Patents by Inventor Andreas Schafer

Andreas Schafer 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: 11403148
    Abstract: An electronic control unit includes a plurality of cores. The electronic control unit hosts, by virtualization, a plurality of partitions including a first and a second partition. Each of the partitions is assigned to at least one of the cores. The first partition is implemented to run, on its at least one core, an AUTOSAR architecture platform instance providing AUTOSAR basic software services. The second partition is implemented to run, on its at least one core, AUTOSAR software components. A partition interface couples the first and second partitions such that the AUTOSAR software components are run as part of said AUTOSAR architecture platform instance implemented in the first partition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Arne Lenz, Andreas Schäfer, Sven Hänsel, Max Neusser
  • Patent number: 11275139
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining proton spectral characteristics associated with a pair of targets from an MRI data volume are provided. The methods can include identifying spectral widths and peak-to-peak distance associated with the targets from the MRI data volume. The targets could include water and fat. The identified proton spectral characteristics can be useful for accurate spectral fat saturation, improving dynamic shim routines, and optimizing bandwidth of radiofrequency pulses used in multi-slice or multi-band excitation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Venkata Veerendranadh Chebrolu, Peter Kollasch, Michael Wullenweber, Andreas Schäfer, Johann Sukkau
  • Patent number: 10849722
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the computer-assisted manufacturing of a dental replacement part or a dental auxiliary element from a blank, which can be rotated about an axis of rotation, by means of a machining tool, wherein a blank data set comprising the axis of rotation and a model data set of the dental replacement part or dental auxiliary element are stored and the model data set has a first region having a first insertion axis and a second region having a second insertion axis askew to the first insertion axis, wherein in a first positioning step (S1) the model data set is arranged in the blank data set in such a way that the first insertion axis of the model data set is oriented perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the blank data set and in a second positioning step (S2) the second insertion axis of the model data set is oriented perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the blank data set by rotating the model data set about the first insertion axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: DENTSPLY SIRONA INC.
    Inventor: Andreas Schafer
  • Publication number: 20200192722
    Abstract: An electronic control unit includes a plurality of cores. The electronic control unit hosts, by virtualization, a plurality of partitions including a first and a second partition. Each of the partitions is assigned to at least one of the cores. The first partition is implemented to run, on its at least one core, an AUTOSAR architecture platform instance providing AUTOSAR basic software services. The second partition is implemented to run, on its at least one core, AUTOSAR software components. A partition interface couples the first and second partitions such that the AUTOSAR software components are run as part of said AUTOSAR architecture platform instance implemented in the first partition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Arne LENZ, Andreas SCHÄFER, Sven HÄNSEL, Max NEUSSER
  • Patent number: 10344864
    Abstract: A suction roll assembly for sealing at least one negative or positive pressure zone which adjoins a surface of the roll which is perforated and moves in a movement direction in a machine for making paper, tissue or cardboard, has at least one sealing element which lies opposite the moving surface and is arranged in a receptacle which can be moved to change the format of the negative or positive pressure zone. In order to simplify the adjustability of the receptacle in order to position the sealing element, there is a signal transmitter which is connected directly or indirectly to the sealing element and the signal of which can be received on that side of the moving surface which faces away from the sealing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Peer Schotge, Susanne Berger, Klaus Hermann, Andreas Schäfer, Daniel Gronych
  • Publication number: 20190159875
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the computer-assisted manufacturing of a tooth replacement part or a dental auxiliary element from a blank, which can be rotated about an axis of rotation, by means of a machine tool, wherein a blank data set comprising the axis of rotation and a model data set of the tooth replacement part or dental auxiliary element are stored and the model data set has a first region having a first insertion axis and a second region having a second insertion axis askew to the first insertion axis, wherein in a first positioning step (S1) the model data set is arranged in the blank data set in such a way that the first insertion axis of the model data set is oriented perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the blank data set and in a second positioning step (S2) the second insertion axis of the model data set is oriented perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the blank data set by rotating the model data set about the first insertion axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: DENTSPLY SIRONA, inc.
    Inventor: Andreas SCHAFER
  • Publication number: 20170175331
    Abstract: A suction roll assembly for sealing at least one negative or positive pressure zone which adjoins a surface of the roll which is perforated and moves in a movement direction in a machine for making paper, tissue or cardboard, has at least one sealing element which lies opposite the moving surface and is arranged in a receptacle which can be moved to change the format of the negative or positive pressure zone. In order to simplify the adjustability of the receptacle in order to position the sealing element, there is a signal transmitter which is connected directly or indirectly to the sealing element and the signal of which can be received on that side of the moving surface which faces away from the sealing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Peer Schotge, Susanne Berger, Klaus Hermann, Andreas Schäfer, Daniel Gronych
  • Patent number: 9605761
    Abstract: A seal assembly for sealing at least one negative or positive pressure zone which adjoins a surface which is perforated and moves in a movement direction in a machine for making paper, tissue or cardboard, has at least one sealing element which lies opposite the moving surface and is arranged in a receptacle which can be moved to change the format of the negative or positive pressure zone. In order to simplify the adjustability of the receptacle in order to position the sealing element, there is a signal transmitter which is connected directly or indirectly to the sealing element and the signal of which can be received on that side of the moving surface which faces away from the sealing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Peer Schotge, Susanne Berger, Klaus Hermann, Andreas Schäfer, Daniel Gronych
  • Publication number: 20140070495
    Abstract: A seal assembly for sealing at least one negative or positive pressure zone which adjoins a surface which is perforated and moves in a movement direction in a machine for making paper, tissue or cardboard, has at least one sealing element which lies opposite the moving surface and is arranged in a receptacle which can be moved to change the format of the negative or positive pressure zone. In order to simplify the adjustability of the receptacle in order to position the sealing element, there is a signal transmitter which is connected directly or indirectly to the sealing element and the signal of which can be received on that side of the moving surface which faces away from the sealing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: VOITH PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Peer Schotge, Susanne Berger, Klaus Hermann, Andreas Schäfer, Daniel Gronych
  • Patent number: 8573518
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for breaking down biological material, especially for obtaining biomolecules by ultrasound, the biological material being arranged, in a container together with a liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: QIAGEN, GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Rothmann, Claudia Schmid, Andreas Schafer, Gabriele Christoffel
  • Patent number: 8284111
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus has a first antenna branch and a second antenna branch. Both the first and the second antenna branch are in the form of a conductor loop which is not closed, and the first antenna branch is arranged at a distance from the second antenna branch in a direction which is substantially at right angles to the surface bounded by the respective conductor loop, such that the first loop direction, which is defined from the foot point to the free end of the first antenna branch, is arranged in the opposite direction to the second loop direction, which is defined from the foot point to the free end of the second antenna branch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Guy-Aymar Chakam, Andreas Schäfer, Martin Weinberger
  • Publication number: 20110101136
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for breaking down biological material, especially for obtaining biomolecules by ultrasound, the biological material being arranged, in a container together with a liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Thomas Rothmann, Claudia Schmid, Andreas Schafer, Gabriele Christoffel
  • Publication number: 20100194659
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus has a first antenna branch and a second antenna branch. Both the first and the second antenna branch are in the form of a conductor loop which is not closed, and the first antenna branch is arranged at a distance from the second antenna branch in a direction which is substantially at right angles to the surface bounded by the respective conductor loop, such that the first loop direction, which is defined from the foot point to the free end of the first antenna branch, is arranged in the opposite direction to the second loop direction, which is defined from the foot point to the free end of the second antenna branch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Guy-Aymar Chakam, Andreas Schäfer, Martin Weinberger
  • Publication number: 20100113758
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the purification of biomolecules, in particular of nucleic acids, such as DNA and RNA molecules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: QIAGEN GMBH
    Inventors: Friederike Wilmer, Anja Schultz, Claudia Dienemann, Andreas Schäfer
  • Patent number: 7612952
    Abstract: An adjustment mechanism to adjust a telescope sighting system comprises an adjusting muff rotatably supported on a connector part to drive the adjustment mechanism. The connector part is designed to transmit the motion of the adjusting muff to its connected components in order to adjust them. A first interlocking component is linked to the adjusting muff and fitted with first lock elements to constitute a first click array. A display means indicates the excursion of rotation of the adjusting muff, and a switch actuates the displays following a predetermined rotational excursion of the adjusting muff. A second interlocking component linked to the adjusting muff is provided with a second click array—different from the first click array—constituted by second lock components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Schmidt & Bender GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Andreas Schäfer
  • Publication number: 20090241882
    Abstract: A certain viscosity index (VI) improving additive may be used to increase the viscosity of an autoamotive fuel composition, by an amount greater than that which theory would have predicted to occur to improve the acceleration performance of an internal combustion engine into which the fuel composition is introduced. The fuel composition is suitably a diesel fuel composition, and the additive suitably comprises a block copolymer which contains one or more monomer blocks selected from ethylene, propylene, butylene, butadiene, isoprene and styrene monomers. The additive is preferably used in the composition at a concentration of 0.5 % w/w or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Andreas Hugo Brunner, Jurgen Johannes Jacobus Louis, Andreas Schafer
  • Patent number: 7441476
    Abstract: A shifting device for a change-speed transmission, in particular for a motor vehicle, having a shifting gate which has at least one recess, and having a first guide pin which is arranged in such a manner that it engages in the recess of the shifting gate in order to prevent a simultaneous engagement of two speeds of the change-speed transmission, wherein a second guide pin is arranged at a distance from the first guide pin, and in that the shifting gate on the one hand and the guide pins on the other hand can be moved relative to each other in order to change over between different speeds of the change-speed transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: GETRAG Getriebe-und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & Cie KG
    Inventors: Andreas Schäfer, Martin Pöschl
  • Publication number: 20080007843
    Abstract: An adjustment mechanism to adjust a telescope sighting system comprises an adjusting muff rotatably supported on a connector part to drive the adjustment mechanism. The connector part is designed to transmit the motion of the adjusting muff to its connected components in order to adjust them. A first interlocking component is linked to the adjusting muff and fitted with first lock elements to constitute a first click array. A display means indicates the excursion of rotation of the adjusting muff, and a switch actuates the displays following a predetermined rotational excursion of the adjusting muff. A second interlocking component linked to the adjusting muff is provided with a second click array—different from the first click array—constituted by second lock components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Inventor: Andreas Schafer
  • Publication number: 20070107491
    Abstract: The invention relates to a measuring device for measurement of the volumetric flow of liquids, in particular for the measurement of dewatering rates from paper machines, having a container for receiving a liquid whose volumetric flow is to be measured, whereby the container has a bottom on which the liquid collects, and having an inlet for the liquid and an outlet for the liquid, whereby inserted in the outlet is a measuring aperture which has an opening for the outflow of liquid from the container. The measuring aperture opening extends upward in a vertical direction in the container, starting at an overflow level at a defined distance above the container bottom. Also, the measuring device has a pressure sensor which is arranged in or on the container, at least partly below the measuring aperture opening, in order to measure the static pressure in a liquid column collecting in the container as the result of the inflowing liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2006
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Inventors: Jennifer Petersen, Timo Ramsayer, Andreas Schafer, Christoph Strempfl
  • Publication number: 20050238605
    Abstract: Cosmetic and/or dermatological oil-in-water (O/W) emulsion with a viscosity of 10 to 1500 mPaS, containing a) one or more emulsifiers selected from the group of glyceryl stearate citrate, polyglycerol methyl glucose distearate, triceteareth-4-phosphate, b) a homopolymer or copolymer of the acrylic acid and/or its derivatives as polymeric stabilizer, wherein the total concentration of the sum of emulsifier a) and polymeric stabilizer b) is between 0.01% and 1.5% by weight based on the total weight of the emulsion, and wherein the emulsion is free from fatty alcohols with a chain length of 12 to 20 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Silke Kohlhase, Andreas Schafer, Ingo Hahn, Celina Storbeck, Susanne Morgenroth, Ulrich Hain