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: 12311488
    Abstract: A device (10) for the automatic connection of a high speed spindle (40) to a numerically controlled machine is described, comprising a first connecting element (11) and a second connecting element (31), the first connecting element connection (11) comprising a first electrical contact element (14) and a first duct (12) for the passage of pressurized air; the second connecting element (31) comprising a second electrical contact element (34) configured to establish an electrical contact with said first electrical contact element (14) and electrically power the spindle at high speed (40), and a second conduit (32) for the passage of the pressurized air coming from the first duct (12); a method is also described for automatically sealing the first and second connecting elements (11, 31) of the device (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Sales S.R.L.
    Inventor: Andrea Davide Grimoldi
  • Patent number: 12313074
    Abstract: A system and method of pumping low-density liquids, such as liquid hydrogen (LH2), includes a plurality of integrated motor/pump modules (IMPs) interconnected in series, each having a single IMP impeller. A controller separately adjusts the speeds of the IMP impellers such that a specified head of the pumping system is achieved, while a critical NPSH_c of each IMP remains below its NPSH_A. The IMPs can be identical, and the controller can cause all of the impellers to rotate at the same speed, except for any that require a speed reduction to ensure that its NPSH_c remains below its NPSH_A. The IMPs can comprise induction coils or permanent magnets attached to the impellers that pass in proximate radial or axial alignment with stator coils. The IMPs can be controlled by variable frequency drives (VFDs). A cooling system can transfer heat from within the IMP to an external heat destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Flowserve Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Ramakrishnan Rengasamy, Sean A. Cain, Andreas Dreiss
  • Patent number: 12313410
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program for a transportation vehicle to determine positions of other transportation vehicles based on received collective perception messages. The method includes receiving one or more collective perception messages providing information on an absolute position of a transportation vehicle generating the collective perception message and a relative position of one or more further transportation vehicles being perceived by the transportation vehicle generating the collective perception message; placing the respective transportation vehicle generating the collective perception message and the one or more further transportation vehicles being perceived by the transportation vehicle generating the collective perception message on a map using the positions received in the one or more collective perception messages; and correlating the positions of the transportation vehicles on the map with a course of the road on which the respective transportation vehicles are travelling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Bernd Rech, Sandra Kleinau, Andreas Pfadler
  • Patent number: 12313107
    Abstract: A nozzle system for a textile machine comprising at least one nozzle element and a connecting element for connecting the nozzle element to a textile machine. The connecting element comprises at least one quick fastening system. The quick fastening system comprises a first and a second position. In the first position the quick fastening system is connected to the connecting element so that the nozzle element can be fastened to the quick fastening system in such a way that the nozzle element can be removed without auxiliary devices. The quick fastening system is designed in such a way that in the second position the nozzle element is immovably fastened to the connecting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Heberlein Technology AG
    Inventors: Patrick Buchmuller, Peter Forrer, Fabian Legenstein, Andreas Brunner
  • Patent number: 12313797
    Abstract: A system and method for detecting radiological sources with improved accuracy. The system comprises at least a first radiological sensor, at least a first three-dimensional (3-D) sensor and processing logic. The first radiological sensor detects radiation emitted by a radiological source and outputs a radiation count rate. The 3-D sensor detects distance of a moving carrier of the radiological source from the radiological sensor and outputs a 3-D sense signal containing first distance domain information. The processing logic is configured to perform a data-fusion algorithm that converts the radiation count rate into second distance domain information and combines the second distance domain information with the first distance domain information to obtain fused data. The datafusion algorithm compares the fused data with a threshold value to determine whether the detected radiation is a true positive or corresponds to background radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventor: Per Andreas Jon Enqvist
  • Patent number: 12313978
    Abstract: An optical assembly of a projection exposure apparatus for semiconductor lithography comprises an optical element and an actuator for deforming the optical element. The actuator is subjected to a bias voltage by a controller that is present. A projection exposure apparatus for semiconductor lithography comprises an optical assembly. A method for operating an actuator for deforming an optical element for semiconductor lithography comprises subjecting the actuator to a bias voltage by a controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Raba, Johannes Lippert, Markus Raab
  • Patent number: 12317161
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for sending a vehicle-to-x-message including an information part and a safety part, wherein the safety part comprises information that can be used to evaluate quality and reliability of the information contained in the information part regarding its usability and qualification for safety-related driving functions and tasks. Also disclosed is a corresponding method for receiving and a corresponding vehicle-to-x-communications module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Andrae, Marc Menzel, Richard Scherping
  • Patent number: 12312113
    Abstract: A packaging machine comprising: a rest plane (2) for a pack (C) of products (P); at least one magazine (3), predisposed to contain one or more connecting elements (A), predisposed to be applied to at least one flank (S) of the pack (C); at least one applicator (4), movable between at least one pick up position, in which it is able to pick up a connecting element (A) from the magazine (3), and at least one application position, in which it is able to position a connecting element (A) in contact with a flank (S) of the pack (C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: SYSTEM CERAMICS S.P.A.
    Inventor: Andrea Toro
  • Patent number: 12311792
    Abstract: An electric vehicle charger charging apparatus is configured to suspend from a canopy and connect to an electric vehicle from above the vehicle. The canopy has a purlin frame and supports a photovoltaic module for generating electricity. The electric vehicle charging apparatus suspends from the purlin frame of the canopy by a mounting structure. The mounting structure includes a first vertical brace and a second vertical brace having bottom connection points connectable to mounting points on a vehicle charger and top connection points connectable to a block brace coupled to the purlin frame. The mounting points on the vehicle charger are level to horizontal ground surface and the canopy is sloped with respect to the horizontal ground surface such that the second vertical brace has a greater length between the top and bottom connection points than the first vertical brace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignees: BP PULSE FLEET NORTH AMERICA INC., TEICHERT INC.
    Inventors: Jeff Palmer, Chris Pettigrew, Erik Andreas Karlsson
  • Patent number: 12313133
    Abstract: Disk brake including a brake caliper and an application device arranged therein for applying force to the brake pads of the disk brake, wherein a component of the application device is a brake lever which can be actuated by a force element and preferably by a pressure cylinder and is composed of a lever arm against which the force element is supported and an application shaft. The application shaft is supported, on one side, against a pressure piece operating in the direction of the brake pads and, on the other side, with the interposition of a shell, against a channel arranged on the inside of the brake caliper, wherein the curvature of the shell is complementary to the curvature of the channel. In order to develop the disk brake and the shell assembly by constructive measures so as to prevent the shell assembly from moving out of the original position even in the case of long-term use and under frequent load caused by braking, an opening of a bore is located in the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: BPW Bergische Achesen Kommanditgesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Pehle, Thomas Klaas, Andreas Steffen
  • Patent number: 12316207
    Abstract: A DC-DC boost converter includes an inductor coupled between an input voltage and an input node, a first path coupled between the input node and a first output node at which a first output voltage is generated, and a second path coupled between the input node and a second output node at which a second output voltage is generated. The DC-DC boost converter operates in a first operating phase where the first path boosts the first output voltage and where the second path is kept from boosting the second output voltage by the second path being coupled to the first path, and operates in a second operating phase where the second path boosts the second output voltage and where the first path is kept from boosting the first output voltage by the second path not being coupled to the first path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Aldo Vidoni, Andrea Barbieri, Franco Consiglieri
  • Patent number: 12311967
    Abstract: A control method to control a vehicle driving along a main road having a plurality of detours only arranged on one side of the main road. The control method exhibits the steps of: recognising a road surface marking present on a surface of the main road; recognising a road sign present beside the main road in order to determine possible speed limits set by the road sign; and establishing whether a speed limit set by a road sign refers to a detour or to the main road.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: FERRARI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Giovanni Russo, Andrea Secondi
  • Patent number: 12311057
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a method of treatment of IgA nephropathy, which method comprises: (i) identifying a pharmaceutically acceptable composition intended to treat IgA nephropathy comprising budesonide and one or more pharmaceutically-acceptable excipients that provide for a modified release of said budesonide after administration to the gastrointestinal tract, which composition fulfils the following requirements in a standard in vitro USP<711>/Ph. Eur. 2.9.3 dissolution test using a dissolution apparatus according to Apparatus 2 (Paddle Apparatus) of said test; (a) the composition fulfils the requirement that no more than about 10% of the budesonide is released into the dissolution medium within about 120 minutes, when the dissolution medium is aqueous and has a pH of about 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS AB
    Inventors: Eva Kristina Riesel, Lena Margareta Pereswetoff-Morath, Kari Sandvold, Christian Olle Andreas Pedersen
  • Patent number: 12315911
    Abstract: An electrochemical cell of the lithium/sulfur type comprising: a) a cathode comprising: i) microporous carbon in the form of particles, the particle size distribution being characterized by a median volume diameter Dv50 of the particles which is greater than or equal to 1 ?m and less than or equal to 5 ?m; ii) sulfur having an oxidation degree in the range of 0 to ?2 in the pores of the microporous carbon; b) an electrolyte comprising a solvent, said solvent comprising at least one fluorinated carbonate; c) an anode composed of lithium metal or of a lithium metal alloy. The electrochemical cell exhibits an improved specific gravimetry and an improved life cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignees: SAFT, KEMIJSKI INSTITUT
    Inventors: Florent Fischer, Thierry Hezeque, Laura Maria Para, Cecilia Andrea Calderon, Robert Dominko
  • Patent number: 12316183
    Abstract: An electric machine including a stator (2) with a winding (3) having a plurality of conductors (4) associated with one or more phases and interconnected with each other, the ends (6) of at least two conductors (4) are associated with a phase projecting axially or radially from the winding (3) at the inner circumference and/or the outer circumference of the winding (3) and a connected to a power connection (9) that is mounted radially outside the winding (3) by a common connecting conductor (12a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Ruppert, Robin Babian
  • Patent number: 12315593
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for activate commands for memory preparation are described. A memory device may receive an activate command for a row of a memory bank in the memory device. The activate command may include an indicator that indicates a type of an access operation associated with the activate command. The memory device may perform, based on the type of the access operation, an operation to prepare the memory device for the access operation. The memory device may then receive an access command for the access operation after performing the operation to prepare the memory device for the access operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Andreas Schneider, Casto Salobrena Garcia, Martin Brox, Nobuyuki Umeda, Peter Mayer, Rethin Raj
  • Patent number: 12311569
    Abstract: A sawmill assembly includes a bed and a carriage. The bed has a pair of substantially parallel rails, and the carriage is movably supported along the rails. The bed includes an extension bed member pivotably attached to a main bed member with a combination bunk/hinge to allow an operator to fold the bed between an extended in use position and a stowed position for transporting the sawmill assembly to or from a work site with a tow vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Woodland Mills Inc.
    Inventors: Neil Kevin Bramley, Joshua John Malcolm, Jeffrey Francis Doherty, Andreas Ismael Rifani
  • Patent number: 12311704
    Abstract: A wheel unit of a vehicle having a rim on which a tire is mounted, and having a hub which can rotate about an axis of rotation (T), wherein the hub includes a hub body in which a control element that is mounted such that it is displaceable relative to the hub body in the direction of the axis of rotation (T) between a first position and a second position is accommodated. A fluid channel which fluidically connects the tire to a first space formed between the control element and the hub body is configured in the rim. In the first position of the control element, a fluidic connection between the first space and a second space formed between the control element and the rim is interrupted, whereas, in the second position of the control element, a fluidic connection between the first space and the second space is established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignees: Illinois Tool Works Inc., KT Projektentwicklungs GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Haering, Bruno Schulze Selting, Erwin Braun, Martin Spindler
  • Patent number: 12312502
    Abstract: An adhesive composite is provided that may include a substrate and an adhesive layer overlying the substrate. The adhesive layer may include at least a first region of a high Tg adhesive material and a second region of a low Tg adhesive material. The first region of the adhesive layer may be co-planar with the second region of the adhesive layer. The high Tg adhesive material may include a first glass transition temperature Tg1 and the low Tg adhesive material may include a second glass transition temperature Tg2, where Tg1 is greater than Tg2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Biolink GmbH
    Inventors: Jan Scheffel, Andreas Roth-Rosenkranz
  • Patent number: 12311457
    Abstract: A method for grinding a toothing of a workpiece by a profile grinding wheel. The workpiece each have an axis of rotation. The grinding wheel has a center which lies on the axis of rotation of the grinding wheel and in the middle of the axial extent of the grinding wheel. The workpiece has an end face at least in an axial end region of the toothing or of the profile. The method includes the steps of: a) grinding the tooth gaps by the profile grinding wheel; b) grinding chamfers in the region of the axial end of the tooth gaps by the grinding wheel. The grinding wheel takes up a position in which it is arranged so that an axial end of the tooth gap is in contact with the grinding wheel. In projection onto a plane that contains the axis of rotation of the workpiece and the center of the grinding wheel, an angle of between 20° and 70° is enclosed between the axis of rotation of the workpiece and the connecting line between the axial end of the tooth gap and the center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: KAPP NILES GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Andreas Föhrkolb