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: 12205641
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus related to dynamically determining read voltages used in memory devices. In one approach, a memory device has a memory array including memory cells. One or more resistors are formed as part of the memory array. A memory controller increments a counter as write operations are performed on the memory cells. When the counter reaches a limit, a write operation is performed on the resistors. The write operation applies voltages to the resistors similarly as applied to the memory cells over time during normal operation. When performing a read operation, a current is applied to one or more of the resistors to determine a boost voltage. When reading the memory cells, a read voltage is adjusted based on the boost voltage. The memory cells are read using the adjusted read voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicola Ciocchini, Andrea Gotti
  • Patent number: 12203557
    Abstract: A valve (1) for controlling a flow of a fluid comprises: —a valve body having at least one first body part (2) made of a moulded plastic material; —a chamber for passage of the fluid (6), defined within the first body part (2) and comprising at least one fluid inlet (6a) and at least one fluid outlet (6b); —a valve seat (7) defined within the chamber for passage (6) of the fluid; —means for shutting off the fluid (8-9), which can be displaced relative to the valve seat (7) in order to control flow of the fluid; and —a compensation element prearranged for compensating a possible increase in volume and/or pressure of the fluid. The compensation element comprises a compensation body (26) made of an elastically deformable and/or compressible material, the moulded plastic material of the first body part (2) being stiffer than the elastically deformable and/or compressible material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: ELTEK S.p.A.
    Inventors: Alberto Barbano, Andrea Daffonchio
  • Patent number: 12203644
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a heat dissipation structure that includes one or more openings. An electronic component is disposed on a surface of the heat dissipation structure and over the one or more openings. The electronic component is coupled to the heat dissipation structure by an adhesion material in the one or more openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: LUMILEDS LLC
    Inventors: Wilbert Heffels, Harry Gijsbers, Josef Andreas Schug
  • Patent number: 12203768
    Abstract: Example embodiments described herein therefore relate to an AR guidance system to perform operations that include: detecting a client device at a location within a geo-fenced area, wherein the geo-fenced area may include within it, a destination of interest; determining a route to the destination of interest from the location of the client device within the geo-fenced area; causing display of a presentation of an environment within an AR interface at the client device; detecting a display of real-world signage within the presentation of the environment; generating a media item in response to the detecting the display of the signage within the presentation of the environment, wherein the media item is based on the route to the destination of interest; and causing display of the media item within the AR interface based on the position of the signage within the presentation of the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Piers Cowburn, David Li, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik, Qi Pan
  • Patent number: 12203481
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compressor arrangement comprising a compressor (2) for compressing a process gas (13) from a suction region (21) towards a pressure region (22), a mechanical seal arrangement (3) for sealing against an atmosphere (6) on a shaft (5) of the compressor (2), wherein the mechanical seal arrangement comprises a mechanical seal (4) having a stationary slide ring (41) with a first sliding surface (41a) and a rotating slide ring (42) with a second sliding surface (42a), which define a sealing gap (42a) between the sliding surfaces (41a, 42a), and a barrier fluid supply (7) with a barrier fluid line (70) which extends from the pressure region (22) of the compressor (2) to the mechanical seal (4) and through which process gas is branched off from the pressure region, the stationary slide ring (41) having a through opening (8), which extends from a rear side (41b) of the stationary slide ring (41) to an orifice at the first sliding surface (41a) of the stationary slide ring to supply process ga
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: EagleBurgmann Germany GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ferdinand Werdecker, Glenn Schmidt, Benjamin Hellmig, Maximilian Frank, Florian Bauer, Andreas Fesl
  • Patent number: 12203822
    Abstract: A heterogeneous sensor system includes a magnetic field sensor and an inductive sensor. A checker is configured to receive the magnetic field sensor output signal and the inductive sensor output signal and determine whether an error has occurred based on a comparison of the magnetic field sensor output signal and the inductive sensor output signal. Targets include at least a portion that is conductive and may include a ferromagnetic portion for back biased magnetic sensing. Additional features include on axis and off axis positioning of the sensors with respect to the target, multi-track targets for absolute position sensing, angle sensing and torque sensing configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Allegro MicroSystems, LLC
    Inventors: Emanuele Andrea Casu, Yannick Vuillermet, Andreas P. Friedrich
  • Patent number: 12203976
    Abstract: An automated test system for testing singulated electronic components comprises a handler, comprising a plurality of handler pickers and/or spinner pickers, the handler pickers and/or spinner pickers being adapted to each pickup one electronic component, at least one processing station for processing one of the electronic components, a first carrier, a second carrier, and a test unit, for testing singulated electronic components located on a carrier. When the second plurality of electronic components on the second carrier are tested in the test unit while the second plurality of electronic components rest on the second carrier, simultaneously the first carrier is loaded with the first plurality of electronic components by the plurality of handler pickers and/or spinner pickers and/or unloaded from the first plurality of electronic components by the plurality of handler pickers and/or spinner pickers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Cohu GmbH
    Inventors: Anton Schuster, Andreas Wiesböck, Stefan Binder
  • Patent number: 12203505
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rolling bearing, in particular a center-free large rolling bearing, comprising two concentric races, of which one race has a groove open toward the other race and the other race has a lug ring, which engages in said groove, the lug ring being supported on the groove by means of at least two thrust bearings and at least one radial bearing, said axial bearings being designed as roller bearings, all the radial bearings being designed as ball bearings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Liebherr-Components Biberach GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Palmer, Robert Zell, Markus Ruf, Michael Fuchs
  • Patent number: 12206381
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for adapting gain elements in digital filter chains. In one example, a digital filter chain includes a first digital filter and a second digital filter having an input coupled to an output of the first digital filter. A common gain is applied to signal samples passing between the first digital filter and the second digital filter, the common gain corresponding to a product of an output gain associated with the first digital filter and an input gain associated with the second digital filter. In another example, a digital filter includes an adjustable input gain element and an adjustable output gain element. The adjustable input gain element is configured to apply a gain value to an input signal sample, the gain value comprising a resultant difference of a bitshift configured for the digital filter and a bitwidth extension value. The adjustable output gain element is configured to apply an opposite of the gain value to an output signal sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Reinhard Kussian, Andrea Manzini
  • Patent number: 12201968
    Abstract: An oxidation catalyst composite, methods, and systems for the treatment of exhaust gas emissions from a diesel engine are described. More particularly, an oxidation catalyst composite including a first washcoat layer comprising a Pt component and a Pd component, and a second washcoat layer including a refractory metal oxide support containing manganese, a zeolite, and a platinum component is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: BASF Mobile Emissions Catalysts LLC
    Inventors: Shiang Sung, Stanley A. Roth, Claudia Zabel, Susanne Stiebels, Andreas Sundermann, Olga Gerlach
  • Patent number: 12205606
    Abstract: An improved concept for coding sample values of a spectral envelope is obtained by combining spectrotemporal prediction on the one hand and context-based entropy coding the residuals, on the other hand, while particularly determining the context for a current sample value dependent on a measure of a deviation between a pair of already coded/decoded sample values of the spectral envelope in a spectrotemporal neighborhood of the current sample value. The combination of the spectrotemporal prediction on the one hand and the context-based entropy coding of the prediction residuals with selecting the context depending on the deviation measure on the other hand harmonizes with the nature of spectral envelopes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Florin Ghido, Andreas Niedermeier
  • Patent number: 12204066
    Abstract: Certain examples relate to a terrestrial terahertz imaging system. In one example, the terrestrial terahertz imaging system has an imaging assembly to form a first image of at least a portion of an object using electromagnetic radiation in a terahertz band of frequencies and a receiver assembly comprising a cryostat. The cryostat contains a detector and reflective cold re-imaging optical components to receive the electromagnetic radiation from the imaging assembly. The reflective cold re-imaging optical components form a second image of at least a portion of the object on the detector. The imaging assembly has reflective optical components arranged in a confocal configuration that is arranged to image at finite conjugates. The reflective cold re-imaging optical components implement a reflective, confocal optical relay. Other examples relate to body and vehicle scanning devices that may be used in security applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Sequestim Limited
    Inventors: Peter Hargrave, Peter Ade, Andreas Papageorgiou, Samuel Rowe, Simon Doyle
  • Patent number: 12202296
    Abstract: Wheel carrier apparatus for a motor vehicle including a wheel hub to which a vehicle wheel can be fastened, and an articulation apparatus for torque transmission having an articulation housing and an articulation drive element operatively connected to the articulation housing. The articulation housing is arranged coaxially to the wheel hub and is connected to the wheel hub in a rotationally fixed manner. The wheel carrier apparatus further includes a wheel carrier on which the wheel hub and the articulation housing are borne via a wheel bearing in a rotationally fixed manner. The wheel bearing includes an outer bearing ring fastened to the wheel carrier, an inner bearing ring divided in the axial direction, and multiple rolling bodies arranged radially between the inner bearing ring and the outer bearing ring. The divided inner bearing ring includes a first inner bearing ring element and a second inner bearing ring element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Achim Schulz, Phillip Aaron Grabowski, Maximilian Mahlberg, Andreas Higle, Daniel Winkler
  • Patent number: 12202927
    Abstract: The invention relates to isocyanate-based, storage-stable, one-part compositions that are fixable by irradiation with actinic radiation and curable by heat. The composition comprises (A) an at least bifunctional, solid isocyanate having a passivated surface and a melting point of at least 40° C.; (B) an isocyanate-reactive component selected from the group of alcohols, amines and thiols, and mixtures thereof; (C) a radiation-curable compound; and (D) a photoinitiator. Optionally, further additives (E) can be contained in the composition according to the present invention. The compositions, by fixation with actinic radiation, can be transferred into a state that ensures dimensional stability of the compositions during heat curing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: DELO Industrie Klebstoffe GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Markus Ehret, Andreas Henschel
  • Patent number: 12202142
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, and methods are described for robotic learning and execution of skills. A robotic apparatus can include a memory, a processor, sensors, and one or more movable components (e.g., a manipulating element and/or a transport element). The processor can be operatively coupled to the memory, the movable elements, and the sensors, and configured to obtain information of an environment, including one or more objects located within the environment. In some embodiments, the processor can be configured to learn skills through demonstration, exploration, user inputs, etc. In some embodiments, the processor can be configured to execute skills and/or arbitrate between different behaviors and/or actions. In some embodiments, the processor can be configured to execute skills and/or behaviors using cached trajectories or plans. In some embodiments, the processor can be configured to execute skills requiring navigation and manipulation behaviors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Diligent Robotics, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrea Lockerd Thomaz, Vivian Yaw-Wen Chu, Peter Worsnop, Reymundo Gutierrez, Lauren Hutson, Shuai Li, Anjana Nellithimaru, Frank Mathis
  • Patent number: 12203674
    Abstract: A connector configured to couple plural wall elements defining rooms or to couple insulating panels that are formed by filling a cavity with a fluid foam material wherein the connector is encased by the foam material, the connector including a housing that forms a base wall arranged in a base plane and a front wall arranged opposite to the base wall in a front wall plane; a pass-through opening formed in the front wall and configured to receive a locking hook; a receiving cavity configured in the housing for at least one locking element, wherein the housing forms an air duct, wherein the air duct extends from the front plane towards the base plane, and wherein the air duct includes an air inlet opening in the base plane and an air outlet opening in the front plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Steinbach & Vollmann
    Inventor: Andreas Kupka
  • Patent number: 12204006
    Abstract: A gradient coil unit may include a hollow cylinder surrounding a cylinder axis, delimited perpendicularly to the cylinder axis by a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end opposing the first longitudinal end. The hollow cylinder may include a first hollow cylinder region and a second hollow cylinder region separated from the first hollow cylinder region by a sectional plane perpendicular to the cylinder axis. The first hollow cylinder region may be delimited by the first longitudinal end and the second hollow cylinder region by the second longitudinal end. The gradient coil unit may also include a conductor structure configured to generate magnetic field gradients in three mutually different directions. The gradient coil unit may have a length corresponding to a distance between the first longitudinal end and the second longitudinal end of at least 140 cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Siemens Healthineers AG
    Inventors: Peter Dietz, Stefan Stocker, Simon Körber, Andreas Krug
  • Patent number: 12204706
    Abstract: A device having a first side; a second side; a display configured to display any of a plurality of images on the first side; and a touch-sensitive input device disposed on the second side, wherein the touch-sensitive input device comprises a mapped touch area and an adjustment touch area. The device operation comprises obtaining an initial mapping that relates touch points of the mapped touch area to corresponding display points of a mapped area of the display, wherein the mapped area of the display is smaller than a total area of the display and has an initial position with respect to the display. First touch input data is received from the adjustment touch area, and a current position of the mapped area of the display is produced by adjusting the initial position of the mapped area of the display based on the first touch input data. A current mapping is produced by adjusting the initial mapping based on the current position of the mapped area. Second touch input data is received from the mapped touch area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (publ)
    Inventors: Fredrik Dahlgren, Alexander Hunt, Andreas Kristensson
  • Patent number: 12203828
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for detecting anomalies in a semiconductor processing system. According to certain embodiments, one or more external sensors are mounted to a sub-fab component, communicating with the processing system via a communication channel different than a communication channel utilized by the sub-fab component and providing extrinsic sensor data that the sub-fab component is not configured to provide. The extrinsic sensor data may be combined with sensor data from a processing tool of the system and/or intrinsic sensor data of the sub-fab component to form virtual sensor data. In the event the virtual data exceeds or falls below a threshold, an intervention or a maintenance signal is dispatched, and in certain embodiments, an intervention or maintenance action is taken by the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan T. Downey, Hemant P. Mungekar, James L'Heureux, Andreas Neuber, Michael W. Johnson, Joseph A. Van Gompel, Gino Gerardo Crispieri, Tony H. Tong, Maxime Cayer, John L Koenig, Mike M. Huang
  • Patent number: D1058485
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: POSITEC POWER TOOLS (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Andrea Cestonaro, Cheng Wang