Patents by Inventor Alexander Fuchs

Alexander Fuchs 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: 20250074342
    Abstract: A vehicle having a front region zone, a right-hand cabin zone, a left-hand cabin zone, and a rear region zone. Each zone has a defined number of zone controllers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Alexander Fuchs, Jochen Pflueger, Manuel Warwel, Richard Schoettle, Achim Henkel, Viola Malena Herbrig
  • Patent number: 12241442
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel injection device (100) for a compression-ignition engine, comprising a first storage unit (20) which can be supplied with fuel by at least one high-pressure pump (16), the first storage unit (20) being arranged preferably inside the high-pressure pump (16), a first connecting line (26) from the first storage unit (20) to a second storage unit (30), and a second connecting line (40) from the second storage unit (30) to a fuel injector (50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Fuchs, Christoph Eduard Kammerer, Helmut Giessauf, Martin Bernhaupt, Walter Walkner
  • Patent number: 12121952
    Abstract: A punching/perforating machine (10) for generating a punching/perforating pattern in a supplied material unit/web (M), comprising a punching tool (12) having a plurality of punches/perforating needles (16) which are arranged in a predetermined grid in a longitudinal direction (L) and which are movable via a pressure beam (36) which is operatively connected via a control device (30) to a drive unit (18) for generating a punching/perforating stroke (H) transversely to the longitudinal direction (L), and comprising a control block (14) for actuating/activating/deactivating the punches/perforating needles (16) by the control device (30) during the punching/perforating process, characterized in that the punching tool (12) and/or the control block (14) is/are each designed as a separate subassembly which is/are each arranged within the punching/perforating machine (10) so as to be removably fastenable separately as a unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: WISTA Werkzeugfertigungs-GmbH
    Inventors: Gerd Staudinger, Alexander Fuchs
  • Publication number: 20240317461
    Abstract: A collection bag is for receiving a collected material and an emptying opening configured in a specific shape for the collection bag which has a receiving space defined by a woven cloth. The receiving space is defined by outer edges of the collection bag. The woven cloth is at least partially air-permeable. The receiving space has an inlet opening for a blower air flow supplying the material and a closable emptying opening for removing the material. The receiving space opens into a tubular outlet section, the open end thereof forming the emptying opening. In a closed position of the outlet section, the receiving space or the emptying opening is closed. In an open position, the receiving space is connected to the surroundings via the emptying opening. In its open position, the outlet section protrudes from the bag and, in its closed position, the outlet section is located inside the bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Markus Pfeifer, Andreas Rieger, Alexander Fuchs, Jonathan Seiz, Jana Nuelle, Christin Arnold, Markus Koenig, Markus Oesterle
  • Publication number: 20240117784
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel injection device (100) for a compression-ignition engine, comprising a first storage unit (20) which can be supplied with fuel by at least one high-pressure pump (16), the first storage unit (20) being arranged preferably inside the high-pressure pump (16), a first connecting line (26) from the first storage unit (20) to a second storage unit (30), and a second connecting line (40) from the second storage unit (30) to a fuel injector (50).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Alexander Fuchs, Christoph Eduard Kammerer, Helmut Giessauf, Martin Bernhaupt, Walter Walkner
  • Publication number: 20240081593
    Abstract: A collecting bag is for receiving material to be collected and has a receiving space delimited by a woven-fabric cloth and is delimited by outer edges of the collecting bag. The woven-fabric cloth of the collecting bag is at least partially air-permeable. The receiving space has an inlet opening for a conveying airflow which supplies the material to be collected, and an outlet opening for at least partially discharging the conveying airflow into the environment. The inlet opening is provided on a first edge of the collecting bag, and the emptying opening is provided on a second edge. The first and second edges are opposite one another at a spacing and are interconnected via longitudinal edges of the collecting bag. The outlet opening for at least partially discharging the conveying airflow is disposed in a side wall of the collecting bag, between the emptying opening and the inlet opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Hocquel, Alexander Fuchs, Andreas Rieger, Markus Oesterle, Markus Pfeiffer
  • Patent number: 11907829
    Abstract: A radar device may include a radar transmitter to output a radio frequency (RF) transmission signal including a plurality of frequency-modulated chirps. The radar device may include a radar receiver to receive an RF radar signal, and generate, based on the RF radar signal, a dataset including a set of digital values, the dataset being associated with a chirp or a sequence of successive chirps. The radar device may include a neural network to filter the dataset to reduce an interfering signal included in the dataset, the neural network being a convolutional neural network. At least one layer of the neural network may be a complex-valued neural network layer includes complex-valued weighting factor, where the complex-valued neural network layer is configured to perform one or more operations according to a complex-valued computation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Paul Meissner, Franz Pernkopf, Johanna Rock, Wolfgang Roth, Mate Andras Toth, Alexander Fuchs
  • Publication number: 20240041304
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an endoscopic device for a particularly flexible endoscope and/or an endoscopic instrument having at least one deflectable shaft segment that has a least one distal end element and at least one proximal end element, and between the two at least one first intermediate element and at least one second intermediate element that are directly adjacent and can be deflected with respect to each other. Accordingly to the disclosure, the first intermediate element and the second intermediate element are different from each other and are integrally interconnected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Karl Storz SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Alexander Fuchs, Tobias Lottes, Jochen Macht, Uwe Renger, Daniel Ulmschneider
  • Publication number: 20240010141
    Abstract: A vehicle. The vehicle has a front region zone, a right-hand cabin zone, a left-hand cabin zone, and a rear region zone. Each zone has a defined number of zone controllers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Jochen Pflueger, Manuel Warwel, Richard Schoettle, Viola Malena Herbrig, Achim Henkel, Alexander Fuchs
  • Publication number: 20240001874
    Abstract: A vehicle including a front region zone, a cabin right zone, a cabin left zone, and a rear region zone. Each zone includes a defined number of zone control units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Jochen Pflueger, Manuel Warwel, Richard Schoettle, Viola Malena Herbrig, Achim Henkel, Alexander Fuchs
  • Patent number: 11864137
    Abstract: An apparatus for synchronizing end nodes in a vehicle has an emitter for emitting a synchronization signal to the end nodes and a receiver for receiving one or more response signals from the end nodes. The synchronization signal is adapted to address a subset or all of the end nodes to enable a synchronized action of the addressed end nodes and/or to trigger a generation of one or more response signals in response to the received synchronization signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
    Inventors: Bence Szemes, Tamas Konya, Huba Nemeth, Alexander Fuchs
  • Publication number: 20230406245
    Abstract: A vehicle. The vehicle has a front region zone, a right-hand cabin zone, a left-hand cabin zone, and a rear region zone. Each zone has a defined number of zone controllers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Alexander Fuchs, Jochen Pflueger, Manuel Warwel, Richard Schoettle, Achim Henkel, Viola Malena Herbrig
  • Patent number: 11813766
    Abstract: A punching/perforation machine creates a predefined punching/perforation pattern in a material that is supplied in a direction of travel. The machine comprises a punching/perforation tool that includes an upper tool part which can be moved in a direction of stroke and which is equipped with a plurality of punching dies/perforation needles that are arranged in a predefined grid in a transverse direction and can be moved by a pressure beam that is operatively connected to a drive unit via a control device in order to produce a punching/perforation stroke. The material is supplied between the upper tool part and a lower tool part. The material is placed or clamped in a frame mechanism. The punching/perforation machine includes a frame accommodation/connection device for accommodating/connecting the frame mechanism, and the frame mechanism containing the material is supplied between the upper tool part and the lower tool part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: WISTA Werkzeugfertigungs-GmbH
    Inventors: Gerd Staudinger, Alexander Fuchs
  • Patent number: 11806464
    Abstract: A hand-held suction system includes: a hand-held suction device, a tube unit and a bag unit, wherein the tube unit has a suction tube and a tube connecting part, and wherein the bag unit has a collecting bag and a bag connecting part. The tube connecting part and the bag connecting part are designed to form a mechanical connection to one another in order to hold the bag unit by way of the tube unit. The tube connecting part is arranged in such a way on a circumference of the suction tube, in an upper half of the circumference in a circumferential direction, in a correct operating position of the suction system, and the suction system is designed in such a way that the bag unit held by the tube unit extends downwards in the circumferential direction along the suction tube, on the upper half of the circumference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Pfeifer, Jonathan Seiz, Alexander Fuchs, Markus Oesterle
  • Patent number: 11787076
    Abstract: A punching/perforation machine for creating a punching/perforation pattern in a material unit/web comprises a punching/perforation tool that includes an upper tool part which can be moved in a direction of stroke and which includes a plurality of punching dies/perforation needles arranged in a predefined grid in a transverse direction. It can be moved by a pressure beam that is operatively connected to a drive unit via a control device in order to produce a punching/perforation stroke. The material unit/web being supplied between the upper tool part and a stationary lower tool part/female die. Means are provided for generating a simultaneous movement of the material unit/web relative to the punching/perforation tool by a predefinable distance both in the direction of travel and in the transverse direction such that the material unit/web can be placed in a different predefinable position relative to the punching/perforation tool prior to each punching/perforation stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: WISTA Werkzeugfertigungs-GmbH
    Inventors: Gerd Staudinger, Alexander Fuchs
  • Publication number: 20230257915
    Abstract: An open-end spinning device for an open-end spinning machine includes an individually drivable spinning rotor having a rotor cup accommodated in a rotor housing. An individual drive for the spinning rotor arranged in a drive housing. A receptacle for a cover element that closes the rotor housing during spinning operations is provided. The rotor housing defines a central support part fixable to a machine frame of the open-end spinning machine. The rotor housing is formed as one piece with the drive housing and the receptacle for the cover element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Matthias Lauer, Markus Kuebler, Siegfried Krohmer, Bernd Loos, Constantin Rieger, Alexander Fuchs, Constanze Gebauer
  • Publication number: 20230257916
    Abstract: An open-end spinning device for an open-end spinning machine includes a rotor housing and a spinning rotor having a rotor cup accommodated in the rotor housing. A drive for the spinning rotor is arranged in a drive housing. At least one receptacle for a cover element that closes the rotor housing during spinning operations is provided. The rotor housing includes an adjustable stop for the cover element, the stop positioning the cover element in an axial direction of the spinning rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Matthias Lauer, Markus Kuebler, Siegfried Krohmer, Bernd Loos, Constantin Rieger, Alexander Fuchs, Constanze Gebauer
  • Patent number: 10856860
    Abstract: A trocar sleeve comprises a flexible hollow shaft comprising a distal end and a proximal end, and a handling head that is formed at the proximal end of the hollow shaft. The trocar sleeve is manufactured from an elastomer material. The hollow shaft comprises an inner contour that is adapted to an outer contour of a trocar mandrel in such a way that the trocar sleeve and the trocar mandrel are arranged to be coupled to one another while generating a defined preload to stabilize the trocar sleeve. A trocar system comprises a trocar sleeve and a trocar mandrel that is arranged to be inserted in the trocar sleeve, while generating a defined preloading in the trocar sleeve. A method of manufacturing a trocar sleeve involves integrally forming a hollow shaft and a handling head in a common mold by molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Sebastian Wagner, Michael Sauer, Alexander Fuchs
  • Patent number: 10751905
    Abstract: A guide bar (1) for the saw chain (2) of a motor-driven chain saw includes a longitudinal bar base body (3) of solid material having a reversal section (5) and a mounting section (8). A weight recess (11) is formed in a flat side (13) of the bar base body (3). The weight recess (11) extends essentially along the bar base body (3) and is closed by a cover plate (12). A light-weight, torsion-resistant guide bar is produced in that a longitudinal rib (14, 15) supporting the cover plate (12) is arranged in the weight recess (11) and extends in the longitudinal direction (19) of the guide bar (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Alexander Fuchs, Michael Leiter
  • Patent number: D949339
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: KARL STORZ SE & CO. KG
    Inventors: Alexander Fuchs, Lena Felber