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Andrea Ast, Darmstadt DE
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20080260673 | Conditioning Composition - The present invention is related to composition for conditioning keratin fibres especially human hair with reduced bulk density. The inventors of the present invention have found out that a conditioning composition comprising at least one shear thickening polymer and at least one conditioning compound and having reduced bulk density solves the above mentioned problems in an outstanding environmental compatible way. Since the reduced bulk density the composition is perceived light which for example cause no weigh down effect. The reduced bulk density at the same time improves and optimizes spreadability of the composition to the applied sites and therewith optimizes as well the uptake, in other words, the effect of such composition. Accordingly the subject of the present invention is an aqueous conditioning composition for keratin fibres especially human hair comprising at least one shear thinning polymer, at least one conditioning compound, at least one gas and having a bulk density in the range of 0.3 to 0.9 g/ml measured at 20° C. wherein composition is not released or stored under pressure. | 10-23-2008 |
20090041706 | CONDITIONING COMPOSITION FOR HAIR - The present invention is related to a conditioning composition for hair comprising at least one polyphenol and at least one silicone quaternary compound. The conditioning composition of the present invention can be in the form of a shampoo, cleansing—conditioning composition, or in the form of a conditioner used after washing hair with cleansing compositions. It has surprisingly been found out that a composition comprising at least one polyphenol and at least one silicone quaternary compound protects hair from environmental influences and hair treated with such a composition looks attractive and has its natural excellent shine, volume and body, elasticity and it is easily manageable. Accordingly the first object of the present invention is a conditioning composition for hair comprising at least one polyphenol and at least one silicone quaternary compound. | 02-12-2009 |
20090041707 | CONDITIONING COMPOSITION FOR HAIR - The present invention is related to a conditioning composition for hair comprising at least one arylated silicone and at least one silicone quaternary compound. The conditioning composition of the present invention can be in the form of a shampoo, cleansing-conditioning composition, or in the form of a conditioner used after washing hair with cleansing compositions. It has surprisingly been found out that a composition comprising at least one arylated silicone and at least one silicone quaternary compound gives hair its natural excellent shine, volume and body, elasticity and it is easily manageable. | 02-12-2009 |
20140101867 | COLOURING COMPOSITION - Present invention is related to an aqueous colouring composition for keratin fibres especially human hair. The object of the present invention is an aqueous hair colouring composition comprising at least one direct dye and at least one alkyl methicone. | 04-17-2014 |
Bradley A. Ast, Garden Plain, KS US
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20120204672 | ADJUSTABLE CONTROL SYSTEM - A control system for a work vehicle includes an armrest having a first support and a control grip having a second support. The first support is configured to permit selectable movement of the armrest. The second support is configured to permit selectable movement of the control grip. The armrest and the control grip are independently movable from each other. The first support and the second support are configured to receive a common fastener to secure the first support and the second support to a surface of the work vehicle. | 08-16-2012 |
Cindy Ast, Washington, DC US
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20140356896 | Transmembrane Protein as Biosensors - The disclosure relates to engineered transport proteins comprising at last one fluorescent reporter covalently bound to the transporter protein, wherein the transporter proteins comprise a structural inverted repeat motif, with the motif comprising a first and second subunit that are structural inverted repeats of one another and that are joined to one another by a polypeptide loop. | 12-04-2014 |
Gabor Ast, Schwaz AT
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20120125002 | RANKINE CYCLE INTEGRATED WITH ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLE AND ABSORPTION CHILLER CYCLE - A power generation system is provided. The system comprises a first Rankine cycle-first working fluid circulation loop comprising a heater, an expander, a heat exchanger, a recuperator, a condenser, a pump, and a first working fluid; integrated with a) a second Rankine cycle-second working fluid circulation loop comprising a heater, an expander, a condenser, a pump, and a second working fluid comprising an organic fluid; and b) an absorption chiller cycle comprising a third working fluid circulation loop comprising an evaporator, an absorber, a pump, a desorber, a condenser, and a third working fluid comprising a refrigerant. In one embodiment, the first working fluid comprises CO | 05-24-2012 |
20120131927 | Advanced Optics and Optical Access for Laser Ignition for Gas Turbines Including Aircraft Engines - A laser ignition system for an internal combustion engine, and more specifically a gas turbine engine, is provided. The system including a laser light source configured to generate a laser beam, an ignition port configured to provide optimized optical access of the laser beam to a combustion chamber and an optical beam guidance component disposed between the laser light source and the ignition port. The optical beam guidance component is configured to include optimized optic components to transmit the laser beam to irradiate on a fuel mixture supplied into the combustion chamber to generate a combustor flame in a flame region. A method for igniting a fuel mixture in an internal combustion engine is also presented. | 05-31-2012 |
20120272648 | INTEGRATED GENERATOR COOLING SYSTEM - An expansion system is presented. One embodiment of the expansion system that includes a pump configured to pressurize a condensed working fluid received from a condenser. The expansion system further includes a heat exchanger coupled to the pump and configured to vaporize the condensed working fluid received from the pump. The expansion system also includes an expander coupled to the heat exchanger and configured to expand the vaporized working fluid flowing from an inlet side of the expander to an outlet side of the expander. In addition, the expansion system includes a generator coupled to the expander and configured to generate energy in response to the expansion of the vaporized working fluid. Further, the expansion system includes an integrated cooling unit configured to convey at least a portion of the condensed working fluid from an inlet side of the generator to an outlet side of the generator to dissipate heat generated by the generator. | 11-01-2012 |
Gabor Ast, Graching DE
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20110094230 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE IN AN AIR COMPRESSION AND EXPANSION SYSTEM - A system includes a compression system fluidly coupled to a compartment to compress a first quantity of gas for storage in the compartment, the compression system including a compression path to convey the first quantity of gas; an expansion system fluidly coupled to the compartment to expand a second quantity of gas from the compartment, the expansion system including an expansion path to convey the second quantity of gas; a first path fluidly coupled to the compression path to convey the first quantity of gas to the compartment; a second path fluidly coupled to the expansion path to convey the second quantity of gas from the compartment to the expansion system; and a separation unit fluidly coupled to one of the first path, second path, compression path, and expansion path, wherein the separation unit removes a quantity of carbon dioxide from one of the first and second quantities of gas. | 04-28-2011 |
Gabor Ast, Garching Bei Muenchen DE
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20100263842 | HEAT EXCHANGER WITH SURFACE-TREATED SUBSTRATE - An organic rankine cycle system for recovering and utilizing waste heat from a waste heat source by using a closed circuit of a working fluid is provided. The organic rankine cycle system includes at least one evaporator. The evaporator further includes a surface-treated substrate for promoting nucleate boiling of the working fluid thereby limiting the temperature of the working fluid below a predetermined temperature. The evaporator is further configured to vaporize the working fluid by utilizing the waste heat from the waste heat source. | 10-21-2010 |
Gabor Ast, Bavaria DE
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20100122534 | TWO-PHASE EXPANSION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENERGY RECOVERY - A closed loop expansion system for energy recovery includes a heat exchanger for using heat from a heat source to heat a working fluid of the closed loop expansion system to a temperature below the vaporization point of the working fluid; a radial inflow expander for receiving the working fluid from the heat exchanger and for expanding and partially vaporizing the working fluid; a screw expander for receiving the working fluid from the radial inflow turbine and for further expanding and vaporizing the working fluid; and a condenser for receiving the working fluid from the screw expander and for liquefying the working fluid. | 05-20-2010 |
Gabor Ast, Jenbach AT
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20120266597 | Integration of Waste Heat from Charge Air Cooling Into a Cascaded Organic Rankine Cycle System - The present application and the resultant patent provide a waste heat recovery system. The waste heat recovery system may include a first organic rankine cycle system, a second organic rankine cycle system, and one or more preheaters. The preheaters may be one or more charge air coolers. The charge air coolers may be in communication with the first organic rankine cycle system, the second organic rankine cycle system, or both the first organic rankine cycle system and the second rankine cycle system. | 10-25-2012 |
20120285169 | ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLE SYSTEMS USING WASTE HEAT FROM CHARGE AIR COOLING - The present application and the resultant patent provide a waste heat recovery system for recovering heat from a number of turbocharger stages. The waste heat recovery system may include a simple organic rankine cycle system and a number of charge air coolers in communication with the turbocharger stages and the simple organic rankine cycle system. The charge air coolers are positioned in a number of parallel branches of the simple organic rankine cycle system. | 11-15-2012 |
Gabor Ast, Munchen DE
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20130081395 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING ELECTRIC POWER - A system includes a gas turbine system, a thermal energy storage device, and a heat recovery system. The gas turbine system is powered by solar energy to generate a first amount of electric power. The thermal energy storage device is coupled to the gas turbine system. The thermal energy storage device is configured to selectively receive expanded exhaust gas from the gas turbine system and store heat of the expanded exhaust gas. The heat recovery system is coupled to the gas turbine system and the thermal energy storage device. The heat recovery system is selectively powered by at least one of the gas turbine system and the thermal energy storage device to generate a second amount of electric power. | 04-04-2013 |
20140109844 | INTEGRATED REFORMER AND WASTE HEAT RECOVERY SYSTEM FOR POWER GENERATION - A power generation system is provided. The power generation system includes a reformer system for producing syngas for an internal combustion engine. The reformer system includes a reforming unit having a catalyst for thermochemical conversion of a first portion of a hydrocarbon fuel to the syngas. The power generation system also includes a waste heat recovery system including at least one organic Rankine cycle flow path of working fluid, at least one waste heat recovery exchanger, for extracting waste heat from the reformer system, and at least one evaporator for using the extracted waste heat for heating the working fluid. | 04-24-2014 |
Gabor Ast, Munich DE
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20130174550 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLD STARTUP OF RANKINE CYCLE DEVICES - A Rankine cycle device includes a heat exchanger for supplying heat to a working fluid and an expansion device for expanding the working fluid. A valve is disposed between the heat exchanger and the expansion device and a cooling device is reduces a temperature of the working fluid. A pump moves the working fluid through the Rankine cycle device and a sensor is used to sense a pressure of the working fluid. A controller is operable to open the valve based upon the sensed pressure of the working fluid. | 07-11-2013 |
Holger Ast, Albstadt DE
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20100031799 | Method and Tool for Producing a Surface of Predetermined Roughness - For producing a cylindrical surface that has a surface structure of predetermined geometry suitable for application of material by thermal spraying, a geometrically predetermined groove structure of minimal depth and width is introduced into the surface by a tool embodied as a follow-on tool in that a groove cross-section is processed successively to a final size. In order for the surface to be producible in mass production with constant quality, the groove structure is worked in such that first a base groove is introduced with a groove bottom width that is smaller than the groove bottom width of the finished groove. Subsequently, at least one flank of the base groove is processed for producing an undercut groove profile by a non-cutting action or cutting action wherein the introduced groove structure is deformed in such a way that the groove openings are constricted by upsetting deformations of material. | 02-11-2010 |
20120321402 | MULTI-BLADE CUTTING AND DRILLING FINISHING TOOL - Described is a multi-blade cutting and drilling finishing tool, in particular a reamer, for machining deep, especially stepped bores. Said tool comprises a set of blades having a predetermined nominal diameter and blades that are distributed in a substantially regular manner along the circumference. In order to make it easier to guide the tool along the central axis, a set of guiding strips in the form of very accurately placed and preferably cylindrically ground cutting inserts is located behind the set of blades in the advancing direction. Each of said cutting inserts is axially flush with the blades of the adjacent set of blades in the advancing direction of the tool and has a nominal diameter which is smaller than the nominal diameter of the set of blades substantially by twice the size of a lubrication gap forming when the tool is used. | 12-20-2012 |
Jean Charles Ast, Belfort FR
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20120194016 | PHASE RING ASSEMBLY - The phase ring assembly includes a support ring carrying a plurality of phase rings provided with connection arms that are bent to the phase rings. The connection arms are placed between the phase rings and the support ring. The support ring has recessed seats housing the connection arms. | 08-02-2012 |
Oliver Ast, Bassersdorf CH
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20120244112 | MUTANT INTERLEUKIN-2 POLYPEPTIDES - The present invention generally relates to mutant interleukin-2 polypeptides that exhibit reduced affinity to the α-subunit of the IL-2 receptor, for use as immunotherapeutic agents. In addition, the invention relates to immunoconjugates comprising said mutant IL-2 polypeptides, polynucleotide molecules encoding the mutant IL-2 polypeptides or immunoconjugates, and vectors and host cells comprising such polynucleotide molecules. The invention further relates to methods for producing the mutant IL-2 polypeptides or immunoconjugates, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and uses thereof. | 09-27-2012 |
20120276125 | NOVEL IMMUNOCONJUGATES - The present invention generally relates to antigen-specific immunoconjugates for selectively delivering effector moieties that influence cellular activity. More specifically, the invention provides novel immunoconjugates comprising a first antigen binding moiety, an Fc domain and a single effector moiety. In addition, the present invention relates to polynucleotides encoding such immunoconjugates, and vectors and host cells comprising such polynucleotides. The invention further relates to methods for producing the immunoconjugates of the invention, and to methods of using these immunoconjugates in the treatment of disease. | 11-01-2012 |
20130078249 | BISPECIFIC T CELL ACTIVATING ANTIGEN BINDING MOLECULES - The present invention generally relates to novel bispecific antigen binding molecules for T cell activation and re-direction to specific target cells. In addition, the present invention relates to polynucleotides encoding such bispecific antigen binding molecules, and vectors and host cells comprising such polynucleotides. The invention further relates to methods for producing the bispecific antigen binding molecules of the invention, and to methods of using these bispecific antigen binding molecules in the treatment of disease. | 03-28-2013 |
20130078250 | BISPECIFIC T CELL ACTIVATING ANTIGEN BINDING MOLECULES - The present invention generally relates to novel bispecific antigen binding molecules for T cell activation and re-direction to specific target cells. In addition, the present invention relates to polynucleotides encoding such bispecific antigen binding molecules, and vectors and host cells comprising such polynucleotides. The invention further relates to methods for producing the bispecific antigen binding molecules of the invention, and to methods of using these bispecific antigen binding molecules in the treatment of disease. | 03-28-2013 |
Sandra Ast, Potsdam DE
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20130344607 | PI-CONJUGATED FLUOROIONOPHORES AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN ALKALI ION - The present invention relates to π-conjugated fluoroionophores, methods for their preparation, and their use and a method for determining an alkali ion. | 12-26-2013 |
Stefan Ast, Munchen DE
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20110208491 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ITERATIVE SIMULATION OF AN OPERATION OF A DEVICE - A method and a respective apparatus for simulating a behaviour of a device does not have to change the mode of operation of the device. Furthermore it is possible to simulate improvement strategy step-wise and therefore calculate an impact of a process improvement project. Therefore an iterative simulation procedure is provided, which may find application in process improvement, such as software engineering process improvement, as well as optimization of performance parameters of devices and machines. | 08-25-2011 |
20110218649 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AT LEAST ONE DEVICE CONTROL INSTRUCTION - A method and an apparatus provide a quantitative process simulation model with systematic search and optimization techniques to automatically find and compare improvement strategies and especially provide for inspecting at least one device control instruction. Input parameters are transformed into output parameters, while a performance value is measured and based on said measurement appropriate device control instructions, which are used for transforming the input parameters into output parameters, are output. Application can be found in several scenarios related to process engineering, process optimization and especially optimizing performance values for operating a device. | 09-08-2011 |