Patents by Inventor Andreas

Andreas 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: 10843705
    Abstract: A method is disclosed to operate a motor vehicle using a driver assistance system. The driver assistance system includes, for at least one driver assistance system function, at least one criterion relating to a vehicle environment. The at least one criterion is defined for an adaptation of the driver assistance system function, a number of features of the environment of the vehicle are detected, a probability of the occurrence of at least one criterion is estimated on the basis of a combination of the detected features, and the driver assistance system function is adapted on the basis of the estimated probability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Maus, Reid James Steiger, Andreas Meyer, Manuel Merz, Guido Weitkus
  • Patent number: 10847062
    Abstract: A tag for bundles of metal products comprising: a plate-like structure made of a metal material and having at least one reading surface to support an identification code; a junction element that can be engaged to the plate-like structure so that they can be moved and rotated integrally, the junction element having a gripping portion projecting from the reading surface of the plate-like structure and gripped by a gripping head of a robot or an automated mechanical arm, the junction element also having a fixing portion, opposite the gripping portion, protruding from a surface of the plate-like structure opposite the reading surface, the fixing portion of the junction element being fixable to a respective bundle of metal products, preferably by a welding operation, in particular an electric-arc welding operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: BM GROUP HOLDING S.p.A.
    Inventors: Mirko Bottini, Andrea Tonini
  • Patent number: 10844182
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compounding method for producing impact-modified polycarbonate compositions using components acting as an alkali or using alkaline constituent-containing components. By using the method according to the invention, the harmful influence of the components acting as an alkali on the properties of polycarbonate molding compositions or the surface of molded bodies produced therefrom is counteracted. The method has the steps (i), (ii), and optionally (iii), wherein (i) in a first step A) 10 to 98 wt. % of at least one polymer selected from the group of aromatic polycarbonates and aromatic polyester carbonates, B) 0.001 to 0.3 wt. % of at least one organic Brønsted acid, i.e. a carbon and hydrogen-containing Brønsted acid, C) 0.0001 to 0.008 wt. % of at least one inorganic Brønsted acidic phosphorus compound, i.e. a Brønsted acidic phosphorus compound which does not contain carbon, D) 1 to 90 wt. % of at least one rubber-containing vinyl(co)polymerisate, E) 0 to 90 wt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Covestro Deutschland AG
    Inventors: Andreas Seidel, Ralf Hufen, Hans-Jürgen Thiem, Joachim Simon
  • Patent number: 10844537
    Abstract: A method to produce a dye, which is suited to be applied on fabrics, starts from textile waste material. The method includes an initial step, during which textile waste material is provided, which includes textile fibers, which were previously dyed. In a pulverization step, the textile fibers are pulverized to obtain the dye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Inventor: Andrea Venier
  • Patent number: 10842257
    Abstract: There is provided a height adjustable desk (5) for placing on an existing desktop. The height adjustable desk (5) comprises a base frame (50) for placing on the existing desktop, a desktop (10) that is connected to the base frame (50) by first (40) and second (45) support members, and a gas strut, wherein the first and second support members (40, 45) are pivotally connected (41) to one another and are pivotable about the pivotal connection to raise and lower the desktop (10) from the base frame (50). The ends of the second support member (45) are slidable along the base frame (50) and along the desktop (10), and one of those ends is pivotably connected to a shuttle, the shuttle being drivable by the gas strut to slide along a shuttle frame of the desktop or base frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Posturite Ltd.
    Inventors: Ian George Fletcher-Price, Stefan Knox, Theodore Davies, Andreas Lolle, Steffen Nielsen Osterberg
  • Patent number: 10844818
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a holding component for securing a fuel injector to an injector cup comprising: a U-shaped holding element with two parallel supporting arms for engaging opposite sides of an annular groove in the fuel injector to secure the fuel injector in the injector cup; a base part; two resilient arms extending from the base part for engaging the outer surface of the injector cup; and a depending leg engageable in a corresponding receiving part on the fuel injector to accurately position the fuel injector angularly relative to the injector cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Marco Pasquali, Andrea Puccini
  • Patent number: 10842074
    Abstract: A robotic work tool system (200) comprising further comprising a charging station (210) and a robotic work tool (100), the robotic work tool system (200) being configured to determine a change in weather and to take preservation action. The robotic work tool may detect the change in weather by detecting an electrical charge buildup in the boundary wire. The robotic work tool may take the preservative action by the robotic work tool (100) distancing itself from the charging station (210).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: HUSQVARNA AB
    Inventors: Patrik Jägenstedt, Tom Söberg, Magnus Öhrlund, Andreas Källming, Fredrik Kallström, Jonas Holgersson, Mattias Kamfors, Johan Öster
  • Patent number: 10844151
    Abstract: An aqueous dispersion free of fluorochemicals comprising (A) at least one copolymer obtained by polymerization of the following monomers a) at least one fluorine-free (meth)acrylate ester of a C16-C18 alcohol, b) at least one fluorine-free (meth)acrylate ester of a C18-C22 alcohol, c) at least one monomer selected from the group of vinyl chloride and vinylidene chloride, and, optionally, d) at least one monomer selected from the group of 2-hydroxyethyl(meth)acrylate and 3-chloro-2-hydroxyethyl(meth)acrylate, (B) at least one component selected from the group of a paraffin wax, (C) at least one surfactant, and (D) water, wherein the monomers a) and b) of copolymer (A) are distinct, and the copolymer (A) does not contain any polymerized units of styrene or ?-methylstyrene, is useful for the finishing of natural and synthetic textile fabrics to endow the said fabrics with excellent water repellent properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: HUNTSMAN TEXTILE EFFECTS (GERMANY) GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Probst, Alfred Weihrather, Andreas Fuchs, Isabella Rettenbacher
  • Patent number: 10842247
    Abstract: A dismountable hammock stand comprises a base 3 to be placed on a floor and two bars 5 extending from the base. The bars are each separable into at least two parts 21, 23. The at least two parts include a pin 37 having an outer contact surface 39 and a ring 33 having an inner contact surface 35. An end portion 29 of the first part 21 includes a sleeve. The pin is provided at an end of the second part and the ring is provided within the sleeve spaced apart from an end of the first part. An end portion 31 of the second part is insertable into the sleeve until the outer contact surface abuts on the inner contact surface in order to define a position of the end of the second part within the sleeve in a direction transverse to a longitudinal direction of the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Inventor: Andreas Wilke
  • Patent number: 10844947
    Abstract: A gear lubricant line device includes a base body configured to attach to an end surface of a gear and a mount including a holder for a lubricant applicator. The mount is slidably mounted on the base body and releasably fixable to the base body to hold the lubricant applicator in a desired position relative to a tooth base of the gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: SKF LUBRICATION SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Schoenfeld, Daniel Beisel, Juergen Kreutzkaemper, Thomas Leibbrand
  • Patent number: 10844914
    Abstract: A torque limiting coupling is arranged rotatably around a longitudinal axis. The torque coupling comprises at least one locking element that is displaceable between a locking position and an unlocking position and that is biased towards the locking position. The locking element is transferable into the locking position in the decoupling position of a switching disc, in which locking position the locking element is supported in a circumferential direction on a coupling hub and on the switching disc, and in which the switching disc is locked against rotation relative to the coupling hub. The at least one locking element is further transferable into the locking position when the switching disc is in its coupling position wherein, in the locking position, the locking element is supported in a circumferential direction on the coupling hub and the switching disc, and the switching disc is locked against rotation relative to the coupling hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Walterscheid GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Höck, Martin Hector, Matthias Littau
  • Patent number: 10845213
    Abstract: A flexible and non-functionalized low cost paper-based electronic system platform fabricated from common paper, such as paper based sensors, and methods of producing paper based sensors, and methods of sensing using the paper based sensors are provided. A method of producing a paper based sensor can include the steps of: a) providing a conventional paper product to serve as a substrate for the sensor or as an active material for the sensor or both, the paper product not further treated or functionalized; and b) applying a sensing element to the paper substrate, the sensing element selected from the group consisting of a conductive material, the conductive material providing contacts and interconnects, sensitive material film that exhibits sensitivity to pH levels, a compressible and/or porous material disposed between a pair of opposed conductive elements, or a combination of two of more said sensing elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Joanna Mohammad Nassar, Galo Andrea Torres Sevilla, Muhammad Mustafa Hussain
  • Patent number: 10844325
    Abstract: A post chemical-mechanical-polishing (post-CMP) cleaning composition including: (A) polyethylene glycol (PEG) with a mass average molar mass (Mw) in the range of from 400 to 8,000 g/mol, (B) an anionic polymer selected from poly(acrylic acid) (PAA), acrylic acid-maleic acid copolymers, polyaspartic acid (PASA), polyglutamic acid (PGA), polyvinylphosphonic acid, polyvinylsulfonic acid, poly(styrenesulfonic acid), polycarboxylate ethers (PCE), PEG-phosphorous acids, and copolymers of the polymers thereof, and (C) water, where the pH of the composition is from 7.0 to 10.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Christian Daeschlein, Max Siebert, Michael Lauter, Peter Przybylski, Julian Proelss, Andreas Klipp, Haci Osman Guevenc, Leonardus Leunissen, Roelf-Peter Baumann, Te Yu Wei
  • Patent number: 10845467
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for determining a return time of a returning light pulse by a Single Photon (SPL) LiDAR scanner, the SPL scanner comprising of a low photon count detector for converting low amounts of photons or single photons to electrical signals, and a control and processing unit for processing the data and for determining the return time of the returning light pulse. The control and processing unit identify detected photons potentially representing a return pulse event and create a return pulse signal based on a criterion involving a temporal probability distribution for the detected photons, identify a rising edge and a falling edge of the return pulse signal, and determine the return time for each return pulse event based on the rising edge and the falling edge of the return pulse signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: AIRBORNE HYDROGRAPHY AB
    Inventor: Andreas Axelsson
  • Patent number: 10846973
    Abstract: A device for the accurate and efficient handling of objects, in particular packages, comprises a pick up group consisting of at least one toothed carrier bar and adapted to rotate according to two limit positions; in one of said positions, the bar disengages the packages; a handling group is provided, such as a main comb, with the function of moving the packages by pushing them when the carrier bar is in the working position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: SANTA LUCIA PHARMA APPS S.R.L.
    Inventors: Andrea Patrick Ungaro, Giorgio Pavesi, Fulvio Rudello
  • Patent number: 10843516
    Abstract: A wheel suspension for the rear axle of a vehicle includes a wheel carrier for fastening a rear wheel. A link system, which includes at least two links for fastening to a body of the vehicle, is fastened to the wheel carrier. One of the at least two links is a combination link with a basic body and two link portions for fastening at two positions of the body of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Becker, Norbert Schote, Milos Vrba
  • Patent number: 10844981
    Abstract: A press fitting for pipes includes a socket with an insert opening for a pipe end. An annular groove-shaped space present in a press wall part of a press region is delimited by a limitation edge. A gripping ring is placed in the groove-shaped space. The press region is deformable from a non-compressed state a compressed state by a radially inward directed pressing action causing the press wall part to radially compress and the gripping ring to grip the pipe end. A check ring is provided which has one or more break segments and a coupling part. The break segments can be forced to break free by the pressing action, while the coupling part then comes to lie visible at least partly in between the limitation edge and the pipe end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: VSH Fittings B.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Ruissen, Andreas Hubertus Hullegien
  • Patent number: 10848166
    Abstract: Techniques for saving operating power of an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) are provided. In an example, a circuit can include an ADC configured to provide a multiple-bit digital representation of an analog input during a first mode of operation and an output configured to provide a single bit representation of a first comparison of the analog input signal to a second analog signal during a second mode of operation. In certain examples, the circuit can include an encoder configured to provide the multiple-bit digital representation during the first mode and to power down during the second mode of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
    Inventors: George Pieter Reitsma, Andreas Koch
  • Patent number: 10848507
    Abstract: Methods and systems for monitoring network activity. Various embodiments may deploy virtual security appliances to a certain location or with a specific configuration based on data regarding previous attacks and attacker activity. Accordingly, the deployed virtual security appliance(s) are better suited to gather more useful behavior regarding threat actor behavior and attacks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Rapid7, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Deardorff, Derek Abdine, Andreas Galauner, Mark Momburg
  • Patent number: 10844343
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for the electrical disintegration of cell structures including a chamber having an inlet for receiving material containing cell structures, an outlet for the discharge thereof, and a conveyor line extending between the inlet and the outlet, an electrode unit which has an electrode body which is arranged within the chamber at least portion-wise along the conveyor line, wherein the chamber has a wall which is portion-wise or completely electrically conductive and electrically insulated from the electrode body, and the electrode unit is adapted to generate an electric field between the electrode body and the wall for electrical disintegration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Hugo Vogelsang Maschinenbau GmbH
    Inventors: Clemens Hollah, Paul Krampe, Andreas Fastenau