Patents by Inventor Andreas Sommer

Andreas Sommer 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: 20240002965
    Abstract: The method relates to a press-hardened component with a tensile strength Rm>1600 MPa, in particular >1800 MPa, and especially >2000 MPa, wherein the component is manufactured from a steel material, wherein the steel material is a boron-manganese steel, which has a carbon content >0.30 mass %, wherein the steel material is hot rolled or hot rolled and cold rolled to a strip with a thickness of 0.5 to 3 mm, wherein the strip has a thin coating of zinc or a zinc-based alloy and a coating weight of <50 g/m2 on each strip side of the steel strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Florian Gerstner, Andreas Sommer, Siegfried Kolnberger, Thomas Kurz
  • Publication number: 20230355514
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new extended release pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use thereof for the treatment of disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Andreas SOMMER, Chengzhi ZHANG, John CARTER, John ARTHUR, Margaret BRADBURY
  • Patent number: 11666566
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new pharmaceutical compositions comprising benzoquinoline compounds, and methods to inhibit vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) activity in a subject for the treatment of chronic hyperkinetic movement disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Auspex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Andreas Sommer, Chengzhi Zhang, John Carter, John Charles Arthur, Margaret Bradbury, Thomas George Gant, Manouchehr Shahbaz
  • Publication number: 20210355120
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new benzoquinolone inhibitors of VMAT2, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Andreas Sommer, Chengzhi Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210322308
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new extended release pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use thereof for the treatment of disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Andreas SOMMER, Chengzhi ZHANG, John CARTER, John ARTHUR, Margaret BRADBURY
  • Publication number: 20210244723
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new pharmaceutical compositions comprising benzoquinoline compounds, and methods to inhibit vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) activity in a subject for the treatment of chronic hyperkinetic movement disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Andreas Sommer, Chengzhi Zhang, John Carter, John Charles Arthur, Margaret Bradbury, Thomas George Gant, Manouchehr Shahbaz
  • Publication number: 20210205214
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new extended release pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use thereof for the treatment of disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Andreas SOMMER, Chengzhi ZHANG, John CARTER, John ARTHUR, Margaret BRADBURY
  • Publication number: 20210189513
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for press hardening sheet steel components in which a blank is detached from a sheet steel band composed of a hardenable steel alloy and the blank is then austenitized, in that it is heated to a temperature greater than Ac3 and is then inserted into a forming tool and formed in the forming tool, and during the forming, is cooled at a speed greater than the critical hardening speed, characterized in that in order to inhibit microcracks of the second type from being produced during the forming and hardening process in the sheet metal blanks that are to be formed, oxygen is supplied adjacent to the positive radii and/or drawing edges; the invention also relates to a device for performing this method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicants: voestalpine Stahl GmbH, voestalpine Metal Forming GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes HASLMAYR, Siegfried KOLNBERGER, Harald SCHWINGHAMMER, Andreas SOMMER, Benedikt TUTEWOHL
  • Patent number: 11033540
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new pharmaceutical compositions comprising benzoquinoline compounds, and methods to inhibit vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) activity in a subject for the treatment of chronic hyperkinetic movement disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Auspex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Andreas Sommer, Chengzhi Zhang, John Carter, John Charles Arthur, Margaret Bradbury, Thomas George Gant, Manouchehr Shahbaz
  • Patent number: 11000665
    Abstract: A hygiene filter for a device for artificial respiration, having at least one filter for filtering microorganisms and/or solid particles from a respiratory air volume flow, and a device for artificial respiration, having a holding device within the air intake region. The filter material is designed as a seal against the respiratory air volume flow conducting elements such that the risk of the occurrence of secondary air is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: WEINMANN EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY GMBH + CO. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Sommer, Matthias Pulla, Stefan Hein
  • Patent number: 10966922
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new extended release pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use thereof for the treatment of disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Auspex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Andreas Sommer, Chengzhi Zhang, John Carter, John Arthur, Margaret Bradbury
  • Publication number: 20200289498
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new pharmaceutical compositions comprising benzoquinoline compounds, and methods to inhibit vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) activity in a subject for the treatment of chronic hyperkinetic movement disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Andreas Sommer, Chengzhi Zhang, John Carter, John Charles Arthur, Margaret Bradbury, Thomas George Gant, Manouchehr Shahbaz
  • Publication number: 20200253952
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new pharmaceutical compositions comprising benzoquinoline compounds, and methods to inhibit vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) activity in a subject for the treatment of chronic hyperkinetic movement disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Andreas Sommer, Chengzhi Zhang, John Carter, John Charles Arthur, Margaret Bradbury, Thomas George Gant, Manouchehr Shahbaz
  • Publication number: 20200165240
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new benzoquinolone inhibitors of VMAT2, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Andreas Sommer, Chengzhi Zhang
  • Patent number: 10640838
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a hardened, steel component with regions of different hardness and/or ductility; a blank is stamped out and either heated in some regions to a temperature ?Ac3, and then transferred to a forming die, is formed, and is cooled at a speed that is greater than the critical hardening speed and thus hardened or is cold formed into the finished shape and the formed blank is heated in some regions to a temperature >Ac3 and then transferred to a hardening die and is hardened at a speed greater than the critical hardening speed; the steel material is adjusted in a transformation-delaying fashion so that a quench hardening through transformation of austenite into martensite takes place at a forming temperature that lies in the range from 450° C. to 700° C.; after the heating and before the forming, an active cooling takes place at >15 K/s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: voestalpine Stahl GmbH
    Inventors: Harald Schwinghammer, Andreas Sommer, Siegfried Kolnberger, Martin Rosner, Thomas Kurz
  • Patent number: 10612108
    Abstract: A method for heating a blank or a preformed steel sheet component for hot forming and/or quench hardening purposes. In at least some regions, the heating is carried out to a temperature above AC3; the heating of the blank is embodied as a rapid heating and to this end, the blank is heated in a first zone at an average heating rate of >25 K/s up to about 600° C. and above this temperature, is heated at an average heating rate of >10 K/s up to a maximum of the AC3 temperature and then is transferred to a second zone in which the blank that has been preheated in the first zone is heated in at least some regions to temperatures greater than AC3, in particular >850° C., with the heating rate in the second zone being >10 K/s. The invention also relates to a device for carrying out the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: voestalpine Stahl GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Haslmayr, Siegfried Kolnberger, Thomas Kurz, Leopold Stegfellner, Andreas Sommer
  • Patent number: 10551259
    Abstract: A stator to guide a location-dependent magnetic field in a circumferential direction around a rotation axis. In one example, the stator includes a first stator ring revolving around the rotation axis, and a second stator ring revolving around the rotation axis and arranged concentrically with the first stator ring. The first and second stator rings include claws which are arranged so as to revolve around the rotation axis and at a distance from one another in the circumferential direction and engage with one another at least on a toothing axial plane. The claws are separated from one another by an air gap so that, when the magnetic field is arranged in the toothing axial plane, the magnetic field is guided towards the stator rings via the claws according to a relative angular position. Each claw has the contour of a mathematically smooth curve when viewed across the circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: BOURNS, INC.
    Inventors: Sebastian Berner, Benno Pichler, Andreas Sommer
  • Publication number: 20190328661
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new extended release pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use thereof for the treatment of disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Andreas SOMMER, Chengzhi ZHANG, John CARTER, John ARTHUR, Margaret BRADBURY
  • Patent number: 10294536
    Abstract: A method for producing partially hardened steel components in which a blank composed of a hardenable sheet steel is subjected to a temperature increase and shaped into a component; the component is transferred to a tool in which the heated component is cooled and thus quench hardened; during the heating of the blank or component in order to achieve the temperature increase to a temperature required for the hardening in regions that are to have a lower hardness and/or higher ductility, cooling elements are spaced apart from the surface by a small gap; the cooling element is dimensioned so that the thermal energy acting on the region that remains ductile flows through the component into the cooling element, characterized in that in order to space the cooling element apart from the component, micro-nubs or knobs are used, which are distributed over the area of the cooling element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: voestalpine Metal Forming GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Sommer, Tobias Hägele, Reiner Kelsch, Dieter Hartmann
  • Publication number: 20190133935
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new extended release pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use thereof for the treatment of disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Andreas SOMMER, Chengzhi ZHANG, John CARTER, John ARTHUR, Margaret BRADBURY