Patents by Inventor Björn Hoffmann

Björn Hoffmann 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: 20240145947
    Abstract: A connection assembly includes a busbar made of a first metallic material, where busbar comprises a hole; a contact element which is arranged in the hole in busbar and is made of a second metallic material; where the outer diameter of the part of contact element, which in a direction of insertion is at the rear, is larger than the outer diameter of the part of contact element which in the direction of insertion is at the fore; where the inner surface of the hole in busbar comprises a recess which is filled with the material of contact element, whereby contact element is held in the hole in busbar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Manuel Eheim, Patrick Distler, Bjoern Hoffmann, Ron Buchholz, Marcus Wolf
  • Publication number: 20240095622
    Abstract: Computer-implemented method for generating control data configured to be used or usable in an agricultural equipment for treating a field, comprising the following steps: (S10) providing crop data; (S20) providing field data; (S30)—optionally—providing historic treatment data; (S40)—optionally—providing environmental data; (S50) at least based on the crop data and on the field data, initiating and/or performing data processing in at least one database and/or database system, (S60) determining the nutrient-specific risk based on the result of the data processing, (S70) providing and/or determining the nutrient-specific threshold, (S80) determining, based on the nutri-ent-specific risk and the nutrient-specific threshold and based on the data processing in at least one treatment-related database, at least two treatment schedules capable of targeting the at least one nutrient, (S90) ranking the at least two treatment schedules, based on one or more of the specific statistics (Q1) to (Q28), (S100) outputting the
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Holger HOFFMANN, Mollie Jo HOSS-KUHNE, Umit Baran ILBASI, Bjoern Kiepe
  • Patent number: 11901653
    Abstract: A module connector for electrically connecting a pair of electric modules includes a pair of contact assemblies spaced from one another and fastening the module connector to the electric modules, a conductor assembly electrically connecting the contact assemblies and, with the contact assemblies, forming an electrical connection between the electric modules, and a housing formed of an electrically insulating material. The contact assemblies and the conductor assembly are accommodated in the housing. At least one of the contact assemblies is fastened to the conductor assembly in a manner displaceable relative to the conductor assembly in a direction of displacement directed towards and/or away from the other of the contact assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Chris Buechling, Frank Kaehny, Manuel Eheim, Marcus Wolf, Bjoern Hoffmann, Alexander Weber, Patrick Distler
  • Publication number: 20240014599
    Abstract: A module connector for electrically connecting two electric modules comprises a busbar, at least one screw and at least one screw guide. The busbar includes at least one flat face defining a busbar plane, and a through opening extending perpendicularly to the busbar plane and through the busbar. The at least one screw is held in the through hole, rotatable relative to the busbar and slidable parallel to the busbar plane. The at least one screw guide is rotatable relative to the busbar and held at least sectionally in the through opening. The at least one screw guide includes a hole extending parallel to the through opening in which the at least one screw is held at least sectionally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Marcus Wolf, Maik Schaefer, Bjoern Hoffmann, Ron Buchholz, Patrick Distler, Manuel Eheim
  • Publication number: 20230327360
    Abstract: A screw for a touch-proof plug connection includes a screw body and a touch protection device. The screw body has a screw head and a screw shank extending from the screw head along a screw-in direction to a screw tip. The screw tip has a connecting element. The touch protection element has a connection device on a coupling side. The connection device is a connection counterpart to the connecting element and connects the touch protection element to the screw body. The touch protection element has an electrically insulating surface on a front side that points in the screw-in direction in a connected state of the screw body and the touch protection element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Ron Buchholz, Manuel Eheim, Alexander Weber, Marcus Wolf, Bjoern Hoffmann, Patrick Distler
  • Publication number: 20230311376
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cushioning article comprising a polymeric foam layer; and at least one longitudinal spacer element arranged along the plane formed by the polymeric foam layer, wherein the longitudinal spacer element is adjacent to, or at least partly embedded into the polymeric foam layer, and wherein the longitudinal spacer element has an aspect ratio AR (ratio x/y), where x is the length of the greatest dimension of the longitudinal spacer element and y is the length of the smallest dimension of the longitudinal spacer element, and wherein the aspect ratio of the longitudinal spacer element is greater than 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Simon PLUGGE, Micheal KEMPF, Pierre BIEBER, Thomas APELDORN, René KUHLMANN, Roman KONIETZNY, Björn HOFFMANN, Torsten KOPPENHAGEN, Sascha SPROTT
  • Publication number: 20230303794
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cushioning article comprising a non-syntactic polymeric foam layer; and a plurality of spacer elements arranged within the polymeric foam layer, wherein each spacer element is at least partly embedded into the polymeric foam layer, and wherein each spacer element has a size greater than 200 micrometers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas APELDORN, Michael KEMPF, Pierre BIEBER, René KUHLMANN, Simon PLUGGE, Björn HOFFMANN, David RUDEK, Roman KONIETZNY
  • Publication number: 20230272177
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a multilayer construction comprising a polymeric foam layer; and at least one spacer layer comprising a plurality of spacer elements, wherein each spacer element comprises a protruding portion and two opposite terminal portions, and wherein at least one terminal portion of each spacer element is fully embedded into the polymeric foam layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas APELDORN, Roman KONIETZNY, Pierre BIEBER, René KUHLMANN, Michael KEMPF, Simon PLUGGE, Björn HOFFMANN, Thomas HANNEN
  • Publication number: 20230159718
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a silicone rubber foam layer obtainable by a process that includes providing a substrate; providing a first solid film and applying it onto the substrate; providing a coating tool provided with an upstream side and a downstream side, wherein the coating tool is offset from the substrate to form a gap normal to the surface of the substrate; moving the first solid film relative to the coating tool in a downstream direction; providing a curable and foamable precursor of the silicone rubber foam to the upstream side of the coating tool thereby coating the precursor of the silicone rubber foam through the gap as a layer onto the substrate provided with the first solid film; providing a second solid film and applying it along the upstream side of the coating tool, such that the first solid film and the second solid film are applied simultaneously with the formation of the adjacent layer of the precursor of the silicone rubber foam; foaming or allowing the precursor of the silicone
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Michael KEMPF, Roman KONETZNY, René KUHLMANN, Simon PLUGGE, Thomas APELDORN, Claus MIDDENDORF, Björn HOFFMANN, Christoph KUESTERS, Karoline A. OSTROWSKI, Pierre Reinhard BIEBER
  • Patent number: 11628127
    Abstract: Composition for lightening keratin fibers, comprising: at least 20% weight of fatty substances free of carboxylic acid groups relative to the total weight of the composition, at least one alkalizing agent, at least one surfactant, and at least one oxidizing agent, wherein the concentration of oxidizing agent in the composition is from 1.5% to 2.5% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: WELLA OPERATIONS US, LLC
    Inventors: Andrej Gross, Bjoern Hoffmann, Simon Paul Godfrey, Lina Makavou-Jennen
  • Publication number: 20220384911
    Abstract: A contact assembly includes a contact element having a lead-through opening, a contact section extending in a tube-shaped manner along the lead-through opening and having a contact surface, and a collar section connected to the contact section and extending the lead-through opening in a sleeve-shaped manner, a busbar having a reception opening receiving the collar section, and a fastener inserted into the lead-through opening. The contact element has a first friction surface affixable with the busbar in the reception opening in a frictionally engaging manner and a second friction surface affixable in the reception opening with the busbar or in the lead-through opening with the fastener in a frictionally engaging manner. The first friction surface and the second friction surface are mutually offset in a radial direction with respect to the lead-through opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Manuel Eheim, Alexander Weber, Bjoern Hoffmann, Frank Kaehny, Patrick Distler, Marcus Wolf
  • Publication number: 20220311172
    Abstract: An electrically insulating touch protection device for an electrical conductor includes an insulating tube and a housing receiving an end of the electrical conductor. The housing has an end section pointing toward the insulating tube. The end section has a first segment and a second segment. The first segment is inserted into the insulating tube and the second segment is placed on the insulating tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Bjoern Hoffmann, Alexander Weber, Frank Kaehny, Chris Buechling, Marcus Wolf, Manuel Eheim, Patrick Distler
  • Publication number: 20220231436
    Abstract: A module connector for electrically connecting a pair of electric modules includes a pair of contact assemblies spaced from one another and fastening the module connector to the electric modules, a conductor assembly electrically connecting the contact assemblies and, with the contact assemblies, forming an electrical connection between the electric modules, and a housing formed of an electrically insulating material. The contact assemblies and the conductor assembly are accommodated in the housing. At least one of the contact assemblies is fastened to the conductor assembly in a manner displaceable relative to the conductor assembly in a direction of displacement directed towards and/or away from the other of the contact assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Chris Buechling, Frank Kaehny, Manuel Eheim, Marcus Wolf, Bjoern Hoffmann, Alexander Weber, Patrick Distler
  • Publication number: 20220200220
    Abstract: A busbar contact includes a contact ring and a fastening element. The contact ring has a contact surface at a distal end and a press-in flange projecting radially. The press-in flange has a cylindrical contact surface pointing radially outward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Chris Buechling, Frank Kaehny, Manuel Eheim, Marcus Wolf, Bjoern Hoffmann, Alexander Weber, Patrick Distler
  • Patent number: 11219587
    Abstract: An agent for dyeing keratin fibers comprises a composition A comprising at least one alkalizing agent, at least one oxidative dye precursor, at least one surfactant and at least one fatty substance free of carboxylic acid groups and a composition B comprising at least one oxidizing agent and at least one surfactant. The concentration of fatty substances free of carboxylic acid groups after mixing composition A and composition B is at least 20% by weight relative to the total weight of the mixed composition A and B. The concentration of alkalizing agent after mixing composition A and composition B is not more than 1.75% by weight relative to the total weight of the mixed composition A and B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: WELLA OPERATIONS US, LLC
    Inventors: Axel Meyer, Andrej Gross, Bjoern Hoffmann, Simon Paul Godfrey, Lina Makavou-Jennen
  • Publication number: 20210166842
    Abstract: An arrangement includes an insulator sleeve, a mounting sheath, an end piece of the insulator sleeve is received in a receptacle opening of the mounting sheath, and a holding pin penetrating the insulator sleeve and fixing the mounting sheath on the insulator sleeve in a non-displaceable manner in a length direction of the insulator sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Bjoern Hoffmann, Frank Kaehny, Marcus Wolf, Alexander Weber
  • Publication number: 20190224088
    Abstract: Composition for lightening keratin fibers, comprising: at least 20% weight of fatty substances free of carboxylic acid groups relative to the total weight of the composition, at least one alkalizing agent, at least one surfactant, and at least one oxidizing agent, wherein the concentration of oxidizing agent in the composition is from 1.5% to 2.5% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Andrej Gross, Bjoern Hoffmann, Simon Paul Godfrey, Lina Makavou-Jennen
  • Publication number: 20190183762
    Abstract: An agent for dyeing keratin fibers comprises a composition A comprising at least one alkalizing agent, at least one oxidative dye precursor, at least one surfactant and at least one fatty substance free of carboxylic acid groups and a composition B comprising at least one oxidizing agent and at least one surfactant. The concentration of fatty substances free of carboxylic acid groups after mixing composition A and composition B is at least 20% by weight relative to the total weight of the mixed composition A and B. The concentration of alkalizing agent after mixing composition A and composition B is not more than 1.75% by weight relative to the total weight of the mixed composition A and B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Axel Meyer, Andrej Gross, Bjoern Hoffmann, Simon Paul Godfrey, Lina Makavou-Jennen
  • Patent number: 10297863
    Abstract: An alkali metal-based energy storage system, having at least one composite electrode containing an active material, and an electrolyte containing a lithium salt dissolved in an aprotic organic solvent, an ionic fluid and/or a polymer matrix. The electrolyte further contains an additive selected from a cation or a compound of a metal selected from Mg, Al, Cu and/or Cr. The metal selected from Mg, Al, Cu and/or Cr is applied onto the active material and/or the active material of the composite electrode is partially replaced by the metal selected from Mg, Al, Cu and/or Cr in the form of a metal powder or a metal salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Antonia Reyes Jimenez, Martin Winter, Johannes Kasnatscheew, Marius Amereller, Raphael Wilhelm Schmitz, Ralf Wagner, Dennis Gallus, Benjamin Streipert, Bjoern Hoffmann, Stephan Roeser, Juan Pablo Badillo Jimenez, Vadim Kraft
  • Publication number: 20170214089
    Abstract: An alkali metal-based energy storage system, having at least one composite electrode containing an active material, and an electrolyte containing a lithium salt dissolved in an aprotic organic solvent, an ionic fluid and/or a polymer matrix. The electrolyte further contains an additive selected from a cation or a compound of a metal selected from Mg, Al, Cu and/or Cr. The metal selected from Mg, Al, Cu and/or Cr is applied onto the active material and/or the active material of the composite electrode is partially replaced by the metal selected from Mg, Al, Cu and/or Cr in the form of a metal powder or a metal salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Antonia Reyes JIMENEZ, Martin WINTER, Johannes KASNATSCHEEW, Marius AMERELLER, Raphael Wilhelm SCHMITZ, Ralf WAGNER, Dennis GALLUS, Benjamin STREIPERT, Bjoern HOFFMANN, Stephan ROESER, Juan Pablo BADILLO JIMENEZ, Vadim KRAFT