Patents by Inventor Andreas Bock

Andreas Bock 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: 11654838
    Abstract: An interior trim for a passenger compartment of a vehicle includes a first carrier, which has an inner side, facing the passenger compartment, and an outer side, directed away from the passenger compartment. A heating element is arranged on the outer side. It is proposed to arrange a matrix and a filler in the first carrier. The filler has a thermal conductivity that is higher than that of the matrix so that heat generated by the heating element can be directed through the filler into the passenger compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Andreas Bock, Robert Wagschal, Bernd Dienhart, Phani Vamsi Krishna Anantharaju, Thomas Keller, Maximilian Klein, Kilian Vas
  • Patent number: 11585750
    Abstract: An arrangement and a computer program product are provided for determining body surface characteristics. An arrangement includes an acquisition unit configured to detect body surface features by Multiple Spatially Resolved Reflection Spectroscopy (MSRRS) in a wavelength range between about 300 nm and about 1500 nm; a data storage unit to interrogate data using the characteristics; and a user interface comprising an output unit, wherein the user interface is configured to interact with a user. Further, the arrangement includes a portable computing unit configured for: interacting with a user and for evaluating the features and for determining the characteristics based on the features; obtaining from the data storage unit features of treatment products and/or application instructions for non-therapeutic treatment of a body surface according to the characteristics; and instructing the output unit to output information on the treatment products and/or application instructions to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: HENKEL AG & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Andreas Bock, Thomas Welss
  • Patent number: 11568569
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a method for determining a homogeneity of complexion is provided. The method may include provision of a digital image on which skin is portrayed and which is parameterized in a color space which is defined by a parameter set in which one of the parameters is a hue, identifying and/or defining at least one skin examination area in the transformed image, calculating a hue distribution in the at least one skin examination area, and determining at least one homogeneity value for the complexion based on the calculated hue distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: HENKEL AG & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Andreas Bock, Georg Knuebel
  • Patent number: 10955340
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer readable storage medium for determining a glossiness value of a skin of a user are provided. In an embodiment, a polarized light having a property value is emitted from a portable light source towards the portion of the skin of the user. The portable light source is coupled to a handheld device. The polarized light is cast on the portion of the skin of the user from the portable light source. Reflected light reflected from the portion of the skin of the user is measured using a sensor coupled to the handheld device. The reflected light has a property value. A ratio between the property values of the emitted polarized light and the measured reflected light is determined using a processor of the handheld device. The glossiness value of the portion of the skin of the user is determined based on the determined ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Andreas Bock, Thomas Welss
  • Publication number: 20190283689
    Abstract: An interior trim for a passenger compartment of a vehicle includes a first carrier, which has an inner side, facing the passenger compartment, and an outer side, directed away from the passenger compartment. A heating element is arranged on the outer side. It is proposed to arrange a matrix and a filler in the first carrier. The filler has a thermal conductivity that is higher than that of the matrix so that heat generated by the heating element can be directed through the filler into the passenger compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Andreas Bock, Robert Wagschal, Bernd Dienhart, Phani Vamsi Krishna Anantharaju, Thomas Keller, Maximilian Klein, Kilian Vas
  • Publication number: 20190241132
    Abstract: A thermally insulating device for a vehicle includes at least a first molded component which is constructed at least partially in a planar manner. The first molded device is also shaped in such a manner that it surrounds a hollow space in an air-tight manner. The first molded component has at least a first outer side and at least a first inner side. The first inner side faces the hollow space, and the hollow space is evacuated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Andreas Bock, Robert Wagschal, Thomas Keller, Phani Vamsi Krishna Anantharaju, Bernd Dienhart
  • Publication number: 20190225053
    Abstract: A temperature control device for heating an interior space of a vehicle and/or units of the vehicle, includes a number of electrically operated heating elements, electric leads, by means of which the heating element can be connected to the voltage supply of the vehicle, and at least one heat transfer section. A fluid flows through the at least one heat transfer section and transfers the heat generated by the heating elements to a fluid. The at least one heat transfer section includes a thermally conductive first material, and the heating elements and the electric leads are enclosed by an electrically non-conductive and thermally conductive second material. A related method is also disclosed for producing the present temperature control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Bernd Dienhart, Andreas Bock
  • Patent number: 9991878
    Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for shifting the cross-point of a digital signal in an optical transmitter. The cross-point shifting techniques may use multiple differential transconductors with their common polarity outputs coupled together to shift the cross-point of a signal. Using multiple differential transconductors in this manner may increase the balance between the positive and negative polarities of the resulting cross-point shifted signal relative to other types of cross-point shifting techniques, which may improve the quality of an optical signal generated by an optical transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Andreas Bock
  • Patent number: 9937878
    Abstract: The invention relates to a load compartment cover having sound-absorbing characteristics. A load compartment is provided between the rear seats and a tailgate. The load compartment cover is embodied from a sound-absorbing partition that is arranged in a space above a base of the load compartment and is embodied from a material that is in part permeable to sound waves. A load compartment cover of this type is to be easily handled in practice and is not to comprise any disadvantages associated with known load compartment covers. This is achieved by virtue of the fact that the partition is formed from multiple, preferably two, thin sheets that are arranged spaced apart one above the other. The thin sheets are provided with a micro perforation and only one air cushion is provided between the thin sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jan Michael Rittmann, Andreas Bock
  • Patent number: 9457738
    Abstract: An energy absorber for an overhead system in a vehicle, wherein the energy absorber comprises a sound absorption device. To improve the sound absorption, it is provided that the sound absorption device comprises at least one acoustic membrane formed within a protrusion formed in an energy absorbing panel member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Andreas Bock, Robert Wagschal, Thomas Keller
  • Publication number: 20160214549
    Abstract: The invention relates to a load compartment cover having sound-absorbing characteristics. A load compartment is provided between the rear seats and a tailgate. The load compartment cover is embodied from a sound-absorbing partition that is arranged in a space above a base of the load compartment and is embodied from a material that is in part permeable to sound waves. A load compartment cover of this type is to be easily handled in practice and is not to comprise any disadvantages associated with known load compartment covers. This is achieved by virtue of the fact that the partition is formed from multiple, preferably two, thin sheets that are arranged spaced apart one above the other. The thin sheets are provided with a micro perforation and only one air cushion is provided between the thin sheets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Jan Michael Rittmann, Andreas Bock
  • Patent number: 9270378
    Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) for driving a light emitting semiconductor device is provided. The IC includes an input stage configured to receive a first input signal with a first differential pair of bipolar transistors and a second input signal with a second differential pair of bipolar transistors and to provide a pre-driver output signal being a superposition of the first input signal and the second input signal and an output stage including a third differential pair of bipolar transistors for receiving the pre-driver output signal of the input stage and for driving the light emitting semiconductor device in response to the pre-driver output signal, wherein the IC is configured to pre-distort the pre-driver output signal of the input stage so as to compensate a signal distortion of the output stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Muentefering, Andreas Bock
  • Publication number: 20160036422
    Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for shifting the cross-point of a digital signal in an optical transmitter. The cross-point shifting techniques may use multiple differential transconductors with their common polarity outputs coupled together to shift the cross-point of a signal. Using multiple differential transconductors in this manner may increase the balance between the positive and negative polarities of the resulting cross-point shifted signal relative to other types of cross-point shifting techniques, which may improve the quality of an optical signal generated by an optical transmitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventor: Andreas Bock
  • Patent number: 8653856
    Abstract: A buffer is provided. The buffer includes a first switch and a second switch coupled in series at a first output node, a third switch and a fourth switch coupled in series at a second output node, a first current source and a second current source. The first current source is coupled with one side to the first switch and the third switch and with another side to a first supply voltage, the second current source is coupled with one side to the second switch and the fourth switch and with a second side to a second supply voltage. The first current source is configured to adjust an output swing in a first operation mode and in a second operation. The second current source is configured to adjust a common mode voltage level of the output signal in the first operation mode and to provide maximum series resistance in the second operation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignees: Texas Instruments Incorporated, Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Piepenstock, Andreas Bock, Bhavesh G. Bhakta
  • Publication number: 20130044209
    Abstract: The apparatus for detecting surface defects of a glass substrate, having a dark field optical system, includes: a first photographing device for photographing first image; a second photographing for photographing second image; a dark field illumination system disposed below the glass substrate for serving as a dark field illumination; and a detection signal processor operating coordinates of a defect position on the first image and the second image, wherein the first photographing device and the second photographing device form photographing areas in the shape of lines which are not parallel to at least the transferring direction of the glass substrate, form photographing areas for a top surface of the glass substrate to be overlapped by each other and form photographing areas for a bottom surface of the glass substrate differently from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG CORNING PRECISION MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gyuhong HWANG, Taeho KEEM, Jihwa JUNG, Jaehoon KWON, Mark KEMMANN, Marko VOITEL, Erik LOHSE, Andreas BOCK
  • Patent number: 8202892
    Abstract: Cosmetic composition comprising at least one compound from advanced glycation end products (‘AGEs’) and/or precursors thereof as an agent for skin treatment, especially for protection and/or care of the skin. The present invention further provides a cosmetic composition comprising at least one compound from the group of the AGEs and/or precursors thereof, wherein the AGEs are prepared by reacting sugars with the amino acids lysine and/or arginine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Ursula Huchel, Christian Kropf, Thomas Welss, Melanie Giesen, Andreas Bock
  • Publication number: 20120115805
    Abstract: A method for influencing the natural pigmentation process of skin or appendages thereof, includes the step of topically contacting the skin or appendages thereof with at least one nucleic acid containing at least 55% guanine nucleotide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Melanie Giesen, Andreas Bock, Erik Schulze zur Wiesche
  • Publication number: 20120074987
    Abstract: A buffer is provided. The buffer includes a first switch and a second switch coupled in series at a first output node, a third switch and a fourth switch coupled in series at a second output node, a first current source and a second current source. The first current source is coupled with one side to the first switch and the third switch and with another side to a first supply voltage, the second current source is coupled with one side to the second switch and the fourth switch and with a second side to a second supply voltage. The first current source is configured to adjust an output swing in a first operation mode and in a second operation. The second current source is configured to adjust a common mode voltage level of the output signal in the first operation mode and to provide maximum series resistance in the second operation mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicants: Texas Instruments Incorporated, Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Piepenstock, Andreas Bock, Bhavesh G. Bhakta
  • Patent number: 8125273
    Abstract: Here, a driver for an light emitting diode (LED) is provided. Within this driver, several differential pairs of bipolar transistors are employed in an input stage and output stage along with a control loop. Collectively, these components operate together to drive the LED with a low headroom voltage while still achieving high driver performance in terms of edge speed and jitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Muentefering, Frank Gelhausen, Oliver Piepenstock, Andreas Bock
  • Patent number: 8033187
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for taking liquid or gaseous samples from containers and/or tubes that are filled with a medium, in particular from fermenters, by means of negative pressure, wherein an element which acts as a non-return valve is arranged within a sample probe as an inlet for the sample that is to be taken, and a supply line which is able to convey gas and a discharge line which is able to discharge sample are arranged on a common side of the element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Max-Planck-Gessellschaft Zur Forderung der Wissenschafter E.V.
    Inventors: Heiner Sann, Detlef Franz, Andreas Bock, Klaus Dieter Stoll, Udo Reichl