Patents by Inventor Thomas Luck

Thomas Luck 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: 8421277
    Abstract: An electronic device (1), which can assume an operating state and at least one energy-saving state, with a power supply (7) that can be connected to a mains voltage, and an evaluation unit (4), which can control the electronic device (1) from the operating state into the energy-saving state and vice versa, wherein the evaluation unit (4) is connected to the power supply (7) in such a way that the power supply (7) can be turned off by the evaluation unit (4) for assuming the energy-saving state and can be turned on again for assuming the operating state, and the evaluation unit (4) can be supplied, at least in the turned-off state of the power supply (7), with energy from another electronic device, which is connected via a standard interface to the electronic device, and/or with energy from a capacitor and/or with energy from an accumulator and/or with energy from a solar cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Siemens Computers GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Lück, Bert-Ingo Polczynski, Erwin Bässler
  • Publication number: 20090200871
    Abstract: An electronic device (1), which can assume an operating state and at least one energy-saving state, with a power supply (7) that can be connected to a mains voltage, and an evaluation unit (4), which can control the electronic device (1) from the operating state into the energy-saving state and vice versa, wherein the evaluation unit (4) is connected to the power supply (7) in such a way that the power supply (7) can be turned off by the evaluation unit (4) for assuming the energy-saving state and can be turned on again for assuming the operating state, and the evaluation unit (4) can be supplied, at least in the turned-off state of the power supply (7), with energy from another electronic device, which is connected via a standard interface to the electronic device, and/or with energy from a capacitor and/or with energy from an accumulator and/or with energy from a solar cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: Fujitsu Siemens Computers GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Luck, Bert-Ingo Polczynski, Erwin Bassler
  • Publication number: 20080171213
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of greaseproof packaging material with a kit number of greater than 21 by using hydroxypropylated high-amylose potato starch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2005
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Applicant: BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Robben, Thomas Luck, Hermann Seyffer, Wolfgang Alois Hormuth
  • Patent number: 7381541
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of astaxanthin-containing plants or parts of plants of the genus Tagetes or astaxanthin-containing extracts of astaxanthin-containing plants or parts of plants of the genus Tagetes for oral administration to animals, methods for producing animal feed preparations, the animal feed preparations themselves, a method for pigmenting animals or animal products, and also a method for producing pigmented animals and animal products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignees: SunGene GmbH & Co. KGaA, BASF Aktiengesellschaft, BASF Plant Science GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Flachmann, Matt Sauer, Christel Renate Schopfer, Martin Klebsattel, Angelika-Maria Pfeiffer, Thomas Luck, Dirk Voeste
  • Publication number: 20080060096
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing ketocarotenoids by cultivating genetically modified, non-human organisms which have, by comparison with the wild type, a modified ketolase activity, to the genetically modified organisms, to the use thereof as human and animal foods and for preparing ketocarotenoid extracts, and to novel ketolases and nucleic acids encoding these ketolases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2004
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: SunGene GmbH
    Inventors: Matt Sauer, Christel Renate Schopfer, Ralf Flachmann, Karin Herbers, Irene Kunze, Martin Klebsattel, Thomas Luck, Dirk Voeste, Angelika-Maria Pfeiffer, Hendrik Tschoep
  • Patent number: 7336087
    Abstract: The invention relates to printed circuit board test devices (1) comprising a support (4) receiving a circuit board (5) by said board's edges, said board being designed to be fitted as needed with electrical or electronic components (20), said devices further comprising at least one needle (15) which is connected to an electrical test device (17) and which shall electrically contact contact areas (21) on the board (5), the needle (15) being obliquely displaceable by a needle drive (13) in the needle direction, the needle drive being adjustable—by at least one holding-fixture drive (8)—in a adjustment plane (7) which is parallel to the circuit board (5), the drives (8, 13) being actuated by a needle control (10) to spatially position the needle tip (18) at a predetermined spatial coordinate, said devices (1) being characterized in that it includes a distance measuring device (25, 13?) designed to measure the distance between the adjustment plane (7) and the circuit board (5, 5?) at least at one site and to tran
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Scorpion Technologies AG
    Inventors: Torsten Körting, Clayton Depue, Thomas Lück
  • Patent number: 7300681
    Abstract: Shown is a method for producing protein preparations having essentially constant functional properties for technical applications within a broad pH range from about pH 3 to pH 10 by means of extraction from a starting product which contains protein, notably legumes, grains or oilseed. The invention is distinguished by the protein-containing starting product undergoing at least one liquid extraction step and that the raffinate and/or extract obtained thereby undergoes at least one membrane separation process in which a residue is obtained or undergoes thermal upgrading in which a concentrate is obtained and that the residue or the concentrate contain the protein preparations having the desired functional properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V.
    Inventors: Andreas Wäsche, Thomas Luck, Wolfgang Holley, Stefanie Dudek
  • Patent number: 7244505
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multilayered packaging for greasy products or part of said packaging, comprising a carrier layer made of a polymer material as main component and at least one layer placed on said carrier layer that does not form the outer side of the packaging, said layer containing a starch derivative as main component. The invention is characterized in the starch derivative is a starch derivative modified with a C2–C6-alkylene oxide. The invention also relates to the use of a C2–C6-alkylene oxide derivatized starch as main component of a layer of a multilayered packaging, which is placed on a carrier layer made of a polymer material in said packaging with the aim of rendering said multilayered packaging grease-tight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V.
    Inventors: Rolf Kippenhahn, Thomas Luck, Claudia Schönweitz, Peter Pawlak
  • Publication number: 20060290368
    Abstract: The invention relates to printed circuit board test devices (1) comprising a support (4) receiving a circuit board (5) by said board's edges, said board being designed to be fitted as needed with electrical or electronic components (20), said devices further comprising at least one needle (15) which is connected to an electrical test device (17) and which shall electrically contact contact areas (21) on the board (5), the needle (15) being obliquely displaceable by a needle drive (13) in the needle direction, the needle drive being adjustable—by at least one holding-fixture drive (8)—in a adjustment plane (7) which is parallel to the circuit board (5), the drives (8, 13) being actuated by a needle control (10) to spatially position the needle tip (18) at a predetermined spatial coordinate, said devices (1) being characterized in that it includes a distance measuring device (25, 13?) designed to measure the distance between the adjustment plane (7) and the circuit board (5, 5?) at least at one site and to tran
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2004
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Applicant: SCORPION TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Torsten Korting, Clayton Depue, Thomas Luck
  • Patent number: 7135503
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for reclaiming polyesters or polyester mixtures from polyester or waste containing polyester. The aim of the invention is to reclaim polyesters or polyester mixtures of good quality in a cost-effective manner. To achieve this aim, the polyester and/or waste containing polyester is heated in a bath of dicarboxylic acid dialkyl ester to temperatures in excess of 150° C. In this process, polyester is dissolved in the dicarboxylic acid dialkyl ester or a dicarboxylic acid dialkyl ester mixture and subsequently extracted from the solution by means of solid-liquid separation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V.
    Inventors: Andreas Maurer, Udo Knauf, Thomas Luck
  • Publication number: 20060194274
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of ketocarotenoids by culturing genetically modified organisms which in comparison with the wild-type have a modified ketolase activity and a modified ?-cyclase activity, to the genetically modified organisms, and to their use as foodstuffs and feedstuffs for the production of ketocarotenoid extracts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2004
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Applicant: SunGene GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Flachmann, Christel Schopfer, Karin Herbers, Irene Kunze, Matt Sauer, Martin Klebsattel, Thomas Luck, Dirk Voeste, Angelika-Maria Pfeiffer
  • Publication number: 20060162020
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of promoters for the expression, preferably for the flower-specific expression, of genes in plants of the genus Tagetes, to the genetically modified plants of the genus Tagetes, and to a process for the preparation of biosynthetic products by culturing the genetically modified plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2004
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Applicant: SunGene GmbH
    Inventors: Matt Sauer, Christel Schopfer, Ralf Flachmann, Karin Herbes, Martin Klebsatten, Thomas Luck, Dirk Voeste, Angela-Maria Pfeiffer
  • Patent number: 7074449
    Abstract: A method of treating and processing alkaloid, oil and protein-containing lupine seeds for the extraction of products from the lupine seeds by means of targeted fractionation is described, whereby the comminuted lupine seed is de-oiled by introducing a solvent and the residue is depleted of substances soluble in the acid range, preferably of alkaloids, by adding acids. The invention is characterized by the provisions that the lupine seeds are comminuted and/or shaped to form discoid flakes in such a way that after pre-crushing of the shelled or non-shelled seed containing the plant seeds the comminution of the plant seeds is carried out by means of a cooled flocculating roller, and the seed is heated by indirect supply of heat, largely with exclusion of water, and that after de-oiling the depletion of the flakes of substances soluble in the acid range, preferably of alkaloids, is performed by aqueous extraction, with a refined product of reduced alkaloid level and an aqueous extract being obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Förderung Derangewandten Forschung E.V.
    Inventors: Wolfgang Holley, Klaus Müller, Hisham Kamal, Andreas Wäsche, Axel Borcherding, Thomas Luck
  • Publication number: 20060091133
    Abstract: A multi-layered carrier comprising: a first layer; a jacket; a laminated fabric heater disposed between the first layer and the jacket, wherein the heater comprises a consolidated electrically conductive fabric layer, a plurality of bus bars, a first thermoplastic layer, and a second thermoplastic layer, wherein the first and second thermoplastic layers sandwich the consolidated electrically conductive fabric layer and the plurality of bus bars to form a fused single sheet; and a cavity formed from the assembly of the first layer, the jacket, and the heater; wherein the multi-layer carrier provides for the even distribution of heat throughout the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2005
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Inventors: Jay DiPucchio, Thomas Luck
  • Publication number: 20050281909
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of astaxanthin-containing plants or parts of plants of the genus Tagetes or astaxanthin-containing extracts of astaxanthin-containing plants or parts of plants of the genus Tagetes for oral administration to animals, methods for producing animal feed preparations, the animal feed preparations themselves, a method for pigmenting animals or animal products, and also a method for producing pigmented animals and animal products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2003
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Applicant: SUNGENE GMBH & CO., KGAA
    Inventors: Ralf Flachmann, Matt Sauer, Christel Schopfer, Martin Klebsattel, Angelika-Maria Pfeiffer, Thomas Luck, Dirk Voeste
  • Publication number: 20050008801
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multilayered packaging for greasy products or part of said packaging, comprising a carrier layer made of a polymer material as main component and at least one layer placed on said carrier layer that does not form the outer side of the packaging, said layer containing a starch derivative as main component. The invention is characterized in the starch derivative is a starch derivative modified with a C2-C6-alkylene oxide. The invention also relates to the use of a C2-C6-alkylene oxide derivatized starch as main component of a layer of a multilayered packaging, which is placed on a carrier layer made of a polymer material in said packaging with the aim of rendering said multilayered packaging grease-tight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Rolf Kippenhahn, Thomas Luck, Claudia Schonweitz, Peter Pawlak
  • Publication number: 20040229965
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for separating target polymers and their additives from a material containing polymers, as a result of which the recovery both of the target polymers and of the additives is made possible. Based on the principle of a selective precipitation, the target polymer is precipitated and subsequently separated from the additives present in solution and dissolved foreign polymers. The separation of the additives from the solution is effected in a further step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventors: Andreas Maurer, Gerd Wolz, Martin Schlummer, Thomas Luck, Udo Knauf, Rolf Kippenhahn
  • Publication number: 20040214300
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing protein preparations having essentially constant functional properties for technical applications within a broad pH range from about pH 3 to pH 10 by means of extraction from a starting product which contains protein, notably legumes, grains or oilseed. The invention is distinguished by the protein-containing starting product undergoing at least one liquid extraction step and that the raffinate and/or extract obtained thereby undergoes at least one membrane separation process in which a residue is obtained or undergoes thermal upgrading in which a concentrate is obtained and that the residue or the concentrate contain the protein preparations having the desired functional properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Inventors: Andreas Wasche, Thomas Luck, Wolfgang Holley, Stefanie Dudek
  • Publication number: 20040047972
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing emulsifiable protein products from the plant seeds of an oilseed crop, in particular soybeans, in which the plant seeds are comminuted and undergo a de-oiling step and supercritical CO2 is added to the comminuted plant seeds as a solvent, and crude oil and a de-oiled residue containing the emulsifiable protein products are obtained by means of separation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Inventors: Andreas Wasche, Klaus Muller, Thomas Luck
  • Publication number: 20030191202
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for separating target polymers and their additives from a material containing polymers, as a result of which the recovery both of the target polymers and of the additives is made possible. Based on the principle of a selective precipitation, the target polymer is precipitated and subsequently separated from the additives present in solution and dissolved foreign polymers. The separation of the additives from the solution is effected in a further step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Andreas Maurer, Gerd Wolz, Martin Schlummer, Thomas Luck, Udo Knauf, Rolf Kippenhahn