Patents by Inventor Dirk Zimmermann

Dirk Zimmermann 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: 20170268074
    Abstract: A method of simultaneously amplifying genotypes 1, 2, 3 and/or 4 of HEV is disclosed comprising amplifying the genotypes 1, 2, 3 and/or 4 of HEV with one single none-degenerate forward primer partially overlapping the 5?UTR region of HEV and at least one reverse primer. Also disclosed are related methods comprising a probe, and kits for the detection of genotypes 1, 2, 3 and/or 4 of HEV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Hermann Leying, Thomas W. Myers, Nicolas Newton, Eberhard Russmann, Joseph San Filippo, Nancy Schoenbrunner, Heike Wilts, Xiaoning Wu, Karen K. Y. Young, Dirk Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 9725754
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the sample preparation of nucleic acids for diagnostic purposes. More precisely, the invention provides a process for simultaneously isolating at least a first and a second target nucleic acid from a plurality of different types of fluid samples and optionally amplifying said isolated nucleic acids in a simultaneous manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Inventors: Sean F. Boyle, Meike Eickhoff, Christopher Newhouse, Eberhard Russmann, Edward S. Smith, Andreas Woelfelschneider, Dirk Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 9702017
    Abstract: A method of simultaneously amplifying genotypes 1, 2, 3 and/or 4 of HEV is disclosed comprising amplifying the genotypes 1, 2, 3 and/or 4 of HEV with one single none-degenerate forward primer partially overlapping the 5?UTR region of HEV and at least one reverse primer. Also disclosed are related methods comprising a probe, and kits for the detection of genotypes 1, 2, 3 and/or 4 of HEV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Inventors: Hermann Leying, Thomas W. Myers, Nicolas Newton, Eberhard Russmann, Joseph San Filippo, Nancy Schoenbrunner, Heike Wilts, Xiaoning Wu, Karen K. Y. Young, Dirk Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 9680347
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric motor/gear mechanism unit including a housing, an iron-free rotor winding rotatably arranged in the interior of the housing, a collector connected to the rotor winding, a rotor shaft extending through the collector, and a gear mechanism which is connected to the rotor shaft and which has an output shaft. The present invention is so conceived that the gear mechanism is produced from a non-magnetic material and arranged in the interior of the rotor winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: MAXON MOTOR AG
    Inventors: Daniel Sherwin, Albert Hugo Fritschy, Franzxaver Fölmli, Jens Oliver Schulze, Raniero Pittini, Dirk Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20170151691
    Abstract: Method for producing ceramic components, more particularly ceramic components having recesses and/or hollow spaces, there being at least one sintered ceramic part present. In order to improve the handling qualities of ceramic components, the sintered ceramic part can include a carrier or carrying section which is removed in the further processing from at least one ceramic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: Lakeview Innovation Ltd.
    Inventor: Dirk Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20160265016
    Abstract: This invention concerns microorganisms, to be precise Archaea, which, in case of cultivation at 25° C., indicate unsaturated ether lipids in quantities of at least 10% with reference to the total amount of ether lipids. In a further aspect, this invention is directed towards microorganisms within the Archaea, in particular from those of the class halomebacteria, in particular the order of Halobacteriales, in particular the family Halobacteriaceae, in particular the genus Haloarcula and Haloferax containing lipid compositions. These lipid compositions, in particular liposomes, are characterized by the presence of large quantities of unsaturated ether lipids. In a further aspect, the existing invention concerns a process for the extraction of these unsaturated ether lipids from the designated Archaea.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: K+S AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Dirk ZIMMERMANN, Heiko PATZELT, Elke MAJEWSKI, Joerg-Heino SACHSE, Christine WEHR
  • Publication number: 20160258982
    Abstract: A circuit for compensating an offset voltage in an amplifier or a DC component in a signal supplied to the amplifier comprises the amplifier and a first voltage source. The amplifier has at least one measurement signal port and at least two contacts for a supply voltage. Each of two contacts is connected to a different terminal of the first voltage source. The potential at each contact is separated from a ground potential and from an external supply potential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Thorsten Siera, Reiner Franke, Oliver Collen, Dirk Zimmermann, Andre Kolbe, Martin Peschke
  • Patent number: 9416398
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of amplifying a first and a second target nucleic acid in separate reaction receptacles, wherein said reaction receptacles comprise a solution comprising amplification reagents and oligonucleotides specific for said first or said second target nucleic acid, wherein said solution is the same for amplifying said first target nucleic acid and said second target nucleic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Hermann Leying, Dirk Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 9234250
    Abstract: Methods are provided for the amplification of at least a first and a second target nucleic acid that may be present in at least one fluid sample using an internal control nucleic acid for qualitative and/or quantitative purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Meike Eickhoff, Ellen H. Fiss, Joachim Glaubitz, Niclas Hitziger, Stephen G. Will, Dirk Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 9175332
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the amplification of at least a first and a second target nucleic acid that may be present in a fluid sample. The invention further provides a kit and an analytical system for carrying out said amplification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Meike Eickhoff, Niclas Hitziger, Anke Mussmann, Thomas W. Myers, Christopher Newhouse, Nicolas Newton, John Niemiec, Nancy Schoenbrunner, Edward S. Smith, Stephen G. Will, Heike Wilts, Dirk Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 8948973
    Abstract: A method comprising the steps: a manually applied driver steering moment is detected; a requested superposition moment is detected; the driver steering and superposition moments are combined to form an intermediate moment from which an assistance moment is generated by means of a predefined, non-linear amplification function; starting from detected values of the driver steering and superposition moments, a modified superposition moment compensating for friction in the electric steering system at least in part is determined such that the amount of the modified superposition moment is larger than the amount of the superposition moment at least for some pairs of variates comprised of driver steering and superposition moments; the assistance and modified superposition moments are combined to form a motor moment from which a corresponding input signal for a servo motor is established; the servo motor is controlled with the established input signal to provide the motor moment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: TRW Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Heinz-Dieter Heitzer, Dirk Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20140342867
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric motor/gear mechanism unit including a housing, an iron-free rotor winding rotatably arranged in the interior of the housing, a collector connected to the rotor winding, a rotor shaft extending through the collector, and a gear mechanism which is connected to the rotor shaft and which has an output shaft. The present invention is so conceived that the gear mechanism is produced from a non-magnetic material and arranged in the interior of the rotor winding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: MAXON MOTOR AG
    Inventors: Daniel SHERWIN, Hugo FRITSCHY, Franzxaver FÖLMLI, Jens Oliver SCHULZE, Raniero PITTINI, Dirk ZIMMERMANN
  • Patent number: 8829750
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric motor/gear mechanism unit including a housing, an iron-free rotor winding rotatably arranged in the interior of the housing, a collector connected to the rotor winding, a rotor shaft extending through the collector, and a gear mechanism which is connected to the rotor shaft and which has an output shaft. The present invention is so conceived that the gear mechanism is produced from a non-magnetic material and arranged in the interior of the rotor winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: maxon motor ag
    Inventors: Daniel Sherwin, Hugo Fritschy, Franzxaver Fölmli, Jens Oliver Schulze, Raniero Pittini, Dirk Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20140170638
    Abstract: Methods for detecting HAV in a biological sample are provided, comprising amplifying a target nucleic acid comprising the sequence of HAV in a reaction mixture. The reaction mixture comprises a biological sample which may contain the target nucleic acid and set of oligonucleotides. The invention also provides kits for the detection of HAV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Hermann Leying, Ning Lu, Nick Newton, Andreas Wolfelschneider, Karen Young, Dirk Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20140154669
    Abstract: Methods are provided for the amplification of at least a first and a second target nucleic acid that may be present in at least one fluid sample using an internal control nucleic acid for qualitative and/or quantitative purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Meike Eickhoff, Ellen H. Fiss, Joachim Glaubitz, Niclas Hitziger, Stephen G. Will, Dirk Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20140084207
    Abstract: This invention concerns microorganisms, to be precise Archaea, which, in case of cultivation at 25° C., indicate unsaturated ether lipids in quantities of at least 10% with reference to the total amount of ether lipids. In a further aspect, this invention is directed towards microorganisms within the Archaea, in particular from those of the class halomebacteria, in particular the order of Halobacteriales, in particular the family Halobacteriaceae, in particular the genus Haloarcula and Haloferax containing lipid compositions. These lipid compositions, in particular liposomes, are characterized by the presence of large quantities of unsaturated ether lipids. In a further aspect, the existing invention concerns a process for the extraction of these unsaturated ether lipids from the designated Archaea.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: K + S Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dirk Zimmermann, Heiko Patzelt, Elke Majewski, Joerg-heino Sachse, Christine Stoll
  • Patent number: 8641089
    Abstract: In an airbag module (100) for a vehicle steering wheel comprising an inflator (110) and a device (130) for vibration damping on which the inflator (110) is mounted to be oscillating as vibration damper mass the device (130) for vibration damping is configured at least to damp a first device-specific frequency and a second device-specific frequency, wherein different excitation directions are associated with the first and second device-specific frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: TRW Automotive Safety Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Friedrich, Klaus Freudenberger, Michael Deckenhoff, Dirk Zimmermann, Ralf Krause
  • Patent number: 8609340
    Abstract: Methods are provided for the amplification of at least a first and a second target nucleic acid that may be present in at least one fluid sample using an internal control nucleic acid for qualitative and/or quantitative purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Meike Eickhoff, Ellen H. Fiss, Joachim Glaubitz, Niclas Hitziger, Stephen G. Will, Dirk Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 8584510
    Abstract: A method of determining a pressure parameter of a plant sample (1) comprises the steps of subjecting the plant sample (1) to a clamp pressure (pclamp) created with a clamp device (10), measuring at least one pressure response value (pp) of the plant sample (1), which depends on the clamp pressure (Pclamp)/and determining the pressure parameter on the basis of the at least one pressure response value (pp), wherein the clamp pressure (pclamp) is adjusted, such that the plant sample (1) has a viscoelastic pressure response to the clamp pressure (pclamp). Furthermore, an apparatus (100) for determining a pressure parameter of a plant sample (1) is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignees: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Wissenschaften e.V., Julius-Maximilians-Universitaet Wuerzburg, Zim Plant Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Zimmermann, Ernst Bamberg, Ulrich Zimmermann, Markus Westhoff, Randolph Reuss, Albert Gessner, Willibald Bauer
  • Publication number: 20130280697
    Abstract: A method of simultaneously amplifying genotypes 1, 2, 3 and/or 4 of HEV is disclosed comprising amplifying the genotypes 1, 2, 3 and/or 4 of HEV with one single none-degenerate forward primer partially overlapping the 5?UTR region of HEV and at least one reverse primer. Also disclosed are related methods comprising a probe, and kits for the detection of genotypes 1, 2, 3 and/or 4 of HEV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Hermann Leying, Thomas W. Myers, Nicolas Newton, Eberhard Russmann, Joseph San Filippo, Nancy Schoenbrunner, Heike Wilts, Xiaoning Wu, Karen K. Y. Young, Dirk Zimmermann