Patents by Inventor Alexander SANDERS

Alexander SANDERS 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: 20240144119
    Abstract: Provided is a process including: determining, based on a machine learning model, a measure of outcome success for a set of job requisitions, the machine learning model trained to determine measures of outcome success for job requisitions based on a set of job requisition training data, and the set of job requisition training data comprising: a set of historical job requisitions; and job outcomes for the set of historical job requisitions; ranking, based on the measure of outcome success, the set of job requisitions to generate a ranked set of job requisitions; and providing, to a job candidate, one or more job requisitions of the ranked set of job requisitions for selection of a job requisition for application by the job candidate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Liming Zhao, Alexander G. Nazem, Travis Sanders, Julia Karpf, Qian Shi, Lucas Calero Forero
  • Patent number: 11935718
    Abstract: A method for detecting faults in a switch assembly includes at least one switch for monitoring the position of a component that can be moved by means of a drive which has an electric motor includes shifting the movable component from a first position to a second position spatially separated from the first position, wherein the power consumption of the electric motor changes in a previously specified manner, and wherein the switch state of the switch during a proper functioning of the switch changes in a previously specified manner, analyzing the power consumption of the electric motor and the switch state of the switch in an analysis unit, and triggering a fault action if the power consumption of the electric motor has changed in the previously specified manner and the switch state of the switch has not changed in the previously specified manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & CO. KGAA
    Inventor: Alexander Sander
  • Publication number: 20240050225
    Abstract: A rhinological implant for straightening the human septum has a central bridge section, which is flat or bent upward in a barrel-shaped manner, with two side sections on both sides of the bridge section, which extend upwards in a folded manner and symmetrically to the central bridge section at an angle ? of in each case about 90°, and which each have a first subsection which connects directly to the central bridge section and extends parallel thereto, a second subsection, which connects to the respective first subsection and extends at an angle relative thereto, and a third subsection that connects to an end of the respective first subsection opposite the respective second subsection, and extends also at an angle relative to the respective first subsection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Heinz Kurz GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas STIEGELE, Alexander SANDER, Matthias MERTENS
  • Publication number: 20240041589
    Abstract: An ossicular prosthesis has first and second fastening elements, a connecting element and rib elements. The rib elements lead directly into coupling regions of the first fastening element within the head plate plane and are movably connected thereto. All rib elements are movably connected to a coupling element and are firmly but detachably connected during operation, the coupling element in turn being rigidly connected at the other end to either the first or the second fastening element. The rib elements form the connecting element with the coupling element and are spread sectionally radially from the longitudinal axis in the middle ear in situ with the introduction of a force parallel to the longitudinal axis and thus shorten the axial functional length of the prosthesis, but increase it with the introduction of a force anti-parallel thereto. The rib elements retain, in situ, their adjusted radial position when no force acts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Heinz Kurz GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander SANDER, Thomas STIEGELE, Matthias MERTENS, Harald HAAS
  • Publication number: 20230404746
    Abstract: An ossicular prosthesis has a first fastening element for mechanical contact with the tympanic membrane, and a second fastening element for connecting to a member of the ossicular chain, and a connecting element which connects the fastening elements and which has rib elements which can be spread radially outwards and thereby shorten the axial length of the ossicular prosthesis. The rib elements lead directly into coupling regions of the first fastening element and into a coupling element which is rigidly connected to the second fastening element. When a force is introduced in parallel with the longitudinal axis in the direction, the rib elements assume a position located radially further from the longitudinal axis, and shorten the functional length of the prostheses, or increase with the introduction of an antiparallel force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Heinz Kurz GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas STIEGELE, Alexander SANDER, Matthias MERTENS
  • Patent number: 10710681
    Abstract: An autonomous watercraft with a waterproof container that houses a satellite communication terminal. The waterproof container includes a first shell mounted on a deck of the watercraft and that has a sealed first interior space that contains satellite communication circuitry of the terminal. The waterproof container also includes a second shell mounted under the deck of the watercraft and that has a sealed second interior space that contains the processing circuitry of the terminal. The first and second shells include ports configured to receive connectors for communication signaling and/or power. The first shell can also include a pressure port to pressurize the first interior space for use in leak detection. The shells can also include heat sinks to cool the satellite communication terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Anthony Sangsoo Bak, Thomas John Berens, Ernest L. Ferrier, Jr., Carlos M. Montes, Timothy J. Ong, Cameron Alexander Sanders, Terry Allan Smith, Jeffrey Scott Willcox, Youstina Yacoub
  • Publication number: 20200066471
    Abstract: A method for detecting faults in a switch assembly comprising at least one switch for monitoring the position of a component that can be moved by means of a drive which has an electric motor. The method has the following steps: shifting the movable component from a first position to a second position spatially separated from the first position, wherein the power consumption of the electric motor changes in a previously specified manner, and wherein the switch state of the switch during a proper functioning of the switch changes in a previously specified manner, analyzing the power consumption of the electric motor and the switch state of the switch in an analysis unit, and triggering a fault action if the power consumption of the electric motor has changed in the previously specified manner and the switch state of the switch has not changed in the previously specified manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: HELLA GMBH & CO. KGAA
    Inventor: Alexander SANDER
  • Publication number: 20190375481
    Abstract: An autonomous watercraft with a waterproof container that houses a satellite communication terminal. The waterproof container includes a first shell mounted on a deck of the watercraft and that has a sealed first interior space that contains satellite communication circuitry of the terminal. The waterproof container also includes a second shell mounted under the deck of the watercraft and that has a sealed second interior space that contains the processing circuitry of the terminal. The first and second shells include ports configured to receive connectors for communication signaling and/or power. The first shell can also include a pressure port to pressurize the first interior space for use in leak detection. The shells can also include heat sinks to cool the satellite communication terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Anthony Sangsoo Bak, Thomas John Berens, Ernest L. Ferrier, JR., Carlos M. Montes, Timothy J. Ong, Cameron Alexander Sanders, Terry Allan Smith, Jeffrey Scott Willcox, Youstina Yacoub
  • Patent number: 10407136
    Abstract: An autonomous watercraft with a waterproof container that houses a satellite communication terminal. The waterproof container includes a first shell mounted on a deck of the watercraft and that has a sealed first interior space that contains satellite communication circuitry of the terminal. The waterproof container also includes a second shell mounted under the deck of the watercraft and that has a sealed second interior space that contains the processing circuitry of the terminal. The first and second shells include ports configured to receive connectors for communication signaling and/or power. The first shell can also include a pressure port to pressurize the first interior space for use in leak detection. The shells can also include heat sinks to cool the satellite communication terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Anthony Sangsoo Bak, Thomas John Berens, Ernest L. Ferrier, Jr., Carlos M. Montes, Timothy J. Ong, Cameron Alexander Sanders, Terry Allan Smith, Jeffrey Scott Willcox, Youstina Yacoub
  • Patent number: 10306742
    Abstract: The invention relates to a droplet dispensing device (4) comprising a reservoir (9) for containing a liquid medium (10), an outlet (11) for dispensing droplets of said liquid medium (10) from said reservoir (9), an actuation means (12) for generating and transmitting a mechanical oscillation at an excitation frequency, and a resonant structure comprising a piston (15) coupled to said actuation means (12) for transmitting said mechanical oscillation to the liquid medium (10) contained in said reservoir (9) such that droplets are formed from said liquid medium (10), wherein a resonance frequency of said resonant structure is sufficiently close to said excitation frequency, such that resonance occurs. The invention further relates to a UV or X-ray light source, comprising a droplet dispensing device (4) according to the invention, and a method for providing a stream, in particular a monodisperse stream, of droplets by means of the droplet dispensing device (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: ETH Zurich
    Inventors: Alexander Sanders, Bob Rollinger, Reza Abhari
  • Publication number: 20170332467
    Abstract: The invention relates to a droplet dispensing device (4) comprising a reservoir (9) for containing a liquid medium (10), an outlet (11) for dispensing droplets of said liquid medium (10) from said reservoir (9), an actuation means (12) for generating and transmitting a mechanical oscillation at an excitation frequency, and a resonant structure comprising a piston (15) coupled to said actuation means (12) for transmitting said mechanical oscillation to the liquid medium (10) contained in said reservoir (9) such that droplets are formed from said liquid medium (10), wherein a resonance frequency of said resonant structure is sufficiently close to said excitation frequency, such that resonance occurs. The invention further relates to a UV or X-ray light source, comprising a droplet dispensing device (4) according to the invention, and a method for providing a stream, in particular a monodisperse stream, of droplets by means of the droplet dispensing device (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Alexander SANDERS, Bob ROLLINGER, Reza ABHARI