Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Friedrich

Wolfgang Friedrich 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).

  • Publication number: 20020044104
    Abstract: The invention relates to an augmented-reality system having a mobile apparatus for the context-dependent insertion of assembly instructions. The context-dependent insertion of assembly instructions with process-optimized allocation of the necessary work steps provides situation-related support by for work sequences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Inventors: Wolfgang Friedrich, Wolfgang Wohlgemuth
  • Publication number: 20020029134
    Abstract: A system and a method for operating and monitoring an automation system, in which, via virtual installation models (1), processes of the automation system are, by means of a display unit (2), displayed or represented as a representation of real installation components (7). The display unit 2 includes input screen sections (4a, 4b, 4c) in order to allow a user to interactively operate displayed installation components 8. The method allows the user to navigate in the virtual installation models 8, which exactly reflect the real conditions and the current conditions of the automation system. By combining 2D and 3D displays or representations, the user can choose the most appropriate form of representation for the individual case at hand. The invention thus facilitates a reality-based representation of the automation system, which makes it possible to intuitively operate and monitor even complex processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2001
    Publication date: March 7, 2002
    Applicant: Siemens AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Friedrich, Soeren Moritz, Johann Pohany, Rene Wolf
  • Patent number: 6353053
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process and corresponding device for incorporating expanded graphite in a gentle manner into a polyurethane reactive mixture and, on the other hand, processes and corresponding means for reducing or preventing sedimentation of the expanded graphite in the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Friedrichs, Uwe Künzel, Kurt Krippl, Klaus Schulte
  • Publication number: 20010025229
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for generating a virtual installation model (2) as an image of a real installation (1). As a database therefor, digital picture data (4) representing pictures of a real installation (1) on the one hand and installation components (13) of a component library (6) on the other hand are used. The data of the installation components as well as the digital picture data (4) of the real installation (1) is evaluated by means of an image analysis (5). Based on this analysis, the identified installation components (13) are assigned to the virtually generated installation model (2). The virtual image of the real installation thus created serves to document the actual structure of the installation/facility, to simplify failure analysis, e.g., in areas that are difficult to access, and/or to operate and monitor the installation/facility. In addition to geometric data, functional data, etc. of the installation components are also stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2001
    Publication date: September 27, 2001
    Inventors: Soeren Moritz, Wolfgang Friedrich, Ali-Reza Bani-Hashemi, Nicholas Craft, Nassir Navab, Frank Sauer
  • Patent number: 6193417
    Abstract: A method for forming a clamping device comprising of a swiveling body made of plastic, a plain bearing bushing mounted radially inside the plastic swiveling body, a rolling bearing for mounting a clamping roll arranged eccentrically to the bearing bushing, the edges of the plain bearing bushing being wound out of a strip, and joined to each other under intrinsic tension in the area of the butt joint; and, wherein, the lateral surface of the plain bearing bushing and the bore surface of the rolling bearing function as parts of a mold for the injection-molding of the swiveling body and consisting of the steps of placing the rolling bearing assembly and a plain bearing bushing in a mold half in eccentric relation to one another, placing a second mold half over the plain bearing bushing and rolling bearing configured to form ring-shaped projections to hold rolling bearing in a predetermined axial position relating to the bearing bushing, and injecting a plastic material with the mold closed to form the swivel bod
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: SKF GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Brandenstein, Wolfgang Friedrich, Roland Haas, Roland Harich, Gerhard Herrmann, Bruno Schemmel, Josef Stork
  • Patent number: 6166207
    Abstract: In a process for preparing a bicyclic amidine by reacting a lactone and a diamine with elimination of water, water formed by elimination is removed from the reaction mixture during the reaction. A diazabicycloalkene, a process for its preparation and its use are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Friedrich, Heinz-Josef Kneuper, Karsten Eller, Tom Witzel
  • Patent number: 6146301
    Abstract: A support body used in a tensioning device includes a support element and a bottom plate. The support element is attached to the bottom plate in a radially and axially form-fitting and fixed manner through use of a plastic element that is molded into place by extrusion. The plastic element engages a groove formed in the outer surface of the support element and also engages through holes formed in the bottom plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Assignee: SKF GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Brandenstein, Wolfgang Friedrich, Roland Haas, Roland Harich, Gerhard Herrmann, Bruno Schemmel, Josef Stork
  • Patent number: 6143404
    Abstract: A lining for a driving or return drum of a conveyor belt includes an elastic material based on natural or synthetic rubber or a polyurethane containing ceramic particles whose dimensions lie between about 10 and about 2000 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignees: Technic Gum, M.I.C.K.E. Bruhmann GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Friedrich Wilhelm Bruhmann, Emmanuel Davidts
  • Patent number: 6082527
    Abstract: Lining for driving or return drums or pulleys for conveyor belt. A lining for driving or return drums or pulleys for conveyor belts and all surfaces subjected to wear by friction includes an elastic material 2 incorporated in which are porous ceramic elements 4 projecting from the surface of the lining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignees: Technic Gum, M.I.C.K.E. Bruhmann GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Friedrich Wilhelm Bruhmann, Emmanuel Davidts
  • Patent number: 5984562
    Abstract: An arrangement for fixing a tubular element, such as a shaft, that is provided with a bore and a flange in position with respect to plate element involves the use of a ball that pressed into the bore in the tubular element. To achieve a simple fixation that is secure in both axial directions, the plate element is fixed on one side by the flange of the tubular element and on the other side by the bulge that is created through insertion of the ball into the bore in the tubular element. The ball has a greater diameter than that of the bore in the tubular element so that insertion of the ball into the bore causes the tubular element to become enlarged, thus forming the bulge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: SKF GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Brandenstein, Wolfgang Friedrich, Roland Haas, Roland Harich, Gerhard Herrmann, Josef Stork
  • Patent number: 5716845
    Abstract: This invention is directed to construction of recombinant plasmids that contain the Epstein-Barr virus ("EBV") genetic information involved in the immortalization of human lymphocytes, but that lack one or more genes implicated in EBV lytic replication. The recombinant plasmids have the advantage of being able to immortalize human lymphocytes, while being incapable of generating infectious EBV particles. The invention also provides human lymphocytes that have been successfully infected and immortalized by the recombinant plasmids. These human lymphocyte clones can be used as cellular factories to produce desired proteins and as delivery vehicles for gene therapy. Additionally, the invention establishes a method by which desired proteins can be produced in immortalized cellular factories, without generating infectious EBV particles. These proteins can be the normal cellular products of immortalized human lymphocytes, or they can be proteins encoded by foreign genes, which have been cloned into the lymphocytes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1998
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: William Maxwell Sugden, Wolfgang Friedrich Hammerschmidt
  • Patent number: 5600018
    Abstract: A process for preparing glutaraldehyde by reaction of alkoxydihydropyrans of the general formula I ##STR1## where R is C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -alkoxy, with water at from 0.degree. to 150.degree. C. and from 0.01 to 50 bar in the presence of a catalyst consisting essentially of a bleaching earth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1997
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rainer Becker, Wolfgang Friedrich, Walter Klink, Juergen Schossig, Andreas Henne
  • Patent number: 5470279
    Abstract: A tensioning device is provided with an adjusting element that is adapted to be affixed to the tensioning device after the tension spring therein has been tensioned. The tension can be adjusted to a desired work point after the tensioning element has been mounted on a motor frame or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1995
    Assignee: SKF GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Brandenstein, Wolfgang Friedrich, Roland Haas, Gerhard Herrmann, Armin Olschewski
  • Patent number: 5078656
    Abstract: A tensioning device for drive belts includes a pin pivotable about an axis and having an eccentric surface on which a cam is pivotally mounted. A roller adapted to engage a belt is rotatably mounted on the cam. The cam pivots in reaction to forces on a spring acting between the cam and pin. The spring may be preloaded to a specific operating point by rotation of the pin. Markings or projections acting as stops facilitate adjustment of the preloading of the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1992
    Assignee: SKF GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Brandenstein, Wolfgang Friedrich, Gerhard Herrmann
  • Patent number: 5009992
    Abstract: Photographic silver halide emulsion, sensitized for infrared spectral region, containing an aromatic thiosulfonic acid or a salt of the acid. The emulsion is useful for preparing photographic elements having sensitivity in the infrared spectral region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1991
    Assignee: E. I. DuPont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Wolfgang Friedrich, Alfred Worsching
  • Patent number: 4872768
    Abstract: In a swivel bearing for a braking device the fixed machine part is provided with a flange which has friction surfaces for damping the swivel motion. A flange sleeve made of sheet metal axially and radially surrounds a flange which adjoins the front side of a sleeve section belonging to the swivel arm. The resulting annular space contains, besides the flange, an axially acting spring washer. The flange sleeve itself may optionally have an axial spring action. The flange sleeve is secured axially and against torsion at the sleeve section by means of a turned edge or similar means. The result is a compact arrangement which does not easily disassemble, even in an unmounted condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1989
    Assignee: SKF GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Brandenstein, Roland Haas, Wolfgang Friedrich, Gerhard Herrmann
  • Patent number: 4764157
    Abstract: A tensioning mechanism for drive belts which consists of a support arm, a rotating tensioning roll mounted on the arm, and a pivot bearing on the support arm a certain distance away from the tensioning roll. The tensioning mechanism is attached together with a mounting plate by a fastener to a machine block. A spring urges the tensioning roll away from the mounting plate and toward the drive belt. In the area of the pivot bearing, the mounting plate has, in the axial direction of the bearing, a fork-shaped cross section with shank sections which support the pivot bearing on both sides, radially and axially, by way of the fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1988
    Assignee: SKF GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Brandenstein, Ludwig Edelmann, Wolfgang Friedrich, Roland Haas, Gerhard Herrmann, Rudiger Hans
  • Patent number: 4647230
    Abstract: A spring ring is arranged in an annular gap of a pair of outer bearing rings in an arrangement for fastening a rolling bearing in the bore of a housing. A groove is provided in the housing for receiving the spring ring. A holding ring is mounted on the outer surface of the bearing outer ring, the holding ring having a collar aligned to hold the spring ring within the annular gap during the disassembled condition of the bearing. The holding ring has an axial surface adapted to engage the end of the housing during assembly, to enable the holding ring to be forced axially along the outer surface of the bearing outer ring. The holding ring futher has an end away from the spring ring adapted to form a seal with the bearing inner ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1987
    Assignee: SKF GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Friedrich, Heinz Kiener, K. A. Lucking, Josef Stork
  • Patent number: 4618335
    Abstract: A tension-adjusting device for a driving belt comprising a tension roller and having an engagement arrangement provided between a support of the tension roller and a machine frame for enabling stepwise swiveling movement about a partially disengaged mounting bolt. The axis of swivel is radially displaced from the rolling axis of the tension roller. The engagement arrangement comprises a projection formed on the support radially displaced from the axis of swivel and a plurality of depressions formed in the machine frame and arranged at regular intervals along an arc defined by the path of travel of the projection during swiveling, whereby the projection is engageable with each depression, thereby defining a corresponding step in a range of adjustment of the tension of the driving belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1984
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1986
    Assignee: SKF Kugellagerfabriken GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Brandenstein, Roland Haas, Gerhard Herrmann, Wolfgang Friedrich, Ludwig Edelmann
  • Patent number: 4571222
    Abstract: A tension roller with a supporting member, pivoted on a pivot stud against the force of a tension spring, and rotatably supported in a roller sleeve by a bearing. The supporting member has a cylindrical interior space, limited by side walls, containing the tension spring. The side walls have bores for the pivot studs and recesses for formation of the stopping faces, against which the free ends of the tension spring abut in order to limit the angle of rotation of the tension roller. The member is made of synthetic material, using injection molding techniques. In order to produce this supporting member in an economical manner, additional recesses permitting insertion of a forming tool consisting of two halves are provided in the side walls of the member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1986
    Assignee: SKF Kugellagerfabriken GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Brandenstein, Roland Haas, Rudiger Hans, Wolfgang Friedrich