Patents by Inventor Andreas Meier

Andreas Meier 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: 20190258243
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods and computer programs for a transportation vehicle and a central office. The apparatus includes a communication module for communication with a central office and a computation module for controlling the communication module. The computation module receives a partial task of a distributed data processing from the central office, computes the partial task of the distributed data processing to obtain a result of the partial task, and provides the result of the partial task for the central office.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventor: Andreas MEIER
  • Publication number: 20190228885
    Abstract: Provided are methods for forming a rigid cable harness. An example method includes providing a curable sleeve comprising a curable compound, an adhesive, and a backing; wherein the curable adhesive tape has a longitudinal direction. The method further includes placing a plurality of cables on the sleeve in the longitudinal direction and wrapping the curable sleeve around the placed plurality of cables to form a cable harness, wherein the wrapping comprises wrapping the plurality of cables with the curable sleeve in the longitudinal direction. The method additionally includes positioning the cable harness into a desired shape and curing the curable compound of the cable harness to form the rigid cable harness, wherein the rigid cable harness has the desired shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Patrick Boecker, Andreas Meier, Brett Dibble, Robert Oliver
  • Patent number: 10337126
    Abstract: A nonwoven laying apparatus (3) and a nonwoven laying method are based on a laying device (7) that folds a delivered fiber web (4) and forms a multilayer nonwoven fabric (14) on the discharge path (15) of a discharging conveyor (13) that runs transversely or at an angle to the feeding direction (26). The travel profile of the discharge path (15) is set in such a way as to vary in the discharge direction in the vertically projected zone below the web outlet (12) of the laying device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: AUTEFA SOLUTIONS GERMANY GMBH
    Inventor: Andreas Meier
  • Patent number: 10309040
    Abstract: A nonwoven fabric-laying device, in particular a cross-laying device, and an operating method are provided. The nonwoven fabric-laying device (1) is used for folding down and depositing a supplied fibrous sheet (3) to form a multi-layered nonwoven fabric (32) and, for conveying the sheet, has a plurality of linearly movably guided carriages (10 to 16) which are driven by a carriage drive and has a plurality of conveyor belts (7, 8) guided by means of the carriages (10 to 16). One or more carriages (10 to 16) are directly driven by an electric linear motor (19).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: AUTEFA SOLUTIONS GERMANY GMBH
    Inventor: Andreas Meier
  • Patent number: 10297370
    Abstract: Provided are methods for forming a rigid cable harness. An example method includes providing a curable sleeve comprising a curable compound, an adhesive, and a backing; wherein the curable adhesive tape has a longitudinal direction. The method further includes placing a plurality of cables on the sleeve in the longitudinal direction and wrapping the curable sleeve around the placed plurality of cables to form a cable harness, wherein the wrapping comprises wrapping the plurality of cables with the curable sleeve in the longitudinal direction. The method additionally includes positioning the cable harness into a desired shape and curing the curable compound of the cable harness to form the rigid cable harness, wherein the rigid cable harness has the desired shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: tesa SE
    Inventors: Patrick Boecker, Andreas Meier, Brett Dibble, Robert Oliver
  • Patent number: 10271431
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a contact arrangement (1), preferably for a power electronics system, comprising a printed circuit board (2) with a fastening hole (5), comprising a metal sleeve (8) which is inserted into the fastening hole (5), wherein the sleeve (8) makes contact with, preferably is soldered to, the printed circuit board (2), comprising a base (15) on which the sleeve (8) lies in order to make electrical contact, and comprising a fastening element (11) which protrudes through the sleeve (8), wherein one end of the fastening element (11) is fixedly connected to the base (15) and a head (12) is formed or arranged at the other end, wherein the head (12) of the fastening element (11) lies only on the sleeve (8) and not on the printed circuit board (2), and wherein the sleeve (8) projects beyond the printed circuit board (2) by way of a first projection (10) on that side which faces the base (15), wherein the first projection spaces apart the printed circuit board (2) and the base (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Meier, David Tastekin, Sebastian Goepfert, Thomas Wiesa, Hao Jin, Qiang Hou, Zhenzhong Shi
  • Publication number: 20180124919
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a contact arrangement (1), preferably for a power electronics system, comprising a printed circuit board (2) with a fastening hole (5), comprising a metal sleeve (8) which is inserted into the fastening hole (5), wherein the sleeve (8) makes contact with, preferably is soldered to, the printed circuit board (2), comprising a base (15) on which the sleeve (8) lies in order to make electrical contact, and comprising a fastening element (11) which protrudes through the sleeve (8), wherein one end of the fastening element (11) is fixedly connected to the base (15) and a head (12) is formed or arranged at the other end, wherein the head (12) of the fastening element (11) lies only on the sleeve (8) and not on the printed circuit board (2), and wherein the sleeve (8) projects beyond the printed circuit board (2) by way of a first projection (10) on that side which faces the base (15), wherein the first projection spaces apart the printed circuit board (2) and the base (15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Meier, David Tastekin, Sebastian Goepfert, Thomas Wiesa, Hao Jin, Qiang Hou, Zhenzhong Shi
  • Patent number: 9909236
    Abstract: A cross-lapper (1) includes an upper carriage (2), a laying carriage (3), and two endless laying belts, which are each guided on the main carriages (2, 3) by deflecting rollers (15 to 21). The one laying belt (6) is designed as a feeding belt, which carries a fibrous web (9) and feeds the fibrous web to the upper carriage (2). The other laying belt (7) is designed as a counter belt. The upper carriage (2) has a belt deflection device (12) for both laying belts (6, 7). At the belt deflection device (12), the laying belt (6) is deflected by approximately 180 degrees from a feeding direction (11) thereof to the opposite direction by means of three of more deflection points (15, 16, 17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: HI TECH TEXTILE HOLDING GMBH
    Inventors: Rudolf Kuhn, Steffen Hartung, Andreas Meier, Joachim Binnig, Eberhard Häberle
  • Publication number: 20180051808
    Abstract: Bridge tape with directed foam expansion comprised of thermally foamable composition, useful for applying coating material through holes in the tape to a substrate beneath the tape, after which the holes can be sealed by heating to cause the foamable composition to foam and the foam to seal the holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: TESA SE
    Inventors: Robert FALLON, Elliot SEDLECKY, Patrick BOECKER, Andreas MEIER
  • Patent number: 9898704
    Abstract: Systems and method for forecasting release times in a multisystem software development environment are disclosed. A forecast engine may analyze the system specific data for multiple systems in a particular transport chain of systems in the development environment to determine when object code should be released from a source system to reach a target system in time to be included in an event, such as a software build or quality assurance test. The system specific data may include event schedules for each system in the transport chain. By analyzing the system specific data and the transport chain, the forecast engine can generate a time by which object code needs to be released to traverse the transport chain so that it is available to the target system for a particular scheduled event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Tobias Rasch, Andreas Meier
  • Patent number: 9617104
    Abstract: A compensating device (1) for fluctuating transport speeds of a fiber nonwoven (3). The compensating device (1) has a buffer belt (2) driven in a loop with three or four or more deflection points (12, 13, 14, 15, 16) and with a variable sag (11) of the carrying run supporting the fiber nonwoven (3). The compensating device (1) further has an adjusting element (19) for adjusting the location of at least one deflecting point (15, 16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: HI TECH TEXTILE HOLDING GMBH
    Inventors: Steffen Hartung, Joachim Binnig, Eberhard Häberle, Andreas Meier, Rudolf Kuhn
  • Publication number: 20160362818
    Abstract: A carding apparatus (2) and a carding method for producing a card web (12) are based on the carding apparatus (2) including a web forming device (5) for creating a preliminary web (3), followed by a web layering apparatus (7) which is followed by a card (6), and a controllable or adjustable profiling device (8). The drafting device (8) precedes or is associated with the web layering apparatus (7). The profiling device (8) is used for profiling the preliminary web (3) in order to preventively compensate for peripheral bulges in the card web (12) discharged by the card (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventor: Andreas MEIER
  • Publication number: 20160298274
    Abstract: A nonwoven laying apparatus (3) and a nonwoven laying method are based on a laying device (7) that folds a delivered fiber web (4) and forms a multilayer nonwoven fabric (14) on the discharge path (15) of a discharging conveyor (13) that runs transversely or at an angle to the feeding direction (26). The travel profile of the discharge path (15) is set in such a way as to vary in the discharge direction in the vertically projected zone below the web outlet (12) of the laying device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: AUTEFA SOLUTIONS GERMANY GMBH
    Inventor: Andreas MEIER
  • Publication number: 20160273141
    Abstract: A nonwoven fabric-laying device, in particular a cross-laying device, and an operating method are provided. The nonwoven fabric-laying device (1) is used for folding down and depositing a supplied fibrous sheet (3) to form a multi-layered nonwoven fabric (32) and, for conveying the sheet, has a plurality of linearly movably guided carriages (10 to 16) which are driven by a carriage drive and has a plurality of conveyor belts (7, 8) guided by means of the carriages (10 to 16). One or more carriages (10 to 16) are directly driven by an electric linear motor (19).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: AUTEFA SOLUTIONS GERMANY GMBH
    Inventor: Andreas MEIER
  • Patent number: 9396090
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems and products, including a method that includes receiving, by at least one processor-based device, data relating to features of a computing system, generating, by the at least one processor-based device, a diagram including graphical data representative of, at least partly, the features of the computing system, including an order of release of at least some subsystems of the computing system and layered relationship information, and providing the generated diagram to a user interface for presentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Martin Kaiser, Andreas Meier
  • Patent number: 9327933
    Abstract: A device for conveying a spring string (31) has a first spring conveyor (3) and a second spring conveyor (4). By means of a sensor device, in operation, lengths of a plurality of segments of the spring string differing from one another are detected, while the spring string (31) is guided past a sensor (5) of the sensor device arranged in the conveying direction upstream of the second spring conveyor (4). A control device (9) is provided which sets, in an operating state of the device (1) in which both the first spring conveyor (3) and the second spring conveyor (4) convey the spring string (31), time-sequentially a plurality of relative conveying speeds between a conveying speed of the second spring conveyor (4) and a conveying speed of the first spring conveyor (3), depending on the detected lengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Spuhl AG
    Inventors: Christopher Hug, Andreas Meier
  • Patent number: 9298478
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems and products, including a method that includes generating a system landscape overview including a context selection menu and an information window, the system landscape overview of a system landscape includes a plurality of systems identified by a unique identifier, the context selection menu enables modifying an import to at least one of the plurality of systems, and the information window provides metadata for the at least one of the plurality of systems; receiving, from the context sensitive menu, modification information representative of a schedule for an import to the at least one of the plurality of systems; determining, by a calculation engine, a workflow to install the at least one of the plurality of systems system; and providing the received modification information to a job scheduler to enable scheduling of the import to the at least one of the plurality of systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Andreas Meier, Tobias Rasch
  • Patent number: 9251011
    Abstract: Various embodiments of systems and methods for performing backup operation in In-memory database systems are described herein. The method includes receiving a request to create a backup of a data set from a main memory of the system. In response to the request, the data set is configured as read-only and a data structure having meta-data information identifying the blocks of data in the main memory that form the data set is invoked. A snapshot of the data structure is created and the data set is enabled for manipulation. Further, the method involves receiving a request to modify a block of data and copying the requested data block to a free memory block in the main memory. The data structure is updated by replacing the meta-data identifying the requested original data block with meta-data identifying the free memory block which holds a copy of the requested data block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Andreas Meier, Thomas Kunz
  • Patent number: 9136518
    Abstract: A terminal (3a . . . 3h) for the electrical connection of a plurality of electrochemical cells (2) of a accumulator, which terminal comprises a U-shaped outer rail (4a . . . 4f) and an actuating element (5a . . . 5g), is described. According to the invention, the actuating element (5a . . . 5g) is coupled to a clamping element (6a . . . 6f . . . 6h) in such a way that the clamping element (6a . . . 6f . . . 6h) is pressed against at least one limb (4a? . . . 4f?) of the outer rail (4a . . . 4f) on actuation of the actuating element (5a . . . 5g).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: BRUSA Elektronik AG
    Inventors: Axel Krause, Andrea Meier
  • Publication number: 20150218741
    Abstract: A compensating device (1) for fluctuating transport speeds of a fiber nonwoven (3). The compensating device (1) has a buffer belt (2) driven in a loop with three or four or more deflection points (12, 13, 14, 15, 16) and with a variable sag (11) of the carrying run supporting the fiber nonwoven (3). The compensating device (1) further has an adjusting element (19) for adjusting the location of at least one deflecting point (15, 16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: HI TECH TEXTILE HOLDING GMBH
    Inventors: Steffen Hartung, Joachim Binnig, Eberhard Häberle, Andreas Meier, Rudolf Kuhn