Patents by Inventor Alexander Mann

Alexander Mann 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).

  • Patent number: 12631206
    Abstract: A twist-lock fixing may include a connector configured for receipt into a locking channel. The connector includes a stem having a first end opposite a second end. The stem includes a locking tab extending from a first side of the stem. The connector includes a head, the head extending from the second end of the stem and spaced apart from the locking tab. The twist-lock fixing may include a body section attaching to the connector at the first end of the stem. The body section includes a flange configured for contacting a first side of the workpiece to limit a longitudinal insertion of the connector into the locking channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: HellermannTyton Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Toll, Cabren Spangler, Justin Gallion, Alexander Mann
  • Patent number: 12574634
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of connecting camera modules to a camera, in which the camera is connected to a first camera module via a data interface, the first camera module transmits a device profile via the data interface to the camera, wherein the device profile comprises a device class of the first camera module and information about the functional scope of the first camera module, the camera is connected to a second camera module via the data interface, the second camera module transmits a device profile via the data interface to the camera, wherein the device profile comprises a device class of the second camera module and information about the functional scope of the second camera module, the camera adapts its operating parameters to the first and second camera module based on the device profiles in order to integrate the first and second camera module into the operation of the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: Arnold & Richter Cine Technik Gmbh & Co. Betriebs KG
    Inventors: Hermann Popp, Frank Zeidler, Alexander Mann, Michael Haubmann
  • Publication number: 20250362678
    Abstract: For at least partially autonomously driving the motor vehicle, a (second) large language model is interposed to a used artificial intelligence (formed as a first large language model). In this manner, it is possible, to pose queries to the user, who can actively change driving of the motor vehicle via the second large language model. Herein, it can be provided that the artificial intelligence (the first large language model) is exactly not retrained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2025
    Publication date: November 27, 2025
    Inventors: Daniel Bauer, Hauke Brunken, Wolfgang Steiner, Alexander Mann
  • Patent number: 12395746
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a distributed monitoring system for film recordings comprising a transmission module and a display module, wherein the transmission module and the display module are connected to one another via a data network, wherein the transmission module is configured to transmit image data and preferably also audio data via the data network to the display module, wherein the transmission module additionally transmits metadata to the display module, wherein the display module is configured to display the image data and the metadata, and the display module has an image processing unit that is configured to carry out a modification to the image data before the image data are displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2025
    Assignee: Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GmbH & Co. Betriebs KG
    Inventors: Hermann Popp, Frank Zeidler, Alexander Mann, Michael Haubmann
  • Publication number: 20250137820
    Abstract: Described are aspects of sensor mount fixing techniques and apparatuses that are configured to receive, secure, and/or support one or more sensors relative to a support structure of a workpiece. In aspects, a sensor mount fixing includes a body portion configured to mount on a support structure. The body portion includes a sensor mount portion configured to receive a sensor housing through the body portion. A sensor mount fixing may include a locknut retainer configured to retain a first locknut engaged with the sensor housing against rotation during a turning (e.g., a tightening, a loosening) of a second locknut engaged with the sensor housing. A sensor mount fixing may include a clamp portion configured to clamp onto the sensor housing to retain the sensor housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Michael Toll, Mark W. Cors, Scott G. Klos, Alexander Mann
  • Publication number: 20250129813
    Abstract: A twist-lock fixing may include a connector configured for receipt into a locking channel. The connector includes a stem having a first end opposite a second end. The stem includes a locking tab extending from a first side of the stem. The connector includes a head, the head extending from the second end of the stem and spaced apart from the locking tab. The twist-lock fixing may include a body section attaching to the connector at the first end of the stem. The body section includes a flange configured for contacting a first side of the workpiece to limit a longitudinal insertion of the connector into the locking channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: HellermannTyton Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Toll, Cabren Spangler, Justin Gallion, Alexander Mann
  • Patent number: 12172848
    Abstract: A system for assembling layers of packages and for forming transport and storage units from the layers. A grouping station has a grouping table for arranging and grouping the packages in a predefined layer arrangement. A package delivery feeds the packages to the grouping table in a conveying direction. The package delivery has two row conveyors for transporting at least one row of packages each on either side of the grouping table. A transfer unit transfers the packages from the row conveyors to the grouping table by sliding them in a respective sliding direction over a slide-over buffer region between each row conveyor and the grouping table, in order to form the layer of packages. A layer stacker then slides the layer of packages from the grouping table over onto a plate provided in the layer stacker, while maintaining the layer arrangement, in order to form the transport and storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: KHS GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Helfrich, Alexander Mann, Martin Rübsaamen
  • Publication number: 20240367914
    Abstract: A device for handling and/or grouping piece goods having a handling table extending along a main axis with a manipulation zone and a collection zone disposed one behind the other along the main axis in a transport direction. A first manipulator manipulates the piece goods and is designed to be movable at least partly in the direction of the main axis with variable positions. The first manipulator is moved between at least one normal position and at least one required position differing from the normal position. The first manipulator has a base working region paired with the normal position for manipulating the piece goods in the manipulation zone and a required working region paired with the required position for manipulating the piece goods outside of the base working region. An optical detection device monitors the manipulation of the piece goods in the manipulation zone and/or collection zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Stefan Habermann, Alexander Mann
  • Publication number: 20240232800
    Abstract: A method for determining operating conditions of an intralogistics system with components like conveyors, storage systems, shuttles, and others includes a simulating step and a step of generating process data from that simulation. A determination module is configured to perform a step of determining modified component parameters and properties by analyzing process data while optimizing a predefined target variable of the intralogistics system. In another aspect, an intralogistics system has a simulation module and a determination module, both accordingly configured to analyze process data and determine optimized operating conditions of an intralogistics system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: TGW Logistics Group GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander MANN, Markus PSCHERNIG
  • Publication number: 20240135318
    Abstract: A method for determining operating conditions of an intralogistics system with components like conveyors, storage systems, shuttles, and others includes a simulating step and a step of generating process data from that simulation. A determination module is configured to perform a step of determining modified component parameters and properties by analyzing process data while optimizing a predefined target variable of the intralogistics system. In another aspect, an intralogistics system has a simulation module and a determination module, both accordingly configured to analyze process data and determine optimized operating conditions of an intralogistics system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: TGW Logistics Group GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander MANN, Markus PSCHERNIG
  • Publication number: 20230269466
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of connecting camera modules to a camera, in which the camera is connected to a first camera module via a data interface, the first camera module transmits a device profile via the data interface to the camera, wherein the device profile comprises a device class of the first camera module and information about the functional scope of the first camera module, the camera is connected to a second camera module via the data interface, the second camera module transmits a device profile via the data interface to the camera, wherein the device profile comprises a device class of the second camera module and information about the functional scope of the second camera module, the camera adapts its operating parameters to the first and second camera module based on the device profiles in order to integrate the first and second camera module into the operation of the camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Hermann POPP, Frank ZEIDLER, Alexander MANN, Michael HAUBMANN
  • Publication number: 20230269465
    Abstract: The invention relates to a modular electronic camera, and in particular a distributed electronic camera, comprising an image acquisition module comprising an image sensor and an image processing unit coupled to the image sensor, an operating module for controlling and/or configuring the camera, and a display module for displaying camera images acquired by the image sensor, wherein the image acquisition module, the operating module and the display module are camera modules. The camera in accordance with the invention is characterized in that the image acquisition module, the operating module and the display module are connected to one another by means of a data network, with the data network having a distribution unit that is configured to receive data via the data network from the camera modules and to forward data from one of the camera modules to at least one of the other camera modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Hermann POPP, Frank ZEIDLER, Alexander MANN, Michael HAUBMANN
  • Publication number: 20230269494
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a distributed monitoring system for film recordings comprising a transmission module and a display module, wherein the transmission module and the display module are connected to one another via a data network, wherein the transmission module is configured to transmit image data and preferably also audio data via the data network to the display module, wherein the transmission module additionally transmits metadata to the display module, wherein the display module is configured to display the image data and the metadata, and the display module has an image processing unit that is configured to carry out a modification to the image data before the image data are displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Hermann POPP, Frank ZEIDLER, Alexander MANN, Michael HAUBMANN
  • Publication number: 20230211959
    Abstract: A system for assembling layers of packages and for forming transport and storage units from the layers. A grouping station has a grouping table for arranging and grouping the packages in a predefined layer arrangement. A package delivery feeds the packages to the grouping table in a conveying direction. The package delivery has two row conveyors for transporting at least one row of packages each on either side of the grouping table. A transfer unit transfers the packages from the row conveyors to the grouping table by sliding them in a respective sliding direction over a slide-over buffer region between each row conveyor and the grouping table, in order to form the layer of packages. A layer stacker then slides the layer of packages from the grouping table over onto a plate provided in the layer stacker, while maintaining the layer arrangement, in order to form the transport and storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Stefan Helfrich, Alexander Mann, Martin Rübsaamen
  • Patent number: 10649021
    Abstract: A power transistor, a driver and an output stage. The power transistor includes an active region and a metallization level located above the active region for power distribution and for detecting an imminent metallization error induced by stress (RPP stress) caused by repeated power pulses. The power transistor also includes a further metallization level, which is located above the metallization level and in which galvanically isolated metal elements extend mutually parallel in a direction of extent, of which one pair is used for energizing the power transistor. It is a characteristic of the power transistor that at least one cut-out is formed above the active region in the further metallization level. The cut-out has the effect of decreasing heat dissipation. The power transistor is thereby heated more intensely in the localized region, so that large temperature gradients occur in the transition region defined by the edges of the metal elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Mann, Daniel Schneider, Henning Lohmeyer
  • Publication number: 20190086467
    Abstract: A power transistor, a driver and an output stage. The power transistor includes an active region and a metallization level located above the active region for power distribution and for detecting an imminent metallization error induced by stress (RPP stress) caused by repeated power pulses. The power transistor also includes a further metallization level, which is located above the metallization level and in which galvanically isolated metal elements extend mutually parallel in a direction of extent, of which one pair is used for energizing the power transistor. It is a characteristic of the power transistor that at least one cut-out is formed above the active region in the further metallization level. The cut-out has the effect of decreasing heat dissipation. The power transistor is thereby heated more intensely in the localized region, so that large temperature gradients occur in the transition region defined by the edges of the metal elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Alexander Mann, Daniel Schneider, Henning Lohmeyer
  • Publication number: 20160108049
    Abstract: The compounds of formula (1), in which R1, R7, R8, R9, R10, R17, R18, R19, R20 and m have the meanings as given in the description, are novel effective inhibitors of type 4 and 5 phosphodiesterase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas STENGEL, Thomas MAIER, Alexander MANN, Josef STADLWIESER, Dieter FLOCKERZI, Andreas PAHL, Ewald BENEDIKTUS, Manuela HESSMANN, Tobias KANACHER, Ragna HUSSONG, Christof ZITT, Hans Christof HOLST, Rolf-Peter HUMMEL, Martin VIERTELHAUS, Hermann TENOR, Torsten DUNKERN, Armin HATZELMANN, Christian HESSLINGER
  • Patent number: 9018175
    Abstract: The compounds of Formula (1), in which A, R1, R2, R3 and R5 have the meanings as given in the description, are novel effective inhibitors of type 4 and 5 phosphodiesterase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Takeda GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Flockerzi, Thomas Stengel, Alexander Mann, Harald Ohmer, Ulrich Kautz, Steffen Weinbrenner, Stefan Fischer, Christof Zitt, Armin Hatzelmann, Torsten Dunkern, Christian Hesslinger, Thomas Maier, Hermann Tenor, Clemens Braun, Raimund Külzer, Degenhard Marx
  • Publication number: 20140113877
    Abstract: The compounds of formula (1) in which A, X, R1, R2, R3 and R7 have the meanings as given in the description, are novel effective inhibitors of type 4 and type 5 phosphodiesterase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: Takeda GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Flockerzi, Alexander Mann, Thomas Stengel, Harald Ohmer, Ulrich Kautz, Steffen Weinbrenner, Stefan Fischer, Hermann Tenor, Christof Zitt, Armin Hatzelmann, Torsten Dunkern, Christian Hesslinger, Clemens Braun, Ewald Benediktus, Andreas Pahl, Raimund Kuelzer, Degenhard Marx
  • Publication number: 20140112945
    Abstract: The compounds of formula (1) in which R1, R7, R8, R9, R10, R17, R18, R19, R20 and m have the meanings as given in the description, are novel effective inhibitors of type 4 and type 5 phosphodiesterase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: TAKEDA GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Stengel, Thomas Maier, Alexander Mann, Josef Stadlwieser, Dieter Flockerzi, Andreas Pahl, Ewald Benediktus, Manuela Hessmann, Tobias Kanacher, Ragna Hussong, Christof Zitt, Hans Christof Holst, Rolf-Peter Hummel, Martin Viertelhaus, Hermann Tenor, Torsten Dunkern, Armin Hatzelmann, Christian Hesslinger