Patents by Inventor Andreas Herrmann
Andreas Herrmann 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).
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Patent number: 12291689Abstract: Described herein are compounds of formula (I) that are able to provide a long-lasting or substantive odor, in particular floral and/or fruity odor, to the environment. Also described herein is a method of imparting a long-lasting odor, in particular a fresh green, floral and/or fruity odor, to surfaces, such as hard surfaces, fabric, skin or hair. Also described herein are a method of using said compounds in perfumery and perfuming compositions or perfumed articles including the compounds described herein.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2020Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: FIRMENICH SAInventors: Andreas Herrmann, Alain Trachsel
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Patent number: 12286058Abstract: An external rearview device for a motor vehicle includes a housing, and one or more of at least one light emitting or a receiving device, including one or more of at least one light producing device or at least one camera device arranged within the housing, and at least one at least partially transparent element closing an opening provided by the housing, the at least partially transparent element being provided in form of a first module attached to the housing, and the one or more of the light producing device or the camera device being provided in form of a second module attached to the first module, the first module and the second module being mechanically releasably coupled.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2023Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: SMR Patents S.à.r.l.Inventors: Steve Horne, Andrew Lettis, Graham Rehill, Andreas Herrmann
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Publication number: 20250121771Abstract: An exterior rear view device includes a head assembly and a base assembly configured to be mounted to a vehicle for moveably supporting the head assembly, the base assembly comprising a base frame, a base cover comprising a plurality of cover pieces that include at least a lower base cover, a base cover cap, and a glare shield, a first camera with a first lens that extends in a first direction through a first opening in the glare shield, a second camera with a second lens that extends in a second direction through a second opening in the lower base cover, and a cleaning system with a nozzle for dispensing a cleaning fluid onto the second lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2024Publication date: April 17, 2025Inventors: Callum Scott-Collins, Jakub Spychala, Kane Connor, Graham Rehill, Andrew Lettis, Andreas Herrmann, Arne Schmierer, Simon David Field, Francis Charlet, Steve Horne
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Patent number: 12274765Abstract: The invention relates to A curable composition for producing dental composite crowns, the composition comprising a resin matrix comprising polymerizable (meth)acrylate(s) not comprising a urethane moiety, polymerizable urethane(meth)acrylate(s), wherein the polymerizable (meth)acrylate(s) not comprising an urethane moiety are used in excess over the polymerizable urethane(meth)acrylate(s), a filler matrix comprising nanocluster(s), fumed silica in an amount below 8 wt. % with respect to the weight of the whole composition, an initiator system comprising photoinitiator(s), organic dye(s), the curable composition not comprising softener in an amount of more than 5 wt. % with respect to the weight of the whole composition, the curable composition having a viscosity below 150 Pa*s at 23° C. and a shear rate of 1 s?1. The invention also relates to a cured article obtained by radiation curing this curable composition by use of an additive-manufacturing method.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2023Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: Solventum Intellectual Properties CompanyInventors: Andreas Herrmann, Gioacchino Raia, Malte Korten, Oliver Kappler, Bernhard Hofmann, Adrian Eckert, Helmar Mayr, Reinhold Hecht, Gallus Schechner, Rainer Guggenberger
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Publication number: 20250108758Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a rear view device for a vehicle with one or more gaskets preventing water or other contaminants from entering the device between components, while allowing the components to move in relation to one another. In embodiments, the rear view device comprises a base adapted to be mounted to a side of the vehicle, a head for supporting at least one means for providing a rearward field of view disposed at a second attachment end of the base, an actuator connected to the second end of the base, and a shroud attached to the actuator, wherein the actuator may rotate the head in relation to the base. In one embodiment, the shroud is configured to interact with a shaft of the actuator to limit the rotational movement of the actuator.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2023Publication date: April 3, 2025Inventors: Tom HARRIS, Stephen BEECHER, David KERSHAW, Gareth ASPDEN, Levente KURTI, Warwick JONES, Dong Myeong PARK, Levente ACS, Thorsten STAIGER, Zoltan HUSZAR, Andrew LETTIS, Callum SCOTT-COLLINS, Graham REHILL, Andreas HERRMANN, Arne SCHMIERER, Simon David FIELD, Francis CHARLET, Jiayong DONG, Ronglong LIN
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Patent number: 12257951Abstract: The present disclosure refers to an interior rearview device adapted for use with a motor vehicle, comprising: a rearview element comprising at least one of a reflective element and a display element; a bezel surrounding the rearview element and being surrounded by a housing; a mount assembly which is configured to attach the housing to the vehicle; and an human machine interface (HMI) for controlling at least one function of the interior rearview device, with the HMI comprising at least one ToF sensor, between the housing and the rearview element, and at least a part of the bezel, preferably at the bottom of the interior rearview device.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2020Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: Motherson Innovations Company LimitedInventor: Andreas Herrmann
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Publication number: 20250095339Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus are provided for verifying functional safety of an image signal processor (ISP) by configuring one or more edge pattern settings in a test pattern generator; activating the test pattern generator to generate test pattern data by modulating a sequence of pseudo random number values with a sequence of values from an edge pattern; processing the test pattern data at the ISP to generate ISP test output data; generating a checksum value of the ISP test output data; and comparing the checksum value with a reference checksum value to verify a functionality of the ISP.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Inventors: Michael Andreas Staudenmaier, Iani Bogdan Almajan, Stephan Matthias Herrmann, Vincent Aubineau
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Publication number: 20250083597Abstract: A decorative radome including a radio-transmissive substrate having a first surface on a first side and a second surface on a second side; and a first surface radio-transmissive decorative coating; methods of manufacturing a PVD coated system include applying a hard coating to the substrate; applying a PVD coating by magnetron sputtering to the substrate; and laser etching one or more of a pattern or a graphic into the PVD coating; and A decorative PVD coated item, comprising: a substrate; a hard coating applied to the substrate; a PVD coating provided on the hard coating and the substrate, wherein the PVD coating is laser etched with one or more of a pattern or a graphic so that the PVD coating is at least partially removed and the pattern or the graphic is revealed as a result of the contrast between the substrate and the PVD coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2024Publication date: March 13, 2025Inventors: Dean Caruso, Simon Belcher, Simon David Field, Shane Randell Koehne, Andreas Herrmann, Scott Edwards, Bastian Stoehr, Tim Symonds
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Patent number: 12232922Abstract: A method of building up a physical object by additive manufacturing which has the steps of building up the object and at least one support structure layer by layer along a build axis. The support structure supports the object relative to a build platform. During building up the object and the at least one support structure a connection is provided between the support structure and the object by a plurality of layers each of which being a common layer of the object and the support structure.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: Solventum Intellectual Properties CompanyInventors: Malte Korten, Bastian P. Kirchner, Daniel D. Oberpertinger, Andreas Herrmann, Gioacchino Raia, Anja Friedrich
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Patent number: 12231571Abstract: The present invention refers to a security setting method for a camera system of a vehicle comprising the steps of creating a camera system with at least a first camera module with a first identification number, a second camera module with a second identification number and an electronic control unit (ECU); creating at least one first camera module Hash value (H12) for the first identification number, at least one second camera module Hash value (H14) based on the second identification number and/or at least one camera pod assembly Hash value based on the first and second identification numbers; and storing the at least one of the Hash values. It also refers to a camera pod assembly comprising at least two camera modules to be attached to a vehicle via a mounting and being adapted for usage of such a security setting method; a camera system comprising at least one such camera pod assembly; and a vehicle comprising such a camera system.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2021Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: Motherson Innovations Company LimitedInventors: Kai Uwe Hagenburg, Michael Schad, Matthias Koller, Dimitri Majarle, Romel Davila, Andreas Herrmann
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Publication number: 20250042871Abstract: Described herein are compounds of formula (I), a delivery system based on photoresponsive cyclic acetal or ketal compounds capable of liberating in a controlled manner active volatile carbonyl compounds into the surrounding upon exposure to light. Also described herein are methods of using the compounds in perfumery, as well as the perfuming compositions or perfumed consumer products including the compounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2022Publication date: February 6, 2025Inventors: Gary WOMACK, Andreas HERRMANN
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Patent number: 12214780Abstract: A method for controlling a vehicle. In the method, data of a digital road map are read in, zones are determined for the digital road map, and possible sequences of trips along a road of the digital road map are ascertained as a function of the determined zones. Furthermore, it is ascertained, as a function of sensor data and/or current driving data of the vehicle, whether a current or predicted traffic situation is outside the possible sequences or corresponds to a possible sequence that is determined as being outside an intended operating range. If the current or predicted traffic situation is outside the possible sequences or corresponds to the possible sequence outside the intended operating range, a measure is determined and the vehicle is controlled as a function of the measure that is taken.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2021Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Christian Heinzemann, Andreas Heyl, Christoph Gladisch, Jens Oehlerking, Martin Butz, Martin Herrmann, Michael Rittel, Nadja Schalm, Tino Brade
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Publication number: 20250000841Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of administering resiniferatoxin (RTX) for treatment of prostate cancer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2022Publication date: January 2, 2025Applicant: Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc.Inventors: Henry Hongjun Ji, Alexis G. Nahama, Andreas Herrmann
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Patent number: 12179661Abstract: A decorative radome including a radio-transmissive substrate having a first surface on a first side and a second surface on a second side; and a first surface radio-transmissive decorative coating; methods of manufacturing a PVD coated system include applying a hard coating to the substrate; applying a PVD coating by magnetron sputtering to the substrate; and laser etching one or more of a pattern or a graphic into the PVD coating; and A decorative PVD coated item, comprising: a substrate; a hard coating applied to the substrate; a PVD coating provided on the hard coating and the substrate, wherein the PVD coating is laser etched with one or more of a pattern or a graphic so that the PVD coating is at least partially removed and the pattern or the graphic is revealed as a result of the contrast between the substrate and the PVD coating.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2021Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Motherson Innovations Company LimitedInventors: Dean Caruso, Simon Belcher, Simon David Field, Shane Randell Koehne, Andreas Herrmann, Scott Edwards, Bastian Stoehr, Tim Symonds
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Patent number: 12173861Abstract: A light emitting system includes a light pipe, a light source disposed at least partially within an interior of the light emitting system, and configured to emit light when receiving electrical power from an electrical power source, wherein the light source is arranged adjacent to and directed towards the light pipe, a lens substantially enclosing the interior of the light emitting system, the light pipe and the light source, the lens having an inner surface and an outer surface disposed opposite the inner surface, and a mask comprising a coating that is applied on the lens and laser etched to form a desired pattern, wherein light emitted from the light source passes through the light pipe and lens.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2022Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: Motherson Innovations Company LimitedInventors: James Nicholson, Shane Randell Koehne, Scott Edwards, Simon Belcher, Jacob Heath Messenger, Matthew Chapman-Winter, Gary Dekievit, Simon David Field, Shahad Algurabi, Sam Thoday, Dean Caruso, Bill Frank, Sascha Björn Heib, Andreas Herrmann, Ilka Rötzer, Matthias Koller
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Publication number: 20240409031Abstract: An external rearview device for a vehicle includes a rearview element comprising at least one of a reflective element, a camera, or a display element; a housing configured to be attached to the vehicle and configured to be moveable relative to the vehicle; and a bezel affixed to an opening defined by the housing and surrounding the rearview element. The bezel is coated and a coating of the bezel is at least one of a decorative coating, an advanced surface technology, or a spectrally controlling system, and the rearview element is coupled to at least one of the bezel or the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2024Publication date: December 12, 2024Inventors: Andreas Herrmann, Andrew Lettis, Callum Scott-Collins, Gary Smith, Graham Rehill, Andrew Brian Little, Ian Robert Toone
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Publication number: 20240398892Abstract: The present disclosure provides a heparin neutralizing peptide, a heparin neutralizer, and use thereof, and belongs to the technical field of biomedicine. The heparin neutralizing peptide includes tandem repeating units. The repeating units each have an amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1, specifically VPGKG, where lysine (K) has a positive charge, the repeating units each have a positive charge, and the heparin neutralizing peptide has a plurality of positive charges. The heparin neutralizing peptide with positive charges can bind to a heparin with negative charges through electrostatic interaction to form macromolecular substances, and the macromolecular substances are eliminated from the body by liver metabolism, so that the anticoagulation of the heparin is shielded. Furthermore, the heparin neutralizing peptide provided in the present disclosure can significantly reduce toxic and side effects of neutralizing heparin and reduce hemolysis compared with protamine sulfate in the prior art.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2022Publication date: December 5, 2024Applicant: DWI - Leibniz-Institut für Interaktive Materialien e.V.Inventors: Andreas HERRMANN, Lifei ZHENG, Han DING, Qing LIU
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Patent number: 12134350Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a rear view device for a vehicle with one or more gaskets preventing water or other contaminants from entering the device between components, while allowing the components to move in relation to one another. In embodiments, the rear view device comprises a base adapted to be mounted to a side of the vehicle, a head for supporting at least one means for providing a rearward field of view disposed at a second attachment end of the base, an actuator connected to the second end of the base, and a shroud attached to the actuator, wherein the actuator may rotate the head in relation to the base. In embodiment, a foot gasket is attached to a foot of the base and includes a first lip portion that extends towards the shroud in a vertical direction, and a second soft lip portion that contacts the shroud in a horizontal direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2022Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: Motherson Innovations Company LimitedInventors: Tom Harris, Stephen Beecher, David Kershaw, Gareth Aspden, Levente Kurti, Warwick Jones, Dong Myeong Park, Levente Acs, Thorsten Staiger, Zoltàn Huszar, Andrew Lettis, Callum Scott-Collins, Graham Rehill, Andreas Herrmann, Arne Schmierer, Simon David Field, Francis Charlet
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Patent number: 12122299Abstract: An assembly set for assembling an external rearview system for a motor vehicle is provided. The external rearview system when assembled may include a base assembly provided for arrangement on the motor vehicle, and a head assembly attached to the base assembly. The assembly set may include (i) a first head assembly comprising, a first rearview device comprising at least one reflective element in form of a mirror glass, (ii) a second head assembly comprising, a second rearview device comprising at least one reflective element in form of an at least partly translucent mirror glass, and at least one first camera unit being configured to obtain a rearview image through the reflective element, and (iii) a third head assembly with at least one component of a camera monitor system. The head assembly may be configured to be detachable and is selected to be the first, second or third head assembly, with the first, second and third head assembly being exchangeable with each other.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2022Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: SMR Patents S.à.r.l.Inventors: Andrew Lettis, Graham Rehill, Callum Scott-Collins, Andreas Herrmann, Arne Schmierer, Simon David Field, Francis Charlet, Jakub Spychala, Kane Connor, Steve Horne
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Publication number: 20240309379Abstract: Provided herein are, inter alia, nucleic acid compounds useful for targeting CTLA-4-expressing cells and modulating cell activity of the CTLA-4-expressing cells. The compositions provided herein may be part of pharamceutcial compositions and may be used for treatment of cancer, inflammatory diseases, infectious diseases or metabolic diseases.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2024Publication date: September 19, 2024Inventors: Hua Yu, Andreas Herrmann, Marcin Tomasz Kortylewski, Piotr Marek Swiderski