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Andreas Sommerer, Kernen DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090019926Method for operating a fuel-injection system, in particular of an internal combustion engine - A method for operating a fuel-injection system, in particular of an internal combustion engine, in which fuel stored inside a pressure reservoir is injected by at least one fuel injector. At least one performance quantity of the fuel injector that is a function of the fuel pressure prevailing inside the pressure reservoir is evaluated in order to infer the fuel pressure.01-22-2009
20100030454PROCEDURE FOR DETERMINING THE INJECTED FUEL MASS OF A SINGLE INJECTION AND DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE PROCEDURE - A method for determining a fuel mass of a single injection that has been injected into at least one combustion chamber of a combustion engine with at least one injection under high pressure. The method includes determining a correction variable for the single injection with the aid of a comparison of a measure for the actual amount of the injected fuel of at least one test injection, which takes place due to a measure for a default nominal amount of a desired single injection, and a measure for the nominal amount of the test injection. The method additionally includes executing a plurality of timely directly successive test injections.02-04-2010
20100294247Method for ascertaining an error in a fuel metering unit of an injection system - A method for ascertaining an error in a fuel metering unit of an injection system for an internal combustion engine, wherein the gradients of a first signal representing a physical variable and of a second signal representing a physical variable are determined, and at a predefined magnitude and/or direction of the two gradients an error is recognized.11-25-2010
20110016959METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A FUEL METERING SYSTEM - A method and a device for controlling a fuel metering system are described. The fuel metering system includes at least one injector for injecting fuel into an internal combustion engine. An electric current value is applied to the at least one injector, and a rail pressure value is determined based on the electric current value.01-27-2011
20110307161METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPERATING A FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM - A method is described for operating a fuel injection system, in particular of an internal combustion engine, in which fuel under pressure is made available in a pressure reservoir and a fuel pressure prevailing in the pressure reservoir is ascertainable with the aid of a pressure sensor. Fuel is removed from the pressure reservoir over a predefinable pressure reduction time period, measured pressure values are ascertained (determined) with the aid of the pressure sensor at least two different points in time during the pressure reduction period, and an actual fuel pressure at the beginning of the pressure reduction period is inferred from the measured pressure values ascertained (determined) during the pressure reduction period.12-15-2011
20130112174FUEL DELIVERY DEVICE - The invention proposes a fuel delivery device for a fuel injection device of an internal combustion engine, having a delivery pump (05-09-2013
20130151123METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPERATING A PRESSURE-REGULATING VALVE - A method for operating a pressure-regulating valve of a fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine of, in particular, a motor vehicle; the fuel injection system including a pressure reservoir for storing pressurized fuel, as well as a feed device for delivering fuel to the pressure reservoir; and fuel being removable from the pressure reservoir via the pressure-regulating valve. In an overrun mode of the internal combustion engine, a delivery quantity of fuel delivered to the pressure reservoir by the feed device is set to a value greater than zero, and that a fuel pressure in the pressure reservoir is ascertained.06-13-2013
20150068610Method for determining a value of a current - A method for determining a value of a current, which is required for changing a switching state of a pressure control valve of a fuel delivery system, in which the current flowing through the pressure control valve is varied from a starting value up to a target value, and a time curve of the current is analyzed, the value required for changing the switching state being reached when the curve of the current has a change in slope, this change being detected via a first derivation over time of the current.03-12-2015

Patent applications by Andreas Sommerer, Kernen DE

Frank Sommerer, Leipzig DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100239392BOOK BINDING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A BOOK BINDING MACHINE - A book binding machine includes a collating machine, a perfect binder and a transfer device disposed between the collating machine and the perfect binder. The collating machine and the perfect binder are actuated by a common control device. In each case, one transport segment is assigned to a respective book block clamp by the control device. The control device also has a program which, if a defective or missing book block clamp is detected, actuates the collating machine in such a way that no book block is collated for that book block clamp. A method for operating a book binding machine is also provided.09-23-2010
20140017038APPARATUS FOR APPLYING ADHESIVE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH AN APPARATUS - An apparatus for applying adhesive to a book block spine has an application nozzle, a nozzle opening of the application nozzle being variable and able to be adapted to the thickness of a book block to be processed. The application nozzle has a first chamber for providing adhesive and a second chamber. A first slide is provided in the region of the first chamber for changing a width of the first chamber. A second slide is provided in the region of the second chamber for changing the volume of the second chamber. The changing takes place in such a way that, when there is a change in the width of the first chamber, the sum of the volume of the first chamber and the second chamber remains constant. The apparatus allows a strictly defined application of adhesive possible even when there is a changeover to a narrower book block spine.01-16-2014
20140234067DEVICE FOR DELIVERING PRINT SHOP PRODUCTS SUPPLIED IN A PRODUCT STREAM ON TWO SEPARATE STACKS - A device for delivering print shop products supplied in a product stream in two separate stacks contains a transport belt on which the print shop products are deposited, a first deflection roller, a second deflection roller arranged in an horizontal plane with the first deflection roller, a third deflection roller arranged below the second deflection roller, and a stationary fourth deflection roller arranged below the third deflection roller and guiding the transport belt. An actuator jointly moves the second and third deflection rollers in parallel with a horizontal plane from a first delivery position, in which the print shop products are transported to a first stop, into a second delivery position, in which the print shop products are transported to a further stop. First and second first adjustment devices change a distance between the bottom of the respective first and second product receiving spaces and the horizontal plane.08-21-2014

Patent applications by Frank Sommerer, Leipzig DE

Georg Sommerer, Berlin DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110243158MICROCRYSTAL LASER FOR GENERATING LASER PULSES - A microcrystal laser for generating laser pulses has a laser resonator which has a laser medium arranged between two mirrors; and an arrangement for stabilizing the optical path length is provided. The laser resonator has a saturable absorber medium for pulse generation.10-06-2011

Georg Sommerer, Gottingen DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20140301422MICROCRYSTAL LASER FOR GENERATING LASER PULSES - A microcrystal laser for generating laser pulses has a laser resonator which has a laser medium arranged between two mirrors; and an arrangement for stabilizing the optical path length is provided. The laser resonator has a saturable absorber medium for pulse generation.10-09-2014

Mathias Sommerer, Munchen DE

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20150224576Production of a Refractory Metal Component - The embodiments relate to a method for the production of a refractory metal component by casting. The method includes providing a slip that contains a powder including at least one refractory metal or a compound thereof, in addition to at least one binding agent. The method further includes processing the slip by casting, (e.g., film casting or slip casting), to form at least one slip coating, the slip being devoid of a metal binding agent. A component was produced by this method. The embodiments may be used, in particular, on X-ray tubes, accelerator targets, or fusion reactors, such as for a surface of an X-ray anode, or a wall of a fusion reactor.08-13-2015

Ralph Sommerer, Cambridge GB

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100223257SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING SEARCH QUERY RESULTS - Embodiments of the present invention leverage search query result page thumbnails and search query result link content evaluations to provide user-dependent enhanced search query results. This provides a simplified means to inform a user of the relevancy of search query results based on the user's preferences, environment, and profile, etc. The present invention allows a user to more adequately determine the value of the search query result via search query result indicators within the thumbnail and in the proximity of a displayed result link. In one embodiment of the present invention, a thumbnail of a query result link is automatically displayed when the link is selected. This provides a tool to view an entire search result page, eliminating the necessity of scrolling through each page to find relevant search terms. In another embodiment of the present invention, indicators are utilized to inform a user of the content of a search result link.09-02-2010
20100306665INTELLIGENT BACKWARD RESOURCE NAVIGATION - A system for navigating among resources includes a target detection module detecting whether a first resource has been branched from to two other different resources and a backward navigation module operable to detect selection of a backward navigation button and cause navigation to the first resource. A method includes designating a target resource accessible via a backward navigation button in a first browser session, detecting selection of the backward navigation button in a second browser session, and navigating to the target resource in the second browser session. The method can involve detecting hovering of a pointer icon over the backward navigation button and responsively presenting a thumbnail of a resource associated with the backward navigation button.12-02-2010

Patent applications by Ralph Sommerer, Cambridge GB

Rudolf Sommerer, Jenbach AT

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080196618RUNNING GEAR FOR RAIL VEHICLES - This invention comprises a running gear for rail vehicles with at least three wheel sets housed in a bogey frame and at least one steering device that makes possible a transverse displacement of an end wheel set, wherein the bogey frame, seen in longitudinal direction, has several sections, wherein at least the frontmost section, seen in the direction of travel, in which the leading wheel set is arranged, is connected horizontally pivotable to a second, rigid section, characterized in that at least the frontmost section, seen in the direction of travel, of the bogey frame in which the leading wheel set is arranged is formed as a parallelogram that can be displaced transversely to the longitudinal axis of the bogey frame.08-21-2008

Timothy John Sommerer, Niskayuna, NY US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120307970MULTISPOT X-RAY PHASE-CONTRAST IMAGING SYSTEM - A phase-contrast imaging system and method. An embodiment of the invention includes a plurality of X-ray emitters for transmitting X-rays through an object to a detector. Adjacent X-ray emitters may be activated at different times to prevent confounding of X-ray striking on the detector. Each X-ray emitter can be operated independently to provide different flux outputs for reducing overall patient dose.12-06-2012

Timothy John Sommerer, Ballston Spa, NY US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090033227MERCURY FREE COMPOSITIONS AND RADIATION SOURCES INCORPORATING SAME - A radiation source is presented, the source comprising an ionizable mercury-free composition that comprises tin halide such that the halide to tin ratio is greater than 2.02-05-2009
20110171399PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUS COATING OF FIBROUS MATERIALS - A process and apparatus for continuously depositing a coating on a fibrous material. The process is a chemical vapor deposition process that includes causing multiple strands of a fibrous material to continuously travel through a coating zone within an enclosed chamber defined by a housing so that portions of the strands contact a reactant gas as the portions travel through the chamber, directly heating the portions of the strands without physically contacting the strands and without directly heating the housing, and depositing a coating material on the strands as a result of the reactant gas contacting the portions of the strands and decomposing to form a coating of the coating material. Heating of the strands can be achieved by capacitive coupling, inductive coupling, microwave radiation, and radiant heating.07-14-2011
20120305064PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES AND METHOD OF MAKING - In one aspect of the present invention, a photovoltaic device is provided. The photovoltaic device includes a window layer and an absorber layer disposed on the window layer, wherein the absorber layer includes a first region and a second region, the first region disposed adjacent to the window layer. The absorber layer further includes a first additive and a second additive, wherein a concentration of the first additive in the first region is greater than a concentration of the first additive in the second region, and wherein a concentration of the second additive in the second region is greater than a concentration of the second additive in the first region. Method of making a photovoltaic device is also provided.12-06-2012

Patent applications by Timothy John Sommerer, Ballston Spa, NY US

Timothy John Sommerer, Charlton, NY US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20150098259POWER CONVERTER, METHOD OF POWER CONVERSION, AND SWITCHING DEVICE - A power converter including at least one switching device is presented. The power converter is configured to convert an input parameter to an output parameter by periodically activating and deactivating the switching device. The switching device includes: (i) a chamber including an ionizable gas; (ii) a cathode and an anode defining a discharge gap disposed in the chamber; (iii) a magnet assembly configured to generate a first magnetic field such that a plasma is maintained in the discharge gap; and (iv) an electromagnet configured to generate, in response to a deactivation signal, a second magnetic field such that at least a portion of the plasma in the discharge gap is disrupted to deactivate the switching device. A method of power conversion and a switching device are also presented.04-09-2015

Yannick Sommerer, Cornebarrieu FR

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120204967Device For Ventilating A Compartment - A ventilation device for a compartment, preferably a compartment of an aircraft engine, the device including an air intake adapted to capture a flow of air outside the compartment, an air diffuser adapted to guide the air flow into the compartment, and an air distributor adapted to distribute the air flow within the compartment, the air distributor in this device being separated from the air diffuser, and being placed inside the compartment at a distance from the air diffuser08-16-2012
20130292515OVERPRESSURE DOOR FOR AN AIRCRAFT - The overpressure door, of axial type, includes a hatch configured to pivot about an axis between a closed position and an open position and an aerodynamic appendage securely attached to the hatch. The aerodynamic appendage makes it possible to produce a deflection of the external flow in the open position of the hatch of the door.11-07-2013
20150139783Thermal protection device for equipment in a turbomachine engine compartment - A thermal protection device for equipment (05-21-2015

Patent applications by Yannick Sommerer, Cornebarrieu FR

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