Patents by Inventor Christian Fischer

Christian Fischer 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: 11662702
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a product by a machine tool, wherein the control information and/or production data of a machine tool, such as a milling machine, injection molding machine, welding robot, laser cutter or 3D printer, is protected or cryptographically encrypted such that unauthorized copying or modifying is prevented, including the steps: producing product by the machine tool taking into consideration control information which controls the production of the product; generating production data by the machine tool during production of the product, wherein the production data describes the production of the product; providing protection information to the machine tool, which indicates which of the production data is to be protected, and defines a protection method for the production data which is protected; and protecting that production data which, according to the protection information, is to be protected, by the protection method defined by the protection information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Inventors: Omar Belhachemi, Rainer Falk, Christian Peter Feist, Kai Fischer, Daniela Friedrich, Steffen Fries, Markus Heintel
  • Patent number: 11658217
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are IC structures, packages, and devices assemblies that use ions or fixed charge to create field plate structures which are embedded in a dielectric material between gate and drain electrodes of a transistor. Ion- or fixed charge-based field plate structures may provide viable approaches to changing the distribution of electric field at a transistor drain to increase the breakdown voltage of a transistor without incurring the large parasitic capacitances associated with the use of metal field plates. In one aspect, an IC structure includes a transistor, a dielectric material between gate and drain electrodes of the transistor, and an ion- or fixed charge-based region within the dielectric material, between the gate and the drain electrodes. Such an ion- or fixed charge-based region realizes an ion- or fixed charge-based field plate structure. Optionally, the IC structure may include multiple ion- or fixed charge-based field plate structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Han Wui Then, Marko Radosavljevic, Glenn A. Glass, Sansaptak Dasgupta, Nidhi Nidhi, Paul B. Fischer, Rahul Ramaswamy, Walid M. Hafez, Johann Christian Rode
  • Publication number: 20230150486
    Abstract: A method for dealing with obstacles in an industrial truck, including detecting a current speed and a current steering angle of at least one steered wheel of the industrial truck using a speed sensor or a steering angle sensor. The method also includes calculating a protection zone based on the current speed and the current steering angle and evaluating data supplied by the at least one sensor unit within the protection zone. Responsive to detecting an obstacle in the protection zone, the method includes calculating a specific steering angle difference on a right side and a left side, the specific steering angle difference being such that collision with the obstacle is avoided on the respective side and one or more of, based on the calculated right side and left side steering angle differences, classifying a current degree of difficulty in avoiding obstacles or triggering a predetermined action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Tony Altmann, Sebastian Rockel, Sven-Ole Heise, Steffen Quickert, Christian Fischer
  • Publication number: 20230140132
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds of Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compounds of Formula I act as arginase inhibitors and can be useful in preventing, treating or acting as a remedial agent for arginase-related diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: MERCK SHARP & DOHME LLC
    Inventors: Abdelghani Abe Achab, Matthew L. Childers, Christian Fischer, Symon Gathiaka, Derun Li, Min Lu, Anandan Palani, Rachel L. Palte, Qinglin Pu, David L. Sloman, Hongjun Zhang
  • Patent number: 11640827
    Abstract: An information encoder for encoding an information signal includes: a converter for converting the linear prediction coefficients of the predictive polynomial A(z) to frequency values f1 . . . fn of a spectral frequency representation of the predictive polynomial A(z), wherein the converter is configured to determine the frequency values f1 . . . fn by analyzing a pair of polynomials P(z) and Q(z) being defined as P ? ( z ) = A ? ( z ) + z - m - l ? A ? ( z - 1 ) ? ? and Q ? ( z ) = A ? ( z ) - z - m - l ? A ? ( z - 1 ) , wherein m is an order of the predictive polynomial A(z) and I is greater or equal to zero, wherein the converter is configured to obtain the frequency values by establishing a strictly real spectrum derived from P(z) and a strictly imaginary spectrum from Q(z) and by identifying zeros of the strictly real spectrum derived from P(z) and the strictly imaginary spectrum derived from Q(z).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Tom Baeckstroem, Christian Fischer Pedersen, Johannes Fischer, Matthias Huettenberger, Alfonso Pino
  • Publication number: 20230125334
    Abstract: A flight control system that is adapted for controlling movements of a rotary wing aircraft while considering passenger discomfort, to a rotary wing aircraft with such a flight control system, and to a method of operating a flight control system. The flight control system includes sensors configured to generate sensor data based on captured motions of the rotary wing aircraft, motion actuators that are adapted for inducing a translational and/or a rotational movement of the rotary wing aircraft about at least one of a yaw axis, a roll axis, or a pitch axis, and a passenger discomfort-aware control unit that is configured to generate, based on the sensor data, passenger discomfort-aware actuator control signals for controlling the motion actuators of the rotary wing aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND
    Inventors: Oliver DIETERICH, Christian FISCHER, Robin LANTZSCH, Sueleyman OEZKURT, Walter FICHTER, Tobias RATH
  • Patent number: 11612567
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to compounds and compositions for sustained release of ocular therapeutics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: RIPPLE THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ian Charles Parrag, Matthew Alexander John Statham, Kyle Battiston, Dimitra Louka, Wendy Alison Naimark, Hans Christian Fischer, Leonard Pinchuk
  • Patent number: 11579594
    Abstract: A method for modifying a program of an industrial automation component, wherein the program includes a plurality of program elements, where the program is structured in units, a unit includes a group of program elements and can include both published program elements having an interface that can be referenced by the program elements of other units and unpublished program elements, and where a checksum is calculated and is assigned to the unit using the interfaces, such that if at least one program element of the version of the unit stored in the engineering system is modified, then the modified checksum is compared with the previous checksum version present in the automation component, and only the modified unit is transferred if the checksums match such that consistency of the program is maintained and the software updateable more quickly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christian Fischer, Michael Frank, Lothar Pfahlmann
  • Patent number: 11473375
    Abstract: The invention relates to a working machine and a method for working the ground with the working machine, having a mast, along which, by means of a positioning means, a rotary head is moved vertically, by which a telescopic Kelly rod having at least two Kelly bars is displaced and guided. According to the invention the Kelly bars are locked or unlocked automatically by means of a control, wherein by means of a first detection means a rotation angle of at least one Kelly bar is detected and/or by means of a second detection means a force, torque or pressure change is detected in a hydraulic system. By the control a locking and/or unlocking of the Kelly bars is determined depending on the detected rotation angle and/or the detected change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: BAUER MASCHINEN GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian Bauer, Christian Fischer, Andreas Schober
  • Publication number: 20220288277
    Abstract: The disclosure features surface coatings formed from dimeric steroid prodrugs for the extended delivery of a drug from a surface, and for the treatment of a disease or condition. Also provided herein are drug depots formed from dimeric steroid prodrugs for the extended delivery of a drug for use in combination with implantable medical devices. Said dimeric steroid prodrugs are represented by the formula D1-L-D2, wherein D1 and D2 are independently a steroid radical and L is a linker covalently linking D1 to D2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Ian Charles PARRAG, Matthew Alexander John STATHAM, Dimitra LOUKA, Kyle Giovanni BATTISTON, J. Paul SANTERRE, Wendy Alison NAIMARK, Bernadette ILAGAN, Gillian Claire MACKEY, Hans Christian FISCHER, Jamie Robert SWENOR, Kelli-Anne Nicole WOOTTON
  • Publication number: 20220227329
    Abstract: A front airbag (10) includes an inflatable chamber (18) having a baffle surface (16) provided to cushion an occupant (14) to be restrained, wherein a tether (28) extending inside the inflatable chamber (18) is provided which, when the front airbag (10) is mounted on the vehicle and is inflated, extends obliquely with respect to a vehicle longitudinal direction (L) and which is fastened with a first longitudinal end (34) to a single baffle surface-side fastening point (30) at the baffle surface (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventor: Christian FISCHER
  • Publication number: 20220227702
    Abstract: This invention provides for synthesis of citrulline from a transition metal complex of ornithine using cyanate to derivatize the terminal amino group of ornithine. The invention also provides improved methods for purification of citrulline produced by reaction of cyanate with ornithine via the steps of reprecipitation of copper complex of citrulline, removal of the complexing metal by sulfide precipitation, activated carbon adsorption and antisolvent crystallization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: James Alan BULL, Holger Christian FISCHER, Karl Juergen KAISER, Bette MONNOT-CHASE
  • Publication number: 20220206477
    Abstract: A method for modifying a program of an industrial automation component, wherein the program includes a plurality of program elements, where the program is structured in units, a unit includes a group of program elements and can include both published program elements having an interface that can be referenced by the program elements of other units and unpublished program elements, and where a checksum is calculated and is assigned to the unit using the interfaces, such that if at least one program element of the version of the unit stored in the engineering system is modified, then the modified checksum is compared with the previous checksum version present in the automation component, and only the modified unit is transferred if the checksums match such that consistency of the program is maintained and the software updateable more quickly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Christian FISCHER, Michael FRANK, Lothar PFAHLMANN
  • Patent number: 11370390
    Abstract: The invention relates to a belt tightener (1) with a mass body drive for a seat belt of a motor vehicle with a force-limiting device with—a belt shaft (3) mounted rotatably in at least one opening (15) of a housing (14) that can be fastened fixedly to the vehicle, it being possible to wind up the seat belt on said shaft, —a tightener drive wheel (24) connected non-rotatably to the belt shaft (3) and having recesses (14) distributed at regular intervals over the circumference, —a chain forming the mass body drive made of loose mass bodies (19), which are guided in a tightener tube (10) and can be driven by pressure application of the tightener tube (10), wherein—the belt shaft (3) can be driven in the winding direction of the seat belt by engagement of the driven mass bodies (19) in the recesses (14) of the tightener drive wheel (24), wherein—the mounting of the belt shaft (3) in the opening (15) of the housing (14) is designed to be flexible in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Christian Fischer, Martin Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11274111
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compounds of Formula (I) act as arginase inhibitors and can be useful in preventing, treating or acting as a remedial agent for arginase-related diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
    Inventors: Abdelghani Abe Achab, Jared N. Cumming, Christian Fischer, Symon Gathiaka, Charles A. Lesburg, Derun Li, Min Lu, Matthew J. Mitcheltree, Anandan Palani, Rachel L. Palte, David L. Sloman, Hongjun Zhang
  • Patent number: 11214687
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (A), wherein Z is NR10 or O. These compounds represent novel acridinium and xanthylium salts having an unprecedented substituted heterocyclic core. They are useful as fluorescent dyes or precursors thereof in different applications including various imaging and sensing techniques, and, in particular, as photosensitizers and hereby preferably as photocatalysts. The present invention further relates to processes for preparing the inventive compounds via 1,5-organodimetallic reagents from double directed ortho-metalation reactions or combined halogen-metal exchange/directed ortho-metalation reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: UNIVERSITÄT BASEL
    Inventors: Christof Sparr, Christian Fischer
  • Publication number: 20210339702
    Abstract: A pyrotechnic tightening device of a safety belt unit having a force-limiting unit, comprising—a gas generator, and—a piston, which is guided in a pipe and which closes a pressure chamber inside the pipe, wherein—a pressure can be applied to the pressure chamber by the gas generator, and—the piston can be driven by the pressure present in the pressure chamber to perform a tightening movement which can be transmitted by means of a force-transmitting unit to the safety belt, wherein—the piston is formed in two parts consisting of a main body and a contact part arranged on the side of the main body facing the force-transmitting unit, wherein—the contact part has a greater strength than the main body, wherein—the main body surrounds the contact part form-fittingly at the end face facing the force-transmitting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventor: Christian FISCHER
  • Publication number: 20210335373
    Abstract: An information encoder for encoding an information signal includes: a converter for converting the linear prediction coefficients of the predictive polynomial A(z) to frequency values f1 . . . fn of a spectral frequency representation of the predictive polynomial A(z), wherein the converter is configured to determine the frequency values f1 . . . fn by analyzing a pair of polynomials P(z) and Q(z) being defined as P ? ( z ) = A ? ( z ) + z - m - l ? A ? ( z - 1 ) ? ? and Q ? ( z ) = A ? ( z ) - z - m - l ? A ? ( z - 1 ) , wherein m is an order of the predictive polynomial A(z) and I is greater or equal to zero, wherein the converter is configured to obtain the frequency values by establishing a strictly real spectrum derived from P(z) and a strictly imaginary spectrum from Q(z) and by identifying zeros of the strictly real spectrum derived from P(z) and the strictly imaginary spectrum derived from Q(z).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Tom BAECKSTROEM, Christian FISCHER PEDERSEN, Johannes FISCHER, Matthias HUETTENBERGER, Alfonso PINO
  • Publication number: 20210262957
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product for detecting indicators for structural changes of NMR active test molecules in a test sample, or indicators for structural changes of the environment of said test molecules in relation to a reference molecule. Initial local similarity values are obtained, using a similarity function and representing a local similarity between a reference spectrum and a test spectrum within corresponding similarity regions (SRR, SRT). The initial local similarity values represent a similarity map (SM1) in which contours of a first shape type are indicators (I1) for structural changes of the test molecule, and in which contours of a second shape type are indicators (I2) for structural changes of the environment of said test molecule in relation to the reference molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Christian Fischer, Michael Bernstein, Michael Erich Wilhelm Fey, Ian Michael Clegg
  • Patent number: 11062720
    Abstract: An information encoder for encoding an information signal includes: a converter for converting the linear prediction coefficients of the predictive polynomial A(z) to frequency values f1 . . . fn of a spectral frequency representation of the predictive polynomial A(z), wherein the converter is configured to determine the frequency values f1 . . . fn by analyzing a pair of polynomials P(z) and Q(z) being defined as P(z)=A(z)+z?m?lA(z?1) and Q(z)=A(z)?z?m?lA(z?1), wherein m is an order of the predictive polynomial A(z) and l is greater or equal to zero, wherein the converter is configured to obtain the frequency values by establishing a strictly real spectrum derived from P(z) and a strictly imaginary spectrum from Q(z) and by identifying zeros of the strictly real spectrum derived from P(z) and the strictly imaginary spectrum derived from Q(z).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Tom Baeckstroem, Christian Fischer Pedersen, Johannes Fischer, Matthias Huettenberger, Alfonso Pino