Patents by Inventor Rudolf Pichler

Rudolf Pichler 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: 20240077335
    Abstract: A control that can be a throttle control of a handle-bared vehicle is presented. According to some embodiments, a control can include a plurality of circuit boards, each of the circuit boards including a transmission coil, sensor coils, and control circuitry the drives the transmission coil and receives signals from the sensor coils; and one or more targets mounted on a shaft and configured to rotate over the sensor coils of the plurality of circuit boards as the shaft is rotated, wherein the plurality of circuit boards are mounted around the shaft, and wherein the position of the target is determined by the control circuitry as the shaft is rotated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas Buchinger, Rudolf Pichler, Harald Hartl, Bence Gombor
  • Publication number: 20240053171
    Abstract: An inductive sensor assembly including a printed circuit board (PCB) arrangement including at least one layer-stacked PCB, a sensor chip component element, a coil system comprising one or more sensor coils corresponding to the sensor chip component element, wherein the sensor chip component element and the coil system are arranged on opposite sides of the PCB arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Renesas Electronics America Inc.
    Inventors: Bence GOMBOR, Gentjan QAMA, Rudolf PICHLER
  • Publication number: 20230408297
    Abstract: An inductive position sensor for detecting a linear or angular movement of a conductive target, including: a transmitter coil; a first receiver coil and a second receiver coil, wherein the first receiver coil and the second receiver coil have a linear or angular shape and define the detection range of the inductive linear or arc position sensor; a first conductive target and a second conductive target; the first conductive target and the second conductive target each have a linear or angular shape extension of half the detection range of the inductive position sensor and are spaced from each other by half the detection range of the inductive position sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Renesas Electronics America Inc.
    Inventors: Gentjan QAMA, Andreas Leo BUCHINGER, Bence GOMBOR, Rudolf PICHLER, Harald HARTL
  • Publication number: 20230221149
    Abstract: An inductive position sensor and method for detecting a movement of a conductive target, having: at least a first and a second transmitter coil having the same shape and which are phase-shifted to each other, at least one oscillator for generating a first and a second transmitter signal having the same shape and which are phase shifted to each other and are applied to the first transmitter coil and second transmitter coil respectively, at least one receiver coil, and a processing unit for determining a phase-shift between the first or second transmitter signal and a receiver signal received at the receiver coil; the determined phase-shift corresponding to the position of the conductive target above the first and second transmitter coils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: Renesas Electronics America Inc.
    Inventors: Josef Janisch, Rudolf Pichler, Juergen Kernhof, Svilen Kastev
  • Patent number: 11680826
    Abstract: A control that can be a throttle control of a handle-bared vehicle is presented. According to some embodiments, a control can include a plurality of circuit boards, each of the circuit boards including a transmission coil, sensor coils, and control circuitry the drives the transmission coil and receives signals from the sensor coils; and one or more targets mounted on a shaft and configured to rotate over the sensor coils of the plurality of circuit boards as the shaft is rotated, wherein the plurality of circuit boards are mounted around the shaft, and wherein the position of the target is determined by the control circuitry as the shaft is rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Integrated Device Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Andreas Buchinger, Rudolf Pichler, Harald Hartl, Bence Gombor
  • Publication number: 20230152075
    Abstract: A radial inductive position sensor, high-resolution position sensor system and a torque sensor system for detecting a rotational movement are disclosed. The radial inductive position sensor includes at least one transmitter coil, at least one receiver coil pair with a first receiver coil and a second receiver coil, and a moving conductive target, which is connected or connectable to a rotating shaft, wherein the at least one transmitter coil and the at least one receiver coil pair are arranged on a substrate, wherein the substrate has a radial configuration for at least partially surrounding the moving conductive target and/or the rotating shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Renesas Electronics America Inc.
    Inventors: Rudolf Pichler, Andreas Buchinger, Harald Hartl, Bence Gombor
  • Publication number: 20220128381
    Abstract: A position sensor system having at least two receiver coil sets, at least one transmitter coil and a signal conditioning and processing unit, wherein each receiver coil set of the at least two receiver coil sets includes at least two separate receiver coils including a sine receiver coil and a cosine receiver coil, wherein the signal conditioning and processing unit is contained in an integrated circuit, and wherein the at least two receiver coil sets, the at least one transmitter coil and the integrated circuit containing the signal conditioning and processing unit are located on a printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: Renesas Electronics America Inc.
    Inventors: Rudolf PICHLER, Josef JANISCH, Thomas OSWALD
  • Publication number: 20220011085
    Abstract: An inductive position sensor including at least one transmit coil, an absolute position receive coil pair, a high-resolution position receive coil pair and a conductive moving target, the absolute position receive coil pair and the high-resolution receive coil pair together define a measurement area of the inductive position sensor and the moving target can move in this measurement area, the absolute position coil pair has a first sine receive coil and a first cosine receive coil, both having one period over the measurement area of the inductive position sensor, the high-resolution position receive coil pair has a second sine receive coil and a second cosine receive coil, both having at least two periods over the measurement area of the inductive position sensor, the absolute position receive coil pair and the high-resolution position receive coil pair are arranged in the same area of a printed-circuit board of the inductive position sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: Renesas Electronics America Inc.
    Inventors: Rudolf Pichler, Andreas Buchinger, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Bence Gombor, Harald Hartl
  • Patent number: 10718026
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of generating subsets of methylation specific markers from a set, having diagnostic power for various diseases, e.g. cancer of thyroid, breast, colon, or leukemia, in diverse samples; identified subsets of that set, as well as methods for the prognosis and diagnosis of diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Weinhausel, Rudolf Pichler, Christa Nohammer
  • Publication number: 20200166377
    Abstract: A control that can be a throttle control of a handle-bared vehicle is presented. According to some embodiments, a control can include a plurality of circuit boards, each of the circuit boards including a transmission coil, sensor coils, and control circuitry the drives the transmission coil and receives signals from the sensor coils; and one or more targets mounted on a shaft and configured to rotate over the sensor coils of the plurality of circuit boards as the shaft is rotated, wherein the plurality of circuit boards are mounted around the shaft, and wherein the position of the target is determined by the control circuitry as the shaft is rotated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Andreas Buchinger, Rudolf Pichler, Harald Hartl, Bence Gombor
  • Publication number: 20160281175
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of diagnosing lung cancer by using methylation specific markers from a set, having diagnostic power for lung cancer diagnosis and distinguishing lung cancer types in diverse samples; as well as methods to identify sets of prognostic and diagnostic value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Andreas WEINHÄUSEL, Rudolf PICHLER, Christa Nöhammer
  • Publication number: 20110287968
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of generating subsets of methylation specific markers from a set, having diagnostic power for various diseases, e.g. cancer of thyroid, breast, colon, or leukemia, in diverse samples; identified subsets of that set, as well as methods for the prognosis and diagnosis of diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Weinhausel, Rudolf Pichler, Christa Nohammer
  • Publication number: 20110287967
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of diagnosing lung cancer by using methylation specific markers from a set, having diagnostic power for lung cancer diagnosis and distinguishing lung cancer types in diverse samples; as well as methods to identify sets of prognostic and diagnostic value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Weinhausel, Rudolf Pichler, Christa Nohammer
  • Publication number: 20090325822
    Abstract: An apparatus for enhancing the contact frequency between two reactants capable of binding to one another, preferably between an analyzer molecule and an analyte molecule, especially for enhancing the binding effectiveness in bioanalysis arrays with the aid of micro- or nanomagnetic particles (75) set in motion in a controlled manner in the fluid reaction medium by means of magnetic fields generated by variably feedable electromagnets (3, 2, 20) arranged on both sides of the reaction fluid film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2007
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicants: Austrian Research Centers GmbH - ARC, tecnet capital Technologiemanagement GmbH
    Inventors: Rudolf Heer, Christa Noehammer, Joerg Schotter, Moritz Eggeling, Rudolf Pichler, Markus Mansfeld
  • Publication number: 20090291854
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for identification of microbial pathogens in a body fluid sample comprising the following steps: a) providing a body fluid sample; b) lysing the microbial pathogens and performing a nucleic acid amplification reaction on the microbial DNA encoding 16S or 18S rRNA wherein or whereafter the amplified nucleic acids are labelled; c) contacting the labelled amplified nucleic acids of step b) with a microarray comprising on defined areas on the microarray's surface immobilised probes for microbial DNA encoding 16S or 18S rRNA from microbial pathogens; d) detecting the binding of one or more species of the labelled amplified nucleic acids to a probe by detecting a labelled amplified nucleic acid being specifically bound to the microarray; and e) identifying a microbial pathogen in the body fluid sample by correlating the detected binding of the labelled amplified nucleic acids with the defined areas of the immobilised probes for microbial DNA encoding 16S or 18S rRNA from microbial pathogens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: AUSTRIAN RESEARCH CENTERS GMBH - ARC
    Inventors: Herbert Wiesinger-Mayr, Rudolf Pichler, Levente Bodrossy, Christa Nohammer
  • Patent number: 6430461
    Abstract: Process to monitor and control the quality of rolled products from hot-rolled processes which produce products such as sheets, rods, etc., from input stock such as slabs, billets, etc. The process estimates in advance the expected material properties of the end product at each step of the hot-rolling production process. The process further provides that conditions, such as temperature, reduction depth, etc., are detected on-line throughout the entire rolling process and from the values obtained, via interrelated physical—metallurgical and/or statistical models describing the whole rolling process, the mechanical/technical material properties to be expected, particularly the yield point, the tensile strength and the breaking elongation point of the rolled product, are calculated. On-line detection of the actual and momentary production conditions is necessary to allow the material properties to always be estimated in advance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: Voest-Alpine Industrieanlagenbau GmbH
    Inventors: Josef Andorfer, Dietmar Auzinger, Rudolf Pichler
  • Patent number: 6164103
    Abstract: A method for improving the contour of rolled material over at least one segment of a rolling schedule including a plurality of rolling processes. The method includes associating at least one quality criterion with at least one rolling stand of at least one of the plurality of rolling processes, optimizing the at least one quality criterion using a mathematical formula, predetermining at least one work roll shift for the plurality of rolling processes over the at least one segment of the rolling schedule based on an optimization of the at least one quality criterion, and axially shifting at least one work roll of the at least one rolling stand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: Voest-Alpine Industrieanlagenbau GmbH
    Inventors: Rudolf Pichler, Sonja Tichy, Franz Holy, Alois Seilinger
  • Patent number: 4516368
    Abstract: A construction element having a bridge-like portion of which first and second pillars are provided on the lower part thereof with a plurality of steps. The second pillar being connected by an inclined part to a channel-like portion provided with an outer edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1985
    Inventor: Rudolf Pichler
  • Patent number: 4457149
    Abstract: To permit a planar strip to be unwound from a reel, the strip to be coiled up has imparted to it a progressively decreasing curvature in a sense which is opposite to the longitudinal curvature of the coiled strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 3, 1984
    Assignee: Veest-Alpine Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans J. Weinzinger, Rudolf Pichler