Patents by Inventor Uwe-Otto Breucker

Uwe-Otto Breucker 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).

  • Method and bearing for supporting rotatable devices, particularly a medical scanner
    Patent number: 8319385
    Abstract: A method is provided for supporting rotatable devices, particularly a medical scanner having an inner ring and an outer ring. According to the invention, the inner ring and outer ring are guided without contact in the axial and/or radial direction by the magnetic field of electromagnets, and the distance between them is monitored and controlled by means of distance sensors. For a bearing implementing said method according to the invention, the outer ring is made in multiple parts and has a U-shaped cross section that is open to the inside in the assembled state, into which the inner ring (1, 10, 11) extends, and electromagnets and distance sensors are disposed in the axially and radially opposite areas of the inner ring or outer ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignees: Rothe Erde GmbH, ThyssenKrupp Transrapid GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe-Otto Breucker, Wolfgang Claus, Jörg Rollmann, Freidrich Löser, Qinghua Zheng, Markus Bauer
  • METHOD AND BEARING FOR SUPPORTING ROTATABLE DEVICES, PARTICULARLY A MEDICAL SCANNER
    Publication number: 20100181854
    Abstract: A method is provided for supporting rotatable devices, particularly a medical scanner having an inner ring and an outer ring. According to the invention, the inner ring and outer ring are guided without contact in the axial and/or radial direction by the magnetic field of electromagnets, and the distance between them is monitored and controlled by means of distance sensors. For a bearing implementing said method according to the invention, the outer ring is made in multiple parts and has a U-shaped cross section that is open to the inside in the assembled state, into which the inner ring (1, 10, 11) extends, and electromagnets and distance sensors are disposed in the axially and radially opposite areas of the inner ring or outer ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventors: Uwe-Otto Breucker, Wolfgang Claus, Jörg Rollmann, Freidrich Löser, Qinghua Zheng, Markus Bauer