Patents by Inventor Elmar Albert

Elmar Albert 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: 9996492
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a coupling device for dynamically allocating USB endpoints of a USB interface, which can be accessed using at least two applications, comprising: a USB interface that has at least two ports, each of which comprises at least one USB endpoint; and a control device for dynamically allocating the USB endpoints. The control device is designed so as to preconfigure each USB endpoint which is required for the at least two applications by means of an initialization process, and thus the control device can switch the allocation of the endpoints according to the access using at least one of the applications without the USB endpoints affected by the switch having to be deactivated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Unify GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Elmar Albert, Andras Selmeczi
  • Publication number: 20170228334
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a coupling device for dynamically allocating USB endpoints of a USB interface, which can be accessed using at least two applications, comprising: a USB interface that has at least two ports, each of which comprises at least one USB endpoint; and a control device for dynamically allocating the USB endpoints. The control device is designed so as to preconfigure each USB endpoint which is required for the at least two applications by means of an initialization process, and thus the control device can switch the allocation of the endpoints according to the access using at least one of the applications without the USB endpoints affected by the switch having to be deactivated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Elmar Albert, Andras Selmeczi
  • Patent number: 9652428
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a coupling device (10) for dynamically allocating USB endpoints (31, 32, 33, 34) of a USB interface (30), which can be accessed using at least two applications, comprising: a USB interface (30) that has at least two ports (P0, P2, P4), each of which comprises at least one USB endpoint (31, 32, 33, 34); and a control device (20) for dynamically allocating the USB endpoints (31, 32, 33, 34). The control device is designed so as to preconfigure each USB endpoint (31, 32, 33, 34) which is required for the at least two applications by means of an initialization process, and thus the control device can switch the allocation of the endpoints according to the access using at least one of the applications without the USB endpoints (31, 32, 33, 34) affected by the switch having to be deactivated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Unify GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Elmar Albert, Andras Selmeczi
  • Patent number: 9338304
    Abstract: A bidirectional communication system includes—a first compensating unit to which a first output unit and a first input unit are assigned that is configured to compensate for undesired feedback from the first output unit in the first input unit with generation of first compensation data and at least one second compensating unit that is configured like the first compensating unit and is physically separate from the first compensating unit. The second compensating unit has a second output unit but no input unit is assigned to it. The first compensating unit and the second compensating unit are connected by interfaces via which the first compensation data generated by the first compensating unit can be sent to the second compensating unit so that second compensation data can be generated in the second compensating unit based on the first compensation data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Unify GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Elmar Albert
  • Publication number: 20150032923
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a coupling device (10) for dynamically allocating USB endpoints (31, 32, 33, 34) of a USB interface (30), which can be accessed using at least two applications, comprising: a USB interface (30) that has at least two ports (P0, P2, P4), each of which comprises at least one USB endpoint (31, 32, 33, 34); and a control device (20) for dynamically allocating the USB endpoints (31, 32, 33, 34). The control device is designed so as to preconfigure each USB endpoint (31, 32, 33, 34) which is required for the at least two applications by means of an initialization process, and thus the control device can switch the allocation of the endpoints according to the access using at least one of the applications without the USB endpoints (31, 32, 33, 34) affected by the switch having to be deactivated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: Unify GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Elmar Albert, Andras Selmeczi
  • Publication number: 20140185792
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bidirectional communication System (10) with compensation for undesired feedback, comprising—a first compensating unit (CU1) which is paired with a first Output unit (OU1) and a first input unit (IUI) and which is designed to compensate for undesired feedback from the first Output unit (OU1) into the first input unit (IUI) while compiling first compensation data, and—at least one second compensating unit (CU2) which is designed in an analog manner, as is the first compensating unit (CU1), which is physically separated from the first compensating unit (CU1), and which is paired with a second Output unit (OU2) but not with an input unit, however.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: UNIFY GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Elmar Albert
  • Patent number: 6669126
    Abstract: A storage device for data transmission lines, which serve for data transmission between a moving object and a base station, has a spool unit (2) on which a data transmission line (1) is wound in the form of a package of several layers (21) of windings. The windings in each layer are introduced at a maximum tensile stress or force, which is dependent on the modulus of elasticity of thedata transmission line (1). In this way, a creep or flow of the material of data transmission line (1), which is due to the pressure that is produced on the individual layers (21), is reduced or avoided, and a stable ordering of the windings is assured over a long period of time. The pressure of a winding on the layer (21) lying thereunder is less than 0.6 N/mm2, at least in the lower region of the windings. The maximum tensile stress is calculated from the diameters of data transmission line (1) and spool unit (2), the modulus of elasticity of data transmission line (1) and the total number N of layers (21) of the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: LFK-Lenkflugkorpersysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Elmar Albert, Kuno Roder, Helmut Braun
  • Patent number: 5710853
    Abstract: A coil support and a winding arranged thereon, especially one including a fiber-optic waveguide, whose turns are mutually fixed by a binding agent. The binding agent drys while a volatile solvent diffuses off. The coil support is permeable to solvent and is designed such that it has essentially the same coefficient of thermal expansion as the winding. This achieves the uniform, thorough drying of the binding agent over the entire winding and reduces the risk of damage to the fiber-optic waveguide during the transportation and the unwinding of the winding in a coil form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: Daimler-Benz Aerospace AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Von Hoessle, Kuno Roder, Elmar Albert
  • Patent number: 5673866
    Abstract: A coil form with a coil support and with a winding applied thereto, whose turns are provided with a coil bond material. The bond material contains a volatile solvent and mutually fixes the turns when dried (in a dry state). To guarantee an essentially uniform, nearly solvent residue-free drying of the coil bond in the entire winding even in the case of a very large number of coil layers, the coil support is a porous coil support having open pores. The coil support has a diffusion coefficient with respect to the solvent that is equal to or slightly lower than that of the winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1997
    Assignee: Daimler-Benz Aerospace AG
    Inventors: Elmar Albert, Kuno Roder