Patents by Inventor Thomas Völkel

Thomas Völkel 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: 8851733
    Abstract: A light signal transmitter and a light receiver for an optical sensor may be used for an industrial automation system. The light signal transmitter has a semiconductor-based light source for generating light. The semiconductor-based light source is disposed in an installation space between outer layers of a multi-layer circuit board. The light emission direction of the semiconductor-based light source is oriented substantially parallel to the layers of the printed circuit board. A deflection unit deflects the light emitted by the semiconductor-based light source in a direction substantially perpendicular to the layers of the printed circuit board. In the case of the light receiver, a light sensor is provided in place of the light source. Such optical sensors can be designed in a particularly flat and installation-friendly manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Frank Lahner, Thomas Völkel
  • Patent number: 8841598
    Abstract: An optical sensor having at least one optical transmitting unit for production of a transmitted light beam, a photosensitive flat detector with semitransparent characteristics, through which the transmitted light beam passes, and which re-receives reflection light beams, i.e., from an object, and an evaluation unit for the photoelectric current of the photosensitive flat detector, at least for detection of an object. The photosensitive flat detector advantageously includes an organic polymer layer comprising a photosensitive substrate. An “Organic Photosensitive Diode” (OPD) is particularly advantageously used as the photosensitive flat detector with semitransparent characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Thomas Völkel
  • Publication number: 20130001406
    Abstract: An optical sensor having at least one optical transmitting unit for production of a transmitted light beam, a photosensitive flat detector with semitransparent characteristics, through which the transmitted light beam passes, and which re-receives reflection light beams, i.e., from an object, and an evaluation unit for the photoelectric current of the photosensitive flat detector, at least for detection of an object. The photosensitive flat detector advantageously includes an organic polymer layer comprising a photosensitive substrate. An “Organic Photosensitive Diode” (OPD) is particularly advantageously used as the photosensitive flat detector with semitransparent characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Thomas Völkel
  • Publication number: 20120218766
    Abstract: A light signal transmitter and a light receiver for an optical sensor may be used for an industrial automation system. The light signal transmitter has a semiconductor-based light source for generating light. The semiconductor-based light source is disposed in an installation space between outer layers of a multi-layer circuit board. The light emission direction of the semiconductor-based light source is oriented substantially parallel to the layers of the printed circuit board. A deflection unit deflects the light emitted by the semiconductor-based light source in a direction substantially perpendicular to the layers of the printed circuit board. In the case of the light receiver, a light sensor is provided in place of the light source. Such optical sensors can be designed in a particularly flat and installation-friendly manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Frank Lahner, Thomas Völkel
  • Patent number: 7664404
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rear panel bus, with a number of plugs which may be plugged into the modules and a fibre optic cable, for guiding light signals, whereby the fibre optic cable has a number of interruptions in the propagation direction of the light signals, into which means, for injection and decoupling of light signals running in the fibre optic cable may be inserted. The interruptions in the fibre optic cable are arranged such that a plug may be allocated to an interruption. The invention further comprises a module which may be plugged into an optical rear panel bus and means for injection and decoupling of light signals running in an optical fibre cable whereby the means for injecting and decoupling are arranged such as to be able to be inserted in interruptions in the fibre optic cable, to decouple light signals from the fibre optic cable and to inject light signals into the fibre optic cable in the propagation direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jürgen Maul, Herbert Reiss, Michael Staudt, Thomas Völkel
  • Patent number: 7101942
    Abstract: Dental material containing a cluster according to the general formula [(M1)a(M2)bOc(OH)d(OR)e(L-Sp-Z)f] (I) in which M1, M2, independently of each other, stand in each case for a metal atom of the IIIrd or Vth main groups or the Ist to VIIIth sub-groups of the periodic table; R is an alkyl group with 1 to 6 carbon atoms; L is a co-ordinating group with 2 to 6 complexing centres; Sp is a spacer group or is absent; Z is a polymerizable group; c is a number from 1 to 30; d, e, independently of each other, are in each case a number from 1 to 30; f is a number from 2 to 30, any charge of the cluster (I) present being equalized by counterions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Norbert Moszner, Thomas Völkel, Volker Rheinberger, Ulrich Schubert
  • Patent number: 7078446
    Abstract: The invention relates to iminooxadiazine dione derivatives with the formula (I) in which X, Y and Z represent a (meth)acrylic acid radical of the formula (II) in which R1 is hydrogen, an aliphatic hydrocarbon radical with 1 to 14 carbon atoms, which can be interrupted by oxygen atoms, or an aromatic hydrocarbon radical with to 16 carbon atoms; R2 is hydrogen, an aliphatic hydrocarbon radical with 1 to 5 carbon atoms or an aromatic hydrocarbon radical with 6 carbon atoms, n is 1 or 2; where the (meth)acrylic acid radical of formula (II) is bound to the radical of formula (I) by R1 or R2 and the binding point remaining at R2 or R1 is saturated by hydrogen and X, Y and Z can be the same or different; the individual radicals R being able to be the same or different and selected from alicyclic or aromatic hydrocarbon radicals with 5 to 10 or aliphatic hydrocarbon radicals with 1 to 10 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Norbert Moszner, Thomas Völkel, Urs Karl Fischer, Volker Rheinberger
  • Patent number: 7062405
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for monitoring at least one measuring signal, in particular for use in automation technology, production automation and process automation. Said method automatically determines and establishes an optimal time interval between measuring periods, by means of the course of a measuring signal. According to the invention, a computer system cyclically determines a characteristic value of the measuring signal in measuring periods, which are separated by a time interval, whereby a priority is automatically defined, said priority is assigned to the measuring signal and the time interval between the measuring periods is defined in accordance with the priority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Thomas Völkel
  • Patent number: 6953832
    Abstract: Dental material containing an amide of the general formula BXn in which B stands for a hydrocarbon radical with 1 to 5 carbon atoms, which can contain one or more of the groups O, S, NH, CO—NH, O—CO—NH and/or NH—CO—NH, and which is substituted n times with the group X, X stands for the group which is bound via the nitrogen atom or via C-2 to the radical B, the bond site not connected to B carrying a radical R2, R1 being hydrogen, an alkyl group with 1 to 20 carbon atoms or a phenyl radical, two or more radicals X being able to share a radical R1 and R1 also being able to be a constituent of the radical B, R2 being hydrogen, an alkyl group with 1 to 20 carbon atoms or a phenyl radical, and n being a number from 2 to 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2005
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Norbert Moszner, Frank Zeuner, Volker Rheinberger, Jörg Angermann, Thomas Völkel
  • Publication number: 20050021251
    Abstract: A system for the automatic signal recording and for evaluation of the decay behavior of a test object following a mechanical impulse excitation. The system includes a coupling element (3) coupled to sensors (2, 13), which detect oscillations of the test object (24) and which convert the detected oscillations to analog oscillatory impulses. The system is further provided with an amplifier (5) adapting the amplitude of the analog oscillatory impulses, a low-pass filter (6) provided for avoiding aliasing effects, an analog to digital converter (7) converting the analog oscillatory impulses to digital data and an arithmetic unit (8) for oscillation analysis and evaluation of the data. The coupling element (3), the amplifier (5), the low-pass filter (6), the analog to digital converter (7) and the arithmetic unit (8) are combined in a compact mobile unit (1) and are connected in series to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2004
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventors: Klaus-Dieter Mueller, Thomas Voelkel
  • Patent number: 6794520
    Abstract: Methylene dithiepane silanes according to Formula I in which R1 is a saturated or unsaturated aliphatic or alicyclic hydrocarbon radical with 1 to 10 carbon atoms, which can be interrupted by one or more oxygen and/or sulphur atoms and can contain one or more ester, carbonyl, amide and/or urethane groups, or is an aromatic or heteroaromatic hydrocarbon radical with 6 to 18 carbon atoms, the hydrocarbon radicals being able to be substituted or unsubstituted; R2 has one of the meanings given for R1 or is absent; R3 has one of the meanings given for R1 or is absent; R4 is equal to —(CHR6)n—, —Y—CO—NH—(CHR6)n—, —Y—CO—NH—R5—, —(CHR6)n—S—R5—, —S—R5—, —CO—O—R5— or is absent, with n being equal to 1 to 4, R6 is hydrogen, C1 to C10 alkyl or C6 to C10 aryl, R5 has one of the meanings given for R1 and Y stands for an O or S atom or is absent; with R5 and R6 being abl
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Ivoclar AG
    Inventors: Norbert Moszner, Sabine Stein, Thomas Völkel, Volker Rheinberger
  • Patent number: 6713555
    Abstract: Methylene dithiepane silanes according to Formula I in which R1 is a saturated or unsaturated aliphatic or alicyclic hydrocarbon radical with 1 to 10 carbon atoms, which can be interrupted by one or more oxygen and/or sulphur atoms and can contain one or more ester, carbonyl, amide and/or urethane groups, or is an aromatic or heteroaromatic hydrocarbon radical with 6 to 18 carbon atoms, the hydrocarbon radicals being able to be substituted or unsubstituted; R2 has one of the meanings given for R1 or is absent; R3 has one of the meanings given for R1 or is absent; R4 is equal to —(CHR6)n—, —Y—CO—NH—(CHR6)n—, —Y—CO—NH—R5—, —(CHR6)n—S—R5—, —S—R5—, —CO—O—R5— or is absent, with n being equal to 1 to 4, R6 is hydrogen, C1 to C10 alkyl or C6 to C10 aryl, R5 has one of the meanings given for R1 and Y stands for an O or S atom or is absent; with R5 and R6 being abl
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Ivoclar AG
    Inventors: Norbert Moszner, Sabine Stein, Thomas Völkel, Volker Rheinberger
  • Patent number: 6653375
    Abstract: The invention relates to urethane di(meth)acrylate derivatives of 1-3-bis(1-isocyanato-1-methylethyl)benzene according to Formula (I) in which R is hydrogen or a straight-chained C1-C8 alkyl radical; X and Y independently of each other stand for R1 being a substituted or unsubstituted C6- to C12-aryl or C7- to C16-alkyl aryl radical; R2 hydrogen, a C1- to C5-alkyl or a substituted or unsubstituted C6- to C12-aryl radical; R3 hydrogen or a methyl radical; R4 a C1- to C8-alkylene radical which can be broken by oxygen atoms, or a phenylene radical; R5 hydrogen or a methyl radical; R6 a substituted or unsubstituted C6- to C12-aryl or C7- to C16-alkyl aryl radical; Z being —CO— or a chemical bond and W standing for oxygen, sulphur or NR7, R7 being hydrogen or a straight-chained C1- to C6-alkyl radical. The substances are suitable in particular for the production of dental materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Ivoclar AG
    Inventors: Norbert Moszner, Volker Rheinberger, Thomas Völkel, Urs Karl Fischer
  • Publication number: 20030167845
    Abstract: The invention relates to a nonlinear method that permits simple, fast and accurate detection of defects in a body made from brittle materials. In the case of the method, at least two temporally offset operations (A, B) are used such that the body is set vibrating (1a, 1b) with a different intensity, a vibrational response of the body in the time domain is picked up (2a, 2b), the vibrational response is normalized (3a, 3b), the beginning of the vibration is determined (4a, 4b) and a section of the vibrational response is determined (5a, 5b) whose start is formed by the previously determined beginning of the vibration, and which has a specific length, a correlation coefficient of the sections of the respective vibration responses of the at least two operations being formed as feature value for the detection of defects (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Inventors: Stefan Maetschke, Thomas Voelkel
  • Patent number: 6591226
    Abstract: The invention relates to an acoustic diagnostic system and an associated method, wherein the system includes a sensor mechanism to convert mechanical vibrations into electrical signals. The acoustic diagnostic system furthermore includes a signal conditioning unit to amplify and low-pass filter the electrical signals and an analog/digital converter to convert the amplified and low-pass filtered signals into discrete digital data. In addition, a signal processing unit, which performs signal analysis, extraction of characteristics, and classification of error classes and/or quality classes, which are associated with a respective test object of the digital data, is provided. Finally, the acoustic diagnostic system includes an archive to automatically archive an occurrence and a frequency of the error classes and/or the quality classes. The diagnostic system preferably includes controlling means that control the production process for the manufacture of the test object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Doris Hartmann, Sofiane Kacem, Karl-Heinz Maier, Nicolai Plewinski, Thomas Voelkel
  • Patent number: 6569917
    Abstract: The invention relates to dental materials which contain at least one polysiloxane based on one or several silanes according to formula (I) [(Wq—R6—Z)p—R3]mY—R2—SiXnR13−n  Formula (I) in which X stands for a halogen atom, a hydroxyl, alkoxy and/or acyloxy group; n is equal to 1 to 3, R1 stands for an alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, alkylaryl, arylalkyl group; R2 stands for an alkylene group; R3 stands for a p-time substituted, straight, branched or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated, aromatic or aliphatic organic radical with 2 to 40 carbon atoms and optionally 1 to 6 heteroatoms; R6 stands for a q-times substituted, straight, branched or cyclic organic radical with 1 to 20 carbon atoms or is absent; p is equal to 1 to 6; q is equal to 1 to 6; Y stands for —NR4—, N or —(C═O)—NH—; m is equal to 2 for Y═N and equal to 1 for Y═—NR4—, or —(C═O)—NH—; R4 stands for an alkyl or aryl group; Z s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Ivoclar AG
    Inventors: Norbert Moszner, Thomas Völkel, Sabine Stein, Volkner Rheinberger
  • Patent number: 6546350
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a system and a method for the configuration and/or parameterization of diagnostic devices for test objects. The system includes a first data object having a collection of technological test object parameters of the test object and its components, and a second data object having a collection of technological parameters of hardware components of the diagnostic device. The system further includes a first program object containing data sentences for the assignment of at least test object parameters and technological parameters of hardware components, and a second program object for processing the data sentences assigned in the first program object. Via the data and program objects, a knowledge base is created that results in a configuration mainly automatically controlled by the knowledge of the system and/or parameterization of the diagnostic device including the test structure and evaluation. In this manner, the cost of such preparations is significantly reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Doris Hartmann, Sofiane Kacem, Karl-Heinz Maier, Klaus-Dieter Mueller, Nicolai Plewinski, Thomas Voelkel
  • Patent number: 6284898
    Abstract: Polymerizable and hydrolysable oxetane silanes and in particular silicic acid condensates which can be prepared therefrom are described, which exhibit only a low volume shrinkage on polymerization and produce polymers with high mechanical strength and therefore can be used above all as dental material or constituent thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Ivoclar AG
    Inventors: Norbert Moszner, Thomas Voelkel, Sabine Stein, Volker Rheinberger
  • Patent number: 6281271
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dental material with at least one polymerizable binder and at least one filler containing a redox-initiator system for the radical polymerization, which comprises an initiator and an activator. The material is characterized in that the filler contains a homogeneous mixture of a first part of the filler, which is mixed with the initiator, a second part of the filler, which is mixed with the activator, and a third part of the filler, which does not contain a component of the initiator system. The materials are particularly suitable as cements and filling materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Ivoclar AG
    Inventors: André Rumphorst, Ulrich Salz, Alexandros Gianasmidis, Thomas Völkel, Volker Rheinberger, Norbert Moszner
  • Patent number: 6136887
    Abstract: The invention relates to vinylcyclopropane derivatives according to the formula ##STR1## in which A is --[--Y--CO--C(.dbd.CH.sub.2)R.sup.4 ].sub.m or --C(.dbd.CH.sub.2)CO--O--C.sub.1-4 -alkyl, U and X, independently of each other, stand for CO, COO or CONH; Y and Z stand for O or NH or are absent, but Y and Z cannot be absent at the same time; n, m stand for a whole number from 0 to 4, but n and m are not 0 at the same time; R.sup.1 is H, CH.sub.3 or Cl; R.sup.2, R.sup.3 stand for H, a C.sub.1 - to C.sub.10 -alkyl or alkylene radical, which can be interrupted by O, S or NH, for a C.sub.6 - to C.sub.14 -aryl or arylene, C.sub.7 - to C.sub.14 -alkylaryl or alkylarylene or a C.sub.5 - to C.sub.8 -cycloalkyl or cycloalkylene radical; and R.sup.4 is H or a C.sub.1 - to C.sub.10 -alkyl radical, and to processes for their production. The compounds are suitable in particular for the production of adhesives, cements, composites and mouldings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Ivoclar AG
    Inventors: Norbert Moszner, Volker Rheinberger, Thomas Voelkel, Urs Karl Fischer