Patents by Inventor Christian Freund

Christian Freund 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: 20240081364
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for demolding at least one confectionary item (2), which is to be demolded from a cavity (4) of a casting mold (3) upside down by means of a gripping arrangement (5), wherein the gripping arrangement (5) has at least one suction element (6) with which the substantially flat base (32) of the confectionary item, which base is facing upwards, is suctioned, wherein the confectionary item (2), where it is transferred upside down by a switching off of the negative pressure, wherein before or after the suction element (6) has suctioned the base (32) of the confectionery item (2), a loosening movement is generated which introduces alternating forces into the confectionery item (2) which generate deformations in the confectionery item (2) which act right up to the outer border layer of said confectionery item and reduce the adhesive force of said confectionery item at the contact surface of the cavity (4) and at least partially release the adhesive force, and wherein the
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Rainer Runkel, Christian Freund, Holger Brack, Sebastian Dommasch, Artur Ticholis
  • Patent number: 11820339
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a brake fluid device comprising a brake fluid reservoir having a storage space, having a fastening device for fastening to a pressure generator unit of a motor vehicle brake system and/or to a mounting interface in a motor vehicle. The brake fluid interface has an outlet interface for transporting brake fluid into such a pressure generator unit, and having an inlet interface (15) for brake fluid. The brake fluid device further includes a filling adapter having a filling opening, having a receiving space, and having an outlet interface for brake fluid. A brake fluid line connects the outlet interface of the filling adapter and the inlet interface of the brake fluid reservoir and through which brake fluid is able to flow from the filling adapter into the brake fluid reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: ZF Active Safety GmbH
    Inventor: Christian Freund
  • Publication number: 20230202438
    Abstract: A method is provided for operating a brake system for a motor vehicle having at least one electric drive and having four wheels. The brake system has a brake device with a hydraulic pressure-generating unit and with a control unit, has a slip control system, and has four brake actuators which are connected in 1-channel configuration to the pressure-generating unit and which are assigned to a respective one of the wheels. In the event of a failure of the slip control system, in order to substitute the failed slip control system, the method has the following steps: a) applying a pressure to the four brake actuators by the pressure-generating unit, and b) driving the rear wheels by the electric drive. Also provided are a control unit for carrying out such a method and a brake system having such a control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventor: Christian Freund
  • Publication number: 20230115299
    Abstract: In a method for operating a brake system of a vehicle during autonomous driving of the vehicle, a presence of status information relating to a driving command unit which controls the autonomous driving is checked by a brake control unit of the brake system. If the brake control unit detects that the status information is missing or detects status information which indicates an error of the driving command unit, a control signal which controls the autonomous driving in the longitudinal and/or transverse direction is generated by the brake control unit from current environmental data and/or driving parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Christian Freund, Frank Heller
  • Publication number: 20220410859
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a brake fluid device comprising a brake fluid reservoir having a storage space, having a fastening device for fastening to a pressure generator unit of a motor vehicle brake system and/or to a mounting interface in a motor vehicle. The brake fluid interface has an outlet interface for transporting brake fluid into such a pressure generator unit, and having an inlet interface (15) for brake fluid. The brake fluid device further includes a filling adapter having a filling opening, having a receiving space, and having an outlet interface for brake fluid. A brake fluid line connects the outlet interface of the filling adapter and the inlet interface of the brake fluid reservoir and through which brake fluid is able to flow from the filling adapter into the brake fluid reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventor: Christian Freund
  • Patent number: 11472380
    Abstract: A force input member for a brake actuating device of a vehicle brake system includes at least one first portion connected to the brake actuating device; at least one second portion connected to a brake pedal; and at least one coupling device. The at least one coupling device couples the first portion and the second portion to one another wherein the at least one coupling device is designed to permit a relative movement between the first portion and the second portion in the case of a force acting on the force input element which is greater than or equal to a predetermined release force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: ZF Active Safety GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Lemke, Christian Freund, Robert Barnkow
  • Publication number: 20220110336
    Abstract: The invention relates to a conveyor system for moulds (12) of an industrial confectionery machine (2), which comprises a plurality of production stations (P1, P2, P3, P4, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) and moulds (12) for producing at least one confectionery article, wherein with the confectionery machine (2), a mould (12) can be conveyed to the various production stations (P1, P2, P3, P4, 3, 4, 6,, 7) for successive production steps, comprising a conveyor rail (8, 8a, 8b, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82) and a drive device (9, T1, 67, D1, D2, D3, G1, G2, G3), with which a conveyance movement for a mould (12) can be produced in order to convey the mould (12) along the conveyor rail (8, 8a, 8b, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82) to the production stations (P1, P2, P3, P4, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: Winkler und Dünnebier Süßwarenmaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Runkel, Christian Freund, Jörg Daumann, Felix Reinhard
  • Patent number: 11073188
    Abstract: An oscillation damper is provided and includes: a holder for mounting the oscillation damper on an object to be damped; a damping mass; and a coupling device designed to mount the damping mass on the holder. The coupling device includes: a damping mass mounting element rigidly connectable to the damping mass; a holder mounting element rigidly connectable to the holder; and a spring element resiliently mechanically coupling the damping mass mounting element to the holder mounting element. A method for manufacturing an oscillation damper is further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Sumitomo Riko Company Limited
    Inventors: Henning Reußwig, Jörg Ditzel, Sebastian Bös, Christian Freund
  • Publication number: 20210101569
    Abstract: A force input member for a brake actuating device of a vehicle brake system includes at least one first portion connected to the brake actuating device; at least one second portion connected to a brake pedal; and at least one coupling device. The at least one coupling device couples the first portion and the second portion to one another wherein the at least one coupling device is designed to permit a relative movement between the first portion and the second portion in the case of a force acting on the force input element which is greater than or equal to a predetermined release force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: ZF Active Safety GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Lemke, Christian Freund, Robert Barnkow
  • Publication number: 20200018372
    Abstract: An oscillation damper is provided and includes: a holder for mounting the oscillation damper on an object to be damped; a damping mass; and a coupling device designed to mount the damping mass on the holder. The coupling device includes: a damping mass mounting element rigidly connectable to the damping mass; a holder mounting element rigidly connectable to the holder; and a spring element resiliently mechanically coupling the damping mass mounting element to the holder mounting element. A method for manufacturing an oscillation damper is further provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: Sumitomo Riko Company Limited
    Inventors: Henning REUßWIG, Jörg DITZEL, Sebastian BÖS, Christian FREUND
  • Publication number: 20180354530
    Abstract: A controller for the anticipatory influencing of the speed of a motor vehicle has the steps: repeatedly determining and evaluating a traffic situation ahead of the host motor vehicle on the roadway currently traveled, as well as the position of the host motor vehicle on the roadway; comparing the determined and evaluated traffic situation to a current driving situation of the host motor vehicle; and determining whether a reduction in the speed of the host motor vehicle, taking into account the determined traffic situation ahead of the host motor vehicle at a distance to be established ahead of the host motor vehicle, in the traffic situation (i) is beneficial to an extent to be established and (ii) is reducible to a target speed to be established, without braking intervention, taking into account the current speed of the host motor vehicle and the distance of the determined traffic situation from the host motor vehicle; and as a function of the determined traffic situation, applying a counterforce to an accel
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventor: Christian Freund
  • Publication number: 20090087445
    Abstract: The invention primarily relates to an amino acid sequence EKKEQKEKEK KEQEIKKKFK LTGPIQVIHL AKACCDVKGG KNELSFKQGE QIEIIRITDN PEGKWLGRTA RGSYGYIKTT AVEIDYDSLK LKKD (=SEQ ID NO 1), a protein recognition domain comprising said amino acid sequence, the use of said amino acid sequence or protein recognition domain for identifying redox-dependent protein-protein or protein-lipid interactions, and to a method for the redox potential dependent detection of target molecules; the invention also relates to the use of said amino acid sequence as a marker for measuring the redox potential in cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2006
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: FORSCHUNGSVERBUND BERLIN E.V.
    Inventors: Christian Freund, Jurgen Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 7486582
    Abstract: A DRAM and its application to a mobile telephony circuit with a control circuit including a first refreshment controller controlled by a first clock signal and a second refreshment controller controlled by a second clock signal having a frequency less than that of the first one and used to synchronize events of the GSM network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: François Druilhe, Andrew Cofler, Denis Dutoit, Michel Harrand, Gilles Eyzat, Christian Freund
  • Patent number: 7091330
    Abstract: A human CD2 cytoplasmic tail binding protein, CD2BP2, is described, as well as the nucleic acids encoding the protein. Also described are expression vectors and recombinant host cells comprising nucleic acids encoding the CD2BP2 protein, and methods of use for the CD2BP2 protein and nucleic acids encoding the CD2BP2 protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignees: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc., President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Ellis L. Reinherz, Christian Freund, Jing Li, Kazuhisa Nishizawa, Gerhard Wagner
  • Publication number: 20060176748
    Abstract: A DRAM and its application to a mobile telephony circuit with a control circuit including a first refreshment controller controlled by a first clock signal and a second refreshment controller controlled by a second clock signal having a frequency less than that of the first one and used to synchronize events of the GSM network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2006
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics SA
    Inventors: Francois Druilhe, Andrew Cofler, Denis Dutoit, Michel Harrand, Gilles Eyzat, Christian Freund
  • Publication number: 20020127657
    Abstract: A human CD2 cytoplasmic tail binding protein, CD2BP2, is described, as well as the nucleic acids encoding the protein. Also described are expression vectors and recombinant host cells comprising nucleic acids encoding the CD2BP2 protein, and methods of use for the CD2BP2 protein and nucleic acids encoding the CD2BP2 protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Applicant: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Ellis L. Reinherz, Christian Freund, Jing Li, Kazuhisa Nishizawa, Gerhard Wagner
  • Patent number: 5367331
    Abstract: A video codec for a videophone terminal of an integrated services digital network. The codec is organized to receive firstly image signals from a television camera so as to transmit them, after compressing and encoding them, to a remote video decoding unit, via a digital transmission line, and secondly similarly-processed image signals via the digital transmission line, so as to decompress and decode them for a television screen receiver locally connected to the video codec. The video codec includes a processing unit, of the integrated circuit type, co-operating with a single external memory plane both to compress and encode data to be transmitted, and also to decompress and decode received data, with the assistance of internal operational components time shared so as to apply known methods to transmission and to reception.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1994
    Assignee: Alcatel N.V.
    Inventors: Fernand Secher, Jean Thiberville, Gerard Douhet, Christian Freund, Yves Rasse