DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUER LUFT- UND RAUMFAHRT E.V. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140319242 | NOZZLE, STRUCTURE ELEMENT AND METHOD OF PRODUCING A NOZZLE - A nozzle, in particular an outlet nozzle of an aircraft jet engine, is formed with at least one nozzle wall. A turbulence-generating and/or vortex-generating structure is arranged on an inner face of the nozzle wall and projects radially inwardly from the nozzle wall. Alternatively, or in addition, a turbulence-generating and/or vortex-generating structure is arranged on an outer face of the nozzle wall and projects radially outwardly from the outer face. There is also described a structural element and a method of producing a nozzle. | 10-30-2014 |
20140316538 | ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - The invention relates to an assistance system ( | 10-23-2014 |
20140218232 | Support System - A support system ( | 08-07-2014 |
20140163941 | Activation of a Motion System - The invention relates to a method for activating a motion system of a simulator provided for simulating motion and/or acceleration values, wherein at least one acceleration value ( | 06-12-2014 |
20140158831 | SPACE FLIGHT DRIVE AND FLIGHT CRAFT - In order to produce a space flight drive for propelling a spacecraft which can use the available fuel with great efficiency and which can transport heavy payloads to great heights, it is proposed that the space flight drive should comprise a fuel tank for holding a fuel, an oxidizer tank for holding an oxidizer, a combustion chamber device for the conversion of the fuel by the oxidizer, a propulsion nozzle device adjoining the combustion chamber device and a shroud device which surrounds the propulsion nozzle device annularly at least in sections for the production of an air sheath flow during a flight of the spacecraft through the atmosphere. | 06-12-2014 |
20140127990 | AIS-Schiffstransceiver - The invention relates to an AIS ship transceiver which, after reception of an AIS base station message, validates the transmitting AIS base station and activates or deactivates the emitting of AIS radio signals in dependence on the validation. | 05-08-2014 |
20140054830 | Fiber resin duct - The invention relates to a method and a device for manufacturing a fiber-composite component, in which a closed U-shaped profile is placed onto the vacuum film and subsequently the cavity formed there is evacuated in order to form in this manner natural resin flow paths in the semifinished fiber product. | 02-27-2014 |
20140013870 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A measuring device, in particular a measuring device for remote sensing, has a measuring instrument and an apparatus for movably mounting the measuring instrument. The apparatus has two non-parallel rotation axes. The rotation axes are different from a longitudinal axis of the measuring instrument. The measuring instrument is connected to a rotatable drive element via a power transmission element. | 01-16-2014 |
20130314282 | POSITIONING SYSTEM - The invention relates to a ground-based positioning system for determining a location of a mobile object ( | 11-28-2013 |
20130306800 | FLIGHT GUIDANCE SYSTEM - The invention relates to a flight guidance system for the flight support of a aircraft ( | 11-21-2013 |
20130233942 | ENGINE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING A SIDE LOAD ON A FLYING OBJECT - An engine apparatus is provided for a flying object, the engine apparatus including a combustion chamber having a throat region and a nozzle region, the nozzle region having a nozzle wall, wherein the nozzle region expands from the throat region towards an exit end relative to a combustion chamber axis, wherein the nozzle region has associated therewith a skirt having a skirt wall, the skirt being positioned downstream relative to the exit end and surrounding the exit end of the nozzle region, and wherein the skirt wall is at an acute angle away from the combustion chamber axis with respect to the nozzle wall, at least at the exit end of the nozzle region. | 09-12-2013 |
20130197792 | Determination of the center of gravity - A device for determining the actual center of gravity of a vehicle, having a control command input interface, a movement modeling unit, a sensor interface, and a computation unit. The control command input interface determines control command inputs for controlling the movement of the vehicle. The movement modeling unit calculates reference acceleration data at a model reference point of the vehicle on the basis of movements of the vehicle, which are derived from a vehicle movement model, with respect to the control command inputs. The sensor interface determines sensor acceleration data which are measured at a sensor reference point of the vehicle and relate to the vehicle's actual movements resulting from the command inputs. The computation unit determines the actual center of gravity of the vehicle on the basis of an assumed center of gravity and the difference between the reference acceleration data and the sensor acceleration data. | 08-01-2013 |
20130172916 | LIQUID JET SCALPEL AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A LIQUID JET SCALPEL - The invention relates to a liquid jet scalpel comprising
| 07-04-2013 |
20130116716 | LIQUID-JET SCALPEL - A liquid-jet scalpel for minimally invasive surgery, comprising a nozzle for ejecting a liquid jet, and a functional end effector for manipulating tissue at the surgical site. | 05-09-2013 |
20130116707 | ROBOT STRUCTURE - A robot structure, in particular for minimally invasive surgery, is provided with a first robot element and a second robot element that can be moved relative to the first robot element, said second robot element having two grasping and/or cutting elements which can be uniformly moved with respect to each other and which are connected to the first robot element via a hinge axis. The robot structure further has a force transmitting device for moving the grasping and/or cutting elements of the movable robot element and at least one sensor element comprising a sensitive end for receiving forces and/or torques that occur on the movable robot element and includes a base element that is fixed to the first robot element. | 05-09-2013 |
20130107027 | Control and monitoring device for vehicle | 05-02-2013 |
20120170607 | LASER AMPLIFIER SYSTEM - A laser amplifier system is provided which comprises a resonator with optical resonator elements which determine a course of a resonator radiation field which propagates along an optical axis and at least one laser-active medium (LM). The resonator is designed as a split resonator and has a first resonator section which extends from a first virtual plane of separation and a second resonator section which extends from a second virtual plane of separation. The resonator sections are dimensioned optically such that the resonator radiation field has radiation field states corresponding to the same resonator modes in each of the virtual planes of separation. An amplifying unit optically independent of the resonator is arranged between the first and the second virtual planes of separation. The amplifying unit comprises the at least one laser-active medium and couples the radiation field states in a neutral manner with respect to the resonator modes. | 07-05-2012 |
20120146880 | Self-Deploying Helical Antenna - A compressible and deployable helical antenna ( | 06-14-2012 |
20120132194 | DEVICE FOR GUIDING SOLAR RADIATION - The invention relates to a reflection device that can track the location of sun, focusing solar radiation on a radiation receiver. The tracking is controlled by means of an auxiliary mirror guiding an auxiliary beam to a target. The position of the point of incidence of the auxiliary beam on the target is detected by a video camera and an image capture system, and said actual position is adjusted to a prescribed target position. It is thus achieved that the main beam is always precisely aimed at the radiation receiver. | 05-31-2012 |
20120070288 | ROTOR BLADE WITH INTEGRATED PASSIVE SURFACE FLAP - A rotor blade for a driven horizontal rotor of a rotary-wing aircraft comprises an elongated main body which includes a leading edge, a trailing edge, and an upper surface extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge. The rotor blade further comprises at least one flap having a front end and a rear end and mounted to the main body at its front end swiveling about a swiveling axis running in parallel to the radial or spanwise axis of the rotor blade. The flap has a basic position in which it lies flat against the upper surface of the main body. Further, the flap is passively swiveled by aerodynamic forces and inertial forces about its swivel axis to raise above the upper surface of the main body, and a reset force acts upon the flap to reset it into its basic position on the surface of the main body. | 03-22-2012 |
20120018919 | MOLD FOR MANUFACTURE OF FIBER COMPOSITE PARTS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE OF FIBER COMPOSITE PARTS WITH SUCH A MOLD - A mold to produce fiber composite components is described where a fiber ply ( | 01-26-2012 |
20120002866 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING THE MEMORY REQUIREMENT FOR DETERMINING DISPARITY VALUES FOR AT LEAST TWO STEREOSCOPICALLY RECORDED IMAGES - A method and an apparatus reduce the temporary random access memory required when determining disparity values for at least two stereoscopically recorded images with known epipolar geometry, in which a disparity is determined for each pixel of an image. Path-dependent dissimilarity costs are calculated on the basis of a disparity-dependent cost function, and compared, in two runs for a number of paths which open in the pixel. The disparity-dependent cost function evaluates a pixel-based dissimilarity measure between the pixel and the corresponding pixel, according to the respective disparity, in a second image. The path-dependent dissimilarity costs for a first predetermined set of disparities are calculated in a first run for a number of first paths and in a second run for a number of remaining paths, and the corresponding path-dependent dissimilarity costs of the first paths and of the remaining paths are accumulated for a second predetermined set of disparities. | 01-05-2012 |
20110291165 | DETECTOR MODULE - A detector module, in particular for super-resolution satellites, contains a multi-chip carrier. At least one TDI-CCD detector and at least one CMOS chip are arranged on the multi-chip carrier, and are electrically connected to one another. The CMOS chip contains at least the digital output electronics for the TDI-CCD detector. | 12-01-2011 |
20110253344 | Protective structure - A protective structure, comprising a first material region having a surface facing the exterior and an inner boundary surface, wherein channels for conducting fluid are disposed between the outer surface and the inner boundary surface, and a second material region, which is thermally connected at least in sub-regions to the inner boundary surface of the first material region and which is porous, wherein in pores a reaction medium and/or cooling medium is stored and channels for conducting fluid extend as far as the inner boundary surface of the first material region. | 10-20-2011 |
20110126515 | SENSOR-INTEGRATED DEVICE - The invention relates to a device for the qualitative and/or quantitative determination of at least one component of a chemically reducible gas mixture, an exhaust gas catalytic converter utilizing such a device, a vehicle including such a catalytic converter, a process for preparing such a device, a process for monitoring the NO | 06-02-2011 |
20110096795 | METHOD FOR CONTENTION RESOLUTION IN TIME-HOPPING OR FREQUENCY-HOPPING - The invention is related to a method of transmitting data, whereby a transmission channel towards an access point is shared among a plurality of users. The data is transmitted by using a multiple access frame divided in logical slots. According to the invention each data packet is divided into k units which are decoded by an (n,k) decoder, producing n−k redundant units. The n units are transmitted within a multiple access frame in n different slots according to a time-hopping pattern, a frequency-hopping pattern or a combination of both. Thereby, the positions of the n units composing a data packet are written in a header appended to each unit. | 04-28-2011 |
20110044361 | Solid-state laser - In order to improve a solid-state laser, in particular a solid-state disc laser, comprising a resonator ( | 02-24-2011 |
20110017203 | FLEXIBLE SELF-SUPPORTING REFLECTOR FOR A PARABOLIC TROUGH - The invention relates to a self-supporting reflector for a parabolic trough, the parabolic trough itself, a process for preparing the reflector, a process for preparing the parabolic trough, and the use of the reflector. | 01-27-2011 |
20110000981 | Injection head, mixing space and power unit - An injection head for injecting fluids into a mixing space is provided, comprising a porous plate with a concave first side, which faces the mixing space, and with a second side, a partition with a first side, which faces the second side of the porous plate, and with a convex second side, at least one fluid supply space, which is arranged between the partition and the porous plate, and a plurality of injector elements, which run through the partition and the porous plate and in each case open with an outlet into the mixing space. | 01-06-2011 |
20100272577 | Jet vane and method for manufacturing a jet vane - A jet vane for use in streams of hot gas, comprising a wing having a core area and a cover skin area surrounding the core area, is proposed. The cover skin area is made of a fiber-reinforced material, and the fibers in the cover skin area are oriented substantially parallel to the wing surface, and/or the cover skin area is made of a fiber-reinforced material that is reinforced with short fibers. | 10-28-2010 |
20100151353 | Method of producing a gas-tight solid electrolyte layer and solid electrolyte layer - Method of producing a gas-tight solid electrolyte layer for a high-temperature fuel cell, wherein a layer is produced from a metal oxide material and metal particles are incorporated in the layer during production of the layer, the metal particles being oxidizable, and wherein the metal particles are subsequently oxidized. | 06-17-2010 |
20100086828 | Carrier device for an electrochemical functional unit, fuel cell module and method for the production of a carrier device - A carrier device for an electrochemical functional unit is provided, comprising a frame unit consisting of an electrically conductive material and at least one window area which consists of an electrically conductive material and is integrally formed on the frame unit, wherein the at least one window area is produced from a porous material and is permeable to gas via its porosity and wherein the frame unit is impermeable to gas in its solid material. | 04-08-2010 |
20100071536 | CERAMIC ARMORING AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CERAMIC ARMORING - A ceramic armoring is provided, comprising a first ceramic layer which has a plurality of segments that are functionally separated by crack stoppers, wherein the crack stoppers serve to prevent cracks propagating from one segment to another segment, at least one second ceramic layer which has a plurality of segments that are functionally separated by crack stoppers, and at least one bonding layer by means of which the first ceramic layer and the second ceramic layer are joined together, wherein the segments of the first ceramic layer are offset with respect to the segments of the second ceramic layer. | 03-25-2010 |
20090240097 | IMPLANTABLE TWO-CHAMBER SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING THE LEFT VENTRICLE OF THE HEART - Disclosed is an implantable two-chamber system for supporting the left ventricle of the heart. Each of the two pumping chambers ( | 09-24-2009 |
20090205309 | Method for controlling the combustion in a combustion chamber and combustion chamber device - There is provided a method for controlling the combustion in a combustion chamber with a combustion space, wherein fuel in fluid form and oxidiser in fluid form are blown into the combustion space, in which at least one control jet is generated in the combustion space, which influences the flow of fuel and/or oxidiser in the combustion space, wherein the mass flow component of the at least one control jet lies between 1% and 7% of the total mass flow, the at least one control jet is generated such that it varies over time, the at least one control jet is generated by being blown in or extracted through one or more ports in a combustion chamber wall, which coincide with one or more ports for blowing in and/or extracting fuel and/or oxidiser, and the at least one control jet is generated so that a degree of swirl of the fuel flow and/or oxidiser flow is reduced by means thereof. | 08-20-2009 |
20090165437 | Drive device on the basis of a gel-type propellant and method for conveying propellant - In order to make a drive device available on the basis of a gel-type propellant, in particular, for a flying object, comprising at least one tank for gel-type propellant, a combustion chamber and a device for supplying propellant to the combustion chamber, which is of a simple construction it is suggested that at least one radiation impinging device be provided for acting on gel-type propellant with electromagnetic radiation and/or at least one heating device for heating gel-type propellant in order to improve the flow behavior | 07-02-2009 |
20090134146 | Heating blocks - In order, on the one hand, to achieve a high mechanical long-term stability of and, on the other hand, to have the possibility of guiding a stream of gas, in particular, a stream of gas consisting of a reactive process gas through a heating block for an apparatus for the thermal treatment of a substrate, in particular, a semiconductor substrate, wherein the apparatus has a space accommodating the substrate and the heating block on at least one side of the space accommodating the substrate, the substrate being treatable thermally by means of the heating block in a mechanically non-contact manner, it is suggested that the heating block be designed as a fiber composite member, that the fiber composite member be designed with passages for a stream of gas passing through it from one flat side to the other flat side. | 05-28-2009 |
20090101138 | Method of operating a solar thermal power plant and solar thermal power plant - In order to provide a method of operating a solar thermal power plant, in which a heat transfer medium is evaporated endothermally by solar radiation in an evaporator section, wherein the evaporator section comprises a plurality of evaporator branches, among which the heat transfer medium is distributed, in which method non-uniform radiation conditions of the evaporator section may be effectively taken into consideration, it is provided that the mass flow distribution at the evaporator section is controlled, wherein the mass flows are adjusted individually at all or a majority of the evaporator branches and a controlled variable is a variable characterizing a spatial energy rise in a respective evaporator branch in a region of the evaporator branch where the heat transfer medium has not yet evaporated. | 04-23-2009 |