Patents by Inventor Alexander Frank

Alexander Frank 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: 20240136912
    Abstract: A power converter for an onboard electrical system of a vehicle which can be electrically driven, has a first line for a first potential, a second line for a second potential which differs from the first potential, and a third line for a reference potential which lies between the first potential and the second potential. A filter device has a first capacitor and a second capacitor and is designed to establish a first electrically conductive connection between the first line and the third line via the first capacitor and an electrically conductive connection between the second line and the third line via the second capacitor on the basis of control information and sever the electrically conductive connections along at least one current direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Valeo eAutomotive Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Guido RASEK, Alexander BUCHER, Georgios LEMPIDIS, Maximilian Frank GERNER
  • Publication number: 20240104171
    Abstract: Techniques for collecting, synchronizing, and displaying various types of data relating to a road segment enable, via one or more local or remote processors, servers, transceivers, and/or sensors, (i) enhanced and contextualized analysis of vehicle events by way of synchronizing different data types, relating to a monitored road segment, collected via various different types of data sources; (ii) enhanced and contextualized analysis of filed insurance claims pertaining to a vehicle incident at a road segment; (iii) advantageous machine learning techniques for predicting a level of risk assumed for a given vehicle event or a given road segment; (iv) techniques for accounting for region-specific driver profiles when controlling autonomous vehicles; and/or (v) improved techniques for providing a GUI to display collected data in a meaningful and contextualized manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Alexander Cardona, Kip Wilson, David Frank, Phillip Michael Wilkowski, Nolan White
  • Patent number: 11938806
    Abstract: The invention is related to an integrated drive system including an electric motor having a stator and a rotor, an inverter configured to control the electric motor, a gearbox configured to transmit a torque provided by the electric motor, and a coolant system, wherein the coolant system includes a cooling fluid, configured to follow one cooling path for cooling the inverter, the rotor, the stator and the gearbox.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: VALEO SIEMENS EAUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Finger-Albert, Alexander Frank
  • Publication number: 20240096842
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a SiC power semiconductor device includes: providing a SiC power semiconductor die; depositing a metallization layer over the power semiconductor die, the metallization layer including a first metal; arranging the power semiconductor die over a die carrier such that the metallization layer faces the die carrier, the die carrier being at least partially covered by a plating that includes Ni; and diffusion soldering the power semiconductor die to the die carrier such that a first intermetallic compound is formed between the power semiconductor die and the plating, the first intermetallic compound including Ni3Sn4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Ralf Otremba, Gregor Langer, Paul Frank, Alexander Heinrich, Alexandra Ludsteck-Pechloff, Daniel Pedone
  • Patent number: 11932693
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to antibodies having the ability to bind to the immune checkpoint protein programmed death-1 (PD-1), such as human PD-1, or nucleic acids encoding such antibodies, wherein the antibodies comprise modifications in the Fc region eliminating or reducing a Fc-mediated effector function of the antibodies. The present disclosure also relates to compositions or kits comprising said antibodies or nucleic acids, as well as to the use of these antibodies or nucleic acids or compositions in the field of medicine, preferably in the field of immunotherapy, e.g., for the treatment of cancers. The present invention further relates to methods for inducing an immune response in a subject comprising providing to the subject an antibody of the present disclosure or one or more nucleic acids encoding such an antibody, or a composition comprising said antibody or nucleic acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: BioNTech SE, Genmab A/S
    Inventors: Ugur Sahin, Sina Fellermeier-Kopf, Friederike Gieseke, Karsten Beckmann, Claudia Paulmann, Alexander Muik, Ivan Kuzmanov, Esther Cornelia Wilhelmina Breij, Patricia Garrido Castro, Jordan Blum, Lars Guelen, Joost Neijssen, Bart-Jan De Kreuk, Richard Hibbert, Janine Schuurman, Aran Frank Labrijn
  • Patent number: 11933643
    Abstract: An inductive angle measuring device includes a scanning element and a scale element having scale tracks. First and third scale tracks have an equal first number of scale structures, and a second scale track has a different number of scale structures. The scale tracks are arranged circumferentially and concentrically about an axis, such that the first scale track is located radially inwardly, the second scale track is located radially between the first scale track and the third scale track, and the third scale track is located radially outwardly. The scanning element includes receiver conductors by which the signals having angle-related signal periods can be generated. The first signal period is equal to the third signal period. An overall signal can be generated from the first signal and the third signal and can be combined with the second signal for determining absolute angle position information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: DR. JOHANNES HEIDENHAIN GMBH
    Inventors: Marc Oliver Tiemann, Martin Heumann, Alexander Frank
  • Publication number: 20240070888
    Abstract: A system is provided for automatic identification and annotation of objects in a point cloud in real time. The system can automatically annotate a point cloud that identifies coordinates of objects in three-dimensional space while data is being collected for the point cloud. The system can train models of physical objects based on training data, and apply the models to point clouds that are generated by various point cloud generating devices to annotate the points in the point clouds with object identifiers. The solution of automatically annotated point cloud can be used for various applications, such as blueprints, map navigation, and determination of robotic movement in a warehouse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher Frank Eckman, Alexander Ming Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240025588
    Abstract: A handling device for a filling of one or several product-receiving containers (12) with products (14) includes at least one feeding unit (16) for a feeding of the products (14), further includes at least one handling unit (18) for a handling of the products (14), and includes at least one alignment unit (20), which is configured for an alignment, at least with respect to a vertical plane (22), of the products (14) transferred to the alignment unit (20) by the handling unit (18) in order to feed the products (14) to the product-receiving containers (12) in a predetermined orientation. The alignment unit (20) includes at least one transfer element (24) and at least one support element (32), which are configured to alternatingly hold the products (14) in the product-receiving containers (12) in the predetermined orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Alexander Frank, Philipp Kathan
  • Patent number: 11807468
    Abstract: A packaging transport device has a support unit (10) including a first support surface (12), which defines a first track section (11), and at least one second support surface (14), which defines a second track section (13) and is tilted relative to the first support surface (12) around a tilt axis (16) running in a transport direction (15), the packaging transport device further including a driving member (17) and drivers (18), which are connected with the driving member (17), and are supported movably around the tilt axis (16), wherein the driving member (17) is implemented by a belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Syntegon Packaging Systems AG
    Inventor: Alexander Frank
  • Patent number: 11803515
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for defragmentation in deduplication storage systems. Machine language determines using deduplication metadata that at least some of an incoming input/output stream is a duplicate of at least part of a source volume whose physical locations of its stored data are fragmented in backend storage. Subsequently, defragmentation is carried out on the stored data by using the incoming input/output stream to write the data into sequential chunks at new physical locations in the backend storage and updating the source volume location mappings to the new physical locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Roderick Guy Charles Moore, Denis Alexander Frank, Lee Jason Sanders
  • Publication number: 20230223814
    Abstract: A stator arrangement of an electric machine having a substantially cylindrical stator carrier with a radially inner joining surface and with a radially outer joining surface. A lamination stack is arranged at the inner joining surface, and the stator carrier with the outer joining surface is received by an inner joining surface of a housing of the electric machine. A connection between the stator carrier and the housing is carried out with an interference fit, and one of the joining surfaces of the stator carrier and housing, which cooperate with one another, is formed interrupted in circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Alexander FRANK, Norbert LOHAUS, Ralph GUEHRER
  • Publication number: 20230129608
    Abstract: An inductive angle measuring device includes a scanning element and a scale element having scale tracks. First and third scale tracks have an equal first number of scale structures, and a second scale track has a different number of scale structures. The scale tracks are arranged circumferentially and concentrically about an axis, such that the first scale track is located radially inwardly, the second scale track is located radially between the first scale track and the third scale track, and the third scale track is located radially outwardly. The scanning element includes receiver conductors by which the signals having angle-related signal periods can be generated. The first signal period is equal to the third signal period. An overall signal can be generated from the first signal and the third signal and can be combined with the second signal for determining absolute angle position information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Marc Oliver TIEMANN, Martin HEUMANN, Alexander FRANK
  • Publication number: 20230108949
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques for defragmentation in deduplication storage systems. Machine language determines using deduplication metadata that at least some of an incoming input/output stream is a duplicate of at least part of a source volume whose physical locations of its stored data are fragmented in backend storage. Subsequently, defragmentation is carried out on the stored data by using the incoming input/output stream to write the data into sequential chunks at new physical locations in the backend storage and updating the source volume location mappings to the new physical locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Roderick Guy Charles Moore, Denis Alexander Frank, Lee Jason Sanders
  • Patent number: 11601030
    Abstract: A drive device for an electrically drivable vehicle includes a housing body with a first fastening device, a cover which, after release of a second fastening device interacting with the first fastening device for fastening the cover to the housing body, is movable from a first position, in which the cover covers live components of the drive device during operation of the drive device, into a second position, in which the components are exposed, and a first connection device, to which a second connection device is connectable for establishing an electrically conductive connection and/or a data connection. The first fastening device and the first connection device are arranged such that in the first position access to the second fastening means in its position fastening the cover is only possible after the second connection device has been released from the first connection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: VALEO SIEMENS EAUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Ond{hacek over (r)}ej Grussmann, Alexander Frank
  • Patent number: 11578962
    Abstract: An inductive position measuring device includes a scanning element and a scale element. The position measuring device is able to determine positions of the scanning element relative to the scale element in a first direction and in a second direction. The scale element includes graduation structures arranged next to one another along the first direction, and the graduation structures have a periodic characteristic with a second period length along the second direction. The scanning element has a first receiver track, a second receiver track, a third receiver track, and an excitation lead. Each of the three receiver tracks has two receiver circuit traces. The receiver circuit traces have a periodic characteristic with a first period length along the first direction, and the receiver tracks are arranged at an offset from one another in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: DR. JOHANNES HEIDENHAIN GmbH
    Inventors: Marc Oliver Tiemann, Martin Heumann, Alexander Frank
  • Publication number: 20220297950
    Abstract: A packaging transport device has a support unit (10) including a first support surface (12), which defines a first track section (11), and at least one second support surface (14), which defines a second track section (13) and is tilted relative to the first support surface (12) around a tilt axis (16) running in a transport direction (15), the packaging transport device further including a driving member (17) and drivers (18), which are connected with the driving member (17), and are supported movably around the tilt axis (16), wherein the driving member (17) is implemented by a belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventor: Alexander Frank
  • Publication number: 20220273143
    Abstract: A towel (1) comprises at least one inner region (10) protected from the outside, at least one inner surface (100?, 100?) of which at least one inner region is made of a material for drying body parts, the region (10) being accessible by means of at least one reversible closure means (11) for drying body parts by means of the at least one inner surface (100?, 100?). The towel (1) is characterized in that the at least one inner surface (100?, 100?) is water-tight toward the exterior (101) of the region (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Alexander FRANK, Johannes STERKEL
  • Publication number: 20220222793
    Abstract: A dual-energy X-ray detector includes a detector line arranged transversely to the sampling direction, including first and second detector elements which respond differently to an X-ray spectrum and which are each arranged alternately next to one another in the detector line, the first and second detector elements each producing based on X-ray radiation (XR) independently of one another in each case only corresponding first or second detector data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventor: Alexander FRANK
  • Patent number: 11385886
    Abstract: A method for validation and prediction of cloud readiness is described. Method includes identifying a sample of components from a cloud infrastructure, wherein an update is applied to the sample to generate a treated sample and the treated sample is of a statistically sufficient scale and a relevant cloud-level diversity and identifying a control sample of components from the cloud infrastructure, wherein the control sample is statistically comparable to the treated sample. The method also includes executing a set of workloads on the treated sample and the control sample. Further, the method includes predicting an impact of the update on a user experience based on a comparison of telemetry captured during execution of the set of workloads on the treated sample and the control sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Meir Shmouely, Rahul Shah, Alexander Frank
  • Publication number: 20220082343
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system to facilitate counting and displaying of an ammunition count of a magazine of a firearm. Further, the system may include a sensory device configured to generate a sensory data related to a movement of ammunition in the magazine. Further, the system may include a processing device communicatively connected with the sensory device configured for analyzing the sensory data to generate an ammunition data. Further, the ammunition data may include a number of ammunition rounds in the magazine. Further, the system may include a presentation device communicatively connected with the processing device configured for displaying the ammunition data. Further, the system may include a storage device configured for storing the ammunition data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventor: Colby Alexander Frank