| SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT Patent applications |
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| 20160141993 | EFFICIENT DAMPING OF VIBRATIONS OF AN ELECTRIC MACHINE - A first active part of a poly-phase electric machine is connected to a converter having a control facility. The control facility updates a base commutation angle using the target speed value and determines direct-axis and quadrature-axis component values of currents and a commutation angle supplied to the machine. Target and component quadrature-axis values are provided to a quadrature-axis portion of a current controller that determines a target value of the quadrature-axis voltage component. Target and component current values are supplied to a direct-axis portion of the current controller, which determines a target value of the direct-axis voltage component therefrom. The target value of the direct-axis and quadrature-axis voltage components and the commutation angle are used to determine the target output voltages provided to the converter. A damping commutation angle determined using target values of the quadrature-axis and direct axis voltage components is used to adjust the of the voltage. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160141992 | Linear Drive with Cross-Controller Vibration Damping - A control device, linear device, non-transitory computer readable medium and method by which optimal vibration damping can also be achieved in a simple manner when transferring a carrier from one segment to the next segment, where a primary part includes a plurality of sequentially consecutive segments that are each connected to a supply voltage via a respective converter, such that each of plurality of sequentially consecutive the segments receive respective currents of a three-phase system. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160141732 | ELECTROCHEMICAL STORAGE DEVICE HAVING A STATE DETECTOR - An electrochemical storage device including a state detector, has an electrochemical storage device, which has a wall that surrounds an electrochemical storage material. The state detector has at least one ultrasonic transmitter and at least one ultrasonic receiver, which are attached to the side of the wall facing away from the electrochemical storage material. The electrochemical storage material is subject to a volume change during operation of the storage device, and the electrochemical storage material is liquid during operation of the storage device and is in direct contact with the wall and the ultrasonic transmitter and the ultrasonic receiver are attached to the wall in such a way that the ultrasonic transmitter and the ultrasonic receiver are acoustically coupled to the wall. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160139585 | MODULAR CONTROL OF A LINEAR DRIVE WITH COMMUNICATION - A plurality of sequentially consecutive sections of a linear drive are each controlled case by a respective control device that is assigned to a respective section of the plurality of sequentially consecutive sections, where converters that are controlled by the respective control device each individually apply current to a subsection of the respective section, and collectively to the respective section, control devices each specify new desired values to the converters they control, the respective control device controls each respective convertor of a plurality of converters, and where the control devices communicate, via respective peer-to-peer interfaces having real-time capability, with a number of other control devices that control sections. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160139264 | Method for Determining a Distance Between an FMCW Ranging Device and a Target - A method for determining a distance between a ranging device and target, wherein a valid interference profile, if already available, is subtracted from a frequency-domain echo profile that is analyzed to determine the distance of the target, where to obtain or update the valid interference profile, a low-frequency portion of the frequency-domain echo profile is stored as a temporary interference profile after each measurement, and if the target is not proximal to the ranging device and the valid interference profile is not available, the temporary interference profile is saved as the valid interference profile, otherwise if the valid interference profile is available, the valid interference profile is updated via the temporary interference profile, otherwise if the target is distal and the valid interference profile is not yet available, the temporary interference profile is first subjected to a quality check before being saved as the valid interference profile. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160139227 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCELERATING MAGNETIC RESONANCE FINGERPRINTING - In a method and apparatus for the examination of a predetermined volume portion of an object with a magnetic resonance (MR) fingerprinting procedure, an MR signal curve for voxels of the volume portion is acquired, and a comparison of the MR signal curve of the respective voxel is made with stored MR signal curves in order to determine the stored MR signal curve that conforms most closely to the MR signal curve, with the result of the comparison then being made available as an output. The comparison with the MR signal curve of the voxel is (initially) performed with a specific number of signal points of the MR signal curve. A quality measure is determined with which the quality of the most closely conforming stored MR signal curves is determined. The performance of the comparison for the respective voxel is repeated if the quality measure is below a predetermined quality threshold value, with the number of signal points being first increased by a difference number. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160139223 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGE - In a method and system for generating a magnetic resonance image, a raw data record with non-Cartesian recorded data points is provided to a processor, and the recorded data points are gridded on a Cartesian grid to form transformed data points, wherein the number of transformed data points is selected in at least one k-space direction such that the field of view is reduced in size, and Fourier transformation of the transformed data points is implemented to form a magnetic resonance image with a field of view as the raw data record that is smaller in at least one direction. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160139047 | IMAGING BY ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTANCE (ATR) - An arrangement for attenuated total reflectance (ATR) infrared spectroscopy uses a reflection matrix for location-resolved spectroscopy of aqueous and/or powdery samples with a high signal-to-noise ratio and without previous complex preparation of the samples. The method of using the reflection matrix produces imaging of the sample with a high signal strength. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160138837 | HEAT PUMP ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING HEAT PUMP ARRANGEMENT - A heat pump arrangement including a first heat pump through which a first fluid flows, a second heat pump through which a second fluid flows, and a heat exchanger to transfer heat from the first fluid to the second fluid. The heat is transferred from the first fluid to the second fluid at a fluid temperature of at least 120° C. for the second fluid. The first fluid and the second fluid each have a volumetric heating capacity of at least 500 kJ/m3 when the heat is transferred from the first fluid to the second fluid. Useful heat is extracted from the second fluid at a fluid temperature of at least 120° C. for the second fluid, and the first fluid and the second fluid each have a volumetric heating capacity of at least 500 kJ/m | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160138798 | METHOD FOR PREHEATING FEED WATER IN STEAM POWER PLANTS, WITH PROCESS STEAM OUTCOUPLING - A system for supplying feed water for an evaporator in a water-steam circuit has a condenser for condensing steam to obtain water that can be supplied with steam from a turbine installation. A degasification device for degasing condensate is coupled to the condenser such that a first portion of the condensate of the condenser can be fed to the degasification device. The heat exchanger is coupled to the condenser such that a second portion of the condensate of the condenser can be fed to the heat exchanger, the heat exchanger being coupled to a supply line such that feed water can be fed to the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger is configured such that the feed water can be heated using the second portion of the condensate. The heat exchanger is coupled to the degasification device such that the heated feed water can be fed to the degasification device. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160138417 | TURBINE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING RUBBING - A turbine, in particular a gas turbine, includes a rotor, a housing spaced from the rotor by a gap, and a system for monitoring structure-borne noise, permit rubbing of the rotor and the housing to be localised with the least possible technical complexity. In both a first and second axial region, one or more inwardly directed rubbing teeth of the housing and one or more outwardly directed rubbing edges of the rotor are arranged, wherein the one or more rubbing teeth and the one or more rubbing edges are distributed along the circumference such that contact of the particular rubbing teeth and rubbing edges at a specified rotational frequency of the rotor occurs at a different frequency in the first axial region than in the second axial region. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160135316 | CANISTER COOLING - A canister is disclosed for housing an electronic component. The canister includes a wall section with an inner wall surface directed to an inner volume of the canister. The inner wall surface includes a guiding structure with at least one guiding channel for guiding a medium inside the inner volume along the inner wall surface. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160134203 | Apparatus And Method For Lifting Objects - A device and a method for moving an object in a vertical direction are disclosed. The device includes a plurality of piezo-actuators expanding in directions upon activation and in doing so generating pressure forces on an active side, and a hydraulic transmission device that converts the pressure forces of the piezo-actuators into a vertical pressure force for moving the object opposite the direction of gravity and transmits the pressure force with a transmission ratio. The object is lifted after the vertical pressure force has exceeded an oppositely acting spring force of a spring system. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160133422 | SUBSEA FUSE - A subsea fuse for use in a high-pressure environment is provided. The subsea fuse includes a fuse element, a first lid and a second lid, and electrical connections for contacting the fuse element. Furthermore, a hollow elongated element made of a flexible material is provided. The first and second lids and the hollow elongated element form a liquid-tight chamber, which is filled with a liquid. The fuse element is arranged inside the liquid-tight chamber. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160133402 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING CONTACT ELEMENTS FOR ELECTRICAL SWITCH CONTACTS - A method is disclosed for improving the production of electrical switch contacts, in particular for vacuum tubes. In the method, an electrical or electromagnetic field assists and/or effects a sintering process. In the method, the sintering process takes place on a metallic carrier, and via the method, semi-finished contact elements for electrical switch contacts, contact elements for electrical switch contacts, and/or electrical switch contacts, in particular for vacuum tubes, are produced. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160132616 | PLANNING A POWER DISTRIBUTION NETWORK - In a method for planning a power distribution network for an installation having a multiplicity of power consumers, time-dependent load profiles for the power consumers are created as a function of a change, over time, in inertial masses to be speeded up, slowed down and/or kept in motion using the power consumers, and time-dependent power profiles are created for the power consumers. A network plan is created for the power distribution network, and a time-dependent power profile is computed for the installation. Network components of the power distribution network are dimensioned as a function of the computed time-dependent power demands on the network components. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160132067 | AUTOMATION PLANT HAVING A REDUCED-POWER STOPPAGE OPERATING MODE - A method of reducing power consumption by components of an automated plant during a production stoppage. Control apparatus transmits stoppage time data to the plant components via a data network to initiate the stoppage. Each automated plant component automatically changes to a respective given target state at a respective given stoppage time if the stoppage time data received by that plant component includes that stoppage time for that target state and if at least one other plant component is in a respective operating state expected for this target state. The invention sets a coordinated combination of consumption-minimized plant-component states. The control apparatus transmits respective component-specific stoppage times to the plant components in the stoppage time data, said stoppage time being different from at least one stoppage time transmitted to another plant component. As a result, the component states can be matched to one another. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160132036 | PRODUCTION MACHINE OR MACHINE TOOL AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A PRODUCTION MACHINE OR MACHINE TOOL - An automated machine wherein messages exchanged between components of the machine are forwarded to at least one component at a first time point that temporarily stores them and from that component to a central unit at a second time point is disclosed. Said first time point preceding said second time point within the framework of a cycle time of the automated machine. The time points are determined relative to that cycle time and provided to respective components in conjunction with a startup of the automated machine. The component temporarily storing messages forwards them in the manner of a layer-3 switch. This message forwarding is driven by the respective time points, rather than event-driven, can operate seamlessly in existing systems wherein communications are time-slot controlled, and decouples the components so that real-time communications within the machine can be optimized. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160131732 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC DISTORTION CORRECTION OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGE RECORDINGS - In a method and apparatus for the correction of image data dynamically acquired with a magnetic resonance imaging method, a reliable B | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160131362 | SECURING A HEAT SHIELD BLOCK TO A SUPPORT STRUCTURE, AND HEAT SHIELD - A heat shield with support structure and a number of heat shield blocks secured thereto, having a cold side facing the support structure and a hot side opposite the cold side. At least one recess is arranged in at least one heat shield block circumferential face, connecting the cold to hot side. An opening connecting the recess to the cold side runs in the circumferential face perpendicularly to the cold side. A securing bolt inserted into the opening secures the heat shield block to the support structure. A bolt head protrudes at least partly into the recess. The securing bolt passes through an angled plate having first limb extending substantially parallel to the circumferential face and second limb extending into the recess. The angled plate has a reinforcing device extending beyond the pure angular shape to increase a resistance of the angled plate against bending due to the securing bolt. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160131195 | CLUTCH HUB - The invention relates to a clutch hub. The clutch hub ( | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160131159 | GAS TURBINE COMPRISING A COMPRESSOR CASING WITH AN INLET OPENING FOR TEMPERING THE COMPRESSOR CASING AND USE OF THE GAS TURBINE - A gas turbine includes at least one rotor assembly and at least one compressor casing. The compressor casing has at least one inner compressor casing chamber for arranging the rotor assembly and at least one outer compressor casing chamber for tempering the compressor casing. The inner and outer compressor casing chambers are separated from each other by a separating casing wall. The outer compressor casing chamber has at least one boundary casing wall. The boundary casing wall and the separating casing wall are oppositely spaced such that the outer compressor casing chamber is formed. The boundary casing wall has at least one inlet opening for leading in an inlet tempering gas flow with tempering gas into the outer compressor casing chamber such that a tangential material temperature variation of the compressor casing is reduced in comparison to a non tempered compressor casing. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160130983 | METHOD FOR COUPLING A STEAM TURBINE AND A GAS TURBINE AT A DESIRED DIFFERENTIAL ANGLE - A method and an associated arrangement for coupling a rotational device, particularly a steam turbine, and a shaft device, particularly a gas turbine, includes the following steps: 1) accelerating the rotational device up to an output rotational speed that is below the rotational speed of the shaft device; 2) detecting a differential angle between the shaft device and the rotational device; and 3) accelerating the rotational device with an acceleration value that is derived from the target rotational speed difference, which is formed as a function of the detected differential angle, the acceleration and a desired target coupling angle. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160130948 | ROTOR FOR A TURBINE - A rotor for a turbine has a plurality of rotor components lined up in the axial direction and connected by a connecting rod, wherein a groove which extends in the circumferential direction and is open in the axial direction is disposed on one of the rotor components, wherein a coupling element running around the connecting rod in order to support the connecting rod is disposed in the groove. The rotor is adapted to enable particularly stable support of the connecting rod in order to prevent vibrations. The coupling element is disposed on a retaining element connected to the connecting rod. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160127268 | Network Arrangement and Method Prioritization of Real-Time Telegrams in a Convergent Network - A method for the prioritization of real-time telegrams in a convergent network, in particular in an industrial network and/or a “time-sensitive network” (TSN), wherein the convergent network has a central distribution infrastructure and a decentralized distribution infrastructure, and within the convergent network a service sends and/or receives real-time telegrams, and wherein the convergent network has a switching node forming a central network node for connection of central distribution infrastructure and decentralized distribution infrastructure, and which has a coupling port via which the switching node is connected to the decentralized distribution infrastructure, wherein the switching node has central network ports via which the switching node is integrated into the central distribution infrastructure, where real-time telegrams received at central network ports of the switching nodes are assigned a higher priority level than the real-time telegrams received at the coupling ports so as to provide efficient prioritization of real-time telegrams. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160126662 | CONNECTOR PART AND CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - A connector part for use underwater or in a wet or severe environment, the connector part comprising a pin, projecting axially forwardly from a support, the pin comprising an axially extending electrically conductive portion, an axially extending sleeve comprising fibre reinforced plastic around said conductive portion, a protective layer around the sleeve to prevent exposure of the sleeve to ambient conditions when the pin is exposed to ambient conditions, and an axially extending conductive and impermeable layer between the sleeve and the protective layer. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160126552 | STORAGE STRUCTURE FOR A SOLID ELECTROLYTE BATTERY - A storage medium and an inert material, either integrated into the storage medium or existing as a separate phase in the storage medium, form a storage structure. The inert material at least partially contains or is formed by a polymorphous inert material. The polymorphous inert material has at least one polymorphous phase transition in the range between ambient temperature and maximum operating temperature of the solid electrolyte battery. The polymorphous phase transition induces a distortion of the lattice structure of the inert material, thus causing a change in the specific volume and acting on the surrounding grains of the storage medium. A mechanical coupling of the stresses triggered by the phase transition of the inert material causes the neighboring grains of the storage medium to break apart, such that new reactive zones become available in the storage medium, thereby regenerating the solid electrolyte battery. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160125999 | Apparatus for Reducing a Magnetic Unidirectional Flux Component in the Core of a Transformer - An apparatus for reducing a magnetic unidirectional flux component in the core of a transformer, i.e., a three-phase transformer, includes a plurality of compensation windings that are magnetically coupled to the core of the transformer, wherein a controllable current source for feeding current into the compensation windings is arranged electrically in series with the compensation windings, specifically with the neutral point thereof, which is forming by the inputs of the compensation windings, and a neutral earthing transformer is electrically connected to the outputs of the compensation windings, where the current source electrically interconnects the neutral point of the compensation windings and the neutral point of the neutral earthing transformer. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160125986 | MAGNETIC STEEL SHEET HAVING A LAYER IMPROVING THE ELECTRICAL INSULATION AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - A magnetic steel sheet including a layer adjoining at least one of a top side and bottom side of the magnetic metal sheet. The layer includes a metal oxide containing titanium oxide or tantalum oxide and the layer adjoins the magnetic steel sheet along a diffusion zone into which the titanium or tantalum of the metal oxide has diffused into the magnetic steel sheet. The diffusion zone is produced on at least one of a top surface and a bottom surface of the magnetic steel sheet and the diffusion layer diffuses one of tantalum and titanium as metal into the at least one surface. The metal of the at the at least one surface is converted into an associated metal oxide to form the layer including the metal oxide, and a residual content of the metal of the metal oxide remains in the diffusion zone. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160125675 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING AUTOMATIC OPENING OF A VEHICLE OR A PAYMENT PROCESS, AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS - Receiving a first signal or a first message and taking the receipt of the first signal or of the first message as a basis for producing a second signal or a second message for a driver of a vehicle. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160124397 | HANDHELD UNIT WITH COMBINED SIGNAL EVALUATION - A handheld unit for an industrial technical system comprising some of the following: a proximity sensor, an acceleration sensor, an orientation sensor, a position-determining device and an image-capturing device. Commands input by a user to the handheld unit and output signals from the modules are fed to an evaluation device in the handheld unit that transmits control commands to a control device in the industrial technical system. The evaluation device compares output signals of the modules to predetermined first signal patterns and transmits commands that activate components in the industrial technical system to the control device only if the command requested and the output signals of the modules match one of the predetermined first signal patterns. Otherwise the evaluation device does not transmit the control commands. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160124079 | ULTRASONIC PULSE-ECHO RANGING DEVICE - An ultrasonic pulse-echo ranging device includes a piezo-electric transducer, a transmitter, a receiver, a first transformer having a primary winding coupled to an output of the transmitter and a secondary winding connected to the transducer, and a second transformer having a primary winding coupled to an input of the receiver and a secondary winding connected to the transducer, where the secondary windings of the first and second transformers are in series with the transducer, a first switching element is parallel with the primary winding of the first transformer and controlled to short-circuit this primary winding when the receiver receives the signals from the transducer, and where a second switching element is parallel with the primary winding of the second transformer and controlled to short-circuit this primary winding of when the transmitter drives the transducer to optimize the signal transfer to and from the piezo-electric transducer. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160124065 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CORRECTION OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGE RECORDINGS WITH THE USE OF A CONVERTED FIELD MAP - In a method and device for the correction of image data acquired using a magnetic resonance imaging method, an undistorted field map is recorded. The undistorted field map is then converted into a distorted field map. Image data recorded with distorted coordinates are corrected with the use of the distorted field map. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160124061 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING WITH A MUSIC-BASED GRADIENT CURVE - In a method and apparatus for magnetic resonance imaging with a music-based gradient curve, a magnetic resonance sequence and a piece of music are provided to a controller of a magnetic resonance apparatus. The piece of music is modified in the controller by taking into account at least one acoustic resonance parameter that characterizes at least one acoustic resonance frequency of the magnetic resonance apparatus, so a modified piece of music is generated. A gradient curve of the magnetic resonance sequence is adjusted using the modified piece of music, so an adjusted magnetic resonance sequence is generated. Magnetic resonance image data of the examination object is acquired by operation of the apparatus with of the adjusted magnetic resonance sequence. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160124040 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A POWER SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCH - A device for monitoring a power semiconductor switch includes a circuit section for applying to the power semiconductor switch an HF voltage having a frequency above a switching threshold of the power semiconductor switch, a shunt resistor for detecting an actual HF current resulting from application of the HF voltage to the power semiconductor switch, a monitoring circuit for comparing the actual HF current with an expected HF current that depends on a switching state of the power semiconductor switch when the HF voltage is applied to the power semiconductor switch, and a comparator for generating a power semiconductor status signal depending on a result of the comparison. A corresponding method for monitoring a power semiconductor switch of this type is also described. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160123636 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A HEAT PUMP AND HEAT PUMP - A fluid is condensed by at least one condensation device and the fluid is expanded by at least one expansion device. Then, the fluid is evaporated by at least one evaporation device and the fluid is compressed by at least one compression device. An ionic liquid is used when compressing the fluid. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160123183 | METHOD FOR TESTING AN OVERSPEED PROTECTION MECHANISM OF A SINGLE-SHAFT COMBINED-CYCLE PLANT - A method for testing an overspeed protection mechanism of a single-shaft combined-cycle plant that includes, during testing, an electrical load is first connected to the generator and the load is disconnected and a trigger threshold value can be achieved at a test moment in time, thereby triggering the overspeed protection mechanism. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160121397 | The Arrangement For Coating A Powder - An arrangement includes a processing chamber, a coating platform located in the processing chamber, and a coating device with a coating element located in the processing chamber for coating a metal or ceramic powder. The arrangement also has an exchanging device for exchanging at least one portion of the coating element with another portion of the same coating element or for exchanging the entire coating element with another coating element within the processing chamber when the processing chamber is closed. The exchanging device can include a multiple head, e.g., a pivoting head or revolving head, an exchanging station, and/or a moving device that allows a coating element portion that is to be exchanged to be moved or pushed away. A part of the coating element can also be rolled on a supply roller, and the coating element portion can be exchanged by unrolling the coating element from the supply roller. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160119976 | Electric Heater and Method for Operating an Electric Heater - An electric heater ( | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160118172 | Superconducting Coil Device With Coil Winding And Production Method - A superconducting coil device includes a superconducting flat conductor having one or more torsional turns. The flat conductor is wound around a winding support to define multiple turns of the conductor around the support. In at least one of the turns, the flat conductor is twisted through approximately 180 degrees about a longitudinal axis of the flat conductor, to thereby switch a contact side of the flat conductor from radially inwardly facing to radially outwardly facing, or vice versa. The contact side of the flat conductor at an inner turn faces a center of the winding and, and at an outer turn faces away from the center of the winding. The inwardly-facing contact side of the strip at an inner turn may be coupled to an inner contact element, and the outwardly-facing contact side at an outer turn may be conductively coupled to an outer contact element. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160116568 | POSITIONING METHOD AND DEVICE - A measurement method, used when there is a fairly large distance between a vehicle and a charging station, determines a distance by way of absolute propagation time measurement. In a proximity zone between the charging station and the vehicle, a relative propagation time measurement is carried out between received signals. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160116558 | NOISE REDUCTION DURING SELECTIVE MR EXCITATION - In a method and magnetic resonance apparatus for creating an optimizing pulse sequence for selective RF excitation in the magnetic resonance apparatus, the pulse sequence has an excitation event block, which has an RF pulse and a selection gradient. Nuclear spins are excited in a predefined volume section in a predetermined manner by this excitation event block, which is designed to so that the spins inside the volume section have the same phase position after the excitation event block of the pulse sequence. The selection gradient does not have a polarity reversal. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160116557 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A magnetic resonance image is generated by executing a scan sequence that is determined by at least one scan parameter. A first value of the at least one scan parameter is determined for a first subregion of an examination region, and a second value of the at least one scan parameter is determined for a second subregion of the examination region. The determination of the first value and the determination of the second value is implemented so that a value of a physical variable influenced by the first value and the second value of the at least one scan parameter does not transgress a pre-set threshold value. Subsequently, the scan sequence is executed by a magnetic resonance scanner and a magnetic resonance image is generated. The threshold value can be based, for example, on technical efficiency of the scanner and/or a physiological limitation of an examination object. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160115869 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANT - A method for operating a combined cycle power plant includes additional burners being arranged in the waste heat boiler, the burners being supplied with secondary air from the gas turbine, the gas turbine is operated without a supply of fuel, and driving is effected by means of a start-up inverter. A plant includes a waste heat boiler, additional burners for generating thermal energy being arranged within the waste heat boiler, a gas turbine designed such that the necessary air mass flow for the additional burners can be supplied by the gas turbine, wherein the gas turbine is operated without a supply of fuel, the plant further including a start-up inverter, wherein driving is effected by means of the start-up inverter. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160115569 | METHOD FOR SYNTHESIZING A RARE EARTH ELEMENT BY REDOX REACTION - A method for synthesising a rare earth element by a redox reaction. The starting material side of the reaction for synthesising the rare earth element includes a rare earth compound, in which the rare earth element is present in a positive oxidation state, and hydrogen. The redox reaction takes place in two stages. First, a hydration reaction takes place between an elementary rare earth element and hydrogen to form a rare earth hydride. Then, a reaction takes place between the rare earth compound and the rare earth hydride. An elementary rare earth element and a hydrogen-containing compound are produced at the same time as the product of the reaction. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160115058 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A SEWAGE PLANT - Control apparatus and method for a sewage plant in which wastewater is nitrified and denitrified in an aeration tank by intermittent ventilation via a controllable ventilation facility, where the ammonium content of the wastewater is measured and the nitrification phase is terminated by switching off the ventilation if the measured ammonium content has dropped below a threshold value, where in order to improve control of the nitrification, the output of the ventilation facility is controlled within the duration between the start and the end of the nitrification phase as a function of the currently measured ammonium content of the wastewater and the threshold value. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160114539 | MANUFACTURING ARRANGEMENT - A manufacturing arrangement realized for the manufacture of a rotor blade, including a pair of tracks arranged along the longitudinal sides of a blade mold, a first gantry assembly realized to span the track pair and to carry a first tool arrangement, which first tool arrangement includes at least a fiber distributor, a second gantry assembly realized to span the track pair and to carry a second tool arrangement, and a control arrangement realized to effect a coordinated movement of the gantry assemblies along the track pair and to coordinate the operation of the second tool arrangement with the operation of the first tool arrangement, is provided. A manufacturing line, a method of manufacturing a rotor blade, and a wind turbine rotor blade are further provided. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160114188 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A RADIATION DOSE OF A RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL - In a method or system for determining a radiation dose of a radiopharmaceutical, magnetic resonance image data of an object under examination are acquired by operation of a magnetic resonance image data acquisition unit. At least one target area and/or at least one area at risk for accumulation of the radiopharmaceutical is/are segmented in the magnetic resonance image data. Molecular image data of the object under examination by operation of a molecular image data acquisition unit during the accumulation of the radiopharmaceutical in the at least one target area and/or the at least one area at risk. A radiation dose of the radiopharmaceutical is determined in the at least one target area and/or the at least one area at risk using the molecular image data. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160109547 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING AN IMAGE DATA SET FOR DISPLAY - In a method for generating an image data set for display, magnetic resonance data of a patient are provided to a computer that contains parameters of the protons underlying the measured magnetic resonance signal in measured voxels. The image data set is generated dependent on at least one user specification, taking into consideration at least two parameters per voxel. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160109543 | METHOD AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A MINIMIZED ECHO TIME - In a method for determining a minimum possible echo time for a radio-frequency coil used in a magnetic resonance scanner, magnetic resonance signals are acquired with the radio-frequency coil in a magnetic resonance measurement of a free induction decay at fixed time intervals, the minimum possible echo time being determined by evaluating the time series of magnetic resonance signals as the instant from which an exponential signal decay was measured. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160109302 | Temperature Measurement At High-Voltage Potential - An arrangement for temperature measurement at high-voltage potential is disclosed. The energy for measuring the temperature of an optical current transformer is provided by a single photodiode. The photodiode is supplied by light emitted by a light source and guided to the photodiode via an optical waveguide. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160109129 | HEAT SHIELD TILE FOR A HEAT SHIELD OF A COMBUSTION CHAMBER - A heat shield tile detachably arranged on a bearing structure of a heat shield by at least one retaining element. The heat shield tile has a cold side facing the bearing structure, a hot side, arranged opposite the cold side and to which hot gases can be applied, and lateral surfaces that connect the cold side to the hot side. The heat shield tile reduces the amount of cooling air needed to flush the expansion gaps between the heat shield tiles of the heat shield. The heat shield tile has a main body and a number of segments. The segments are arranged adjacent to each other on the main body over the entire area of the main body such that expansion gaps are left. The segments are joined to the main body, such that at least the hot side of the heat shield tile is substantially formed by the segments. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160108737 | BLADE SYSTEM, AND CORRESPONDING METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A BLADE SYSTEM - A blade system for a gas turbine has a blade device and a further blade device. The blade device has a shroud, an airfoil extending from the shroud along the radial direction, the shroud has at a circumferential end a wedge face having a recess extending with a component along the axial direction, and a damping wire arranged within the recess such that the damping wire is adapted for contacting the shroud and a further wedge face of a further shroud of a further blade device arranged adjacent to the shroud along the circumferential direction. The recess includes an inclining side surface which has a normal, non-parallel with the radial direction, the further wedge face has a plane surface onto which the damping wire is abuttable. A method of manufacturing a blade system includes arranging the further shroud adjacent to the shroud and arranging a damping wire within the recess. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160107231 | Method For Producing A Shell-Shaped Component And Production System Suitable For The Use Of Said Method - A method for producing a shell-shaped component and a production system for producing such a component are disclosed. Thee component is produced by a cold gas stream by cold gas spraying. The particles of the cold gas stream are applied to the edge of the component being produced, wherein simultaneously a supporting body is used, which supports the component only at the point of incidence of the cold gas stream. In this way, the form of the component can be shaped by suitably moving the supporting body and the cold spray nozzle, without having to produce a core that fills the entire volume of the shell-shaped component. Thus, the method may be especially economical for small quantities, because the supporting body can be used universally for components of different geometries. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160107197 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SEPARATING PRIMARY ORE CONTAINING RARE EARTHS - The invention relates to a method and devices for separating primary ore into dead rock and at least one type of rock which contains at least one valuable mineral, the at least one valuable mineral comprising at least one rare-earth mineral. A sensor-controlled pre-framing method, which is based on the identification and classification of individual rock particles, is used. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160105086 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A ROTOR OF AN ELECTRIC ASYNCHRONOUS MACHINE - In a method for producing a rotor of an asynchronous electric machine, a carrier shaft is produced with shaft slots and a squirrel cage rotor is applied to the carrier shaft. The carrier shaft and an electrically conductive bulk material of nickeled copper is placed into a container so that the bulk material fills up the shaft slots. The bulk material is compacted in the container by hot isostatic pressing and thereby bonded to the carrier shaft such that nickel as diffusion material causes permanently bonding of copper to the carrier shaft. The container is then detached from the carrier shaft. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160103447 | NUMERICAL CONTROL UNIT WITH THE OPTION OF MODIFYING THE SUB-PROGRAM - A sub-program carried out by a numerical control unit that controls a production machine is disclosed. The numerical control unit transmits a piece of information identifying a program instruction, by means of which the sub-program was generated to a CAM system after the instruction is selected by a user through an operator interface. The numerical control unit receives, a parameterized description of the sequence of program instructions containing the selected program instruction from the CAM system. The numerical control unit outputs the parameterized description to the user via the operator interface and receives a modification of the parameterized description from the user. The numerical control unit then transmits the modified parameterized description to the CAM system and receives a modified sub-program corresponding to the modified parameterized description from the CAM system. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160103439 | PRODUCTION MACHINE OR MACHINE TOOL AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH A MACHINE TOOL - A production machine or machine tool has a memory into which a part program incorporating HMI instructions in the form of script segments is loaded, wherein the HMI instructions are evaluated by a processing component during the execution of the part program and wherein a display unit is controlled by the processing component for displaying HMI outputs. A corresponding method and a computer program for executing the method are also disclosed. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160103196 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING - To enable improved magnetic resonance imaging in the vicinity of an interference object that produces a magnetic interference field in an examination region, in a method and apparatus for magnetic resonance imaging of the examination region magnetic resonance raw data are acquired from the examination region by execution of a magnetic resonance sequence having multiple repetition intervals and refocusing of spins in the examination region at the end of each repetition interval repetition intervals. During at least part of the duration of the acquisition of the magnetic resonance raw data, a magnetic compensation gradient is activated that is opposed to the magnetic interference field. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160102902 | Heat Pump For Using Environmentally Compatible Coolants - A heat pump includes an internal heat exchanger and a regulating device designed to bring the temperature of the working fluid at the outlet of a compressor to a specifiable minimum difference above the dew point at the same pressure. This allows the use of novel coolants in heat pumps, e.g., coolants having a low dew line slope of under 1000/kJ in the temperature-entropy diagram and characterized by very good safety and environmental properties. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160102671 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A COMPRESSOR, AND ARRANGEMENT WITH A COMPRESSOR - A method for operating a compressor and arrangement. The method includes: feeding an intake flow into an inlet of the compressor, compressing the intake flow by the compressor to give an outlet flow, introducing at least one first part flow of the outlet flow into a bypass station as first bypass flow, controlling the feeding-in of the first bypass flow from the bypass station into the inlet of the compressor, depending on operating parameters of the compressor, cooling at least one second part flow of the outlet flow, and controlling the feeding-in of the cooled second part flow as second bypass flow into the inlet of the compressor, depending on operating parameters of the compressor. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160102573 | ROTOR TIP CLEARANCE - A method of setting a clearance between a rotor and a stator of a rotor assembly for a turbine engine. The rotor assembly has a plurality of rotor-to-stator stages and the stator has a nominal centreline. Typically the stator is a casing or an array of vane tips. The method includes (i) correlating in-service rotor-to-stator rub patterns for a rotor-to-stator stage of a number of turbine engines, (ii) setting a position of a machining centreline relative to the nominal centreline of the stator, the position being towards a heavy rub, (iii) machining the stator about the machining centreline, (iv) repeating steps (i) to (ii) for each rotor-to-stator stage of the plurality of the rotor-to-stator stages, wherein the machined stator having been formed by at least two machining steps having different centre-lines. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160102556 | SHAFT ARRANGEMENT - A rotor assembly and a method of assembling the rotor assembly typically for a turbine engine. The rotor assembly has a rotational axis, at least one rotor, a shaft having an axially extending bore, a tension stud extending axially through the rotor and into the bore for applying an axial load across the rotor and/or shaft. The rotor assembly further has a sleeve located at least partly within the bore and connected to the shaft by a first attachment and to the tension stud by a second attachment, the first attachment is located between the rotor and the second attachment. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160102503 | MECHANICAL-LOAD BEARING AND ELECTRICALLY ISOLATING MECHANICAL CONNECTION - A hollow body composed of an electrically conducting material and extending longitudinally along an axis is connected at one axial end to a connection element composed of an electrically conducting material and extending along the axis. A first thread is provided on the hollow body at the one axial end running about the axis, while a second thread is provided on the connection element running about the axis, so that the second thread is mechanically supported by the first thread. An insulation-material extent between the first thread and the second thread electrically isolates the hollow body from the connection element. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160099617 | AIR-COOLED ELECTRIC MACHINE HAVING COOLING RIBS FORMED FROM STATOR SHEET - An electric machine has rotor rotatably supported in bearings for rotation about an axis of rotation, a stator surrounding the rotor with respect to the axis of rotation and having stator sheets, which are stacked in the direction of the axis of rotation. The stator sheets have a number of recesses which form grooves extending parallel to the axis of rotation. Tension strips are arranged in the grooves and connected to end rings. The stator sheets include at least first stator sheets. The first stator sheets each have at least one large lug. Between the two tension strips adjacent to the respective large lug in a circumferential direction about the axis of rotation, the large lug protrudes radially outward beyond the two adjacent tension strips. The large lug has cantilevers extending about the axis of rotation and reaching over the two adjacent tension strips. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160099574 | ARRANGEMENT PROVIDING A 3-PHASE OR 1-PHASE POWER STREAM - An arrangement is provided for alternatively providing a 3-phase or a 1-phase power stream. In an embodiment, the arrangement includes a 3-phase power source including a first, a second and a third power source output terminal; a switching section adapted to selectively provide, from the three power source output terminals of the 3-phase power source, either: a 3-phase power stream at three arrangement output terminals or a 1-phase power stream at two arrangement output terminals, different from the three arrangement output terminals. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160098035 | NUMERIC CONTROLLER WITH NOTIFICATION OF A CAM SYSTEM IN THE EVENT OF A CHANGE IN THE SUBROUTINE - A subroutine executable by the numeric controller to control a production machine is disclosed. A user selects at least one program instruction of the subroutine and the numeric controller outputs a parameterized description of the selected program instruction or of a sequence of program instructions that contains the selected program instruction to the user using the user interface. The user enters a change in the parameterized description and stores a modified subroutine that corresponds to the changed parameterized description. The numeric controller sends a message to a predetermined address identifying. the original subroutine and the change made in a form that can be evaluated in automated fashion. The CAM system that generated the subroutine uses the message to independently and automatically ascertain a data record on which the original subroutine is based and to modify the data record accordingly. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160097830 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE FINGERPRINTING - In order to make it possible to take account of movement of an examination object in a magnetic resonance fingerprinting method, multiple magnetic resonance raw images of an examination area of the examination object are acquired by execution of a magnetic resonance fingerprinting method, multiple magnetic resonance signal waveforms are generated in a processor over different voxels of the multiple magnetic resonance raw images. A signal comparison of the multiple magnetic resonance signal waveforms is made with multiple database signal waveforms stored in a database, with a database value of at least one tissue parameter being logically linked to each database signal waveform of the multiple database signal waveforms. A tissue parameter map is determined on the basis of the result of the signal comparison, wherein said tissue parameter map is movement corrected based on a movement correction. The tissue parameter map is made available at an output of the processor. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160097571 | ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM FOR INCREASING THE FLEXIBILITY OF POWER PLANTS - Provision of electricity to an electrical grid is controlled such that the electricity supply from the power plant is reduced to the current electric power demand by charging a thermal energy store(s). As a result, the provision of electricity by renewable energy sources to the electrical grid can be given precedence. The power plant can be connected to a heat pump and/or a refrigeration unit by the thermal energy store(s). The thermal energy store(s) can be used for district heating/cooling networks. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160096143 | COMPACT MULTI MEMBRANE VESSEL FOR WATER ULTRAFILTRATION - A filtration vessel at least partially removes a contaminant from a fluid. The vessel has an inlet pipe which is mounted to a first end cab and to a supporting plate of the vessel. The inlet pipe has at least one slot through which the fluid is injectable into an inner volume of a vessel body. At least one membrane rod including a plurality of membrane straws is mounted to the first through hole of the supporting plate such that the membrane rod extends from the supporting plate into the inner volume. A method for backwashing the device includes injecting gas in the storage volume and a method of detection of leaks uses gas bubbles. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160095565 | METHOD AND IMAGING SYSTEM FOR COMPENSATING FOR LOCATION ASSIGNMENT ERRORS IN PET DATA OCCURRING DUE TO A CYCLICAL MOTION OF A PATIENT - In a method for compensating for location assignment errors in PET data that occur due to a cyclical motion of a patient, three-dimensional training data of the patient are acquired with an image recording facility using a different modality from PET in different motion states of the cyclical motion. Model parameters of a statistical model are determined describing the cyclical motion, from the deviations of the training data in different motion states from displacement data describing a reference motion-state. A rule is determined for assigning measurement values of at least one measuring signal that can be recorded during the PET measurement process, and that describe motion states of the cyclical motion, to input parameters describing an instance of the statistical model. Measurement values are assigned to the PET data recorded for the respective recording time points. Displacement data for the PET data are determined using the assignment rule and the PET data are spatially displaced based on the displacement data. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160094178 | METHOD FOR OPERATING POWER SEMICONDUCTORS - A method for operating power semiconductors arranged in converters, includes measuring with a temperature sensor a temperature of at least one of the power semiconductors, performing a comparison of the temperature of the at least one power semiconductor with a reference temperature and providing a result of the comparison; activating a pre-heating phase for preheating the power semiconductors as a function of the result; during the pre-heating phase, defining a pre-heating current; and impressing the pre-heating current into an electrical load. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160094158 | METHOD FOR POWER STATION SIMULATION - A method for power station simulation by means of a piece of distributed simulation hardware allows automatic and unaltered adoption of an automation solution intended for a respective original system and in the process specifically also converts communication relationships between devices of the original system into communication relationships between corresponding emulation components. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160094128 | INTERMEDIATE VOLTAGE CIRCUIT CURRENT CONVERTER IN FIVE-POINT TOPOLOGY - An intermediate voltage circuit current converter having two current converter sections arranged in series on the direct voltage side is disclosed. The current converter section has a capacitor connected in parallel with two bridge modules that are connected in series with each other. The output of the current converter section is located on the series connection between the two bridge modules and the outputs of the two current converter sections are connected to a further bridge module. Each bridge modules comprises a series connection of two power semiconductor units. The intermediate potentials on the connection between the two power semiconductor units in each of the bridge modules are electrically connected to one another by a further capacitor, and the intermediate potential of the further bridge module provides the phase connection of the intermediate voltage circuit current converter for a given phase of the intermediate voltage circuit current converter. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160094047 | HEATABLE CAPACITOR AND CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT - A capacitor module having a capacitor and a heater is disclosed. The temperature of the capacitor can be measured by means of a temperature sensor and the temperature of the capacitor is influenced by the heater. The capacitance value changes as a function of the temperature. Thus a circuit apparatus having a resonance converter can be tuned thereby, since the capacitance value can be regulated or controlled. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160093072 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACQUIRING A HIGH-RESOLUTION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGE DATASET OF AT LEAST ONE LIMITED BODY REGION HAVING AT LEAST ONE ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE OF A PATIENT - In a method and magnetic resonance apparatus for acquiring a high-resolution magnetic resonance image dataset of at least one limited body region having at least one anatomical structure of a patient, an overview image dataset is first acquired, using which an item of position information of the at least one anatomical structure is ascertained, the item of position information designating an exact position of the at least one anatomical structure and/or a relative position of the at least one anatomical structure relative to the reference body region. A high-resolution magnetic resonance image dataset of the anatomical structure is then created using the position information and the high-resolution magnetic resonance image dataset is evaluated. The evaluated high-resolution image data is then made available in electronic form. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160092634 | METHOD AND MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING AN EXAMINATION - A method for optimizing an examination implemented by a medical imaging apparatus includes selection of at least one information protocol, that includes at least one information parameter, display of at least one examination protocol, that includes at least one examination parameter from an examination protocol catalog of a server unit in accordance with the selected information protocol, selection of an examination protocol, and transfer of the selected examination protocol from the server to the processor of the medical imaging apparatus. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160092620 | METHOD FOR POWER STATION SIMULATION FOR TEST AND TRAINING PURPOSES BY MEANS OF A PIECE OF DISTRIBUTED SIMULATION HARDWARE - A method for power station simulation, particularly for test purposes, by means of a piece of distributed simulation hardware that includes one or more emulation units, each having at least one emulation component, and also a simulation unit having a process model, where the method includes operating the emulation components cyclically with a common cycle time, using a respective cycle to form a time stamp, and automatically providing a data packet that is saved by each emulation component with the respective time stamp upon an appropriate command, wherein the data of the data packet are organized in accordance with a prescribed format and comprise a signal map. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160092193 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING A PROCESSING AND/OR PRODUCTION INSTALLATION - The invention relates to a method for operating a processing and/or production installation having at least two engineering systems producing a respective output file including an operating variable for at least one component of the installation. The first output file of a first engineering system is transmitted from the first engineering system to a second engineering system. A second output file is provided by a second engineering system using the first output file, and the processing and/or production installation being operated using the second output file. first origin data describing an origin of the first output file of the first engineering system, and second origin data describing an origin of the second output file from the second engineering system. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160091591 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOVEMENT CORRECTION IN A MAGNETIC RESONANCE FINGERPRINTING EXAMINATION OF A SUBJECT - In a method and apparatus for movement correction for a magnetic resonance fingerprinting examination on an object under examination, a magnetic resonance signal shape of a region of the object is acquired using the magnetic resonance fingerprinting method, movement data for at least one sub-region of the region are detected movement information is generated from the acquired movement data, the acquired magnetic resonance signal shape is corrected with reference to the generated movement information, a signal comparison of the corrected magnetic resonance signal shape is made with multiple database signal shapes stored in a database, with a database value of at least one tissue parameter being assigned to each of the database signal shapes. A value of the at least one tissue parameter is assigned to the corrected signal shape as a result of the signal comparison. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160091590 | MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS HAVING MULTIPLE SUBSYSTEMS, AND OPERATING METHOD THEREFOR - In a method for operating a medical imaging examination apparatus having multiple subsystems controlled by a control computer in a scan sequence, a control protocol for the scan is provided to the control computer, which determines sequence control data for the control protocol that define different functional subsequences of the scan, with different effective volumes assigned to each functional subsequence. Current ambient conditions of the apparatus are determined that are decisive for the determined relevant sequence control data and associated effective volumes. Control signals for the scan are determined from the sequence control data, the effective volumes and the current ambient conditions determined that optimize the functional subsequences of the scan. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160091589 | MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS HAVING MULTIPLE SUBSYSTEMS, AND OPERATING METHOD THEREFOR - In a method for operating a medical imaging apparatus having multiple subsystems, a control protocol assigned to a scan sequence to be performed is provided to a control computer that determines sequence control data for the control protocol, which define different functional subsequences of the scan sequence. Different effective volumes are assigned to each functional subsequence, and current ambient conditions of the apparatus are determined for the sequence control data and associated effective volumes. Control signals for the scan sequence are determined from the sequence control data, the effective volumes and the current ambient conditions that optimize the functional subsequences of the scan sequence locally, at least with regard to a sub-region of the respective effective volumes. During the scan, at least one change of a sub-region of a respective effective volume is determined and the control signals used for the ongoing scan are modified, dependent on the change, to maintain the aforementioned optimization. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160091588 | MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS HAVING MULTIPLE SUBSYSTEMS, AND OPERATING METHOD THEREFOR - In a method for operating a medical imaging apparatus having subsystems, a control protocol assigned to a scan sequence to be performed is provided to a control computer that determines sequence control data for the control protocol, which define different functional subsequences of the scan sequence. Different effective volumes are assigned to each functional subsequence, and current ambient conditions of the apparatus are determined for the sequence control data and associated effective volumes, for a series of states of physiological processes that occur during the scan sequence. Control signals for the scan sequence are determined from the sequence control data, the effective volumes and the current ambient conditions per observed state, that optimize the functional subsequences of the scan sequence locally. During the scan, at least one current state of the observed physiological processes is determined and the control signals used for the ongoing scan are determined from the stored control signals, dependent on the at least one current state. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160091587 | MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS HAVING MULTIPLE SUBSYSTEMS, AND OPERATING METHOD THEREFOR - In a method for operating a medical imaging examination apparatus having multiple subsystems, current ambient conditions in a scan volume of the apparatus are determined and stored in a global ambient condition parameter set. A control computer starts a scan sequence according to a selected scan protocol, and sequence control data that define different functional sub-sequences for the respective subsystems are provided to the control computer. Different effective volumes are assigned to each functional sub-sequence, and respective current sub-regions in the effective volume associated with the respective sub-sequence are determined, in which a volume optimization is to take place. Control signals for the scan sequence are calculated using the sequence control data, the global ambient condition parameter set, and the determined current sub-regions of the affected volumes, in order to optimize the functional sub-sequences at least with regard to the current sub-region of the assigned effective volume. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160091586 | MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS HAVING MULTIPLE SUBSYSTEMS, AND OPERATING METHOD THEREFOR - In a method for operating a medical imaging apparatus having subsystems, a control protocol assigned to a scan sequence to be performed is provided to a control computer that determines sequence control data for the control protocol, which define different functional subsequences of the scan sequence. Different effective volumes are assigned to each functional subsequence, and current ambient conditions of the apparatus are determined for the sequence control data and associated effective volumes, for a series of states of physiological processes that occur during the scan sequence. Control signals for the scan sequence are determined from the sequence control data, the effective volumes and the current ambient conditions per observed state, that optimize the functional subsequences of the scan sequence locally. During the scan, at least one current state of the observed physiological processes is determined and the control signals used for the ongoing scan are determined from the stored control signals, dependent on the at least one current state. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160091585 | METHOD AND MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS OF DETERMINING TIME WINDOWS IN A SCAN SEQUENCE - In a method for determining time windows in a scan sequence, in which values of setting parameters of a scan can be changed during a current scan without adversely affecting the scan data obtained with the scan, comprising the following a scan sequence is loaded into a control computer, that then determines the time windows in the scan sequence in which values of setting parameters can be changed during a current scan, on the basis of an analysis of useful coherences in the scan sequence. The determined time windows are stored or processed so as to be available to operate an imaging apparatus to execute the scan sequence. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160091584 | MEDICAL IMAGING EXAMINATION APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD - In a method for operating a medical imaging examination apparatus having multiple sub-systems, a control computer controls the sub-systems to execute a scan sequence in which magnetization in at least two subvolumes of an object being scanned is simultaneously manipulated by a sub-sequence and/or used for the scan data acquisition process. A control protocol assigned to the scan sequence is provided to the control device, and sequence control data for the control protocol are determined that define different functional sub-sequences of the scan sequence. Different effective volumes are assigned to each functional sub-sequence, taking into account the aforementioned sub-modules. Effective volume position data are provided to the control device that define the position and extent of the effective volumes assigned to the different functional sub-sequences. Current ambient conditions of the apparatus are determined that are important for the determined relevant sequence control data and assigned effective volumes. Control signals for the different sub-systems are generated from the sequence control data and the effective volume position data and the determined physical ambient conditions, for executing the scan sequence such that the individual functional sub-sequences are locally optimized at least with respect to a sub-region of their assigned effective volume. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160091580 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE APPARATUS WITH A COOLING APPARATUS - A magnetic resonance apparatus has a scanner with a superconducting basic field magnet, a gradient coil unit, and a radio-frequency antenna unit, an electronics unit, and a cooling apparatus. The cooling apparatus has a cryostat for cooling the superconducting basic field magnet and a first cooling circuit for cooling the electronics unit and/or the gradient coil unit and/or the radio-frequency antenna unit, and a second cooling circuit for cooling the cryostat. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160091082 | PLANETARY GEAR - A planetary gear includes a central sun gear having external teeth, a ring gear having internal teeth, a planetary carrier having formed therein lubricant supply channels, and planet gears supported on the planetary carrier and having side cheeks engaging the internal teeth of the ring gear and the external teeth of the sun gear. A slide bush radially supports the planetary carrier and has radial outer and inner sliding surfaces, and an interposed shoulder surface, which bear flat upon a radial outer and inner bearing surfaces, and an interposed shoulder surface on an inner surface of the planetary carrier. An annular lubricant distribution channel is formed between the shoulder surfaces of the slide bush and the planetary carrier, with the lubricant supply channels feeding into the lubricant distribution channel on the inlet side and connected to the external lubricant supply via a lubricant supply channel formed in the slide bush. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160091029 | OVERLOAD COUPLING - An electrically insulating overload coupling for a wind turbine generator includes a gear-side or generator-side hub having an axially oriented ring flange. A pipe made of an electrically insulating material and having an axial section with an annular circumferential sliding surface rests directly on a corresponding sliding surface of the ring flange, so that the pipe is rotatable in a torque-dependent manner in relation to the ring flange. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160090990 | ARRANGEMENT HAVING A SEAL - An arrangement having a seal, includes: a casing, a cover, and at least one seal. In order to ensure damage-free installation of the cover and simultaneously simplify the installation process itself, as well as to guarantee good sealing, the arrangement has a seal carrier, the seal carrier has a first radial groove extending in the circumferential direction and having a radial depth direction, in which first radial groove a first radial seal is arranged, which seals against a radially inward surface of the casing, the seal carrier has a first axial groove extending in the circumferential direction and having an axial depth direction, in which first axial groove a first axial seal is arranged, which seals against an axial surface of the cover. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160090967 | WIND POWER GEARBOX - A wind power gearbox includes two oil chambers for receiving oil, each of the oil chambers having an opening to allow passage of oil. A pipe connects the two oil chambers to one another and has ends arranged in the openings of the chambers, respectively. The openings have each a conicity with an inner cone, which opens away from the oil chamber, with the ends of the pipe having a corresponding conicity with an outer cone. At least one static sealing element is arranged between the inner cone of the openings and the outer cone of the pipe ends for providing a seal. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160090653 | Method For Producing A Metal Foam And Method For Producing Particles Suitable For Said Method - A method for producing a metal foam includes depositing metal-containing particles and blowing-agent-containing particles by cold spraying. A layer formed in this manner is formed from metallic particles and particles containing blowing agent, wherein the blowing agent forms the core of coated particles. The shell of said particles is likewise metallic, such that it is easier to deposit said particles together with the metallic particles. Therefore, a higher concentration of blowing agent can advantageously be produced in the layer. Greater possibilities are advantageously produced thereby to provide the porous layers with required pore profiles. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160089489 | MEDICAL IMAGING FACILITY AND METHOD FOR CONTROL OF A CONTRAST AGENT INJECTOR INTEGRATED WITHIN A MEDICAL IMAGING FACILITY - A medical imaging facility that has a signal detection unit with a patient accommodation area that accommodates a patient for a medical imaging investigation. The patient accommodation area is at least partially surrounded by the signal detection unit, and the medical imaging facility has a contrast agent injector that is integrated within the medical imaging facility. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160089029 | SHIM COIL DEVICE AND A MAGNETIC RESONANCE COIL SYSTEM HAVING A SHIM COIL DEVICE - A shim coil device for compensating for basic magnetic field inhomogeneities during medical magnetic resonance imaging of a breast of a patient, said shim coil has a housing with a contact surface that configures to bear against a patient, and at least one shim coil element having a shim coil axis. The shim coil is arranged on the patient such that the at least one shim coil axis has an angle of inclination α to the contact surface and/or to a patient surface, where α is ≧45° and α is ≦135°. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160088778 | Power Converter Arrangement And Method For Producing A Power Converter Arrangement - A three-dimensional arrangement for a power converter device, e.g., an inverter or a rectifier, is provided. The switching elements, activation electronics, the load connections of the power converter device are arranged on a carrier device in such a way that defines especially short conduction paths. The components of the power converter device (e.g., all required components), such as switching elements, control electronics, and load connections, are arranged on a common carrier device. The carrier device is simultaneously used as a cooling device for the entire switching device. The power converter device may thereby achieve particularly efficient performance. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160087501 | RELUCTANCE ARMATURE - A reluctance armature includes a shaft received in a shaft hole in a torsion-proof manner. At least one carrier body is disposed around the shaft and has radial sides as viewed in a circumferential direction. Part segments are arranged on the radial sides of the carrier body and made of anisotropic soft-magnetic material to thereby establish an armature segment which, as viewed in an axial direction, is disposed between two edge elements and forms a central section. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160087499 | ELECTRIC MACHINE HAVING AN IMPROVED COOLING OF THE WINDING HEAD - The invention relates to an electric machine comprising a rotor ( | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160087496 | INDIVIDUAL-SEGMENT ROTOR HAVING RETAINING RINGS - The aim is to propose an individual-segment rotor that is simple to construct and suitable for series production. Therefore, an individual-segment rotor having a plurality of laminated core segments ( | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160087494 | PERMANENT-FIELD ARMATURE WITH GUIDED MAGNETIC FIELD - A permanent-field armature for an electrical machine includes an armature body having internal magnet pockets, and a plurality of permanent magnets having a magnetization for generating a magnetic field and disposed in the magnetic pockets in one-to-one correspondence. The armature body guides the magnetic field between the magnet pockets and magnetic poles of the armature on an armature surface. Each magnet pocket is formed for guiding the magnetic field in a material which has at least one area having a magnetic anisotropy with an easy axis and a hard axis of magnetizing capability, with the easy axis being aligned in parallel relation to or at least at an angle of less than 25° to a magnetization direction of the magnetization of the permanent magnet disposed in the magnet pocket. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160086330 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A POSITION OF AN OBJECT FROM MRI IMAGES - Periodic movement of an object, for example a tumor, is determined on the basis of 4D MRI images. A radiation source can be controlled (guided) as a function of the periodic movement of the object, thus enabling the compilation of a more efficient treatment plan with respect to time and radiation. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160084931 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING ARTIFACTS DURING THE ACQUISITION OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE DATA - In a method for reducing artifacts during the acquisition of magnetic resonance data relating to a region undergoing examination in an examination subject by operation of a magnetic resonance apparatus, a first magnetic resonance image with a first polarization of a radio-frequency field of the magnetic resonance scanner, which is described by amplitudes and/or phases of coil elements thereof, at least one further magnetic resonance image with at least one further polarization of the radio-frequency field of the magnetic resonance scanner, also described by amplitudes and/or phases of the coil elements, wherein the at least one further polarization differs from the first polarization, and of image data from the first and from at least one further magnetic resonance image are combined. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160084930 | METHOD AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE APPARATUS FOR RECONSTRUCTING AN MR IMAGE DEPENDENT ON THE CHEMICAL SHIFT - In a method and magnetic resonance apparatus for reconstructing an MR image of a volume segment within an examination object, MR data within the volume segment are acquired according to a separation method by MR data for a k-space line being acquired respectively in steps while a readout gradient is activated in the same readout direction. An image of a first substance and an image of a second substance are thereby reconstructed. A shift length, by which the image of the first substance and the image of the second substance are displaced relative to one another due to the chemical shift in the readout direction is determined. The image of the first substance and/or the image of the second substance is shifted as a function of the shift length, to compensate for the relative displacement between the images of the first and second substances in the readout direction due to the chemical shift. An MR image is generated by combining the images of the first and second substances. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160084892 | METHOD AND A CONTROL UNIT FOR VALIDATING AN ELECTRIC POWER PLANT - A method for validating an electric power plant capability as an electric service provider is provided. The method includes receiving a plurality of input data records from the plurality of renewable energy devices, respectively, the input data records respectively defining a plurality of device capabilities associated with at least one electrical service which can be provided by the renewable energy devices to the electric distribution grid; estimating internal power losses of the electric power plant; using the input data records and the internal power losses for calculating an output data record defining an overall plant capability for the service; communicating the output data record to an operator of the electric distribution grid; and receiving a validation signal from the operator of the electric distribution grid. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160084293 | ADD-ON DRIVE SHAFT FOR AN ENCODER OR IMPELLER FAN AND METHOD FOR ADDING THE SHAFT - An add-on shaft for an electric motor, an electric motor having an add-on shaft, an add-on shaft that drives a rotary encoder and a method for connecting an add-on shaft to a motor shaft of an electric motor are disclosed. The add-on shaft has a pin that is introduced into a centered blind hole in the motor shaft of the electric motor. The pin has sections having different diameters, so that the add-on shaft is aligned coaxially with the motor shaft and fixed in the blind hole by an interference fit, but adhesive applied onto the pin is not wiped off during the joining operation. A defined adhesive gap optimal for the adhesive used is also provided. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160083855 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A HIGH-PRESSURE ELECTROLYSIS SYSTEM, HIGH-PRESSURE ELECTROLYSIS SYSTEM AND HYDROGEN FILLING STATION COMPRISING A HIGH-PRESSURE ELECTROLYSIS SYSTEM - The invention relates to a method for operating a high-pressure electrolysis system ( | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160082984 | PASSENGER TABLE - A passenger table for connection to a side wall of a rail vehicle and for orientation in the transverse direction of the rail vehicle, includes a side wall pillar for connection to the side wall and a table panel supported by the side wall pillar. A horizontal support bar extends from the side wall pillar and, at a distance from the side wall pillar, is connected to the table panel by plastically deformable connection elements in such a manner that, when the plastically deformable connection elements are deformed, the support bar is movable in a horizontal plane relative to the table panel. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160082285 | APPLICATOR APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING BRACHYTHERAPY AND/OR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING - An applicator apparatus for performing brachytherapy and/or magnetic resonance imaging has an application main body for receiving at least one radiation source, and at least one antenna element connected to the application main body as a reception unit for a magnetic resonance device. The applicator apparatus can also include a processing module for a preamplification and/or digitization, the processing module being radiation-resistant and embodied to be separably connected to the antenna element, and the antenna element includes at least one part of the application main body. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160081759 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR STEREOSCOPIC DEPICTION OF IMAGE DATA - Three-dimensional depiction of image information is provided during minimally invasive surgery carried out by an endoscope by detecting an operation region of the using a sensor device in three dimensions. Stereoscopic image data is generated from the 3D-data acquired from the sensor and is visualized on a suitable display device. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160081588 | METHOD FOR CORRECTING RESPIRATORY INFLUENCES ON MAGNETIC RESONANCE RECORDINGS OF AN EXAMINATION OBJECT - In a method for correcting respiratory influences on recordings of an examination object by operation of a magnetic resonance apparatus, an external respiratory signal is determined, an internal respiratory signal is determined, a correlation signal is determined, at least one reliability range of the correlation signal is determined, a fit function in at least one reliability range of the correlation signal is determined, and the recordings subject to respiratory influences of the examination object are corrected based on the determined fit function. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160081202 | CURRENT CONVERTER APPARATUS HAVING A MULTI-PHASE CURRENT CONVERTER - A current converter apparatus includes a multi-phase current converter having current-converter modules for each phase that are electrically connected to one another and arranged in a current-converter cabinet. Each current-converter module has at least one semiconductor component arranged on a heat sink and includes just two semiconductor components connected to each other and connected to be controlled by a control component. The current-converter modules in the current-converter cabinet are arranged so that the current-converter modules of each current-converter phase form a horizontal row of modules arranged one beside the other and the rows are arranged vertically one above the other. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160080199 | Configuration Method for a Wiring System | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160079832 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN INDIVIDUAL-SEGMENT ROTOR AND CORRESPONDING ROTOR - In a method for producing an individual-segment rotor for an electric machine, a shaft is arranged in a mould and a plurality of laminated core segments, which are at a distance from one another, are arranged on the circumference of the shaft in a distributed manner in the mould. The laminated core segments each have a fixing contour for a form closure for radially fixing the laminated core segment on the shaft. In addition, a permanent magnet is arranged between each pair of laminated core segments. An intermediate space between the shaft and each fixing contour of the laminated core segments is filled with a curable nonmagnetic material. The curable nonmagnetic material forms a form closure with respect to the radial direction with each fixing contour, and therefore each laminated core segment is retained on the shaft by the form closure. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160079821 | ROTOR OF AN ELECTRIC MACHINE HAVING A SQUIRREL CAGE PRODUCED FROM A GRANULATE - A rotor has a rotor core which is made of a core material and has grooves which extend substantially in a direction of a rotor axis. The rotor core has at each axial end of the grooves an annular recess which is disposed concentrically with respect to the rotor axis and connects the grooves. The rotor core has a diffusion layer which has a diffusion material and which at least partially covers at least the respective surface of the grooves and/or the annular recess. A granulate of an electrically conductive material is introduced into the grooves and/or the annular recess and, while heat being supplied and while pressure being exerted, is connected by cohesive bonding to the rotor core. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160079815 | ELECTRICAL MACHINE HAVING A FLUX-CONCENTRATING PERMANENT MAGNET ROTOR AND REDUCTION OF THE AXIAL LEAKAGE FLUX - A rotor having a number of tangentially magnetized permanent magnets tangentially evenly distributed and arranged both in the center region and in the outer regions in the axial direction is disclosed. Flux-guiding elements between the permanent magnets guide the magnetic fields of the permanent magnets radially toward the center region of the stator. The flux-guiding elements comprise a plurality of sheets stacked on one another in the axial direction. The sheets in the outer regions are smaller than the sheets in the center region. The sheets arranged in the outer regions are surrounded on their radially outside end by a retaining apparatus. Form-fitting elements transmit centrifugal forces acting on the sheets arranged in the center region are transmitted to the sheets arranged in the outer regions. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160078616 | METHOD AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE APPARATUS FOR PLANNING A SPECTROSCOPY MEASUREMENT - In a method for planning a spectroscopy measurement of an examination object by operation of a magnetic resonance apparatus, an image data record is selected that includes at least two images of a magnetic resonance measurement of the examination object, an isometric and/or isogonal region is determined in a first image of the at least two images, a region of interest is selected according to the isometric and/or isogonal region determined on the first image, and the first image is displayed, at least one further, second image of the image data record is displayed according to the selected region of interest, and the spectroscopy measurement is planned according to the displayed images. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160077509 | PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLER HAVING LOW LATENCY - A method for operating a programmable logic control device to which a current input data set having state data regarding a peripheral component is provided cyclically by a communications bus after each bus cycle terminates. A first program instance of a control program is cyclically processed by a control device. The program cycle duration is longer than the bus cycle duration and, therefore, between the beginning and end of the program cycle, the communications bus provides at least one current data set that cannot be taken into account by the first program instance. To reduce the latency with which a control device reacts to a change in the input value of a peripheral component. at least one other program instance of the control program is cyclically processed so that it is temporally offset by less than one program cycle duration relative to the first program instance. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160077181 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD - In a magnetic resonance apparatus and an operating method therefor in which magnetic resonance data are acquired from a patient, a measurement process is used in which a number of magnetic resonance sequences are carried out sequentially, and a maximum measurement time parameter, describing a maximum possible measurement time for undershooting a threshold value for the overall energy input into the patient during the measurement process, is established, taking into account other known recording parameters of the measurement process. The maximum measurement time parameter is used to restrict the ability of an operator to set a measurement time parameter describing the measurement time as a recording parameter, and/or is used as the measurement time parameter. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160077180 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROSPECTIVE MOTION CORRECTION - For prospective motion correction in magnetic resonance imaging, first magnetic resonance data that map a first sub-region of a region of interest are acquired. Motion correction parameters are determined based on a comparison of at least the first magnetic resonance data with reference magnetic resonance data that map the region of interest. Second magnetic resonance data that map a second sub-region of the region of interest are determined using prospective motion correction based on the motion correction parameters. A magnetic resonance image is determined based on the first magnetic resonance data and based on the second magnetic resonance data. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160077173 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF - In method for operating a magnetic resonance apparatus that has a gradient power amplifier that supplies a voltage to a gradient coil, and a gradient power amplifier control processor that provides control a control signal thereto that predetermines the aforementioned voltage, and a simulation computer that models an operational characteristic of each of the gradient coil the gradient power amplifier, an actual current value of a current fed into the gradient coil by the gradient power amplifier is measured and a target current value of the current fed into the gradient coil by the gradient power amplifier is determined by the simulation computer, using the control signal as an input variable. A fault signal is generated as a function of a determined deviation in the actual current value from the target current value. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160077170 | MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS WITH A MOVABLY MOUNTED PATIENT BED - A medical imaging apparatus has a patient-receiving area, with a patient bed for supporting a patient and a sliding-support for movable mounting of the patient bed inside the patient-receiving area with the sliding-support has at least one first sliding-support element, which is arranged on the patient bed, and at least two second sliding-support elements, which are arranged inside the patient-receiving area and that engage a first sliding surface of the at least one first sliding-support element. The sliding-support further has at least one third sliding-support element that, when the patient bed is only partially inside the patient-receiving area, engages a second sliding surface of the at least one first sliding-support element. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160076766 | COMBUSTION SYSTEM OF A FLOW ENGINE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A DIMENSION OF A RESONATOR CAVITY - A combustion system of a flow engine has at least one combustion chamber, a shared manifold to feed a flow medium via at least two injectors to the at least one combustion chamber and at least one resonator with at least one resonator cavity, wherein the at least one resonator is arranged functionally in/at the manifold. To obtain good combustion performance with a homogenous fuel flow rate and high combustion stability, the resonator includes at least one perforated section with at least two orifices, wherein the at least two orifices provide access to the at least one resonator cavity of the at least one resonator. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160074804 | ABSORPTION MEDIUM, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING AN ABSORPTION MEDIUM, AND ALSO PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING HYDROGEN SULFIDE FROM AN ACIDIC GAS - An absorption medium contains a dissolved amino acid salt and a dissolved metal. The absorption medium is brought into contact with the acidic gas in an absorber. In the absorber, the H | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160073919 | METHOD, ECG MEASURING DEVICE, AND MEDICAL IMAGING DEVICE FOR DETERMINING AN R-WAVE IN AN ECG SIGNAL - In a method for determining R-waves in an ECG signal, at least one reference ECG signal is measured, at least one reference breathing signal is measured, at least one reference R-wave is determined using the reference ECG signal and the reference breathing signal, at least one reference value is determined using the reference ECG signal and the reference breathing signal, at least one comparison rule is credited based on the at least one reference value, ECG signals are measured and breathing signals are measured in which R-waves are to be determined, the measured ECG signals and breathing signals are compared with the at least one reference value using the at least one comparison rule, and at least one R-wave is determined using the measured ECG signals and breathing signals. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160073443 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENERGY-OPTIMIZED DATA TRANSMISSION USING THE OPC UA PROTOCOL IN RADIO NETWORKS - A method and apparatus for energy-optimized data transmission by OPC UA protocol in radio networks is disclosed. When OPC UA communication is operated in a mobile device, e.g. as mobile access to part of a plant for maintenance, monitoring, parameterization, transmission is frequently implemented by the OPC UA's own request-response based communication behavior. Since the device is rarely able to switch off the transmitter, the battery of the device is very quickly discharged. This poses a problem, particularly in the case of devices that are intended to respond promptly to infrequent warnings or events. However, when a client device is intended to provide notification in relation to one event only, the previous polling, i.e. the periodic interrogation is dispensed with and an alternative notification through means inherent in the mobile network is used. This method uses, for example, a mobile push service supplied by the network provider. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160072707 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING INFORMATION AND DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD - An electric motor and a motor control unit exchange information using at least one transfer signal, the information including motion state information of the electric motor and additional information transmitted via a transmission channel, where the motion state information is in the form of at least one base signal and the additional information is transmitted with the aid of the base signal. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160072354 | ELECTRICAL MACHINE HAVING A HOUSING OVER A PARTIAL CIRCUMFERENCE - An electric machine has a stator and a rotor. The rotor is arranged on a rotor shaft that can be rotated about an axis of rotation. The stator surrounds the rotor radially on the outside with respect to the axis of rotation. The stator is surrounded radially on the outside by a one-piece housing with respect to the axis of rotation. As viewed around the axis of rotation, the housing extends only over a partial angular range. As viewed around the axis of rotation, a remaining angular range, in which the stator is not surrounded by the housing, thus remains. In end regions located at the ends of the partial angular range, the housing has housing-side form-closure elements, which cause a form closure of the housing with the stator in interaction with stator-side form-closure elements. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160072349 | ROTOR FOR AN ELECTRIC MACHINE - A rotor for an electric machine, comprising a modular design consisting of a plurality of modular elements is disclosed. These modules are arranged adjacent to each other in a direction of movement of the rotor. Each modular element has at least one magnet and at least one ferromagnetic pole shoe, and the poles of the magnet are aligned in the direction of movement of the rotor. An electric machine comprising a stator and a rotor according to the invention is also disclosed. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160072346 | ROTOR FOR AN ELECTRIC MACHINE - A rotor for an electric machine is mounted for rotation about an axis and includes a plurality of permanent magnets placed on a radial outer surface of the rotor for forming at least one magnetic pole pair. An anisotropically-soft sintered magnetic material having an easy direction and a hard direction is located in at least one section of the rotor radially further inward than the plurality of permanent magnets. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160071292 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A MULTI-SLICE DATA SET OF A HEART - In a method and apparatus for generating a three-dimensional multi-slice data set of a heart, a first image sequence with a number of two-dimensional images is acquired in a first slice of the heart during a duration of at least one heartbeat interval, and a second image sequence with a number of two-dimensional images is acquired in a second slice of the heart during the duration of a number of heartbeat intervals. The second image sequence is excised by selecting the two-dimensional images thereof that lie in a heartbeat interval closest to the duration of the heartbeat interval in the first slice. The three-dimensional multi-slice data set is generated by combining the first image sequence and the excised second image sequence. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160069976 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACQUIRING MAGNETIC RESONANCE DATA FROM A TARGET REGION WHILE THE TARGET REGION MOVES DUE TO RESPIRATION - In a method for recording magnetic resonance data in a target region of a patient while the target region moves due to respiration a single-shot turbo spin echo sequence is used as a magnetic resonance sequence in a magnetic resonance apparatus. SPAIR fat saturation is used by emitting an inversion pulse at an inversion time before the data recording with the magnetic resonance apparatus. Multiple repetitions of the sequence of an inversion pulse, an inversion time and a data recording using the magnetic resonance sequence are triggered by a respiratory signal describing the respiratory cycle, each repetition occurring upon fulfillment of a recording criterion. At least one further inversion pulse is emitted in a waiting time between the sequences. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160069973 | COMBINED MAGNETIC RESONANCE-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR IMAGING AN EXAMINATION OBJECT THEREWITH - In a combined magnetic resonance (MR)-emission tomography apparatus, MR scan data and emission tomography scan data are acquired from a subject in the apparatus. MR image data are generated from the MR scan data, and an attenuation map is generated from the same MR scan data that were used to generate the MR image data. Emission tomography image data are generated by applying a correction algorithm, which uses the attenuation map, to the emission tomography scan data. The MR image data and the emission tomography emission data are then presented. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160069843 | Sample Disk For Ultrasonic Disk Testing Installations - A sample disc for ultrasonic disc testing equipment includes a cut-out defining a lateral face extending along a radius of the sample disc and along an axis of symmetry of the sample disc. At least one planar sample defect is created through this lateral face of the disc. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160069221 | THERMAL WATER TREATMENT FOR STIG POWER STATION CONCEPTS - A method and an assembly for thermal water treatment for STIG power station concepts. The heat of an exhaust gas after a heat recovery steam generator stage is used for treating water in a water treatment system. The heat of the exhaust gas, the gas having a low-temperature level, is transported through a heating element to water that circulates between at least one evaporator and condenser in the water treatment system. The treated process water can then be used for steam injection into the gas turbine. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160069218 | POWER PLANT SYSTEM HAVING A THERMOCHEMICAL ACCUMULATOR - A power plant system has a heat-generating unit for providing thermal energy; a water-steam circuit, which is connected to the heat-generating unit for heat transfer; an electricity-generating device, which can be energised by the thermal energy conducted in the water-steam circuit to generate electricity; and a thermochemical accumulator, which is connected to the water-steam circuit. The thermochemical accumulator is connected to an exhaust gas line of the heat-generating unit for heat transfer, and the thermochemical accumulator has two tanks, which are connected to each other for fluid flow. A thermochemical storage material is arranged in a first tank, and the first tank is supplied with heat by thermally conditioned exhaust gas of the heat-generating unit, and the second tank is connected for heat flow to a heat exchanger, by which the second tank is supplied with low-temperature heat at a temperature level of at most 150° C. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160066869 | PATIENT TRANSPORT SYSTEM - The patient transport system has a mobile patient transport device for docking at a medical device, an acquisition device for acquiring suitable information for docking, and a control device for docking control of the mobile patient transport device. An evaluation device is coupled to the acquisition device and used the information acquired by the acquisition device to establish a path of the patient transport device. An optical or acoustic designation device specifies the established path of the patient transport device by at least one optical marking and/or acoustic signals. The optical marking and/or the acoustic signals are detected and control information is derived therefrom. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160066800 | Method and System for Non-Invasive Assessment of Coronary Artery Disease - In order to assess coronary artery disease from medical image data, an anatomical model of a coronary artery is generated from the medical image data. A velocity of blood in the coronary artery is estimated based on a spatio-temporal representation of contrast agent propagation in the medical image data. Blood flow is simulated in the anatomical model of the coronary artery using a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation using the estimated velocity of the blood in the coronary artery as a boundary condition. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160065036 | WIND TURBINE - A wind turbine includes a generator having a generator cooling system configured for passage of a cooling fluid, and a gear unit including a gear unit cooling system configured for passage of a cooling fluid. The gear unit cooling system includes a recooling unit which is configured to transmit during normal operation of the wind turbine thermal energy from the cooling fluid of the gear unit cooling system to air inside the generator or to the cooling fluid of the generator cooling system. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160065016 | PERMANENTLY-EXCITED DYNAMOELECTRIC MACHINE - A permanently-excited dynamoelectric machine includes a stator and a rotor supported for rotation about an axis. The stator has a winding system, which is embedded in grooves of a material forming a magnetic return path and interacts electromagnetically with permanent magnets of the rotor via an air gap between the stator and the rotor. The permanent magnets are disposed on the rotor, with each individual permanent magnet, on a side facing towards the air gap, having a North and South pole. The rotor, viewed in the circumferential direction, has a pole coverage by the permanent magnets of 100%, i.e. that the permanent magnets viewed in the circumferential direction, are arranged substantially without gaps. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160065014 | PERMANENT MAGNET FOR A ROTOR OF AN ELECTRIC MACHINE - A permanent magnet having end surfaces and an envelope curve shaped as a biconvex lens having first and second convex portions, magnetization running in an arcuate manner along the first convex portion between a north pole and a south poles. The permanent magnet runs along the second convex portion in an arcuate manner, and at least one of the magnet's end surfaces within the envelope curve has a connection surface adapted for connecting with a connection device by fusing or by positive engagement. The rotor is preferably pressed onto the shaft of the rotor after the connection device is formed around a connection surface of the permanent magnets by injection molding. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160065011 | INDIVIDUAL-SEGMENT ROTOR HAVING INDIVIDUAL SEGMENTS RETAINED BY FLEXURAL SUPPORTS AND PRODUCTION METHOD - The aim is to provide an individual-segment rotor, the construction of which requires low production expenditure. For this purpose, an individual-segment rotor having an axis of rotation and a plurality of laminated core segments ( | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160064933 | PROVISION OF NEGATIVE CONTROL POWER BY A GAS TURBINE - A method for providing negative control power for an electrical supply and/or transmission network by means of the operation of a gas turbine, includes the following steps: a dynamo-electric machine of the gas turbine is supplied with electric power for motor operation from the supply and/or transmission network; the electrical input power is regulated or controlled by the motor operation on the basis of a network signal from the supply and/or transmission network to which the gas turbine is connected; and an operating parameter of the gas turbine for motor operation is altered as a result of this regulation or control for the purpose of deliberately increasing the electrical input power from the supply and/or transmission network. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160064177 | X-RAY SOURCE AND IMAGING SYSTEM - An evacuable outer housing having at least one X-ray-permeable beam exit window, an electron source, an anode and a collector for catching electrons which penetrate the anode are included as an X-ray source. The collector is part of an electrical current circuit for applying a negative potential to the anode, and the radiation window is disposed such that X-ray radiation which exits from the anode at an angle of 130 degrees to 230 degrees to the electron beam direction can be coupled out through the radiation window. An imaging system includes such an X-ray, an arrangement to accommodate an object to be examined, and an X-ray detector. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160064128 | SUPERCONDUCTING COIL DEVICE WITH CONTINUOUS CURRENT SWITCH AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING - A coil device with at least one electrical coil winding with superconducting conductor material and a vacuum container is described in which the vacuum container surrounds the coil winding. The coil winding is part of a self-contained circuit for the formation of a continuous current. The closed circuit has a switchable conductor section, the conductor of which can be switched between a superconducting state and a normally conducting state by a magnetic device. The magnetic device has an internal part arranged inside the vacuum container and an external part arranged outside the vacuum container. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160064127 | SUPERCONDUCTING COIL DEVICE WITH SWITCHABLE CONDUCTOR SECTION AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING - In a coil device with at least one electrical coil winding with superconducting conductor material, the coil winding is part of a self-contained circuit for formation of a continuous current. The closed circuit has a switchable conductor section which can be switched between a superconducting state and a normally conducting state by a magnetic device. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160063289 | METHOD AND READ/WRITE DEVICE FOR SELECTING A WIRELESS DATA MEDIUM - A method and a read/write device for selecting at least one wireless data medium from a number of detected wireless data media that are RFID transponders, wherein the data media are registered in a detection area of a read/write device via a plurality of detection cycles, at least one receive parameter is recorded for each of the detected data media, and at least one data medium of the data media is selected based on an evaluation of the recorded receive parameters, a plurality of detection cycles are performed at different antenna polarizations, at least one receive parameter is recorded at each of utilized antenna polarizations for the detected data media, and at least one of the detected data media is selected in each case based on a statistical evaluation of the receive parameters recorded in the different antenna polarizations. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160062863 | MULTICORE PROCESSOR SYSTEM HAVING AN ERROR ANALYSIS FUNCTION - A method for operating a multi-core processor system, wherein different of a program are each executed simultaneously by a different respective processor core of the multi-core processor system includes inserting a breakpoint in a first of the threads for interrupting the first processor core and instead executing an exception handling routine. At least one processor core to be additionally interrupted is determined with the exception handling routine on the basis of an association matrix, and an inter-processor interrupt (IPI) is sent to the at least one processor core by the exception handling routine in order to interrupt the at least one processor core. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160061922 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE EXAMINATION OF AN EXAMINATION OBJECT - In a method and apparatus for magnetic resonance examination of an examination object, in order to determine a substance by execution of a magnetic resonance fingerprinting procedure for examination of an examination object in which a substance is located, a magnetic resonance signal waveform of a voxel of an examination area of the examination object is acquired by a magnetic resonance fingerprinting recording procedure, and a signal comparison of the magnetic resonance signal waveform is made in a computer with a substance signal waveform stored in a database, and the result of the signal comparison is provided as an output from the computer. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160061869 | RELIABLE PREDICTION OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION - A basic materials industry facility having a type 1 electrical consumer with at least three working points that each have a respective expected power consumption is disclosed. The facility can also have type 2 or type 3 consumers, each having only two working points or a single expected power consumption assigned to them, respectively. Schedule diagrams for type 1 and 2 consumers define their working points as a function of time, taking into account technological criteria for the operation of the facility, and are continuously updated using actual energy consumption data in such a way that the expected total energy consumption between starting time point and a predefined end time point does not exceed a maximum permissible total energy consumption. Preferably the consumers are controlled so that the expected total energy consumption is brought close to the maximum permissible energy consumption. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160061190 | DRIVE TRAIN AND WIND POWER PLANT WITH A DRIVE TRAIN - A drive train includes a gearbox having a gearbox housing, and a generator having a generator housing. A lubricating oil system including an oil reservoir lubricates toothed contact areas and/or bearings which are arranged within the gearbox housing. The oil reservoir is arranged within the generator housing or on an exterior side of the generator housing. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160059041 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING A RADIATION THERAPY OF A PATIENT - In a method and magnetic resonance (MR) apparatus for monitoring a radiation therapy of a patient, first MR image data are acquired with a quantitative magnetic resonance method before an irradiation of a target area of the patient, and second MR image data are acquired with the quantitative magnetic resonance method after the irradiation of the target area of the patient. The first MR image data and the second MR image data are compared, and output information is generated on the basis of a result of the comparison. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160058398 | ROTOR FOR A GANTRY OF A COMPUTED TOMOGRAPY APPARATUS - A rotor for a gantry of a computed tomography device is formed as a hollow body at least in one section. The hollow body has a hollow profile cross-section in at least one half-plane defined by the axis of rotation of the rotor. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160056803 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING HIGH-VOLTAGE PULSES - An apparatus and a method for generating high-voltage pulses using an inductive voltage adder, in which a first stage contains an electromagnetically coupling funnel-shaped intermediate piece positioned between a radial transmission line and a coaxial transmission line for transmitting electromagnetic waves from the radial transmission line into the coaxial transmission line. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160056794 | CONTROL FACILITY WITH ADAPTIVE FAULT COMPENSATION - A control facility for controlling a controlled system experiencing a disturbance includes a front nodal point receiving a target value and an actual value outputted by the controlled system and supplying a difference value corresponding to a difference between the target value and the actual value to a compensation circuit. The compensation circuit supplies a frequency-filtered and time-delayed signal formed as the sum of the weighted difference value and a weighted feedback signal as an input to a controller for the controlled system. The sum of a filter delay time and of first and second propagation delays is an integer multiple of the cycle duration of the disturbance, and a sum of the filter delay time and the first propagation delay is an integer multiple of the cycle duration minus a propagation time, which elapses until a change in the target value causes a change in the actual value. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160056674 | RELUCTANCE ROTOR WITH RUNUP AID - A rotor for a reluctance motor includes a laminate stack having layers. Each layer has a plurality of flux-conducting sections formed in each case by a magnetically conductive rotor lamination and extending transversely to a corresponding q axis. The flux-conducting sections are separated from one another by nonmagnetic flux barrier regions. An electrically conductive and non-ferromagnetic filler material is arranged in a plurality or all of the flux barrier regions of the layers to electrically connect the flux barrier regions of adjacent layers to one another so that cage bars of a rotor cage of the rotor which extend axially parallel or skewed with respect to the axis of rotation are formed by the filler material in the flux barrier regions. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160056673 | RELUCTANCE MOTOR AND ASSOCIATED ROTOR - A rotor for a reluctance motor having a laminate stack of layers is disclosed. Each layer has at least one magnetically-conductive rotor lamination, and in each layer a plurality of flux-conducting sections are formed by the at least one rotor lamination, which flux-conducting sections are separated from one another by a nonmagnetic region. The invention addresses the problem of enabling a high torque and a high speed. For this purpose, an insert disk is arranged between at least two of the layers, connected in each case to at least two flux-conducting sections of one of the layers or both of the layers between which said insert disk is arranged and, as a result, connects said flux-conducting sections to one another beyond the nonmagnetic region located there between. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160056633 | SUPPLY DEVICE FOR SUPPLYING ELECTRICAL CURRENT TO AN ELECTRICAL GRID AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A SUPPLY DEVICE OF THIS TYPE - A supply device supplies electrical current provided by at least one current source to an electrical grid, the supply device having at least one current converter that can be electrically coupled to the current source and at least one connection device which is electrically coupled to an electrical line via an input connection and electrically coupled to the current converter via the line. The connection device is designed to be electrically coupled on the output side to the electrical grid and to adapt an electrical voltage at the input connection to an electrical voltage of the electrical grid at the output side. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160056518 | ENERGY CONVERSION CELL HAVING AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CONVERSION UNIT - An energy conversion cell includes an electrochemical conversion unit. The energy conversion cell has an electrically positive side with a process gas supply and an electrically negative side. The electrochemical conversion unit, which has a self-supporting substrate and a number of functional layers, is disposed between the two sides. The electrochemical conversion unit has a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The negative electrode includes a porous metallic, self-supporting substrate. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160054414 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM - A magnetic resonance tomography system has a magnetic resonance scanner for performing a magnetic resonance examination, and a portable control processor having a first, wireless data interface for receiving control data for the magnetic resonance scanner from a data network, and a second, wireless data interface for transferring the control data to the magnetic resonance scanner. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160054408 | METHOD AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING AN ADJUSTING MEASUREMENT - In a method and magnetic resonance apparatus for performing at least one adjusting measurement for the magnetic resonance apparatus, a localizing measurement is performed using the magnetic resonance apparatus and a localization dataset is created, and at least one examination region on the localization dataset. At least one examination region of the localization dataset is selected, and at least one adjusting measurement is performed according to the at least one selected examination region. The at least one adjusting measurement can be the calculation of a radio-frequency pulse amplitude, the calculation of a system frequency and the calculation of at least one current of at least one shim coil. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160053615 | METHOD FOR RESTORING A COVER PLATE PRETENSION - A method for repairing a blade row, wherein the blades have cover plates and a disruptive gap has occurred between the cover plates, wherein in a first method step, a bracing element is arranged in the gap between the cover plates and, in a second method step, the element and the plates are welded together. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160047882 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE LOCATION OF A MOBILE DEVICE WITHIN A BUILDING, AND APPARATUSES FOR PERFORMING SAME - When an optical motion detector of a room device detects movement in a room in which it is installed, the room device transmits a radio message including its position. Upon receiving the radio message, a mobile device measures the signal strength to determine whether it is high. If the movement detected by the optical motion detector correlates chronologically with movement detected by an inertial movement sensor of the mobile device, the mobile device concludes that the mobile device is located in the room or in proximity of the position of the room device. The identity of the mobile device is protected, as no server or other device is required for positioning to which the mobile device would have to disclose the identity, position or sensor information thereof. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160047874 | QUIET MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHIC IMAGING - A magnetic resonance scan sequence is executed in which nuclear spins are prepared in a preparation region with preparation parameters. The scan sequence provides first image data that image a scan region. The first image data are based on magnetic resonance data acquired with ultrashort echo times. The first image data are combined with reference image data that map the scan region, in order to obtain a resultant image. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160045969 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COMPONENT OF A VACUUM INTERRUPTER - A method produces a component of a vacuum interrupter, such as a cover or a shielding part. These components are produced having a layer of a solder material. According to the method, the coating with the solder material is carried out by thermal spraying, in particular cold gas spraying. The components can be partially coated and only in a partial region. After developing the solder connection, the material flows out of the connection regions into the developing solder connection. Coating by thermal spraying allows larger components, such as housing components, to be partially coated and, in comparison. If electro-thermally silver-coating avoided, a more cost-effective production of the vacuum interrupter is possible. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160043651 | CONTROLLING PARALLEL CONVERTER SYSTEMS FOR WIND TURBINES - A method of controlling a power unit having a plurality of converter modules coupled in parallel, is configured to convert DC into AC voltages or AC into DC voltage. The method includes (a) receiving a control value for each phase of each converter module, (b) obtaining a set of phase current values for each converter module, (c) generating a compensation value for each phase of each converter module based on the set of phase current values and a set of stored data, the set of data representative of non-linearity characteristics of the converter modules as functions of phase current value, (d) generating a compensated control value for each phase of each converter module based on the corresponding control value and compensation value, and (e) supplying the compensated control values to the respective converter modules. A controller, power unit, wind turbine, computer program and computer program product are similarly configured. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160043422 | HIGH EFFICIENCY FUEL CELL SYSTEM WITH ANODE GAS CHEMICAL RECUPERATION AND CARBON CAPTURE - A method of providing anode gas exhaust from a fuel cell stack and carbon dioxide capture by feeding reformed fuel and air into a fuel cell stack where gas exhaust is fed to a series of oxidation/reduction beds to provide exit streams a) of H | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160041855 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING DATA ELEMENTS BETWEEN THREADS OF A PARALLEL COMPUTER SYSTEM - Transmitting data elements from source threads to sink threads, which are executed on a plurality of processor cores of a parallel computer system, by using at least one global logical queue, the at least one global logical queue including an associated physical queue for each of the plurality of processor cores and a data element management table that stores, for each source thread executed on a processor core, a count that specifies a total number of data elements that are enqueued by the respective source thread and that are located in one of the physical queues of the at least one global logical queue, and a processor core index that specifies a specific processor core associated with a physical queue that contains the data elements enqueued by the respective source thread. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160041249 | METHOD AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AT LEAST ONE COMBINATION IMAGE DATASET - In a method and apparatus for generating a magnetic resonance (MR) image MR data are acquired from a subject as datasets in parallel with multiple RF coils, with first parallel dataset being acquired with a first parameter set and at least one further parallel dataset being acquired with a second parameter set. A first intermediate image dataset and at least one further intermediate image dataset are reconstructed with at least one of (a) the first intermediate image dataset being reconstructed from said first parallel dataset using a calibration data item derived from said at least one further parameter set, and (b) said at least one further intermediate image dataset is reconstructed from said at least one further parallel dataset using a calibration data item derived from said first parameter set. A combination image dataset is generated by combining said first intermediate image dataset and said at least one further intermediate dataset. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160041247 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCELERATED MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING - In a method and apparatus for magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, a result image is provided based on multiple MR contrasts. The result image is indicative of a value of a magnetic parameter. MR data are acquired for the multiple contrasts at different time points, in each case following preparation of a magnetization. During the acquisition of the MR data, k-space is undersampled according to a respective undersampling scheme. The undersampling schemes of the different MR contrasts are different from one another. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160041242 | DYNAMIC METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RADIAL ACQUISITION OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE DATA - In method for determining a radial k-space trajectory, having multiple spokes, of an MR control sequence, a first whole number (N) is selected from a first subset of whole numbers. A first constant angular increment (dΦ) between respective spokes of the radial k-space trajectory that are spatially adjacent in k-space is determined as the quotient of π and the first whole number N. Subsequently, a second constant angular increment (Δk*dΦ) between spokes of the radial k-space trajectory that are measured sequentially in time is determined as the product from a second whole number (Δk) and the first constant angular increment dΦ, wherein the second whole number Δk is determined from a second subset of whole numbers. The first subset of whole numbers and/or the second subset of whole numbers are/is the set of prime numbers. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160040597 | METHOD FOR REDUCING THE CO EMISSIONS OF A GAS TURBINE, AND GAS TURBINE - A method for reducing the CO emissions of a gas turbine having a compressor, a turbine and an air preheater positioned upstream of the compressor, that permits technically simpler regulation without losses in terms of the quality of the reduction of the CO emissions. The heat transfer power of the air preheater is regulated on the basis of a minimum value for the inlet temperature of the compressor, wherein the minimum value is predefined as a function of the absolute power of the gas turbine. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160040558 | THERMAL POWER PLANT WITH A STEAM TURBINE - A thermal power plant has a primary heat supply, a steam generator, a steam turbine and an auxiliary gas turbine, wherein the primary heat supply is fluidically connected to the steam generator, wherein the auxiliary gas turbine is fluidically connected to the steam generator and is set up to keep the steam generator at a predefined minimum temperature when the primary heat supply is off-line, wherein a fan is encompassed, which fan is fluidically connected to the steam generator. A method is for the variable-power operation of such a thermal power plant, wherein the auxiliary gas turbine is brought on-line in dependence on an operating state of the primary heat supply, which is defined by the power to be provided by the latter. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160040553 | IMPINGEMENT RING ELEMENT ATTACHMENT AND SEALING - A turbine includes a supporting structure which extends along a circumferential direction of the turbine, wherein the supporting structure has a groove to guide cooling air. The groove extends along the circumferential direction. The turbine has a first impingement ring element having a plurality of first cooling holes and a second impingement ring element having a plurality of second cooling holes, wherein the first and second impingement ring elements are mounted one after another along the circumferential direction to the groove such that the groove is covered by the first and second impingement ring elements. A first coupling ring element is arranged between the first and second impingement ring elements such that the groove is covered by the first coupling ring element between the first impingement ring element and the second impingement ring element. The first coupling ring element forms a sliding contact with the second impingement ring element. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160040549 | METHOD FOR FLEXIBLE OPERATION OF A POWER PLANT - A method for flexible operation of a power plant having a recovery steam generator having heat exchanger stages for generating live steam and/or reheater steam for a steam turbine from an exhaust flow of a gas turbine, wherein auxiliary firing is arranged in a flue gas channel of the recovery steam generator in the region of the heat exchanger stages. In order to regulate the live steam and/or the reheater steam, at least one injection cooling device is brought online directly upon using the auxiliary firing. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160039985 | CELLULOSE MATERIAL HAVING IMPREGNATION AND USE OF THE CELLULOSE MATERIAL - Cellulose fibers are impregnated with polyethyleneimine so that the impregnation forms a type of network, which can reduce the specific resistance of the cellulose material owing to the electrical conductivity of the network. The cellulose material can thereby be advantageously adapted to use as electrical insulation of transformers, the cellulose material in this case being soaked in transformer oil. An adaptation of the specific resistance of the cellulose material to the specific resistance of the oil lead to improved dielectric strength of the transformer insulation. A method for impregnation of the cellulose material is described. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160038054 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO ACQUIRE MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGES IN A SESSION, WITH ACQUISITION OF A CONSISTENTLY VALID REFERENCE SCAN - In a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging method and apparatus, multiple diagnostic scans are obtained of an examination subject during an imaging session. An initial reference scan of the subject is obtained at the beginning of the session and, as the session proceeds, an automatic determination is made before each diagnostic scan is obtained as to whether the immediately preceding reference scan is still valid, primarily be checking whether an amount of patient movement has occurred that renders the immediately preceding reference scan invalid. Either a new reference scan is obtained before the next diagnostic scan, or, if still valid, the immediately preceding reference scan is used for the next diagnostic scan. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160036525 | SYSTEM FOR OPTICAL DATA TRANSMISSION, OPTICAL DATA RECEIVE UNIT, OPTICAL DATA TRANSMIT UNIT AND METHOD FOR OPTICAL DATA COMMUNICATION - A system for optical data transmission has at least a first optical data transmission component that has a first optical data receive unit. They system further has a second optical data transmission component that has a first optical data transmit unit, and the system further has at least one optical waveguide, through which the first optical data receive unit and the first optical data transmit unit connected and through which data are transmitted from the first optical data transmit unit to the first optical data receive unit. The first optical data receive unit has a first light power measuring unit for measuring the light power transmitted through the at least one optical waveguide, and the first light power measuring unit is designed to generate an electrical status signal depending on the measured light power, and to make that signal available to a first control unit. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160034688 | METHOD FOR PROTECTING AN AUTOMATION COMPONENT AGAINST PROGRAM MANIPULATIONS BY SIGNATURE RECONCILIATION - In a method for determining a threat situation for an automation component of the controller or field level, wherein the automation component has at least one essentially cyclic program behavior, a number of required program behaviors is established in a learning phase in a processor, and the determined required program behaviors are stored and compared cyclically with actual program behaviors, that are established in operation of the automation component. The result of the comparison is logically linked with results of other security components for verification as to whether a threat situation exists. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160033608 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY METHOD AND APPARATUS - In a magnetic resonance angiography method and apparatus, a time-of-flight sequence is used to acquire and enter k-space data, and a magnetic resonance angiography image is reconstructed from the k-space data. The time-of-flight sequence includes at least one saturation radio frequency pulse and multiple excitation radio frequency pulses. At least two of the excitation radio frequency pulses directly follow the saturation radio frequency pulse, and part of the k-space data is collected after each of the excitation pulses. Scanning time can thus be decreased, scanning efficiency can be improved, the electromagnetic absorption ratio can be reduced, and a venous magnetic resonance signal is still suppressed. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160033607 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD AND APPARATUS - In a magnetic resonance imaging method and apparatus, the scanner is operated with a multi-echo sequence in order to acquire k-space data of a multi-echo magnetic resonance signal, and the k-space data are used to reconstruct a magnetic resonance image. The multi-echo magnetic resonance signal is an asymmetric multi-echo magnetic resonance signal, and the asymmetric multi-echo magnetic resonance signal includes N asymmetric echo magnetic resonance signals, wherein N is greater than or equal to 2. Asymmetric echo magnetic resonance signals can be acquired in a dual-echo steady-state sequence, so that scanning time is reduced and the degree of comfort of a subject is improved because the magnetization process reaches a steady state quickly so the magnetic resonance signal is less affected by inhomogeneities that may exist in the basic magnetic field or a gradient magnetic field, and the intensity of the magnetic resonance signal is increased. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160033605 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACQUIRING MAGNETIC RESONANCE DATA - In a method and apparatus for acquiring magnetic resonance (MR) data from a subject, excitation pulses and at least two refocusing pulses are applied to the subject in an MR scanner, and the MR scanner is operated to activate gradients in a readout direction that cause at least two gradient echoes to be formed between the at least two successive refocusing pulses, with a temporal distance between the at least two gradient echoes that produces a predetermined phase shift between a signal acquired from a first nuclei in the subject and a signal acquired from a second nuclei in the subject at times of the respective gradient echoes, and that include readout gradients associated respectively with a first and a last gradient echo, among said at least two gradient echoes, the readout gradients being asymmetrical. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160033603 | METHOD AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE SYSTEM FOR DETECTING MR DATA - In a method and apparatus for detecting magnetic resonance (MR) data a slice is slice-selectively excited followed by irradiation of a refocusing pulse and activation of first and second phase encoding gradients, and a readout gradient, in order to read out MR data that are entered into a line of k-space. MR data for further multiple lines of k-space are acquired without the first phase encoding gradient being activated again, and follow radiation of another refocusing pulse. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160033602 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECORDING A MAGNETIC RESONANCE DATASET OF AT LEAST ONE FOREIGN BODY IN A PATIENT - In a method and apparatus for recording a magnetic resonance dataset of at least one foreign body in a target region of a patient, a magnetic resonance sequence having an ultra-short echo time, which is less than 500 μs is used for recording the magnetic resonance data. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160033579 | DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINE WITH INSULATION MONITORING - An air-cooled dynamo-electric machine, in particular an enclosed-ventilated dynamo-electric machine includes a stator with a winding system which forms end windings at the end faces of the stator. At least the end winding has at least one monitoring element in its insulation layer, or in an additional layer which is applied to this insulation layer, for the purpose of monitoring the insulation thickness of the end winding. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160033128 | POWER GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD TO OPERATE - A method to operate a power generation system and the device itself includes an oxy-fuel burner, a first heat exchanger assembly, and a rankine-cycle. The oxy-fuel burner generates an exhaust fluid submitted to an exhaust fluid line and the rankine-cycle is operated with the working media which is circulating separately from the exhaust fluid. The exhaust fluid line is provided with a recirculation line downstream the first heat exchanger assembly and upstream the working media heat exchanger extracting exhaust fluid from the exhaust fluid line, conducting extracted exhaust fluid to a compression unit to increase pressure and injecting downstream the extracted exhaust fluid into the oxy-fuel burner. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160032991 | MOBILE BRAKE DEVICE - A transmission or geared motor includes a mobile brake device which has a brake caliper provided with at least one friction lining on a caliper head of the brake caliper and an adjusting element on a caliper handle of the brake caliper. The friction surface can be moved by adjusting the adjusting element. The mobile brake device further includes a mounting device for detachably mounting the brake caliper on the transmission or the geared motor. The brake device is detachably mounted on the transmission or the geared motor, and the friction lining can be pressed against a brake disk of the transmission or the geared motor when the adjusting element is actuated. The brake disk is connected for conjoint rotation to a shaft of the transmission or the geared motor. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160032747 | SEALING ELEMENT FOR SEALING GAP - A sealing element for sealing a gap between two components, which can thermally move relative to each other and each have two substantially parallel component grooves, wherein the sealing element is directed along a main line and has, in a cross section substantially perpendicular to the main line, a first and second end segment and a middle region arranged between the end segments, to ensure an effective seal in the event of thermal expansions of the components that are comparatively large radially and to reduce thermal stresses and crack formations on the components. A third end segment having substantially the same extension direction as the first end segment is arranged on the middle region in parallel with the first end segment and a fourth end segment having substantially the same extension direction as the second end segment is arranged on the middle region in parallel with the second end segment. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160032617 | LOCK INSERT FOR A CYLINDER LOCK - A lock insert for a cylinder lock is disclosed for locking an electric switch, including a main part with an opening for receiving the cylinder lock. In an embodiment, the inner wall of the opening is designed to at least partially contact an outer wall of the cylinder lock, and in the inner wall at least one slot is formed to allow freedom of radial movement of locking elements in the cylinder lock, the positions of which correspond to a locked position of the cylinder lock. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160028282 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A ROTOR - In a method for producing a rotor, permanent magnets are arranged about a lateral surface in a recess of a rotor body from a selected position, e.g. a central position of the longitudinal extension of the rotor body, toward one side or toward two sides along an axis of rotation of the rotor body in side-by-side disposition. An end plate band covers a variable gap formed as a result of manufacturing tolerances of the permanent magnets between an outer face of an outermost one of the permanent magnets and an inner surface of the recess in an area of the recess which is non-parallel to the lateral surface. Subsequently, the permanent magnets and the end plate band are covered with a sleeve. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160027549 | RESISTANCE COVERING FOR A DC INSULATION SYSTEM - A resistance covering for a DC insulation system may be a matrix material with particles embedded therein, the particles having an aspect ratio greater than 1. The matrix material is flexible to such an extent that the particles align depending on an electric field strength. The particles can align in the electric field and thus a breakdown voltage of the resistance covering is increased. A DC insulation system may have the resistance covering. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160025869 | X-RAY RADIATION DETECTOR AND METHOD FOR MEASURING X-RAY RADIATION - An x-ray radiation detector is disclosed with an upper side, which faces an x-ray radiation source during operation, and with a semiconductor layer for direct conversion of x-ray radiation into electric measurement signals. In an embodiment, a luminous film is arranged between the upper side and the semiconductor layer, and with the aid of which luminous film, electromagnetic radiation can be coupled into the semiconductor layer. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160025834 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACQUIRING MAGNETIC RESONANCE DATA - A magnetic resonance data acquisition unit is operated according to an imaging protocol wherein at least one echo spacing exists following radiation of an excitation RF pulse, via an RF channel that includes an RF amplifier, and a subsequent readout of an echo. Loading of the RF amplifier is reduced by lengthening the echo spacing in the imaging protocol. One or more refocusing RF pulses are radiated with a lengthened echo spacing. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160025830 | METHOD, LOCAL COIL AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE APPARATUS FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING - In a method, a local coil, and an apparatus for magnetic resonance imaging, an examination subject is situated in a patient receiving area of the apparatus, together with at least one marker element. The apparatus is operated to perform a radio-frequency excitation of the at least one marker element, and to read out magnetic resonance signals that are emitted by the at least one marker element. An image data acquisition scanner of the magnetic resonance apparatus is adjusted using the magnetic resonance signals that have been read out. Magnetic resonance image data are acquired from the subject by operation of the adjusted image data acquisition scanner. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160024960 | GAS TURBINE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE GAS TURBINE - A gas turbine includes an intake tract and a compressor having a compressor flow channel. The compressor further includes an inlet guide vane row positioned in the compressor flow channel having inlet guide vanes that can be adjusted. The gas turbine has an icing sensor unit having at least one sensor arranged between a first compressor blade row and a first compressor guide vane row. The first compressor blade row is thereby arranged in the compressor flow channel directly downstream of the inlet guide vane row, and the first compressor guide vane row is arranged directly downstream of the first compressor blade row. A method detects an imminent icing of the compressor, and the compressor is safeguarded therefrom such that at least inlet guide vanes of the inlet guide vane row are adjusted such that the acceleration of an intake air mass flow is reduced. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160024941 | POROUS CERAMIC LAYER SYSTEM - A porous ceramic layer system is provided having two layers of porous layers with a tightly controlled and matched porosity. The layer system has a substrate, a metallic bonding layer on the substrate, an inner ceramic layer having a porosity, an outer ceramic layer on the inner ceramic layer, with a two-layered NiCoCrAlX layer as the metallic bonding layer, with a lower NiCoCrAlY layer, in which the content of chromium (Cr) in the lower NiCoCrAlY layer is less than the content of chromium (Cr) in the outer NiCoCrAlY layer. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160024939 | Rotor blade assembly, turbomachine comprising a rotor blade assembly and method of assembling a rotor blade assembly - A rotor blade assembly has aerofoil, root and supplementary components. The aerofoil component includes an aerofoil shaped section and aerofoil connection section for connecting the aerofoil component with the root component. The root component includes a first platform section, first root connection section and root section arranged for securing the root component to a further component. The supplementary component includes a second platform section and second root connection section. The aerofoil shaped section includes metal foam. The aerofoil component, root component and supplementary component are arranged such that the root component and supplementary component are attached to each other; the first platform section and second platform section build a common platform of the rotor blade assembly; the first root connection section and the second root connection section build a common cavity between the common platform and the root section; and the aerofoil connection section is secured in the common cavity. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160023218 | DRIVE CONTROL METHOD AND DRIVE SYSTEM OPERATING ACCORDING TO SAID METHOD - In a drive control method for a vertical mill having a grinding plate rotatable about the vertical axis and being drivable by a drive train that includes an electric motor and a gearbox, a rotational speed of the grinding plate is varied cyclically, especially intermittently. A corresponding drive system operating according to the method is also disclosed. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160020654 | LAMINATED ROTOR CORE OF A ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE - A laminated rotor core of a rotating electric machine includes a base body having a tubular shape with a number of axial rotor segments which project radially outwards. A block magnet is connected by a form fit to the base body, and an individual segment is connected by a form fit to the block magnet and arranged between two of such block magnets which are disposed between two neighboring ones of the rotor segments. The individual segment has a surface which faces the block magnet and includes an individual segment spring element upon which the block magnet rests. The individual segment spring element is configured as an axial contact lug which extends in parallel relationship to a slot of the individual segment in an edge area in which the contact lug is disposed. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160020601 | POWER BAY PROTECTION DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR PORTECTING POWER BAYS - A power bay protection device which receives a fuse input based on a condition of a fuse for a power bay management device and an undercurrent input related to an undercurrent for one of power lines of the power bay, processes the fuse input based on fuse condition and the undercurrent input and detects a broken conductor in another power bay. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160018490 | BODY-INSERTABLE DEVICE WITH AN MR COIL AND A SHIN COIL - A medical device to be introduced into the body of a subject has at least one MR coil that can be introduced into the body at the same time and at least one shim coil that can be introduced into the body at the same time. The device can be formed as an endorectal probe, vaginal probe and transesophageal probe as well as an implant. | 01-21-2016 |
