Patents by Inventor Alexander Kurz
Alexander Kurz 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).
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Publication number: 20230068219Abstract: A friction bearing of a planetary gearbox has a first rotationally fixed component and a second component rotatably connected thereto. Oil in the region of an oil feed pocket of the first component is directed into the bearing clearance between the components. The oil is directed into the oil feed pocket via at least one first line that opens into the oil feed pocket. Oil is also directed via at least one second line into the oil feed pocket, the port region of said second line into the oil feed pocket in the circumferential direction of the bearing clearance and in the main rotation direction of the second component in relation to the first component and/or in the axial direction of the friction bearing being spaced apart from the port region of the first line into the oil feed pocket.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventors: Alexander SCHÜTT, Tobias EBERHARDT, Rens DOUMA, Uwe KRACHT, Maximilian PRÖLSS, Wolfram KURZ-HARDJOSOEKATMO, Stephan UHKÖTTER
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Patent number: 11534808Abstract: Prior to the rolling of a flat rolling material (2) on a rolling line that includes a number of roll stands (1), a control system (3) receives actual variables (I) and target variables (Z) of the material (2). The control system (3) determines desired values (S*) for the roll stands (1), based on the actual (I) and target variables (Z) in combination with a model (10) of the rolling line, such that expected variables (E1) of the material (2) after its rolling are aligned as far as possible with the target variables (Z) and transfers the desired values (S*) to the roll stands (1) such that the material (2) is rolled according to the desired values (S*). The target variables (Z) comprise at least one freely selectable, discrete characteristic variable (K1 to K5, K2? to K4?, K2? to K4?) defining the contour (K) of the flat rolling material (2).Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2018Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Inventors: Jens Frenzel, Christopher Gusek, Matthias Kurz, Marco Miele, Friedemann Schmid, Alexander Thekale, Martin Vogt
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Patent number: 11493891Abstract: A model (8) is based on mathematical-physical equations. The model models the production of a particular output product (1) from at least one input product (2) supplied in each case to an installation in the raw materials industry on the basis of operation (B) of the installation. During production of the output products (1), the installation is controlled by a control device (5) in such a manner that particular actual operation (B) of the installation corresponds as far as possible to particular desired operation (B*) of the installation. The desired operation (B*) is determined by the control device (5) using the model (8) of the installation. The model (8) is parameterized according to a number of first model parameters (P1) for the purpose of modelling the installation.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2018Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Inventors: Matthias Kurz, Marco Miele, Alexander Thekale
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Publication number: 20220349456Abstract: A press-fit-interlocking connection of an inner part to an outer part which is fastened to the inner part includes a cylindrical press joint (3) between the outer part and the inner part. The interlocking connection is formed by an axial stop having contacting stop parts (18, 19) on the inner part and on the outer part. The connection has an edge support in contact with the stop parts which contact one another, in a first main plane of curvature (E1) to which the cylinder axis of the press joint is perpendicular, with equal radii of curvature (ra1, ra2), and in a second main plane of curvature (E2) in which the cylinder axis of the press joint lies, with different radii of curvature (ra2, ri2).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2020Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventors: Zoran Maricic, Alexander Kurz
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Publication number: 20220341104Abstract: A system and computer-implemented method for automatically controlling a construction process of a road section, the section comprising a plurality of subsections, the construction process comprising processing a road surface material layer using a paver with a height-adjustable screed, the paver travelling along a predetermined path, the method comprising receiving construction design data comprising information about the path and about a nominal surface and a nominal layer thickness of the paved road surface material layer for a multitude of positions along the path, receiving a set of rules comprising different priorities for each of the plurality of subsections, continuously receiving position data indicating a current position of the screed, continuously receiving thickness data indicating a current layer thickness of the paved road surface material layer, calculating a height-adjustment of the screed, generating, based on the calculation, control data to adjust a height of the screed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AGInventors: Jürgen SEEMAN, Alexander KURZ
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Publication number: 20220314739Abstract: A bracket configured to mount a high voltage component to a structure of a vehicle. The bracket includes a body, a plurality of first apertures formed in the body that are each respectively configured for receipt of a fastener that secures the body to the high voltage component, and a plurality of second apertures formed in the body that are respectively configured for receipt of a fastener that secures the body to the structure of the vehicle. Upon application of a sufficient force to the vehicle, a material of the body that forms at least one of the first apertures and the second apertures is configured to fail to permit either the body and the high voltage component to disengage from structure of the vehicle or the high voltage component to disengage from the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2021Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Kedar V. Panday, Krishnamurthy N. Hegd, Maximilian P. Larraquette, Anthony A. Stajanovski, Richard C. Chiarcos, Alexander Kurz
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Patent number: 10007270Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention include a vehicle control system having: two GNSS receivers positioned fixedly in a known relationship with respect to one another on a vehicle, for receiving signals from navigation satellites, a computer unit for using the signals to form direction vectors, and generating instructions for steering the vehicle as a function of the direction vectors, wherein at least one retro-reflector is arranged in a predefined position with respect to the GNSS receivers on the vehicle, a geodetic measuring device is positioned in an immovable fashion at a known reference position in order to determine exact absolute positions of the retro-reflector, wherein the measuring device has a transmitter for transmitting the exact absolute positions to a receiver of the computer unit, and the computer unit is also designed to generate the instructions as a function of the exact absolute positions.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2016Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AGInventors: Chris Mazur, Adriaan Bakker, Alexander Kurz
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Publication number: 20160370805Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention include a vehicle control system having: two GNSS receivers positioned fixedly in a known relationship with respect to one another on a vehicle, for receiving signals from navigation satellites, a computer unit for using the signals to form direction vectors, and generating instructions for steering the vehicle as a function of the direction vectors, wherein at least one retro-reflector is arranged in a predefined position with respect to the GNSS receivers on the vehicle, a geodetic measuring device is positioned in an immovable fashion at a known reference position in order to determine exact absolute positions of the retro-reflector, wherein the measuring device has a transmitter for transmitting the exact absolute positions to a receiver of the computer unit, and the computer unit is also designed to generate the instructions as a function of the exact absolute positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2016Publication date: December 22, 2016Applicant: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AGInventors: Chris MAZUR, Adriaan BAKKER, Alexander KURZ
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Patent number: 8847737Abstract: A transponder and a method for wireless data transmission is provided. The transponder comprises an input circuit with input terminals for connecting an antenna coil for data transmission to a base station by means of inductive coupling, a first controllable switching means, at least one resistor, which is looped in series with the first controllable switching means between the input terminals of the input circuit, and a controller which is designed in such a way that it connects through the first switching means as soon as a voltage applied at the input terminals falls below a first settable threshold value, and again interrupts it as soon as the voltage applied at the input terminals for a settable duration is above the first settable threshold value and/or above a second settable threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2011Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Atmel CorporationInventors: Martin Berhorst, Alexander Kurz, Peter Schneider
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Patent number: 8699560Abstract: A method for wireless data transmission, in, for example, RFID systems, between a base station and a passive transponder, as well as a passive transponder is provided by inductive coupling, as well as a passive transponder. It is possible to transmit data from the base station to the transponder by a first data transmission protocol type and by at least one second data transmission protocol type, whereby the first or the at least second data transmission protocol type is selected by writing a configuration register in the transponder.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2012Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Atmel CorporationInventors: Martin Berhorst, Alexander Kurz, Peter Schneider
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Patent number: 8363737Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a carrier signal transmitted by a base station according to either a first data-transmission protocol or a second data-transmission protocol; detecting a first field gap in the carrier signal indicating initiation of a data transmission by the base station; and determining whether a reference duration is present in the carrier signal after the first field gap. The method includes, if the reference duration is present in the carrier signal after the first field gap then, according to the first data-transmission protocol, determining a calibration value for the data transmission based on the reference duration and decoding the data transmission by measuring durations between successive subsequent field gaps and determining whether each duration as measured is a binary 1 or binary 0 based on the calibration value.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2011Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Atmel CorporationInventors: Alexander Kurz, Mathew Neal
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Patent number: 8338970Abstract: An integrated circuit is disclosed with adjusting elements, which in a first manufacturing stage are connected via tracks to terminal pads lying outside the integrated circuit. At least one of the tracks of the integrated circuit lies on a surface of a region, which includes semiconductor material and in a second manufacturing stage is isolated by a pn junction from additional semiconductor material, which is adjacent to the region. Furthermore, a method for manufacturing this type of integrated circuit is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2011Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Atmel CorporationInventors: Juergen Haefner, Alexander Kurz, Wolfgang Sinderhauf, Matthias Tortschanoff, Ulrich Wicke
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Publication number: 20120194323Abstract: A method for wireless data transmission, in, for example, RFID systems, between a base station and a passive transponder, as well as a passive transponder is provided by inductive coupling, as well as a passive transponder. It is possible to transmit data from the base station to the transponder by a first data transmission protocol type and by at least one second data transmission protocol type, whereby the first or the at least second data transmission protocol type is selected by writing a configuration register in the transponder.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2012Publication date: August 2, 2012Inventors: Martin Berhorst, Alexander Kurz, Peter Schneider
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Patent number: 8165193Abstract: A method for wireless data transmission, in, for example, RFID systems, between a base station and a passive transponder, as well as a passive transponder is provided by inductive coupling, as well as a passive transponder. It is possible to transmit data from the base station to the transponder by a first data transmission protocol type and by at least one second data transmission protocol type, whereby the first or the at least second data transmission protocol type is selected by writing a configuration register in the transponder.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2007Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: Atmel CorporationInventors: Martin Berhorst, Alexander Kurz, Peter Schneider
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Publication number: 20110243258Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a carrier signal transmitted by a base station according to either a first data-transmission protocol or a second data-transmission protocol; detecting a first field gap in the carrier signal indicating initiation of a data transmission by the base station; and determining whether a reference duration is present in the carrier signal after the first field gap. The method includes, if the reference duration is present in the carrier signal after the first field gap then, according to the first data-transmission protocol, determining a calibration value for the data transmission based on the reference duration and decoding the data transmission by measuring durations between successive subsequent field gaps and determining whether each duration as measured is a binary 1 or binary 0 based on the calibration value.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2011Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: ATMEL CORPORATIONInventors: Alexander Kurz, Mathew Neal
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Publication number: 20110177781Abstract: A transponder and a method for wireless data transmission is provided. The transponder comprises an input circuit with input terminals for connecting an antenna coil for data transmission to a base station by means of inductive coupling, a first controllable switching means, at least one resistor, which is looped in series with the first controllable switching means between the input terminals of the input circuit, and a controller which is designed in such a way that it connects through the first switching means as soon as a voltage applied at the input terminals falls below a first settable threshold value, and again interrupts it as soon as the voltage applied at the input terminals for a settable duration is above the first settable threshold value and/or above a second settable threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2011Publication date: July 21, 2011Inventors: Martin Berhorst, Alexander Kurz, Peter Schneider
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Publication number: 20110147065Abstract: An integrated circuit is disclosed with adjusting elements, which in a first manufacturing stage are connected via tracks to terminal pads lying outside the integrated circuit. At least one of the tracks of the integrated circuit lies on a surface of a region, which includes semiconductor material and in a second manufacturing stage is isolated by a pn junction from additional semiconductor material, which is adjacent to the region. Furthermore, a method for manufacturing this type of integrated circuit is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2011Publication date: June 23, 2011Inventors: Juergen Haefner, Alexander Kurz, Wolfgang Sinderhauf, Matthias Tortschanoff, Ulrich Wicke
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Patent number: 7953146Abstract: A method and transponder for wireless data transmission between a base station and a transponder is provided by means of inductive coupling, the transponder supports a first data transmission protocol type and/or a second data transmission protocol type. In the first data transmission protocol type, the data transmission is ended when a maximum value for the duration between successive field gaps is exceeded and in the second data transmission protocol type, after the initiation of the data transmission a reference duration is transmitted by the base station, by means of which the calibration value is determined in the transponder, whereby the calibration value is used for calibrating subsequently received durations. The reference duration is selected as greater than the maximum duration value.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2007Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: Atmel CorporationInventors: Alexander Kurz, Mathew Neal
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Patent number: 7710213Abstract: A circuit for voltage limitation is provided in a transponder with a resonant circuit, which comprises at least one inductor, a capacitor, a depletion layer component with an input, output, and a control input, a first resonant circuit terminal, which is connected to the input of the depletion layer element, and a second resonant circuit terminal, which is connected to the output of the depletion layer element, whereby there is a connection between the control input of the depletion layer component and the first resonant circuit terminal and the second resonant circuit terminal. A method for voltage limitation in a transponder is provided, whereby for voltage limitation in the transmitting and receiving resonant circuit, the control terminal of the depletion layer element is driven by the voltage of the first and second resonant circuit terminal.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2007Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Assignee: Atmel Automotive GmbHInventors: Martin Berhorst, Alexander Kurz, Peter Schneider
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Patent number: 7583944Abstract: A method and circuit for amplifying and demodulating amplitude-modulated signals is disclosed that amplifies a primary signal into an amplified signal, bandpass filters the amplified signal into a filtered signal, compares the filtered signal with a regulation threshold and regulates the gain of the primary signal such that peak values of the filtered signal approach the regulation threshold, compares the filtered signal with a signal threshold, and demodulates the result of the comparison. Whereby a value of the signal threshold is smaller than a value of the regulation threshold.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2006Date of Patent: September 1, 2009Assignee: ATMEL Germany GmbHInventor: Alexander Kurz