Patents by Inventor Thorsten Krause
Thorsten Krause 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).
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Publication number: 20240117859Abstract: A torque transmitting device for a drivetrain for transmitting a drive torque to an output element. The device having: an electric motor with a conversion unit, which comprises a stator and a rotor that is rotatable relative to the stator, for converting electrical energy into mechanical energy; and a torsional vibration damper with a damper mass received on a damper mass support such that the damper mass can be deflected to a limited extent against the action of a restoring force, the damper mass being arranged so as to overlap radially with the conversion unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2020Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Benjamin Vögtle, Stephan Maienschein, Peter Wahl, Daniel Echle, David Schnädelbach, Thorsten Krause
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Publication number: 20240116354Abstract: A torque transmitting device for a drive train for transmitting an input torque provided by at least one drive element to an output element. The device including: an electric motor having a stator and a rotor which can be rotated relative to said stator for providing a further drive torque; a separating clutch arranged operatively between the first drive element and the electric motor; and at least one centrifugal pendulum which is arranged operatively between the separating clutch and the output element and has at least two pendulum masses which are accommodated so as to be deflectable to a limited extent along a pendulum path and so as to be peripherally adjacent to one another on at least one pendulum mass carrier that can be rotated about an axis of rotation, wherein the peripherally adjacent pendulum masses are coupled to one another via coupling means.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2020Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Benjamin Vögtle, Thorsten Krause, Stephan Maienschein, Peter Wahl
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Publication number: 20240110286Abstract: The invention relates to a depositing station comprising a basin arrangement (11) having a basin (13) forming a processing chamber (12) and serving to receive a solution of a metal, in particular nickel, zinc, palladium, gold or the like, dissolved in a liquid, for a, preferably electroless, deposition on an object receivable in the processing chamber, in particular on a terminal face of a wafer receivable in the processing chamber, the basin having at least one inlet (17) for introducing the solution into the basin, the basin having a perforation (18) which forms at least part of the inlet of the basin and which is configured to homogeneously introduce the solution into the processing chamber. Furthermore, the invention relates to a device for producing contact metallizations on terminal faces of wafers, comprising at least one depositing station.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Thorsten Krause, Siavash Hosseinpour Tabrizi
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Patent number: 11739821Abstract: A torque transmission apparatus for transmitting a torque between a first drive element and an output element, including a torque converter, having a torque converter input, which is rotatable about a rotation axis (A) and is coupled to the first drive element, and a torque converter output, which can be connected to the output element. A separating clutch arranged outside of the torque converter and effectively between the first drive element and the torque converter, having a clutch input and a clutch output, which can be connected thereto by the action of a clutch actuating apparatus. The clutch actuating apparatus having a pressure means chamber and a pressure means channel (K4) supplying said pressure means chamber with pressure means, and the separating clutch being dry-operated and the pressure means channel (K4) extending through the torque converter at least in portions.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Christian Hügel, Thorsten Krause
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Publication number: 20230038320Abstract: The invention relates to a marker body (10) for marking breast tissue for radiotherapy. The marker body (10) has an at least partly tube-like body (12) which is made from a soft elastic material and carries multiple radio-opaque marker elements (18). The at least partly tube-like body (12) is designed so that it offers hardly any resistance to an external, deforming force, but returns to its original shape in the absence of external forces. The at least partly tube-like body (12) has two free longitudinal ends (14, 16) which can be detachably interconnected or are interconnected, resulting in a tubular ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2021Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: SOMATEX MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES GMBHInventors: Thorsten KRAUSE, Nils DREWES, Sophie MELZER
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Publication number: 20220397186Abstract: A torque-transmitting device has a first input side, a second input side, an output side, a hydrodynamic converter, a lockup clutch, a first torque-transmitting path which runs between a splitting point and a merging point, and a second torque-transmitting path which is configured so as to be parallel with respect to the first torque-transmitting path. The hydrodynamic converter is arranged in the first torque-transmitting path and the lockup clutch is arranged in the second torque-transmitting path. The hydrodynamic converter has a pump wheel and a turbine wheel which is hydrodynamically connectable to the pump wheel. The splitting point is connected to the first input side for conjoint rotation. The pump wheel and a first clutch input side of the lock-up clutch are each connected to the splitting point for conjoint rotation. A second input side is connected downstream of the merging point in a torque flow of a first torque from the first input side to the output side.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2020Publication date: December 15, 2022Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Benjamin Vögtle, Thorsten Krause
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Patent number: 11519479Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a centrifugal pendulum (1) as well as a centrifugal pendulum (1) which is manufactured using said method and which comprises pendulum components (13, 14) made of sheet metal, i.e. a pendulum mass support (2) that is arranged about an axis of rotation (d), and pendulum masses (3) that are distributed about the circumference. In order to reduce tool costs and the cost per item, at least one punched blank (9) comprising at least two pendulum components (13, 14) is manufactured, whereupon the pendulum components (13, 14) are separated from one another.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2017Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Thorsten Krause, Lothar Moser, Hubert Friedmann, Christian Hügel
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Patent number: 11519377Abstract: A method actively dampens a start-up resonance of a torsional damper when starting an internal combustion engine. The torsional damper (4) is fixed between an internal combustion engine (1) and a secondary side (5) of a torsional elasticity, and the internal combustion engine (1) is started using a starter generator (3) arranged on a side of the internal combustion engine (1) counter to the torsional elasticity. A counter excitation is applied to a torque generated by the starter generator (3) when the internal combustion engine (1) is started, which counter excitation is modulated on the basis of a parameter of the internal combustion engine (1) which changes when the internal combustion engine (1) is being started.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Thorsten Krause, Kai Schenck, Bertrand Pennec
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Patent number: 11499602Abstract: A torque transmitting device that can be rotatably mounted about an axis of rotation includes a series damper having a first damper unit, a second damper unit and a coupling unit. The first damper unit has a damper output side and the second damper unit has a damper input side. The coupling unit is arranged between the damper output side of the first damper unit and the damper input side of the second damper unit. The coupling unit has a first coupling part and a second coupling part, wherein the first coupling part and the second coupling part are arranged axially offset in relation to one another. The first coupling part connects the damper output side of the first damper unit to the second coupling part. The second coupling part connects the first coupling part to the damper input side of the second damper unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2018Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Toros Güllük, Thorsten Krause, Stephan Maienschein
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Publication number: 20220221038Abstract: A torque transmission apparatus for transmitting a torque between a first drive element and an output element, including a torque converter, having a torque converter input, which is rotatable about a rotation axis (A) and is coupled to the first drive element, and a torque converter output, which can be connected to the output element. A separating clutch arranged outside of the torque converter and effectively between the first drive element and the torque converter, having a clutch input and a clutch output, which can be connected thereto by the action of a clutch actuating apparatus The clutch actuating apparatus having a pressure means chamber and a pressure means channel (K4) supplying said pressure means chamber with pressure means, and the separating clutch being dry-operated and the pressure means channel (K4) extending through the torque converter at least in portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2020Publication date: July 14, 2022Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Christian Hügel, Thorsten Krause
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Publication number: 20220099061Abstract: A method actively dampens a start-up resonance of a torsional damper when starting an internal combustion engine. The torsional damper (4) is fixed between an internal combustion engine (1) and a secondary side (5) of a torsional elasticity, and the internal combustion engine (1) is started using a starter generator (3) arranged on a side of the internal combustion engine (1) counter to the torsional elasticity. A counter excitation is applied to a torque generated by the starter generator (3) when the internal combustion engine (1) is started, which counter excitation is modulated on the basis of a parameter of the internal combustion engine (1) which changes when the internal combustion engine (1) is being started.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2019Publication date: March 31, 2022Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Thorsten Krause, Kai Schenck, Bertrand Pennec
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Publication number: 20210299800Abstract: A method for repairing a test contact arrangement in which a test contact which is disposed on a test contact carrier by means of solder material and is incorrectly positioned is gripped at a body edge by means of a gripping tool in a gripping contact phase, an absorption surface which is realized on an outer surface of the gripping tool is treated with laser radiation during the gripping contact phase, and the gripping tool performs a movement on at least one axis when the temperature is at the softening point of the solder material, in such a manner that the incorrect position is corrected by means of the movement to bring the test contact into a desired position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2019Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventor: THORSTEN KRAUSE
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Patent number: 11079953Abstract: Deduplicated data is packed into finite-sized containers. A similarity score is calculated between files that are similarly of the deduplicated data. The similarity score is used for grouping the similarly compared files of the deduplicated data into subsets for destaging each of the subsets from a deduplication system to one a finite-sized container. The similarity score is used for grouping the similarly compared files of the deduplicated data into subsets for destaging each of the subsets from a deduplication system to one of the finite-sized containers. An indication is received by a user of which of the similarly compared files are to be grouped into the subsets for destaging each of the subsets from a deduplication system to one of the finite-sized containers. Transitive closures are used for assisting with using the similarity score for grouping the similarly compared files of the deduplicated data into the subsets.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2017Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Michael Hirsch, Thorsten Krause
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Patent number: 10995839Abstract: A torque-transmitting device comprises a torque converter arranged at least partially within a housing of the torque-transmitting device. The torque converter has a pump impeller, a turbine wheel, and a guide wheel. The guide wheel is connected to a stator shaft. An actuator is coupled to the stator shaft and is configured to exert a torque on the guide wheel via the stator shaft.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2017Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventor: Thorsten Krause
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Patent number: 10914759Abstract: The invention relates to a method for placing and contacting a contact element formed in particular as a test contact of a test contact arrangement, wherein in said method, for forming a heat transfer surface, a contact head provided with a contact element holding device, with the contact element received in the contact element holding device, is placed between the contact element and a contact material deposit arranged on a contact surface of a contact carrier in the direction of a feeding axis against a contact surface of the connecting material deposit, and, for realizing an at least partial fusing of the connecting material deposit and for producing a materially bonded connection between the contact element and the connecting material deposit, thermal energy is introduced into the connecting material deposit by means of treating the contact element with thermal energy, the temperature T of the contact element being measured while the contact element is being treated and the duration of the treatment beingType: GrantFiled: December 6, 2016Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: PAC TECH—PACKAGING TECHNOLOGIES GMBHInventor: Thorsten Krause
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Patent number: 10695853Abstract: A device for the application of solder material deposits includes a conveying device for conveying solder material deposits from a reservoir at an upper housing part toward an application device at a lower housing part. The conveying device can be moved from a receiving position P1 to a transfer position P2, in which the solder material deposit is exposed to a pressure gas via a pressure bore formed in the upper housing part and from which the solder material deposit is transferred to an application nozzle in an application position P3. The application device includes an application duct formed in the lower housing and forms a lower section of a transmission duct which serves to transmit laser radiation to the solder in the application nozzle. The application duct is inclined at an application angle ? with respect to the rotation axis.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2015Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: PAC TECH—PACKAGING TECHNOLOGIESInventors: Ghassem Azdasht, Thorsten Krause
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Patent number: 10634699Abstract: A device for the placing and contacting of a test contact of a test contact arrangement arranged on a contact carrier featuring a contact head having at least one transmission channel for transmitting thermal energy and transferring a vacuum. The contact head is provided with a test contact receptacle at its contact end in the area of a channel mouth, the test contact receptacle having a receiving gap formed between two parallel receiving cheeks for receiving the test contact and connected with the transmission channel. The receiving cheeks have contact surfaces at their contact ends for contacting a solder deposit arranged on the contact carrier to produce a heat conducting contact with the solder material of the solder deposit.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2016Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: PAC TECH—PACKAGING TECHNOLOGIES GMBHInventors: Thorsten Krause, Ghassem Azdasht
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Publication number: 20200124132Abstract: A torque transmitting device that can be rotatably mounted about an axis of rotation includes a series damper having a first damper unit, a second damper unit and a coupling unit. The first damper unit has a damper output side and the second damper unit has a damper input side. The coupling unit is arranged between the damper output side of the first damper unit and the damper input side of the second damper unit. The coupling unit has a first coupling part and a second coupling part, wherein the first coupling part and the second coupling part are arranged axially offset in relation to one another. The first coupling part connects the damper output side of the first damper unit to the second coupling part. The second coupling part connects the first coupling part to the damper input side of the second damper unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2018Publication date: April 23, 2020Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Toros Güllük, Thorsten Krause, Stephan Maienschein
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Patent number: RE48949Abstract: The invention relates to a force transmission device for power transmission between an input and an output, comprising at least an input and an output, and a vibration damping device disposed in a cavity that can be filled at least partially with an operating medium, in particular oil, the vibration damping device coupled with a rotational speed adaptive absorber, wherein the rotational speed adaptive absorber is tuned as a function of an oil influence to an effective order qeff, which is greater by an order shift value qF than an order q of an exciting vibration of a drive system.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2017Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Thorsten Krause, Dominique Engelmann
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Patent number: RE49270Abstract: A force transmission device, in particular or power transmission between a drive engine and an output, comprising a damper assembly with at least two dampers, which can be connected in series, and a rotational speed adaptive absorber, wherein the rotational speed adaptive tuned mass damper is disposed between the dampers at least in one force flow direction through the force transmission device.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2017Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Mario Degler, Thorsten Krause, Kai Schenck, Markus Werner, Dominique Engelmann