Patents by Inventor Rolf Martin

Rolf Martin 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: 10598801
    Abstract: One embodiment provides an imaging device, including: an enclosure comprising a casing and a radiation lining arranged within the casing to provide a radiation shield, wherein the enclosure comprises a removable portion; a plurality of modular components; each of the plurality of modular components comprising a plurality of gamma detectors including semiconductor crystals and being removable from the imaging device; the plurality of modular components being arranged such that the plurality of gamma detectors are configured in an array configuration with each of the plurality of gamma detectors having a predetermined spacing from each other gamma detector; a plurality of electronic communication components, wherein the plurality of electronic communication components facilitate communication from each of the gamma detectors to a processor using a hierarchical communication technique; and a cooling system. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: KROMEK GROUP, PLC
    Inventors: James William Hugg, Brian William Harris, Franklin Dean Walker, Sarah Melissa Thomson, Brian Patrick McVay, Rolf Martin Clajus
  • Patent number: 10481284
    Abstract: One embodiment provides an imaging device, including: an enclosure comprising a casing and a radiation lining arranged within the casing to provide a radiation shield, wherein the enclosure comprises a removable portion; a plurality of modular components being in communication with calibration code, wherein the calibration code calibrates the imaging device based upon information of the plurality of modular components; each of the plurality of modular components comprising a plurality of gamma detectors including semiconductor crystals and being removable from the imaging device; the plurality of modular components being arranged such that the plurality of gamma detectors are configured in an array configuration with each of the plurality of gamma detectors having a predetermined spacing from each other gamma detector; a plurality of electronic communication components, wherein the plurality of electronic communication components facilitate communication from each of the gamma detectors using a hierarchical c
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: KROMEK GROUP, PLC
    Inventors: James William Hugg, Brian William Harris, Franklin Dean Walker, Sarah Melissa Thomson, Brian Patrick McVay, Rolf Martin Clajus
  • Patent number: 10397505
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving a plurality of communication events associated with a pixel of an imaging device; identifying a frequency associated with the communication events, wherein the identifying a frequency comprises determining a number of communication events occurring within a predetermined time interval or determining a mean time interval between the communication events; determining, from a plurality of pixels neighboring the pixel, a frequency range comprising an upper frequency limit and a lower frequency limit; resolving, from the identified frequency and the determined frequency range, whether the pixel comprises a non-conforming pixel; and masking, if the pixel comprises a non-conforming pixel, subsequent communication events from the non-conforming pixel. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: KROMEK GROUP, PLC
    Inventors: Rolf Martin Clajus, Franklin Dean Walker, James William Hugg, Brian William Harris
  • Publication number: 20190208148
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving a plurality of communication events associated with a pixel of an imaging device; identifying a frequency associated with the communication events, wherein the identifying a frequency comprises determining a number of communication events occurring within a predetermined time interval or determining a mean time interval between the communication events; determining, from a plurality of pixels neighboring the pixel, a frequency range comprising an upper frequency limit and a lower frequency limit; resolving, from the identified frequency and the determined frequency range, whether the pixel comprises a non-conforming pixel; and masking, if the pixel comprises a non-conforming pixel, subsequent communication events from the non-conforming pixel. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Rolf Martin Clajus, Franklin Dean Walker, James William Hugg, Brian William Harris
  • Publication number: 20190124283
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving a plurality of communication events associated with a pixel of an imaging device; identifying a frequency associated with the communication events, wherein the identifying a frequency comprises determining a number of communication events occurring within a predetermined time interval or determining a time interval between the communication events; determining, from the identified frequency, whether the pixel comprises a non-conforming pixel; and masking, if the pixel comprises a non-conforming pixel, subsequent communication events from the non-conforming pixel. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Rolf Martin Clajus, Franklin Dean Walker, James William Hugg, Brian William Harris
  • Publication number: 20190120978
    Abstract: One embodiment provides an imaging device, including: an enclosure comprising a casing and a radiation lining arranged within the casing to provide a radiation shield, wherein the enclosure comprises a removable portion; a plurality of modular components; each of the plurality of modular components comprising a plurality of gamma detectors including semiconductor crystals and being removable from the imaging device; the plurality of modular components being arranged such that the plurality of gamma detectors are configured in an array configuration with each of the plurality of gamma detectors having a predetermined spacing from each other gamma detector; a plurality of electronic communication components, wherein the plurality of electronic communication components facilitate communication from each of the gamma detectors to a processor using a hierarchical communication technique; and a cooling system. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: James William Hugg, Brian William Harris, Franklin Dean Walker, Sarah Melissa Thomson, Brian Patrick McVay, Rolf Martin Clajus
  • Publication number: 20190120979
    Abstract: One embodiment provides an imaging device, including: an enclosure comprising a casing and a radiation lining arranged within the casing to provide a radiation shield, wherein the enclosure comprises a removable portion; a plurality of modular components being in communication with calibration code, wherein the calibration code calibrates the imaging device based upon information of the plurality of modular components; each of the plurality of modular components comprising a plurality of gamma detectors including semiconductor crystals and being removable from the imaging device; the plurality of modular components being arranged such that the plurality of gamma detectors are configured in an array configuration with each of the plurality of gamma detectors having a predetermined spacing from each other gamma detector; a plurality of electronic communication components, wherein the plurality of electronic communication components facilitate communication from each of the gamma detectors using a hierarchical c
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: James William Hugg, Brian William Harris, Franklin Dean Walker, Sarah Melissa Thomson, Brian Patrick McVay, Rolf Martin Clajus
  • Patent number: 10270995
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving a plurality of communication events associated with a pixel of an imaging device; identifying a frequency associated with the communication events, wherein the identifying a frequency comprises determining a number of communication events occurring within a predetermined time interval or determining a time interval between the communication events; determining, from the identified frequency, whether the pixel comprises a non-conforming pixel; and masking, if the pixel comprises a non-conforming pixel, subsequent communication events from the non-conforming pixel. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: KROMEK GROUP, PLC
    Inventors: Rolf Martin Clajus, Franklin Dean Walker, James William Hugg, Brian William Harris
  • Publication number: 20100167906
    Abstract: The process of making synthetic silica glass occurs in a combustion chamber of a muffle furnace. It includes producing a gas flow containing a fuel, an oxidizer, and a silicon compound that is converted by flame hydrolysis and/or by chemical oxidation to SiO2 particles, and depositing them on a target to form a roll-shaped silica glass body. The combustion chamber is provided with a gas inlet and a gas outlet arranged at opposite ends of the combustion chamber, which widens from the inlet to the outlet. The gas flow is produced by a central nozzle for the silicon compound, a first concentric ring-shaped nozzle for the oxidizer, and a second concentric ring-shaped nozzle for the fuel. The process is characterized by a ratio of areas of ring gaps of the ring-shaped nozzles of from 1:4 to 1:6.1. The apparatus for the process is also part of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Lars Ortmann, Rolf Martin, Ulrich Strobel, Jens Marzinkowski, Hans-Juergen Schmidt, Hans-Juergen Mueller
  • Patent number: 7267053
    Abstract: The invention relates to a delivery device for a sheet-processing machine. The object of the invention is providing a delivery device on a sheet-fed rotary printing machine, that can be universally used and permits quality control of the printed and/or laminated sheets. to this end the delivery device includes rotating sheet feeding system 5 supplying the printed sheets to a first delivery stack 9 and with a drum 7 acting as a turnout point in front of this delivery stack 9 in the transport direction 2 for selective sheet removal. The drum 7 is allocated to the sheet feeding system 5. A vacuum table 14 coupled with a pneumatic system and with at least one rotating suction belt for suctioning, transporting, and positioning a sheet is arranged downstream from the drum in its rotational direction. At least one quality control device 12 for inspecting the sheet is arranged at a distance to the vacuum table 14, with the second delivery system 8 being arranged downstream from the vacuum table 14.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Beitel, Eckhard Braun, Rolf Martin Lange
  • Patent number: 7162894
    Abstract: The invention relates to the loading of quartz glass objects with hydrogen in an annealing process in a furnace for improving the homogeneity of the refractive index and the laser resistance while, at the same time, maintaining a specified stress birefringence of each of the glass objects. Initially, the distribution of the refractive index, the stress birefringence, the distribution of the hydrogen and the differences in refractive index, which are to the equalized, are determined in the respective glass object, after which the hydrogen change, which is necessary for equalizing the refractive index, is determined. Furthermore, the annealing temperature and its holding time, as well as the hydrogen concentration and the hydrogen pressure in the furnace are adjusted to achieve a sufficiently equalized distribution of refractive index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Schott Glas
    Inventors: Rolf Martin, Gordon Von Der Goenna
  • Publication number: 20060218971
    Abstract: The invention relates to a synthetic quartz glass that can be produced by direct precipitation by means of flame hydrolysis of a silicon precursor, especially a chlorine-containing silicon precursor, which quartz glass when irradiated with laser pulses at a wavelength of 193 nm at an energy density (H) of up to H=1.5 mJ/cm2 and at a repetition frequency of the laser pulses of up to R=4 kHz is characterized by the following properties: in the range of energy densities of up to 1.5 mJ/cm2, the equilibrium absorption of quartz glass rises sublinearly with the energy density for all repetition frequencies of the laser pulses; the dependency of the equilibrium absorption on the repetition frequency of the laser pulses is sublinear; and the relationship of equilibrium absorption and energy density (H) can be described as a function of H1.7; the H2 content being at least 0.2·1018 molecules/cm3. Other aspects of the invention relate to a process for producing such a synthetic quartz glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2006
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventors: Rolf Martin, Gordon von der Goenna, Ute Natura
  • Patent number: 6958558
    Abstract: An electric motor comprises a stator and a rotor which is rotatably mounted in the stator, the stator having an exciter winding which can be energized via connecting contacts, in a stator housing. The connecting contacts are permanently connected to the stator housing, electrical connecting elements which are accessible from the outside in the radial and axial directions being connected to the connecting contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: ZF Lenksysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Schüle, Thomas Kühnhöfer, Hans Köhnle, Rolf Martin
  • Publication number: 20050142523
    Abstract: A system and method for internet-based cognitive performance measurement is provided. Furthermore, a method is provided whereby improvements in statistical accuracy is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2004
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Inventor: Rolf Martin
  • Patent number: 6866729
    Abstract: A method and device for the automation of a cooling section in a hot strip rolling mill, wherein an individual course of cooling over time for each strip point of the metal strip is specified and whereby the cooling specifications can be determined from the desired properties of the steel, independent of variable process value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Otto Gramckow, Rolf-Martin Rein, Klaus Weinzierl
  • Publication number: 20040150274
    Abstract: An electric motor comprises a stator and a rotor which is rotatably mounted in the stator, the stator having an exciter winding which can be energized via connecting contacts, in a stator housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventors: Jurgen Schule, Thomas Kuhnhofer, Hans Kohnle, Rolf Martin
  • Patent number: 6649850
    Abstract: The spring scale according to present invention comprises an outer tube (1), an inner tube (4) with an O-ring (7), an end eye (20), a spring holder (9), a spiral spring (11), a set screw (13), a hanger (19), a holder bearing (35) as well as a cover (41) with spur (42).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Pesola Prazisionswaagen AG
    Inventor: Rolf Martin Strohmeier
  • Publication number: 20030172679
    Abstract: The invention relates to the loading of quartz glass objects with hydrogen in an annealing process in a furnace for improving the homogeneity of the refractive index and the laser resistance while, at the same time, maintaining a specified stress birefringence of each of the glass objects. Initially, the distribution of the refractive index, the stress birefringence, the distribution of the hydrogen and the differences in refractive index, which are to the equalized, are determined in the respective glass object, after which the hydrogen change, which is necessary for equalizing the refractive index, is determined. Furthermore, the annealing temperature and its holding time, as well as the hydrogen concentration and the hydrogen pressure in the furnace are adjusted to achieve a sufficiently equalized distribution of refractive index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Applicant: Schott Glas
    Inventors: Rolf Martin, Gordon von der Gonna
  • Patent number: 6595030
    Abstract: A device for producing optically homogeneous, streak-free quartz glass bodies having a large diameter including a furnace or melting device having an inner chamber with a pair of openings opposite one another. One or more movable burners are displaceable into one of the openings and the respective glass body to be produced is located in the other opening. Both the burner and glass body are movably positioned. In the course of the production of the quartz glass body, a relative movement is effected in the axial and radial directions between the burner and the quartz glass body such that the distance from the burner outlet opening pertaining to the quartz glass body decreases as the distance from the burner to the X-X axis of the quartz glass body increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Inventors: Hartmut Bauch, Hraban Hack, Frank Rudiger, Thomas Schindelbeck, Rolf Martin, Andreas Menzel, Matthias Schmidt, Roland Scholz, Andreas Voitsch
  • Patent number: D713595
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Erco GmbH
    Inventors: Rolf Martin Lechtenberg, Henk Kosche