Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Breuer

Thomas A. Breuer 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: 11927148
    Abstract: A method for operating a fuel injection system is provided. The method includes injecting fuel from a first direct fuel injection device arranged in a cylinder liner in a cylinder block into a combustion chamber and injecting fuel from a second direct fuel injection device arranged in a cylinder head into the combustion chamber, the first and second direct fuel injection devices arranged at an obtuse angle with regard to an intersection of central axes of the first and second direct fuel injection devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Maziar Khosravi, Helmut Hans Ruhland, Albert Breuer, Thomas Lorenz
  • Publication number: 20230279306
    Abstract: A method for producing briquettes made of a waste material includes provisioning of at least one metal and at least one organic material. The waste material is mechanically prepared in a single or multiple stages and at least one first fraction of the waste material is separated. A briquette mixture containing the at least one first fraction is produced, wherein the at least one first fraction has a calorific value of 0 MJ/kg to 30 MJ/kg. A calorific value of the briquette mixture is adjusted by varying at least the first fraction. The briquette mixture is introduced into a briquetting device and pressed into briquettes. Briquettes with a calorific value of 5 MJ/kg to 30 MJ/kg and with a maximum copper content of 0.1 wt % to 20 wt % are produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicants: Bernegger GmbH, Küttner Holding GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Kurt Bernegger, Bernhard Hanusch, Dirk Behrmann, Farzad Salehi, Thomas Breuer
  • Publication number: 20230193421
    Abstract: A method and an industrial plant for separating a waste material comprises at least one metal and at least one organic material. A separated fraction of the waste material is provisioned which is isolated from the waste material in the course of a mechanical preparation operation. The separated fraction comprises briquettes produced from the waste material, and optionally a coarse fraction of the waste material or of another waste material. A reactor is charged with the separated fraction and gas containing oxygen is introduced into the reactor and the separated fraction is combusted in an incomplete combustion process. The separated fraction is melted into a liquid slag phase and into a liquid metal-containing phase. The slag phase and/or the metal-containing phase are poured off from the reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicants: Bernegger GmbH, Küttner Holding GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Kurt Bernegger, Bernhard Hanusch, Dirk Behrmann, Farzad Salehi, Thomas Breuer
  • Publication number: 20230184353
    Abstract: A coated metal pipe for use as an automotive fluid transport tube is provided comprising: a single or double walled tubing formed into a circular cross-sectional profile; at least one intermediate layer primer layer applied over said tubing: and an outer layer comprising a polyamide incorporating an immiscible additive. The immiscible additive is selected from Ultra High Molecular Weight (UHMW) silicones, UHMW polyethylene (UHMW-PE), polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc.
    Inventors: Brian J. Cardwell, Thomas Breuer
  • Patent number: 11489412
    Abstract: A method for producing a component for an electric machine from a laminated core, which includes multiple grooves and a central axis, and a plurality of wire elements. Each wire element includes two legs made of wire, which are or will be connected to one another via a bend made of wire. At least the legs of the wire elements are arranged in parallel to the axis in the grooves. A temperature sensor is fastened at a bend of at least one wire element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Korbinian Weber, Thomas Breuer
  • Publication number: 20200313516
    Abstract: A method for producing a component for an electric machine from a laminated core, which includes multiple grooves and a central axis, and a plurality of wire elements. Each wire element includes two legs made of wire, which are or will be connected to one another via a bend made of wire. At least the legs of the wire elements are arranged in parallel to the axis in the grooves. A temperature sensor is fastened at a bend of at least one wire element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Korbinian WEBER, Thomas BREUER
  • Patent number: 9600941
    Abstract: An image, which can be analyzed by a computer and shows at least one face of an item, is generated for an item that is to be transported at a predefined time. By automatic analysis of the image, the arrangement determines, for at least one of a plurality of predetermined optically detectable features, the value of the feature for the image of the item. The identification feature value vector generated is automatically compared with stored registration feature value vectors. A record for a particular item contains six registration feature value vectors and each of the six registration feature value vectors specifies a value for each predefined optically detectable feature for each one of six faces of the item. When the identification feature value vector matches a stored registration feature value vector with sufficient accuracy, a message is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignees: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Deutsche Post AG
    Inventors: Gisbert Berger, Thomas Breuer, Bernd Hartmann, Andreas Marschner, Thomas Schoellhorn, Michael Zettler
  • Publication number: 20150254906
    Abstract: An image, which can be analyzed by a computer and shows at least one face of an item, is generated for an item that is to be transported at a predefined time. By automatic analysis of the image, the arrangement determines, for at least one of a plurality of predetermined optically detectable features, the value of the feature for the image of the item. The identification feature value vector generated is automatically compared with stored registration feature value vectors. A record for a particular item contains six registration feature value vectors and each of the six registration feature value vectors specifies a value for each predefined optically detectable feature for each one of six faces of the item. When the identification feature value vector matches a stored registration feature value vector with sufficient accuracy, a message is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Gisbert Berger, Thomas Breuer, Bernd Hartmann, Andreas Marschner, Thomas Schöllhorn, Michael Zettler
  • Publication number: 20130233464
    Abstract: Method for welding plastic by means of two mutually independently movable positioning units, in order to be able to move a heating element independently of a weld-on part, wherein a force sensor is provided for detecting the forces acting on the heating element and for evaluating them in order to control the movement of the units, and wherein a position detection unit, preferably arranged on a first positioning unit, provides position data regarding the connection point to the other positioning unit, in order to control its movement based thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Inventor: Thomas Breuer
  • Patent number: 6205247
    Abstract: A method and an arrangement are presented for pattern recognition on the basis of statistics. According to the method, for an object to be recognized on the basis of a complete set of two-class or multiclass classifiers, the association with each target class of the class set is estimated with a numerical value that is produced by cascaded use of polynomial classifiers. According to the invention, on a learning sample in which all class patterns to be recognized are sufficiently represented, there is a selection, from all the two-class or multiclass classifiers by way of their estimation vector spectrum, of those two-class or multiclass classifiers with estimations contributing the most to minimize a scalar quantity calculated over the estimation vector spectrum and having high separating relevance. The selected two-class or multiclass classifiers are subsequently used to form, via an expanded learning sample, estimation vectors from which expanded characteristic vectors are produced by polynomial linking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Breuer, Wilfried Hanisch, Jürgen Franke
  • Patent number: D290416
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1987
    Assignee: Crosslink Plastics, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas A. Breuer