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).

  • Publication number: 20140321998
    Abstract: A housing section of a turbine engine compressor stage or a turbine engine turbine stage that, in particular, has a closed and annular-shaped, radially outer casing. The radially outer casing has radially inwardly extending webs that are angled at a slant relative to the radius.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Karl Maar, Thomas Hess, Petra Kufner
  • Patent number: 8862792
    Abstract: Retrieval of status information from a remote device performed on a host system is provided, wherein the remote device is connected to the host system via a bus system comprising at least two signal lines terminated with resistors on the host system side and on the remote device side. The retrieval method includes: activating a sensing phase; sensing the at least two terminated signal lines during the sensing phase; and determining operating state of the remote device based on the sensing result; wherein at least a first operating state representing a connected and powered remote device is detectable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Hess, Philip S. Schulz, Markus Strasser, Sven Wagner, Constantin Werner
  • Publication number: 20140294570
    Abstract: Disclosed are a turbomachine having at least one radial gap seal which has at least two opposite ceramic coatings which are constructed in each case from a ceramic powder, the particle size of which is smaller than 1.0 ?m, and a turbomachine having at least one radial gap seal, wherein the coatings are built up from powder-based individual layers, the outer layer of which has a higher ceramic fraction than a base layer close to the rotor or stator section respectively, wherein the particle size of the powder material is smaller than 1.0 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Sven-Juergen HILLER, Erwin BAYER, Thomas HESS, Peter GEIGER
  • Publication number: 20140239553
    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: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
    Inventors: Joachim Bamberg, Erwin Bayer, Abdreas Jakimov, Herbert Hanrieder, Bertram Kopperger, Wilhelm Satzger, Thomas Hess, Karl-Heinz Dusel, Stefan Schneiderbanger
  • Publication number: 20140161624
    Abstract: A method for producing a run-in coating for a turbomachine for braking a rotor in the event of a shaft breakage, the run-in coating being formed as an integral, generative blade portion during a generative manufacture of a blade. A run-in system having an abradable ring that is configured circumferentially on a blade row and has a chamber-type material structure. A turbomachine having a run-in system of this kind, as well as a guide vane having such a run-in coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Erwin Bayer, Thomas Hess, Sven-J. Hiller, Peter Geiger
  • Publication number: 20140159266
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the generative production of a component (2) and to a device for carrying out such a method, having the following steps: applying a material layer with a constant layer thickness; solidifying a region of the material layer according to a component cross section; generating an eddy-current scan of the solidified region, a scan depth corresponding to a multiple of the layer thickness; determining a material characterization of the solidified region taking into consideration a previous eddy-current scan of solidified regions of lower-lying material layers; and repeating the steps until the component (2) is assembled. An electric material characterization of each individual layer is determined using a recursive algorithm of individual measurements (monolayer by monolayer), and thus the entire component is tested step by step completely in a highly resolved manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
    Inventors: Joachim Bamberg, Wilhelm Satzger, Thomas Hess
  • Patent number: 8684147
    Abstract: A combined vehicle brake which has a hydraulically actuable service brake and an electromechanically actuable parking brake device, a hydraulic service pressure space being delimited in a brake housing by a brake piston which can be acted upon by hydraulic pressure medium in order to execute service braking operations, so that the brake piston can be actuated along a piston longitudinal axis in order to achieve a braking action, and the parking brake device acting on the brake piston by a gear, in that the gear converts the rotational movement of an electromechanical actuator into a translational movement and causes an actuation of the brake piston in order to execute parking braking operations and holds the said brake piston in the actuated position, the gear having a threaded spindle and a threaded nut which are in contact with one another via a plurality of rolling bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Thomas Winkler, Anja Klimt, Thomas Hess, Willi Zeig, Marcus Schumann
  • Publication number: 20140065343
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for producing, repairing and/or replacing a component, particularly an aircraft component, by means of a powder that can be solidified by energy radiation of an energy radiation source, characterized in that the device comprises an application unit that is designed such that the powder can be applied onto an uneven surface by means of the application unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
    Inventors: Thomas Hess, Erwin Bayer, Markus Waltemathe, Klaus Broichhausen, Wilhelm Satzger, Siegfried Sikorski, Karl-Heinz Dusel, Hans-Christian Melzer
  • Publication number: 20130343947
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for monitoring a generative production process in real time, wherein a component is at least optically detected and the installation space is thermally detected when applying a layer, as well as a device for carrying out said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: MTU Aero Engines AG
    Inventors: Wilhelm Satzger, Siegfried Sikorski, Karl-Heinz Dusel, Wilhelm Meir, Bertram Kopperger, Josef Waermann, Andreas Jakimov, Manuel Hertter, Hans-Christian Melzer, Thomas Hess
  • Publication number: 20130314504
    Abstract: A method for imaging at least one three-dimensional component, which is produced by a generative manufacturing method, is disclosed. The method, in an embodiment, includes determining at least two layer images of the component during production thereof by a detection device, which is designed to detect with spatial resolution a measured quantity characterizing the energy input in the component. The method further includes generating a three-dimensional image of the component based on the determined layer images by a computing device and displaying the image by a display device. A device for carrying out the method is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventors: Guenter ZENZINGER, Wilhelm Satzger, Joachim Bamberg, Thomas Hess
  • Publication number: 20130280439
    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: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: MTU AERO ENGINES AG
    Inventors: Thomas Hess, Erwin Bayer
  • Publication number: 20130236300
    Abstract: A housing for a turbomachine includes a peripheral wall delimiting an annular space and a fluid conveying system for redirecting a partial flow of a main flow, which has an axial channel, a front annular channel and a rear annular channel in fluid connection with the axial channel and having a front annular space opening and a rear annular space opening. The fluid conveying system has a front valve device and a rear valve device controllable independently of the front valve device, for opening and closing the annular space openings, and an outlet opening for tapping the partial flow from the fluid conveying system. In the closed state of the rear annular space opening, the partial flow is directable through the rear annular channel and, in the closed state of the front annular space opening, the partial flow is directable through the front annular channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: MTU AERO ENGINES GMBH
    Inventors: Sven Hiller, Erwin Bayer, Peter Geiger, Thomas Hess
  • Patent number: 8484819
    Abstract: The invention includes a hand tool that may be used for applying a design to a jewelry line. The tool may include at least one three-dimensional object having a slot spanning at least the distance of one side of the object. The slot may be receptive to a jewelry line, such as a wire or string. The tool may include at least a first object connected to another object so the objects may abut one another or be spaced an adjustable distance apart and at least two of the slots are in-line. Further, the hand tool may be used in a method of applying a design or designs to the jewelry line by placing the line in the slot(s) and applying a stop to the line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: 6 North Design, LLC
    Inventors: Terri Anna Hess, Michael Thomas Hess
  • Publication number: 20130136571
    Abstract: The invention relates to a manipulation device for manipulating and/or processing a workpiece, comprising a first motion unit (12a) for generating a linear motion (B1) of a first component (22a) and a second motion unit (12b) for generating a linear motion (B2) of a second component (22b). The motion units (12a, 12b) are arranged relative to each other such such that the motions (B1, B2) that can be generated by the motion units (12a, 12b) are aligned parallel to each other, wherein the first component (22a) is connected via a first hinge joint (24a, 26a) and the second component (22b) is connected via a second hinge joint (24b, 26b) to a fastening element (29, 29?) that is suitable for receiving a workpiece and/or a tool. The first hinge joint comprises a first guide arm that is coupled to the first component by means of a revolute joint, and the second hinge joint comprises a second guide arm (26b) that is coupled to the second component by means of a revolute joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: WEISS GMBH
    Inventors: Uwe Weiss, Joseph Aleida Mathieu Maria Pinxt, Thomas Sarbach, Thomas Hess
  • Patent number: 8380910
    Abstract: A data processing system boots at least one service processor controlling at least one PCIe card in an I/O unit. The data processing system boots a second service processor located in a processor unit, wherein the processor unit and I/O unit are interconnected using functional path conductors, wherein functional path conductors are according to PCIe standard. The data processing system reads location information from the first at least one service processor, wherein the location information is reported for each PCIe card prior to initializing a functional path to the PCIe card. The data processing system sends location information from the second at least one service processor to a system controller. The data processing system initializes the PCIe card and a hub card of the processor unit in order to initialize a functional path and configures the I/O unit by communicating configuration commands over the functional path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Hess, Philip Sebastian Schulz, Markus K Strasser, Sven Wagner, Constantin Werner
  • Publication number: 20120331183
    Abstract: Retrieval of status information from a remote device performed on a host system is provided, wherein the remote device is connected to the host system via a bus system comprising at least two signal lines terminated with resistors on the host system side and on the remote device side. The retrieval method includes: activating a sensing phase; sensing the at least two terminated signal lines during the sensing phase; and determining operating state of the remote device based on the sensing result; wherein at least a first operating state representing a connected and powered remote device is detectable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas HESS, Philip S. SCHULZ, Markus STRASSER, Sven WAGNER, Constantin WERNER
  • Publication number: 20120265471
    Abstract: A method is presented for reliably operating at least one sensor connected to a central control unit. Each sensor senses a sensor value for its sensor parameter and creates an interrupt to the control unit when its sensor value is outside a sensor value range limited by an upper and a lower threshold. Upon generation of an interrupt by a sensor, a modified sensor value range is calculated so that the sensor value causing the interrupt lies within the modified sensor value range, and the modified sensor value range is applied to the respective sensor. The method further includes repeatedly verifying correct behavior of each sensor. A computer-readable medium, a computer program product, and a system for executing the above-summarized method are also presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas HESS, Philip S. SCHULZ, Markus STRASSER, Sven WAGNER, Constantin WERNER
  • Publication number: 20120265912
    Abstract: A data processing system boots at least one service processor controlling at least one PCIe card in an I/O unit. The data processing system boots a second service processor located in a processor unit, wherein the processor unit and I/O unit are interconnected using functional path conductors, wherein functional path conductors are according to PCIe standard. The data processing system reads location information from the first at least one service processor, wherein the location information is reported for each PCIe card prior to initializing a functional path to the PCIe card. The data processing system sends location information from the second at least one service processor to a system controller. The data processing system initializes the PCIe card and a hub card of the processor unit in order to initialize a functional path and configures the I/O unit by communicating configuration commands over the functional path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Hess, Philip S. Schulz, Markus K. Strasser, Sven Wagner, Constantin Werner
  • Publication number: 20120144611
    Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter relates to a dispersible, nonwoven multistrata wipe material that is stable in a wetting liquid and flushable in use. More particularly, the presently disclosed subject matter relates to multilayered structures including, but not limited to, two, three, or four layers 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: December 8, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: BUCKEYE TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: John Perry Baker, Maria Curran, Jeffrey Scott Hurley, Ronald Timothy Moose, Jacek K. Dutkiewicz, Manuel V. Murcia, Thomas Hess
  • Publication number: 20110162935
    Abstract: A combined vehicle brake which has a hydraulically actuable service brake and an electromechanically actuable parking brake device, a hydraulic service pressure space being delimited in a brake housing by a brake piston which can be acted upon by hydraulic pressure medium in order to execute service braking operations, so that the brake piston can be actuated along a piston longitudinal axis in order to achieve a braking action, and the parking brake device acting on the brake piston by a gear, in that the gear converts the rotational movement of an electromechanical actuator into a translational movement and causes an actuation of the brake piston in order to execute parking braking operations and holds the said brake piston in the actuated position, the gear having a threaded spindle and a threaded nut which are in contact with one another via a plurality of rolling bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: Continental Teves Ag & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Thomas Winkler, Anja Klimt, Thomas Hess, Willi Zeig, Marcus Schumann