Patents by Inventor Benjamin Gruber

Benjamin Gruber 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).

  • Publication number: 20220416133
    Abstract: In an embodiment a method for operating an optoelectronic semiconductor component includes providing the optoelectronic semiconductor component having an optoelectronic semiconductor chip and a casing comprising a matrix material, wherein the semiconductor chip is embedded into the casing, and wherein optically inactive particles have been introduced as crack nuclei into the matrix material of the casing, and operating the optoelectronic semiconductor component such that cavities form entirely within the casing for at least some of the crack nuclei.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Christian Betthausen, Olivier Leray, Muyuan Li, Benjamin Gruber, Michael Steyer, Alexander Linkov, Stefan Handl
  • Patent number: 11435308
    Abstract: A sensor device for sensing CO2 comprises a hybrid sensing material and a transducer. The hybrid sensing material comprises at least amines and nanoparticles, wherein the hybrid sensing material has a property and is configured to change the property dependent on a current CO2 concentration in the surrounding. The transducer is configured to output an electrical sensor signal dependent on the property of the hybrid sensing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Jamila Boudaden, Benjamin Gruber
  • Publication number: 20180372662
    Abstract: A sensor device for sensing CO2 comprises a hybrid sensing material and a transducer. The hybrid sensing material comprises at least amines and nanoparticles, wherein the hybrid sensing material has a property and is configured to change the property dependent on a current CO2 concentration in the surrounding. The transducer is configured to output an electrical sensor signal dependent on the property of the hybrid sensing material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Jamila BOUDADEN, Benjamin GRUBER
  • Patent number: 10118648
    Abstract: A motor vehicle rear includes two longitudinal members, a trunk floor supported by the longitudinal members, a rear wall which adjoins the ends of the longitudinal members and which delimits a trunk opening at the bottom and D pillars which laterally delimit the trunk opening. Lower end sections of the D pillars extend at the height of the longitudinal members beyond outer sides of the two longitudinal members facing away from one another and are anchored on the longitudinal members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Matthias Hallik, Juergen Vollhardt, Florian van de Loo, Benjamin Gruber
  • Patent number: 9967972
    Abstract: A circuit board is described which includes a layer composite with at least one dielectric layer which includes a planar extension in parallel with respect to an xy-plane which is spanned by an x-axis and a y-axis perpendicular thereto, and which includes a layer thickness along a z-axis which is perpendicular with respect to the x-axis and to the y-axis; and at least one metallic layer which is attached to the dielectric layer in a planar manner. The layer composite along the z-axis is free from a symmetry plane which is oriented in parallel with respect to the xy-plane, and the dielectric layer includes a dielectric material which has an elastic modulus E in a range between 1 and 20 GPa and along the x-axis and along the y-axis a coefficient of thermal expansion in a range between 0 and 17 ppm/K. A method of manufacturing such a circuit board is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: AT & S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Zluc, Gerald Weidinger, Mario Schober, Hannes Stahr, Timo Schwarz, Benjamin Gruber
  • Publication number: 20170339784
    Abstract: A circuit board is described which includes a layer composite with at least one dielectric layer which includes a planar extension in parallel with respect to an xy-plane which is spanned by an x-axis and a y-axis perpendicular thereto, and which includes a layer thickness along a z-axis which is perpendicular with respect to the x-axis and to the y-axis; and at least one metallic layer which is attached to the dielectric layer in a planar manner. The layer composite along the z-axis is free from a symmetry plane which is oriented in parallel with respect to the xy-plane, and the dielectric layer includes a dielectric material which has an elastic modulus E in a range between 1 and 20 GPa and along the x-axis and along the y-axis a coefficient of thermal expansion in a range between 0 and 17 ppm/K. A method of manufacturing such a circuit board is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Andreas Zluc, Gerald Weidinger, Mario Schober, Hannes Stahr, Timo Schwarz, Benjamin Gruber
  • Publication number: 20170210428
    Abstract: A motor vehicle rear includes two longitudinal members, a trunk floor supported by the longitudinal members, a rear wall which adjoins the ends of the longitudinal members and which delimits a trunk opening at the bottom and D pillars which laterally delimit the trunk opening. Lower end sections of the D pillars extend at the height of the longitudinal members beyond outer sides of the two longitudinal members facing away from one another and are anchored on the longitudinal members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Matthias HALLIK, Juergen VOLLHARDT, Florian van de Loo, Benjamin Gruber