Patents by Inventor Thomas Bauer

Thomas Bauer 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).

  • Broad-band Filter in Branching Technology
    Publication number: 20150349748
    Abstract: A reactance filter can be use branching technology. A series circuit contains a first filter element, a second filter element and a third filter element. Each filter element includes a first impedance element that is connected in series with an impedance element of an adjacent element. Each filter element also includes a second element connected to the first impedance element of that filter. The first and/or second impedance element of each filter element comprises a includes a resonator. Each impedance element has a bandwidth that is expressed by its pole zero distance and each filter element comprises a means for setting the bandwidths of the impedance elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Bauer, Andreas Bergmann
  • Band rejection filter comprising a serial connection of at least two pi-elements
    Patent number: 9203375
    Abstract: The invention relates to a band rejection filter comprising a piezoelectric substrate and a serial connection of at least two pi-elements which are arranged on the substrate. The pi-elements respectively comprise at least two electro-acoustic parallel resonators and at least one electro-acoustic serial resonator, and are connected by a first series inductance. Said serial connection comprises, on a first inlet, a second series inductance and on an outlet, a third series inductance. Said resonators have a pole-zero plot of approximately 9% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Thomas Bauer, Matthias Jungkunz
  • Hydraulic steering and method for detecting a valve position
    Patent number: 9174670
    Abstract: The invention concerns a hydraulic steering (1) comprising a supply connection arrangement, a steering motor (2), a high pressure supply (P), and a steering unit (3) arranged between the supply connection arrangement (S) and the steering motor (2), the supply connection arrangement comprising a steering valve (9), and a valve arrangement (27). The task of the hydraulic steering is to improve the safety and faults detection over the state of the art. For this purpose, the steering valve (9) is only deflectable if the valve arrangement (27) is deflected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Danfpss Power Solutions ApS
    Inventors: Thomas Bauer, Niels Bjarne Hansen, Morten Hoeck Petersen
  • Electroacoustic Component and Method for the Production Thereof
    Publication number: 20150270824
    Abstract: An electroacoustic component is specified in which the disturbing contributions of undesired wave modes are reduced. For this purpose, a component comprises includes a piezo layer, an electrode layer and a separating layer. A main mode and a secondary mode are capable of propagation in the component. The separating layer has an opposite thickness dependence for the frequencies of the main mode and of the secondary mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Wolfgang Sauer, Thomas Kauschke, Thomas Bauer
  • Underwater drilling arrangement and method for making a bore
    Patent number: 9140068
    Abstract: An underwater drilling arrangement for marking a bore in a bed of a lake, sea or river with a service platform which can be lowered for placing on the lake, sea or river bed, a drill drive which is mounted so that it is axially displaceable on the service platform, and a drill rod with drill head which can be driven in rotation via the drill drive. A conveying channel is formed in the drill rod, through which a conveying fluid together with excavated drill cuttings can be conveyed upwards, and a discharge opening for the conveying fluid together with the excavated drill cuttings is provided, via which the conveying fluid can be discharged underwater together with the excavated drill cuttings above the drill drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Bauer Maschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Bauer, Stefan Michael Finkenzeller
  • Muffler insert for motor vehicles and method for producing same
    Patent number: 9133754
    Abstract: A first aspect of the present application relates to a method for producing sound-damping, sound-absorbing and/or insulating molded material. More specifically, the method according to the invention relates to a method for producing said molded materials, wherein the fibrous material is wound around at least two carriers and subsequently the wound blank thus obtained remains on the carriers so as to be permanently solidified in order to obtain the molded material according to the invention. A further aspect of the present application concerns the molded material thus obtained, in particular in the form of molded mats or molded objects. Said molded material can be used, in particular, in mufflers. Finally, the following application concerns a device for producing said molded materials from fibrous material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: DBW Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Bauer, Karl-Christian Regent, Martin Schwerdtfeger
  • SAW filter operating in a balanced/unbalanced manner
    Patent number: 9130538
    Abstract: A SAW filter has two DMS tracks. Each DMS track includes six converters, with two converters each acting as input or output converters. The two DMS tracks are electrically connected in series by way of four pairs of coupling converters and the associated coupling lines. A common inner ground line is provided between the two DMS tracks, which extends over the entire length of the DMS tracks and crosses the coupling lines. The input converters of the first DMS track are connected to an asymmetrical port, while the output converters of the second DMS track are connected to a symmetrical port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Thomas Bauer, Andreas Detlefsen, Stephan Bolze, Ralph Durner
  • ELECTROPHORETIC FLUIDS
    Publication number: 20150219977
    Abstract: This invention relates to electrophoretic fluids, the use of these fluids for the preparation of an electrophoretic display device, and electrophoretic displays comprising such fluids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Nils Greinert, Thomas Bauer, Matthias Koch, Wolfgang Hechler
  • ELECTROPHORETIC FLUIDS
    Publication number: 20150168797
    Abstract: This invention relates to electrophoretic fluids, the use of these fluids for the preparation of an electrophoretic display device, and electrophoretic displays comprising such fluids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Nils Greinert, Thomas Bauer, Matthias Koch, Wolfgang Hechler, Nathan Smith
  • Sprocket
    Patent number: 9033835
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multipart sprocket (1), in which an inner ring (2) for fixing the multipart sprocket (1) to a wheel hub comprises through-holes (5) which are located on a common hole circle, wherein the inner ring (2) on the periphery thereof comprises radially outwardly directed inner ring lugs (2A) for receiving a gear rim (8), and the gear rim (8) comprises radially inwardly directed gear rim lugs (11) which are spatially associated with the radially outwardly directed inner ring lugs (2A), and means (12, 13, 14) are present, which connect the inner ring (2) and the gear rim (8) axially and radially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: MXC GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Blank, Thomas Bauer
  • PARTICLES FOR ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAYS COMPRISING A CORE AND A RANDOM-COPOLYMER COATING
    Publication number: 20150092262
    Abstract: This invention relates to particles comprising a core particle and a polymeric shell, electrophoretic fluids comprising such particles, and electrophoretic display devices comprising such fluids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Nils Greinert, Thomas Bauer, Matthias Koch, Wolfgang Hechler, Thomas Rentschler, Nathan Smith
  • Hub assembly, in particular for dual wheels
    Patent number: 8955623
    Abstract: A hub arrangement has hub parts which are rotatable relative to one another. Each hub is assigned a braking device, which is actuatable jointly with the braking device of the respective other hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Kessler & Co. GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Günter Bittlingmaier, Thomas Bauer
  • METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A BRAKE SYSTEM, BRAKE SYSTEM, AND USE
    Publication number: 20150042151
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method, wherein an electrically operated actuator of a vehicle brake system is controlled in accordance with a braking demand of a vehicle control system, such as occurs in electronic stability control. According to the invention, a supply voltage of the vehicle electrical system applied to the electrically operated actuator is increased if at least one specified condition is met. Thus, the pressure build-up by a hydraulic pump can e.g. be accelerated during emergency braking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Tim Zimmermann, Thomas Bauer, Dieter Maus
  • SUBSTRATE CARRIER ARRANGEMENT, COATING SYSTEM HAVING A SUBSTRATE CARRIER ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING A COATING PROCESS
    Publication number: 20150031192
    Abstract: A substrate carrier arrangement (10, 11) for a coating system (12) is provided, comprising a carrier (1) which comprises at least one support region (3) having a support surface (30), on which a substrate support (2) is arranged, and which support region comprises in the support surface (30) at least one first and one second gas inlet (4, 5), wherein the first gas inlet (4) is at a smaller distance from a center (M) of the support surface (30) than the second gas inlet (5) and wherein the first and second gas inlet (4, 5) comprise mutually independent gas feeds (40, 50) which are arranged to supply gases having mutually different thermal conductivities. A coating system comprising a substrate carrier arrangement and a method for performing a coating process are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventor: Thomas Bauer
  • Optoelectronic semiconductor component
    Patent number: 8907359
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor component comprising a semiconductor layer sequence (3) based on a nitride compound semiconductor and containing an n-doped region (4), a p-doped region (8) and an active zone (5) arranged between the n-doped region (4) and the p-doped region (8) is specified. The p-doped region (8) comprises a p-type contact layer (7) composed of InxAlyGa1-x-yN where 0?x?1, 0?y?1 and x+y?1. The p-type contact layer (7) adjoins a connection layer (9) composed of a metal, a metal alloy or a transparent conductive oxide, wherein the p-type contact layer (7) has first domains (1) having a Ga-face orientation and second domains (2) having an N-face orientation at an interface with the connection layer (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Strassburg, Lutz Höppel, Matthias Peter, Ulrich Zehnder, Tetsuya Taki, Andreas Leber, Rainer Butendeich, Thomas Bauer
  • HYDRAULIC STEERING AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A VALVE POSITION
    Publication number: 20140216580
    Abstract: The invention concerns a hydraulic steering (1) comprising a supply connection arrangement, a steering motor (2), a high pressure supply (P), and a steering unit (3) arranged between the supply connection arrangement (S) and the steering motor (2), the supply connection arrangement comprising a steering valve (9), and a valve arrangement (27). The task of the hydraulic steering is to improve the safety and faults detection over the state of the art. For this purpose, the steering valve (9) is only deflectable if the valve arrangement (27) is deflected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventors: Thomas Bauer, Niels Bjarne Hansen, Morten Hoeck Petersen
  • Underwater drilling arrangement and method for making a bore in a bed of a water body
    Patent number: 8757289
    Abstract: The invention relates to an underwater drilling arrangement and a method for making a bore in a bed of a lake, sea or river, having a service platform which can be lowered for positioning on the lake, sea or river bed, a guide tube which is mounted so that it can be rotated, axially moved as well as fixed on the service platform, a drill rod with drill head which is arranged in the guide tube and can be driven via a drill drive, and a guide tube drive which is arranged on the service platform for incorporation of the guide tube in the lake, sea or river bed. In order to reduce the friction which arises upon incorporation of the guide tube between the outer shell surface of the guide tube and the earth material of the lake, sea or river bed, the guide tube has a sliding support means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Bauer Maschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Bauer, Stefan Michael Finkenzeller
  • Underwater drilling arrangement and method for making a bore
    Patent number: 8720603
    Abstract: The invention relates to an underwater drilling arrangement for making a bore in the bed of a lake, sea or river with a platform which can be lowered for positioning on the bed of the lake, sea or river, a drill drive which is arranged on the service platform and a drill rod with drill head which can be driven in rotation via the drill drive. It is provided that the service platform comprises a guide tube, on the inner side of which at least one linear guide is arranged, along which at least one part of the drill drive is guided axially displaceably and the guide tube is held so that it can be adjusted and fixed in a mount of the service platform. The invention further relates to a method for creating a bore in the bed of a lake, sea or river.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Bauer Maschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Bauer, Stefan Michael Finkenzeller
  • HUB ASSEMBLY, IN PARTICULAR FOR DUAL WHEELS
    Publication number: 20140125112
    Abstract: A hub arrangement has hub parts which are rotatable relative to one another. Each hub is assigned a braking device, which is actuatable jointly with the braking device of the respective other hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Kessler & Co., GMBH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Günter Bittlingmaier, Thomas Bauer
  • DRIVE SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20140090514
    Abstract: A drive system for a vehicle includes a drive unit having a drive member rotatable around an axis of rotation (A) and at least one centrifugal mass pendulum unit having a deflection mass carrier and a deflection mass arrangement supported at the deflection mass carrier such that it can be deflected from a basic relative position with respect to the latter by a deflection mass coupling arrangement. A radial distance of the deflection mass arrangement relative to the axis of rotation (A) thereof changes when the deflection mass arrangement is deflected from the basic relative position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventors: Matthias Tögel, Mathias Kopp, Thomas Bauer