Patents by Inventor Andreas Gruber

Andreas Gruber 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: 11916340
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical plug connector having an outer conductor contact element with a plurality of elastic spring tabs and a dielectric support element. The spring tabs are arranged, with a respective rear end, annularly around the longitudinal axis (L) of the plug connector and are fastened indirectly or directly to an electrical device. It is provided that the spring tabs are supported with a respective front, free end section laterally on the dielectric support element, wherein the dielectric support element is displaceable laterally relative to the electrical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Gruber, Johannes Heubeck, Christian Dandl
  • Patent number: 11862913
    Abstract: Embodiments of an electrical connector may have a first end portion on which a first interface is arranged and a second end portion on which a second interface is arranged. The first interface and second interface can each be connected to a respective mating electrical connector. The first interface may form at least two contact element pairs with the second interface, each of the contact element pairs having a first contact element which is associated with the first interface and a second contact element which is mechanically connected to the first contact element and is associated with the second interface. A third interface between the first end portion and the second end portion may electrically and mechanically connect at least one of the contact element pairs to a printed circuit board on which the electrical connector may be mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik Gmbh & Co. KG
    Inventors: Werner Wild, Johannes Heubeck, Tobias Stadler, Andreas Gruber
  • Patent number: 11631950
    Abstract: A plug connector housing having a housing, a sleeve arranged movably relative to the housing, and a lever, the lever being mounted on the housing for rotation about an axis of rotation extending perpendicularly to a plug-in direction of the plug connector housing, wherein the sleeve can be displaced in the plug-in direction in order to fix a cable by a rotary movement of the lever and the plug connector housing can be locked with a mating plug connector housing by the rotary movement of the lever, the housing having a cable-side end and a plug-side end and a strain relief element having an opening for passing through a cable being arranged at the cable-side end of the housing, and it being possible for the sleeve to at least partially be pushed onto the strain relief element in order to exert radial pressure on the strain relief element relative to the plug-in direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: ROSENBERGER HOCHFREQUENZTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Martin Wimmer, Christian Dandl, Markus Wallner, Josef Krautenbacher, Andreas Gruber
  • Publication number: 20230080019
    Abstract: It is described a radar system (100), comprising: i) a transmitter (120) configured to: provide a code (C), identify a plurality of regions (R) within the code (C), apply a transmitter-specific cyclic shift scheme to the plurality of regions (R), generate a signal (S) from the code (C) and transmit the signal; and ii) a receiver (130), configured to: receive an echo (E) of the signal (S), and identify the transmitter (120) based on the transmitter-specific cyclic shift scheme. Further, a radar arrangement and a method of performing a radar operation are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Wolfgang Küchler, Stefan Tertinek, Andreas Gruber
  • Publication number: 20230081840
    Abstract: There is described a radar system (100) and a corresponding method, the radar system (100) comprising i) a control unit (110), configured for generating a code (C) comprising a sequence of code symbols (211), wherein generating the code (C) comprises randomly selecting a plurality of code symbols (211) from a code symbol pool (310) comprising a plurality of code symbols (211), ii) a transmitter (120), configured for generating a signal (S) from the code (C), and further configured for transmitting the signal (S), iii) a receiver (130), configured for receiving an echo (E) of the signal (S), and iii) a correlator (140), configured for correlating each code symbol of the code (C?) of the received echo (E) of the signal (S) to a corresponding symbol template (R) associated with the correlator (140); wherein the radar system (100) is further configured for synchronizing the symbol template (R) to the code (C) of the signal (S).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Andreas Gruber, David Veit
  • Patent number: 11604252
    Abstract: A radar target emulator with a superimposition apparatus, having a first input provided to receive a first signal, a second input provided to receive a second signal, a first attenuation device that is connected to the first input in signal-carrying fashion and configured to attenuate the first signal, in particular to a predetermined extent, and to provide a first attenuated signal, a second attenuation device that is connected to the second input in signal-carrying fashion and configured to attenuate the second signal, in particular to a predetermined extent, and to provide a second attenuated signal, an addition device that is configured to add the first attenuated signal and the second attenuated signal and to output a corresponding output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: AVL List GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Gruber, Michael Ernst Gadringer, Helmut Schreiber
  • Patent number: 11588303
    Abstract: An apparatus for igniting a fuel mixture provides an ignition system for generating a high-voltage ignition voltage, a circuit device comprising a circuit for superimposing a high-frequency signal on to the high-voltage ignition voltage, a spark plug in an engine block, and a transmission element having a high-voltage conductor which is guided in an insulation element. The high-voltage conductor is used for transmitting the ignition voltage, onto which the high-frequency signal has been superimposed, to the spark plug. Further provided is an electrically conducting shielding element which surrounds the high-voltage conductor in an electromagnetically shielding manner at least along one portion of the longitudinal axis of the high-voltage conductor. The shielding element is connected in an electrically conducting manner to a ground potential of the circuit device and establishes a connection between the ground potential of the circuit device and a ground electrode of the spark plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Gruber, Martin Fuchs, Gunnar Armbrecht
  • Patent number: 11561298
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for converting a radar signal for further signal processing in a test bench with a radar target emulator as well as a test bench having such an apparatus. A divider assembly preferably comprises a divider device configured to reduce a frequency and a bandwidth of the radar signal by a first factor for the further signal processing. A multiplier assembly preferably comprises a multiplier device configured to increase a frequency and a bandwidth of the radar signal by the first factor subsequent the further signal processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: AVL List GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Ernst Gadringer, Michael Vorderderfler, Andreas Gruber, Helmut Schreiber
  • Publication number: 20220393400
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multi-way connector (4) for electrically contacting electrical assemblies (2, 3). The multi-way connector (4) comprises a connector body (5) having a first connection surface (6) and having a second connection surface (7). The multi-way connector (1) also comprises a plurality of electrical contact elements (8), which extend through the connector body (5) at least from the first connection surface (6) to the second connection surface (7). The contact elements (8) form contact sections (9) in the region of the connection surfaces (6, 7) for electrically contacting corresponding counter contact elements (10) of the respective associated assembly (2, 3). The contact sections (9) on at least one of the connection surfaces (6, 7) can be mechanically secured to the respective associated counter contact elements (10). According to the invention, the connector body (5) has multiple foil elements (11) that are stacked on one another and connected to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Christian DANDL, Andreas GRUBER
  • Patent number: 11415668
    Abstract: A switching device for a radar target emulator is provided comprising: at least one first switch arrangement and a second switch arrangement, each having a branching device designed to receive a first input signal and diverge it into a branch signal and a first output signal, a switch adapted to transmit the branch signal in a first switching state within the switch arrangement and to not transmit in a second switching state, and adding means designed to emit the signal transmitted in the first switching state of the switch, at least as components of a second output signal. The first switching arrangement and the second switching arrangement are interconnected in such a way that a first input signal of the second switching arrangement comprises a first output signal of the first switching arrangement, or a second input signal of the second switching arrangement comprises a second output of the first switching arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: AVL List GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Gruber, Michael Ernst Gadringer, Helmut Schreiber, Michael Vorderderfler
  • Publication number: 20220123512
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical plug connector having an outer conductor contact element with a plurality of elastic spring tabs and a dielectric support element. The spring tabs are arranged, with a respective rear end, annularly around the longitudinal axis (L) of the plug connector and are fastened indirectly or directly to an electrical device. It is provided that the spring tabs are supported with a respective front, free end section laterally on the dielectric support element, wherein the dielectric support element is displaceable laterally relative to the electrical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Andreas Gruber, Johannes Heubeck, Christian Dandl
  • Publication number: 20220123506
    Abstract: A plug connector housing having a housing, a sleeve arranged movably relative to the housing, and a lever, the lever being mounted on the housing for rotation about an axis of rotation extending perpendicularly to a plug-in direction of the plug connector housing, wherein the sleeve can be displaced in the plug-in direction in order to fix a cable by a rotary movement of the lever and the plug connector housing can be locked with a mating plug connector housing by the rotary movement of the lever, the housing having a cable-side end and a plug-side end and a strain relief element having an opening for passing through a cable being arranged at the cable-side end of the housing, and it being possible for the sleeve to at least partially be pushed onto the strain relief element in order to exert radial pressure on the strain relief element relative to the plug-in direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Martin Wimmer, Christian Dandl, Markus Wallner, Josef Krautenbacher, Andreas Gruber
  • Publication number: 20220109275
    Abstract: Embodiments of an electrical connector may have a first end portion on which a first interface is arranged and a second end portion on which a second interface is arranged. The first interface and second interface can each be connected to a respective mating electrical connector. The first interface may form at least two contact element pairs with the second interface, each of the contact element pairs having a first contact element which is associated with the first interface and a second contact element which is mechanically connected to the first contact element and is associated with the second interface. A third interface between the first end portion and the second end portion may electrically and mechanically connect at least one of the contact element pairs to a printed circuit board on which the electrical connector may be mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Werner Wild, Johannes Heubeck, Tobias Stadler, Andreas Gruber
  • Patent number: 11296465
    Abstract: An electrical plug-in connection provides a connecting element having an electrically conductive outer housing with a first electrical plug-in connector at a first end that has a ring-segment shaped first contact region, and a first electrical counterpart plug-in connector having contact springs that act via the first contact region to produce electrical contact and a mechanical connection between the first plug-in connector and the first counterpart plug-in connector and the contact springs generate an axial force which acts along a longitudinal axis of the first counterpart plug-in connector which pushes the outer housing against an axial end stop of the first counterpart plug-in connector, and/or the contact springs exert on the first contact region and on a ring-segment shaped, and axially offset, second contact region a radial force, which acts orthogonally with respect to the longitudinal axis of the first counterpart plug-in connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Andreas Gruber
  • Patent number: 11251551
    Abstract: Embodiments of a connecting element for connecting a first electrical assembly to a second electrical assembly may comprise a rigid, tubular outer housing made of an electrically conductive material and an electrical cable running inside the outer housing along a longitudinal axis of the outer housing. The electrical cable may include at least one inner conductor and a dielectric layer surrounding the at least one inner conductor. At least one segment of the outer housing may be reshaped along the longitudinal axis in such a way as to fix the electrical cable inside the outer housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Rosenberger Hochfrequenztecknik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Gruber, Tobias-Lars Hoeher, Bernhard Aicher, Moritz Sigler
  • Patent number: 11251552
    Abstract: Embodiments may comprise forming a rigid, tubular outer housing of an electrically conductive material; inserting an electrical cable longitudinally into the outer housing, the electrical cable having an inner conductor and a dielectric jacket surrounding the inner conductor; and, reshaping at least one longitudinal segment of the outer housing to fix the electrical cable inside the outer housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Gruber, Tobias-Lars Hoeher, Bernhard Aicher, Moritz Sigler
  • Patent number: 11196204
    Abstract: The invention relates to a spring-loaded inner-conductor contact element comprising at least one inner conductor and an elastic element that surrounds the at least one inner conductor. The axial dimension of the at least one inner conductor can be modified. The at least one inner conductor is metallic. The elastic element is made of an electrically insulating material and is attached to each inner conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: ROSENBERGER HOCHFREQUENZTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Benedikt Schwarz, Andreas Gruber, Johannes Heubeck
  • Publication number: 20210341571
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a radar target emulator, a test bench having such a radar target emulator, and a method for digitally processing at least one analog radar signal. The radar target emulator comprises a first conversion apparatus configured to convert the at least one analog radar signal into at least one corresponding digital radar data packet. A data processing apparatus of the radar target emulator comprises a time delay device and a modification device, wherein the time delay device is configured to provide a plurality of delayed radar data packets on the basis of the at least one digital radar data packet. The modification device is configured to provide a plurality of modified radar data packets on the basis of the plurality of delayed radar data packets, and a second conversion apparatus is configured to provide analog processed radar signals by converting the digital radar data packets processed by the data processing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Andreas GRUBER, Michael Ernst GADRINGER, Helmut SCHREIBER, Michael VORDERDERFLER
  • Publication number: 20210305787
    Abstract: An apparatus for igniting a fuel mixture provides an ignition system for generating a high-voltage ignition voltage, a circuit device comprising a circuit for superimposing a high-frequency signal on to the high-voltage ignition voltage, a spark plug in an engine block, and a transmission element having a high-voltage conductor which is guided in an insulation element. The high-voltage conductor is used for transmitting the ignition voltage, onto which the high-frequency signal has been superimposed, to the spark plug. Further provided is an electrically conducting shielding element which surrounds the high-voltage conductor in an electromagnetically shielding manner at least along one portion of the longitudinal axis of the high-voltage conductor. The shielding element is connected in an electrically conducting manner to a ground potential of the circuit device and establishes a connection between the ground potential of the circuit device and a ground electrode of the spark plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Andreas Gruber, Martin Fuchs, Gunnar Armbrecht
  • Patent number: 11128068
    Abstract: A circuit board arrangement, and method for assembling at least one connection element, provides a first circuit board and a second circuit board arranged in a parallel orientation to one another in different planes, and at least one rigid connection element communicates between the first and the second circuit boards and the connection element has an exterior housing which encloses an internal conductor part, and the exterior housing constitutes a first electrical path between the first and second circuit boards, and the internal conductor part constitutes a second electrical path between the first and second circuit boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: ROSENBERGER HOCHFREQUENZTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Gruber, Tobias-Lars Hoeher, Tobias Stadler