Patents by Inventor André Hofmann
André Hofmann 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).
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Patent number: 11919372Abstract: A module assembly for a vehicle, including a shell construction, defining a window opening, and a module component fixed to the shell construction and forming a part of the sill flange extending along a longitudinal extension direction for attaching a seal in a sill region of the window opening, wherein at least one flange section of the shell construction extending along the longitudinal extension direction and/or at least one flange section of the module component extending along the longitudinal extension direction is provided for forming the sill flange. The flange section of the shell construction and/or the flange section of the module component has at least one contact region protruding transverse to the longitudinal extension direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2019Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, BambergInventors: Andre Carl, Dominik Hofmann
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Publication number: 20240066320Abstract: Computed tomography (CT) measurement data of the patient is acquired using a CT device having a quantum counting X-ray detector, and the CT measurement data is processed to generate result data, considering a specific information content of the CT measurement data resulting from the use of the quantum counting X-ray detector in acquiring the CT measurement data. The result data is suitable for use in the planning of irradiation of the patient. The result data is provisioned to an interface such that the result data is usable for planning the irradiation of the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbHInventors: Christopher Jude AMIES, Christian HOFMANN, Philipp HOELZER, Mark-Aleksi KELLER-REICHENBECHER, Bjoern KREISLER, Andre RITTER, Rene KARTMANN
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Patent number: 11866102Abstract: A spoiler apparatus for a vehicle has a spoiler blade that is pivotally mounted about a transverse vehicle axis. An electric motor moves the spoiler blade between operating positions. The spoiler blade has a first mounting location on each end and is pivotally mounted there on the spoiler housing by way of a hinge. The hinges are advantageously each formed by an arched hinge lever, the hinge lever being rotatably mounted on one end on the spoiler housing fixed to the vehicle and mounted on the other end on the spoiler blade for conjoint rotation. Viewed transversely to the direction of the vehicle, the electric motor is fixed on the spoiler housing between the first mounting locations and, by way of a toggle lever mechanism, is operatively connected thereto in a second mounting location of the spoiler blade.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignees: Volkswagen AktiengesellschaftInventors: Andre Hofmann, Marcel Klopp, Ingo Lanfer
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Publication number: 20230356907Abstract: A container for holding a fluid is disclosed. The container comprises an inner sleeve having a first opening and a second opening opposite the first opening, and an outer sleeve having a third opening and a fourth opening opposite the third opening. The inner sleeve and the outer sleeve are made of paper. The first opening has a first reinforcing element which extends into the first opening, and the third opening has a second reinforcing element which extends into the third opening. Further, the container comprises a functional insert. The outer sleeve has a larger diameter than the inner sleeve so that the inner sleeve is insertable into the outer sleeve through the fourth opening such that the insert is fastened between the first reinforcing element and the second reinforcing element.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2021Publication date: November 9, 2023Inventors: André HOFMANN, Jochen GRUNER, Steffen HEROLD
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Publication number: 20230264864Abstract: A cap and a corresponding method of manufacturing the cap for closing a container are described. The cap comprises a spirally wound sleeve comprising a first opening an a second opening, wherein the first opening and the second opening are opposed. Further, the cap comprises a head disk, wherein the head disk is arranged to close the first opening of the sleeve. The sleeve is made of paper. The second opening of the sleeve has a reinforcing element, and the reinforcing element is a structure extending into the interior of the sleeve.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2021Publication date: August 24, 2023Inventors: André HOFMANN, Marek HAUPTMANN, Jochen GRUNERT, Steffen HEROLD
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Patent number: 11540628Abstract: A merchandise display device includes a plurality of merchandise compartments, separated from one another by means of a merchandise divider, and displaceable slats delimiting these merchandise compartments in a common dispensing area. The merchandise display device has a base plate and two side walls connected to it. In addition, a slat rail carrying the slats is attached to both side walls. The merchandise display device that can be easily assembled and adapted.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Oechsle Display Systeme GmbHInventors: Andi Brück, André Hofmann
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Publication number: 20220240669Abstract: A merchandise display device includes a plurality of merchandise compartments, separated from one another by means of a merchandise divider, and displaceable slats delimiting these merchandise compartments in a common dispensing area. The merchandise display device has a base plate and two side walls connected to it. In addition, a slat rail carrying the slats is attached to both side walls. The merchandise display device that can be easily assembled and adapted.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2021Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: Oechsle Display Systeme GmbHInventors: Andi Brück, André Hofmann
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Publication number: 20220017159Abstract: A spoiler apparatus for a vehicle has a spoiler blade that is pivotally mounted about a transverse vehicle axis. An electric motor moves the spoiler blade between operating positions. The spoiler blade has a first mounting location on each end and is pivotally mounted there on the spoiler housing by way of a hinge. The hinges are advantageously each formed by an arched hinge lever, the hinge lever being rotatably mounted on one end on the spoiler housing fixed to the vehicle and mounted on the other end on the spoiler blade for conjoint rotation. Viewed transversely to the direction of the vehicle, the electric motor is fixed on the spoiler housing between the first mounting locations and, by way of a toggle lever mechanism, is operatively connected thereto in a second mounting location of the spoiler blade.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2019Publication date: January 20, 2022Inventors: Andre Hofmann, Marcel Klopp, Ingo Lanfer
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Patent number: 10760688Abstract: Rotary joints are disclosed, such as for supplying fluid to a pressure chamber that is disposed between a rotatable component and a stationary component. The rotary joint may include a seal carrier having at least one channel for a fluid connection to the pressure chamber. At least two axially spaced apart sealing rings may be disposed on the seal carrier for a static sealing of the at least one channel. At least one sealing element may be non-rotatably disposed on the seal carrier and configured to form an axial and a radial seal of the pressure chamber. The at least one sealing element may be configured to bear on a ring element that is non-rotatably connected to the rotatable component when pressure is built up in the pressure chamber and the at least one sealing element may have means for reducing the axial pressure exerted on the ring element.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2016Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignees: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, GAPI Technische Produkte GmbHInventors: Robert Heuberger, Horst Brehm, Sebastian Niederle, Marc-André Schäfer, Andre Hofmann, Andreas Flint
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Publication number: 20180195619Abstract: Rotary joints are disclosed, such as for supplying liquid to a pressure chamber that is disposed between a rotatable component and a stationary component. The rotary joint may include a seal carrier having at least one channel for a fluid connection to the pressure chamber. At least two axially spaced apart sealing rings may be disposed on the seal carrier for a static sealing of the at least one channel. At least one sealing element may be non-rotatably disposed on the seal carrier and configured to form an axial and a radial seal of the pressure chamber. The at least one sealing element may be configured to bear on a ring element that is non-rotatably connected to the rotatable component when pressure is built up in the pressure chamber and the at least one sealing element may have means for reducing the axial pressure exerted on the ring element.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2016Publication date: July 12, 2018Applicants: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, GAPI Technische Produkte GmbHInventors: Robert Heuberger, Horst Brehm, Sebastian Niederle, Marc-André Schäfer, Andre Hofmann, Andreas Flint