Patents by Inventor Thomas Niesen
Thomas Niesen 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).
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Patent number: 11920640Abstract: A slave device is provided for a clutch system of a motor vehicle, in particular a clutch slave cylinder, in the form of a concentric slave cylinder. The slave device includes a housing element having, in its interior, a pressure chamber and an annular gap arranged on the outside of the housing element wherein the annular gap is in fluid communication with the pressure chamber. A clutch system for a vehicle includes the slave device, clutch apparatus for connecting an input side to an output side, a transmission housing on the output side, and seals of the slave device lying against the transmission housing in the radial direction for sealing the annular gap.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Andreas Schiebenes, Manuel Bassler, Thomas Niesen
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Patent number: 11885010Abstract: A process for producing a chalcogen-containing compound semiconductor includes providing at least one substrate coated with a precursor for the chalcogen-containing compound semiconductor in a process chamber; heat treating the at least one coated substrate in the process chamber, wherein during a heat treatment, a gas atmosphere comprising at least one gaseous chalcogen compound is provided in the process chamber; removing the gas atmosphere present after the heat treatment of the at least one coated substrate as a waste gas from the process chamber; cooling the waste gas in a gas processor, wherein a plurality of gaseous chalcogen compounds-present in the waste gas after the heat treatment of the at least one coated substrate are separated in time and space from one another from the waste gas by respective conversion into a liquid or solid form. Further provided is a device designed to carry out the process.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: CNBM RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED GLASS MATERIALS GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Joerg Palm, Thomas Niesen, Erik Trabitzsch
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Publication number: 20240030775Abstract: An electric machine for use within the powertrain of a hybrid or fully electric motor vehicle includes a stator and a rotor, said stator and rotor being received in an engine housing. The engine housing has at least one A-bearing shield and at least one B-bearing shield (6) for supporting the rotor relative to the engine housing, wherein the A-bearing shield and/or the B-bearing shield has/have a multipart design, in particular a two-part design, in each case comprising a respective annular inner shield and an annular outer shield, and the inner shield is arranged radially within the outer shield such that an annular space is formed between the inner shield and the outer shield. A connection shield is at least partly arranged in the annular space so that the inner shield and the outer shield are secured in the radial direction by the connection shield.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2021Publication date: January 25, 2024Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Robin Babian, Sven Derksen, Thomas Niesen, Cédric Blaes
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Publication number: 20230412032Abstract: An electric machine, in particular for use within the powertrain of a hybrid or fully electric motor vehicle, having a stator and a rotor, said stator and rotor being received in an engine housing The engine housing has at least one A-bearing shield and at least one B-bearing shield for supporting the rotor relative to the engine housing, wherein the A-bearing shield and/or the B-bearing shield has/have a two-part design, in each case having a respective intermediate inner shield which is arranged axially between the stator and a cover shield that can be fixed to the engine housing, and the intermediate shield receives a bearing for the rotor. The cover shield can be releasably fixed to the intermediate shield side facing away from the stator, and the cover shield has centering means for radially centering the intermediate shield.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2021Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Cedric Blaes, Bruno Muller, Thomas Niesen
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Publication number: 20230291285Abstract: An electric rotation machine comprises a rotor shaft and a rotor, which is arranged on the rotor shaft, of a rotor position sensor device. The electric rotation machine additionally has a static element, on which a stator of the rotor position sensor device is arranged, and a holding element, which is mechanically fixed to the static element and which blocks the translational degree of freedom of the stator of the rotor position sensor device in a first axial direction, wherein the translational degree of freedom of the stator of the rotor position sensor device is blocked by the static component in the opposite axial direction. By virtue of the electric rotation machine, a method for producing the electric rotation machine and a drive system are provided which allow an inexpensive arrangement of the rotor position sensor device with the smallest possible required installation space and the lowest possible weight.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2021Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Christian Silvery, Thomas Niesen, Peter Dietz, Matthias Kästle
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Publication number: 20230084446Abstract: A slave device is provided for a clutch system of a motor vehicle, in particular a clutch slave cylinder, in the form of a concentric slave cylinder. The slave device includes a housing element having, in its interior, a pressure chamber and an annular gap arranged on the outside of the housing element wherein the annular gap is in fluid communication with the pressure chamber. A clutch system for a vehicle includes the slave device, clutch apparatus for connecting an input side to an output side, a transmission housing on the output side, and seals of the slave device lying against the transmission housing in the radial direction for sealing the annular gap.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2021Publication date: March 16, 2023Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Andreas Schiebenes, Manuel Bassler, Thomas Niesen
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Publication number: 20220228255Abstract: A process for producing a chalcogen-containing compound semiconductor includes providing at least one substrate coated with a precursor for the chalcogen-containing compound semiconductor in a process chamber; heat treating the at least one coated substrate in the process chamber, wherein during a heat treatment, a gas atmosphere comprising at least one gaseous chalcogen compound is provided in the process chamber; removing the gas atmosphere present after the heat treatment of the at least one coated substrate as a waste gas from the process chamber; cooling the waste gas in a gas processor, wherein a plurality of gaseous chalcogen compounds-present in the waste gas after the heat treatment of the at least one coated substrate are separated in time and space from one another from the waste gas by respective conversion into a liquid or solid form. Further provided is a device designed to carry out the process.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2020Publication date: July 21, 2022Applicant: (CNBM) BENGBU DESIGN & RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR GLASS INDUSTRY CO., LTDInventors: Joerg PALM, Thomas NIESEN, Erik TRABITZSCH
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Patent number: 8673678Abstract: A thin-film photovoltaic device and a process of making such a device, the device comprising a first layer of a chalkopyrite semiconductor of a first doping type; a second layer of intrinsic zinc oxide deposited by chemical vapor deposition; a third layer of zinc oxide semiconductor of a second doping type opposite to the first doping type and deposited by a method other than chemical vapor deposition; and wherein the second layer is arranged between the first and third layers.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2006Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass FranceInventors: Thomas Niesen, Volker Probst
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Publication number: 20090223556Abstract: A thin-film photovoltaic device and a process of making such a device, the device comprising a first layer of a chalkopyrite semiconductor of a first doping type; a second layer of intrinsic zinc oxide deposited by chemical vapour deposition; a third layer of zinc oxide semiconductor of a second doping type opposite to the first doping type and deposited by a method other than chemical vapour deposition; and wherein the second layer is arranged between the first and third layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2006Publication date: September 10, 2009Inventors: Thomas Niesen, Volker Probst