Patents by Inventor Andreas Klein

Andreas Klein 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: 12494489
    Abstract: A method for producing an electrode for a storage device for storing electrical energy is provided. A main body of the electrode is coated with at least one active material for storing electrical energy. A mixture, which includes the active material and fibers, is provided. The main body is coated with the mixture, which is free of a solvent that receives the fibers and escapes at least predominantly from the mixture after coating of the main body. By coating the main body with the mixture, a coating which includes the active material and the fibers is formed on the main body from the mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2025
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bjoern-Ingo Hieronymus Hogg, Andreas Klein, Rainer Stern
  • Publication number: 20250170104
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) and the use thereof as inhibitors of P. aeruginosa virulence factor LasB. These compounds are useful in the treatment of bacterial infections, especially caused by P. aeruginosa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Inventors: Virgyl Camberlein, Anna Hirsch, Jörg Haupenthal, Andreas Kany, Jelena Konstantinovic, Katharina Rox, Yu Mi Park, Rolf Müller, Rebecca Deprez-Poulain, Benoit Deprez, Alaa Alhayek, Andreas Klein, Roya Shafiei
  • Patent number: 12241566
    Abstract: An adapter for wireless data transmission, in particular according to the “Bluetooth Low Energy” standard, is proposed. The adapter has a cylindrical housing whose radius is at least twice its height. The adapter includes a wireless transceiver and a processor arranged in the cylindrical housing and connected to the wireless transceiver, and a data interface connected to the processor. The processor is arranged to drive the transceiver and the data interface and can therewith transmit data wirelessly. Because the adapter for wireless data transmission has a flat design, it can be retrofitted in valve positioners. This makes it possible to retrofit commonly used valve positioners that until now do not have an option for wireless transmission of their status data with this adapter. As a result, these commonly used valve positioners also achieve the capability of wireless transmission of their status data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSON AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Leonard Yousif, Melanie Dürr, Andreas Klein, Christian Mellinger
  • Patent number: 12235321
    Abstract: A method and a device for monitoring a plurality of parallel-connected semiconductor switches. The method includes subjecting the plurality of semiconductor switches to a heating pulse, in which a predefined load current flows for a predefined period of time in order to achieve a predefined temperature change of the semiconductor switches, a variable of a semiconductor switch to be monitored from the plurality of semiconductor switches being detected both before and after the application of the heating pulse, and a state of the semiconductor switch to be monitored and/or an electronics packaging, which corresponds to the semiconductor switch to be monitored, being ascertained on the basis of a deviation of the change of the at least one variable from a predefined reference value. The method enables a measurement of individual semiconductor switches to be monitored from the plurality of semiconductor switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Klein, Christoph Kammer, Christoph Friederich, Marc Schober
  • Publication number: 20240347729
    Abstract: An anode material, an electrode including the anode material, a battery including the electrode a method of manufacturing the anode material and the use of the anode material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: SGL CARBON SE
    Inventors: Ivano GALBIATI, Alberto BIANCOLI, Andreas KLEIN, Daniel SZLACHETA
  • Patent number: 12117562
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sensor system (200, 300, 400) for a motor vehicle, comprising a sensor housing and an active or passive sensor (102) arranged therein and held on a movable sensor holder (201, 401), having a sensor technology based on radiation detection and a measurement apparatus assigned to the sensor (102) and a control apparatus, coupled to said measurement apparatus, for the sensor holder (201, 401), wherein the sensor housing has a cover (106, 301) that is signal-transmissive for the sensor (102) on its side located in the detection direction of the sensor (102), and wherein the detection range (108, 109) of the sensor (102) in the region of the signal-transmissive cover (106, 301) has a lower extent than the signal-transmissive cover (106, 301), wherein the sensor system (200, 300, 400) is characterized in that the measurement apparatus is designed such that it is suitable for checking, in the detection range of the sensor (102), whether and in which section the signal-transmissive cover (10
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Covestro Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rainer Hagen, Thomas Grimm, Ulrich Grosser, Alexander Meyer, Andreas Klein, Dirk Hinzmann, Peter Capellen, Rafael Oser
  • Publication number: 20240336486
    Abstract: An anode material, an electrode comprising the anode material, a battery including the electrode a method of manufacturing the anode material and the use of the anode material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: SGL CARBON SE
    Inventors: Ivano GALBIATI, Alberto BIANCOLI, Andreas KLEIN, Daniel SZLACHETA
  • Patent number: 12019162
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sensor system (200, 300) for a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, comprising a sensor housing and an active or passive sensor (102) arranged therein, having a sensor technology based on radiation detection and a measurement apparatus assigned to the sensor (102), wherein the sensor housing has a cover (106) that is signal-transmissive for the sensor (102) on its side located in the detection direction of the sensor (102), and wherein the detection range of the sensor (102) in the region of the signal-transmissive cover (106) has a lower extent than the signal-transmissive cover (106), wherein the sensor system (200, 300) is characterized in that the sensor (102) is assigned a movable deflection apparatus (201), coupled to a control apparatus, for deflecting the radiation of the sensor (102), wherein the measurement apparatus is designed such that it is suitable for checking, in the detection range of the sensor (102), whether and in which section the signal-transmissive cover (
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Covestro Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rainer Hagen, Thomas Grimm, Ulrich Grosser, Alexander Meyer, Andreas Klein, Dirk Hinzmann, Peter Capellen, Rafael Oser
  • Publication number: 20230349975
    Abstract: A method and a device for monitoring a plurality of parallel-connected semiconductor switches. The method includes subjecting the plurality of semiconductor switches to a heating pulse, in which a predefined load current flows for a predefined period of time in order to achieve a predefined temperature change of the semiconductor switches, a variable of a semiconductor switch to be monitored from the plurality of semiconductor switches being detected both before and after the application of the heating pulse, and a state of the semiconductor switch to be monitored and/or an electronics packaging, which corresponds to the semiconductor switch to be monitored, being ascertained on the basis of a deviation of the change of the at least one variable from a predefined reference value. The method enables a measurement of individual semiconductor switches to be monitored from the plurality of semiconductor switches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Andreas Klein, Christoph Kammer, Christoph Friederich, Marc Schober
  • Patent number: 11747447
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle utilizing a LiDAR sensor system for driver assistance systems. A composition consisting of a thermoplastic material based on polycarbonate is used here for forming the substrate layer of a cover for the sensor with respect to the surroundings. The cover has a polysiloxane-based topcoat layer comprising a combination of organically modified silane with a silica sol, the silicon dioxide having a d90 particle size of less than 0.50 micron, in order to achieve high abrasion resistance and weathering stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Covestro Deutschland AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Grosser, Alexander Meyer, Andreas Klein, Dirk Hinzmann, Peter Capellen, Rafael Oser, Rainer Hagen
  • Publication number: 20230184351
    Abstract: An adapter for wireless data transmission, in particular according to the “Bluetooth Low Energy” standard, is proposed. The adapter has a cylindrical housing whose radius is at least twice its height. The adapter includes a wireless transceiver and a processor arranged in the cylindrical housing and connected to the wireless transceiver, and a data interface connected to the processor. The processor is arranged to drive the transceiver and the data interface and can therewith transmit data wirelessly. Because the adapter for wireless data transmission has a flat design, it can be retrofitted in valve positioners. This makes it possible to retrofit commonly used valve positioners that until now do not have an option for wireless transmission of their status data with this adapter. As a result, these commonly used valve positioners also achieve the capability of wireless transmission of their status data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Leonard Yousif, Melanie Dürr, Andreas Klein, Christian Mellinger
  • Publication number: 20220393178
    Abstract: A method for producing an electrode for a storage device for storing electrical energy is provided. A main body of the electrode is coated with at least one active material for storing electrical energy. A mixture, which includes the active material and fibers, is provided. The main body is coated with the mixture, which is free of a solvent that receives the fibers and escapes at least predominantly from the mixture after coating of the main body. By coating the main body with the mixture, a coating which includes the active material and the fibers is formed on the main body from the mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Bjoern-Ingo Hieronymus HOGG, Andreas KLEIN, Rainer STERN
  • Patent number: 11512181
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle utilizing a LiDAR sensor system for driver assistance systems. A composition consisting of a thermoplastic material based on polycarbonate, polyester carbonate and/or polymethylmethacrylate is used here for forming a cover for the sensor against the surroundings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: COVESTRO DEUTSCHLAND AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Grosser, Alexander Meyer, Andreas Klein
  • Publication number: 20220371492
    Abstract: The invention relates to a seat for a vehicle, preferably for a land craft, a watercraft, and/or an aircraft, comprising at least one multilayer structural component (1) with at least one first (6) and at least one second ply (5) of a composite material, in each case containing fibers which are integrated into a thermoplastic, and with a layer (7) which is arranged between said plies and is made of at least one foamed thermoplastic; to a method for producing same, said method having at least the following steps (A): providing at least one first and at least one second ply of a composite material, in each case containing fibers which are integrated into a thermoplastic, (B) thermoforming the first ply of composite material into a lower seat shell, (C) thermoforming the second ply of composite material into an upper seat shell, (D) arranging the lower seat shell and the upper seat shell in a tool, such that a gap is formed between the two seat shells, (E) introducing foamed particles made of a thermoplastic int
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Andreas KLEIN, Ulrich GROSSER, Felix BAUDACH
  • Publication number: 20220363045
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a specific multilayer composite which is suitable as a constituent of liquid-crystal devices and which contains two specific polycarbonate layers inter alia. The invention further relates to a method of producing the multilayer composite. The invention further relates to a liquid-crystal device comprising a multilayer composite according to the present invention, to a method of production thereof, and to the use thereof as structural glazing, in automotive glass, as floodlight cover, in optical filters, in shutters, in flat visual display screens, in glazed advertising devices, in dividing walls of trains, and in point-of-interest devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Rainer Hagen, Andreas Klein, Hamid-Reza Najaf Pour Aghcheshmeh
  • Publication number: 20210389435
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sensor system (200, 300, 400) for a motor vehicle, comprising a sensor housing and an active or passive sensor (102) arranged therein and held on a movable sensor holder (201, 401), having a sensor technology based on radiation detection and a measurement apparatus assigned to the sensor (102) and a control apparatus, coupled to said measurement apparatus, for the sensor holder (201, 401), wherein the sensor housing has a cover (106, 301) that is signal-transmissive for the sensor (102) on its side located in the detection direction of the sensor (102), and wherein the detection range (108, 109) of the sensor (102) in the region of the signal-transmissive cover (106, 301) has a lower extent than the signal-transmissive cover (106, 301), wherein the sensor system (200, 300, 400) is characterized in that the measurement apparatus is designed such that it is suitable for checking, in the detection range of the sensor (102), whether and in which section the signal-transmissive cover (10
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Rainer Hagen, Thomas Grimm, Ulrich Grosser, Alexander Meyer, Andreas Klein, Dirk Hinzmann, Peter Capellen, Rafael Oser
  • Publication number: 20210373170
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sensor system (200, 300) for a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, comprising a sensor housing and an active or passive sensor (102) arranged therein, having a sensor technology based on radiation detection and a measurement apparatus assigned to the sensor (102), wherein the sensor housing has a cover (106) that is signal-transmissive for the sensor (102) on its side located in the detection direction of the sensor (102), and wherein the detection range of the sensor (102) in the region of the signal-transmissive cover (106) has a lower extent than the signal-transmissive cover (106), wherein the sensor system (200, 300) is characterized in that the sensor (102) is assigned a movable deflection apparatus (201), coupled to a control apparatus, for deflecting the radiation of the sensor (102), wherein the measurement apparatus is designed such that it is suitable for checking, in the detection range of the sensor (102), whether and in which section the signal-transmissive cover (
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Rainer Hagen, Thomas Grimm, Ulrich Grosser, Alexander Meyer, Andreas Klein, Dirk Hinzmann, Peter Capellen, Rafael Oser
  • Publication number: 20200393568
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle utilizing a LiDAR sensor system for driver assistance systems. A composition consisting of a thermoplastic material based on polycarbonate is used here for forming the substrate layer of a cover for the sensor with respect to the surroundings. The cover has a specific topcoat layer in order to achieve high abrasion resistance and weathering stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Ulrich GROSSER, Alexander MEYER, Andreas KLEIN, Dirk HINZMANN, Peter CAPELLEN, Rafael OSER, Rainer HAGEN
  • Publication number: 20200377692
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle utilizing a LiDAR sensor system for driver assistance systems. A composition consisting of a thermoplastic material based on polycarbonate, polyester carbonate and/or polymethylmethacrylate is used here for forming a cover for the sensor against the surroundings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Ulrich GROSSER, Alexander MEYER, Andreas KLEIN
  • Patent number: 10641326
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rolled plain bearing bush, having a butt joint, an axial direction, a radial direction, and a peripheral direction, comprising a first semicylindrical segment and a second semicylindrical segment, which are arranged diametrically opposite each other, and a third segment and a fourth segment, which each deviate from the semicylindrical shape of the first and second segments and are arranged between the first and second segments in the peripheral direction and diametrically opposite each other, wherein the first and second segments each have a semicylindrical inner peripheral surface and outer peripheral surface, and wherein the third and fourth segments each have a flat inner peripheral surface, which flat inner peripheral surfaces extend parallel to each other, wherein a smallest radial distance between the inner peripheral surfaces of the third and fourth segments is less than a bush inside diameter, which corresponds to a radial distance between the inner peripheral surfaces of th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: KS Gleitlager GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Haecker, Wolfgang Baur, Andreas Klein, Martin Gorff