Patents by Inventor Richard Zimmermann

Richard Zimmermann 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: 11975471
    Abstract: A device for guiding a film tube emerging from a film blowing head and drawn off in a production direction, including a frame (48) through which the film tube (16) can be passed in the production direction (P), and a plurality of adjusting units (59, 60) distributed over the circumference for adjusting film guide elements (47) transversely to the production direction (P), the adjusting units (59, 60) each having: a pivot arm (50), pivotally attached to the frame (48), a carrier (51) for at least one of the film guide elements (47), the carrier (51) being pivotally connected to the pivot arm (50), and a coupling rod (52) pivotably connected to the carrier (51). At least one first adjusting unit (59) has an actuating mechanism (53, 54) through which the coupling rod (52) the adjusting unit (59) is connected in an articulating manner to the frame (48).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Kdesign GmbH
    Inventor: Richard Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20240125816
    Abstract: A probe head with a cylindrical portion and an oblique truncated portion angled downward toward a high-powered electronic device under testing. The probe head has a proximal end comprising an oblique truncated cone portion angled relative to the longitudinal axis at an input angle and has an analog signal input. The probe head has a digital signal output provided on the distal end of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Michael J Mende, Mark Heimann, Richard Booman, Philipp Palffy-Daun-Seiler, Michael Engels, Nadja Laeaeperi, Benno Jacobs, Michael D Stevens, Nicolas Frabasile, Peter Hildenhagen, Kai Klein, Jurij Weber, Iris Zimmermann, Juergen Trueller, Thomas Podrebersek, Michael Eube, Frank Pannes, Matthew M Mende
  • Patent number: 11898237
    Abstract: A method and device for coating a component wherein the cooling fluid ducts contained in the component have to be reopened following the coating step. The component has a first region and a second region, where the first region includes at least one cooling fluid opening having an adjoining cooling fluid channel and where the first region is to be coated with a coating material which is not to be applied in the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Beck, Jens Dietrich, Oliver Katzurke, Sven Kreuziger, Marcel Krügerke, Andrea Massa, Richard Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20230001515
    Abstract: A method for producing a plurality of holes in a curved surface, wherein the individual holes are removed layer by layer, the first layers to be removed of the holes being arranged at different distances in a Z-direction of the laser, the holes each being processed in a specific focal position, wherein only the holes detected from the same focal position are processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Beck, Oliver Katzurke, Marcel Vollgold, Richard Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 11529704
    Abstract: A method for coating a part having a surface that has cooling fluid openings that adjoin cooling fluid ducts inside the part. A device analyzes the surface of a part having a surface that has cooling fluid openings which adjoin cooling fluid ducts inside the part, the device being usable in the aforementioned method. The disclosed device and/or the disclosed method is used during the manufacturing and/or overhauling of parts of a turbomachine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Beck, Jens Dietrich, Oliver Katzurke, Marcel Krügerke, Andrea Massa, Richard Zimmermann, Sven Kreuziger
  • Publication number: 20220297368
    Abstract: A device for guiding a film tube emerging from a film blowing head and drawn off in a production direction, including a frame (48) through which the film tube (16) can be passed in the production direction (P), and a plurality of adjusting units (59, 60) distributed over the circumference for adjusting film guide elements (47) transversely to the production direction (P), the adjusting units (59, 60) each having: a pivot arm (50), pivotally attached to the frame (48), a carrier (51) for at least one of the film guide elements (47), the carrier (51) being pivotally connected to the pivot arm (50), and a coupling rod (52) pivotably connected to the carrier (51). At least one first adjusting unit (59) has an actuating mechanism (53, 54) through which the coupling rod (52) the adjusting unit (59) is connected in an articulating manner to the frame (48).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Kdesign GmbH
    Inventor: Richard ZIMMERMANN
  • Patent number: 11292177
    Abstract: A cooling device for external cooling of a film tube subjected to internal pressure in the production of blown films of thermoplastic material includes a cooling gas ring with a ring housing and a ring nozzle arranged concentrically to a central axis and being open towards the film tube. At least one inner ring channel extending in the circumferential direction about the central axis and being open radially inwards towards the ring nozzle is included. At least one feed channel for supplying cooling gas is attached to the ring housing and connected to the ring channel. The cooling device also includes at least one flow guiding device arranged in the at least one feed channel. When a cooling gas flows through the flow guiding device, at least a partial flow of the cooling gas is set in rotation about a flow axis prior to flowing into the ring channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Kdesign GmbH
    Inventors: Richard Zimmermann, Gerd Fahling
  • Publication number: 20210207484
    Abstract: A method for coating a part having a surface that has cooling fluid openings that adjoin cooling fluid ducts inside the part. A device analyzes the surface of a part having a surface that has cooling fluid openings which adjoin cooling fluid ducts inside the part, the device being usable in the aforementioned method. The disclosed device and/or the disclosed method is used during the manufacturing and/or overhauling of parts of a turbomachine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Beck, Jens Dietrich, Oliver Katzurke, Marcel Krügerke, Andrea Massa, Richard Zimmermann, Sven Kreuziger
  • Publication number: 20210130946
    Abstract: A method and device for coating a component wherein the cooling fluid ducts contained in the component have to be reopened following the coating step. The component has a first region and a second region, where the first region includes at least one cooling fluid opening having an adjoining cooling fluid channel and where the first region is to be coated with a coating material which is not to be applied in the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Beck, Jens Dietrich, Oliver Katzurke, Sven Kreuziger, Marcel Krügerke, Andrea Massa, Richard Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20190358884
    Abstract: A cooling device for the external cooling of a film tube subjected to internal pressure in the production of blown films of thermoplastic material includes a cooling gas ring with a ring housing and a ring nozzle arranged concentrically to a central axis and being open towards the film tube. At least one inner ring channel extending in the circumferential direction about the central axis and being open radially inwards towards the ring nozzle is included and at least one feed channel for supplying cooling gas is attached to the ring housing. The at least one feed channel is connected to the ring channel. The cooling device also includes at least one flow guiding device which is arranged in the at least one feed channel and is configured such that when a cooling gas flows through the flow guiding device at least a partial flow of the cooling gas is set in rotation about a flow axis prior to flowing into the ring channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: Kdesign GmbH
    Inventors: Richard ZIMMERMANN, Gerd FAHLING
  • Patent number: 9457526
    Abstract: A calibration device for calibrating an extruded film tube, above the frost line, forms an annular gap between the calibration device and the film tube. The calibration device includes a plurality of calibration segments and at least one blowing nozzle. The plurality of calibration segments are distributed around a longitudinal axis and form a central feed through opening for feeding through the film tube along the longitudinal axis. The calibration segments are adjustable for adjusting the diameter of the feed through opening. The at least one blowing nozzle for each calibration segment, feeds a calibration gas to the feed through opening. The at least one blowing nozzle is formed such, that the calibration gas is guided to the annular gap substantially parallel to a surface of the film tube and that the calibration gas flows through the annular gap in a single flow direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Kdesign GmbH
    Inventors: Richard Zimmermann, Gerd Fahling
  • Publication number: 20160067261
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel combinations of active ingredients for use in the prevention and/or treatment of tumors. The tumors treated by the composition according to the invention overexpress SEC62 gene and overproduce Sec62 protein. The combination of active ingredients comprises at least a SERCA inhibitor and at least a Calmodulin antagonist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Richard Zimmermann, Markus Greiner, Johannes Linxweiler, Maximilian Linxweiler
  • Patent number: 8956136
    Abstract: A method of cooling blown film consisting of thermoplastic plastics during the production of blown film by means of a blown film extruder with a film blowing head which comprises an annular nozzle from which the blown film emerges and is guided away in an extraction direction, wherein at least two cooling gas flows are made to approach the blown film from the outside in at least two blowing-out planes located at a distance from the annular nozzle, wherein at least one cooling gas flow KG is blown out in the direction opposed to the extraction direction of the blown film and wherein at least one cooling gas flow KA is blown out in the extraction direction of the blown film, and wherein, at least one of the cooling gas flows KG, KA can be controlled around their circumference in sectors, at least in respect of its volume flow or temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Kdesign GmbH
    Inventor: Richard Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20140335213
    Abstract: A calibration device for calibrating an extruded film tube, above the frost line, forms an annular gap between the calibration device and the film tube. The calibration device includes a plurality of calibration segments and at least one blowing nozzle. The plurality of calibration segments are distributed around a longitudinal axis and form a central feed through opening for feeding through the film tube along the longitudinal axis. The calibration segments are adjustable for adjusting the diameter of the feed through opening. The at least one blowing nozzle for each calibration segment, feeds a calibration gas to the feed through opening. The at least one blowing nozzle is formed such, that the calibration gas is guided to the annular gap substantially parallel to a surface of the film tube and that the calibration gas flows through the annular gap in a single flow direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: KDESIGN GMBH
    Inventors: Richard Zimmermann, Gerd Fahling
  • Publication number: 20130087462
    Abstract: The invention relates to a spacer textile (1) including a top textile (2), a bottom textile (3) and a spacer layer (5), wherein the top textile (2) and the bottom textile (3) are connected together by the spacer layer (5). The top textile (2), the bottom textile (3) and the spacer layer (5) are monofilament fibers from inert fluorocarbons. The invention relates additionally to the use of the spacer textile (1) according to the invention as at least in part sheathing of an electrode (13, 14) in an electroplating bath (11), as a lining of operating, bearing and/or transport surfaces (31), or as filter or support material in chemically aggressive media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Inventors: Hendrik Rabe, Richard Zimmermann, Martin Olesch, Joerg Zschetzsche, Katerina Machova
  • Patent number: 7855778
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention comprise an apparatus for use with a laser range finder configured to direct a laser beam toward a scene to measure the distance to a target in the scene and having a range finder display for displaying data, including data that is indicative of the distance to a target, wherein the apparatus comprises a protective housing, a camera module in the housing, the camera module including a lens mounted in a front end portion of the housing, and a light path through the lens to image sensor, an image sensor operatively connected to the camera module for receiving images acquired by the camera module, electronic memory for selectively storing data of images from the image sensor, circuitry for controlling the operation of the image sensor and the memory, a camera display in the housing operatively connected to the image sensor for receiving the image data and providing a visual display of the image, and a switch for storing image data in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Robert Bosch Company Limited
    Inventors: Wai Lam Yung, Wilfried Alois Anton Bittner, Yat Wah Lam, Sai Chak Chan, Wah Pong Chan, Kwong Lam Ng, Thomas Paul Richard Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20080258325
    Abstract: A method of cooling blown film consisting of thermoplastic plastics during the production of blown film by means of a blown film extruder with a film blowing head which comprises an annular nozzle from which the blown film emerges and is guided away in an extraction direction, wherein at least two cooling gas flows are made to approach the blown film from the outside in at least two blowing-out planes located at a distance from the annular nozzle, wherein at least one cooling gas flow KG is blown out in the direction opposed to the extraction direction of the blown film and wherein at least one cooling gas flow KA is blown out in the extraction direction of the blown film, and wherein, at least one of the cooling gas flows KG, KA can be controlled around their circumference in sectors, at least in respect of its volume flow or temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventor: Richard Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20080061460
    Abstract: A process of controlling the thickness profile of a blown tubular film, consisting of thermoplastic plastics, around the circumference of same when producing blown film by means of blown film extruders, having a film extrusion die, wherein a measuring device measures the film thickness of the tubular film around the circumference and wherein a control device variably controls the cooling gas flow as a function of the measured film thicknesses around the circumference in sectors, wherein cooling gas flows are supplied from the outside in the direction of production in two separate planes, and wherein the cooling gas flows are controlled variably and in circumferential sectors around the circumference in the two planes in respect of their physical parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventors: Richard Zimmermann, Gerd Fahling
  • Publication number: 20050285315
    Abstract: A process for the manufacture of a thermoplastic blown film is disclosed. The process includes the step of extruding a blown film tube of a thermoplastic material. The outside surface of the film tube is treated with a cooling gas to solidify the film tube. This cooling gas is directed to the tube from an annular ring around the tube and the cooling gas is directed at the tube in a flow direction parallel to a wall of the film tube. The cooling gas is drawn off the tube by means of a suction ring positioned around the tube prior to flattening the tube to form a film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2004
    Publication date: December 29, 2005
    Inventors: Gerd Fahling, Richard Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 6398534
    Abstract: A take-off apparatus for plastic blown sheet that is collapsed has a deflecting roller rotatably mounted for transporting the blown sheet and an air turning bar for receiving the blown sheet from the deflecting bar along a transport plane defined therebetween. The blown sheet passes around a peripheral portion of the air turning bar thereby defining a support arc region of the at least one air turning bar about which the blown sheet is supported. The air turning bar has air outlet openings disposed in the support arc region through which compressed air is ejected to support the blown sheet. The air turning bar has an arc-shaped axis defining a plane of curvature which is oriented such that the peripheral portion presents a concave surface in which the air outlet openings are disposed and which opposes the blown sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Klaus Reinhold Maschinen-und Geraetebau GmbH
    Inventors: Gerd Faehling, Gerd Kasselmann, Richard Zimmermann