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: 11464028
    Abstract: A TRP selects two UEs that have potential for MU-MIMO transmission, and the TRP then measures signal and interference for each panel in both UEs based on UL beam management for a set of one or more candidate TRP beams. Based on the measurements, the TRP determines if multi-user transmission (i.e., co-scheduling of the two UEs) is possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Fredrik Athley, Andreas Nilsson
  • Patent number: 11457992
    Abstract: The invention relates to a storage assembly for at least a medical device, an insert and tray assembly comprising such storage assembly, and a manufacturing method for such storage assembly. The storage assembly comprises a sheet material. The sheet material comprises at least a recess in a planar portion of the sheet metal and at least a holding structure. The recess is configured to surround the medical device to be stored. The holding structure protrudes into the direction of the recess and is bent out of the sheet material planar portion to extend below the sheet material planar portion, so that the holding structure is configured to hold the medical device to be received from above relative to the sheet material planar portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC
    Inventor: Andreas Heede
  • Patent number: 11458129
    Abstract: In some embodiments, methods of inhibiting, ameliorating, reducing the severity of, treating, reducing the likelihood of, or preventing social isolation stress or symptoms thereof in a subject in need thereof are described. In some embodiments, methods of determining a risk of social isolation stress in a subject are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: David J. Anderson, Moriel Zelikowsky, Andrea Choe
  • Patent number: 11463675
    Abstract: A method characterizes a scanning light source configured to emit illumination propagating in any one of a plurality of directions spanning an angular range. The method includes (i) detecting, with a camera, illumination propagating at each of the plurality of directions; (ii) storing image data corresponding to a response of the camera to the detected illumination. The method also includes (iii) processing the image data to characterize at least one of the angular range, pointing accuracy, pointing jitter, a divergence of the illumination, a uniformity of the illumination, and a fidelity of a scanning pattern, formed by the scanning light source, to a predetermined pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: JENOPTIK OPTICAL SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Marc D. Himel, Gunnar H. Gunnarsson, Andrea Koertvelyessy, James J. Kumler, Jan Werschnik
  • Patent number: 11457692
    Abstract: Ground-engaging components for articles of footwear include: (a) an outer perimeter boundary rim that at least partially defines an outer perimeter of the ground-engaging component, wherein the outer perimeter boundary rim defines an open space at least at a forefoot support area of the ground-engaging component; and (b) a matrix structure extending at least partially across the open space at least at the forefoot support area to define an open cellular construction with plural open cells in the open space at least at the forefoot support area. A plurality of these open cells of the open cellular construction have openings with curved perimeters and no distinct corners. Additional aspects of this invention relate to ground-engaging components that are very lightweight yet very stiff, particularly in the forefoot support area. Two or more sizes of the ground-engaging components may be provided with substantially constant forefoot stiffness (optionally substantially constant over a size run).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael S. Amos, Lysandre Follet, Thomas Foxen, John Hurd, Shane S. Kohatsu, Troy C. Lindner, Jonathan Rasca, Andrea Vinet
  • Patent number: 11461502
    Abstract: An apparatus is adapted for implementing a method of creating a data chain, which can be cryptographically proven to contain valid data. The method includes creating a data chain with no elements, validating the data chain for nodes before accepting the data chain, verifying the size of close group to add the data chain, adding a data block to the data chain, removing old copies of entries from the data chain only if a chained consensus would not be broken, else maintaining the entry and marking it as deleted, validating a majority of pre-existing nodes and validating a signature of the data chain via the data chain of signed elements. The apparatus is operable to support a data communication system and provides a technical effect of making a data processing system robust against data corruption, data loss, failure in data communication synchronization and similar practical operational issues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: The Maidsafe Foundation
    Inventors: David Irvine, Vivekanand Rajkumar, Andreas Fackler
  • Patent number: 11462993
    Abstract: A controller for controlling a bridge circuit in a vehicle power module, comprising an input interface for receiving an output current from the bridge circuit, an evaluation unit for determining an adaptive dead time based on the output current, wherein the adaptive dead time is coupled to a predetermined commutation time for the bridge circuit and limited by a predetermined minimum value, and a signal unit for generating a control signal for sending the adaptive dead time to the bridge circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventor: Andreas Schmid
  • Patent number: 11459551
    Abstract: This disclosure provides compositions that include a polynucleotide including or encoding a Cas12a tracrRNA, and methods for their use in sequence-specific genome editing, especially of eukaryotic genomic sequences. In particular, this disclosure provides Cas12a tracrRNA-containing compositions and methods for their use in Cas12a-mediated editing of a target sequence, wherein the editing efficiency is increased in comparison to controls lacking the Cas12a tracrRNA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: INARI AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Adam Patrick Joyce, Michael Andreas Kock, Hannah Pham
  • Patent number: 11461169
    Abstract: Methods and devices for writing or for checking a controller of a vehicle are provided. A first set of vehicle parameters are written into the controller of the vehicle as coding parameters. A second set of vehicle parameters are written in another controller of the vehicle coupled to the controller via a vehicle bus of the vehicle. The first set of vehicle parameters are compared with the second set of vehicle parameters. An error is detected based on the comparing. The vehicle is not started in response to the detected error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Kay Fischer, Andreas Luibl, Markus Wolf
  • Patent number: 11462099
    Abstract: A control system for use in a motor vehicle is used for monitoring a current driving situation of the motor vehicle, based on surroundings data of the host motor vehicle in the current driving situation, obtained from at least one surroundings sensor situated on the host motor vehicle. The control system is used to recognize lanes, lane boundary lines, lane markings, and/or other motor vehicles in an area in front of, to the side of, and/or behind the host motor vehicle. In addition, the control system is used to determine at least one driving parameter for each other motor vehicle present in the surroundings of the host motor vehicle, based on the provided surroundings data, and to generate a plurality of possible trajectories for the future travel course for each of the other motor vehicles, based on the driving parameter determined in each case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: ZF AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Wissing, Manuel Schmidt, Andreas Homann, Christian Lienke, Torsten Bertram, Anne Stockem Novo, Martin Krüger, Till Nattermann, Karl-Heinz Glander
  • Patent number: 11458777
    Abstract: The invention concerns a tread wear monitoring method comprising a preliminary step (6) and a tread wear monitoring step (7). The preliminary step (6) includes: performing tread wear tests on one or more tires; measuring tread-wear-related quantities and first frictional-energy-related quantities, wherein the tread wear-related quantities are indicative of tread wear resulting from the performed tread wear tests, and the first frictional-energy-related quantities are related to frictional energy which the tested tire(s) is/are subject to during the performed tread wear tests; and determining a calibrated tread wear model based on the measured tread-wear-related and first frictional-energy-related quantities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Bridgestone Europe N.V./S.A.
    Inventors: Vincenzo Ciaravola, Marco Andrea Maggi, Alfredo Corollaro, Lorenzo Alleva, Alessandro Boldrini, Valerio Bortolotto, Rufini Flavia
  • Patent number: 11460572
    Abstract: Examples of active millimeter-wave imaging systems are described which may utilize modulation schemes to provide illumination signals. The use of modulation techniques may allow for the use of direct-conversion receivers while retaining an ability to separate desired received signal from self-jamming and/or DC offset signal(s) generated by the direct-conversion receivers. In some examples, modulation schemes include the use of balanced orthogonal codes which may support MIMO or massive MIMO imaging systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: University of Washington
    Inventors: Andreas Pedross-Engel, Daniel Arnitz, Matthew S. Reynolds
  • Patent number: 11458789
    Abstract: A fork leg for rotating a wheel of a motor vehicle is provided with a fastening flange for the coaxial, torque-proof fastening of a steering rod, an extension region protruding from the fastening flange substantially perpendicularly to the steering axis for bridging a lateral distance to the wheel, a coupling point for the articulated connection of a rocker which is connected to the wheel and a connection piece which is connected integrally to the extension region and to the coupling point, wherein the connection piece is shaped to accommodate a large steering angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Benjamin Wuebbolt-Gorbatenko, Simon Mersmann, Christian Harkort, Andreas Wöllner, Axel Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 11462643
    Abstract: A nanowire transistor includes undoped source and drain regions electrically coupled with a channel region. A source stack that is electrically isolated from a gate conductor includes an interfacial layer and a source conductor, and is coaxially wrapped completely around the source region, extending along at least a portion of the source region. A Schottky barrier between the source conductor and the source region is a negative Schottky barrier and a concentration of free charge carriers is induced in the semiconductor source region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Acorn Semi, LLC
    Inventors: Paul A. Clifton, Andreas Goebel, Walter A. Harrison
  • Patent number: 11458644
    Abstract: An electric shaver, comprising an elongated housing receiving an electric motor and/or an electric power source, a working head attached to said housing, wherein said housing includes an elongated base element and a cover element closing said base element and surrounding a connection connecting said electric motor and/or said electric power source to said working head, wherein said cover element is sealed to said base element and/or to said connection by at least one seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Braun GMBH
    Inventor: Andreas Erndt
  • Patent number: 11459003
    Abstract: A process for detecting a derailment of a rail vehicle having two or more rail vehicle parts and one or more articulations through which adjacent rail vehicle parts are rotatably connected with one another includes determining an angle of rotation between adjacent rail vehicle parts, and/or a quantity derived from the angle of rotation. The process further includes comparing the angle of rotation or the derived quantity with at least one reference value or threshold, or with at least one reference value range or threshold range. A test criterion indicating whether or not there is a derailment is defined based on the at least one reference value or threshold, and/or an expected relationship of multiple angles of rotation, and/or an expected relationship of the multiple quantities derived from the angles of rotation, relative to one another. The method further includes determining whether or not the test criterion is met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Bombardier Transportation GmbH
    Inventors: Fabrice Roche, Andreas Monarth, Guillermo Perez Gomez
  • Patent number: 11458315
    Abstract: An exemplary cochlear implant system for use by a recipient includes a microphone assembly and an off-the-ear (OTE) sound processor communicatively coupled with the microphone assembly. The microphone assembly includes a microphone configured to capture an audio signal representative of sound presented to the recipient, and a retention device configured to hold the microphone in place near an entrance to an ear canal of an ear of the recipient. The OTE sound processor includes a housing configured to be worn on a head of the recipient at a location that is off the ear of the recipient, and electronic circuitry included within the housing. The electronic circuitry is configured to generate stimulation parameters that, when transmitted to a cochlear implant implanted within the recipient, direct the cochlear implant to apply electrical stimulation representative of the captured audio signal to the recipient. Corresponding systems and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Advanced Bionics AG
    Inventors: Andreas Benedikt Brehm, James George Elcoate Smith, Anthony J. Spahr
  • Patent number: 11458981
    Abstract: A vehicle includes one or more sensors arranged on at least one of a dashboard, a roof, and a center console of the vehicle, or one or more image capturing devices for capturing one or more images from a left side and a right side of the vehicle, an electronic control unit (ECU) configured to communicate with the one or more sensors or the one or more image capturing devices, and at least one of a morphing surface, a windshield display, and one or more displays configured to be controlled by the ECU, where the one or more sensors are arranged under a black panel surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Motherson Innovations Company Limited
    Inventors: Romeo Wieczorek, Reinhold Langbein, Matthias Koller, Yijun Zhao, Thomas Agung Nugraha, Gianluca Caretta, David-Kenneth Jaeger, Ilka Rötzer, Andreas Herrmann, Mukesh Patel, Jan Dormanns, Torsten Weingärtner, Yann Buchet, Alf Liesener, Stefanie Göttlicher
  • Patent number: 11463048
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and circuitries are provided for generating a power amplifier supply voltage based on a target envelope signal for a radio frequency (RF) transmit signal. An envelope tracking system includes a first selector circuitry and predistortion circuitry. The first selector circuitry is disposed in a selector module and is configured to input a plurality of voltages conducted on a first plurality of power lanes, wherein the first plurality of power lanes is part of a power distribution network; select a voltage from the plurality of voltages based on the target envelope signal; and provide the selected voltage to a supply lane connected to an input of the power amplifier that amplifies the RF transmit signal. The predistortion circuitry is configured to modify the RF transmit signal based on a selected power lane of the first plurality of power lanes that conducts the selected voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Stephan Henzler, Andreas Langer, Bernhard Raaf
  • Patent number: 11458776
    Abstract: The invention concerns a tread wear monitoring method comprising a tread wear model calibration step (1) and a tread wear monitoring step (2), wherein the tread wear model calibration step (1) includes determining (13) a calibrated tread wear model based on tread-wear-related quantities and first frictional-energy-related quantities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Bridgestone Europe N.V./S.A.
    Inventors: Vincenzo Ciaravola, Alessandro Boldrini, Lorenzo Alleva, Alfredo Corollaro, Marco Andrea Maggi, Marco Pascucci