Patents by Inventor Andreas Schmitz

Andreas Schmitz 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: 12220663
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a device for material exchange between two mediums, in which at least one mat of semipermeable hollow fibres (3) is wound onto a winding core (2), which has at least one core opening (2a) in its outer surface for a first in- or out-flowing medium, and the winding core (2) is arranged in an axially extending housing (1) having at least one housing opening (1a) for the first in- or out-flowing medium, and the axial end regions of the housing (1) are sealed by an adhesive (4) arranged around the hollow fibres (3), wherein at least one chamber region (5) surrounding the hollow fibres (3) is formed via the adhesion between the axial end regions (1b, 1c) of the housing (1) and between the winding core (2) and the housing (1), through which chamber region the first medium can flow via the core opening (2a) and the housing opening (1a), wherein the axial distance between the core opening (2a) and the housing opening (1a) is adjusted to a desired value of multiple possib
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: RHEINISCH-WESTFAELISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE
    Inventors: Lotte Schraven, Jutta Arens, Thomas Schmitz-Rode, Ulrich Steinseifer, Georg Wagner, Peter Christian Schlanstein, Andreas Kaesler, Felix Hesselmann
  • Publication number: 20250003265
    Abstract: A motor vehicle lock, in particular a motor vehicle door lock, equipped with a locking mechanism, which consists substantially of a rotary latch and a pawl, and additionally an electric opening drive for the locking mechanism and an emergency actuation element for a manual emergency opening of the locking mechanism. The emergency actuation element is arranged at least partly outside of a lock housing and acts on the locking mechanism by means of at least one transmission element for the purpose of an emergency opening process. According to the invention, the emergency actuation element has a cover cap which can be moved relative to the housing for actuating the transmission element. The cover cap additionally indicates the emergency actuation function thereof by virtue of the structural and/or optical design of the cover cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: KIEKERT AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Ömer INAN, Peter SZEGENY, Michael SCHOLZ, Holger SCHIFFER, Andreas SCHMITZ, Thorsten BENDEL
  • Patent number: 12152673
    Abstract: A housing for motor vehicle-related uses, which comprises at least one housing wall and at least one first sealing element connected to the housing wall for orienting and guiding a second sealing element made of a different material by comparison with the first sealing element. According to the invention the first sealing element is designed as at least one arm which yields resiliently relative to the housing wall. The arm supports the second sealing element on its surface remote from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Kiekert AG
    Inventor: Andreas Schmitz
  • Patent number: 12145428
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (12) for ventilating the interior of a motor vehicle, preferably a rooflight device, for a motor vehicle. The device (12) has a frame (16) with a ventilation opening (44), a first rotating element (28) for rolling up and rolling down a first roller blind (30), and a second rotating element (32) for rolling up and rolling down a second roller blind (34). The first rotating element (28) and the second rotating element (32) lie at least partially overlappingly on the same side in relation to the ventilation opening (44) and in relation to a vertical axis. The device (12) can thus preferably be designed with a particularly shallow depth in order not to restrict the headroom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: MAN Truck & Bus SE
    Inventor: Andreas Schmitz
  • Publication number: 20240376752
    Abstract: A motor vehicle lock, in particular a motor vehicle door lock, which is equipped with a locking mechanism consisting essentially of a rotary latch and a pawl. Furthermore, an electromotive drive is provided at least for unlocking the locking mechanism. In addition, a manually loadable emergency actuation element is provided for unlocking the locking mechanism in the event of an emergency, said emergency actuation element being arranged at least in part outside a lock housing and acting on the locking mechanism by means of at least one transmission element to perform an emergency unlocking operation. According to the invention, the emergency actuation element, in combination with the transmission element, is coupled to a triggering lever via at least one through-hole in the lock housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: KIEKERT AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Peter SZEGENY, Holger SCHIFFER, Michael SCHOLZ, Andreas SCHMITZ, Ömer INAN, Manuel REUSCH
  • Patent number: 12125591
    Abstract: A method for adjusting a bolus amount of insulin for a meal event using a control unit having a processing unit and a touch screen display as well as a medical control device and a medical system configured to perform the method. Additionally, the present disclosure relates to a computer program or computer program product that, when executed, performs the method. A carbohydrate-based bolus amount of insulin can be delivered in a first bolus and a second bolus. A movable slider displayed on the touch screen display can be used to adjust the relative amounts of the first and second boli.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Til Rendschmidt, Itzhak Grinberg, Wiebke Mueller-Hoffmann, Andreas Schmitz
  • Patent number: 12109940
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for illuminating a cab of a utility vehicle, preferably a truck. The device has a roof region (10) and a storage compartment device (12), which is arranged in the roof region (10) and can be closed at least partially by means of a door element (22, 24). The device has an illumination element (38, 40), which is arranged on a roof liner (34) of the roof region (10) such that, by means of the illumination element (38, 40), a cab interior and an interior of the storage compartment device (12) behind the door element (22, 24) can be illuminated when the door element (22, 24) is completely open. The device thus provides function integration since the illumination element (38, 40) is used not only to illuminate the cab interior but also to illuminate the storage compartment device (12) or the luggage rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: MAN Truck & Bus SE
    Inventor: Andreas Schmitz
  • Publication number: 20240318473
    Abstract: A lock for a motor vehicle, comprising a locking mechanism with a rotary latch and at least one pawl, a lock housing with at least one housing cover, a printed circuit board located in an interior of the lock housing, and an electronic component located on the printed circuit board. A membrane is located in the housing so that at least a pressure compensation through the membrane is possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: KIEKERT AG
    Inventors: Ömer INAN, Holger SCHIFFER, Michael SCHOLZ, Peter SZEGENY, Andreas ZIGANKI, Andreas SCHMITZ
  • Publication number: 20240308152
    Abstract: A method of setting up a joining device for joining a cover lens to a housing of a vehicle lighting device. The joining device features a mounting fixture and a robot with a suction head, The method features at least the following steps: inserting a housing into the mounting fixture and a cover lens into the suction head; transferring the suction head to an initial joining pose; joining the cover lens to the housing with the suction head in the initial joining pose; measuring the pose of the cover lens relative to a reference-point system, which comprises reference points on the surface of the housing and/or the cover lens; determining a set of translations and/or rotations, which transfer the cover lens to an optimal pose with minimal deviations from a target pose; and correcting the initial joining pose of the suction head with the determined set of translations and/or rotations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicants: HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA, HELLA Saturnus Slovenija d.o.o., HELLA Autotechnik Nova s.r.o.
    Inventors: Ingo ENGLER, Miguel LEBRATO-RASTROJO, Thomas HERBERS, Andreas SCHMITZ, Primoz PETAC, Tadej VOVK, Jure HABJAN, Klemen SKAPIN, Tomas KUBAT, Jane FRANTISEK, David NEJEZCHLEBA, Rainer BRYS, Alfredo VERDIN MORENO, Thomas Albert ROEBBECKE, Ludger-Josef GRUENE
  • Publication number: 20240287835
    Abstract: A motor vehicle lock, in particular a motor vehicle door lock, which is equipped with a locking mechanism consisting essentially of a rotary latch and a pawl. Furthermore, at least one electromotive drive is implemented. A control unit and an at least two-part housing having a wet chamber housing part and a dry chamber housing part are also implemented. The drive and the control unit are in each case arranged in the dry chamber housing part, and the locking mechanism is arranged in the wet housing part. According to the invention, both housing parts are arranged in parallel to each other and are sealingly connected to each other on the edge side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: KIEKERT AG
    Inventors: Holger SCHIFFER, Michael SCHOLZ, Ömer INAN, Peter SZEGENY, Andreas SCHMITZ, Andreas ZIGANKI
  • Publication number: 20240271471
    Abstract: A door lock, in particular a motor vehicle door lock, which is equipped with a locking mechanism substantially comprising a rotary latch and a pawl. The door lock further comprises an electromotive opening drive for the locking mechanism and at least one emergency power source for supplying current to the opening drive during the emergency opening of the locking mechanism. The emergency power source is charged in accordance with a control unit-using a main energy source. According to the invention, the emergency power source is charged as soon as the control unit receives an unlocking signal for the locking mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: KIEKERT AG
    Inventors: Andreas SCHMITZ, Peter SZEGENY, Ömer INAN
  • Publication number: 20240095649
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for determining one or more tractor units for a tractor-trailer in a system including a plurality of electrically driven tractor units. Each tractor unit is configured to form a tractor-trailer with a respective trailer and to tow the respective trailer. The method includes: receiving a first item of transport order information, representing a loading position and an unloading position, receiving first items of tractor unit information representing a current position of the respective tractor unit and an estimated current range of the respective tractor unit, determining the first tractor unit in order to form a first tractor-trailer for transporting the goods along a first section of a transport route, the determination of the first tractor unit being performed while considering the first item of transport order information and the first items of tractor unit information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Schmitz Cargobull AG
    Inventors: Marnix Lannoije, Reinhard Beelmann, Andreas Schmitz, Carsten Kaup
  • Publication number: 20240010282
    Abstract: The invention relates, amongst other things, to a device for pivotably connecting an air-guiding element (16), preferably a rear side-air-guiding element of a drivers cab, to a vehicle (10), preferably a rear wall of the drivers cab of a utility vehicle. The device has a swing hinge (22), which is designed to be fastened on the one hand to the air-guiding element (16) and on the other hand to the vehicle (10). The swing hinge (22) has a locking mechanism (32), which is designed to lock the swing hinge (22) automatically when at least one predetermined pivot position has been reached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventor: Andreas Schmitz
  • Publication number: 20230374829
    Abstract: A motor vehicle having a motor vehicle lock which is paired with a movable door element and which comprises a locking mechanism consisting of a rotary latch and at least one pawl. In an open position of the locking mechanism, at least one part of an inlet region for a lock holder can be released. The motor vehicle also has an actuation means which is arranged in the free inlet region, wherein the actuation means forms at least one part of an energy power supply of the motor vehicle lock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: Kiekert AG
    Inventors: Holger SCHIFFER, Peter SZEGENY, Ömer INAN, Michael SCHOLZ, Andreas SCHMITZ, Thomas SCHÖNENBERG, Michael HERRMANN
  • Publication number: 20230202387
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for illuminating a cab of a utility vehicle, preferably a truck. The device has a roof region (10) and a storage compartment device (12), which is arranged in the roof region (10) and can be closed at least partially by means of a door element (22, 24). The device has an illumination element (38, 40), which is arranged on a roof liner (34) of the roof region (10) such that, by means of the illumination element (38, 40), a cab interior and an interior of the storage compartment device (12) behind the door element (22, 24) can be illuminated when the door element (22, 24) is completely open. The device thus provides function integration since the illumination element (38, 40) is used not only to illuminate the cab interior but also to illuminate the storage compartment device (12) or the luggage rack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventor: Andreas Schmitz
  • Publication number: 20230184333
    Abstract: A housing for motor vehicle-related uses, which comprises at least one housing wall and at least one first sealing element connected to the housing wall for orienting and guiding a second sealing element made of a different material by comparison with the first sealing element. According to the invention the first sealing element is designed as at least one arm which yields resiliently relative to the housing wall. The arm supports the second sealing element on its surface remote from the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventor: Andreas SCHMITZ
  • Publication number: 20220355649
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (12) for ventilating the interior of a motor vehicle, preferably a rooflight device, for a motor vehicle. The device (12) has a frame (16) with a ventilation opening (44), a first rotating element (28) for rolling up and rolling down a first roller blind (30), and a second rotating element (32) for rolling up and rolling down a second roller blind (34). The first rotating element (28) and the second rotating element (32) lie at least partially overlappingly on the same side in relation to the ventilation opening (44) and in relation to a vertical axis. The device (12) can thus preferably be designed with a particularly shallow depth in order not to restrict the headroom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventor: Andreas Schmitz
  • Patent number: 11220195
    Abstract: An edge strip for a seat cover may have an edge strip core, which is surrounded by a casing, and an edge strip tab. The edge strip core and the casing are sewn together such that an ornamental seam is formed on the outer circumference of the casing. A device for producing an edge strip is also disclosed. The device may have a supply unit for supplying an edge strip core and an unfolded material strip for a casing of the edge strip core to an additional processing unit, such as a sewing machine. The supply unit is designed to supply the edge strip core to the additional processing unit, such as a sewing machine, on a material strip surface side which forms the inner face of the casing, and the sewing machine sews the edge strip core to the material strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Adient Engineering and IP GmbH
    Inventors: Michelle Hering, Andreas Schmitz, Lars Hennig
  • Patent number: 11192478
    Abstract: A device for producing an edge strip may have a supply unit with at least two openings for separately supplying an edge strip core and a material strip of a casing for the edge strip core. The material strip may be provided with a decorative element, an adapter unit, and a processing unit. The supply unit arranges the edge strip core on a surface side of the material strip which forms the inner face of the casing, and the adapter unit is designed to fold the material strip around the edge strip core. Free ends of the casing protrude from the edge strip core and lie one over the other, and the processing unit connects the free ends lying one over the other together. A method for producing an edge strip using such a device and to a seat cover with an edge strip is also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Adient Engineering and IP GmbH
    Inventors: Michelle Hering, Andreas Schmitz, Lars Hennig
  • Publication number: 20210031658
    Abstract: A device for producing an edge strip may have a supply unit with at least two openings for separately supplying an edge strip core and a material strip of a casing for the edge strip core. The material strip may be provided with a decorative element, an adapter unit, and a processing unit. The supply unit arranges the edge strip core on a surface side of the material strip which forms the inner face of the casing, and the adapter unit is designed to fold the material strip around the edge strip core. Free ends of the casing protrude from the edge strip core and lie one over the other, and the processing unit connects the free ends lying one over the other together. A method for producing an edge strip using such a device and to a seat cover with an edge strip is also included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: ADIENT ENGINEERING AND IP GMBH
    Inventors: Michelle Hering, Andreas Schmitz, Lars Hennig