Patents by Inventor Thomas Becker

Thomas Becker 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).

  • GUIDE VANE ASSEMBLY FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE
    Publication number: 20140064955
    Abstract: A guide vane assembly for a gas turbine engine includes: a strut having: a root, a tip, a leading edge, a trailing edge wall, and opposed sidewalls extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge wall; and a pair of spaced-apart prongs extending axially aft from the trailing edge wall, each prong having an outer wall that is flush with a respective one of the sidewalls; and a flap positioned axially aft of the strut, the flap having a root, a tip, a leading edge, a trailing edge, and opposed sides extending between the leading and trailing edge, wherein a portion of the leading edge is disposed between the prongs, and wherein a disk-like flap button is disposed at the tip of the flap adjacent its leading edge, the flap button including a pair of spaced-apart notches formed therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Thurmond Douglas Senter, Mark Joseph Mielke, Alan Glen Turner, Thomas Becker
  • METHOD OF DRYING A WET CARBON DIOXIDE RICH GAS STREAM
    Publication number: 20140026749
    Abstract: A method of drying a wet carbon dioxide rich gas stream is disclosed. The method includes: feeding a wet carbon dioxide rich gas stream into a dryer unit, bringing the wet carbon dioxide rich gas stream in contact with a hygroscopic salt in the dryer unit, whereby a dry carbon dioxide rich gas stream and brine are formed, withdrawing the dry carbon dioxide rich gas stream from the dryer unit, and withdrawing the brine from the dryer unit. A system includes a method of drying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: ALSTOM Technology
    Inventor: Thomas BECKER
  • Fused bicyclic pyrimidines
    Patent number: 8614218
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) a tautomer or stereoisomer thereof, or a salt thereof, wherein ring B and the pyrimidine to which it is fused, R4, R5, R6 and R7 have the meanings as given in the description and the claims, are effective inhibitors of the Pi3K/Akt pathway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
    Inventors: Swen Hölder, Matthias Vennemann, Gerrit Beneke, Armin Zülch, Volker Gekeler, Thomas Beckers, Astrid Zimmermann, Hemant Joshi
  • Fused bicyclic imidazoles
    Patent number: 8592591
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) a tautomer or stereoisomer thereof, or a salt thereof, wherein ring B and the imidazole to which it is fused, R4, R6 and R7 have the meanings as given in the description and the claims, are effective inhibitors of the Pi3K/Akt pathway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
    Inventors: Swen Hölder, Armin Zülch, Thomas Bär, Thomas Maier, Astrid Zimmermann, Thomas Beckers, Volker Gekeler, Hemant Joshi, Yogesh Munot, Umesh Bhise, Sunil Chavan, Sachin Shivatare, Sarvesh Patel, Vikas Gore
  • MONITORING DEVICE FOR REPAIR PATCHES, REPAIR KIT, AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A REPAIR PATCH
    Publication number: 20130192381
    Abstract: A monitoring device for a repair patch that can be placed on or in a wall of an aircraft to repair a defect has a sensor device for detecting properties of the repair patch placed in the wall, an energy supply device for supplying energy at least to the sensor device, and a communication device so as to read out the sensor data. A repair kit that can be placed in or on a wall of an aircraft to repair defects comprises a repair patch for repairing a defect in or on a wall of an aircraft and also comprises a monitoring device. A method for monitoring a repair patch in or on a wall of an aircraft by means of a monitoring device comprises the steps of detecting a measurement phase on the basis of the amount of energy provided by the energy supply device, measuring load parameters in and/or on the repair patch during the measurement phase, and reading out the load parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: EADS DEUTSCHLAND GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Becker, Ulrich Prechtel, Jirka Klaue, Martin Kluge, Jordi Sabater, Josef Schalk
  • Tetrahydro-fused pyridines as histone deacetylase inhibitors
    Patent number: 8440830
    Abstract: The compounds of formula (I), wherein ring D and ring E together form a fused ring system selected from formula (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), and the salts of these compounds are novel, effective inhibitors of histone deacetylases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: 4SC AG
    Inventors: Thomas Maier, Thomas Beckers, Thomas Baer, Matthias Vennemann, Volker Gekeler, Astrid Zimmermann, Petra Gimmnich, Kamlesh Padiya, Hemant Joshi, Uday Joshi, Mahindra Makhija, Dipak Harel
  • Sulfonylpyrroles
    Patent number: 8399505
    Abstract: Compounds of a certain formula (I), in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 have the meanings indicated in the description, are novel effective HDAC inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: 4SC AG
    Inventors: Thomas Maier, Thomas Beckers, Thomas Baer, Petra Gimmnich, Frank Dullweber, Matthias Vennemann
  • LUMBAR SUPPORT BELT
    Publication number: 20130030337
    Abstract: A belt comprising an elastic band having a central portion and two end portions, wherein a cushion is fastened on the inner surface of the central portion of the band, centered relative to the transverse median axis. The cushion is in the shape of a V whereby the tip is oriented downward when the belt is worn, and has two flanges connected by a joining area. The cushion is designed and positioned so that, when the belt is worn, the free end portion of each flange bears on the corresponding iliac crest of the person, and the joining area is in contact with the area comprising the upper portion of the sacrum and the lower portion of the lumbar vertebrae.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: GIBAUD
    Inventors: Gérard Anglada, Thomas Beckers
  • Method and telecommunication system for transmission of a message
    Patent number: 8358775
    Abstract: A method and telecommunication system is disclosed for transmission of a message from a first telecommunication terminal to a second telecommunication terminal, of which at least one is connected to a line-connected telephone network. The message is converted as a short message into the short message format, a connection setup is realized and the short message is transmitted in the short message format to a short message service center and from the latter to the second telecommunication terminal, where the transmission of the short message to the short message center and/or to the second telecommunication terminal is carried out by means of DTMF or FSK off-hook signaling in the voice band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Becker, Joerg Bruchertseifer, Guido Heling, Marco Logt, Helmut Lucaβen, Joern Watzke
  • METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
    Publication number: 20120303246
    Abstract: A method for operating an internal combustion engine, in which fuel is injected into a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine with the aid of an injector, a variable which characterizes a slope of a straight line or of a curve which has at least some sections in the shape of a straight line, being ascertained, the straight line or straight line-shaped curve linking activation times of the injector to the appropriate difference values, and a difference value being formed by the difference between an instantaneous closing point in time and a reference closing point in time or between an instantaneous injection quantity and a reference injection quantity, and a measure for a coking of the injector being ascertained from the ascertained variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Inventors: Thomas BECKER, Michael Mennicken, Rainer Peck, Andreas Bartsch, Lars Ulrich
  • Thiophene-imidazopyridines
    Patent number: 8273890
    Abstract: The invention relates to thiophene-imidazopyridine compounds according to formula (I), wherein the substituents and symbols are as defined in the description. The compounds are inhibitors of PIk1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: 4SC AG
    Inventors: Thomas Stengel, Mathias Schmidt, Steffen Weinbrenner, Alexander Weber, Petra Gimmnich, Volker Gekeler, Thomas Beckers, Astrid Zimmermann, Thomas Maier, Beate Schmidt, Florian Dehmel
  • METHOD AND CONTROL UNIT FOR OPERATING A VALVE
    Publication number: 20120239278
    Abstract: A method for operating a valve actuated with the aid of an actuator, in particular, an injection valve of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, where the actuator is activated using an activation signal characterizing a desired opening duration of the valve. The activation signal characterizing the desired opening duration is corrected as a function of a valve delay time, in order to obtain a corrected activation signal for activating the actuator; the valve delay time representing a temporal deviation between the activation signal and an actual change of an operating state of at least one component of the valve, in particular, of the valve element of an electromagnetic actuator, or of a valve needle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Thomas Becker, Egbert Fuchs, Felix Landhaeusser, Holger Rapp, Thomas Gann, Ralph Kober
  • Pulverizer And Operating Method Therefor
    Publication number: 20120211576
    Abstract: A pulverizer includes a cutting rotor with a multiplicity of cutting blades, a cutting stator surrounding the cutting rotor with a plurality of stator blades, a milling stock inlet for the milling stock feed and a discharge screen in direction of rotation of the cutting rotor located after the milling stock inlet, wherein all stator blades in direction of rotation of the cutting rotor are arranged between the milling stock inlet and the discharge screen. Furthermore, an operating method for a pulverizer as described above is also contemplated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Inventors: Roland Nied, Wolfgang Rohmann, Hermann Sickel, Thomas Becker
  • Sulphonylpyrroles as inhibitors of HDACs novel sulphonylpyrroles
    Patent number: 8232297
    Abstract: Compounds of a certain formula I, in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 have the meanings indicated in the description, as well as salts thereof are novel effective HDAC inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: 4SC AG
    Inventors: Thomas Maier, Thomas Beckers, Rolf-Peter Hummel, Martin Feth, Matthias Müller, Thomas Bär, Jürgen Volz
  • Hoop lock
    Patent number: 8225631
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hoop lock for two wheelers, wherein the hoop lock has a lock body and a substantially U-shaped hoop. The hoop is selectively releasable from the lock body or latchable to the lock body. The hoop has at least two wire sections which extend along the U-shape of the hoop alongside one another, and which are surrounded, at least regionally, by a sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: ABUS August Bremicker Sohne KG
    Inventor: Thomas Becker
  • ORTHOSIS FOR TREATING RHIZARTHROSIS
    Publication number: 20120179081
    Abstract: An orthosis to be placed on the hand of a user, including a supporting member having the general shape of a horse saddle and having an inner flange and an outer flange, to be placed at the thumb-index commissure with the inner flange against the palm and the outer wing against the back surface of the hand, in order to enable a spacing to be maintained between the thumb and the index finger. The orthosis includes a strap to be placed around the hand and the supporting member so as to retain said supporting member such that the metacarpal bone of the thumb is trapped inside the orthosis between the strap and supporting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Inventors: Gerard Anglada, Thomas Beckers
  • Sulphonylpyrrole hydrochloride salts as histone deacetylases inhibitors
    Patent number: 8188138
    Abstract: Compounds of a certain formula I, in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 have the meanings indicated in the description, as well as salts thereof are novel effective HDAC inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: 4SC AG
    Inventors: Thomas Maier, Thomas Beckers, Rolf-Peter Hummel, Martin Feth, Matthias Müller, Thomas Bär
  • Lock
    Patent number: 8127577
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lock, in particular a hoop lock, having a lock housing, in which a locking cylinder of the lock is arranged, including a cylinder housing, a barrel rotatably mounted in the cylinder housing and a driver unit associated in a drive effective manner with the barrel, and having at least one bolt coupled to the barrel via the driver unit, so that by rotating the barrel the at least one bolt is moveable from a locked position into a release position. The lock housing has a receiving space in an axial extension of the locking cylinder, with the locking cylinder or a part thereof being able to be displaced from an operational position into the receiving space on the application of a predefined force in the axial direction of the locking cylinder, to adopt a sabotage position, in which the coupling of the at least one bolt to the barrel is taken out of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: ABUS August Bremicker Soehne KG
    Inventors: Joachim Buhl, Friedhelm Schell, Martin Hommel, Thomas Becker
  • Sulphonylpyrroles
    Patent number: 8067615
    Abstract: Compounds of a certain formula (I), in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 have the meanings indicated in the description, are novel effective HDAC inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: 4SC AG
    Inventors: Thomas Maier, Thomas Beckers, Thomas Baer, Petra Gimmnich, Frank Dullweber, Matthias Vennemann
  • Method for transmitting notification messages on submitting multimedia messages to telecommunications devices embodied as multimedia message sinks
    Patent number: RE43544
    Abstract: A method is provided for transmitting notification messages for submission of multimedia messages to telecommunications devices embodied as multimedia message sinks, wherein to reduce the effort involved in transmitting notification messages and the associated administration effort in an entity sending the notification message on submission of multimedia messages to telecommunications devices embodied as multimedia message sinks independently of their multimedia capabilities, a service center responsible for sending the notification messages transmits on submission of multimedia messages in a notification message a first notification information which is preferably binary coded, and a second notification information which is preferably embodied as text information, uniformly to different variants of telecommunications devices as regards their multimedia capabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Becker, Jan-Christoph Geiger, Werner Goertz, Guido Heling, Peter Mros, Stefan Nieder, Albert Ratermann, Stanislaus Willemsen, Marco van de Logt