Patents by Inventor Michael Becker

Michael Becker 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: 20210053778
    Abstract: A container stacking storage system loading trolley that includes a chassis and a height-adjustable container seat that includes a receiving region with a container contact surface, wherein a lifting device that operates in a lifting direction is arranged between the chassis and the container seat. The container stacking storage system operates in an economical manner, whereby a bearing arrangement is arranged between the container seat and the chassis, which bearing arrangement enables a movement of the container seat transversely to the lifting direction relative to the chassis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Jungheinrich Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Timm MORAWIETZ, Jörg CAVELIUS, Michael BECKER
  • Publication number: 20210053760
    Abstract: A container stacking storage system loading trolley that includes a chassis and a container seat that is height-adjustable relative to the chassis. The container seat includes a receiving region with a container contact surface. A lifting device, operable in a lifting direction, is arranged between the chassis and the container seat, and includes a first lifting drive and a second lifting drive. The second lifting drive is configured to act on an unlocking device that is configured to act on holding elements of a container stacking storage system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Jungheinrich Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jörg CAVELIUS, Michael BECKER, Timm MORAWIETZ
  • Publication number: 20210053777
    Abstract: A stacking storage arrangement that includes multiple container receiving spaces; a loading space located below the container receiving spaces; and a frame arrangement arranged between the container receiving spaces and the loading space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Jungheinrich Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Elmar HARTING, Jörg CAVELIUS, Michael BECKER
  • Publication number: 20210053758
    Abstract: A stacking storage arrangement includes multiple container receiving spaces, a loading space arranged below the container receiving spaces, in which the container receiving spaces are held at a first height above the loading space; and a loading vehicle movable between the loading space and a transfer region. The loading vehicle includes a container seat with a container contact surface, and the container seat is movable in a lifting direction. In the container contact surface, the container seat further includes at least two notches opening to at least one side, and at least one transfer device includes transfer fingers configured to match the notches in the container contact surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Jungheinrich Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Volker ROLLWA, Jörg CAVELIUS, Michael BECKER, Markus LIEBHABER
  • Patent number: 10902333
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for collecting and analyzing data in a cognitive fabric. The system can include a network of intelligent nodes, each node being configured for sharing or receiving data as a function of analytic processing to be performed at the node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC.
    Inventors: Ki Hyun Lee, John David Pisano, Saurin Pankaj Shah, Andre Tai Nguyen, Yuxun Lei, Christopher Brown, Michael Becker
  • Patent number: 10844851
    Abstract: An infusion device (3) comprises a housing element (30) having a receptacle (301) for receiving a pump module (1), and a pump actuation mechanism (2) having a wobbling device (20) arranged on the housing element (30) and a drive shaft (21) being rotatable about a rotational axis (A). The wobbling device (20) is actuatable, by rotating the drive shaft (21) about the rotational axis (A), to perform a tumbling motion with respect to the receptacle (300) for acting onto the pump module (1) received in the receptacle (300) in order to pump a fluid through the pump module (1). Herein, the wobbling device (20) is displaceable along at least one direction (X, Y) transverse to the rotational axis (A) with respect to the receptacle (300).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Fresenius Vial SAS
    Inventors: Barbara Amon, Michael Becker
  • Publication number: 20200366395
    Abstract: Example methods and systems for modifying the playback of content using pre-processed profile information are described. Example instructions, when executed, cause at least one processor to access a media stream that includes media and a profile of equalization parameters, the media stream provided to a device via a network, the profile of equalization parameters included in the media stream selected based on a comparison of a reference fingerprint to a query fingerprint generated based on the media, the profile of equalization parameters including an equalization parameter for the media; and modify playback of the media based on the equalization parameter specified in the accessed profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Vadim Brenner, Markus K. Cremer, Michael Becker
  • Publication number: 20200354049
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) vehicle are provided. The VTOL vehicle includes: a fuselage having longitudinally a front section, a central section and a rear section; a first lifting surface comprising two wings respectively secured to opposite sides of the rear section of the fuselage; a second lifting surface comprising two wings respectively secured to opposite sides of the front section of the fuselage; where each wing comprises at least one engine module, each of the engine modules being pivotally coupled to the wing and each engine module being independently controlled for transitioning between a vertical mode of flight and a horizontal mode of flight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Frank Noppel, Gerrit MICHAEL Becker
  • Publication number: 20200303236
    Abstract: An electrode is provided. The electrode includes a contact pad composed of boron-doped polycrystalline diamond (BDD); a fiber core composed of BDD extending longitudinally from the contact pad from a first end that is in direct contact with the contact pad to an opposing second end; and a polycrystalline diamond (PCD) cladding that coats and hermetically seals the contact pad and the fiber core. A first portion of the contact pad and a second portion at or near the second end of the fiber core are not coated and hermetically scaled by the PCD cladding. A method of fabricating the electrode is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicants: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, Fraunhofer USA
    Inventors: Wen LI, Yue GUO, Thomas SCHUELKE, Michael BECKER, Robert RECHENBERG, Cory RUSINEK
  • Patent number: 10745575
    Abstract: The invention relates to an offset printing ink containing platelet-shaped aluminum pigments with an average thickness h50 ranging from 15 to 80 nm, binders, and solvents. The invention is characterized in that the platelet-shaped aluminum pigments are produced using a PVD method and are at least partly coated with a leafing additive, and the offset printing ink has a viscosity of 4 to 15 Pa s, measured on a sample which is temperature-controlled at 25° C. by means of a rotation viscometer with a cone/plate geometry under a shear stress of 185.9 Pa. The invention further relates to a method for producing a high-gloss printed metal image on a substrate, having the following steps: a) optionally applying a primer onto the substrate; b) applying an offset printing ink according to the invention onto the primer layer or onto the substrate, thereby forming a high-gloss printed layer B, and c) optionally applying additional color layers C onto the layer B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: ECKART GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Becker, Dörte Reitzenstein, Alexandra Lindl, Yvonne Plitzko
  • Patent number: 10735119
    Abstract: Example methods and systems for modifying the playback of content using pre-processed profile information are described. In some example embodiments, the methods and systems may access a stream of content to be delivered to a playback device, identify a piece of content within the stream of content to be delivered to the playback device, determine a profile for the identified piece of content, and deliver the determined profile to the playback device. In some example embodiments, the methods and systems may receive a stream of content at a playback device, access profile information associated with the stream of content, and modify playback of the stream of content based on the accessed profile information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Gracenote, Inc.
    Inventors: Vadim Brenner, Markus K. Cremer, Michael Becker
  • Publication number: 20200222650
    Abstract: An endo-tracheal catheter (1) for use in an anesthetic procedure comprises a catheter tube (10) to be inserted into the trachea (40) of a patient (4), the catheter tube (10) having a tubular wall (101) defining an inner lumen (102) for guiding a gaseous flow, and a connection piece (11) which defines a chamber (110) being in fluid connection with the catheter tube (10) and comprising a port (110) for connecting a detection device (2) to the endo-tracheal catheter (1) for detecting at least one substance in the gaseous flow flowing through the catheter tube (10). Herein, an insert tube (13) is received in the inner lumen (102) of the catheter tube (10) for guiding the gaseous flow through the catheter tube (10) and/or a coating (103) covers the tubular wall (101) at a side facing the inner lumen (102) for guiding the gaseous flow through the catheter tube (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Becker, Dieter Pruss
  • Publication number: 20200173891
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for pretreating a sample for metals determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Schuelke, Cory A. Rusinek, Michael Becker, Mary Ensch
  • Patent number: 10674310
    Abstract: A method performed in a network server system of a service provider providing a service comprising media streaming. The method comprises receiving a detection message from a mobile radio device running the service for a user registered with the service provider, wherein the message comprises an indication that the radio device has detected that it is within a predefined geographical area. The method also comprises determining that the predefined geographical area is registered with the service provider and associated with one or more actions. The method also comprises electing an action of the one or more actions. The method also comprises sending an instructions message to the radio device, comprising instructions to modify the service such that the radio device performs the elected action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: SPOTIFY AB
    Inventors: Nikolaos Toumpelis, Lingyu Wang, Michael Becker, Shannon Cusick, Nicholas Konstantinidis
  • Patent number: 10667709
    Abstract: An implantable device is provided. The implantable device includes a flexible polymeric substrate that extends through an aperture in an electrically conductive material to form an anchor that partially covers the electrically conductive material. Methods for fabricating the implantable device are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignees: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, Fraunhofer USA
    Inventors: Wen Li, Bin Fan, Robert Rechenberg, Michael Becker, Cory Rusinek
  • Patent number: 10666700
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method performed in a network server of a service provider providing a service comprising media streaming. The method comprises receiving a detection message from a mobile radio device running the service for a user registered with the service provider, said message comprising an indication that said radio device has detected a radio transmitter as well as comprising an identifier of said radio transmitter. The method also comprises determining that the radio transmitter, as identified by the received identifier, is registered with the service provider and associated with one or more actions. The method also comprises electing an action of the one or more actions. The method also comprises sending an instructions message to the radio device, said message comprising instructions to modify the service such that the radio device performs the elected action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: SPOTIFY AB
    Inventors: Jens Afzelius, Lingyu Wang, Michael Becker, Shannon Cusick, Nikolaos Toumpelis, Nicholas Konstantinidis
  • Patent number: 10625016
    Abstract: An infusion device (1)comprises a housing (10)having a front side (102)and a back side (103)opposite to the front side (102). A display device (11)is arranged at the front side (102)of the housing (10). A pump mechanism (18)serves to act onto a disposable pump module (17, 4), the pump mechanism (18)being included in the housing (10). Herein, the housing (10)is constituted to receive the disposable pump module (17, 4)at the back side (103). In this way an infusion device is provided which allows placing a disposable pump module on the housing of the infusion device and which may offer space savings over existing infusion devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Fresenius Vial SAS
    Inventors: Barbara Amon, Michael Becker
  • Publication number: 20200111013
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for collecting and analyzing data in a cognitive fabric. The system can include a network of intelligent nodes, each node being configured for sharing or receiving data as a function of analytic processing to be performed at the node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
    Inventors: Ki Hyun LEE, John David PISANO, Saurin Pankaj SHAH, Andre Tai NGUYEN, Yuxun LEI, Christopher BROWN, Michael BECKER
  • Publication number: 20200101929
    Abstract: The invention relates to a one-piece woven airbag (OPW), in particular for vehicle restraint systems, with an upper fabric (OG) and a lower fabric (UG) which are joined together in a single-ply seam area (NB) forming the border of the airbag, with tether threads (TF) which are woven partially into the upper fabric (OG) and partially into the lower fabric (UG) and float there between over a defined length, which is characterised by upper limiting threads (OBF) which are woven into the upper fabric (OG) and/or lower limiting threads (UBF) which are woven into the lower fabric (UG), the limiting threads (OBF, UBF) between upper fabric (OG) and lower fabric (UG) floating over a defined number of floating tether threads (TF) and being attached to attachment points (AP) of their fabric layer (OG, UG).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Daniel ALBIEZ, Michael BECKER
  • Patent number: 10592013
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to systems, devices, and methods for unifying a two-dimensional (2D) interface and a three-dimensional (3D) interface of a computer device, with each interface having unique inputs and displays specific to each dimensionality. The present disclosure provides for identifying a display context value that indicates whether a user is viewing a two dimensional (2D) display of a 2D space or a three dimensional (3D) display of a 3D space of the computer device, as well as identifying an input context value that indicates whether a user input received at an input device is directed toward the 2D space or the 3D space of the computer device, and selecting one of a plurality of operating states of the computer device based on the display context value and the input context value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jordan Page Mandel-Iaia, Christopher Michael Becker, Jiashi Zhang