Patents by Inventor Thomas Niklaus

Thomas Niklaus 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: 7488109
    Abstract: A dental radiographic absorptiometric device and method is provided that quantitatively measures the amount of bone of a patient in any dentist's office. Absorptiometric information simultaneously obtained from the mandible and calibration devices are used to screen patients for osteoporosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: Wright State University
    Inventors: Thomas Niklaus Hangartner, Julie Ann Skipper
  • Patent number: 6731028
    Abstract: An electric machine, includes a stator with a laminated stator body having winding end portions potted in a cast, and a rotor for interaction with the stator. In order to cope with the increased heat development in the zone of the winding end portions compared to the zone of the stator body, the cast of the winding end portions is formed with surface-enlarging structures in heat-conducting contact with a cooling jacket or with a cooling medium, and/or the cast is provided at least partially with a heat-conducting envelope which carries off heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Erhard Derleth, Klaus Greubel, Klaus Happel, Bruno Heim, Felix Ludwig, Thomas Niklaus, Jochen Pecher
  • Publication number: 20020135245
    Abstract: An electric machine, includes a stator with a laminated stator body having winding end portions potted in a cast, and a rotor for interaction with the stator. In order to cope with the increased heat development in the zone of the winding end portions compared to the zone of the stator body, the cast of the winding end portions is formed with surface-enlarging structures in heat-conducting contact with a cooling jacket or with a cooling medium, and/or the cast is provided at least partially with a heat-conducting envelope which carries off heat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: Erhard Derleth, Klaus Greubel, Klaus Happel, Bruno Heim, Felix Ludwig, Thomas Niklaus, Jochen Pecher
  • Patent number: 5673303
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for the measurement of structural width and density with a CT scanner. The density of a particular structure is determined by establishing a radial density profile of a structure, identifying a peak density value along said density profile, interpolating a first curve of density versus width from a point defined by the structural width and the peak density value, and identifying a maximum density value of said first curve to establish a structural density value. The width of the structure is determined by identifying first and second radial positions corresponding to respective points on said radial density profile where the profile rises above and falls below first and second threshold values, measuring a difference between said first radial position and said second radial position, and determining the width of the structure as a function of the measured difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1997
    Assignee: Wright State University
    Inventor: Thomas Niklaus Hangartner