Patents by Inventor Robert Braun

Robert Braun 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: 20140026465
    Abstract: A fishing lure including an illumination means; a body having walls defining a water tight cavity; a power source and a control circuit within the cavity connected to the illumination means. The control circuit controlling the supply of power to the illumination means such that light is emitted from the illumination means. The fishing lure is controllable via a remote control which can be used to select various operating modes such that the lure can produce any desired color, or pattern of colors, to emulate the body of a bait fish.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: GSMO Pty Ltd
    Inventor: George Robert Braun
  • Patent number: 8596899
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for releasably locking two rail elements (10, 11), which are supported displaceably relative to each other, of a telescopic rail or a linear guide and for adjusting the motivity to be applied for the displacement, comprising a housing (1) which is fastened to a first one of the rail elements (11) which are supported displaceably relative to each other, at least one locking element (5) and at least one locking force spring (4) which is supported against the housing and biases the locking element (5) against the second of the rail elements (10) which are supported displaceably relative to each other, at least one friction element (7) and at least one friction force spring (6) which is supported against the housing and which presses the friction element (7) in biased relationship against the second of the rail elements (10) which are supported displaceably relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Accuride International GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Braun, Thomas Quirein
  • Publication number: 20130221722
    Abstract: A head restraint includes a base element on which two wing elements are mounted by at least one hinge so as to rotate about a vertical axis. The hinge has a pin and a recess which are frustoconical. The support structure of each wing element is in two parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Inventors: Daniel Navarro, Robert Braun, Thomas Dillinger
  • Publication number: 20130199290
    Abstract: A gas meter comprising a meter housing with a gas inlet with associated connecting piece for a gas supply line and a gas outlet with associated connecting piece for a gas discharge line, wherein the meter housing (2) is a bellows gas meter housing in which a measuring device (12) comprising a housing (13) with an integrated micro-thermal flow measuring sensor (20) is arranged on the gas outlet (11), which housing (13) is connected in a gas-tight manner to the connecting piece (10) on the outlet side or to the meter housing (2) in the area of the gas outlet (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: HYDROMETER GMBH
    Inventors: Robert Braun, Ulrich Eff, Steffen Lacher
  • Publication number: 20120204470
    Abstract: A fishing lure including an illumination means; a body having walls defining a water tight cavity; a power source and a control circuit within the cavity connected to the illumination means. The control circuit controlling the supply of power to the illumination means such that light is emitted from the illumination means. The fishing lure is controllable via a remote control which can be used to select various operating modes such that the lure can produce any desired color, or pattern of colors, to emulate the body of a bait fish.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: GSMO Pty Ltd
    Inventor: George Robert Braun
  • Publication number: 20120197355
    Abstract: An electrically powered device (160) including an insertion component (165) for insertion into the ear cavity of a user, the device (160) including at least one inductor (170) operatively connected to a control circuit (175), the control circuit (175) providing electrical energy to the at least one inductor (170) wherein the insertion component (165) includes the at least one inductor (170) such that when in use, the at least one inductor (170) is in close proximity to the inner ear of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventor: George Robert Braun
  • Patent number: 8174301
    Abstract: Phase-error-reduction circuitry for an IQ generator, wherein the phase-error-reduction circuitry is arranged to receive I and Q input signals from the IQ generator and to produce I and Q output signals, and wherein the phase-error-reduction circuitry is arranged to sample the I and Q input signals to tend to reduce a phase error between the I and Q output signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited
    Inventors: Robert Braun, Bardo Muller
  • Publication number: 20110123258
    Abstract: The present invention concerns an apparatus for releasably locking two rail elements (10, 11), which are supported displaceably relative to each other, of a telescopic rail or a linear guide and for adjusting the motivity to be applied for the displacement, comprising a housing (1) which is fastened to a first one of the rail elements (11) which are supported displaceably relative to each other, at least one locking element (5) and at least one locking force spring (4) which is supported against the housing and biases the locking element (5) against the second of the rail elements (10) which are supported displaceably relative to each other, at least one friction element (7) and at least one friction force spring (6) which is supported against the housing and which presses the friction element (7) in biased relationship against the second of the rail elements (10) which are supported displaceably relative to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: ACCURIDE INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Robert Braun, Thomas Quirein
  • Patent number: 7898307
    Abstract: A phase-locked loop frequency synthesizer including phase detector circuitry and divider circuitry producing a divided signal. The phase detector circuitry receives a reference signal, a divided signal fed back from the divider circuitry, and generates control pulses which control a charge pump in accordance with a frequency and phase relationship between the reference signal and the divided signal. The divider circuitry has a main divider which divides an input signal by a division ratio selected from a pair of dual modules division ratios, and outputs the divided input signal as an output signal and an auxiliary divider which produces serial output data, each bit of which serves as a dual modules selection signal to cause the main divider to operate using one of the pair of dual modules main division ratios. The auxiliary divider produces the divided signal once per cycle and outputs the pulse to the phase detector circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited
    Inventors: Walter Marton, Robert Braun
  • Publication number: 20100123490
    Abstract: Control circuitry, comprising: first control means operable to generate a first control signal, the first control signal being indicative of a relationship between an output signal and a first reference signal, and to generate said output signal in dependence upon said first control signal, the first control means being configured to tend to maintain a first desired relationship between the output signal and the first reference signal in response to said first control signal; and second control means configured to influence operation of said first control means in response to said first control signal by way of a second control signal so as to tend to maintain a second desired relationship between said first control signal and a second reference signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Applicant: Fujitsu Microelectronics Limited
    Inventors: Walter MARTON, Robert BRAUN
  • Publication number: 20100123482
    Abstract: Phase detector circuitry for a phase-locked loop frequency synthesizer, the phase detector circuitry comprising a reference input configured to receive a reference signal; a feedback input configured to receive a divided signal from divider circuitry in a feedback path of the phase-locked loop; and pulse generation circuitry configured to generate control pulses for controlling a charge pump in the phase-locked loop in accordance with a frequency and phase relationship between the reference signal and the divided signal; wherein the divided signal comprises a pulse having a length shorter than a half period of the divided signal, and wherein the pulse generation circuitry is configured to generate the control pulses by masking the reference signal using the pulse of the divided signal as a mask, so as to define the edges of the control pulses from the edges of the divided signal and an edge of the reference signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Applicant: FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Walter Marton, Robert Braun
  • Publication number: 20100123487
    Abstract: Divider circuitry for a phase-locked loop frequency synthesizer, the divider circuitry comprising a main divider configured to divide an input signal received from a feedback path of the phase-locked loop frequency synthesizer by a division ratio selected from a pair of dual modulus division ratios in accordance with a dual modulus selection signal; and an auxiliary divider comprising a shift register clocked by an output signal of the main divider, the shift register comprising a parallel input configured to receive parallel input data in the form of a fraction selection signal at the start of a cycle, and a serial output connected to a control input of the main divider, the auxiliary divider being configured to produce serial output data, each bit of which serves as a said dual modulus selection signal to cause the main divider to operate using one or the other of the pair of dual modulus main division ratios; the auxiliary divider being configured to produce a pulse once per cycle of the shift register
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Applicant: FUJITSU MICROELECTRONICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Walter MARTON, Robert Braun
  • Patent number: 7695042
    Abstract: The invention relates to a receiving device (1) for a motor vehicle comprising at least one a tray-shaped container (2) and a hat rack (3), wherein said hat rack (3) is shaped in such a way that it covers the tray-shaped container (2), the inventive receiving device (1) can be placed between the loading space (4) and the passenger compartment (5) of the motor vehicle and the hat rack (3) is at least partly made of a flexible material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Inventors: Alain Leroy, Heinz Pschorn, Robert Braun, Dirk Legler, Michael Koelbl, Oliver Vogt, Thomas Rudolph, Thomas Jakimenczuk
  • Publication number: 20100023096
    Abstract: An electrically powered device (160) including an insertion component (165) for insertion into the ear cavity of a user, the device (160) including at least one inductor (170) operatively connected to a control circuit (175), the control circuit (175) providing electrical energy to the at least one inductor (170) wherein the insertion component (165) includes the at least one inductor (170) such that when in use, the at least one inductor (170) is in close proximity to the inner ear of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventor: George Robert Braun
  • Publication number: 20090217608
    Abstract: The invention relates to a roof module with at least one ventilation duct, the ventilation duct (4) being formed from a half shell component (4) which is fastened to the lower side of the roof module (2), so that an air-guiding region (10) is delimited by a lower side of the roof module (2) and the half shell (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2006
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventors: Robert Braun, Matthias Dichtl, Jens Erbse, Wolfgang Dittrich
  • Publication number: 20090212585
    Abstract: The inventive loading arrangement for a motor vehicle comprises a loading space (1) consisting of a loading space surface (2) and a pivotable loading space trap-door (3) provided with a receiving surface (4), wherein said loading space trap-door (3) is pivotable to a loading position, in which the loading space surface (2) and the receiving surface (4) are arranged on the same plane or in a substantially parallel manner and a transporting device is placed in such a way that it is movable between the loading space surface (2) and the receiving surface (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2006
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Inventors: Alain Leroy, Heinz Pschorn, Robert Braun, Dirk Legler, Michael Koelbl, Oliver Vogt, Thomas Rudolph, Thomas Jakimenczuk
  • Publication number: 20090160210
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle comprising a folding top (1) that can be adjusted between a closed position and an open position and that has a mobile rear top bow (6), and further comprising a rear flap (8) closing a rear storage space (28). In order to improve functionality, the rear flap (8) is pivoted to the top bow (6). The rear flap (8) can be lifted together with the upward pivoting top bow (6), thereby releasing a larger rear opening (27). The top bow is preferably a fabric-tensioning bow (6) of the folding top (2) that is covered with a folding top fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Dirk Legler, Robert Braun, Rudolf Dietl
  • Publication number: 20090135968
    Abstract: Phase-error-reduction circuitry for an IQ generator, wherein the phase-error-reduction circuitry is arranged to receive I and Q input signals from the IQ generator and to produce I and Q output signals, and wherein the phase-error-reduction circuitry is arranged to sample the I and Q input signals to tend to reduce a phase error between the I and Q output signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Robert BRAUN, Bardo MULLER
  • Publication number: 20090007480
    Abstract: A fishing lure including an illumination means; a body having walls defining a water tight cavity; a power source and a control circuit within the cavity connected to the illumination means. The control circuit controlling the supply of power to the illumination means such that light is emitted from the illumination means. The fishing lure is controllable via a remote control which can be used to select various operating modes such that the lure can produce any desired color, or pattern of colors, to emulate the body of a bait fish.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventor: George Robert Braun
  • Publication number: 20080284189
    Abstract: The invention relates to a loading space arrangement for a motor vehicle comprising a loading space (1) having a loading area, a loading space gate (3), which can pivot about an essentially horizontal axis and which has a holding surface, the loading area and the holding surface, when in a loading position, being located in a plane or in planes oriented approximately parallel to one another. The loading space arrangement has an essentially box-shaped transport device (5) that, in the loading position, can be detachably mounted on the holding surface of the loading space gate (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2006
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Alain Leroy, Heinz Pschorn, Robert Braun, Dirk Legler, Michael Koelbl, Oliver Vogt, Thomas Rudolph, Thomas Jakimenczuk