Patents by Inventor Andre Lutz

Andre Lutz 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: 20240127161
    Abstract: An example system includes at least two transceivers configured to be coupled to an interior of a cargo compartment of an aircraft, and to detect radio frequency identification (RFID) signals from an RFID tag coupled to baggage stored in the cargo compartment. The system also includes a processor configured to perform operations including receiving the signals detected by the transceivers. The operations also include based on runtimes of the signals, determining a respective distance from the baggage to each transceiver, where the respective distance defines a boundary centered at a known location of the transceiver and along which the baggage is estimated to be located relative to the transceiver. The operations also include identifying locations at which the boundaries of the transceivers intersect and, based on the locations, detecting an estimated storage location of the baggage. The operations also include controlling a display device to display the estimated storage location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Andre Lutz, Robin Drews, Karol Ciba, Ralf Rene Cabos
  • Patent number: 11945262
    Abstract: The invention relates to a utility vehicle tire tyre having a tread with at least one circumferential channel (2, 2?, 2?) with a channel base (5) and channel walls (4, 4?). Base elevations are formed on the channel base. A top surface (8, 8?, 8?) of the base elevations (7, 7?, 7?) slopes downward uniformly toward the surface edge, wherein the channel walls (4, 4?) have, to the side of the base elevations (7, 7?, 7?), wall sections (4b, 4?b) which are convexly curved toward one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Andre Lutz, Florian Kristen
  • Publication number: 20240001635
    Abstract: The invention relates to a commercial vehicle tire which is cold-retreadable and comprises sidewalls (5), belt plies (2a) and a profiled tread (1) with shoulder flanks (8a) located outside the ground contact area and running to the sidewalls (5), wherein a buffing indicator (9, 9?, 9?) for indicating the buffing depth is provided on at least one shoulder flank (8a), running around in the circumferential direction, possibly interrupted in some portions and formed by a multiplicity of elevations (10), wherein the elevations (10) have with respect to the level of the shoulder flank (8a) a maximum thickness, determined perpendicularly to this level, of 0.5 mm to 2.0 mm. The elevations (10) of the buffing indicator (9, 9?, 9?) are dome-shaped and have a circular base area with a diameter of 0.5 mm to 2.0 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Kristen, André Lutz
  • Publication number: 20230166564
    Abstract: Tread profile of a vehicle tire with profile elements (1,12,13,14,15,6) separated from one another by grooves (7,8,9,10,23), wherein the profile elements (13,14,1,12) separated by a groove (9,7) are outwardly delimited in the radial direction R by a radially outer surface (16) forming the ground contact area and toward the groove (9,7) respectively by a profile element flank forming a groove wall (17,18), wherein a rubber rib (20,19) extending in the extension direction of the groove (9,7) is respectively formed in the profile element flanks which delimit the groove (9,7) and each form a different groove wall (17,18) of the groove (9,7), wherein the rubber rib (19) formed in one groove wall (17) is formed in a different radial position of the vehicle tire than the rubber rib (20) formed in the other groove wall (18), wherein the two rubber ribs each (19,20) extend over the entire extension length of the profile element flank and wherein each of these two rubber ribs (19,20) respectively extends along its enti
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: André Lutz, Florian Kristen
  • Publication number: 20230154240
    Abstract: The present disclosure generates a digital twin of the interior of a vehicle to initiate and track maintenance issues. In one aspect, the digital twin is formed using multiple captured images of the interior of the vehicle where multiple components in those images are identified using a machine learning (ML) model. The components identified by the ML model are then mapped to a model (e.g., a 3D model) of the components that lists their location in the vehicle and an identifier (e.g., a part number or serial number). In this manner, the digital twin can identify, using the identifiers, the various components in the images captured by a camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Michael J. Browne, Andre Lutz, Hilna Sahle, Andreas Godehart, Mirza Maznikar
  • Patent number: 11639224
    Abstract: A system for consumer goods management includes at least one sensor and at least one processor. The at least one sensor is configured to identify consumables and provide tracking information corresponding to the consumables. The at least one processor configured to acquire consumption information for a trip to be performed; determine a meal plan based on the consumption information, the meal plan specifying a plurality of types of consumables, quantities of the types of consumables, and a storage arrangement of the types of consumables; and acquire the tracking information from the at least one sensor to implement the meal plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Inventors: Michael J. Browne, Andreas Godehart, Andre Lutz
  • Patent number: 11565553
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pneumatic vehicle tire having a tread with profile block rows (1, 2) with profile blocks (5) delimited by channels (3, 4), which channels (3, 4) form T-shaped intersections in plan view and are delimited by a channel base (6, 6?) and by block flanks (5a, 5?a), wherein, in channels (3), there are formed projections (7, 7?) which, in a radial direction, have at their highest point a height (h1, h1?), in relation to the lowest point of the channels (3), of 10% to 80% of the profile depth. The projections (7, 7?) are positioned in intersection regions of T-shaped intersections of the channels (3, 4) and are attached to that block flank (5a) which is situated opposite the opening-in point of the opening-in channel (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Andre Lutz, Florian Kristen
  • Patent number: 11495062
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a method that includes: collecting seat sensor data associated with a plurality of seats in a vehicle; selecting a first subset of data from the collected seat sensor data; providing the first subset of data to a fault detection model; receiving, from the fault detection model, one or more detected seat component faults; and generating, based on the one or more detected seat component faults, a seat condition map associated with the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Ralf Rene Shu-Zhong Cabos, Nils Kneuper, Andre Lutz
  • Patent number: 11298983
    Abstract: A pneumatic vehicle tire, in particular a commercial vehicle tire, includes a tread which has a profile and has at least one circumferential groove (1) which is encircling in the circumferential direction, is embodied to a profile depth (PT) and in the cross section, starting at the tread external face, is composed of three adjoining groove portions, one outer groove portion (2) that expands in a funnel-shaped manner toward the outside, one 1 mm to 3 mm wide contracted groove portion, and one inner groove portion (4) which lies radially inward, is expanded in relation to the contracted groove portion (3) and has the largest cross-sectional face of all portions, and which is delimited by two cover flanks (4a), lateral groove flanks (4?b, 4?b) that adjoin said cover flanks (4a), and a groove base (4c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Jesus Ocana Amezcua, Andre Lutz
  • Publication number: 20210221176
    Abstract: A pneumatic vehicle tire at least having: a tread including an outer tread cap with a profiled tread and an inner tread base, a carcass, a bead region with a bead core, an inner layer and sidewalls is provided. The material thickness (d(2)) of the tread base is configured to decrease from the center of the tread toward each of the side walls. Furthermore, a method for retreading a pneumatic vehicle tire is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Ana Iordanou, Emine Dilhun Oersler, Andre Lutz, Frantisek Cebik
  • Publication number: 20210178826
    Abstract: The invention relates to a utility vehicle tyre having a tread with at least one circumferential channel (2, 2?, 2?) with a channel base (5) and channel walls (4, 4?), wherein base elevations (7, 7?, 7?) are formed on the channel base (5) in a manner distributed over the circumference and acting centrally as stone ejectors, with a height (h1, h3) of 25% to 60% of the profile height (T1) and a greater extent in the circumferential direction than in the axial direction, which base elevations (7, 7?, 7?) either contact the channel walls (4, 4?) or are at distances (a1) of up to 4.0 mm therefrom in the axial direction and are bounded in the radial direction by a top surface (8, 8?, 8?) having an encircling surface edge, wherein the channel walls (4, 4?) between the base elevations (7, 7?, 7?) have wall portions (4a, 4?a) which converge toward each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Andre Lutz, Florian Kristen
  • Publication number: 20210024215
    Abstract: A system for consumer goods management includes at least one sensor and at least one processor. The at least one sensor is configured to identify consumables and provide tracking information corresponding to the consumables. The at least one processor configured to acquire consumption information for a trip to be performed; determine a meal plan based on the consumption information, the meal plan specifying a plurality of types of consumables, quantities of the types of consumables, and a storage arrangement of the types of consumables; and acquire the tracking information from the at least one sensor to implement the meal plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael J. Browne, Andreas Godehart, Andre Lutz
  • Publication number: 20200320801
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a method that includes: collecting seat sensor data associated with a plurality of seats in a vehicle; selecting a first subset of data from the collected seat sensor data; providing the first subset of data to a fault detection model; receiving, from the fault detection model, one or more detected seat component faults; and generating, based on the one or more detected seat component faults, a seat condition map associated with the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Ralf Rene CABOS, Nils KNEUPER, Andre LUTZ
  • Publication number: 20200247189
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pneumatic vehicle tire having a tread with profile block rows (1, 2) with profile blocks (5) delimited by channels (3, 4), which channels (3, 4) form T-shaped intersections in plan view and are delimited by a channel base (6, 6?) and by block flanks (5a, 5?a), wherein, in channels (3), there are formed projections (7, 7?) which, in a radial direction, have at their highest point a height (h1, h?1), in relation to the lowest point of the channels (3), of 10% to 80% of the profile depth. The projections (7, 7?) are positioned in intersection regions of T-shaped intersections of the channels (3, 4) and are attached to that block flank (5a) which is situated opposite the opening-in point of the opening-in channel (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Andre Lutz, Florian Kristen
  • Patent number: 10618358
    Abstract: Tread profile of a pneumatic vehicle tyre—in particular for commercial vehicles—comprising a regroovable tread profile with radially raised profile elements (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) and with grooves (6, 7, 8, 9), which respectively separate two adjacent profile elements (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) from one another, wherein the grooves (6, 7, 8, 9) are bounded inwards in the radial direction R by a groove base (10) and on both sides in the axial direction by a profile element flank, forming the groove wall (12, 13), and wherein at least one regrooving indicator (14) for indicating the regrooving depth is respectively formed in one or more grooves (3), characterized in that, in at least one groove (8), all of the regrooving indicators (14) formed therein are formed in a groove wall (12) at a height H measured in the radial direction R of H>0 mm above the groove base (10), wherein the height H corresponds to the maximum radial abrasion position of the tyre for regrooving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Andre Lutz, Florian Kristen
  • Publication number: 20200070586
    Abstract: Pneumatic vehicle tire, in particular a commercial vehicle tire, having a tread which has a profile and has at least one circumferential groove (1) which is encircling in the circumferential direction, is embodied to a profile depth (PT) and in the cross section, starting at the tread external face, is composed of three adjoining groove portions, one outer groove portion (2) that expands in a funnel-shaped manner toward the outside, one 1 mm to 3 mm wide contracted groove portion, and one inner groove portion (4) which lies radially inward, is expanded in relation to the contracted groove portion (3) and has the largest cross-sectional face of all portions, and which is delimited by two cover flanks (4a), lateral groove flanks (4?b, 4?b) that adjoin said cover flanks (4a), and a groove base (4c).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Jesus Ocana Amezcua, Andre Lutz
  • Publication number: 20190232726
    Abstract: Pneumatic vehicle tire having a tread profile with profile bands separated by circumferential channels, each delimited outward by an outer surface and toward the channel by a flank forming a channel wall. In a channel base, first and second rubber blocks are formed. The first blocks are attached in the flank of the first band and the second blocks are attached in the flank of the second band. The first and second blocks are arranged one behind the other in an alternating sequence. Each first block extends in the axial direction as far as a position in the axial extent region of two second blocks and ends with a spacing to the flank of the second band. Each second block extends the axial direction as far as a position in the axial extent region of two first blocks and ends with a spacing to the flank of the first band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Andre LUTZ, Florian KRISTEN
  • Patent number: 9776738
    Abstract: A portable electronic device for assessing an affected area of an aircraft is disclosed. A reference marker having a known size is located on the aircraft. The portable electronic device includes a processor in communication with a structural database, where the structural database includes a template that defines a maximum allowable size of damage to the aircraft. The processor executes instructions for determining an actual size of the affected area based on the known size of the reference marker. The processor also executes instructions for comparing the actual size of the affected area with the maximum allowable size of damage to the aircraft. The processor further executes instructions for determining that the actual size of the affected area exceeds the maximum allowable size of damage to the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Samantha A. Schwartz, Andre Lutz, Rex Byron Douglas, Nicolas Boecher
  • Publication number: 20170225519
    Abstract: Tread profile of a pneumatic vehicle tyre—in particular for commercial vehicles—comprising a regroovable tread profile with radially raised profile elements (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) and with grooves (6, 7, 8, 9), which respectively separate two adjacent profile elements (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) from one another, wherein the grooves (6, 7, 8, 9) are bounded inwards in the radial direction R by a groove base (10) and on both sides in the axial direction by a profile element flank, forming the groove wall (12, 13), and wherein at least one regrooving indicator (14) for indicating the regrooving depth is respectively formed in one or more grooves (3), characterized in that, in at least one groove (8), all of the regrooving indicators (14) formed therein are formed in a groove wall (12) at a height H measured in the radial direction R of H>0 mm above the groove base (10), wherein the height H corresponds to the maximum radial abrasion position of the tyre for regrooving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Andre Lutz, Florian Kristen
  • Publication number: 20170210492
    Abstract: A portable electronic device for assessing an affected area of an aircraft is disclosed. A reference marker having a known size is located on the aircraft. The portable electronic device includes a processor in communication with a structural database, where the structural database includes a template that defines a maximum allowable size of damage to the aircraft. The processor executes instructions for determining an actual size of the affected area based on the known size of the reference marker. The processor also executes instructions for comparing the actual size of the affected area with the maximum allowable size of damage to the aircraft. The processor further executes instructions for determining that the actual size of the affected area exceeds the maximum allowable size of damage to the aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Samantha A. Schwartz, Andre Lutz, Rex Byron Douglas, Nicolas Boecher