Patents by Inventor Sebastian Weiße
Sebastian Weiße 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).
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Publication number: 20250135888Abstract: A computer-implemented method for controlling a graphical user interface on a display of a vehicle is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a current driving mode, wherein, if the current driving mode corresponds to high or full automation, the method comprises receiving driver-side image data, comprising an image of a driver-side rear field of view; receiving passenger-side image data, comprising an image of a passenger-side rear field of view; displaying the driver-side and passenger-side image data in the driver-side digital rearview mirror area such that said data are displayed less obviously than in a manual driving mode; identifying objects in the driver-side and the passenger-side image data; checking whether at least one trigger object has been identified in the objects, wherein, if at least one trigger object has been identified, adapting the graphical user interface, and displaying the adapted graphical user interface on the display of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2024Publication date: May 1, 2025Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbHInventors: Stephan Cieler, Markus Bosl, Heidi von Bychowski, Bettina Leuchtenberg, Sebastian Weiss
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Publication number: 20250130133Abstract: The invention relates to a device for vacuum leak detection, comprising a vacuum pump (18), a test chamber (12) which is designed to accommodate the test specimen and can be evacuated by means of the vacuum pump (18), and a gas detector (16) which detects the gas evacuated from the test chamber (12) by means of the vacuum pump (18), wherein the test chamber (12) has a plurality of vacuum connections (26) provided with the vacuum pump (18) in order to evacuate the test chamber (12), characterized in that a common pump volume (28) which is connected to the vacuum connections (26) is fluidically provided between the vacuum connections (26) and the vacuum pump (18) and is evacuated by means of the vacuum pump (18).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2022Publication date: April 24, 2025Inventors: Daniel Wetzig, Yessica Brachthäuser, Sebastian Weiss
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Publication number: 20250058284Abstract: A vacuum leak detector has a housing enclosing a suction chamber, a vacuum pump evacuating the suction chamber, and a gas detector connected to the suction chamber. The housing has a test leak with a selectively gas-permeable membrane. The test leak connects the outer atmosphere of the housing with the suction chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2022Publication date: February 20, 2025Applicant: INFICON GMBHInventors: Daniel WETZIG, Jochen PUCHALLA-KÖNIG, Silvio DECKER, Sebastian WEISS
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Publication number: 20230296466Abstract: A sniffer probe for a gas leak detector, which gas leak detector has a vacuum pump for drawing in gas through the sniffer probe in accordance with the sniffing principle and a gas detector for analyzing the gas flow drawn in, the sniffer probe comprising: a gas inlet for the gas flow drawn in, a gas outlet, which can be connected to the gas leak detector, and a channel, which gas-conductingly connects the gas inlet to the gas outlet, is characterized in that the sniffer probe has a bypass opening, which gas-conductingly connects a portion of the channel located between the gas inlet and the gas outlet to the outer environment of the sniffer probe, the bypass opening having an actuatable closure for selectively opening and closing the bypass opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2021Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Silvio Decker, Sebastian Weiss
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Patent number: 11262296Abstract: Disclosed is a connecting device for connecting a gas sensor to a gas leak detector. The gas sensor includes an elongate sensor housing. The gas leak detector includes at least one gas connector adapted to be connected to the gas sensor. A guide rail connects to the gas leak detector, engaging with the sensor housing such that the gas connectors engage with at least one complementary second gas connector. A fastening claw includes two elastic spring legs arranged at one of the sensor housing and the gas leak detector. Each of the two spring legs includes a latching boss engaging the frontal end of the gas sensor opposite the second gas connector and a spreading element having two retaining arms. Each retaining arm includes a pulling edge, an inclined insertion portion along which the latching boss grips and pivots the spring leg, and an inclined disengagement portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2019Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: INFICON GmbHInventor: Sebastian Weiss
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Publication number: 20210231561Abstract: Disclosed is a connecting device for connecting a gas sensor to a gas leak detector. The gas sensor includes an elongate sensor housing. The gas leak detector includes at least one gas connector adapted to be connected to the gas sensor. A guide rail connects to the gas leak detector, engaging with the sensor housing such that the gas connectors engage with at least one complementary second gas connector. A fastening claw includes two elastic spring legs arranged at one of the sensor housing and the gas leak detector. Each of the two spring legs includes a latching boss engaging the frontal end of the gas sensor opposite the second gas connector and a spreading element having two retaining arms. Each retaining arm includes a pulling edge, an inclined insertion portion along which the latching boss grips and pivots the spring leg, and an inclined disengagement portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2019Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventor: Sebastian Weiss
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Patent number: 11018548Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical machine (1) comprising a rotor (4) which is rotatably mounted around a rotation axis (5) extending in the axial direction (3) in bearing devices (16, 17), a stator (7) having two axial ends, an air gap between rotor and stator, an interior chamber (10) encompassing the stator (7) and rotor (4), a sleeve (11) encompassing a first part (111) which encloses the interior chamber (10), a frame (12) having a first (123) and a second (121) longitudinal support (123), a first (122) and a second (124) cross-support, and a dividing device (2) on the frame (12). The stator (7) comprises a fastening device (15) for connection to the frame (12) and the dividing device (2) can make the interior chamber accessible from the outside in a plane parallel to the frame (12). The invention further relates to a collection, to a frame (12), to a sleeve (11), or to a service or production method of such an electrical machine (1).Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2014Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Konrad Brandl, Christian Deeg, Gerhard Dorr, Benjamin Eichinger, Wolfgang Johann Greul, Jürgen Hofmann, Eric Joseph, Ekkehard Ressel, Uwe Scharf, Mathias Scherer, Sebastian Weiss, Ulrich Werner, Michael Stegherr
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Patent number: 10651699Abstract: A stator for a rotating electric machine includes a laminate stack having a plurality of slots open towards an air gap between the stator and a rotor of the electric machine. A winding includes coils which have turns that pass through the slots of the laminate stack. The turns of the coils are electrically insulated the within the slots from each other and from the laminate stack by a ceramic material.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2015Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Matthias Scherer, Christian Deeg, Benjamin Eichinger, Eric Joseph, Uwe Scharf, Michael Stegherr, Sebastian Weiss
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Publication number: 20200052548Abstract: An electric machine includes a housing, a stator, a rotor which is rotatably mounted in a receiving area of the stator, a cooling device for discharging heat out of the housing, a heat exchanger which can be supplied with cooling air and which is arranged on the housing and is coupled to the cooling device, a cooling air channel, and a fan for introducing cooling air into the cooling air channel. The fan has a fan wheel rotatably mounted in a fan housing between two opposing air inlet openings of the fan housing. At least some regions of one of the two air inlet openings have a nozzle-type configuration. An air outlet opening is arranged in a radial direction of the fan wheel.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2018Publication date: February 13, 2020Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Christoph Rogginger, Sebastian Weiss, Patric Willems, Günther Winkler
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Publication number: 20190203103Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing mineral oil from underground mineral oil deposits, in which an aqueous formulation comprising at least a mixture of alkyl ether carboxylate and corresponding alkyl ether alcohol, where the alkyl ether carboxylate has been prepared from the alkyl ether alcohol and the molar ratio in the mixture of alkyl ether carboxylate:alkyl ether alcohol is from 51:49 to 92:8, is injected through at least one injection well into a mineral oil deposit, where the deposit has a deposit temperature of 55° C. to 150° C., a crude oil having more than 20° API and a deposit water having more than 100 ppm of divalent cations, and crude oil is withdrawn through at least one production well from the deposit. The invention further relates to the preparation of the mixture and to a concentrate comprising the mixture.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2019Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Christian Bittner, Günter Oetter, Sebastian Weiße, Hans-Christian Raths, Jack Tinsley, Marcel Kienle
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Patent number: 10158272Abstract: An electric machine includes a housing having an air inlet opening near a front or rear end of the housing for aspirating air, and an air outlet opening for expelling air. The housing accommodates a stator, and a rotor is mounted in the housing for rotation about an axis of rotation. Mounted on a side of the housing in parallel relation to the axis of rotation is a hood-like attachment to cover the air inlet and outlet openings so that air expelled from the housing through the air outlet opening is fed back to the air inlet opening. Disposed in the stator are pipes for flow of a liquid cooling medium to directly cool the stator during operation. At least some of the pipes project beyond the stator toward the front and rear ends, so that during operation heat is removed by the pipes from air flowing in the housing.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2013Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Felix Noack, Martin Sindelka, Sebastian Weiss
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Patent number: 9871425Abstract: An electric machine includes a housing which accommodates a stator and a rotor rotationally supported about an axis of rotation, and has a front/rear air inlet opening on a top face and an air outlet opening therebetween. A front/rear air conveying element draws into the air inlet openings air which is discharged from the air outlet opening during operation. A cooler is mounted on the top face of the housing, covering the air inlet openings and the air outlet opening in a hood-like manner, such that discharged air is fed back to the air inlet openings. The cooler has a front/rear partition arranged between the air outlet opening and the corresponding air inlet opening and extending upward from the top face. Air guiding elements are arranged in the housing and/or in the cooler for feeding discharged air at least partially to the respective other air inlet opening.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2012Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Felix Noack, Sebastian Weiss, Patric Willems, Josef Zwack
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Patent number: 9680340Abstract: An electrically rotating machine, includes a rotor and a stator, the rotor and/or the stator including a laminated core, with an air gap being formed between the rotor and the stator, said rotor having axially and radially extending cooling paths in flow communication with each other and in flow communication with radially extending cooling paths of the stator via the air gap, wherein the radially extending cooling paths of the stator are respectively axially aligned with the radially extending cooling paths of the rotor; at least one fan for conducting an air flow through the axially and radially extending cooling paths of the rotor, the air gap and the cooling paths of the stator, wherein the air gap has at least one constriction defined by sheets of the laminated core of the rotor having an outer radius greater than remaining ones of the sheets of the laminated core of the rotor and/or by sheets of the laminated core of the stator having a smaller inner radius than remaining ones of the sheets of the laminType: GrantFiled: November 28, 2013Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: SIEMENS AKTEINGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Felix Noack, Zdenek Spera, Christoph Stuckmann, Sebastian Weiss
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Publication number: 20170047803Abstract: A stator for a rotating electric machine includes a laminate stack having a plurality of slots open towards an air gap between the stator and a rotor of the electric machine. A winding includes coils which have turns that pass through the slots of the laminate stack. The turns of the coils are electrically insulated the within the slots from each other and from the laminate stack by a ceramic material.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2015Publication date: February 16, 2017Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: MATTHIAS SCHERER, CHRISTIAN DEEG, BENJAMIN EICHINGER, ERIC JOSEPH, UWE SCHARF, MICHAEL STEGHERR, SEBASTIAN WEISS
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Publication number: 20170012487Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical machine (1) comprising a rotor (4) which is rotatably mounted around a rotation axis (5) extending in the axial direction (3) in bearing devices (16, 17), a stator (7) having two axial ends, an air gap between rotor and stator, an interior chamber (10) encompassing the stator (7) and rotor (4), a sleeve (11) encompassing a first part (111) which encloses the interior chamber (10), a frame (12) having a first (123) and a second (121) longitudinal support (123), a first (122) and a second (124) cross-support, and a dividing device (2) on the frame (12). The stator (7) comprises a fastening device (15) for connection to the frame (12) and the dividing device (2) can make the interior chamber accessible from the outside in a plane parallel to the frame (12). The invention further relates to a collection, to a frame (12), to a sleeve (11), or to a service or production method of such an electrical machine (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2014Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: KONRAD BRANDL, CHRISTIAN DEEG, GERHARD DORR, BENJAMIN EICHINGER, WOLFGANG JOHANN GREUL, JÜRGEN HOFMANN, ERIC JOSEPH, EKKEHARD RESSEL, UWE SCHARF, MATHIAS SCHERER, SEBASTIAN WEISS, ULRICH WERNER, MICHAEL STEGHERR
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Publication number: 20160204680Abstract: An electric machine includes a housing having an air inlet opening near a front or rear end of the housing for aspirating air, and an air outlet opening for expelling air. The housing accommodates a stator, and a rotor is mounted in the housing for rotation about an axis of rotation. Mounted on a side of the housing in parallel relation to the axis of rotation is a hood-like attachment to cover the air inlet and outlet openings so that air expelled from the housing through the air outlet opening is fed back to the air inlet opening. Disposed in the stator are pipes for flow of a liquid cooling medium to directly cool the stator during operation. At least some of the pipes project beyond the stator toward the front and rear ends, so that during operation heat is removed by the pipes from air flowing in the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2013Publication date: July 14, 2016Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: FELIX NOACK, MARTIN SINDELKA, SEBASTIAN WEISS
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Publication number: 20150318749Abstract: An electrically rotating machine, includes a rotor and a stator, the rotor and/or the stator including a laminated core, with an air gap being formed between the rotor and the stator, said rotor having axially and radially extending cooling paths in flow communication with each other and in flow communication with radially extending cooling paths of the stator via the air gap, wherein the radially extending cooling paths of the stator are respectively axially aligned with the radially extending cooling paths of the rotor; at least one fan for conducting an air flow through the axially and radially extending cooling paths of the rotor, the air gap and the cooling paths of the stator, wherein the air gap has at least one constriction defined by sheets of the laminated core of the rotor having an outer radius greater than remaining ones of the sheets of the laminated core of the rotor and/or by sheets of the laminated core of the stator having a smaller inner radius than remaining ones of the sheets of the laminType: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2013Publication date: November 5, 2015Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: FELIX NOACK, ZDENEK SPERA, CHRISTOPH STUCKMANN, SEBASTIAN WEISS
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Publication number: 20150252927Abstract: A flange for separably connecting a pipe to a connection block is designed as an interrupted ring with an inner and an outer edge and has a bottom side designed for mating against the connecting block and against the pipe and an upper side opposite the bottom side, designed to mate with fasteners for fastening the flange on the connection block. The flange is wherein an outer contact web projecting from the bottom side in the region of the outer edge is provided for the connection block and an inner contact web projecting from the bottom side in the region of the inner edge is provided for the pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2013Publication date: September 10, 2015Inventor: Sebastian Weiß
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Publication number: 20140028124Abstract: An electric machine includes a housing which accommodates a stator and a rotor rotationally supported about an axis of rotation, and has a front/rear air inlet opening on a top face and an air outlet opening therebetween. A front/rear air conveying element draws into the air inlet openings air which is discharged from the air outlet opening during operation. A cooler is mounted on the top face of the housing, covering the air inlet openings and the air outlet opening in a hood-like manner, such that discharged air is fed back to the air inlet openings. The cooler has a front/rear partition arranged between the air outlet opening and the corresponding air inlet opening and extending upward from the top face. Air guiding elements are arranged in the housing and/or in the cooler for feeding discharged air at least partially to the respective other air inlet opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2012Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Felix Noack, Sebastian Weiss, Patric Willems, Josef Zwack
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Patent number: D856167Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2018Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Inventor: Sebastian Weiss