Patents by Inventor Thomas Noack

Thomas Noack 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: 11525937
    Abstract: A registration system for classifying an object, comprising a sensor unit, an evaluation unit, a memory unit and a data-processing unit. The evaluation unit determines a structure data set or a temporal sequence of structure data sets of the object to be registered from a temporal progression of the radiation captured by the sensor assembly. The memory unit stores association rules, each associated with a set of situation parameters. The data-processing unit accesses the structure data set or a temporal sequence of structure data sets, the current situation parameter set, and the association rule associated with the current parameter set and to associate an object with an object class on the basis of the structure data set associated with the object or a temporal sequence of structure data sets by using an association rule associated with the current situation parameter set and received from the memory unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: IRIS-GMBH INFRARED & INTELLIGENT SENSORS
    Inventors: Andreas Thun-Hohenstein, Thomas Noack, Axel Reimann, Stefan Haun, Paul Haufe
  • Patent number: 11517974
    Abstract: Device (10) for manufacturing a component compound by resistance welding, comprises a welding electrode (12) for transmitting an electric current to a joining element (17) and for exerting a joining force onto the joining element (17) along a joining direction (22) in order to establish a connection of the joining element (17) with a structural element by resistance welding; as well as a positioning device (20) for positioning at least one joining element (17) on the axis of the joining direction (22) in order to contact and particularly apply a force to the joining element (17) by means of the welding electrode (12). The positioning device (20) comprises a retention device (30) for exerting a retention force onto the joining element (17), wherein the retention device (30) is movably arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignees: Volkswagen AG, ARNOLD UMFORMTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Noack, Friedrich Beck, Uwe Wolfarth, Lars Wiese, Christoffer Meyer
  • Publication number: 20200301038
    Abstract: A registration system for classifying an object, comprising a sensor unit, an evaluation unit, a memory unit and a data-processing unit. The evaluation unit determines a structure data set or a temporal sequence of structure data sets of the object to be registered from a temporal progression of the radiation captured by the sensor assembly. The memory unit stores association rules, each associated with a set of situation parameters. The data-processing unit accesses the structure data set or a temporal sequence of structure data sets, the current situation parameter set, and the association rule associated with the current parameter set and to associate an object with an object class on the basis of the structure data set associated with the object or a temporal sequence of structure data sets by using an association rule associated with the current situation parameter set and received from the memory unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Andreas THUN-HOHENSTEIN, Thomas NOACK, Axel REIMANN, Stefan HAUN, Paul HAUFE
  • Publication number: 20180345403
    Abstract: Device (10) for manufacturing a component compound by resistance welding, comprises a welding electrode (12) for transmitting an electric current to a joining element (17) and for exerting a joining force onto the joining element (17) along a joining direction (22) in order to establish a connection of the joining element (17) with a structural element by resistance welding; as well as a positioning device (20) for positioning at least one joining element (17) on the axis of the joining direction (22) in order to contact and particularly apply a force to the joining element (17) by means of the welding electrode (12). The positioning device (20) comprises a retention device (30) for exerting a retention force onto the joining element (17), wherein the retention device (30) is movably arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicants: Volkswagen AG, Arnold & Shinjo GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Noack, Friedrich Beck, Uwe Wolfarth, Lars Wiese, Christoffer Meyer
  • Patent number: 6128536
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for treating erectile dysfunction includes arranging a therapy apparatus to be connected to an electrical power source, placing a skin electrode on two sides laterally of a penile shaft and employing an amplifier for performing the stimulation. A current is applied transcutaneously for a regeneration of the smooth musculature of the penile corpus carnaversum. The current applied has zero line-symmetrical impulses of rectangular or trapezoid form with a built-up time of 0,01 to 2 seconds, a stimulation period of 1 to 60 seconds direct or alternating, a stimulation pause of 0.01 to 60 seconds, a frequency range of 1 to 50 Hertz and an impulse period of 100 .mu.s to 10 ms. Advantageously, the stimulation is performed diagonally alternatingly with zero-line symmetric impulses of trapezoidal shape in a first channel and in a second channel with alternating stimulations. The frequency for the first channel is 10 to 20 Hertz and the frequency for the second channel is 20 to 35 Hertz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Medizintechnik Dipl.-Ing. Heise Vertriebs GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Noack, Christian Stief, Edgar Weller