Patents by Inventor Andreas Winters

Andreas Winters 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: 20070183299
    Abstract: An optical disc (11 to 18) having sectors (3) each having a sector ID further comprises: a first area (4) having a first set of sectors (313-315) sequentially arranged on the disc (11 to 18) according to their respective IDs, a second area (5) having a second set of sectors (316-318) sequentially arranged on the disc (11 to 18) according to their respective IDs, the second area (5) being located after the first area (4) in respect of a disc scan direction (B) and having at least one sector ID which duplicates that of a sector in the first set of sectors, a start sector (33) located before the first area (4), and navigation data indicating to an optical disc reader, after having read the start sector (33), to displace its pickup reader device to a first target sector (316, 317, 352) having a sector ID of one of the sectors of the second area (5) or of a sector located after the second area (5), wherein the number of sectors between the start sector (33) and the first target sector is chosen such that the
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2007
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Applicant: SONY DADC Austria AG
    Inventors: Markus Spitzlinger, Walter Hinterhoelzl, Thomas Goebl, Markus Prenn, Klaus Holzapfel, Andreas Winter
  • Patent number: 7232869
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of a catalyst system includes the steps of combining a Lewis base, an organic compound having at least one functional group containing active hydrogen, and an organometallic component with a particulate support material to provide an intermediate composition, and then combining the intermediate composition with one or more metallocene compound. The catalyst system is advantageously used for olefin polymerization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: Novolen Technology Holdings, C.V.
    Inventors: Thorsten Sell, Joerg Schottek, Nicola Stefanie Paczkowski, Andreas Winter
  • Publication number: 20070082806
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of a catalyst system includes the steps of combining a support material with a first composition which includes at least one aluminoxane in a first solvent to provide an aluminoxane loaded support; and, contacting the aluminoxane loaded support with a second composition which includes at least one metallocene compound, a second solvent, and a cocatalyst, wherein the cocatalyst includes a second portion of the at least one aluminoxane alone or in combination with an ionic compound and/or a Lewis acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Inventors: Nicola Paczkowski, Andreas Winter, Franz Langhauser
  • Patent number: 7199866
    Abstract: A handheld laser distance measuring device (1) and extreme value measurement process, including, in a first step, an input means (2) is actuated that triggers a measurement sequence, during which, in a second step, individual distance measurements are made triggered by the handheld laser distance device (1) and, in a third step, at least one minimum value (4) or one maximum value (5) relative to the measurement sequence is determined by the handheld laser distance measuring device using the individual measurements. An extreme value difference (6) relative to the measurement sequence is computed by the handheld laser distance measuring device (1) using at least one minimum value (5) and at least one maximum value (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Torsten Gogolla, Dietmar Fritz Karl Kuhlmann, Andreas Winter
  • Patent number: 7169864
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of a catalyst system includes the steps of combining a support material with a first composition which includes at least one aluminoxane in a first solvent to provide an aluminoxane loaded support; and, contacting the aluminoxane loaded support with a second composition which includes at least one metallocene compound, a second solvent, and a cocatalyst, wherein the cocatalyst includes a second portion of the at least one aluminoxane alone or in combination with an ionic compound and/or a Lewis acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Novolen Technology Holdings, C.V.
    Inventors: Nicola S. Paczkowski, Andreas Winter, Franz Langhauser
  • Patent number: 7152706
    Abstract: A four cycle engine having at least one cylinder unit is disclosed. The engine includes a continuously variable transmission (CVT) connected to the engine on one side of the engine. An air box is also provided that is located on the same side of the engine as the CVT. The engine further includes an intake manifold operatively connected to the air box for connecting the air box to each cylinder unit and a throttle assembly operatively connected to air box and the intake manifold. The intake manifold may have a generally Y-shaped manifold having a connector leg connected to the throttle assembly and a pair of branches. One branch is operatively connected to one of the cylinder units and another branch is connected to another of the cylinder units. The connector leg is generally parallel to the axis of the crankshaft. The intake manifold may further include a baffle assembly, which directs gas flow within the intake manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: BRP-Rotax GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Anton Pichler, Rudolf Kusel, Sylvain Matte, Andreas Winter, Andreas Haydl
  • Publication number: 20060264587
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of a catalyst system includes the steps of combining a Lewis base, an organic compound having at least one functional group containing active hydrogen, and an organometallic component with a particulate support material to provide an intermediate composition, and then combining the intermediate composition with one or more metallocene compound. The catalyst system is advantageously used for olefin polymerization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2005
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Inventors: Thorsten Sell, Joerg Schottek, Nicola Paczkowski, Andreas Winter
  • Publication number: 20060238401
    Abstract: A detector (1) for detecting embedded elongate objects (5) has an evaluating unit (6) with computing means (7) and an output device (8), and a handheld measuring head (9) which can be moved over a surface (F) and which has a path a detector (10) and a transmitting-receiving unit (11a) with an antenna (12a). At least two antennae (12a, 12b) are spaced apart from one another along the surface (F), and the distance (A) therebetween, measured over the surface (F), ranges between 5 cm and 50 cm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2006
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventors: Christoph Wuersch, Torsten Gogolla, Andreas Winter, Wilfried Kaneider, Harald Schmitzer
  • Publication number: 20060236403
    Abstract: A method to protect content within protected data areas on a target optical record carrier against unauthorized reading and/or copying with a computer, comprises the steps of—determining whether a target optical record carrier or a non-target optical record carrier is inserted into a drive of the computer, and—in case a target optical record carrier is inserted into the drive of the computer—modifying read requests to the protected data areas so that no data is read or the read data is useless, and/or—modifying write commands in respect to the data within the protected data areas to a recordable record carrier or other storage so that the written data is useless.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2004
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: Andreas Winter, Michael Kurz
  • Publication number: 20060153052
    Abstract: The invention relates to a memory authentication method based on a pattern of storage areas of said memory that have altered latencies that are respectively altered such that the respective alteration of the latency of a storage area lies within a measurement noise of latency measurements in respect to the standard latency of said storage area when the measurement is performed with a reading device for accessing said record medium. The verification is then performed by a correlation of the latencies of the altered storage areas with a key used to alter the storage areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Inventors: Peter Meerwald, Andreas Winter, Oliver Kubera, Gunther Kattner
  • Publication number: 20060142969
    Abstract: A hand-held pulse laser distance measuring device (1) with an algorithm (3) which controls a microcontroller (2) and which serves to calculate the distance (X) to a measurement object (4) by a time difference (?) between a measurement pulse (6) and a reference pulse (7) and with a superimposition module (5) which calculates the time difference (?) of a plurality of repeated pulse trains which are periodically superimposed with a trigger frequency fTRIGGER, wherein the trigger frequency fTRIGGER lies in the frequency range of 0.7 · 2 2 · m - 1 · f INT < f TRIGGER < 1.3 · 2 2 · M - 1 · f INT , where ? ? ? m = 1 , 2 , 3 , … at an interference frequency fINT=100 Hz . . . 120 Hz; and a measuring method for the pulse laser distance measuring device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventors: Torsten Gogolla, Andreas Winter, Helmut Seifert
  • Publication number: 20060132754
    Abstract: A hand-held pulse laser distance measuring device (1) and a pulse reflection mixing method both having an algorithm (3) which controls a microcontroller (2) and which serves to calculate the distance (X) to a measurement object (4) by at least two different time differences (?1,?2) between a measurement pulse (6) and a reference pulse (7) with a pulse width (?t), which time differences (?1, ?2) are measured with a pulse repetition frequency (f1, f2), respectively, wherein a selection module (5) is provided which selects at least the first pulse repetition frequency (f1) from at least a first frequency amount ({f}1) with at least one other pulse repetition frequency (f1i) in such a way that the amount of the relative time difference |?·f1| between the reference pulse (7) and the measurement pulse (6) with respect to the period (1/f1) is greater than a lower limit (A) which is at least greater than twice the relative pulse width |?t f1| with respect to the period (1/f1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Inventors: Torsten Gogolla, Andreas Winter, Helmut Seifert
  • Publication number: 20060116490
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of a catalyst system includes the steps of combining a support material with a first composition which includes at least one aluminoxane in a first solvent to provide an aluminoxane loaded support; and, contacting the aluminoxane loaded support with a second composition which includes at least one metallocene compound, a second solvent, and a cocatalyst, wherein the cocatalyst includes a second portion of the at least one aluminoxane alone or in combination with an ionic compound and/or a Lewis acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Inventors: Nicola Paczkowski, Andreas Winter, Franz Langhauser
  • Patent number: 7038070
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of indanones of the formula II from indanones of the formula I or of indanones of the formula IIa from indanones of the formula Ia comprises reacting an indanone of the formula I or Ia with a coupling component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Carsten Bingel, Markus Goeres, Volker Fraaije, Andreas Winter
  • Patent number: 7023531
    Abstract: A laser distance measuring device (1) includes a laser diode (4) for emitting a high frequency intensity modulated measurement light beam (3) and connected with a signal generating unit (SGU) that generates a high frequency measurement signal (9) for high frequency signal transfer, at least one receiver photodetector (8a) for receiving a measurement light beam (3) reflected from a measurement object (5) and connected to a high frequency demodulator (13) for generating a low frequency phase delay signal (S1) containing phase information of the reflected intensity modulated measurement light beam (3), and a microcontroller (?C) for calculating a distance (D) from the phase delay signal (S1) and connected to the high frequency demodulator (13), with the microcontroller (?C) being connected to a control photodetector (8c) arranged in the measurement light beam (3) for low frequency transfer for determining an interference modulation component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Torsten Gogolla, Andreas Winter, Helmut Seifert
  • Publication number: 20060020096
    Abstract: A process for the polymerization of olefins, in particular a process for the copolymerization of propylene with further olefins, is carried out in the presence of highly active catalyst systems comprising specifically selected metallocenes, in particular ones which bear different substituents in position 2 position 4 on an indenyl ligand. Novel polypropylene copolymers can be obtained by this process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2005
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Inventors: Jorg Schottek, Markus Oberhoff, Carsten Bingel, David Fischer, Horst Weiss, Andreas Winter, Volker Fraaije, Ralph-Dieter Maier, Wolfgang Bidell, Nicola Paczkowski, Juergen Suhm, Roland Kratzer
  • Patent number: 6987718
    Abstract: Software is securely distributed with limited usage rights. The software may be an executable program and/or one or more data files such as image or multimedia data files. The software includes an access control object which prevents at least some usage of the software without use of a first access control code. The first access control code is produced based on selected information characteristic of the user's computer system. The access control code is produced in a server computer to which the user directs a request for the access control code. The user makes a payment to receive the access control code, which is then downloaded to the user's computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: Sony DADC Austria AG
    Inventors: Andreas Winter, Stefan Podhajski
  • Patent number: RE39156
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of an olefin polymer by polymerization or copolymerization of an olefin of the formula Ra—CH?CH—Rb, in which Ra and Rb are identical or different and are a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon radical having 1 to 14 carbon atoms or Ra and Rb, together with the atoms connecting them, can form a ring, at a temperature of from ?60° to 200° C., at a pressure of from 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Winter, Martin Antberg, Bernd Bachmann, Volker Dolle, Frank Küber, Jürgen Rohrmann, Walter Spaleck
  • Patent number: RE39532
    Abstract: The novel metallocenes of the formula I in which, preferably, M1 is Zr or Hf, R1 and R2 are alkyl or halogen, R3 and R4 are hydrogen, R5 and R6 are alkyl or haloalkyl, —(CR8R9)m—R7—(CR8R9)n— is a single- or multi-membered chain in which R7 may also be a (substituted) hetero atom, m+n is zero or 1, and R10 is hydrogen, form, together with aluminoxanes as cocatalysts, a very effective catalyst system for the preparation of polyolefins of high stereospecificity and high melting point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Winter, Martin Antberg, Walter Spaleck, Jürgen Rohrmann, Volker Dolle
  • Patent number: RE39561
    Abstract: The novel metallocenes of the formula I in which, preferably, M1 is Zr or Hf, R1 and R2 are alkyl or halogen, R3 and R4 are hydrogen, R5 and R6 are alkyl or haloalkyl, —(CR8R9)m—R7—(CR8R9)n— is a single- or multi-membered chain in which R7 may also be a (substituted) hetero atom, m+n is zero or 1, and R10 is hydrogen, form, together with aluminoxanes as cocatalysts, a very effective catalyst system for the preparation of polyolefins of high stereospecificity and high melting point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Basell Polyoefine GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Winter, Martin Antberg, Walter Spaleck, Jürgen Rohrmann, Volker Dolle