Patents by Inventor Christian Weis

Christian Weis 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).

  • Patent number: 9829111
    Abstract: A valve device has a housing, and a flow channel running in the housing, in which a valve flap is fastened on a shaft arranged perpendicularly to the flow direction. The shaft is rotatably mounted in housing. The bearing formed as a loose bearing is surrounded by a spring retainer, the base of which lies on a bearing bush of the loose bearing and has a jacket surface with a radial wavy shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Christian Weis
  • Patent number: 9765732
    Abstract: A mixing valve of an exhaust-gas recirculation device of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle includes an intake flap and an exhaust-gas flap coupled rigidly to one another via a coupling rod. During driving of the exhaust-gas flap, the intake flap is first pivoted in the opposite direction via the coupling rod. The exhaust-gas flap and intake flap are pivoted in the same direction only above a provided pivoting angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Christian Weis
  • Publication number: 20170226969
    Abstract: A linear actuator for driving an actuating member of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, the linear actuator having two rolling bearings for scanning mutually opposing sides of a rib that is formed as a guide curve. The rib has a variable width, against which the two sensing bodies are biased to reduce or eliminate undesired reaction forces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Weis, Carsten Mikolajek
  • Publication number: 20160258391
    Abstract: A linear actuator for driving an actuating element of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle has two scanning elements for scanning opposite sides of a guide cam. The guide cam has a protruding rib against which the two scanning elements are pre-tensioned to permit a play-free scan of the guide cam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Christian WEIS, Carsten MIKOLAJEK
  • Publication number: 20150027423
    Abstract: A mixing valve of an exhaust-gas recirculation device of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle includes an intake flap and an exhaust-gas flap coupled rigidly to one another via a coupling rod. During driving of the exhaust-gas flap, the intake flap is first pivoted in the opposite direction via the coupling rod. The exhaust-gas flap and intake flap are pivoted in the same direction only above a provided pivoting angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventor: Christian Weis
  • Patent number: 8931759
    Abstract: A valve unit, having a housing, a flap, which is rotatably arranged in the housing and connected to a flap shaft supported in the housing, an electric motor for driving the flap shaft, and a transmission arranged between the electric motor and the flap shaft. A coupling, which consists of a flap-side component, an intermediate piece, and a transmission-side component is arranged between the flap shaft and a shaft of the transmission. At least one of the three coupling parts has at least two first holes of a same radial orientation. At least two second holes are arranged perpendicular to the first holes. Molded elements of an adjacent component of the coupling engage in the holes and the holes have a greater extension with respect to the radial orientation of the holes than the molded elements that engage in the holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Rosario Bonanno, Christian Weis
  • Publication number: 20140339452
    Abstract: A valve device has a housing, and a flow channel running in the housing, in which a valve flap is fastened on a shaft arranged perpendicularly to the flow direction. The shaft is rotatably mounted in housing. The bearing formed as a loose bearing is surrounded by a spring retainer, the base of which lies on a bearing bush of the loose bearing and has a jacket surface with a radial wavy shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventor: Christian Weis
  • Publication number: 20130270470
    Abstract: A valve unit, having a housing, a flap, which is rotatably arranged in the housing and connected to a flap shaft supported in the housing, an electric motor for driving the flap shaft, and a transmission arranged between the electric motor and the flap shaft. A coupling, which consists of a flap-side component, an intermediate piece, and a transmission-side component is arranged between the flap shaft and a shaft of the transmission. At least one of the three coupling parts has at least two first holes of a same radial orientation. At least two second holes are arranged, perpendicular to the first holes. Molded elements of an adjacent component of the coupling engage in the holes and the holes have a greater extension with respect to the radial orientation of the holes than the molded elements that engage in the holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: Rosario Bonanno, Christian Weis
  • Patent number: 7963276
    Abstract: The combination valve comprises a tubular center part, a gas inlet which is arranged on the outer shell of the tubular center part, a gas outlet A which is arranged adjacent to the gas inlet on the outer shell of the tubular center part, a first branch which is arranged opposite the gas outlet on the outer shell of the tubular center part, and a second branch which is arranged opposite the gas inlet on the outer shell of the tubular center part. The first branch is connected to the second branch via a cooler. A rotary slide is mounted centrally in the tubular center part such that it can rotate about the longitudinal axis of the tubular centre part. Depending on the operating state, the rotary slide shuts off at least partially the gas inlet, the gas outlet, the first branch and the second branch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Christian Weis
  • Publication number: 20100116256
    Abstract: The combination valve comprises a tubular center part, a gas inlet which is arranged on the outer shell of the tubular center part, a gas outlet A which is arranged adjacent to the gas inlet on the outer shell of the tubular center part, a first branch which is arranged opposite the gas outlet on the outer shell of the tubular center part, and a second branch which is arranged opposite the gas inlet on the outer shell of the tubular center part. The first branch is connected to the second branch via a cooler. A rotary slide is mounted centrally in the tubular center part such that it can rotate about the longitudinal axis of the tubular centre part. Depending on the operating state, the rotary slide shuts off at least partially the gas inlet, the gas outlet, the first branch and the second branch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL AUTOMATOTIVE GMBH
    Inventor: Christian Weis
  • Patent number: 7532523
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for setting various terminations of a memory chip. The memory chip includes a terminal, a termination circuit that can be connected to the terminal in order to terminate the terminal with a settable resistance value, a control command port for receiving a control command signal, and a control circuit that is connected to the termination circuit in order to set a resistance value as a function of a received control command signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Qimonda AG
    Inventors: Georg Braun, Christian Weis, Eckehard Plaettner
  • Patent number: 7519894
    Abstract: A memory device includes at least two DRAM memory modules, at least one external ECC module, and a memory controller. The external ECC module provides the memory modules with ECC functionality. Each memory module is connected to the memory controller via a respective memory channel. The external ECC modules are connected to the memory controller via a common ECC channel. Each external ECC module is assigned to a group of the memory modules. The memory modules of one group with respective ECC modules are synchronously operated by the memory controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Christian Weiβ, Sven Kalms, Hermann Ruckerbauer
  • Patent number: 7457392
    Abstract: A delay locked loop includes a first delay device for obtaining a fine setting and a downstream-connected second delay device for obtaining a coarse setting of the delay time. The control signals for controlling the respective delay devices are provided by synchronization latches, which receive a clock obtained by the output signal of the first delay device for obtaining the fine setting. The delay locked loop enables a linear operating behavior at a high operating frequency and is particularly suitable when a differential embodiment of the two delay devices is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Christian Weis, Thomas Miller, Patrick Heyne
  • Patent number: 7457174
    Abstract: A method is provided for adapting the phase relationship between a clock signal and a strobe signal for accepting write data to be transmitted into a memory circuit, a write command signal being transmitted to the memory circuit in a manner synchronized with the clock signal, a write data signal being transmitted synchronously with the strobe signal, a phase offset between the transmitted clock signal and the transmitted strobe signal being set such that the write data are reliably accepted in the memory circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Georg Braun, Eckehard Plaettner, Christian Weis, Andreas Jakobs
  • Patent number: 7355921
    Abstract: A device for definition of the waiting time which should pass in a clock-controlled memory circuit after the start of a specific operation until a subsequent operation may be started. The device includes a digital timer which is arranged in the memory circuit, is switched on when the specific operation is initiated and allows the subsequent operation to be started after a defined time period has elapsed. The digital timer, after it is switched on, counts periodic counting pulses which are derived from the clock signal, in order to signal the end of the waiting time as soon as it has counted a desired number of these pulses. A waiting time adjustment apparatus is provided and is accessible via external connections of the memory circuit in order to set the desired number of counting pulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Andre Schaefer, Thomas Hein, Christian Weis
  • Patent number: 7263909
    Abstract: The present invention is electronically driven locking device for a locking element of a motor vehicle. The device has a motor, a gear wheel including a gear ring, a hub, and an elastic intermediate element, and a control disk. The motor is linked to the gear ring via a worm gear which is arranged to turn the gear. The control disk is linked to the locking element such that when the gear ring is turned, the hub is turned via the intermediate element which in turn engages the locking element to close or open. The intermediate element is arranged to absorb kinetic energy in the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Siemens AG
    Inventor: Christian Weis
  • Patent number: 7224625
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling write access to a semiconductor memory, particularly a DDR graphics memory, in which a multiplicity of data packets are written to the semiconductor memory per data burst, in which write access is initiated by a write command and the data packets which are to be written to the memory are latched under the control of a cycle of a data strobe write clock control signal, where the data packets are latched by alternately using a respective falling and rising edge of the data strobe write clock control signal, and where the data strobe write clock control signal has a defined state at the start of the write operation. The invention also relates to a circuit arrangement for carrying out the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Stefan Dietrich, Thomas Hein, Peter Schroegmeier, Christian Weis
  • Publication number: 20070035326
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for setting various terminations of a memory chip. In one embodiment, the memory chip includes a terminal, a termination circuit that can be connected to the terminal in order to terminate the terminal with a settable resistance value, a control command port for receiving a control command signal, and a control circuit that is connected to the termination circuit in order to set a resistance value as a function of a received control command signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: Georg Braun, Christian Weis, Eckehard Plaettner
  • Publication number: 20060262613
    Abstract: A method is provided for adapting the phase relationship between a clock signal and a strobe signal for accepting write data to be transmitted into a memory circuit, a write command signal being transmitted to the memory circuit in a manner synchronized with the clock signal, a write data signal being transmitted synchronously with the strobe signal, a phase offset between the transmitted clock signal and the transmitted strobe signal being set such that the write data are reliably accepted in the memory circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2006
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Inventors: Georg Braun, Eckehard Plaettner, Christian Weis, Andreas Jakobs
  • Publication number: 20060233005
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for definition of the waiting time which should pass in a clock-controlled memory circuit after the start of a specific operation until a subsequent operation may be started. The device includes a digital timer which is arranged in the memory circuit, is switched on when the specific operation is initiated and allows the subsequent operation to be started after a defined time period has elapsed. The digital timer, after it is switched on, counts periodic counting pulses which are derived from the clock signal, in order to signal the end of the waiting time as soon as it has counted a desired number of these pulses. A waiting time adjustment apparatus is provided and is accessible via external connections of the memory circuit in order to set the desired number of counting pulses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2006
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: Andre Schaefer, Thomas Hein, Christian Weis