Patents by Inventor Alexander Stein

Alexander Stein 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: 11927936
    Abstract: A method and an associated controller for safely operating a multi-axis kinematic system by using a safety function are disclosed. The method includes calculating compensation values at the run time of a controller of the multi-axis kinematic system, wherein the calculation is performed based on predefinable error values of respective axes, geometric parameters of the multi-axis kinematic system, and current axis values of the multi-axis kinematic system. The method further includes operating the safety function based on the calculated compensation values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Maximilian Walter, Dominik Budday, Minh Le, Alexander Stein, Sören Burmeister
  • Publication number: 20240018764
    Abstract: The invention relates to improvements in the technical field of jet regulators. Proposed as an improvement is inter alia a jet regulator (1) having two mutually separate ducts (2) and (3) which are disposed inside one another, in which a water guide (5) of an inner duct (3) is latched in a splitter unit (4) assigned to an outer duct (2) of the two ducts (2) and (3) and, as a result, is fixed in two axial directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventor: Alexander STEIN
  • Patent number: 11732451
    Abstract: A sanitary fixture (1) is provided having a diffuser (3) arranged behind a functional unit (2) and an annular chamber (24) arranged behind the diffuser (3), an area of an opening cross-section of an outlet opening (9) of the diffuser (3) is at most 10% greater than an area of an opening cross-section of an inlet opening (5, 5?) of the diffuser (3) and/or the annular chamber (24) with a contour, which in a longitudinal section of the fixture (1), follows an ellipse (26, 28) having the smallest possible eccentricity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: NEOPERL GMBH
    Inventor: Alexander Stein
  • Publication number: 20230214624
    Abstract: A sanitary insert (1) having a housing (2), in which at least one functional unit (3) is arranged, having an outlet side (4), which is formed by an outlet structure (5), the sanitary insert (1) having at least one identifier (6) by which a product form of the sanitary insert (1) can be identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventors: David BIRMELIN, Holger SCHÜRLE, Alexander STEIN, Alexandra WELZ, Christoph WEIS
  • Patent number: 11660755
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a working environment of a movable device utilizing a monitoring apparatus, wherein the working environment includes a working area and at least one protected area and the movable device is located within the working area during normal operation of said movable device, where the method includes a user inputting a plurality of convex polytopes into the monitoring apparatus, the convex polytopes corresponding to areas in which the movable device is located during normal operation, determining a convex polytope hull using the monitoring apparatus, the convex polytope hull completely enclosing the multiplicity of convex polytopes, and determining the at least one protected area by calculating a difference from the convex polytope hull and the input using the monitoring apparatus, such that monitoring of the position of the movable device is simplified because the working area can be modeled autonomously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Frank Matthias, Reiner Heilmann, Minh Le, Alexander Stein, Maximilian Walter
  • Patent number: 11636166
    Abstract: Some embodiments include tracking events and classifying assets within a computer system. A time series of occurrences of an event type associated with at least one asset is generated. A first signal value and a second signal value is determined based on the time series. The at least one asset can be classified based on comparison of the first signal value and the second signal value. The time series can be based on at least one time window including time intervals. Counters to determine a number of occurrences of an event type can be associated with the time intervals. Each of the counters can be incremented upon occurrence of the event type associated with the at least one asset during an associated time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Bhalchandra Suresh Agashe, Gil Shklarski, Christopher Alexander Stein, Nickolay Vladimirov Tchervenski
  • Publication number: 20230097806
    Abstract: In an aerator (101, 104, 107, 110, 112), the housing (2) and insertion parts (7, 8) that can be inserted into the aerator have complementary tooth arrangements which mesh with each other when the aerator is assembled such that the housing (2) and the insertion parts (7, 8) are rotationally locked relative to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventor: Alexander STEIN
  • Patent number: 11506315
    Abstract: In the case of a hose connector assembly (1) it is provided for a retaining plate (15) to be used for axially fixing at least two hoses (6, 7, 8) in corresponding hose receptacles (3, 4, 5). The hoses (6, 7, 8) are insertable into respective recesses (16, 17, 18) of the retaining plate (15) by way of a lateral insertion movement (19), and the hoses (6, 7, 8) engage behind the recesses (16, 17, 18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Stein, Daniel Oechsle
  • Publication number: 20220291655
    Abstract: A method and an associated controller for safely operating a multi-axis kinematic system by using a safety function are disclosed. The method includes calculating compensation values at the run time of a controller of the multi-axis kinematic system, wherein the calculation is performed based on predefinable error values of respective axes, geometric parameters of the multi-axis kinematic system, and current axis values of the multi-axis kinematic system. The method further includes operating the safety function based on the calculated compensation values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Maximilian Walter, Dominik Budday, Minh Le, Alexander Stein, Sören Burmeister
  • Publication number: 20220288773
    Abstract: A method for setting up safe operation of a multi-axis kinematic system, a method for safely operating a multi-axis kinematic system, and to an input device for setting up safe operation of a multi-axis kinematic system and a corresponding computer program product. A method includes providing error values of respective axes and ascertaining a compensation value for at least one variable of the safety function on the basis of the error values, on the basis of geometric parameters of the multi-axis kinematic system and on the basis of axis values of the respective axes that are obtained from trajectories of the multi-axis kinematic system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Maximilian Walter, Dominik Budday, Minh Le, Sören Burmeister, Alexander Stein
  • Patent number: 11441298
    Abstract: A sanitary insert unit that is fittable on the water outlet of a sanitary outlet fitting is provided, with a throughflow-quantity regulator unit which, in at least one annular throughflow channel, has at least one annular flow-restricting body of elastic material, which at least one flow-restricting body, between itself and an adjacent channel wall bearing a control profiling, bounds a control gap, the passage cross section of which is variable by the flow-restricting body deforming under the differential pressure forming during the flow therethrough. A jet regulator is arranged on the outflow side of the throughflow-quantity regulator unit and has a jet splitter which divides the water coming from the throughflow-quantity regulator unit into a multiplicity of individual jets. The jet splitter is designed as a perforated plate, and the projection of at least one of the throughflow channels is arranged in a perforation-free annular zone of the jet splitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Stein, Simon Twitchett
  • Patent number: D964514
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventors: Dietmar Walser, Alexander Stein, Holger Schurle
  • Patent number: D974525
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventor: Alexander Stein
  • Patent number: D988471
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: NEOPERL GMBH
    Inventors: Alexander Stein, Simon Twitchett
  • Patent number: D989227
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Stein, Alexandra Welz
  • Patent number: D1001238
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventor: Alexander Stein
  • Patent number: D1001964
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Stein, Simon Twitchett
  • Patent number: D1009218
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventor: Alexander Stein
  • Patent number: D1023233
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventors: Dietmar Walser, Alexander Stein, Holger Schurle
  • Patent number: D1023234
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Neoperl GmbH
    Inventor: Alexander Stein