Patents by Inventor Alexander Hafner

Alexander Hafner 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).

  • Adaptation to a pulse width modulation frequency variation for a sensor operating in a synchronous mode
    Patent number: 11991062
    Abstract: In some implementations, a sensor may determine a delay latency value associated with an amount of time from completion of a set of sensor tasks to an actual time of reception of a trigger to selectively transmit or sample sensor data. The sensor may calculate a deviation of the delay latency value from a target delay latency. The sensor may transmit a data frame including an indication associated with the deviation of the delay latency value from the target delay latency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Christof Michenthaler, Thomas Hafner, Benjamin Kollmitzer, Alexander Plautz, Andrea Possemato, Constantin Stroi
  • Beverage dispenser
    Patent number: 11565931
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for filling containers with a positioning surface on which a container to be filled can be arranged, with a filling device which is suitable and intended for filling the container via its container opening. According to embodiments of the invention, the apparatus has a contour detection device which is suitable and intended for determining a contour of the container to be filled, as well as a determination device which, taking into account the contour of the container, detects an internal volume of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Michael Neubauer, Alexander Hafner, Benedikt Paulus, Linda Feldmeier, Christoph Sonnauer
  • BEVERAGE DISPENSER
    Publication number: 20220089425
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for filling containers with a positioning surface on which a container to be filled can be arranged, with a filling device which is suitable and intended for filling the container via its container opening. According to embodiments of the invention, the apparatus has a contour detection device which is suitable and intended for determining a contour of the container to be filled, as well as a determination device which, taking into account the contour of the container, detects an internal volume of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Neubauer, Alexander Hafner, Benedikt Paulus, Linda Feldmeier, Christoph Sonnauer