Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Bressel

Wolfgang Bressel 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).

  • Imaging tomography apparatus with built-in energy storage to cover high power operation
    Patent number: 8218726
    Abstract: An imaging tomography apparatus has electronic components provided to operate the tomography apparatus, with at least one of the electronic components exhibiting a power consumption in high power operation that is significantly increased relative to power consumption in normal operation. The imaging tomography apparatus has an energy storage that, in high power operation, supplies the at least one electronic component with additional electrical energy to cover an energy demand due to the difference in power consumption between normal operation and high power operation. The provision of the additional electrical power in high power operation by means of the energy storage allows the modules that participate in the power supply of the at least one electronic component to be realized with lower cost. Such participating modules can be, for example: the mains connection, junction boxes with power switches (safeguards); a transformer, a rectifier, cables, slip ring brushes, slip ring tracks, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Wolfgang Bressel
  • IMAGING TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS WITH BUILT-IN ENERGY STORAGE TO COVER HIGH POWER OPERATION
    Publication number: 20100220837
    Abstract: An imaging tomography apparatus has electronic components provided to operate the tomography apparatus, with at least one of the electronic components exhibiting a power consumption in high power operation that is significantly increased relative to power consumption in normal operation. The imaging tomography apparatus has an energy storage that, in high power operation, supplies the at least one electronic component with additional electrical energy to cover an energy demand due to the difference in power consumption between normal operation and high power operation. The provision of the additional electrical power in high power operation by means of the energy storage allows the modules that participate in the power supply of the at least one electronic component to be realized with lower cost. Such participating modules can be, for example: the mains connection, junction boxes with power switches (safeguards); a transformer, a rectifier, cables, slip ring brushes, slip ring tracks, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventor: Wolfgang Bressel
  • Method for diaphragm regulation in a computed tomography apparatus, and computed tomography apparatus with diaphragm regulation
    Patent number: 6999551
    Abstract: In a method for diaphragm regulation in a computed tomography system and a computed tomography system with diaphragm regulation and a multi-line detector, the image detector signals are utilized for generating a setting signal for the diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Bressel, Heinrich Wallschläger
  • Method for diaphragm regulation in a computed tomography apparatus, and computed tomography apparatus with diaphragm regulation
    Publication number: 20030219092
    Abstract: In a method for diaphragm regulation in a computed tomography system and a computed tomography system with diaphragm regulation and a multi-line detector, the image detector signals are utilized for generating a setting signal for the diaphragm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2003
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Inventors: Wolfgang Bressel, Heinrich Wallschlager