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).

  • Dishwasher detergent comprising a liquid non-ionic surfactant and at least two solid non-ionic surfactants
    Patent number: 8877699
    Abstract: A dishwasher detergent composition comprising: a compound of formula 1; a liquid non-ionic surfactant; and at least one solid non-ionic surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Reckitt & Colman (Overseas) Limited
    Inventors: Judith Preuschen, Andrea Stein
  • Method and apparatus for trusted federated identity management and data access authorization
    Patent number: 8881257
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed that may provide for integration of trusted OpenID (TOpenID) with OpenID. The authentication may be accomplished, in part, via communications between a trusted ticket server on a UE and a network application function. The UE may retrieve platform validation data (e.g., from a trusted platform module on the UE). The UE may receive a platform verification in response to the platform validation data. The platform verification may indicate that the network application function has verified the platform validation data and the user. The platform verification may indicate that the platform validation data matches a previously generated reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Inhyok Cha, Andreas Schmidt, Andreas Leicher, Yogendra C. Shah
  • Video clip selection via interaction with a hierarchic video segmentation
    Patent number: 8879888
    Abstract: A video segment selection method and system that determines a set of segment boundaries in the video, determines a segment boundary tree from the set of segment boundaries, presents a video timeline that shows a plurality of segment boundaries from a first level of the segment boundary tree, receives a first selection point and a first request to change a zoom factor for an interval of the video timeline around the first selection point, and, in response to the first request to change the zoom factor for the interval of the video timeline around the first selection point, updates the video timeline in the interval around the first selection point to show a plurality of segment boundaries from a second level of the segment boundary tree corresponding to the changed zoom factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Andreas Girgensohn, Lynn Donelle Wilcox, Frank M. Shipman, III
  • SCR exhaust gas aftertreatment device
    Patent number: 8875502
    Abstract: An SCR exhaust gas aftertreatment device in which a urea-water solution is injected into an exhaust gas line is provided. At least one component of the device (e.g., a filter element) lies in an area of an internal space, and is bounded by an elastomer membrane that is embedded in a frost equalization foam. This prevents freezing damage even over a very long period of time and a large number of freezing cycles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Cummins Ltd.
    Inventors: Tobias Fuchs, Andreas Lannig, Ralf Rohrmueller, Sebastian Weidner, Friedrich Zapf
  • Mobile radio communication devices, mobile radio communication network devices, methods for controlling a mobile radio communication device, and methods for controlling a mobile radio communication network device
    Patent number: 8879980
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a mobile radio communication device may be provided. The mobile radio communication device may include a first communication interface configured to communicate with another mobile radio communication device, a second communication interface configured to communicate with a mobile radio base station, and a relay quality determiner configured to determine a quality of relaying data between the other mobile radio communication device and the mobile radio base station via the first communication interface and the second communication interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Intel Mobile Communications GmbH
    Inventors: Maik Bienas, Markus Dominik Mueck, Andreas Schmidt
  • Air maintenance tire and elbow connector system
    Patent number: 8875762
    Abstract: An air maintenance tire and connector system includes a tire carcass having an elongate integral air passageway contained within a flexible tire component of the tire carcass between an air inlet and an air outlet cavity and a connector assembly inserted within an outlet one of the cavities. The connector assembly includes a hollow right angled elbow-shaped body fitting within the outlet cavity. The elbow-shaped body's second housing segment has an axial length sufficient to project axially inward from the first housing segment through a tire wall thickness to a tire central cavity. A valve device attaches to a remote end of the second housing segment within the tire cavity, the valve device operative to regulate air flow between the elbow-shaped body central chamber and the tire cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Daniel Paul Luc Marie Hinque, Yannick Raymond Georges Haegel, Olivier Di Prizio, Gilles Bonnet, Andreas Frantzen, Raphael Beck, Patrice Clausse
  • Low application temperature hot melt adhesive
    Patent number: 8877305
    Abstract: High temperature performance hot melt adhesives are formulated for application at low temperature, i.e., below 300° F. Hot melt adhesive formed with metallocene polymer together with a maleated polyethylene wax show an excellent balance of high and low temperature performance and are particularly useful as packaging case and carton adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Henkel US IP LLC
    Inventors: Jagruti B. Patel, Andrea Keys Eodice, Yew Guan Low
  • Method and apparatus for transmitting indoor context information
    Patent number: 8880103
    Abstract: The subject matter disclosed herein relates to a system and method for determining indoor context information relating to a location of a mobile device. Indoor context information may be utilized by a mobile device or a network element to obtain an estimate of a location of the mobile device within an indoor environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Rajarshi Gupta, Andreas K. Wachter
  • Suspension strut bearing
    Patent number: 8876399
    Abstract: A suspension strut bearing including a cap (2) and a guide ring (3) mounted for rotation relative to the cap (2) about an axis of rotation (D) and further including at least one seal (10), a thrust bearing (4) being arranged between the cap (2) and the guide ring (3). The cap (2) includes respective centering elements (15, 16) on an inner diameter and on an outer diameter, which centering elements (15, 16) enable an introduction of force into the cap (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rainer Lutz, Ralf Stautner, Andreas Woellner
  • Antipathogenic peptides
    Patent number: 8877738
    Abstract: The present invention relates to monomeric and multimeric peptidic compounds which have antipathogenic, in particular antiviral or/and antibacterial activity. In a preferred aspect, the peptide compounds of the invention have an activity in respect of a broad spectrum of viruses, both DNA and RNA viruses, irrespective of whether they possess virus envelope or not. Further, the present invention refers to compositions comprising said peptidic compounds for medical use, i.e. for the treatment or prevention of pathogenic, in particular viral or/and bacterial infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Spiderbiotech S.r.L.
    Inventors: Andrea Giuliani, Giovanna Pirri, Lorena Pizzuto, Santo Landolfo, Giorgio Gribaudo, David Lembo, Davide Gibellini
  • Utterance verification and pronunciation scoring by lattice transduction
    Patent number: 8880399
    Abstract: In the field of language learning systems, proper pronunciation of words and phrases is an integral aspect of language learning, determining the proximity of the language learner's pronunciation to a standardized, i.e. ‘perfect’, pronunciation is utilized to guide the learner from imperfect toward perfect pronunciation. In this regard, a phoneme lattice scoring system is utilized, whereby an input from a user is transduced into the perfect pronunciation example in a phoneme lattice. The cost of this transduction may be determined based on a summation of substitutions, deletions and insertions of phonemes needed to transducer from the input to the perfect pronunciation of the utterance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Rosetta Stone, Ltd.
    Inventors: Andreas Hagen, Bryan Pellom
  • Liquid-crystalline medium
    Patent number: 8877092
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium which comprises at least one compound of the formula I, in which R1, R1*, ring A have the meanings indicated in claim 1, and to the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the VA, PSA, PS-VA, PALC, FFS or IPS effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GmbH
    Inventors: Melanie Klasen-Memmer, Volker Reiffenrath, Konstantin Schneider, Andreas Waechtler, Elvira Montenegro
  • Updating elements in data storage facility using predefined state machine over extended time period
    Patent number: 8881134
    Abstract: A sequence for distributing at least one of a plurality of code packages to the at least one facility according to different states of a fixed state machine is set. The at least one of the plurality of code packages is installed in at least one staging area. The at least one of the plurality of code packages is maintained in the at least one staging area in a valid, dormant mode while the fixed state machine is stopped. Pursuant to a resumption of the fixed state machine at a subsequent time, a current code package is swapped with the at least one of the plurality of code packages in the at least one staging area to activate the at least one of the plurality of code packages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Franck Excoffier, Michael P. Groover, Xu Han, Andreas B. M. Koster, Edward H. Lin, Mario Sweeney
  • Compounds having muscarinic receptor antagonist and beta2 Adrenergic receptor agonist activity
    Patent number: 8877774
    Abstract: Compounds of formula(I) act both as muscarinic receptor antagonists and beta2 adrenergic receptor agonists and are useful for the prevention and/or treatment of broncho-obstructive and inflammatory diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A.
    Inventors: Fabio Rancati, Andrea Rizzi, Gabriele Amari, Matteo Biagetti, Ian Linney
  • Air-cooled motor-generator and method for operating a motor-generator
    Patent number: 8878403
    Abstract: An air-cooled motor-generator (10) includes a rotor (34) with a rotor shaft (11), which is arranged rotatably about a machine axis (15) and on which a rotor winding (16) is arranged, and a stator (35) with a stator laminate stack (18) and a stator winding (17) arranged therein, which concentrically surrounds the rotor winding (16) A closed cooling circuit operating with cooling air (24) is provided, with the cooling air in the cooling circuit flowing through the rotor winding (16) and the stator winding (17) radially from the inside outwards, the cooling air being cooled in coolers (19) arranged outside the stator (35) and being fed back to the rotor (34). Cooling which can be changed before or during operation is achieved in a simple manner by virtue of the fact that adjustable throttle devices are provided for adjusting the volume flow of the cooling air in the cooling circuit at the coolers (19).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Alstom Renewable Technologies
    Inventors: Alexander Schwery, Stefan Baumeister, Benjamin Jordan, Simon Andreas Frutiger
  • Method for producing electromuscular incapacitation
    Patent number: 8879232
    Abstract: A method and device to temporarily incapacitate a subject for a prolonged period by first applying to said subject a continuous pulsed electric waveform to incapacitate the subject, followed by applying a second intermittent pulsed electric waveform to the subject, which safely maintains the incapacitation of the subject with forced breathing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: John Ziriax, John D'Andrea, James A. Comeaux, Shwu-Jen Lu
  • Methods and apparatus for configuration of femtocells in a wireless network
    Patent number: 8880083
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus that enable and optimize the simultaneous operation of several wireless femtocells having overlapping coverage areas. In one embodiment of the invention, a resource allocation (e.g., time-frequency grid for an OFDM or TDMA based wireless network) governs the simultaneous operation of several femtocells with overlapping coverage areas by specifying uses for resources. A resource allocation unit (RAU) entity is disclosed for managing and modifying resource allocations for femtocells. The community of femtocells can flexibly share resources according to the time-frequency grid, thereby maximizing spectral efficiency without requiring substantial network overhead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Maik Bienas, Hyung-Nam Choi, Andreas Schmidt, Achim Luft, Markus Mueck
  • Glycoconjugates of RNA interference agents
    Patent number: 8877917
    Abstract: The present invention relates to agents, compositions and methods for inhibiting the expression of a target gene, comprising an RNAi agent bearing at least one galactosyl moiety. These are useful for delivering the gene expression inhibiting activity to cells, particularly hepatocytes, and more particularly in therapeutic applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrea Forst, Philipp Hadwiger, Hans-Peter Vornlocher
  • Method and mould arrangement for explosion forming
    Patent number: 8875553
    Abstract: The invention is intended to improve a tool arrangement and method for explosive forming of a workpiece by means of gas explosion, in which the workpiece is arranged in a intake area of a molding tool, wherein the intake area is at least partially filled with liquid and the explosion is triggered by means of ignition of an explosive gas mixture, to the effect that the tool arrangement and the method are suitable and simplified for mass production. This object is solved by means of a tool arrangement and a method for explosive forming of a workpiece by means of gas explosion, in which the workpiece is arranged in a intake area of a molding tool, wherein the intake area is at least partially filled with liquid and the explosion is triggered by means of ignition of an explosive gas mixture, in which the explosive gas mixture is provided at least partially above the surface of the liquid before the ignition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Cosma Engineering Europe AG
    Inventors: Alexander Zak, Seetarama S. Kotagiri, Andreas Stranz, Philipp Stoeger
  • Connecting module
    Patent number: D716737
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Pilz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Cech, Andreas Veit, Markus Winkler, Andreas Bell, Klaus Baumgartner