Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Stahl
Thomas A. Stahl 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: 20240117998Abstract: Example embodiments relate to a device for heating a medium and air. A heating source generates thermal energy by the combustion of a fuel-air-mixture. A heat exchanger serves to heat air passed along an exterior side, has an interior space into which flue gas generated during combustion of the fuel-air-mixture flows, has a fin structure on the exterior side, and transmits thermal energy to the medium pipe. The electric heating element generates thermal energy, the heat exchanger having integral structures for accommodating the electric heating element and the medium pipe. The medium pipe and the electric heating element are guided around the interior space of the heat exchanger.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2022Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Thomas HARTMANN, Bernhard STAHL
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Publication number: 20240096488Abstract: The invention relates to the field of medical fluid management devices, in particular dialysis machines. The object of the invention is to design methods and devices, such that the monitoring and control of medical fluid management devices from a remote site are possible. To do so, the screen content of the output device of a fluid management device is transmitted at least partially to an output device of a remote control unit. The screen content optionally has user interfaces, which can be selected on the remote control device and lead to changes in the control of the transmitting medical fluid management device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Georg Brand, Daniel Hauck, Peter Kloeffel, Thomas Stahl
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Patent number: 11912283Abstract: Technologies and techniques for automatically generating labeled steering torque data, with which an artificial intelligence (AI) unit is trained to detect hands-off conditions when the vehicle is being operated.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Volkswagen AktiengesellschaftInventors: Thomas Eigel, Felix Stahl
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Patent number: 11869660Abstract: The invention relates to the field of medical fluid management devices, in particular dialysis machines. The object of the invention is to design methods and devices, such that the monitoring and control of medical fluid management devices from a remote site are possible. To do so, the screen content of the output device of a fluid management device is transmitted at least partially to an output device of a remote control unit. The screen content optionally has user interfaces, which can be selected on the remote control device and lead to changes in the control of the transmitting medical fluid management device.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbHInventors: Georg Brand, Daniel Hauck, Peter Kloeffel, Thomas Stahl
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Patent number: 11668753Abstract: A contact measurement system for measuring a parameter of a contact of a switchgear includes: a first device for measuring an electrical resistance of the contact and mapping the electrical resistance spatially and/or dynamically; a second device for measuring an axial force of the contact and to map the axial force spatially and/or dynamically as a measured axial force; and a third device for measuring a position of the contact. The contact measurement system determines a position-depending force characteristic based on the measured axial force of the contact and the position of the contact. The contact measurement system determines a status of the contact based on a combination of the position-depending force characteristic with the electrical resistance of the contact.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Alexander Graf, Stefan Wildermuth, Holger Reutner, Thomas Stahl, Sebastian Breisch, Simon Penner
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Publication number: 20230124448Abstract: A wheelset bearing for a rail vehicle includes a rolling bearing assembly (7) with three bearing rings (4, 8, 9), specifically two inner rings (4, 8) provided for connection to a wheelset shaft (2) and one outer ring (9) provided for connection to a housing (6). The rolling bearing assembly (7) is designed as a quadruple-row angular contact ball bearing in an O arrangement, and two rolling element rows (16, 17) are provided contacting a first inner ring (4) in order to absorb axial forces in a first direction and two rolling element rows (18, 19) are provided contacting a second inner ring (8) in order to absorb forces in the opposite axial direction. A rail vehicle with such an arrangement is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2021Publication date: April 20, 2023Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Bert ROSENHEINRICH, Guenter AUMUELLER, Heinrich HOFMANN, Thomas STAHL
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Publication number: 20220356923Abstract: An interconnected multiple disk brake for a rotatable element with an integrated sensor which is based on the rotation of a sensor disk.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2020Publication date: November 10, 2022Inventors: Uwe Bach, Matthias Schulitz, Thomas Stahl, Phil Lohfink, Martin Gädke, Adrian Messner, Ahmed Sefo, Jens Hoffmann
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Publication number: 20220293265Abstract: The invention relates to the field of medical fluid management devices, in particular dialysis machines. The object of the invention is to design methods and devices, such that the monitoring and control of medical fluid management devices from a remote site are possible. To do so, the screen content of the output device of a fluid management device is transmitted at least partially to an output device of a remote control unit. The screen content optionally has user interfaces, which can be selected on the remote control device and lead to changes in the control of the transmitting medical fluid management device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: Georg Brand, Daniel Hauck, Peter Kloeffel, Thomas Stahl
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Publication number: 20220252494Abstract: A measurement system for determining a physical parameter of a pipe-fluid system includes a pair of confining elements configured to decrease surface vibration deformations at an outer surface of each end of the pipe-fluid system; wherein each confining element comprise a supporting frame configured to be detachably mounted on a pipe of the pipe-fluid system; and a fixation element configured to be detachably mounted for mechanically coupling the supporting frame with an outer surface of the pipe; an excitation system, configured to generate a mechanical vibration spectrum at a surface of the pipe-fluid system; and a vibration measurement device configured to be mechanically coupled to an outer surface of the pipe-fluid system, and configured to provide a mechanical vibration spectrum of the pipe-fluid system.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: Paul Szasz, Guruprasad Sosale, Joerg Gebhardt, Sebastian Breisch, Thomas Stahl, Matthias Berning, Vadim Migunov
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Patent number: 11355235Abstract: A method and device that relates to the field of medical fluid management devices, in particular dialysis machines, provided. The method and device is configured to provide for the monitoring and control of medical fluid management devices from a remote site. To do so, the screen content of the output device of a fluid management device is transmitted at least partially to an output device of a remote control unit. The screen content optionally has user interfaces, which can be selected on the remote control device and lead to changes in the control of the transmitting medical fluid management device.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2012Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbHInventors: Georg Brand, Daniel Hauck, Peter Kloeffel, Thomas Stahl
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Publication number: 20220130527Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for executing a sharing enabler of a registered medical treatment machine. The registered medical treatment machine is used in a shared medical treatment system. The method comprises the method steps: Providing a registration procedure for registering the medical treatment machine in the shared medical treatment system; Receiving an initiation request for initiating a medical treatment for a patient, being registered in the shared medical treatment system; Checking whether the received initiation request is valid by receiving a confirmation signal and if yes: Unlocking the medical treatment machine in reply to the received confirmation signal for use for the patient; Operating the medical treatment machine according to a treatment procedure in a sharing mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2020Publication date: April 28, 2022Inventors: Christina I. Allegrini, Harvey Cohen, John Viero, Kirill Koulechov, Maria Millan-Galante, Matthew Buraczenski, Michael Thorwarth, Paul von Buenau, Shashikant Dattatraya Kalaskar, Stephen A. Merchant, Thomas Stahl, Thorsten Timm, Nina Muellers, Klaus Wolf, Erik Schumacher, Olaf Schermeier, Zdenek Cerman, Christopher Hauke
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Publication number: 20210405115Abstract: A contact measurement system for measuring a parameter of a contact of a switchgear includes: a first device for measuring an electrical resistance of the contact and mapping the electrical resistance spatially and/or dynamically; a second device for measuring an axial force of the contact and to map the axial force spatially and/or dynamically as a measured axial force; and a third device for measuring a position of the contact. The contact measurement system determines a position-depending force characteristic based on the measured axial force of the contact and the position of the contact. The contact measurement system determines a status of the contact based on a combination of the position-depending force characteristic with the electrical resistance of the contact.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Alexander Graf, Stefan Wildermuth, Holger Reutner, Thomas Stahl, Sebastian Breisch, Simon Penner
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Patent number: 10569006Abstract: The invention relates to a device A for monitoring a vessel opening for an extracorporeal blood treatment device B with an extracorporeal blood circulation (I), which has an arterial blood line (20) with an arterial cannula (19) and a venous blood line (21) with a venous cannula (22). Moreover, the invention relates to an arrangement with a device A for monitoring a vessel opening and an extracorporeal blood treatment device B, and a method for monitoring a vessel opening during an extracorporeal blood treatment. The monitoring device A comprises a sensor (1) for detecting at least one physical variable, which is characteristic for the state of the vessel opening, and an evaluation apparatus (7), connected to the sensor (1) by way of a connection cable (6), for producing signals characteristic for the state of the vessel opening. The evaluation apparatus (7) has a data transmission unit (38) for establishing a wireless connection between the evaluation apparatus (7) and the blood treatment device B.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2015Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbHInventor: Thomas Stahl
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Patent number: 10142675Abstract: A particular implementation for controlling single program transport streams during remultiplexing to a multiple program transport stream uses a series of leaky bucket buffers to minimize timing artifacts in the multi-program transport stream. Another implementation for controlling the remultiplexing process limits the number of consecutive packets to be transferred from each single program transport stream, or controls the multiplex frequency of each single program transport stream within the multi-program transport stream. An alternative implementation controls the remultiplexing process using multiple program clock reference values such that packets from each single program transport stream are released only after a previous program clock reference value is greater than the system time.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2015Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: InterDigital CE Patent HoldingsInventors: Thomas A. Stahl, Suresh V. Leley
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Patent number: 10125820Abstract: A planetary roller bearing is disclosed. The planetary roller bearing includes an outer ring including a first set of teeth, an inner ring including a second set of teeth, and planetary rolling elements arranged between the outer ring and the inner ring. The planetary rolling elements each include a third set of teeth configured to engage with the first set of teeth and the second set of teeth. A height of at least three successive teeth gradually increases from an axial end of a selected set of the first, second, or third sets of teeth.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2015Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KGInventors: Thomas Stahl, Horst Gredy
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Patent number: 10040720Abstract: In order to produce a high performance thermally insulating rendering, a dry blend is provided that consists essentially of: —60 to 90 Vol.-% of a hydrophobized granular silica aerogel; —0.5 to 30 Vol.-% of a purely mineral binder; —0.2 to 20 Vol.-% of an open-porous water-insoluble or slowly water soluble additive having an accessible pore volume from 10 to 90 Vol.-%; —up to 5 Vol.-% reinforcing fibers; and—up to 5 Vol.-% of processing additives. After mixing the dry blend with water, the slurry thus formed can be applied to a surface or shaped to a self-supporting body using an overpressure without adversely affecting the thermal insulation properties.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2013Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignees: EMPA Eidgenössische Materialprüfungs-Und Forschungsanstalt, FixIt AGInventors: Thomas Stahl, Samuel Brunner, Mark Zimmermann, Matthias Koebel
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Publication number: 20170136171Abstract: The invention relates to a device A for monitoring a vessel opening for an extracorporeal blood treatment device B with an extracorporeal blood circulation (I), which has an arterial blood line (20) with an arterial cannula (19) and a venous blood line (21) with a venous cannula (22). Moreover, the invention relates to an arrangement with a device A for monitoring a vessel opening and an extracorporeal blood treatment device B, and a method for monitoring a vessel opening during an extracorporeal blood treatment. The monitoring device A comprises a sensor (1) for detecting at least one physical variable, which is characteristic for the state of the vessel opening, and an evaluation apparatus (7), connected to the sensor (1) by way of a connection cable (6), for producing signals characteristic for the state of the vessel opening. The evaluation apparatus (7) has a data transmission unit (38) for establishing a wireless connection between the evaluation apparatus (7) and the blood treatment device B.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2015Publication date: May 18, 2017Applicant: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventor: Thomas Stahl
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Publication number: 20170130773Abstract: A Planetary roller bearing having an outer ring with a tooth profile formed on the inner circumference by grooves, an inner ring with a tooth profile formed on the outer circumference by grooves, and a plurality of planetary rolling elements which are accommodated on the end side in cage disks and have a tooth profile formed by grooves. The tooth profiles of the planetary rolling elements engage in the tooth profiles of the rings, wherein a height, viewed axially, of at least one first tooth of the planetary rolling elements or of the outer or inner ring is less than that of the following second tooth, or that an axial distance (d1), viewed axially, of at least one first tooth to the following second tooth less than a distance of the second tooth to the third tooth.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Thomas STAHL, Horst GREDY
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Publication number: 20160182943Abstract: A particular implementation for controlling single program transport streams during remultiplexing to a multiple program transport stream uses a series of leaky bucket buffers to minimize timing artifacts in the multi-program transport stream. Another implementation for controlling the remultiplexing process limits the number of consecutive packets to be transferred from each single program transport stream, or controls the multiplex frequency of each single program transport stream within the multi-program transport stream. An alternative implementation controls the remultiplexing process using multiple program clock reference values such that packets from each single program transport stream are released only after a previous program clock reference value is greater than the system time.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2015Publication date: June 23, 2016Inventors: Thomas A. STAHL, Suresh V. LELEY
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Publication number: 20160083295Abstract: In order to produce a high performance thermally insulating rendering, a dry blend is provided that consists essentially of: —60 to 90 Vol.-% of a hydrophobized granular silica aerogel; —0.5 to 30 Vol.-% of a purely mineral binder; —0.2 to 20 Vol.-% of an open-porous water-insoluble or slowly water soluble additive having an accessible pore volume from 10 to 90 Vol.-%—up to 5 Vol.-% reinforcing fibers; and—up to 5 Vol.-% of processing additives. After mixing the dry blend with water, the slurry thus formed can be applied to a surface or shaped to a self-supporting body using an overpressure without adversely affecting the thermal insulation properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2013Publication date: March 24, 2016Applicants: Fixit AG, EMPA Eidgenossische Materialprufungs- Und ForschungsanstaltInventors: Thomas Stahl, Samuel Brunner, Mark Zimmermann, Matthias Koebel