Patents by Inventor Oliver Schneider

Oliver Schneider 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: 11976741
    Abstract: An electrohydraulic system having an adjustment device for a valve includes a drive apparatus, a control apparatus, and a preloading apparatus. In the event of a fault, the energy stored in the preloading apparatus can be transferred to the control apparatus such that a rotational motion of the control apparatus begins, which leads to the adjustment of the valve. The preloading apparatus comprises at least one elastic element, which is arranged adjacent to a control shaft of the control apparatus, is stationarily connected to the control shaft, and applies a torque to the control shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Juergen Schneider, Alexandre Orth, Gottfried Hendrix, Oliver Gerhard
  • Patent number: 11834310
    Abstract: A carrying device (1) for the frontal removal of a roll body from a roll frame, comprising a main frame (2) and a receiving section (3) for the roll body. The receiving section (3) can be transferred from an introduction position (E) into a supporting position (S). The receiving section (3) has a profile which at least partially encloses the roll body in the supporting position (S), and the carrying device (1) can be pushed in below the roll body with the receiving section (3) in the introduction position (E), and the roll body is carried with the receiving section (3) in the supporting position (S).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Bühler AG
    Inventors: Pascal Reis, Hermann Buerke, Oliver Schneider, Cyril Brändli, Sebastian Wels
  • Patent number: 11613723
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for cultivating cells, in particular tissue, comprising a carrier plate unit which has a central axis of rotation, at least one access opening arranged proximally to the axis of rotation, at least one cultivation chamber arranged distally to the axis of rotation, and at least one channel connecting the access opening to the cultivation chamber, and also a method for cultivating cells in a device according to the invention and a method for producing the device according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Peter Loskill, Oliver Schneider, Stefan Schneider
  • Patent number: 11591555
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for cultivating cells, in particular tissues, comprising a carrier plate unit, which has at least one access opening, at least one cultivation chamber, and at least one channel connecting the access opening to the cultivation chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Peter Loskill, Oliver Schneider
  • Publication number: 20220402476
    Abstract: A processor unit (3) for model-based predictive control of a vehicle (1) taking into account an arrival time factor is configured to calculate a trajectory for the vehicle (1) based at least in part on at least one arrival time factor, with the trajectory including an entire route (20) to a specified destination (19) at which the vehicle (1) is to arrive, and with the at least one arrival time factor influencing an arrival time of the vehicle (1) at the specified destination (19). Additionally, the processor unit (3) is configured to optimize a section of the trajectory for the vehicle (1) for a sliding prediction horizon by executing a model-based predictive control (MPC) algorithm (13), where the MPC algorithm (13) includes a longitudinal dynamic model (14) of a drive train (7) of the vehicle (1) and a cost function (15) to be minimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Valerie Engel, Andreas Wendzel, Michael Wechs, Maik Dreher, Lorenz Fischer, Oliver Schneider, Christian Baumann, Edgar Menezes, Felix Spura
  • Publication number: 20220273133
    Abstract: A beverage maker and a method for operating a beverage maker are provid-ed, wherein the. beverage maker includes a discharge channel having a sensor configured to detect a cleaning agent in water and a control unit configured to receive measured values from the sensor and to take the received measured values as a basis for regu-lating a water intake from the water source. The method includes regulating water intake from the water source based upon the measured values from the sensor in the dis-charge channel to ensure that only an amount of water necessary for re-moving remaining cleaning agent from the beverage maker is utilized for flushing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: WMF GmbH
    Inventor: Oliver Schneider
  • Patent number: 11428157
    Abstract: A ferritic aero diesel engine. The ferritic aero diesel engine includes an iron crankcase, a steel crankshaft and eight steel piston assemblies. The iron crankcase has a flat, horizontally opposed eight cylinder arrangement with a first set of cylinder walls defining a first set of cylinders in a first bank and a second set of cylinder walls defining a second set of cylinders in an opposed second bank. The steel crankshaft is rotatably mounted at least partially within the iron crankcase. Each of the steel piston assemblies of the plurality of steel piston assemblies is received within a respective cylinder of the iron crankcase and is coupled to the steel crankshaft. The first and second sets of cylinder walls have a minimum wall thickness of between approximately 4.8 and 5.2 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Fuchs, Steven M. Weinzierl, Oliver Schneider, Markus Evers
  • Publication number: 20200199509
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for cultivating cells, in particular tissue, comprising a carrier plate unit which has a central axis of rotation, at least one access opening arranged proximally to the axis of rotation, at least one cultivation chamber arranged distally to the axis of rotation, and at least one channel connecting the access opening to the cultivation chamber, and also a method for cultivating cells in a device according to the invention and a method for producing the device according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Peter LOSKILL, Oliver SCHNEIDER, Stefan SCHNEIDER
  • Publication number: 20200158015
    Abstract: A ferritic aero diesel engine. The ferritic aero diesel engine includes an iron crankcase, a steel crankshaft and eight steel piston assemblies. The iron crankcase has a flat, horizontally opposed eight cylinder arrangement with a first set of cylinder walls defining a first set of cylinders in a first bank and a second set of cylinder walls defining a second set of cylinders in an opposed second bank. The steel crankshaft is rotatably mounted at least partially within the iron crankcase. Each of the steel piston assemblies of the plurality of steel piston assemblies is received within a respective cylinder of the iron crankcase and is coupled to the steel crankshaft. The first and second sets of cylinder walls have a minimum wall thickness of between approximately 4.8 and 5.2 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Michael J. Fuchs, Steven M. Weinzierl, Oliver Schneider, Markus Evers
  • Publication number: 20200109361
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for cultivating cells, in particular tissues, comprising a carrier plate unit, which has at least one access opening, at least one cultivation chamber, and at least one channel connecting the access opening to the cultivation chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Peter LOSKILL, Oliver SCHNEIDER
  • Patent number: 10570769
    Abstract: A machine having a shaft with a stage having a first shaft section having a first diameter, a second shaft section having a second diameter that is shorter than the first, forming a radially extending rotatable shaft end surface; a housing; and a bearing supporting the shaft on the housing by its second shaft section, and lubricated by a lubrication fluid. A sealing chamber has a sealing fluid that prevents the lubrication from leaving the bearing, and is axially limited by the shaft end surface and bearing end side, and radially inwardly limited by the second shaft section released from the bearing. A radially extending and stationary separator plate is in the sealing chamber to achieve an aerodynamic shielding of the bearing end side from the shaft end surface. When the shaft is rotating, the region between the separator plate and the bearing end side is substantially non-rotational.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Joachim Krützfeldt, Oliver Schneider
  • Publication number: 20190119082
    Abstract: A carrying device (1) for the frontal removal of a roll body from a roll frame, comprising a main frame (2) and a receiving section (3) for the roll body. The receiving section (3) can be transferred from an introduction position (E) into a supporting position (S). The receiving section (3) has a profile which at least partially encloses the roll body in the supporting position (S), and the carrying device (1) can be pushed in below the roll body with the receiving section (3) in the introduction position (E), and the roll body is carried with the receiving section (3) in the supporting position (S).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Pascal REIS, Hermann BUERKE, Oliver SCHNEIDER, Cyril BRÄNDLI, Sebastian WELS
  • Patent number: 10077718
    Abstract: A method for operating a gas turbine plant having a gas turbine and an electric generator driven by the gas turbine. The method includes detecting an instantaneous power of the gas turbine plant; comparing the detected instantaneous power with a power limit value; and limiting the instantaneous power when the result of the comparison is that the detected instantaneous power is equal to or greater than the power limit value. A step of detecting at least one operating parameter of the gas turbine plant and a step of determining the power limit value as a function of the at least one detected operating parameter are then implemented, wherein the at least one operating parameter of the gas turbine plant includes an ambient pressure and the power limit value is increased when the ambient pressure increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jan-Dirk Beiler, Hans-Georg Gamm, Thomas Kerstiens, Marco Larson, Rosa-Eos Mühlhölzer, Florian Purps, Oliver Schneider, Marc Schäfer, Philipp Kreutzer, Marc Reinberg, Martin Stapper
  • Publication number: 20180209289
    Abstract: A machine having a shaft with a stage having a first shaft section having a first diameter, a second shaft section having a second diameter that is shorter than the first, forming a radially extending rotatable shaft end surface; a housing; and a bearing supporting the shaft on the housing by its second shaft section, and lubricated by a lubrication fluid. A sealing chamber has a sealing fluid that prevents the lubrication from leaving the bearing, and is axially limited by the shaft end surface and bearing end side, and radially inwardly limited by the second shaft section released from the bearing. A radially extending and stationary separator plate is in the sealing chamber to achieve an aerodynamic shielding of the bearing end side from the shaft end surface. When the shaft is rotating, the region between the separator plate and the bearing end side is substantially non-rotational.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Joachim Krützfeldt, Oliver Schneider
  • Publication number: 20170107912
    Abstract: A method for operating a gas turbine plant having a gas turbine and an electric generator driven by the gas turbine. The method includes detecting an instantaneous power of the gas turbine plant; comparing the detected instantaneous power with a power limit value; and limiting the instantaneous power when the result of the comparison is that the detected instantaneous power is equal to or greater than the power limit value. A step of detecting at least one operating parameter of the gas turbine plant and a step of determining the power limit value as a function of the at least one detected operating parameter are then implemented, wherein the at least one operating parameter of the gas turbine plant includes an ambient pressure and the power limit value is increased when the ambient pressure increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jan-Dirk Beiler, Hans-Georg Gamm, Thomas Kerstiens, Marco Larson, Rosa-Eos Mühlhölzer, Florian Purps, Oliver Schneider, Marc Schäfer, Philipp Kreutzer, Marc Reinberg, Martin Stapper
  • Patent number: 9588588
    Abstract: There is provided a system and method for producing a haptic effect. In one implementation, such a system includes a system processor, a system memory, and a haptic engine stored in the system memory. The system processor is configured to execute the haptic engine to receive a media content, to map an event contained in the media content to a predetermined haptic effect, and to display an interface enabling a system user to produce a customized haptic effect based on the predetermined haptic effect. The system processor is further configured to generate an output data for causing one of the predetermined haptic effect and the customized haptic effect to occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Ali Israr, Roberta Klatzky, Siyan Zhao, Jill Fain Lehman, Oliver Schneider
  • Publication number: 20160290511
    Abstract: A shaft seal for reducing the leakage between two fluid spaces separated by the shaft seal, in particular two gas spaces arranged axially with respect to a shaft, wherein the shaft seal includes a plurality of flexible plate elements which are secured in a receptacle, wherein the receptacle constitutes a first diameter of the shaft seal, and wherein those ends of the plate elements which face away from the receptacle define a second diameter, wherein the plate elements have recesses at the ends facing away from the receptacle, wherein the plate elements have a first edge region and a second edge region, wherein the second edge region is wider than the first edge region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Oliver Schneider
  • Patent number: 9447756
    Abstract: An ambient air intake duct of a static gas turbine is provided, having at least one filter, which is arranged in the intake duct, for cleaning the ambient air (A) that can flow through the intake duct. A method for operating a static gas turbine which is equipped with a filter for cleaning the ambient air (A) is also provided. To rapidly provide a higher level of gas turbine power to a generator, it is provided that, by means of a bypass or by means of flaps arranged downstream of the filter, partially to completely unfiltered ambient air (A) can temporarily flow into the compressor inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Oliver Schneider
  • Publication number: 20160155874
    Abstract: The invention describes a solar module (1), comprising at least: a substrate (2) and a cover layer (30), between which a layer structure (23) for forming solar cells (31) is arranged, and on a substrate surface (3) facing away from the layer structure (23), at least one module support (4) for stiffening and/or supporting mounting of the solar module (1), which has at least one adhesive surface (19), which is bonded to the substrate surface (3) via at least one adhesive layer (20), wherein the adhesive layer (20) contains a hardened, electrically highly-insulating adhesive (35).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Peter BOROWSKI, Oliver SCHNEIDER
  • Publication number: 20160085303
    Abstract: There is provided a system and method for producing a haptic effect. In one implementation, such a system includes a system processor, a system memory, and a haptic engine stored in the system memory. The system processor is configured to execute the haptic engine to receive a media content, to map an event contained in the media content to a predetermined haptic effect, and to display an interface enabling a system user to produce a customized haptic effect based on the predetermined haptic effect. The system processor is further configured to generate an output data for causing one of the predetermined haptic effect and the customized haptic effect to occur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Ali Israr, Roberta Klatzky, Siyan Zhao, Jill Fain Lehman, Oliver Schneider