Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Kraus
Thomas A. Kraus 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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Patent number: 10028580Abstract: A glass-ceramic cooktop is provided that is made of glass-ceramic material with a flat upper side and an underside. The glass-ceramic material has transmittance values of greater than 0.1% in the visible light range in the total wavelength region greater than 420 nm, a light transmittance in the visible range of 0.8-2.5%, and a transmittance of 0-85% in the infrared at 1600 nm, and wherein the glass-ceramic material has high quartz mixed crystals as the prevalent crystal phase. The underside is flat, unstructured, and coplanar with the upper side.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2012Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: SCHOTT AGInventors: Birgit Doerk, Evelin Weiss, Thomas Zenker, Ulf Hoffmann, Silke Knoche, Martin Taplan, Friedrich Siebers, Thomas Kraus, Lutz Klippe, Wolfgang Schmidbauer
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Publication number: 20170321757Abstract: A vehicle includes a first drivetrain component and a second drivetrain component. The first drivetrain component defines a splined orifice. The second drivetrain component has a shaft that includes splines that are configured to clearance-fit the splined orifice upon engagement up to a first length and interference-fit the splined orifice upon engagement beyond the first length. Engagement of the splines and the splined orifice at substantially the first length counteracts loads perpendicular to an axis of the shaft preventing disengagement of the first and second drivetrain components.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2016Publication date: November 9, 2017Inventors: Robert Thomas KRAUS, Scott David BEIRING, Kurt STECKER, Peter SCHEUER
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Patent number: 9766157Abstract: The present invention in one or more embodiments provides a device to measure backlash of an equipment powertrain, where the device includes a head to attach to the equipment powertrain, and a body to support the head, the body including a first connector via which a predetermined amount of torque is to be applied to the equipment powertrain through the body and the head, and a positional change of the equipment powertrain in response to the predetermined amount of torque being indicative of a backlash measurement.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2015Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Verbie Gene England, Jr., Michael James Carter, Robert Thomas Kraus
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Publication number: 20170067795Abstract: The present invention in one or more embodiments provides a device to measure backlash of an equipment powertrain, where the device includes a head to attach to the equipment powertrain, and a body to support the head, the body including a first connector via which a predetermined amount of torque is to be applied to the equipment powertrain through the body and the head, and a positional change of the equipment powertrain in response to the predetermined amount of torque being indicative of a backlash measurement.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2015Publication date: March 9, 2017Inventors: VERBIE GENE ENGLAND, JR., MICHAEL JAMES CARTER, ROBERT THOMAS KRAUS
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Patent number: 8728171Abstract: The invention relates to an orthopedic foot device with a connection part for the lower leg, a swivel joint (5) acting as an ankle joint (7) by means of which a foot part (10) is rotatably connected in the direction of dorsiflexion and the direction of plantar flexion to the connection part, with a damping arrangement (17) influencing the rotational movement about the swivel joint (5), with a sensor arrangement for detecting action states of the orthopedic foot part, and with a control unit connected to the sensor arrangement which controls the damping arrangement (17). The object is achieved by the fact that the sensor arrangement has an ankle-angle sensor which measures the angle between the connection part and the foot part (10), an absolute-angle sensor (20) relating to the plumb line and a moments sensor (21) for determining the torque on the ankle joint (7) or a force effecting a torque on the ankle joint (7).Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2012Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Otto Bock HealthCare GmbHInventors: Sven Kaltenborn, Felix Reuss, Sven Zarling, Bernhard Bischof, Thomas Kraus
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Publication number: 20130140293Abstract: A glass-ceramic cooktop is provided that is made of glass-ceramic material with a flat upper side and an underside. The glass-ceramic material has transmittance values of greater than 0.1% in the visible light range in the total wavelength region greater than 420 nm, a light transmittance in the visible range of 0.8-2.5%, and a transmittance of 0-85% in the infrared at 1600 nm, and wherein the glass-ceramic material has high quartz mixed crystals as the prevalent crystal phase. The underside is flat, unstructured, and coplanar with the upper side.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2012Publication date: June 6, 2013Applicant: SCHOTT AGInventors: Birgit DOERK, Evelin WEISS, Thomas ZENKER, Ulf HOFFMANN, Silke KNOCHE, Martin TAPLAN, Friedrich SIEBERS, Thomas KRAUS, Lutz KLIPPE, Wolfgang SCHMIDBAUER
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Patent number: 8340249Abstract: Real-Time Dosimetry System, RTDS, is dose measurement system consisting of an ionization chamber and electrometer with the ability to measure, record, and display the high radiation doses required to meet approved standards for sterilization of medical, industrial and food products.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2010Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Best Medical InternationalInventors: Thomas Kraus, Steve Szeglin
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Patent number: 8298294Abstract: The invention relates to an orthopedic foot device with a connection part for the lower leg, a swivel joint (5) acting as an ankle joint (7) by means of which a foot part (10) is rotatably connected in the direction of dorsiflexion and the direction of plantar flexion to the connection part, with a damping arrangement (17) influencing the rotational movement about the swivel joint (5), with a sensor arrangement for detecting action states of the orthopedic foot part, and with a control unit connected to the sensor arrangement which controls the damping arrangement (17). The object is achieved by the fact that the sensor arrangement has an ankle-angle sensor which measures the angle between the connection part and the foot part (10), an absolute-angle sensor (20) relating to the plumb line and a moments sensor (21) for determining the torque on the ankle joint (7) or a force effecting a torque on the ankle joint (7).Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2009Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Otto Bock HealthCare GmbHInventors: Sven Kaltenborn, Felix Ruess, Sven Zarling, Bernhard Bischof, Thomas Kraus
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Publication number: 20120177184Abstract: Real-Time Dosimetry System, RTDS, is dose measurement system consisting of an ionization chamber and electrometer with the ability to measure, record, and display the high radiation doses required to meet approved standards for sterilization of medical, industrial and food products.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2010Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: BEST MEDICAL INTERNATIONALInventors: Thomas Kraus, Steve Szeglin
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Patent number: 8164032Abstract: A cooktop has a plurality of reflection-sensitive infrared sensors. A plurality of IR receiving elements is arranged along an operating line having a density such that an operator's finger placed on the operating line necessarily covers at least one of the IR receiving elements. A smaller number of IR transmitter diodes is arranged in correspondingly lower density next to the operating line. In the setting process, two effects are used on the operating line, specifically both the radiation of the optical transmitter reflected by the finger and also the radiation of the ambient light that is thrown into shadow by the finger. The resultant signal distribution on the optical receivers can be used for reliable evaluation of the finger's position in nearly all environmental conditions.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2007Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventors: Frank Schaffer, Thomas Kraus
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Patent number: 8033052Abstract: The invention relates to an anti-jamming device in the field of motor vehicles, which is used for preventing an object from getting caught. Said anti-jamming device comprises an actuating means (1) which can be coupled to a body part (3) of a vehicle and can be moved relative to said body part (3) by resting the same against the object, and an apparatus for detecting a relative movement between the actuating means (1) and the body part (3).Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2006Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: Webasto AGInventors: Thomas Kraus, Jurgen Klingenberg, Josef Appel
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Patent number: 7725927Abstract: Apparatus and method for conducting secured communications with a client device in a network are disclosed. The method includes receiving at the server a request message from the client device, wherein the request message comprises a nonce, a nonce count and an encrypted request, determining whether the client device has permission to access the server using the nonce and the nonce count, forming an encrypted server response message in response to the encrypted request and the client device has permission to access the server, and issuing the encrypted server response message from the server to the client device.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2005Date of Patent: May 25, 2010Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Lie Yang, Thomas Kraus, Markus Meyer, Venkatachary Srinivasan
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Publication number: 20100119299Abstract: A tubular composite member with two ends for connecting ceramic components made of a composite of an inorganic matrix reinforced with inorganic fibers is formed with an at least partially threaded internal surface and an external surface. A ceramic member has at least one surface formed with one or more annular grooves with an inner shell surface, an outer shell surface, and a root. The inner shell surface is at least partially threaded. A resulting ceramic member assembly includes at least two ceramic members connected by at least one tubular composite member. The ends of the tubular composite member are screwed into the corresponding annular groove of two adjacent ceramic members. The such fastened/joined ceramic members can be operated at high temperatures especially under thermal cycling and/or thermal shock conditions as well as dynamic mechanical load in different directions. Methods to manufacture tubular composite members according to this invention are described.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2009Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: SGL CARBON SEInventors: John Montminy, Karl Hingst, Thomas Kraus, Christian Klotz
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Publication number: 20090265989Abstract: A device for opening and/or closing a pivoting body piece (14), especially a rear hatch, of a motor vehicle (10). The device has an electric motor drive (20) which drives a motor shaft which drives the pivotable body piece (14) via a gearing (22). In order to enable the device to have a clutch-free structure, the electric motor drive (20) is provided, in accordance with the invention, with an electronic isolation means (24) which can be activated depending on a signal from a sensor means (30) which recognizes manual actuation of the pivoting body piece (14).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2005Publication date: October 29, 2009Applicant: WEBASTO AGInventors: Tobias Mueller, Anton Joehl, Josef Appel, Thomas Kraus
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Publication number: 20090204230Abstract: The invention relates to an orthopedic foot device with a connection part for the lower leg, a swivel joint (5) acting as an ankle joint (7) by means of which a foot part (10) is rotatably connected in the direction of dorsiflexion and the direction of plantar flexion to the connection part, with a damping arrangement (17) influencing the rotational movement about the swivel joint (5), with a sensor arrangement for detecting action states of the orthopedic foot part, and with a control unit connected to the sensor arrangement which controls the damping arrangement (17). The object is achieved by the fact that the sensor arrangement has an ankle-angle sensor which measures the angle between the connection part and the foot part (10), an absolute-angle sensor (20) relating to the plumb line and a moments sensor (21) for determining the torque on the ankle joint (7) or a force effecting a torque on the ankle joint (7).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2009Publication date: August 13, 2009Inventors: Sven Kaltenborn, Felix Ruess, Sven Zarling, Bernhard Bischof, Thomas Kraus
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Publication number: 20090171537Abstract: The invention relates to a sensor-controlled anti jamming device for preventing jamming of an object, in particular in or for a motor vehicle. Said device comprises a body part and a motor-actuatable component which is connected in a pivotable manner to the body part, at least one support element which, when the component is in the open state, supports the component against the body part, and at least one capacitive sensor element which is arranged, when the component is open, between said component and the body part, and is configured such that in a closing step, an object can be detected in a predefined jamming area between the component and the body part.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2007Publication date: July 2, 2009Inventors: Thomas Kraus, Josef Appel, Anton Dietmar Jöhl
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Publication number: 20080236044Abstract: The invention relates to an anti-jamming device in the field of motor vehicles, which is used for preventing an object from getting caught. Said anti-jamming device comprises an actuating means (1) which can be coupled to a body part (3) of a vehicle and can be moved relative to said body part (3) by resting the same against the object, and an apparatus for detecting a relative movement between the actuating means (1) and the body part (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2006Publication date: October 2, 2008Inventors: Thomas Kraus, Jurgen Klingenberg, Josef Appel
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Publication number: 20080221735Abstract: A cooktop has a plurality of reflection-sensitive infrared sensors. A plurality of IR receiving elements is arranged along an operating line having a density such that an operator's finger placed on the operating line necessarily covers at least one of the IR receiving elements. A smaller number of IR transmitter diodes is arranged in correspondingly lower density next to the operating line. In the setting process, two effects are used on the operating line, specifically both the radiation of the optical transmitter reflected by the finger and also the radiation of the ambient light that is thrown into shadow by the finger. The resultant signal distribution on the optical receivers can be used for reliable evaluation of the finger's position in nearly all environmental conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2007Publication date: September 11, 2008Inventors: Frank Schaffer, Thomas Kraus
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Publication number: 20080199622Abstract: A transparent, colorless glass or glass-ceramic panel has a visually dense, high-temperature-stable coating having an organic/inorganic network structure containing filling material particles and a color-imparting pigment. The mechanically stable, visually dense coating has no melt-reaction zone at the surface of the panel, which is coated with the coating, so that it does not impair the panel strength. The inorganic network structure can be made from a SiO2-based sol. The coating is made by introducing the color-imparting pigment and the filling material particles into a reactive organic/inorganic network structure; applying the resulting organic/inorganic network structure containing the pigment and the filling material particles to the panel to coat the panel and then burning-in the organic/inorganic network structure with the pigment and the filling material particles under thermal conditions to form the coating with no melt-reaction zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2008Publication date: August 21, 2008Inventors: Gabriele Roemer-Scheuermann, Andrea Anton, Harald Striegler, Thomas Kraus, Gerhard Weber, Lutz Klippe, Veit Luther, Petra Grewer
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Patent number: 7361405Abstract: A transparent, colorless glass or glass-ceramic panel has a visually dense, high-temperature-stable coating having an organic/inorganic network structure containing filling material particles and a color-imparting pigment. The mechanically stable, visually dense coating has no melt-reaction zone at the surface of the panel, which is coated with the coating, so that it does not impair the panel strength. The inorganic network structure can be made from a SiO2-based sol. The coating is made by introducing the color-imparting pigment and the filling material particles into a reactive organic/inorganic network structure; applying the resulting organic/inorganic network structure containing the pigment and the filling material particles to the panel to coat the panel and then burning-in the organic/inorganic network structure with the pigment and the filling material particles under thermal conditions to form the coating with no melt-reaction zone.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2004Date of Patent: April 22, 2008Assignee: Schott AGInventors: Gabriele Roemer-Scheuermann, Andrea Anton, Harald Striegler, Thomas Kraus, Gerhard Weber, Lutz Klippe, Veit Luther, Petra Grewer