Patents by Inventor Michael Fischer

Michael Fischer 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: 20220377493
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating a plurality of audio channels for a speaker setup, comprises a processor repeating an energy distribution from a speaker not contained in the speaker setup to the speakers in the speaker setup to acquire a downmix information for a downmix to the speaker setup; and a renderer for generating the plurality of audio channels using the downmix information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Christian BORSS, Christian ERTEL, Johannes HILPERT, Achim KUNTZ, Michael FISCHER, Florian SCHUH, Bernhard GRILL
  • Patent number: 11499860
    Abstract: A fill level measuring device for determining a fill level of a medium is provided, including a radar module configured to emit a transmission signal and to receive a received signal reflected on the medium, a controller configured to detect, based on the received signal, a measurement signal correlating with the fill level, and including a detector configured to detect a movement signal indicating a movement of the fill level measuring device and/or a position signal indicating a geographic position of the fill level measuring device. The controller includes activation circuitry configured to at least partially activate and/or deactivate the radar module depending on the movement signal and/or on the position signal detected by the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: VEGA GRIESHABER KG
    Inventors: Roland Welle, Michael Fischer
  • Publication number: 20220354604
    Abstract: A robotic surgical tool includes an elongate shaft extendable through a handle, a drive cable extending along a portion of the shaft, and an actuation system housed within the handle and including an input stack having first and second ends. The input stack includes a drive input arranged at the first end, and an accumulator arranged between the first and second ends and including a differential body defining upper and lower redirect surfaces, and a redirect feature offset from the upper and lower redirect surfaces, wherein the drive cable is threaded through the upper and lower redirect surfaces and the redirect feature, and wherein actuating the actuation system rotates the input stack and thereby acts on the drive cable to cause one or more operations of the surgical tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: Austin Michael Fischer, Jason Alan Hill
  • Publication number: 20220349329
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an exhaust gas aftertreatment system with a turbine arranged in the exhaust gas line and with a main catalytic converter arranged downstream from the turbine, wherein the exhaust gas line has a bypass line and a bypass connector, wherein the bypass line opens downstream from the turbine, wherein a main particle filter and, in the bypass line, a catalytic converter are provided, wherein the bypass valve a1) is formed as a three-way valve is and forms the bypass connector a2) the bypass valve is formed as a three-way valve and is provided at the opening b1) is positioned in the bypass line, wherein an exhaust gas flap is provided upstream from the opening in the exhaust gas line b2) the exhaust gas line is formed without exhaust gas flaps downstream from the bypass connector and upstream from the opening, and the catalytic converter has a three-way coating or the respective main catalytic converter has a DOC coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventor: Michael FISCHER
  • Patent number: 11480265
    Abstract: Systems and methods described herein provide for pressure relief valve detection and monitoring. A valve assembly includes a striker and an indicator assembly separated by a diaphragm. The diaphragm may be elastically or permanently deformable. The striker may be connected to a relieve valve disk that releases in response to high fluid pressure at the valve. Movement of the striker may be detected by contact with the diaphragm or by sensors near the diaphragm, which may trigger the indicator assembly to provide an external indication of a valve opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Hansen Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Orval Kuhn, Michael Fischer, Santhosh Kumar, Bryant Crane
  • Publication number: 20220312955
    Abstract: An adjustable desk that operably engages a cardiovascular machines and methods of using the adjustable desk. The adjustable desk comprises a frame, a bottom platform, and a top platform. The bottom platform operably engages with the frame and defines a first substantially planar wall. The top platform operably engages with the frame and defines a second substantially planer wall. The top platform is provided at a first height above the bottom platform measured between the first substantially planar wall and the second substantially planar wall. The frame is adapted to engage with a support structure such as a cardiovascular machine. The frame is also configured to selectively adjustable one or both of the top platform and the bottom platform relative to the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: WALK-i-TASK Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Fischer, Jordan Ashley Fischer
  • Patent number: 11443663
    Abstract: A support substructure for fastening a display tile to a support structure of a tiled display, where the support substructure is linked to the support structure by means of a first mechanism allowing movements of the display tile in a plane parallel to the nominal plane (XY) of the tiled display independently of the presence or absence of adjacent display tiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignees: BARCO N.V., BARCO CONTROL ROOMS GMBH
    Inventors: Tom Adriaan Gerard Dewaele, Frank Michael Fischer, Stephan Frank Henry
  • Publication number: 20220281025
    Abstract: A method for repairing a pocket of a case for a variable stator assembly may comprise: receiving, via a processor, a plurality of wear depths, each wear depth in the plurality of wear depths corresponding to a wear portion in a stator pocket in a plurality of stator pockets; determining, via the processor, a plurality of thicknesses of a coating to be deposited based on the plurality of wear depths, each thickness of the coating in the plurality of thicknesses corresponding to the wear portion for each stator pocket in the plurality of stator pockets; and commanding, via the processor, a coating spray torch to deposit the coating in the wear portion of each stator pocket in the plurality of stator pockets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Heather Danielsen, Norman Gagnon, George Reynolds, Kevin Sloan, Keith Pooler, Jason Christiansen, Michael Fischer
  • Patent number: 11438723
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating a plurality of audio channels for a first speaker setup is characterized by an imaginary speaker determiner, an energy distribution calculator, a processor and a renderer. The imaginary speaker determiner is configured to determine a position of an imaginary speaker not contained in the first speaker setup to obtain a second speaker setup containing the imaginary speaker. The energy distribution calculator is configured to calculate an energy distribution from the imaginary speaker to the other speakers in the second speaker setup. The processor is configured to repeat the energy distribution to obtain a downmix information for a downmix from the second speaker setup to the first speaker setup. The renderer is configured to generate the plurality of audio channels using the downmix information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Christian Borss, Christian Ertel, Johannes Hilpert, Achim Kuntz, Michael Fischer, Florian Schuh, Bernhard Grill
  • Patent number: 11416685
    Abstract: Artificial intelligence based document analysis systems and methods are disclosed. Embodiments of document analysis systems may allow the reuse of coded datasets defined in association with a particular code by allowing these datasets to be bundled to define a dataset for another code, where that code may be associated with a target corpus of documents. A model can then be trained based on that dataset and used to provide predictive scores for the documents of the target corpora with respect to the code. Furthermore, this code can be applied not just to the target corpus of documents, but additionally can be applied against any other corpora.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: CS DISCO, INC.
    Inventors: Alan Justin Lockett, Verlyn Michael Fischer, Richard Alan Vestal, Jesse Abraham Ramos, Robert Duane Harrington, Brian Daniel Luskey
  • Publication number: 20220249184
    Abstract: A surgical tool includes a drive housing having an elongate shaft extending therefrom and an end effector arranged at a distal end of the shaft, a drive input rotatably mounted to the drive housing and having an input shaft extending therefrom, and upper and lower capstans mounted to the input shaft. First and second drive cables are coupled to the upper and lower capstans, respectively, and extend to the end effector, and a clutch feature is arranged to mate the upper capstan to the lower capstan and is movable between an engaged position, where rotation of the input shaft in either angular direction correspondingly rotates the upper and lower capstans in the same angular direction, and a disengaged position, where the upper and lower capstans are rotatable independent of each other in at least one angular direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: Ethicon LLC
    Inventors: Austin Michael FISCHER, William George SAULENAS, Eric N. JOHNSON
  • Publication number: 20220227048
    Abstract: Disclosed is a construction box system 10 for a 3D printer 12, comprising a construction box 30 having a side wall structure 32 and a construction platform 34 received within the side wall structure 32, the side wall structure 32 limiting an upwardly open construction box interior space 36 for building up a component by 3D printing, which interior space is downwardly limited by the construction platform 34, and a support structure 50 comprising its own drive 52 integrated into the support structure 50 and to which the construction box 30 is releasably attachable, such that the construction box 30 can be repeatedly removed from the support structure 50 after building up the component in the construction box interior space 36 and subsequently reattached to the support structure 50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Huber, Michael Fischer, Roland Ladewig
  • Publication number: 20220214074
    Abstract: A vertical Pittsburgh Seam closing apparatus having a base supporting surface, a track mechanism for moving a carriage assembly which holds seam forming members used to close a Pittsburgh Seam, a pair of upper and lower guide members for guiding the duct section into a proper vertical position, and upper and lower clamping members positioned inside the duct section and adjacent the inside portion of the Pittsburgh Seam to be closed, the upper guide members and clamping member being selectively movable and adjustable for accommodating different duct section lengths. In one embodiment, the seam forming assembly includes three roller members mounted in vertical arrangement to each other, one roller member being V-shaped in configuration and the other two roller members being substantially cylindrical in shape. The V-shaped roller member may also include one or more projecting members for forming dimples in the closing process to prevent shifting and/or slipping of the closed seam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Dale R. Foster, Bert Michael Fischer
  • Patent number: 11371860
    Abstract: A system includes a processor configured to display a traveled-portion of a route, responsive to a request, the traveled-portion representing an entire route traveled since the request was received, including scaling the display so that an entire route is included in a window of fixed size, regardless of how large a distance the displayed traveled-portion represents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John Michael Fischer, Michael Lambert, Adam Pagryzinski
  • Patent number: 11313578
    Abstract: A vertical Pittsburgh Seam closing apparatus having a base supporting surface, a track mechanism for moving a carriage assembly which holds seam forming members used to close a Pittsburgh Seam, a pair of upper and lower guide members for guiding the duct section into a proper vertical position, and upper and lower clamping members positioned inside the duct section and adjacent the inside portion of the Pittsburgh Seam to be closed, the upper guide members and clamping member being selectively movable and adjustable for accommodating different duct section lengths. In one embodiment, the seam forming assembly includes three roller members mounted in vertical arrangement to each other, one roller member being V-shaped in configuration and the other two roller members being substantially cylindrical in shape. The V-shaped roller member may also include one or more projecting members for forming dimples in the closing process to prevent shifting and/or slipping of the closed seam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Vicon Machinery LLC
    Inventors: Dale R. Foster, Bert Michael Fischer
  • Publication number: 20220121891
    Abstract: Operations may include identifying a plurality of graphs as ground truth graphs in response to each ground truth graph having a heuristic characteristic and being categorized as a first- or second-class graph based on labeling of the graphs with respect to the heuristic characteristic. The operations may include identifying a graph as an unlabeled graph, the graph being unlabeled with respect to the heuristic characteristic. The operations may include comparing the unlabeled graph to the first- and second-class graphs, the comparing being based on the heuristic characteristic and including one or more operations selected from a group of operations including performing similarity matching, model-based heuristics operations, or query analysis operations. The operations may include categorizing the unlabeled graph as a first- or second-class graph based on the comparing. The operations may include training a machine learning model using the ground truth graphs and the previously unlabeled graph.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Wing Yee AU, Jeffrey Michael FISCHER, Kanji UCHINO
  • Patent number: 11306688
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a gasoline engine comprising an exhaust gas line which can be connected to an exhaust manifold of the gasoline engine, an intake line which can be connected to an intake manifold of the gasoline engine, a charge air compressor which is arranged in the intake line, and a turbine which is arranged in the exhaust gas line. The exhaust gas line has at least one bypass line with a bypass throttle valve, said line branching off from the exhaust gas line at a branch upstream of the turbine and branching back into the exhaust gas line at an opening downstream of the turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: TENNECO GMBH
    Inventors: Philipp Kreutziger, Michael Fischer, Jaroslaw Kierat
  • Publication number: 20220106905
    Abstract: An exhaust gas conduction system for a gasoline engine comprises an exhaust gas line and an intake line which can be connected to an intake manifold, a charge air compressor arranged in the intake line, and a turbine arranged in the exhaust gas line. The exhaust gas line has at least one bypass line with a bypass throttle valve. At least one exhaust gas recirculation line with an EGR throttle valve is provided. At least one particle filter is arranged in the bypass line and an exhaust gas valve is provided in the exhaust gas line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Philipp Kreutziger, Michael Fischer, Jaroslaw Kierat
  • Patent number: 11279202
    Abstract: An arrangement for sealing functional unit interfaces includes a functional unit, an interface, and a sealing element. The interface has a first main surface, a second main surface, and an opening. The second main surface has a clamping section enclosing the opening. The functional unit has a front face with a counter-clamping section opposite the clamping section. The sealing element has a sealing body and a support element at least partially arranged within the sealing body. The sealing body has a first section clamped between the clamping section and the counter-clamping section. The opening is closed by a second section of sealing body, which is at least partially arranged between the opening and the front face. The support element is partially arranged in the first section and partially in the second section of the sealing body. The support element and the sealing body consist of different materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: MAHLE International GmbH
    Inventors: Garrett Wade Hoehn, Jeremy Michael Fischer
  • Publication number: 20220059218
    Abstract: Provided are systems, methods and devices for adaptive and exception-based asset tracking by geolocation, while preserving battery life, ensuring patient privacy and maintaining interoperability by preventing interference with the operation of tracked medical devices. To prevent RF interference with medical device operation, provided are methods of detecting medical device operation through detection of magnetic fields or vibrations. For patient privacy, geolocation information received from an asset tracker device is anonymized and not stored. The asset tracker device described herein may be further configured to track elevation of an asset above the ground, movement of the asset, pressure and temperature changes to the environment and accordingly modify tracking behavior. Also provided is a pairing system for physical and electronic pairing of an asset tracker device to multiple medical devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventor: Daniel Michael Fischer