Patents by Inventor Thomas Burgel

Thomas Burgel 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: 6710764
    Abstract: A low-cost method and system for processing force feedback effects generated at a host for playback at a physical interaction device by moving much of the force feedback effect processing from the device back to the host, and performing this in a manner that does not adversely affect latency effects or the load on the host processor. This is achieved by a novel combination of software and hardware techniques. In particular, the device hardware uses a low-cost microcontroller with limited processing capabilities, minimal memory and a low speed USB interface. The small memory also alleviates the need for buffer assignments and memory management.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Thomas Burgel, Roland Bosa
  • Publication number: 20030232909
    Abstract: A curing agent component is described for an at least two-component mortar composition for the chemical fastening technique, containing at least one free radical-forming agent as curing agent for an organic resin component, water and at least one water-soluble, ethylenically unsaturated polyethylene glycol derivative, which can be copolymerized with the organic resin component and has a solubility in water at 25° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2003
    Publication date: December 18, 2003
    Inventors: Rainer Hettich, Thomas Burgel
  • Publication number: 20030181546
    Abstract: The invention is accomplished with a curable composition, which contains a resin component A with a subsidiary component a, a resin, which can be polymerized by free radicals, and a curing agent component B with a subsidiary component b, a peroxide curing agent. Before use of the curable composition, the components A and B are kept spatially separated and curing takes place only after components A and B have been mixed. To improve such curable compositions, it is proposed that a subsidiary component c, the leuco form of a dye, especially of a triphenylmethane dye, be added to component A. By following such a procedure, it is achieved that the peroxide activity and the progress of the mixing are monitored simultaneously without delaying the curing of the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: Rainer Hettich, Armin Pfeil, Thomas Burgel
  • Patent number: 6533503
    Abstract: A mortar composition, curable by frontal polymerization after heat initiation, is described, wherein are contained a) at least one polymerizable monomer and/or at least one curable resin, b) at least one polymerization initiator, which can be activated and/or released thermally at a temperature above 30° C., for the polymerizable monomers and/or curing accelerator for the curable resin and c) optionally at least one filler, the nature and amount of polymerizable monomer or curable resin and polymerization initiator or curing accelerator being selected so that a polymerization front velocity of at least 10 cm/min results after the polymerization is initiated, as well as a method for fastening tie bars, reinforcing steel or the like in solid substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Armin Pfeil, Thomas Bürgel, Massimo Morbidelli, Anny Rosell
  • Publication number: 20030027900
    Abstract: An at least two-component mortar composition is described, which can be cured by thermal initiation and contains at least one polymerizable monomer and/or at least one curable resin, at least one polymerization initiator for the polymerizable monomer and/or the curable resin and optionally at least one filler, wherein, as polymerization initiator, at least one organically substituted ammonium salt is contained as constituent of a mortar component and at least one inorganic persulfate is contained as constituent of a further mortar component, and which, after the mortar components are mixed in situ, results in an organically substituted ammonium persulfate, the nature and amount of organically substituted ammonium salt and inorganic persulfate as well as of polymerizable monomer or curable resin being selected so that a mortar composition results, which can be polymerized by free radical polymerization due to the action of heat, as well as a method for fastening tie rods, reinforcing steel for concrete or the
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventors: Thomas Burgel, Marianne Bock
  • Publication number: 20010018880
    Abstract: A mortar composition, curable by frontal polymerization after heat initiation, is described, wherein are contained a) at least one polymerizable monomer and/or at least one curable resin, b) at least one polymerization initiator, which can be activated and/or released thermally at a temperature above 30° C., for the polymerizable monomers and/or curing accelerator for the curable resin and c) optionally at least one filler, the nature and amount of polymerizable monomer or curable resin and polymerization initiator or curing accelerator being selected so that a polymerization front velocity of at least 10 cm/min results after the polymerization is initiated, as well as a method for fastening tie bars, reinforcing steel or the like in solid substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Publication date: September 6, 2001
    Inventors: Armin Pfeil, Thomas Burgel, Massimo Morbidelli, Anny Rosell