Patents by Inventor Andreas Kohler
Andreas Kohler 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: 9346341Abstract: A door stop is provided for a door of a motor vehicle. The door stop includes a latching rod guided by a housing. Springs in the housing act on the latching rod from all four sides so that the door can be held in designated positions.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2015Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche AktiengesellschaftInventors: Benny Ziegler, Andreas Kohler
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Patent number: 9306331Abstract: A self-aligning connector for data and/or power transmission includes a base plate, a plurality of data and/or power contact elements arranged on the base plate, first and second positioning means attached to the base plate, a mounting means and a frame assembly connecting the base plate to the mounting means and comprising a plurality of frames. Each frame is directly connected to exactly two elements selected from a group consisting of the plurality of frames, the mounting means and the base plate. Each frame is tiltable at least about one axis and/or displaceable in at least one direction with respect to each element it is directly connected to. A connector assembly includes a first self-aligning connector and a second connector. A vehicle includes a first compartment and a second compartment separated by a wall, a bellows assembly and the connector assembly.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2014Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbHInventors: Roland Lange, Stefan Ebeling, Jens Gärtner, Andreas Köhler, Raj Kotian, Ralph Hoffmann
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Patent number: 9280064Abstract: A method of projecting a pattern from a patterning device onto a substrate using a projection system, the method including using an optical phase adjustment apparatus in the projection system to apply a phase modification to radiation which has been diffracted from an assist feature of the pattern, the phase modification acting to reduce the size of an assist feature image exposed in resist on the substrate or prevent printing of the assist feature image in the resist on the substrate, while maintaining a contribution of the assist feature image to an image enhancement of a functional feature of the pattern.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2012Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.Inventors: Peter David Engblom, Carsten Andreas Köhler, Frank Staals, Laurentius Cornelius De Winter
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Publication number: 20150352931Abstract: A door stop is provided for a door of a motor vehicle. The door stop includes a latching rod guided by a housing. Springs in the housing act on the latching rod from all four sides so that the door can be held in designated positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2015Publication date: December 10, 2015Inventors: Benny Ziegler, Andreas Kohler
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Publication number: 20140367518Abstract: An aircraft monument includes an elongate cavity having an open end and a lift apparatus mounted to the monument and adapted for lifting goods along the longitudinal axis of the cavity. The monument is adapted to be mounted on a floor structure of an aircraft separating two compartments of the aircraft from each other such that the open end of the cavity faces the floor structure. The lift apparatus includes a guide means including two straight guide members spaced apart, and extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cavity, a conveying means including two conveying members each mounted to a different guide member, a moving means for linearly moving the two conveying members, a control means for controlling the moving means to synchronize the linear movement of the conveying members, and a gripping means secured to the conveying means and adapted for selectively gripping and releasing goods.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2014Publication date: December 18, 2014Inventors: Roland Lange, Stefan Ebeling, Jens Gärtner, Andreas Köhler, Raj Kotian, Ralf Schliwa
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Publication number: 20140370720Abstract: A self-aligning connector for data and/or power transmission includes a base plate, a plurality of data and/or power contact elements arranged on the base plate, first and second positioning means attached to the base plate, a mounting means and a frame assembly connecting the base plate to the mounting means and comprising a plurality of frames. Each frame is directly connected to exactly two elements selected from a group consisting of the plurality of frames, the mounting means and the base plate. Each frame is tiltable at least about one axis and/or displaceable in at least one direction with respect to each element it is directly connected to. A connector assembly includes a first self-aligning connector and a second connector. A vehicle includes a first compartment and a second compartment separated by a wall, a bellows assembly and the connector assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2014Publication date: December 18, 2014Inventors: Roland Lange, Stefan Ebeling, Jens Gärtner, Andreas Köhler, Raj Kotian, Ralf Hoffmann
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Publication number: 20140367516Abstract: A vehicle includes a passenger compartment and a cargo compartment separated by a floor structure, and a cargo unit including a storage rack arrangement and a transport arrangement operable for selectively transporting objects between the storage rack arrangement and a predetermined transfer position in a cavity of the cargo unit. The transport arrangement includes a conveying apparatus including a table unit movable along a vertical transport path, and the vehicle includes a mounting means adapted for securing the cargo unit in a predetermined operating position inside the cargo compartment, in which an access aperture in an upper cover of the cargo unit is disposed in alignment with a through hole in the floor structure. A lift apparatus including a gripping device is operable to convey objects from the transfer position through the access aperture and the through hole between the cargo compartment and the passenger compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2014Publication date: December 18, 2014Inventors: Roland Lange, Stefan Ebeling, Jens Gärtner, Andreas Köhler, Raj Kotian, Horst Warninck, Ralf Schliwa
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Publication number: 20140367055Abstract: A connecting means provides a connecting passage between a first compartment of a vehicle and a storage means located in a second compartment of the vehicle. The first and the second compartment are separated by a wall. A catering system for a vehicle includes the connecting means. A method provides a sealed connecting passage between a first compartment of a vehicle and a storage means located in second compartment of a vehicle. The connecting means includes a frame, a hatch arrangement for selectively closing and opening a frame aperture with a hatch cover and a bellows arrangement including a flexible bellows. The flexible bellows can be extended from the frame to a storage means located in the second compartment of the vehicle. A continuous passage defined by the flexible bellows and the frame provides a sealed connecting passage between the first compartment and the storage means.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2014Publication date: December 18, 2014Inventors: Stefan Ebeling, Jens Gärtner, Andreas Köhler, Raj Kotian, Ralf Hoffmann
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Publication number: 20140367220Abstract: A cargo container for storing goods and for loading into a cargo compartment of a vehicle includes a housing including a base plate and defining an interior cavity, a storage rack arrangement in the form of a storage rack module and adapted for storing a plurality of goods in the cavity, and a transport arrangement in the form of a transport module and including a conveying means and a control unit therefor, operable for selectively transporting goods stored in the storage rack arrangement from the storage rack arrangement to a predetermined location in the cavity. For each of the storage rack modules and transport modules removable from the container, the cargo container includes a releasable coupling mechanism for fastening the respective module and for locating it in a predetermined position with respect to the remainder of the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2014Publication date: December 18, 2014Inventors: Roland Lange, Stefan Ebeling, Jens Gärtner, Andreas Köhler, Raj Kotian, Thomas Rosenthal, Ralf Schliwa, Matthias Reiss
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Patent number: 8717540Abstract: Embodiments of the invention related to lithographic apparatus and methods. A lithographic method comprises calculating a laser metric based on a spectrum of laser radiation emitted from a laser to a lithographic apparatus together with a representation of an aerial image of a pattern to be projected onto the substrate by the lithographic apparatus, and using the laser metric to modify operation of the laser or adjust the lithographic apparatus, and projecting the pattern onto the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2011Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Carsten Andreas Köhler, Hans Van Der Laan, Frank Staals, Laurentius Cornelius De Winter, Herman Philip Godfried
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Patent number: 8677180Abstract: A system and a method for failover control comprising: maintaining a primary device table entry (DTE) in a first table activated for a first adapter in communication with a first processor node having a first root complex via a first switch assembly and maintaining a secondary DTE in standby for a second adapter in communication with a second processor node having a second root complex via a second switch assembly; maintaining a primary DTE in a second table activated for the second adapter and maintaining a secondary DTE in standby for the first adapter; and upon a failover, updating the secondary DTE in the first table as an active entry for the second adapter and forming a path to enable traffic to route from the second adapter through the second switch assembly over to the first switch assembly and up to the first root complex of the first processor node.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2010Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Gerd K. Bayer, David F. Craddock, Thomas A. Gregg, Michael Jung, Andreas Kohler, Elke G. Nass, Oliver G. Schlag, Peter K. Szwed
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Publication number: 20130141706Abstract: A method of projecting a pattern from a patterning device onto a substrate using a projection system, the method including using an optical phase adjustment apparatus in the projection system to apply a phase modification to radiation which has been diffracted from an assist feature of the pattern, the phase modification acting to reduce the size of an assist feature image exposed in resist on the substrate or prevent printing of the assist feature image in the resist on the substrate, while maintaining a contribution of the assist feature image to an image enhancement of a functional feature of the pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2012Publication date: June 6, 2013Applicant: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.Inventors: Peter David ENGBLOM, Carsten Andreas KÖHLER, Frank STAALS, Laurentius Cornelius DE WINTER
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Patent number: 8352231Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for performing a co-simulation and/or emulation of hardware and software. The system includes a hardware simulator with an integrated hardware model, a hardware and/or software environment for controlling the hardware simulator and performing a software simulation and/or a direct software application, at least one synchronization facility within the hardware model for indicating a request from the hardware and/or software environment, a receiver for setting the synchronization facility into a predetermined state, and a controller for switching the hardware simulator between a free-running state and a request-handling state.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2008Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Joern Babinsky, Holger Horbach, Steffen Knoll, Andreas Kohler
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Patent number: 8246377Abstract: In a connector housing with integrated cable clamp, it is proposed to provide a receptacle sleeve for an electrical cable that is integrally formed on the connector housing and provided with clamping elements that are distributed over the radius and point in the mating direction. When a pressure screw is screwed onto the receptacle sleeve, the clamping elements are pressed radially inward and the electrical cable is clamped in position.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2010Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: Harting Electronics GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Marc Lindkamp, Andreas Kohler
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Publication number: 20120100319Abstract: The invention concerns the insulation of a duct 2, especially an air-conditioning or ventilation duct, which passes through a penetration in a wall 1 or ceiling or the like, and an insulating material 3 is provided all around the outside of the duct 2. In this regard, the insulating material 3 has an end face pointing at least partly in the direction of the penetration. Sections of the end face, at least, are provided with heat-resistant adhesive material 11.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2008Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN ISOVERInventors: Horst Keller, Andreas Köhler, Torsten Wahls, Leif Andersson, Hans-Jörg Frantz, Michael Schumm
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Publication number: 20110320861Abstract: A system and a method for failover control comprising: maintaining a primary device table entry (DTE) in a first table activated for a first adapter in communication with a first processor node having a first root complex via a first switch assembly and maintaining a secondary DTE in standby for a second adapter in communication with a second processor node having a second root complex via a second switch assembly; maintaining a primary DTE in a second table activated for the second adapter and maintaining a secondary DTE in standby for the first adapter; and upon a failover, updating the secondary DTE in the first table as an active entry for the second adapter and forming a path to enable traffic to route from the second adapter through the second switch assembly over to the first switch assembly and up to the first root complex of the first processor node.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2010Publication date: December 29, 2011Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Gerd K. Bayer, David F. Craddock, Thomas A. Gregg, Michael Jung, Andreas Kohler, Elke G. Nass, Oliver G. Schlag, Peter K. Szwed
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Publication number: 20110200922Abstract: Embodiments of the invention related to lithographic apparatus and methods. A lithographic method comprises calculating a laser metric based on a spectrum of laser radiation emitted from a laser to a lithographic apparatus together with a representation of an aerial image of a pattern to be projected onto the substrate by the lithographic apparatus, and using the laser metric to modify operation of the laser or adjust the lithographic apparatus, and projecting the pattern onto the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2011Publication date: August 18, 2011Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Carsten Andreas Köhler, Hans Van Der Laan, Frank Staals, Laurentius Cornelius De Winter, Herman Philip Godfried
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Patent number: 7938674Abstract: In a cable clamp for fixing an electrical cable (8) that is connected to a connector, it is proposed to insert a clamping element (10) into a cylindrical cable receptacle (2) integrally moulded on the connector housing (1) such that it can be displaced by means of a pressure screw (20). Clamping fingers (13) that are integrally moulded on the clamping element (10) fix the electrical cable (8) extending within the clamping element (10) while guiding fingers (12) integrally moulded on the clamping element (10) prevent the clamping element (10) from turning.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2010Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: Harting Electronics GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Marc Lindkamp, Andreas Kohler
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Publication number: 20110070766Abstract: In a cable clamp for fixing an electrical cable (8) that is connected to a connector, it is proposed to insert a clamping element (10) into a cylindrical cable receptacle (2) integrally moulded on the connector housing (1) such that it can be displaced by means of a pressure screw (20). Clamping fingers (13) that are integrally moulded on the clamping element (10) fix the electrical cable (8) extending within the clamping element (10) while guiding fingers (12) integrally moulded on the clamping element (10) prevent the clamping element (10) from turning.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2010Publication date: March 24, 2011Inventors: Marc Lindkamp, Andreas Kohler
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Publication number: 20110065309Abstract: In a connector housing (1) with integrated cable clamp, it is proposed to provide a receptacle sleeve (10) for an electrical cable (2) that is integrally formed on the connector housing (1) and provided with clamping elements is (20) that are distributed over the radius and point in the mating direction. When a pressure screw (5) is screwed onto the receptacle sleeve (10), the clamping elements (20) are pressed radially inward and the electrical cable (2) is clamped in position.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2010Publication date: March 17, 2011Inventors: Marc Lindkamp, Andreas Kohler