Patents by Inventor Andreas AGNE

Andreas AGNE 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: 20240100729
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a handheld power tool, which at least includes a housing assembly, a handle assembly and a switch assembly. The switch assembly includes a button assembly and a push-pull assembly. When the push-pull assembly is configured to complete at least two actions, the button assembly is unlocked, the first action is to slide back and forth along the handle assembly, and the second action is to slide back and forth obliquely along the handle assembly. With the handheld power tool of the disclosure, a trigger switch can be unlocked by a palm, so as to improve a problem of poor comfort during use caused by unlocking the trigger switch by a thumb.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Greenworks (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong ZHAO, Duoduo SHA, Lingao ZHANG, Stefan LA, Andreas CARLSSON, Ola AGNE, Thomas ARNELL, Goran VUCIC
  • Patent number: 11646733
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a digital output driver circuit comprises an output stage having first and second transistors. A drive stage is configured to drive control terminals of the first and second transistors and comprising switching circuitry and current generator circuitry. In a first configuration, the driver circuit is configured to connect a control terminal of the second transistor to the reference node to turn off the second transistor; and connect a first capacitance to the current generator circuitry and to a control terminal of the first transistor to turn on the first transistor. In a second configuration, the driver circuit is configured to turn off the first transistor and connect the control terminal of the second transistor to the current generator circuitry and to the second capacitance to turn on the second transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventor: Andrea Agnes
  • Publication number: 20220309218
    Abstract: A method for dividing a graphical simulation model up into a first sub-model and a second sub-model includes: identifying at least one first block as belonging to the first sub-model and identifying at least one second block as belonging to the second sub-model based on a sampling time and/or a resource allocation; searching for cyclic groups of blocks, wherein a cyclic group whose blocks all have the same sampling time is deemed to be atomic; identifying non-cyclic groups of blocks; allocating individual blocks from the cyclic groups of blocks and the non-cyclic group of blocks to either the first sub-model or the second sub-model, wherein all blocks of an atomic cyclic group are allocated to the same sub-model; generating program code for the processor from the first sub-model; and generating a configuration bitstream for the programmable logic module from the second sub-model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Dominik Lubeley, Andreas Agne
  • Patent number: 11442884
    Abstract: To program a first programmable gate array, for example a first FPGA, in a distributed computer system, a configuration of a first configuration logic on the first programmable gate array is provided. The first configuration logic is configured to receive a first user bitstream from a configuration software for configuring a first user logic on the first programmable gate array and to store the first user bitstream on a non-volatile memory of the first programmable gate array for the purpose of subsequently configuring a first user logic on the first programmable gate array according to the specifications from the first user bitstream. In an expansion stage of the invention, a configuration of a programming logic on the first programmable gate array is also provided for programming a second programmable gate array, which is connected to the first programmable gate array to form a daisy chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: dSPACE digital signal processing and control engineering GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Agne, Dominik Lubeley, Heiko Kalte, Marc Schlenger
  • Publication number: 20210328587
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a digital output driver circuit comprises an output stage having first and second transistors. A drive stage is configured to drive control terminals of the first and second transistors and comprising switching circuitry and current generator circuitry. In a first configuration, the driver circuit is configured to connect a control terminal of the second transistor to the reference node to turn off the second transistor; and connect a first capacitance to the current generator circuitry and to a control terminal of the first transistor to turn on the first transistor. In a second configuration, the driver circuit is configured to turn off the first transistor and connect the control terminal of the second transistor to the current generator circuitry and to the second capacitance to turn on the second transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventor: Andrea Agnes
  • Publication number: 20210303501
    Abstract: To program a first programmable gate array, for example a first FPGA, in a distributed computer system, a configuration of a first configuration logic on the first programmable gate array is provided. The first configuration logic is configured to receive a first user bitstream from a configuration software for configuring a first user logic on the first programmable gate array and to store the first user bitstream on a non-volatile memory of the first programmable gate array for the purpose of subsequently configuring a first user logic on the first programmable gate array according to the specifications from the first user bitstream. In an expansion stage of the invention, a configuration of a programming logic on the first programmable gate array is also provided for programming a second programmable gate array, which is connected to the first programmable gate array to form a daisy chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: dSPACE digital signal processing and control engineering GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas AGNE, Dominik LUBELEY, Heiko KALTE, Marc SCHLENGER
  • Patent number: 11075629
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a digital output driver circuit comprises an output stage having first and second transistors. A drive stage is configured to drive control terminals of the first and second transistors and comprising switching circuitry and current generator circuitry. In a first configuration, the driver circuit is configured to connect a control terminal of the second transistor to the reference node to turn off the second transistor; and connect a first capacitance to the current generator circuitry and to a control terminal of the first transistor to turn on the first transistor. In a second configuration, the driver circuit is configured to turn off the first transistor and connect the control terminal of the second transistor to the current generator circuitry and to the second capacitance to turn on the second transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventor: Andrea Agnes
  • Publication number: 20210067157
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a digital output driver circuit comprises an output stage having first and second transistors. A drive stage is configured to drive control terminals of the first and second transistors and comprising switching circuitry and current generator circuitry. In a first configuration, the driver circuit is configured to connect a control terminal of the second transistor to the reference node to turn off the second transistor; and connect a first capacitance to the current generator circuitry and to a control terminal of the first transistor to turn on the first transistor. In a second configuration, the driver circuit is configured to turn off the first transistor and connect the control terminal of the second transistor to the current generator circuitry and to the second capacitance to turn on the second transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventor: Andrea Agnes
  • Patent number: 10333423
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a rectifier bridge that includes an input configured to be coupled to power over Ethernet (PoE) power sourcing equipment (PSE), and an output. A transistor is configured to selectively couple the output with a load. The electronic device includes a maintain power signature (MPS) device, and a control circuit. The control circuit is to maintain the transistor on when a load current is above a threshold, source current from the rectifier bridge to the MPS device when the load current is below the threshold, and switch the transistor to a diode configuration when the load current is below the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Andrea Agnes, Christian Beia
  • Publication number: 20180219490
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a rectifier bridge that includes an input configured to be coupled to power over Ethernet (PoE) power sourcing equipment (PSE), and an output. A transistor is configured to selectively couple the output with a load. The electronic device includes a maintain power signature (MPS) device, and a control circuit. The control circuit is to maintain the transistor on when a load current is above a threshold, source current from the rectifier bridge to the MPS device when the load current is below the threshold, and switch the transistor to a diode configuration when the load current is below the threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Andrea Agnes, Christian Beia
  • Patent number: 9935560
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a rectifier bridge that includes an input configured to be coupled to power over Ethernet (PoE) power sourcing equipment (PSE), and an output. A transistor is configured to selectively couple the output with a load. The electronic device includes a maintain power signature (MPS) device, and a control circuit. The control circuit is to maintain the transistor on when a load current is above a threshold, source current from the rectifier bridge to the MPS device when the load current is below the threshold, and switch the transistor to a diode configuration when the load current is below the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Andrea Agnes, Christian Beia
  • Publication number: 20170085192
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a rectifier bridge that includes an input configured to be coupled to power over Ethernet (PoE) power sourcing equipment (PSE), and an output. A transistor is configured to selectively couple the output with a load. The electronic device includes a maintain power signature (MPS) device, and a control circuit. The control circuit is to maintain the transistor on when a load current is above a threshold, source current from the rectifier bridge to the MPS device when the load current is below the threshold, and switch the transistor to a diode configuration when the load current is below the threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Andrea AGNES, Christian BEIA