Patents by Inventor Thomas Rolfs

Thomas Rolfs 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: 7143811
    Abstract: A liquid-cooled ingot mold is provided for the continuous casting of metals. The mold is made up of mold plates or a chill tube made of copper or a copper alloy, which are connected to a support structure by fastening bolts. The mold plates or the chill tube is connected to the support structure without clamping. A working gap exists between the support structure and the mold plates or the chill tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: KM Europa Metal AG
    Inventors: Thomas Rolf, Hans-Günter Wobker, Gerhard Hugenschütt, Reinhold Burlager
  • Publication number: 20060104256
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of operating a communications network, wherein resources required for transmitting data within said communications network, in particular for transmitting data from a subscriber station to a first base station, are granted depending on a request for said resources. At least one further base station is provided with scheduling information related to said request for said resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2005
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Inventors: Ralf Klotsche, Thomas-Rolf Banniza
  • Publication number: 20050150629
    Abstract: A liquid-cooled ingot mold is provided for the continuous casting of metals. The mold is made up of mold plates or a chill tube made of copper or a copper alloy, which are connected to a support structure by fastening bolts. The mold plates or the chill tube is connected to the support structure without clamping. A working gap exists between the support structure and the mold plates or the chill tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Inventors: Thomas Rolf, Hans-Gunter Wobker, Gerhard Hugenschutt, Reinhold Burlager
  • Patent number: 6874564
    Abstract: A liquid-cooled mold for a continuous casting of metals, including mold plates made of copper or a copper alloy, which are connected respectively to an adapter plate or a cooling-water tank by clamping bolts. The mold is characterized in that the clamping bolts are fastened to plateau pedestals which project in an island-like manner from the cooling arrangement side of the mold plate, which jut at least partially into a cooling arrangement gap formed between the mold plate and the adapter plate or the cooling-water tank, respectively, and have a streamlined shape adjusted to the flow direction of the cooling arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: KM Europa Metal AG
    Inventors: Gerhard Hugenschütt, Thomas Rolf, Dietmar Kolbeck, Hans-Günter Wobker, Dirk Rode, Roland Hauri, Hans-Dirk Piwowar, Hans-Jürgen Hemschemeier
  • Patent number: 6863115
    Abstract: A liquid-cooled mold for the continuous casting of metals, including mold plates made of copper or a copper alloy, which are supported at their rear on supporting plates by the use of a plurality of bolts. The bolts have bolt heads in the region of the backsides of the supporting plates facing away from the mold plates. Between the bolt heads and the supporting plate an articulation system making possible relative motion between the mold plate and the supporting plates is incorporated, having two articulation members, between which a sliding element is undetachably embedded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: KM Europa Metal AG
    Inventors: Gerhard Hugenschütt, Thomas Rolf, Dietmar Kolbeck, Hans-Günter Wobker
  • Publication number: 20040069439
    Abstract: A liquid-cooled mold for a continuous casting of metals, including mold plates made of copper or a copper alloy, which are connected respectively to an adapter plate or a cooling-water tank by clamping bolts. The mold is characterized in that the clamping bolts are fastened to plateau pedestals which project in an island-like manner from the cooling arrangement side of the mold plate, which jut at least partially into a cooling arrangement gap formed between the mold plate and the adapter plate or the cooling-water tank, respectively, and have a streamlined shape adjusted to the flow direction of the cooling arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: Gerhard Hugenschutt, Thomas Rolf, Dietmar Kolbeck, Hans-Gunter Wobker, Dirk Rode, Roland Hauri, Hans-Dirk Piwowar, Hans-Jurgen Hemschemeier
  • Publication number: 20040069440
    Abstract: A liquid-cooled mold for the continuous casting of metals, including mold plates made of copper or a copper alloy, which are supported at their rear on supporting plates by the use of a plurality of bolts. The bolts have bolt heads in the region of the backsides of the supporting plates facing away from the mold plates. Between the bolt heads and the supporting plate an articulation system making possible relative motion between the mold plate and the supporting plates is incorporated, having two articulation members, between which a sliding element is undetachably embedded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: Gerhard Hugenschutt, Thomas Rolf, Dietmar Kolbeck, Hans-Gunter Wobker
  • Publication number: 20030021278
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for setting up telecommunications connections, in particular packet-switched telecommunications connections, in the access area (SN, LM) of a local access (ER) comprising the following steps:
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Applicant: ALCATEL
    Inventors: Peter Domschitz, Thomas-Rolf Banniza
  • Patent number: 6063998
    Abstract: A cable head, in which ends of cable cores, made of a plurality of individual stranded conductors, are inserted into the bore holes of a cable lug. The cable cores are fixed in position in the bore holes by radial pressing and deformation of the bore holes. The bore holes are located on divided circles which are concentric relative to each other, the bore holes on the inner divided circle being staggered with respect to the bore holes on the outer divided circle. Cooling-water grooves between the bore holes located on the outer divided circle extend, with a depth, into the proximity of the bore holes arranged on the inner divided circle. They are connected to a central cooling-water channel in the cable head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: KM Europa Metal AG
    Inventors: Thomas Rolf, Christof Dratner
  • Patent number: 5822433
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for the manipulation-proof separation of message streams, which are transmitted in the subscriber loop (3) of a communication network via a medium (30) that is common to several subscribers, where first measures (22, 43) are taken to separate the message streams for transmission via the common medium, which are identical for all message streams, and for connections between at least one subscriber (4) connected to the communication network via the common medium, and another subscriber, supplementary measures (111, 112, . . . , 11n; 42) are taken from end to end, which were agreed between these subscribers for these connections, as well as a suitable system and a suitable subscriber facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignee: Alcatel N.V.
    Inventors: Dietrich Bottle, Thomas-Rolf Banniza
  • Patent number: 5739789
    Abstract: Method which involves determining the position of a number of measured objects by determining a number of directions to the measured objects from at least two measuring stations, of which at least one is mobile, the method being used to decide which of the points of intersection between the directions correspond to measured objects and which ones do not correspond to measured objects. Changes in the mutual movements between the measuring stations and the points of intersection are in this case determined by comparison between the paths in which the points of intersection and the measuring stations are moving. The points of intersection whose movement is not affected by changes in the movement of other points of intersection, or by changes in the movement of at least one measuring station, correspond to positions of measured objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
    Inventor: Thomas Rolf Kronhamn