Patents by Inventor Andre Weber

Andre Weber 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: 11490942
    Abstract: A device includes an outer sleeve of flexible material forming an outer conduit extending longitudinally therethrough for the insertion of a bone treatment device (“BTD”) to target sites within a living body. A distal opening of the outer conduit is open so that, when the outer sleeve is in a desired position within the body, BTD is inserted through the outer conduit exits the outer sleeve adjacent to a target portion of a bone. The device also includes an inner sleeve received within the outer sleeve and defining an inner conduit within the outer conduit to form a protective covering. The inner sleeve is split longitudinally. Portions of the inner sleeve on opposite sides of the split are coupled to one another so that a diameter of the inner conduit is adjustable in response to forces exerted thereon by one of BTD and tissues surrounding the outer sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Gaser El Zoghbi, This Aebi, Henri Défossez, André Weber, Robert Uehlinger, John V. Hunt
  • Publication number: 20210322076
    Abstract: A screwdriver includes a body extending longitudinally from a proximal end to a distal end. The distal end includes a distal screw engaging tip. The screwdriver also includes a slot extending through a width of the screw engaging tip and extending proximally a distance into the body. The slot permits opposed portions of the screw engaging tip to spread apart from one another into a locking configuration in which the opposed portions apply a radially outward force against an interior surface of a recess in a head of a screw into which the screw engaging tip has been inserted to releasably lock the screw engaging tip within the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Gregor SPREITER, Henri DEFOSSEZ, Andre WEBER
  • Publication number: 20210128217
    Abstract: A device includes an outer sleeve of flexible material forming an outer conduit extending longitudinally therethrough for the insertion of a bone treatment device (“BTD”) to target sites within a living body. A distal opening of the outer conduit is open so that, when the outer sleeve is in a desired position within the body, BTD is inserted through the outer conduit exits the outer sleeve adjacent to a target portion of a bone. The device also includes an inner sleeve received within the outer sleeve and defining an inner conduit within the outer conduit to form a protective covering. The inner sleeve is split longitudinally. Portions of the inner sleeve on opposite sides of the split are coupled to one another so that a diameter of the inner conduit is adjustable in response to forces exerted thereon by one of BTD and tissues surrounding the outer sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Gaser EL ZOGHBI, This AEBI, Henri DÉFOSSEZ, André WEBER, Robert UEHLINGER, John V. Hunt
  • Publication number: 20200157816
    Abstract: A construction element for connecting in a low thermally-bridging manner a protruding external part to a building shell, having a least one insulation member to be disposed between the protruding external part and the building shell and at least one integrally configured reinforcement element from fiber-reinforced plastics material formed as at least one tensile reinforcement element. The reinforcement element horizontally traverses the insulation member and is connectable to the external part and the building shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: Schock Bauteile GmbH
    Inventor: Andre WEBER
  • Patent number: 10590645
    Abstract: An element for thermal insulation between two building parts, including an insulating body to be arranged between the two building parts and reinforcement elements in the form of at least tensile elements, extending in the installed state of the element essentially horizontally and perpendicularly to the essentially horizontal extension of the insulating body through said body, and respectively projecting in the horizontal direction from the insulating body and here allowing a connection to one of the two building parts preferably made from concrete. The tensile reinforcement elements are formed as multi-part composite elements such that at least in the area of the insulating body they exhibit a central section projecting from the insulating body and at least partially being made from fiber-reinforced synthetic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Schöck Bauteile GmbH
    Inventors: Hubert Fritschi, Werner Venter, Andre Weber
  • Publication number: 20190352899
    Abstract: A connector element for installation between a building fixture component and a building, including an insulating body for creating a thermal insulation between the building fixture component and the building. The insulating body has a first edge region on the building side and a second edge region on the side of the building fixture component, and includes a force absorption element with a first extension portion arranged on the building side, and a second extension portion arranged on the side of the building fixture component. The force absorption element exerts a resistance force counter to a force emanating from the building fixture component and has a force-path characteristic which defines the resistance force in dependence on a relative movement of the building fixture component relative to the building.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: Schock Bauteile GmbH
    Inventors: Hubert Fritschi, Andre Weber
  • Patent number: 10480182
    Abstract: An element for thermal insulation between two building parts, particularly between a building (A) and a protruding exterior part (B), comprising an insulating body (2) to be arranged between the two building parts and reinforcement elements in the form of at least tensile elements (3), extending in an installed state of the element (10) essentially horizontally and perpendicular to an essentially horizontal extension of the insulating body through said body, and respectively projecting in the horizontal direction from the insulating body and here allowing a connection to one of the two building parts preferably made from concrete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Schöck Bauteile GmbH
    Inventors: Hubert Fritschi, Werner Venter, Andre Weber
  • Publication number: 20180023288
    Abstract: An element for thermal insulation between two building parts, particularly between a building (A) and a protruding exterior part (B), comprising an insulating body (2) to be arranged between the two building parts and reinforcement elements in the form of at least tensile elements (3), extending in an installed state of the element (10) essentially horizontally and perpendicular to an essentially horizontal extension of the insulating body through said body, and respectively projecting in the horizontal direction from the insulating body and here allowing a connection to one of the two building parts preferably made from concrete.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: Schock Bauteile GmbH
    Inventors: Hubert Fritschi, Werner Venter, Andre Weber
  • Publication number: 20180023289
    Abstract: An element for thermal insulation between two building parts, including an insulating body to be arranged between the two building parts and reinforcement elements in the form of at least tensile elements, extending in the installed state of the element essentially horizontally and perpendicularly to the essentially horizontal extension of the insulating body through said body, and respectively projecting in the horizontal direction from the insulating body and here allowing a connection to one of the two building parts preferably made from concrete. The tensile reinforcement elements are formed as multi-part composite elements such that at least in the area of the insulating body they exhibit a central section projecting from the insulating body and at least partially being made from fiber-reinforced synthetic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: Schock Bauteile GmbH
    Inventors: Hubert Fritschi, Werner Venter, Andre Weber
  • Patent number: 9640827
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for operating a fuel cell system having a fuel cell stack to which a fuel is supplied on the anode side and an oxidizing agent is supplied on the cathode side, wherein at least during one phase of the operation of the fuel cell system, urea is supplied to the fuel cell stack as a fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: ElringKlinger AG
    Inventors: Thomas Kiefer, André Weber
  • Publication number: 20150155587
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for operating a fuel cell system having a fuel cell stack to which a fuel is supplied on the anode side and an oxidizing agent is supplied on the cathode side, wherein at least during one phase of the operation of the fuel cell system, urea is supplied to the fuel cell stack as a fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Kiefer, André Weber
  • Publication number: 20150030945
    Abstract: A fuel cell system is provided, including a fuel cell stack with a plurality of cathodes (30) and anodes (34), wherein an oxidizing gas containing oxygen is feedable to the stack on the cathode side and a fuel gas is feedable to the stack on the anode side, and a reformer for generating the fuel gas from a fuel. The fuel cell stack includes a catalytically active material (42) which is arranged in the anode-side regions such that the fuel gas flows through the material upstream of the anode (34), wherein the catalytically active material catalyzes the reaction of carbon monoxide and water to carbon dioxide and hydrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Kiefer, Marco Hoffmann, André Weber, Claus-Peter Kluge
  • Patent number: 8591512
    Abstract: An implant comprises a deformable gas tight sack. The sack comprises a first chamber in fluid communication with an obturatable opening, the chamber filled or fillable with a filling material filling the first chamber. The implant is configured such that when one or both of a gas and fluid surrounding the filling material is removed from the first chamber through the opening, a wall of the first chamber forms around and holds the filling material. This causes the implant to transition from a relatively flexible insertion state to a relatively rigid fixation state in which the implant is fixable in the target portions of bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Depuy Synthes Products, LLC
    Inventors: Andreas Appenzeller, Philippe Gedet, Andre Weber, Christian Gerber
  • Publication number: 20120116399
    Abstract: An implant comprises a deformable gas tight sack. The sack comprises a first chamber in fluid communication with an obturatable opening, the chamber filled or fillable with a filling material filling the first chamber. The implant is configured such that when one or both of a gas and fluid surrounding the filling material is removed from the first chamber through the opening, a wall of the first chamber forms around and holds the filling material. This causes the implant to transition from a relatively flexible insertion state to a relatively rigid fixation state in which the implant is fixable in the target portions of bone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Andreas Appenzeller, Philippe Gedet, Andre Weber, Christian Gerber
  • Publication number: 20080302063
    Abstract: A reinforcing rod made from fiber-reinforced plastic is provided on its peripheral surface with profiling projecting outwardly in the radial direction in the form of ribs extending at least across one part of the periphery. The reinforcing rod has ribs with different geometric and/or material properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: SCHOCK BAUTEILE GMBH
    Inventors: Harald Braasch, Andre Weber
  • Publication number: 20060090416
    Abstract: A reinforcing element for concrete construction in the form of a set bolt which is formed of a rod-shaped section with a cross-sectional enlargement on the end is provided. Significantly, at least this cross-sectional enlargement is formed of glass-fibre reinforced plastic and has an axial bore in its centre, and that the bore and the area of the rod-shaped section surrounded by it engage with one another in a form-locking manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2004
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Applicant: Schock Bauteile GmbH
    Inventors: Harald Braasch, Andre Weber
  • Publication number: 20060057455
    Abstract: A new high-temperature solid electrolyte fuel cell comprising an electrolyte layer between two electrode layers is obtainable by a process comprising the steps: (i) applying electrolyte particles in a screen printing paste on an unsintered electrolyte substrate and sintering the thus produced structure, (ii) depositing a nano-porous electrode thin layer by a sol-gel-process or an MOD-process on the structure obtained according to step (i) and thermal treatment of the thus coated structure. The fuel cell optionally has an electrolyte boundary layer on the structured screen printed electrolyte layer which is applied by an MOD process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2003
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventors: Uwe Guntow, Ellen Ivers-Tiffee, Dirk Herbstritt, Andre Weber
  • Patent number: 6812772
    Abstract: The integrated gate dual transistor (IGDT) has two controllable gates (G1, G2), a first gate (G1) being provided on the cathode side and being driven via a low-inductance first gate terminal with a first gate current, and a second gate (G2) being provided on the anode side and being driven via a low-inductance second gate terminal with a second gate current. In the switch-off operation of the IGDT, the rate of rise of the voltage across the IGDT is limited via the two gates. Limiting the rate of rise of the voltage across the IGDT prevents voltages from building up at different speeds in a series circuit of IGDTs, and thus unequal loads from overheating and destroying the individual IGDTs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Oscar Apeldoorn, Eric Carroll, Peter Streit, André Weber
  • Publication number: 20030067342
    Abstract: The integrated gate dual transistor (IGDT) has two controllable gates (G1, G2), a first gate (G1) being provided on the cathode side and being driven via a low-inductance first gate terminal with a first gate current, and a second gate (G2) being provided on the anode side and being driven via a low-inductance second gate terminal with a second gate current. In the switch-off operation of the IGDT, the rate of rise of the voltage across the IGDT is limited via the two gates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Inventors: Oscar Apeldoorn, Eric Carroll, Peter Streit, Andre Weber
  • Publication number: 20030062535
    Abstract: A turn-off high power semiconductor device with the inner pnpn-layer structure of a Gate-Commutated Thyristor and a first gate on the cathode side has an additional second gate on the anode side, said second gate contacting the n-doped base layer and having a second gate contact. A second gate lead which is of rotationally symmetrical design and is disposed concentrically with respect to the anode contact is in contact with said second gate contact. Said second gate lead is brought out of the component and electrically insulated from the anode contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Inventors: Eric Carroll, Oscar Apeldoorn, Peter Streit, Andre Weber