhaust heat boiler as heat sources and a cooling medium of the intermediate cooler as a second working medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Tanimura, Ryozo Tanaka, Takao Sugimoto, Hiroshi Morishita, Karsten Kusterer, Dieter Bohn, Rene Braun