Patents by Inventor Thomas Hess

Thomas Hess 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: 11931955
    Abstract: A method for evaluating the quality of a component produced by means of an additive laser sintering and/or laser melting method, in particular a component for an aircraft engine, includes at least the steps of providing a first data set, which comprises spatially resolved color values, which each characterize the temperature of the component at an associated component location during the laser sintering and/or laser melting of the component, providing a second data set, which comprises spatially resolved color values corresponding to the first data set, which color values each characterize the temperature of a reference component at an associated reference component location during the laser sintering and/or laser melting of the reference component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Thomas Hess, Gunter Zenzinger, Wilhelm Satzger
  • Publication number: 20240045755
    Abstract: A control device and method for correcting a guide value and/or a resulting value of a synchronization function, wherein the guide value and/or the resulting value is/are corrected via a correction function, a correcting range of the correction function being specified via an effective guide value path, where an effective start of the correction function is specified via an effective guide value position, where the corrected guide value of a synchronization function is transferred as an input and/or the corrected resulting value is output as a target value to a successive axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Tino HEBER, Thomas HESS, Bernhard KOHLHAS, Raimund KRAM, Manfred POPP, Elena SCHÖNBERGER
  • Patent number: 11770896
    Abstract: Disclosed are special component carriers made of MID-capable plastic in order to make the geometric arrangement of electrical components, such as microprocessors, LEDs, sensors, antennas and the like, on a circuit board more flexible. Said component carriers can have a standardized footprint for connecting to the circuit board and can be adapted to the terminals and the geometric arrangement of the components using individually applied conducting tracks, in particular in an LDS process. Furthermore, the specially shaped component carriers allow the electrical components to be geometrically oriented, in particular at a right angle to the circuit board and parallel to the circuit board, which is especially highly advantageous for antennas and acceleration sensors. Furthermore, SMT soldering is made possible in the pre-mounted state even for temperature-sensitive components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Inventor: Thomas Hess
  • Publication number: 20230296148
    Abstract: An elastomer sealing ring and to a sealing system for an electric motor vehicle disk brake, has an actuating element removeably mounted in a housing compartment. The sealing system has multilateral interfaces and the elastomer sealing ring including a bearing, in a sealing receptacle the elastomer sealing ring blocks at least one or more sealing gap(s) between a brake housing and the actuating element concentrically with respect to the actuating element and laterally next to a cavity. The elastomer sealing ring/sealing are suitable and intended for electrically actuatable motor vehicle disk brakes. The elastomer sealing ring has a partially symmetrical elastomer sealing ring cross section and in cooperation with interfaces, a gap seal adapted is made possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Heß, Dieter Füller, Florian Sauer, Willi Werner Zeig
  • Publication number: 20230122273
    Abstract: Selective laser solidification apparatus is described that includes a powder bed onto which a powder layer can be deposited and a gas flow unit for passing a flow of gas over the powder bed along a predefined gas flow direction. A laser scanning unit is provided for scanning a laser beam over the powder layer to selectively solidify at least part of the powder layer to form a required pattern. The required pattern is formed from a plurality of stripes or stripe segments that are formed by advancing the laser beam along the stripe or stripe segment in a stripe formation direction. The stripe formation direction is arranged so that it always at least partially opposes the predefined gas flow direction. A corresponding method is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: RENISHAW PLC
    Inventors: Marc Frank DIMTER, Ralph Markus MAYER, Thomas HESS
  • Publication number: 20230061125
    Abstract: Disclosed are special component carriers made of MID-capable plastic in order to make the geometric arrangement of electrical components, such as microprocessors, LEDs, sensors, antennas and the like, on a circuit board more flexible. Said component carriers can have a standardized footprint for connecting to the circuit board and can be adapted to the terminals and the geometric arrangement of the components using individually applied conducting tracks, in particular in an LDS process. Furthermore, the specially shaped component carriers allow the electrical components to be geometrically oriented, in particular at a right angle to the circuit board and parallel to the circuit board, which is especially highly advantageous for antennas and acceleration sensors. Furthermore, SMT soldering is made possible in the pre-mounted state even for temperature-sensitive components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventor: Thomas HESS
  • Patent number: 11565346
    Abstract: Selective laser solidification apparatus is described that includes a powder bed onto which a powder layer can be deposited and a gas flow unit for passing a flow of gas over the powder bed along a predefined gas flow direction. A laser scanning unit is provided for scanning a laser beam over the powder layer to selectively solidify at least part of the powder layer to form a required pattern. The required pattern is formed from a plurality of stripes or stripe segments that are formed by advancing the laser beam along the stripe or stripe segment in a stripe formation direction. The stripe formation direction is arranged so that it always at least partially opposes the predefined gas flow direction. A corresponding method is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: RENISHAW PLC
    Inventors: Marc Frank Dimter, Ralph Markus Mayer, Thomas Hess
  • Publication number: 20220252115
    Abstract: A centering mechanism with a brake piston of a disk brake of a motor vehicle, with a spindle extending into a cavity in the brake piston, has dimensions that prevent a force equilibrium of a nut-spindle assembly moved completely out of the vertical position. A force vector of the gravitational force on the nut-spindle assembly extends within a contact surface between a nut and the brake piston. Thus, the brake piston can be easily assembled with the nut-spindle assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicants: CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO. OHG, SFS GROUP INTERNATIONA AG
    Inventors: Thomas WINKLER, Lazar MILISIC, Thomas HESS, Marijo ZACH
  • Patent number: 11402003
    Abstract: A threaded spindle module includes a threaded spindle which extends along a longitudinal axis and has an external thread at an output-side end and, offset with respect to the external thread, a drive-side end with a peg for rotationally fixed coupling to an actuator interface, and with a threaded nut which is screwed onto the external thread, and a joint-like curved support point of the threaded nut is provided as a pivot joint of the threaded spindle module, with a pivot joint center relative to an associated receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG
    Inventors: Thomas Winkler, Lazar Milisic, Thomas Hess, Mario Zach
  • Patent number: 11248484
    Abstract: A gas turbine component for a gas turbine is provided. The gas turbine component has a shell portion having an abradable portion (2) to allow rotor blade ends (1) of a rotor blade array of the gas turbine to rub into the same. The abradable portion adjoins a neighboring portion (3) of the shell portion axially at both sides and is additively manufactured together therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Steffen Schlothauer, Thomas Hess, Christian Liebl, Richard Scharl, Daniel Kirchner, Alexander Buck
  • Patent number: 11077463
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the layered manufacturing of a structural component from powder, comprising the following steps: establishing at least one parameter (t) of a depression (1) in a produced layer (2) of the structural component; smoothing out the depression (1) if the at least one parameter (t) exceeds a predetermined value; and filling the smoothed-out depression (1) with powder (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
    Inventors: Thomas Hess, Erwin Bayer
  • Publication number: 20210177230
    Abstract: A dispersible, nonwoven multistrata wipe material is provided that is stable in a wetting liquid and flushable in use. More particularly, multilayered structures including, but not limited to, two, three, or four layers are provided to form the dispersible nonwoven wipe material. The layers contain combinations of cellulosic and noncellulosic fibers, and optionally a binder or additive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: GEORGIA-PACIFIC MT. HOLLY LLC
    Inventors: John Perry Baker, Maria Curran, Jeffrey Scott Hurley, Ronald Timothy Moose, Jacek K. Dutkiewicz, Manuel Vidal Murcia, Thomas Hess
  • Publication number: 20210116360
    Abstract: A method for evaluating the quality of a component produced by means of an additive laser sintering and/or laser melting method, in particular a component for an aircraft engine, includes at least the steps of providing a first data set, which comprises spatially resolved color values, which each characterize the temperature of the component at an associated component location during the laser sintering and/or laser melting of the component, providing a second data set, which comprises spatially resolved color values corresponding to the first data set, which color values each characterize the temperature of a reference component at an associated reference component location during the laser sintering and/or laser melting of the reference component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Thomas Hess, Gunter Zenzinger, Wilhelm Satzger
  • Patent number: 10973384
    Abstract: A dispersible, nonwoven multistrata wipe material is provided that is stable in a wetting liquid and flushable in use. More particularly, multilayered structures including, but not limited to, two, three, or four layers are provided to form the dispersible nonwoven wipe material. The layers contain combinations of cellulosic and noncellulosic fibers, and optionally a binder or additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Mt. Holly LLC
    Inventors: John P. Baker, Maria Curran, Jeffrey S. Hurley, Ronald T. Moose, Jacek K. Dutkiewicz, Manuel V. Murcia, Thomas Hess
  • Patent number: 10946446
    Abstract: A method for producing a three-dimensional object by applying layers of a pulverulent construction material and by selectively solidifying said material by the action of energy comprises the steps: a layer of the pulverulent construction material is applied to a support or to a layer of the construction material that has been previously applied and at least selectively solidified; an energy beam from an energy source sweeps over points on the applied layer corresponding to a cross-section of the object to be produced in order to selectively solidify the pulverulent construction material; and a gas flow is guided in a main flow direction (RG) over the applied layer during the sweep of the energy beam. The main flow direction (RG) of the gas flow (G) and the sweep direction (RL) of the energy beam are adapted to one another at least in one region of the cross-section to be solidified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: EOS GmbH Electro Optical Systems
    Inventors: Robert Achim Domrose, Michael Hutzel, Alexander Schilling, Andre Danzig, Jorg Hamann, Thomas Hess, Marc Dimter
  • Patent number: 10900890
    Abstract: A method for evaluating the quality of a component produced by means of an additive laser sintering and/or laser melting method, in particular a component for an aircraft engine, includes at least the steps of providing a first data set, which comprises spatially resolved color values, which each characterize the temperature of the component at an associated component location during the laser sintering and/or laser melting of the component, providing a second data set, which comprises spatially resolved color values corresponding to the first data set, which color values each characterize the temperature of a reference component at an associated reference component location during the laser sintering and/or laser melting of the reference component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Thomas Hess, Gunter Zenzinger, Wilhelm Satzger
  • Patent number: 10875258
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and device for generatively producing components, said device comprising a radiation device for selectively radiating a powder bed, and an induction device for inductively heating the component produced by radiating the powder bed, Said induction device comprising at least one voltage source which can simultaneously produce alternating voltages with at least two different frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
    Inventors: Joachim Bamberg, Erwin Bayer, Andreas Jakimov, Herbert Hanrieder, Bertram Kopperger, Wilhelm Satzger, Thomas Hess, Karl-Heinz Dusel, Stefan Schneiderbanger
  • Patent number: D937785
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Harting AG
    Inventor: Thomas Hess
  • Patent number: D940664
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Harting AG
    Inventor: Thomas Hess
  • Patent number: D943535
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Harting AG
    Inventor: Thomas Hess