Patents by Inventor Thomas Burkhart

Thomas Burkhart 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).

  • Publication number: 20230174785
    Abstract: The invention describes compositions of a cellulosic and fiberglass that can utilize, for example, recycled materials thus benefitting the environment and reducing waste materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Kelly Ross Randall, Adam Raymond Wolff, Matthew Thomas Burkhart
  • Publication number: 20220125437
    Abstract: A junctional tourniquet apparatus and related methods of use. An exemplary tourniquet has an inverted cone shape, wherein a narrower end has a mushroom shaped base that is pressed against a compression target and a broader end has a plurality of pass-through slots for straps. Another exemplary tourniquet has a broad plate component and a handle component. The handle component has a mushroom shaped base on a first end and a handle on a second end. The handle component passes through the center of the plate component with threads that allow the handle component to compress a target by twisting the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Joseph Thomas Burkhart, Danielle E. Cafasso, Robert Henry Hayford, Huckelberry Finne, Jose Ramirez Vargas, Michael P Abbott
  • Patent number: 9636890
    Abstract: Laminates with a layer of bonded nonwoven material attached to a layer of film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Aaron Lu, Robert Haines Turner, Lisa Marie Reynolds, Thomas Burkhart, Helmut Hartl, Deying Kong, David D. Newkirk
  • Publication number: 20150126663
    Abstract: A resin composition [composition (C)] comprising: from 40 to 95% by volume (% v) of at least one aromatic polyimide [polymer (PI)], from 0.1 to 15% by volume (% v) of at least one compound having the general formula AnXm [compound (AnXm)], wherein each A is independently selected from a group consisting of a metal atom (M) which is selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Mo, Ag, Cd, Sn, Pt, Au, Hg, Pb and Tl and a semimetal atom (SM) which is selected from the group consisting of As, Sb and Bi; wherein each X is independently selected from a group consisting of As, Sb, S, Se and Te; with the proviso that when A is As or Sb then X is different from A; and wherein n and m equal or different from each other, are independently 1, 2, 3 and 4, from 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS USA, LLC.
    Inventors: Thomas Burkhart, Rolf Walter, Hans-Peter Feldner, Yuhong Wu, Geoffrey Scott Underwood, Brian A. Stern
  • Patent number: 8874304
    Abstract: A method for monitoring the state of a bogie of a railway vehicle having at least one wheel set, wherein the wheels of the wheel set are rigidly connected by an axle and have an approximately conical wheel profile, and signals corresponding to a sinusoidal run of the wheel set of the bogie based on the conical wheel profile of the wheels are filtered out of signals provided by sensors disposed on the bogie. The frequency of the sinusoidal run is determined relative to boundary conditions, such as the prevailing vehicle speed, and compared to a save value or range of values for the frequency of the sinusoidal run typical for the prevailing boundary conditions, wherein the deviation of the measured frequency from the saved value or range of values for the frequency is monitored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Knorr-Bremse Systeme fur Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Ulf Friesen, Thomas Burkhart
  • Publication number: 20140234604
    Abstract: Laminates with a layer of bonded nonwoven material attached to a layer of film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Aaron Lu, Robert Haines Turner, Lisa Marie Reynolds, Thomas Burkhart, Helmut Hartl, Deying Kong, David D. Newkirk
  • Patent number: 8728051
    Abstract: Laminates with a layer of bonded nonwoven material attached to a layer of film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Aaron Lu, Robert Haines Turner, Lisa Marie Reynolds, Thomas Burkhart, Helmut Hartl, Deying Kong, David D. Newkirk
  • Publication number: 20140072788
    Abstract: Disclosed are highly extensible bonded webs or multilayered sheets containing these. These products can be processed in a ring-roll process without damage. The bonded webs or multilayered sheets can be used, for example in the manufacture of diapers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Inventors: Thomas Burkhart, Walter D. Daniels, Helmut Hartl, Jonathan A. Lu, Deying Kong, David Dudley Newkirk, Robert H. Turner, Lisa Reynolds, Tonny Debeer
  • Publication number: 20120259487
    Abstract: A method for monitoring the state of a bogie of a railway vehicle having at least one wheel set, wherein the wheels of the wheel set are rigidly connected by an axle and have an approximately conical wheel profile, and signals corresponding to a sinusoidal run of the wheel set of the bogie based on the conical wheel profile of the wheels are filtered out of signals provided by sensors disposed on the bogie. The frequency of the sinusoidal run is determined relative to boundary conditions, such as the prevailing vehicle speed, and compared to a save value or range of values for the frequency of the sinusoidal run typical for the prevailing boundary conditions, wherein the deviation of the measured frequency from the saved value or range of values for the frequency is monitored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FÜR SCHIENENFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Ulf Friesen, Thomas Burkhart
  • Patent number: 8234917
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for monitoring errors in undercarriage components of rail vehicles, having at least one acceleration sensor which works with an evaluation unit. At least one acceleration sensor is arranged on the undercarriage of the rail vehicle in such a manner that its direction of detection has at least one component parallel to the vertical axis (z-direction) of the rail vehicle. The invention proposes that the acceleration sensor is constructed in such a manner that it delivers a measuring signal which contains the signal portion corresponding to a ground acceleration, or represents a signal corresponding to a ground acceleration, and that the evaluation unit has a routine for testing functions of the acceleration sensor, the routine controlling an error signal if the measuring signal delivered by the acceleration sensor contains no signal portion corresponding to a ground acceleration. The routine also suppresses the error signal if this is not the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Knorr-Bremse Systeme fur Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Burkhart, Ulf Friesen
  • Publication number: 20110282313
    Abstract: Laminates with a layer of bonded nonwoven material attached to a layer of film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Jonathan Aaron Lu, Robert Haines Turner, Lisa Marie Reynolds, Thomas Burkhart, Helmut Hartl, Deying Kong, David D. Newkirk
  • Publication number: 20100078527
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for monitoring errors in undercarriage components of rail vehicles, having at least one acceleration sensor which works with an evaluation unit. At least one acceleration sensor is arranged on the undercarriage of the rail vehicle in such a manner that its direction of detection has at least one component parallel to the vertical axis (z-direction) of the rail vehicle. The invention proposes that the acceleration sensor is constructed in such a manner that it delivers a measuring signal which contains the signal portion corresponding to a ground acceleration, or represents a signal corresponding to a ground acceleration, and that the evaluation unit has a routine for testing functions of the acceleration sensor, the routine controlling an error signal if the measuring signal delivered by the acceleration sensor contains no signal portion corresponding to a ground acceleration. The routine also suppresses the error signal if this is not the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FOR SCHIENENFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Burkhart, Ulf Friesen
  • Patent number: 7413061
    Abstract: A method and a device for controlling an electrically actuated wear adjuster of a brake application device for vehicles, in particular rail vehicles. Said method comprises the following steps: a) determination of an actual application stroke of brake linings against an allocated brake disc or brake drum during service braking, in accordance with at least one measured brake application path that is traversed by the brake linings and with a measured braking force value that is allocated to said brake application path; b) comparison of the actual application stroke with a desired brake application stroke or a desired application stroke tolerance range and if the actual application stroke deviates from said stroke or range: calculation of an adjustment path from said deviation; c) electronic control of the wear adjuster in accordance with the calculated adjustment path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Knorr-Bremse Systeme für Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Wagner, Thomas Burkhart, Ulf Friesen, Manfred Vohla, Josef Staltmeir
  • Patent number: 7345747
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an arrangement and a method for checking optical diffraction structures (e.g., kinegrams) on documents. The object of the invention, to find a novel possibility for checking optical diffraction structures on documents which permits detection of the presence and authenticity of optical diffraction structures quickly and economically with respect to apparatus, is met according to the invention in that the sensor unit is arranged orthogonally above the support surface of the document, and in that the illumination unit contains at least two monochromatic light sources which are arranged so as to emit light bundles at defined incident angles with respect to a surface normal of the document directed to the diffraction structure and which can be switched on sequentially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Cross Match Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Juergen Hillmann, Thomas Burkhart, Kevin Koelling
  • Publication number: 20060219486
    Abstract: A method and a device for controlling an electrically actuated wear adjuster of a brake application device for vehicles, in particular rail vehicles. Said method comprises the following steps: a) determination of an actual application stroke of brake linings against an allocated brake disc or brake drum during service braking, in accordance with at least one measured brake application path that is traversed by the brake linings and with a measured braking force value that is allocated to said brake application path; b) comparison of the actual application stroke with a desired brake application stroke or a desired application stroke tolerance range and if the actual application stroke deviates from said stroke or range: calculation of an adjustment path from said deviation; c) electronic control of the wear adjuster in accordance with the calculated adjustment path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventors: Thomas Wagner, Thomas Burkhart, Ulf Friesen, Manfred Vohla, Josef Staltmeir
  • Publication number: 20060062427
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method and an arrangement for image recording for data detection and security checking of documents, in particular for automated checking of the authenticity of documents in which hidden information for high-security checking is incorporated. It is the object of the invention to find a novel possibility for image recording for data detection and for checking the authenticity of documents which permits an automated detection of the presence of hidden information and high-resolution recording of hidden information for high-security checking in the shortest possible time and at the lowest cost in apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Inventors: Thomas Burkhart, Juergen Hillmann
  • Publication number: 20050237616
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an arrangement and a method for checking optical diffraction structures (e.g., kinegrams) on documents. The object of the invention, to find a novel possibility for checking optical diffraction structures on documents which permits detection of the presence and authenticity of optical diffraction structures quickly and economically with respect to apparatus, is met according to the invention in that the sensor unit is arranged orthogonally above the support surface of the document, and in that the illumination unit contains at least two monochromatic light sources which are arranged so as to emit light bundles at defined incident angles with respect to a surface normal of the document directed to the diffraction structure and which can be switched on sequentially.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2005
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Juergen Hillmann, Thomas Burkhart, Kevin Koelling
  • Patent number: 6828391
    Abstract: Use, as modifier resin for rubber mixtures, of novolaks ABC plastified with terpene-type olefinically unsaturated natural substances C, where the ratio of the molar amount of the phenol or phenol derivative B and the molar amount of the natural substance C in the modified novolak is from 1:6 to 6:1, process for increasing the tear propagation resistance and reducing the compression set of rubber vulcanizates by adding these modifier resins to rubber mixtures, and components molded from vulcanizates thus prepared.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: Solutia Germany GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Burkhart, Siegfried Wallenwein
  • Publication number: 20040156997
    Abstract: A floor coating includes an electrically conductive priming layer and an electrically conductive top layer that is impermeable to water. Processes for producing the floor coatings and suitable coating formulations are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2004
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventors: Thomas Burkhart, Thorsten Landau
  • Patent number: D495144
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Inventor: Scott Thomas Burkhart