Patents by Inventor Thomas Wanke

Thomas Wanke 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: 11060941
    Abstract: In a method for determining an equivalent modal unbalance for the first bending characteristic form of a shaft-elastic rotor, which unbalance is to be compensated for, a rotor model is created describing the geometric shape and material properties of the shaft-elastic rotor. The magnitude of compliance of the rotor model is calculated at a measurement point and at the center of gravity of the rotor at an assumed speed. The shaft-elastic rotor is received in a rotatable bearing and accelerated to the assumed speed which is below its first critical speed. Subsequently, the magnitude of outward deflection at the measurement point of the shaft-elastic rotor rotating at the assumed speed can be measured. The equivalent modal unbalance for the first bending characteristic form of the shaft-elastic rotor, which unbalance is to be compensated for, can be calculated from the magnitudes of the calculated compliance and the measured outward deflection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Schenck RoTec GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Wanke, Matthias Hartnagel
  • Publication number: 20190391032
    Abstract: In a method for determining an equivalent modal unbalance for the first bending characteristic form of a shaft-elastic rotor, which unbalance is to be compensated for, a rotor model is created describing the geometric shape and material properties of the shaft-elastic rotor. The magnitude of compliance of the rotor model is calculated at a measurement point and at the center of gravity of the rotor at an assumed speed. The shaft-elastic rotor is received in a rotatable bearing and accelerated to the assumed speed which is below its first critical speed. Subsequently, the magnitude of outward deflection at the measurement point of the shaft-elastic rotor rotating at the assumed speed can be measured. The equivalent modal unbalance for the first bending characteristic form of the shaft-elastic rotor, which unbalance is to be compensated for, can be calculated from the magnitudes of the calculated compliance and the measured outward deflection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: Schenck RoTec GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas WANKE, Matthias HARTNAGEL
  • Patent number: 9410864
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for determining the static unbalance of a body (30) provided with a locating surface (31) by means of a center-of-gravity weighing scale (10), the method including measuring the position of the locating surface (31) of the body (30) with respect to its mount by means of electric displacement sensors (16), computing from the measurement signals of the displacement sensors (16) the eccentricity of the locating surface (31) of the body (30) with respect to the reference point of the scale (10) by means of an electric evaluating circuit, weighing the body (30) and recording mass and position of the center of gravity of the body (30) with respect to the reference point of the scale (10), and computing the unbalance of the body (30) from the measurement signals of the scale (10) and the eccentricity of the locating surface (31) of the body (30) with respect to the reference point of the scale (10) by means of the evaluating circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Schenek RoTec GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Breitwieser, Stephan Frese, Matthias Hartnagel, Thomas Wanke
  • Publication number: 20140123753
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for determining the static unbalance of a body (30) provided with a locating surface (31) by means of a center-of-gravity weighing scale (10), the method including measuring the position of the locating surface (31) of the body (30) with respect to its mount by means of electric displacement sensors (16), computing from the measurement signals of the displacement sensors (16) the eccentricity of the locating surface (31) of the body (30) with respect to the reference point of the scale (10) by means of an electric evaluating circuit, weighing the body (30) and recording mass and position of the center of gravity of the body (30) with respect to the reference point of the scale (10), and computing the unbalance of the body (30) from the measurement signals of the scale (10) and the eccentricity of the locating surface (31) of the body (30) with respect to the reference point of the scale (10) by means of the evaluating circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Schenck RoTec GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias BREITWIESER, Stephan FRESE, Matthias HARTNAGEL, Thomas WANKE
  • Patent number: 8714636
    Abstract: A bearing structure arrangement of a motor vehicle body is provided with at least one bearing structure component extending essentially in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, which is provided in the interior or dry area of the motor vehicle to form a single-piece connection between the vehicle front wall and a rear frame of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Wanke, Udo Mildner, Franz-Josef Ringel
  • Publication number: 20110133518
    Abstract: A bearing structure arrangement of a motor vehicle body is provided with at least one bearing structure component extending essentially in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, which is provided in the interior or dry area of the motor vehicle to form a single-piece connection between the vehicle front wall and a rear frame of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Thomas WANKE, Udo MILDNER, Franz-Josef RINGEL
  • Patent number: 7401845
    Abstract: A tunable property bracket for a vehicle body, includes a support member comprising a first active material configured to provide support for static and dynamic loads during normal operation of the vehicle body, wherein the first active material undergoes a change in a property upon exposure to an activating condition during a loading event or a sensed loading event, wherein the change in the property is effective to provide a load bearing capacity change to the support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul W. Alexander, Alan L. Browne, Nancy L. Johnson, Nilesh D. Mankame, Hanif Muhammad, Thomas Wanke
  • Publication number: 20070102962
    Abstract: A tunable property bracket for a vehicle body, includes a support member comprising a first active material configured to provide support for static and dynamic loads during normal operation of the vehicle body, wherein the first active material undergoes a change in a property upon exposure to an activating condition during a loading event or a sensed loading event, wherein the change in the property is effective to provide a load bearing capacity change to the support member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Alexander, Alan Browne, Nancy Johnson, Nilesh Mankame, Hanif Muhammad, Thomas Wanke
  • Patent number: 7169840
    Abstract: In a process for the manufacture of aqueous floor covering adhesives without the addition of solvents, high-boiling solvents, or plasticizers and with the use of a non-carboxylated styrene/butadiene (SBR) dispersion and of an agent providing initial adhesion, a melt of the agent providing initial adhesion, for example a resin with a melting point of 45 to 98° C., is added to the SBR dispersion under high shear forces for the purpose of obtaining a durably stable emulsion which provides not only high initial adhesion, but also high final strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Ardex GmbH
    Inventors: Jochem Billecke, Rudiger Oberste-Padtberg, Thomas Wanke, Kenneth A. Tarczewski, David Allen Smith
  • Patent number: 6781007
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing partial hydrolysates of organometallic compounds and to a process for preparing partial hydrolysates of organometallic compounds, in particular alkylaluminoxanes, or transition metal catalysts immobilized on inert support materials and also to the products prepared by this process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Crompton GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Rieger, Ralf Alexander Wendt, Thomas Wanke
  • Patent number: 6765103
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing transition metal compounds having hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated monocyclic, bicyclic or polycyclic ligands, which is characterized in that the unsaturated monocyclic, bicyclic or polycyclic transition metal compound together with hydrogen is introduced continuously or all at once under pressure into a static mixer in the presence of a suitable solubilizer and a catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Crompton GmbH
    Inventors: Burkhardt Giese, Richard Lisowsky, Jan Timmermann, Thomas Wanke, Mario Hüttenhofer
  • Patent number: 6734317
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing alkali metal tetraalkylaluminates, in particular potassium tetraethylaluminate, and also to the use of such an aluminate complex in aluminum deposition by electroplating-electrolysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Crompton GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Heitmann, Thomas Wanke, Mario Hüttenhofer
  • Publication number: 20030233004
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of alkali metal tetraalkylaluminates and use thereof The present invention relates to a process for preparing alkali metal tetraalkylaluminates, in particular potassium tetraethylaluminate, and also to the use of such an aluminate complex in aluminum deposition by electroplating-electrolysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Publication date: December 18, 2003
    Applicant: CROMPTON GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Heitmann, Thomas Wanke, Mario Huttenhofer
  • Publication number: 20030139618
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing partial hydrolysates of organometallic compounds and to a process for preparing partial hydrolysates of organometallic compounds, in particular alkylaluminoxanes, or transition metal catalysts immobilized on inert support materials and also to the products prepared by this process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Applicant: Crompton GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Rieger, Ralf Alexander Wendt, Thomas Wanke
  • Publication number: 20030134909
    Abstract: In a process for the manufacture of aqueous floor covering adhesives without the addition of solvents, high-boiling solvents, or plasticizers and with the use of a non-carboxylated styrene/butadiene (SBR) dispersion and of an agent providing initial adhesion, a melt of the agent providing initial adhesion, for example a resin with a melting point of 45 to 98° C., is added to the SBR dispersion under high shear forces for the purpose of obtaining a durably stable emulsion which provides not only high initial adhesion, but also high final strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Applicant: ARDEX GMBH
    Inventors: Jochen Billecke, Rudiger Oberste-Padtberg, Thomas Wanke, Kenneth A. Tarczewski, David Allen Smith
  • Publication number: 20030109731
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing transition metal compounds having hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated monocyclic, bicyclic or polycyclic ligands, which is characterized in that the unsaturated monocyclic, bicyclic or polycyclic transition metal compound together with hydrogen is introduced continuously or all at once under pressure into a static mixer in the presence of a suitable solubilizer and a catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Applicant: Crompton GmbH
    Inventors: Burkhardt Giese, Richard Lisowsky, Jan Timmermann, Thomas Wanke, Mario Huttenhofer
  • Patent number: 6062821
    Abstract: An integral oil filter-pump system for an electric power device which involves a cabinet having an oil-filled compartment for containing the power device, as well as a circulation pump for circulating oil through the system, including the compartment for containing the power device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: General Signal Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas M. Golner, Shirish P. Mehta, Peter C. Michel, Thomas Wanke