Patents by Inventor Thomas Lorenz

Thomas Lorenz 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: 20240153328
    Abstract: A method for preparing for the start-up of a control unit for access devices, wherein at least one access device is communicatively connected to the control unit, wherein the control unit has a communication interface for information technology communication with a mobile terminal and/or has an input device for detecting an input from an installer or is in communicative connection with an input device for detecting an input from an installer. The method includes: a) detecting, using the control unit, an information technology signal or a change in an existing information technology continuous signal of a mobile terminal by the communication interface, and/or detecting an input from an installer using the input device, b) sending a trigger signal from the control unit to the access device, c) receiving the trigger signal using the access device, and d) performing an action using the access device depending on the received trigger signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Kai OBERSTE-UFER, Christian RAPPEL, Thomas VOGLER, Sven BUSCH, Ingo HALDER, Bernd GEHRMANN, Andrzej DUDZINSKI, Chandra Prakash GUPTA, Oliver BORCHMANN, Frank LORENZ, Martin WOLF, Alexander BRADFISCH, Stephan GIERNICH, Pedro GUERRA
  • Publication number: 20240142931
    Abstract: A door system for at least one door, the door system including door components, with one of the components being designed as a control unit. The control unit and at least one other door component are connected to one another via a first communication bus. An access system with an above door system and with a computing unit are related, with an image of the door system stored in the computing unit, the door components connected to the first communication bus each having an identifier. The identifiers are stored as part of the image of the door system in the computing unit and/or with past and current operating states of the door system stored in the computing unit. An access system with at least one of the above door systems is related, with at least one door system having an authentication device configured to receive an access attribute for authentication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Stephan GIERNICH, Dennis MEIERING, Thomas VOGLER, Sven BUSCH, Ingo HALDER, Bernd GEHRMANN, Andrzej DUDZINSKI, Chandra Prakash GUPTA, Oliver BORCHMANN, Frank LORENZ
  • Publication number: 20240137270
    Abstract: A method for commissioning a door system with the door system having door components, with at least one door component being designed as a control unit, with the method including the following steps: storing an electronic configuration of the door system in the control unit and/or a mobile terminal, and carrying out at least one commissioning step by the electronic configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Kai OBERSTE-UFER, Christian RAPPEL, Thomas VOGLER, Sven BUSCH, Ingo HALDER, Bernd GEHRMANN, Andrzej DUDZINSKI, Chandra Prakash GUPTA, Oliver BORCHMANN, Frank LORENZ, Martin WOLF, Alexander BRADFISCH, Stephan GIERNICH, Pedro GUERRA
  • Publication number: 20240127653
    Abstract: A method for installing door components includes at least the following steps: a. providing at least one preconfigured door system type by way of an electronic configuration system for selection by a user, wherein the at least one preconfigured door system type is able to be retrieved from a database by way of the electronic configuration system, wherein at least one preconfigured door system type is able to be preselected by the configuration system by way of at least one technical and/or functional user specification, wherein the door system type contains stipulated door component types, and b. electronically providing preconfigured technical data of the selected door system type in order to carry out the installation on site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Kai OBERSTE-UFER, Daniel FISCHER, Thomas VOGLER, Sven BUSCH, Ingo HALDER, Bernd GEHRMANN, Andrzej DUDZINSKI, Chandra Prakash GUPTA, Oliver BORCHMANN, Frank LORENZ, Jürg SIMON
  • Patent number: 11927148
    Abstract: A method for operating a fuel injection system is provided. The method includes injecting fuel from a first direct fuel injection device arranged in a cylinder liner in a cylinder block into a combustion chamber and injecting fuel from a second direct fuel injection device arranged in a cylinder head into the combustion chamber, the first and second direct fuel injection devices arranged at an obtuse angle with regard to an intersection of central axes of the first and second direct fuel injection devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Maziar Khosravi, Helmut Hans Ruhland, Albert Breuer, Thomas Lorenz
  • Patent number: 11876640
    Abstract: A user station for a serial bus system and a method for transferring data with manipulation protection in a serial bus system. The user station includes a communication control device for creating messages which are to be transmitted serially via a bus line to at least one other user station of the bus system, and/or for reading the messages which have been received serially from the bus line. The communication control device is designed to use a predetermined communication rule for creating and/or reading messages, and the communication control device, for creating and/or reading messages, is designed to use at least one rule for creating and/or reading the messages, which is different from the predetermined communication rule, when a predetermined trigger occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Anouar Sakout, Horst Fuhrmann, Thomas Lorenz
  • Patent number: 11875960
    Abstract: A fuse device comprising a housing, at least two connection lugs, a connecting element between the connection lugs, and an actuator. The actuator moves the connecting element from a closed position, in which it connects the connection lugs, to an open position, in which it is disconnected from at least one of the connection tabs. A particularly well-conducting connection between the connection lugs and the connecting element, which can nevertheless be easily disconnected by the actuator, is achieved by the connecting element being interference-fitted between the connection lugs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Auto-Kabel Management GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Lorenz, Jürgen Große, David Cacciatore
  • Publication number: 20230290595
    Abstract: A fuse device comprising a housing, at least two connection lugs, a connecting element between the connection lugs, and an actuator. The actuator moves the connecting element from a closed position, in which it connects the connection lugs, to an open position, in which it is disconnected from at least one of the connection tabs. A particularly well-conducting connection between the connection lugs and the connecting element, which can nevertheless be easily disconnected by the actuator, is achieved by the connecting element being interference-fitted between the connection lugs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Lorenz, Jürgen Große, David Cacciatore
  • Patent number: 11703481
    Abstract: A method for checking a component to be produced in an additive manner, having the steps of mechanically exciting at least one additively constructed layer of the component during the additive production of the component, measuring a mechanical response signal of the component, and displaying a warning and/or interrupting the additive production of the component if the mechanical response signal lies outside of a specified tolerance range. A device for the additive production of a component, includes a device for mechanically exciting the at least one additively constructed layer of the component, a measuring unit for measuring the mechanical response signal of the component, and a control unit. The control unit is designed to display the warning and/or interrupt the additive production if the mechanical response signal lies outside of a specified tolerance range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL GMBH & CO.
    Inventors: Christoph Haberland, Matthias Jungbluth, Andreas Kreutzer, Heiko Lammers, Thomas Lorenz, Martin Regener, Kathrin Sperlich, Danny Tomuschat
  • Patent number: 11656711
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to methods and apparatuses for configuring a plurality of virtual buttons on a device. For example, each of the plurality of virtual buttons may be activated or deactivated based on a mode of operation of the device. By activating and deactivating different combinations of the plurality of virtual buttons depending on the mode of operation of the device, the inadvertent engagement of virtual buttons which would otherwise not be used in that mode of operation may be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Lorenz, Anthony Stephen Doy
  • Publication number: 20230143709
    Abstract: A solid state keyboard device comprising a user interaction layer for receiving a user input and a plurality of haptic actuators, wherein the solid state keyboard device is operable to cause one or more of the plurality of haptic actuators to generate a haptic output at the user interaction layer in response to a received user input, wherein one or more parameters of the haptic output are variable according to one or more parameters of or associated with the received user input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.
    Inventors: Thomas LORENZ, Anthony S. DOY, Nathan A. JOHANNINGSMEIER
  • Publication number: 20230120705
    Abstract: A fuse device comprising a housing, at least two connection lugs, a connecting element between the connection lugs, and an actuator. The actuator moves the connecting element from a closed position, in which it connects the connection lugs, to an open position, in which it is disconnected from at least one of the connection tabs. A particularly well-conducting connection between the connection lugs and the connecting element, which can nevertheless be easily disconnected by the actuator, is achieved by the connecting element being interference-fitted between the connection lugs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Lorenz, Jürgen Große, David Cacciatore
  • Publication number: 20220371970
    Abstract: An explosive with reduced detonation performance that includes an explosive powder that detonates with a reaction velocity of less than 5000 feet per second, a polymer resin, and an inert filler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Eric V. Bukovsky, Karl Thomas Lorenz, Robert V. Reeves, Harry K. Springer
  • Patent number: 11504774
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a hard-to-weld material by a beam-assisted additive manufacturing process is presented. The method includes depositing a first layer for the material onto the substrate, the first layer including a major fraction of a base material for the component and a minor fraction of a solder, depositing a second layer of the base material for the component and a thermal treatment of the layer arrangement. The thermal treatment includes a first thermal cycle at a first temperature above 1200° C. for a duration of more than 3 hours, a subsequent second thermal cycle at a second temperature above 1000° C. for more than 2 hours, and a subsequent third thermal cycle and a third temperature above 700° C. for more than 12 hours. A manufactured component is also presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Bernd Burbaum, Henning Hanebuth, Ahmed Kamel, Thomas Lorenz, Kazim Ozbaysal, Ingo Reinkensmeier
  • Patent number: 11383392
    Abstract: A support frame for a handling device comprising a base body and at least two structural elements extending away from the base body, at least two structural elements being constructed similarly to each other in that they have at east the following common characteristics: a radial beam which is elongated and has a first end and a second end, the second end having a connecting section for connection to a pneumatically actuatable gripping element, a lattice wing which is integrally connected with the radial beam and runs between the first end of the radial beam and the second end of the radial beam, the lattice wing extending flatly away from the radial beam, wherein for each of the at least two structural elements the first end of the radial beam is integrally connected with the base body in a manner that the radial beam extends away from the base body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: J.Schmalz GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Lorenz, Kevin Huber, Peter Gröning
  • Patent number: 11260453
    Abstract: A method for additive production of a component, which includes the additive construction of the component on a component platform having an opening, wherein, during the first part of the additive construction of the component an auxiliary structure is produced additively around the opening of the component platform. The method further includes the introduction of a device through the opening into a cavity defined by the auxiliary structure, wherein, during a second part of the additive construction, following the first part of the additive construction, properties of the component to be produced are influenced and/or measured by the device. A component is produced by the method and an apparatus for the additive production of the component, includes the component platform having the opening and the closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Christoph Haberland, Andreas Kreutzer, Heiko Lammers, Thomas Lorenz, Martin Regener, Kathrin Sperlich, Danny Tomuschat
  • Patent number: 11248542
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a hydrogen combustion engine. In one example, a method may include operating the hydrogen combustion engine at one of two combustion air ratios, wherein a combustion air ratio between the two is avoided via adjusting one or more operating parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Helmut Ruhland, Albert Breuer, Thomas Lorenz
  • Publication number: 20210377075
    Abstract: A user station for a serial bus system and a method for transferring data with manipulation protection in a serial bus system. The user station includes a communication control device for creating messages which are to be transmitted serially via a bus line to at least one other user station of the bus system, and/or for reading the messages which have been received serially from the bus line. The communication control device is designed to use a predetermined communication rule for creating and/or reading messages, and the communication control device, for creating and/or reading messages, is designed to use at least one rule for creating and/or reading the messages, which is different from the predetermined communication rule, when a predetermined trigger occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Anouar Sakout, Horst Fuhrmann, Thomas Lorenz
  • Publication number: 20210165866
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods, apparatus and systems for authentication of a user based on ear biometric data, and voice biometric data or other authentication data. The ear biometric data may be combined with voice biometric data or with a security question and response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.
    Inventors: John Paul LESSO, Thomas LORENZ
  • Patent number: 11022026
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a prechamber. In one example, the prechamber comprises an interior volume fluidly coupled to flow channels of an ignition plug and a bracket. The bracket is configured to move relative to the ignition plug and a cylinder head to misalign the flows channels and block the flow of air to the interior volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Kraemer, Oliver Berkemeier, Helmut Ruhland, Thomas Lorenz, Albert Breuer, Maziar Khosravi