Patents by Inventor Andrea Link

Andrea Link 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).

  • Publication number: 20110316649
    Abstract: A reactance filter includes a series branch that connects a signal input to a signal output. At least one parallel branch branches off from the series branch with respect to ground. A parallel resonator is arranged in each parallel branch. Two or more series resonators are connected in series in the series branch. A capacitor is connected in parallel with one of the series resonators in the series branch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Andreas Link, Stephan Marksteiner
  • Publication number: 20110210805
    Abstract: A duplexer includes an antenna terminal, a transmission amplifier terminal and a reception amplifier terminal. The transmission amplifier terminal is coupled to the antenna terminal via a transmission filter. The reception amplifier terminal is coupled to a reception filter and the reception filter is coupled to the antenna terminal via a band-stop filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Andreas Link, Bernhard Bader
  • Publication number: 20110187478
    Abstract: An antenna matching circuit includes at least two signal paths are connected to one antenna connection. The signal paths are designed to transmit and/or receive RF signals. A matching circuit includes a discrete line for phase shifting integrated at the antenna end in at least one of the signal paths. In this case, at least one of the capacitances contained in the discrete line is in the form of a micro-acoustic resonator, whose resonance is shifted sufficiently far that it is outside the pass band of the respective signal paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Andreas Link, Stephen Marksteiner
  • Publication number: 20100294264
    Abstract: An absorber (1) for a thermal solar collector, comprising an absorber sheet (3) and at least one thermal fluid tube (5) that is connected in a thermally conducting fashion to the absorber sheet (3) and is connected to the absorber sheet (3) by means of a welded joint, is characterized in that the welded joint is formed from a number of linearly extended weld seam sections arranged sequentially along the thermal fluid tube (5) and respectively separated from one another by a section without weld seam, the direction of the linear extent of the weld seam sections corresponding to the axial direction of the extent of the thermal fluid tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Inventor: Andreas Link
  • Patent number: 7795998
    Abstract: A resonator operating with bulk acoustic waves includes a resonator stack. The resonator stack includes a resonator area configured to allow propagation of an acoustic main mode and an acoustic secondary mode. The resonator stack also includes an acoustic mirror that includes a first partial mirror for locking in the acoustic main mode in the resonator area and a second partial mirror for locking in the secondary mode in a resonator space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Epcos AG
    Inventors: Markus Mayer, Wolfgang Sauer, Edgar Schmidhammer, Habbo Heinze, Andreas Link, Christoph Eggs
  • Patent number: 7627409
    Abstract: A method is provided for triggering a vehicle occupant restraint device, in which a sensor signal generated by a crash sensor is fed to a triggering device and to a clearing device supplying a clearing signal. The sensor signal is integrated in the clearing device and subjected to an examination algorithm. The output signal of at least one additional crash sensor is fed to the clearing device. Then, the two output signals are linked to one another and are subsequently integrated during an observation period. A clearing signal is generated when the integral exceeds a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andrea Link, Willibald Watzka, Jan Urbahn
  • Publication number: 20090002098
    Abstract: A resonator operating with bulk acoustic waves includes a resonator stack. The resonator stack includes a resonator area configured to allow propagation of an acoustic main mode and an acoustic secondary mode. The resonator stack also includes an acoustic mirror that includes a first partial mirror for locking in the acoustic main mode in the resonator area and a second partial mirror for locking in the secondary mode in a resonator space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Markus Mayer, Wolfgang Sauer, Edgar Schmidhammer, Habbo Heinze, Andreas Link, Christoph Eggs
  • Publication number: 20080190414
    Abstract: An absorber (1) is made available for a thermal solar collector comprising an absorber sheet (3) and at least one thermal fluid tube (5) that is connected in a thermally conducting fashion to the absorber sheet (3), has at least one bent section (2), and is connected to the absorber sheet (3) outside the bent section (2) via a continuous welded joint. The continuous welded joint (7, 8) is also present in the bent section (2) of the thermal fluid tube (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventor: Andreas Link
  • Publication number: 20070247290
    Abstract: A method is provided for triggering a vehicle occupant restraint device, in which a sensor signal generated by a crash sensor is fed to a triggering device and to a clearing device supplying a clearing signal. The sensor signal is integrated in the clearing device and subjected to an examination algorithm. The output signal of at least one additional crash sensor is fed to the clearing device. Then, the two output signals are linked to one another and are subsequently integrated during an observation period. A clearing signal is generated when the integral exceeds a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andrea Link, Willibald Watzka, Jan Urbahn
  • Patent number: 7125040
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for activating a safety device, using a first impact sensor for generating a displacement signal which reproduces the movement of the vehicle in a direction of displacement, and a second impact sensor, arranged at a distance from the first impact sensor, for generating a displacement signal which reproduces the movement of the vehicle in the same direction of displacement. A processing device is provided, by which means the two displacement signals or signals derived therefrom can be correlated at the right time, and by which means the safety device is activated according to the predetermined correlations of the two signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andrea Link, Willibald Watzka, Jan Urbahn
  • Patent number: 7126239
    Abstract: A method for triggering at least one restraint means, triggering signals from peripheral acceleration sensors being released by signals from centrally situated acceleration sensors. In this context, a release threshold is raised in the case of a detected misuse behavior, or the release for the triggering signals is blocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Bentele-Calvör, Torsten Grotendiek, Klaus Mindner, Frank Thiel, Sabine Aust, Andrea Link
  • Patent number: 7011175
    Abstract: A method for activating safety devices comprising a first longitudinal impact sensor, a second lateral impact sensor and a processing device which activates the safety devices, wherein when the motion signals and/or signals derived therefrom exceed defined threshold values, the threshold values that are critical for the activation of the safety devices are increased in the event of an immediately preceding abnormal motion of the vehicle in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andrea Link, Willibald Watzka, Jan Urbahn
  • Patent number: 6952636
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the key crash phases for triggering a passive safety device in a vehicle. According to the invention method, an acceleration signal (ax) representing an acceleration (ax(t)) in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle is determined, and two window integrals are simultaneously set up at the beginning of the crash-related deceleration of the vehicle, by which means the deceleration signal (ax) is added or integrated over a pre-determined time window. The first time window is smaller/equal to the minimum triggering time for triggering the safety device, and the second time window is significantly larger than the first window. The period during which the window integrals have the same value and during which said value is higher than a threshold value is defined as the first crash plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andrea Link, Willibald Watzka, Jan Urbahn
  • Publication number: 20050101928
    Abstract: The present invention relates to absorbent articles comprising superabsorbent polymer particles. The superabsorbent polymer particles are coated with cationic polymers having 1 to 25 mol/kg, referring to the total weight of the cationic polymers, of cationic groups, which can be protonated. The cationic polymers are not substantially covalently bound to the superabsorbent polymer particles. Furthermore, the superabsorbent polymer particles are not substantially covalently surface cross-linked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Holger Beruda, Yasue Nakagawa, Andrea Link, Axel Meyer
  • Publication number: 20050070867
    Abstract: The present invention relates to absorbent articles comprising superabsorbent polymer particles especially suitable for use in the fluid acquisition zone of the absorbent core. The superabsorbent polymer particles are coated with cationic polymers having 1 to 25 mol/kg, referring to the total weight of the cationic polymers, of cationic groups, which can be protonated. The cationic polymers are not substantially covalently bound to the superabsorbent polymer particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Inventors: Holger Beruda, Yasue Nakagawa, Andrea Link, Mattias Schmidt
  • Patent number: 6848712
    Abstract: In a method of triggering a vehicle occupant restraining device, at least one sensor signal generated by a crash sensor is supplied to an analyzing device, which determines the crash severity, and a time for the triggering of the restraining device based on the crash severity. When a first low crash severity occurs, a timer is started and the restraining device is triggered by the analyzing unit only when a higher crash severity is reached during the running time of the timer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andrea Link, Willibald Watzka, Christian Maurer, Michael Niess, Jan Urbahn
  • Publication number: 20050006885
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for activating a safety device, using a first impact sensor for generating a displacement signal which reproduces the movement of the vehicle in a direction of displacement, and a second impact sensor, arranged at a distance from the first impact sensor, for generating a displacement signal which reproduces the movement of the vehicle in the same direction of displacement. A processing device is provided, by which means the two displacement signals or signals derived therefrom can be correlated at the right time, and by which means the safety device is activated according to the predetermined correlations of the two signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2004
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Andrea Link, Willibald Watzka, Jan Urbahn
  • Publication number: 20050010346
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the key crash phases for triggering a passive safety device in a vehicle. According to the invention method, an acceleration signal (ax) representing an acceleration (ax(t)) in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle is determined, and two window integrals are simultaneously set up at the beginning of the crash-related deceleration of the vehicle, by which means the deceleration signal (ax) is added or integrated over a pre-determined time window. The first time window is smaller/equal to the minimum triggering time for triggering the safety device, and the second time window is significantly larger than the first window. The period during which the window integrals have the same value and during which said value is higher than a threshold value is defined as the first crash plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2004
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Andrea Link, Willibald Watzka, Jan Urbahn
  • Publication number: 20050000748
    Abstract: A method for activating safety devices comprising a first longitudinal impact sensor, a second lateral impact sensor and a processing device which activates the safety devices, wherein when the motion signals and/or signals derived therefrom exceed defined threshold values, the threshold values that are critical for the activation of the safety devices are increased in the event of an immediately preceding abnormal motion of the vehicle in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Inventors: Andrea Link, Willibald Watzka, Jan Urbahn
  • Publication number: 20030173827
    Abstract: Proposed is a method for triggering at least one restraint means, triggering signals from peripheral acceleration sensors being released by signals from centrally situated acceleration sensors. In this context, a release threshold is raised in the case of a detected misuse behavior, or the release for the triggering signals is blocked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2002
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventors: Stephan Bentele-Calvor, Torsten Grotendiek, Klaus Mindner, Frank Thiel, Sabine Aust, Andrea Link