Patents Assigned to System GmbH
  • System for displaying points of interest
    Patent number: 8560228
    Abstract: A navigation system includes a display for displaying map sections and point of interest (POI) data to a user and a database for storing POI data. A retrieval unit is provided to retrieve from the database POI data for the map section to be displayed. The POI database includes POIs and substitute POIs representing a number of POIs in a map region. It may then depend on the map scale with which the map section is to be displayed whether a substitute POI or a POI which it represents is retrieved from the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Feldbauer
  • MEDIA PLAYER INCLUDING RADIO TUNER
    Publication number: 20130265500
    Abstract: A media player device including a tuner for receiving audio or television broadcast signals (or both) is described herein. In accordance with one aspect of the present invention the media player device comprises a data storage unit which includes a file system. The file system includes a plurality of files, each of which represents a broadcast frequency. The media player device further includes a user interface, a tuner which is tunable to a selectable broadcast frequency, and a controller unit that is coupled to the tuner as well as to the file system and the user interface to enable a user to select a file. The controller unit is configured to tune the tuner to a broadcast frequency corresponding to a selected one of the files.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: HARMAN BECKER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Peter Kalbus, Dirk Engel, Tobias Dittes
  • MULTIPLE DOMAIN EMBEDDED SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130268923
    Abstract: A system for updating a multiple domain embedded system may include a processor that can identify a device associated with the embedded system and a driver that supports the device. The processor can determine a domain associated with the driver and a first configuration label of a first configuration of the multiple domain embedded system. The processor can also determine a second configuration label of a second configuration of the multiple domain embedded system, based on the first configuration label, an identification of the driver, and an identification of the device. Further, the processor can update the driver based on the second configuration label.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Broghammer, Dirk Fries
  • Method for operating a diesel fuel filter heater
    Patent number: 8552345
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a diesel fuel filter heater comprising at least one PTC element, in a motor vehicle. According to the invention, a glow plug control device is used to generate an effective voltage from a vehicle system voltage using pulse width modulation, which is then applied at the filter heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: BorgWarner BERU Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Schaefer, Clement Rinkert
  • Loudspeaker
    Patent number: 8553925
    Abstract: A loudspeaker includes a movable diaphragm, a resilient centering device for centering and guiding the movement of the diaphragm, and a magnet system for controlling the movement of the diaphragm, where the diaphragm is positioned between the magnet system and the resilient centering device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Gilles Milot, Francois Malbos
  • Method for determining the heating characteristic of a glow plug
    Patent number: 8552751
    Abstract: A method for determining a heating characteristic of a glow plug, wherein pulse-width-modulated voltage pulses are applied to the glow plug and an electric variable is measured repeatedly during a voltage pulse with the heating characteristic of the glow plug determined by evaluating the difference of successive measurement results of this variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: BorgWarner BERU Systems GmbH
    Inventor: Markus Kernwein
  • Linear sensor
    Patent number: 8552713
    Abstract: The invention relates to a linear sensor, comprising a sleeve, a pin which comprises a permanent magnet and is linearly displaceably supported in the sleeve, and a magnetic field sensor which is fastened to the sleeve and used to detect a displacement of the permanent magnet, characterized in that the pin is guided by way of a substantially cylindrical guide and has a magnet or pin holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: BorgWarner BERU Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Arno Marto, Stefan Leopold, Klaus-Juergen Wagner, Heiko Schrader
  • Corona ignition device
    Patent number: 8550048
    Abstract: What is described is a corona ignition device for igniting fuel in an internal combustion engine by generating a corona discharge, said corona ignition device comprising a housing, an insulator, which is held in the housing, a center electrode, which is held in the insulator, and at least one ignition tip at an and of the center electrode. The housing surrounds an interior, which has a cylindrical portion in which a cylindrical portion of the insulator sits. A widened interior portion adjoins at the end of the cylindrical interior portion remote from the ignition peak. The insulator has a thinner portion in the widened interior portion. The cylindrical portion of the insulator carries an electrically conductive coating, which ends before the thinner portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: BorgWarner BERU Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Timo Stifel, Thomas Giffels
  • METHOD FOR PROVIDING A VALUE FOR DETERMINING WHETHER AN ERROR HAS OCCURRED IN THE EXECUTION OF A PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20130262938
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is provided for data processing in order to provide a value for determining whether an error has occurred in the execution of a program. The method may include: determining a numerical value on the basis of a plurality of reference numbers determined by a checking circuit out-side the program; determining a signature of at least one instruction of the program by means of an arithmetic code; updating a cumulative value on the basis of the numerical value and the signature; and transferring the updated cumulative value to the checking circuit in order to determine whether an error has occurred in the execution of the program, on the basis of the plurality of reference numbers and the cumulative value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: SILISTRA SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Andre Schmitt, Ute Schiffel, Christof Fetzer, Martin Suesskraut
  • ARTICULATION DEVICE BETWEEN ARMS OF A ROD ASSEMBLY OF A FOLDING ROOF
    Publication number: 20130257091
    Abstract: Articulation device between arms of a rod assembly of a folding roof for a passenger vehicle, which roof may be adjusted between a closed position which spans a passenger compartment and an open position in which the roof may be stored in a rear space of the vehicle. The arms held in position by a rivet device which includes a blind rivet and a rivet shaft which extends through the arms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: MAGNA Car Top Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Markus SCZUKA, Michael WOHLFAHRTH, Frank ZEHNDER
  • SUPPLY DEVICE FOR HANGING ELEMENTS
    Publication number: 20130260659
    Abstract: A feeding device for suspension elements, for feeding flexible suspension elements into a packaging machine, in particular into a clipping machine, wherein the suspension elements are detachably disposed in the form of loops by an adhesive on a carrier strip transversely to the feeding direction and may be conveyed of said carrier strip to a delivery point at which a suspension element may be removed from the carrier strip. In the region of the delivery point for the suspension elements, a holding-down device is provided above the carrier strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: POLY-CLIP SYSTEM GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jurgen Reitz, Manfred Waldstadt
  • Latching Mounting Assembly
    Publication number: 20130256477
    Abstract: Certain aspects are directed to a mounting assembly for mounting an antenna unit or other device. The mounting assembly includes at least one bracket and at least one retaining assembly. The bracket can be movably positioned at multiple orientation angles with respect to a surface. The bracket includes a latching edge that defines multiple recesses. Each of the recesses corresponds to one of the orientation angles. The retaining assembly is positioned adjacent to the bracket. The retaining assembly includes at least one protrusion that can engage one of the recesses to form a latching connection between the bracket and the retaining assembly. The latching connection can retain the bracket at an orientation angle corresponding to the engaged recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Andrew Wireless Systems GmbH
    Inventor: Karl-Heinz Fackler
  • TOLERANCE-CORRECTED ACTUATOR AND ASSOCIATED PRODUCTION METHOD
    Publication number: 20130255250
    Abstract: An approach for producing a tolerance-corrected actuator for a supercharging device may include connecting a connecting element to a regulating rod of a regulating component assembly, bringing a tolerance-corrected actuator into a predefined position in response to a defined signal and adjusting a predetermined overall length of the regulating component assembly by shifting the connecting element relative to the regulating rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Dirk Naunheim, Jochen Schaeflein
  • Coating zone with inclined guide rails
    Patent number: 8544409
    Abstract: A coating zone comprises a conveyor for transporting an application object. At least one guide rail extends through the coating zone adjacent the conveyor, arranged above the conveyor at a height at least at the level of the top of the object. At least one robot may move along the conveyor on the guide rail, the robot having a first axis for joint rotation of at least one moving member of the robot in relation to a main body guided along the guide rail. A load-bearing structure supports the at least one guide rail, the load-bearing structure including at least one load-bearing pillar extending substantially vertically downwards from the level of the guide rail. The guide rail and the main body of the robot are arranged in such a way that the first axis of the robot is inclined relative to a vertical plane parallel to the conveying direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Dürr Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Herre, Juergen Haas, Michael Baumann, Marcus Frey, Hans Vetters, Jan Grigoleit
  • Valve with lip seal
    Patent number: 8544816
    Abstract: The invention relates to a valve having a movably arranged valve body for selectively opening and closing a valve passage, with a sealing element, for example a lip seal, being arranged on the valve body in such a way that the sealing element comes to bear against a valve seat if the valve body is moved in a closing direction, and with at least one outer peripheral section of the sealing element being resiliently movable or elastically and/or flexibly deformable substantially in the movement direction of the valve body, and with a protective collar being arranged radially outside the outer peripheral section of the sealing element, which protective collar is fixed to the valve body in order to protect the sealing element from damage and/or from excessive deformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: A. Kayser Automotive Systems GmbH
    Inventor: Ekkehard Bielass
  • Monolithic optical mount
    Patent number: 8547652
    Abstract: The invention relates to a monolithic optical mount, which is divided by a plurality of cutouts into a stationary outer mount ring, a laterally adjustable inner mount ring, and manipulator units that are arranged with uniform offset from each other and formed by the remaining material connections. The cutouts have a uniform constant width and can therefore advantageously be produced by milling. The manipulator units have a simple geometrical design in the form of T- or L-shaped webs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: JENOPTIK Optical Systems GmbH
    Inventor: Marco Bornschein
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE INTERMITTENT OCCLUSION OF THE CORONARY SINUS
    Publication number: 20130253566
    Abstract: In a method for intermittently occluding the coronary sinus, in which in an alternating manner the coronary sinus is occluded by an occlusion device and the occlusion is released, the curve of the fluid pressure occurring in the coronary sinus after the release of the occlusion is estimated by calculation and the time of the beginning of the next occlusion is determined as a function of the estimated pressure curve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: Miracor Medical Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Werner Mohl, Ilinka Kajgana
  • SYSTEMS, METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA FOR PERFORMING DIAGNOSTIC EXAMINATIONS USING MRI
    Publication number: 20130252196
    Abstract: A method for operating an imaging system, and a system, apparatus, and computer-readable medium, that operate in accordance with the method. The method includes providing field-of-view (FoV) information, and automatically selecting at least one recording sequence based on at least one of a particular diagnostic application of interest and the FoV information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: SIRONA DENTAL SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Volker Rasche, Erich Hell, Johannes Ulrici
  • CHARGING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130247563
    Abstract: A charging device may include an actuating device for actuating a control device. The actuating device may be coupled to the control device via an actuating rod. The actuating rod may be coupled to the control device via a guide piece rotatably mounted at two points in an outer actuator lever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Anatolij Martens, Florian Rentz, Jochen Schaeflein
  • USB card reader
    Patent number: D691152
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: KOBIL Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Meisel, Karsten Kuber