Patents by Inventor Thomas Hörner

Thomas Hörner 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: 20250230918
    Abstract: A luminary is disclosed that provides simultaneous area and distance lighting through multiple light sources equipped with fixed light guides. Each light guide directs light at a specific emission angle, enabling the device to deliver wide-angle area lighting and focused distance lighting without requiring manual adjustments. The light sources are arranged in a housing that allows light emission in a single direction, with overlapping illumination to ensure seamless blending of lighting zones. The luminary is designed for applications such as construction, law enforcement, vehicle lighting, emergency and scene lighting, and portable or battery-operated uses. The luminary can be used with tactical shields, rotating light guide assemblies, and tripod mounts for enhanced versatility. The system enhances operational efficiency by eliminating the need for mechanical or electronic transitions between lighting states, making it particularly useful in time-sensitive or hazardous environments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2025
    Publication date: July 17, 2025
    Applicant: FoxFury LLC
    Inventors: Mario Cugini, Thomas Horner, Chris Raven
  • Patent number: 11169087
    Abstract: Method and system in which, in order to determine foreign gases in ethylene with a degree of purity up to greater than 99%, a sample 2 of the ethylene in a measuring cell 1 is irradiated with light 14, wherein the wavelength of the light 14 is varied to scan selected absorption lines of the foreign gases in a wavelength-dependent manner, where the light 14 is detected after passing through the sample 2 to determine the concentrations of the foreign gases based on the wavelength-specific absorption of the light 14 at the points of the scanned absorption lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Alexandru Popescu, Thomas Hörner
  • Publication number: 20200166454
    Abstract: Method and system in which, in order to determine foreign gases in ethylene with a degree of purity up to greater than 99%, a sample 2 of the ethylene in a measuring cell 1 is irradiated with light 14, wherein the wavelength of the light 14 is varied to scan selected absorption lines of the foreign gases in a wavelength-dependent manner, where the light 14 is detected after passing through the sample 2 to determine the concentrations of the foreign gases based on the wavelength-specific absorption of the light 14 at the points of the scanned absorption lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Alexandru Popescu, Thomas Hörner
  • Patent number: 9030666
    Abstract: A non-dispersive gas analyzer comprising a light source, having light that shines through a measuring cuvette containing a measuring gas to be analyzed onto a non selective detector having a downstream evaluation unit, wherein a multi-component gas analysis is made possible using in a simple manner in that the light source is a flash discharge lamp and the evaluation unit is configured to evaluate the temporal pulse curves of the flash shining onto the detector such that it is possible to take advantage of the property of flash discharge lamps in that the emitted wavelength components vary over the duration of the flash.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengeselschaft
    Inventors: Ralf Bitter, Camiel Heffels, Thomas Hörner
  • Patent number: 8558201
    Abstract: A method and device for measuring the soot load in the exhaust gas systems of diesel engines using a sensor which is mounted downstream of a particulate filter and comprises a sensor element, to measure the operability of the particulate filter. According to the method, the soot load of the sensor element is measured resistively or capacitively using electrodes. The measuring voltage of the sensor element is controlled depending on at least one actual operating parameter of the diesel engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ralf Bitter, Camiel Heffels, Thomas Hörner
  • Publication number: 20130208280
    Abstract: A non-dispersive gas analyzer comprising a light source, having light that shines through a measuring cuvette containing a measuring gas to be analyzed onto a non selective detector having a downstream evaluation unit, wherein a multi-component gas analysis is made possible using in a simple manner in that the light source is a flash discharge lamp and the evaluation unit is configured to evaluate the temporal pulse curves of the flash shining onto the detector such that it is possible to take advantage of the property of flash discharge lamps in that the emitted wavelength components vary over the duration of the flash.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ralf Bitter, Camiel Heffels, Thomas Hörner
  • Publication number: 20130043391
    Abstract: A modulator wheel of a gas analyzer which contains an opening in the shadowing part thereof, where the opening generates in the measurement signal of the gas analyzer, in addition to a signal component at a modulation frequency generated by alternating shadowing and passing-through of the radiation, a further signal component having twice the modulation frequency that is used for detecting changes to the infrared radiation source or detector arrangement due to contamination, aging, or temperature, and compensating for the effects thereof on the measurement result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ralf Bitter, Camiel Heffels, Thomas Hörner
  • Publication number: 20120203470
    Abstract: A measurement method in which, at the start of a measurement chain, a measured variable is picked up and is further-processed over the course of the measurement chain by conversion to generate a measurement result, where the original or converted measured variable is modulated at a predetermined modulation frequency at a first point in the measurement chain. At a second point in the measurement chain or sequence, which is after the first point in the direction of further-processing, a variable is added to the converted measured variable. The measurement chain or sequence is calibrated using different known values for the measured variable, where different vectors are obtained that define a characteristic, and an unknown value for the measured variable is determined from that point of the characteristic at which the vector obtained in the process or its extension intersects the characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ralf BITTER, Camiel Heffels, Thomas Hörner, Martin Kionke
  • Patent number: 8178068
    Abstract: A catalyst charge for ammonia oxidation, including the Andrussow process, comprises a first stage ammonia oxidation catalyst capable of oxidizing 20 to 99% of designed ammonia throughput, to produce a first stage product gas comprising unreacted ammonia, oxygen and nitrogen oxides, and a second stage ammonia oxidation catalyst capable of completing the oxidation of unreacted ammonia. Low levels of nitrous oxide are produced an extended campaign lengths may be seen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey PLC
    Inventors: Sean Alexander Axon, Duncan Roy Coupland, Brian Thomas Horner, John Ridland, Ian Carmichael Wishart
  • Publication number: 20120091346
    Abstract: The invention relates to a NDIR two beam gas analyser in which infrared radiation is guided by modulation in an alternating manner through a measuring chamber and a reference chamber and is subsequently detected, a measurement signal being produced due to the analysis which determines the concentration of a measurement gas component present in the measurement chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Ralf Bitter, Camiel Heffels, Thomas Hörner, Martin Kionke, Michael Ludwig
  • Patent number: 8158945
    Abstract: A detector arrangement for detection of a measuring gas component in a gas mixture is provided. The arrangement includes a gas analyzer, a first single-layer receiver and a further single-layer receiver, the first single-layer receiver containing the measuring gas component and the further single-layer receiver containing a transverse gas. A concentration of the measuring gas component in the gas mixture is determined from signals delivered by sensors of the single-layer receivers. An evaluating device includes an n-dimensional calibration matrix for obtaining matrix signal values. Signal values of different known concentrations of the measuring gas component in the presence of different known transverse gas concentrations are stored as n-tubules in the evaluating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ralf Bitter, Camiel Heffels, Thomas Hörner
  • Publication number: 20120056112
    Abstract: A method and device for measuring the soot load in the exhaust gas systems of diesel engines using a sensor which is mounted downstream of a particulate filter and comprises a sensor element, to measure the operability of the particulate filter. According to the method, the soot load of the sensor element is measured resistively or capacitively using electrodes. The measuring voltage of the sensor element is controlled depending on at least one actual operating parameter of the diesel engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2010
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ralf Bitter, Camiel Heffels, Thomas Hörner
  • Patent number: 8044353
    Abstract: The invention relates to a NDIR-gas analyser comprising an infrared radiation source (1), a measuring vessel (3) containing a gas mixture (4) having a measuring gas component (5) that is to be detected, and a detector device (7) that is arranged behind the measuring vessel that can detect the influence of ageing of the radiation source (1) and optionally dirt deposits in the optical radiation path without interrupting measuring. According to the invention, at least one optopneumatic detector (15) is arranged in the beam path of the radiation source (1), said detector being filled with any gas (16) when arranged between the radiation source (1) and the measuring vessel (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ralf Bitter, Camiel Heffels, Thomas Hörner, Ludwig Kimmig, Martin Kionke, Michael Ludwig
  • Publication number: 20110032514
    Abstract: The invention relates to a NDIR-gas analyser comprising an infrared radiation source (1), a measuring vessel (3) containing a gas mixture (4) having a measuring gas component (5) that is to be detected, and a detector device (7) that is arranged behind the measuring vessel that can detect the influence of ageing of the radiation source (1) and optionally dirt deposits in the optical radiation path without interrupting measuring. According to the invention, at least one optopneumatic detector (15) is arranged in the beam path of the radiation source (1), said detector being filled with any gas (16) when arranged between the radiation source (1) and the measuring vessel (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2009
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: Siemens AG
    Inventors: Ralf Bitter, Camiel Heffels, Thomas Hörner, Ludwig Kimmig, Martin Kionke, Michael Ludwig
  • Publication number: 20040045685
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of a multi-ply tissue comprising at least two plies. The process comprises steps of mechanically refining a first slurry of fibers wherein the fibers have an average length of at least 2 mm; mixing the refined slurry with a second slurry of fibers, providing an embryonic web upon a foraminous surface, removing water from the embryonic web to form a ply; and juxtaposing at least two plies to form the multi-ply tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Thomas Horner, Scott Thomas Loughran, Marianne Malmbak, Anja Werth
  • Patent number: 6665875
    Abstract: A protective garment includes an apron portion and a pair of flexible leg protector members depending from the apron portion. Each leg protector member has a deformable, curved strip of material having an elastic memory connected thereto which releasably holds the leg protector members in position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Inventors: Almeda Alonso, Thomas Horner
  • Patent number: 5388554
    Abstract: This invention relates to an intake means for a reciprocating internal combustion having a plurality of cylinders having cylinder heads in each of which there are provided at least two charging ducts (14, 15), provided with inlet valves, for intake air for the respective cylinder, of which charging ducts at least one is designed as a swirl duct, one of the charging ducts (14, 15) being controllable via a throttle valve (18) at an associated intake passage (4, 3). In order to achieve a simple design along with a favorable configuration of the valves in terms of space, the intake passages (3, 4) and the charging ducts (14, 15) are incorporated in a cast intake manifold (1) with the intake passages (3, 4) and the charging ducts (14, 15), cylinder by cylinder, being separated from another by means of partitions (2, 16), and a control valve (18) for one intake passage (4) being positioned next to an uncontrolled intake passage (3) at the inlet end to the intake manifold (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1995
    Assignee: Klockner-Humboldt-Deutz AG
    Inventors: Thomas Horner, Rolf Schmidt
  • Patent number: 5231013
    Abstract: A new polycyclic peptide antibiotic termed gallidermin is disclosed and described, together with a process for producing such antibiotic by fermination of a new microorganism, Staphylococcus gallinarum (DSM 4616).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1993
    Inventors: Gunther Jung, Roland Kellner, Hans Zahner, Friedrich Gotz, Thomas Horner, Rolf G. Werner, Hermann Allgaier