Patents by Inventor Alexander Brand

Alexander Brand has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240139010
    Abstract: A gastric bypass device includes an occlusion device that is adapted to be deployed relative to a patient's pyloric sphincter and a liner that extends distally from the occlusion device. A tether extends from the occlusion device. A dynamic leash may be secured relative to the occlusion device and may work in conjunction with the tether to help hold the occlusion device in place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicants: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., MAYO FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
    Inventors: Roger W. McGowan, Barham K. Abu Dayyeh, Alexander James Wiedmann, Daniel Lee Krautkremer, Jessica Brand
  • Publication number: 20240139011
    Abstract: A gastric bypass device includes an occlusion device that is adapted to be deployed relative to a patient's pyloric sphincter, an anastomosis anchor that is adapted to be deployed relative to an anastomosis between the patient's stomach and their small intestine, and a tether that extends through the patient's small intestine between the occlusion device and the anastomosis anchor. A dynamic leash may be secured relative to the occlusion device and may work in conjunction with the tether to help hold the occlusion device in place. The gastric bypass device may be deployed using a variety of methods including a push-pull wire method, a rail method, a garage method, a two-piece method and a comprehensive method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicants: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Roger W. McGowan, Barham K. Abu Dayyeh, Daniel Lee Krautkremer, Jessica Brand, Alexander James Wiedmann, Andrew O'Brien
  • Publication number: 20240076887
    Abstract: A clamp apparatus is used for securing one end of a flexible sheet spanning under tension across a building opening relative to a perimeter beam along the edge of the building opening. The clamp apparatus has a C-shaped channel body having (i) a first flange with a threaded bore therein to receive a bolt defining a first clamping jaw and (ii) a second flange defining an opposing second clamping jaw, whereby the clamp apparatus clamps a perimeter mounted flange of the flexible sheet onto a beam flange of the perimeter beam. C-shaped stiffener plates are mounted externally on the channel body, spaced apart from one another along the length of the channel body in perpendicular relation to the length to reinforce the clamp such that the clamp is able to withstand high wind forces acting on the tensioned sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Joseph Kuffner, Ryan Brand Hunter, Alexander Paul Lentowich
  • Patent number: 11511506
    Abstract: A rotary tablet press comprises a rotor comprising a rotary drive configured to rotate the rotor and a die plate that rotates with the rotor and comprises a plurality of cavities and a plurality of upper and lower punches. A rotational speed governor is configured to drive the rotary drive of the rotor by comparing a measured rotor rotational speed with a target rotational speed value. A pilot control apparatus is configured to provide an additional target torque for driving the rotary drive. The additional target torque is based on values of a pressing force of at least one of the upper and lower punches input into the pilot control apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Fette Compacting GmbH
    Inventor: Alexander Brand
  • Patent number: 10519804
    Abstract: An oil chamber wall arrangement is described as comprising: a chamber wall surrounding a rotor; a plurality of apertures defining through-holes for a flow of oil through the chamber wall, the apertures being defined by a pair of axially separated opposing walls and a pair of circumferentially opposing walls wherein the circumferentially opposing walls are separated by a midline which is radial to the rotational axis of the rotor and at least one of the pair of circumferentially opposing walls is not parallel to the radial midline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventor: Merijn Alexander Brand Van Den Berg
  • Patent number: 10347566
    Abstract: A carrier and the clip are used to produce a packaging having a lead frame by connection to the chip using sintering of the solidified sintering pastes in one work step. The carrier may be a lead frame and a clip for at least one semiconductor element has at least one functional surface for connecting to the semiconductor element and a plurality of connections. The material of the earlier or of the clip includes a metal and a layer made of a solidified sintering paste. The sintering paste may contain silver and/or a silver compound. The sintering paste is arranged on the functional surface. The carrier or clip and the layer made of sintering paste form an intermediate product that can be connected to the semiconductor element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: HERAEUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Michael Benedikt, Thomas Krebs, Michael Schäfer, Wolfgang Schmitt, Andreas Hinrich, Andreas Klein, Alexander Brand, Martin Bleifuss
  • Publication number: 20190193362
    Abstract: A rotary tablet press comprises a rotor comprising a rotary drive configured to rotate the rotor and a die plate that rotates with the rotor and comprises a plurality of cavities and a plurality of upper and lower punches. A rotational speed governor is configured to drive the rotary drive of the rotor by comparing a measured rotor rotational speed with a target rotational speed value. A pilot control apparatus is configured to provide an additional target torque for driving the rotary drive. The additional target torque is based on values of a pressing force of at least one of the upper and lower punches input into the pilot control apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: Fette Compacting GmbH
    Inventor: Alexander Brand
  • Publication number: 20190119533
    Abstract: An electrically conductive composition as an electrically conductive adhesive for mechanically and electrically connecting at least one contact of a solar cell with an electrical conductor is provided. The contact is selected from emitter contacts and collector contacts and the electrically conductive composition contains (A) 2 to 35 vol.-% silver particles having an average particle size of 1 to 25 ?m and exhibiting an aspect ratio in the range of 5 to 30:1, (B) 10 to 63 vol.-% non-metallic particles having an average particle size of 1 to 25 ?m and exhibiting an aspect ratio in the range of 1 to 3:1, (C) 30 to 80 vol.-% of a curable resin system, and (D) 0 to 10 vol.-% of at least one additive, in which the sum of the vol.-% of particles (A) and (B) totals 25 to 65 vol.-%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Daniel HANSELMANN, Tanja DICKEL, Alexander BRAND, Sebastian FRITZSCHE, Markus KOENIG
  • Publication number: 20170369745
    Abstract: An electrically conductive composition as an electrically conductive adhesive for mechanically and electrically connecting at least one contact of a solar cell with an electrical conductor is provided. The contact is selected from emitter contacts and collector contacts and the electrically conductive composition contains (A) 2 to 35 vol.-% silver particles having an average particle size of 1 to 25 ?m and exhibiting an aspect ratio in the range of 5 to 30:1, (B) 10 to 63 vol.-% non-metallic particles having an average particle size of 1 to 25 um and exhibiting an aspect ratio in the range of 1 to 3:1, (C) 30 to 80 vol.-% of a curable resin system, and (D) 0 to 10 vol.-% of at least one additive, in which the sum of the vol.-% of particles (A) and (B) totals 25 to 65 vol.-%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Daniel HANSELMANN, Tanja DICKEL, Alexander BRAND, Sebastian FRITZSCHE, Markus KOENIG
  • Publication number: 20170314417
    Abstract: An oil chamber wall arrangement is described as comprising: a chamber wall surrounding a rotor; a plurality of apertures defining through-holes for a flow of oil through the chamber wall, the apertures being defined by a pair of axially separated opposing walls and a pair of circumferentially opposing walls wherein the circumferentially opposing walls are separated by a midline which is radial to the rotational axis of the rotor and at least one of the pair of circumferentially opposing walls is not parallel to the radial midline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventor: Merijn Alexander Brand VAN DEN BERG
  • Publication number: 20170117209
    Abstract: A carrier and the clip are used to produce a packaging having a lead frame by connection to the chip using sintering of the solidified sintering pastes in one work step. The carrier may be a lead frame and a clip for at least one semiconductor element has at least one functional surface for connecting to the semiconductor element and a plurality of connections. The material of the carrier or of the clip includes a metal and a layer made of a solidified sintering paste. The sintering paste may contain silver and/or a silver compound. The sintering paste is arranged on the functional surface. The carrier or clip and the layer made of sintering paste form an intermediate product that can be connected to the semiconductor element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: HERAEUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Michael BENEDIKT, Thomas KREBS, Michael SCHÄFER, Wolfgang SCHMITT, Andreas HINRICH, Andreas KLEIN, Alexander BRAND, Martin BLEIFUSS
  • Publication number: 20060013722
    Abstract: The introduction of undesired intermetallic phases (IMP) is reduced in lead-free solder joints. For this purpose, solder pastes are prepared, which have a metal powder mixture that generates a melting range of at least about 5° Kelvin and preferably less than about 30° Kelvin. Suitable for this purpose are metal powder mixtures, in which the melting points of the metal powder components lie apart from each other more than about 5° Kelvin, particularly more than about 10° Kelvin, preferably more than about 15° K, and optionally less than about 30° Kelvin, particularly up to about 25° Kelvin. However, metal powder mixtures are also possible, in which the melting point spread can equal about 100° Kelvin and more, if the higher melting component dissolves in the melt below the melting point of this component, so that the melting range can be held under about 30° Kelvin. With these solder pastes undesired intermetallic phases can be held nearly arbitrarily low.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2005
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Alexander Brand, Steffen Grebner, Wolfgang Schmitt, Jorg Trodler
  • Patent number: 6016831
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pressure regulator for a fuel system. The pressure regulator includes a housing assembled out of at least two housing parts. A membrane unit is securely installed in a sealed fashion between the housing parts. The securing region that securely holds the two housing parts and the membrane unit in a sealed fashion has an elastic region so that the desired secure connection is assured by simply snapping the two housing parts together. The device is provided in particular for regulating a pressure in a fuel system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Bueser, Dietmar Schmieder, Willi Strohl, Dieter Issler, Jochen Rose, Alexander Brand, Rudolf Meidinger, Erich Eiler, Frantisek Buric, Jaroslay Moucka