Patents by Inventor Christian Schmidt

Christian Schmidt 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: 20230018226
    Abstract: A system for providing contactless movement of a vehicle door relative to a vehicle body including an electric-motor movement device for moving the vehicle door, a radar sensor system for detecting, in the region of the vehicle door, a gesture to be performed by a user, and a control device for controlling the movement device according to a detection by the radar sensor system. The radar sensor system is configured to detect, in a first operating mode, a movement in a detection region in an environment of the vehicle door and to detect, in a second operating mode, a gesture for moving the vehicle door, the radar sensor system being configured to switch to the second operating mode when a movement is detected in the first operating mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
    Inventors: Christian SCHMIDT, Bernd HERTHAN, Carsten TOPF
  • Patent number: 11540904
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a dental aid from a thermoplastic film or plate, wherein a digital three-dimensional working model is created in a computer-aided manner using a three-dimensional data set of at least one part of an upper jaw and/or lower jaw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: DENTSPLY SIRONA INC.
    Inventors: Christian Schmidt, Peter Fornoff
  • Publication number: 20220412242
    Abstract: A device for treating exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine includes: a heating disk arranged in a housing; and a main catalytic converter arranged downstream of the heating disk in the flow direction in the housing. The flow can pass through the heating disk and the main catalytic converter in the flow direction along a plurality of flow channels. The heating disk is formed from a metallic honeycomb body and the main catalytic converter is formed from a ceramic honeycomb body fixed in relation to the housing by a fixing structure. The heating disk is electrically contacted by an electrical feedthrough guided through the housing from the outside to the inside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Peter HIRTH, Christian SCHMIDT, Christian SCHORN
  • Patent number: 11538152
    Abstract: A method is for providing an aggregate algorithm for processing medical data. In an embodiment, a multitude of local algorithms are trained by machine learning. The training of each respective local algorithm is performed on a respective local system using respective local training data. A respective algorithm dataset concerning the respective local algorithm is transferred to an aggregating system that generates the aggregate algorithm based on the algorithm datasets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Schmidt, Max Schoebinger, Michael Wels
  • Patent number: 11504647
    Abstract: A process for transferring a method from a starting system to a target system in liquid chromatography, in particular in high performance liquid chromatography, is described. A first chromatogram of the method carried out on the starting system is available or determined. The method developed for the starting system is carried out on the target system without any change in its physical parameters, and a second chromatogram is thereby determined. The two chromatograms of the starting system and the target system are compared, and measures for adjusting the physical system parameters of the target system are derived from the deviations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Dionex Softron GMBH
    Inventors: Holger Franz, Thomas Wachinger, Christian Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11478767
    Abstract: A movable device for filling one or more chambers with solid particles in the divided state, the device includes a movable frame, metering means for metering the solid particles comprising two or more metering plates comprising one or more perforations, the metering plates being arranged on top of one another such that the perforation or perforations of one metering plate is/are in connection with the perforation or perforations of the metering plate situated below and/or above it, so as to form one or more metering columns intended to be placed in connection with the chamber or chambers, means for simultaneously releasing the solid particles from the metering means to the chamber or chambers, a storage tank for storing the solid particles, which comprises a bottom pierced with through-holes that are connected with, or can be placed in connection with, the metering column or columns, and comprising unloading means for releasing the solid particles from the storage tank to the metering column or columns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: SODI-OSIS
    Inventors: Christian Schmidt, Jean-Michel Plas, Emmanuel Idczak
  • Publication number: 20220283364
    Abstract: A display device for a motor vehicle is provided. The display device includes at least one display with a display surface for displaying content via a plurality of pixels. The display device comprises a light-guiding lens with at least one entry surface and an exit surface. During operation of the display device the light emitted from the display surface enters the light-guiding lens through the at least one entry surface and is emitted by an exit surface, such that the content is shown on the exit surface. In one embodiment, the exit surface features a different shape. In another embodiment, the exit surface is a different size than the at least one display surface. In another embodiment, the display device comprises several displays with display surfaces at distances to each other, and the light-guiding lens features merely one exit surface or several exit surfaces directly adjoining each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Karsten Eichhorn, Markus Giehl, Daniela Karthaus, Christian Schmidt, Benjamin Willeke
  • Publication number: 20220283034
    Abstract: A method for producing a thermal infrared sensor array in a vacuum-filled wafer-level housing with particularly small dimensions, consisting of at least two wafers, a cover wafer and a central wafer comprising multiple infrared-sensitive sensor pixels on a respective thin slotted membrane over a heat-insulating cavity is disclosed. A method for producing a high-resolution monolithic silicon micromechanical thermopile array sensor using wafer level packaging technology, wherein the sensor achieves a particularly high spatial resolution capability and a very high filling degree with very small housing dimensions, in particular a very low overall thickness, and can be inexpensively produced using standard CMOS processes. This is achieved in that the cover wafer is first rigidly mechanically connected to the provided central wafer comprising the sensor pixels with the infrared-sensitive pixels by means of wafer bonding, and the central wafer is then thinned out from the wafer rear face to a specified thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: Heimann Sensor GmbH
    Inventors: Jörg SCHIEFERDECKER, Frank HERRMANN, Christian SCHMIDT, Wilhelm LENEKE, Bodo FORG, Marion SIMON, Michael SCHNORR
  • Publication number: 20220260223
    Abstract: A lighting device is provided for a motor vehicle. The lighting device comprises at least one imaging component with at least one active surface, on which imaging elements for the generation of pixels of a light distribution are arranged matrix-like. The lighting device further comprises a light-guiding optics having at least one entry surface and one exit surface. During operation of the lighting device, the light emanating from the at least one active surface enters the light-guiding optics through the at least one entry surface and exits the light-guiding optics through the exit surface. The exit surface has a different shape and/or a different size than the at least one active surface, and/or a plurality of active surfaces and only one exit surface or a plurality of adjacent exit surfaces are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Karsten Eichhorn, Marcus Giehl, Daniela Karthaus, Christian Schmidt, Benjamin Willeke
  • Publication number: 20220170697
    Abstract: A sintering furnace for couponents made of a sintered material, in particular for dental components, having a furnace chamber having a chamber volume (VK). A heating device, a receiving space having a gross volume (VB) located in the chamber volume (VK) and delimited by the heating device, and a useful region having a useful volume (VN) located in the gross volume (VB), are disposed in the furnace chamber. The furnace chamber has an outer wall consisting of walls having a wall portion to be opened for introduction of a component to be sintered having an object volume (VO) into the receiving space. In the furnace chamber the heating device has a thermal radiator having a radiation field which is disposed on at least one side of the receiving space. At least the useful volume (NV) disposed in the receiving space is disposed in the radiation field of the radiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
    Inventors: Peter FORNOFF, Christian SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20220134657
    Abstract: Component carrier for an additive manufacturing device, wherein the component carrier comprises a construction surface, on which a component to be manufactured is disposed during the operation of the manufacturing device, wherein the component carrier comprises a sealing surface which radially surrounds the construction surface, and method for post-processing a component manufactured according to an additive manufacturing process using such a component carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
    Inventors: Christian SCHMIDT, Thomas HASENZAHL
  • Publication number: 20220134658
    Abstract: Material unit for an additive manufacturing device (AM) having a resin vat, wherein the resin vat comprises a base which is transparent at least in sections, wherein the resin vat is connected to a holder for a reservoir, and wherein the holder is configured such that resin (R) emerging from an outlet of a reservoir held by said holder can flow into the resin vat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
    Inventors: Christian SCHMIDT, Thomas HASENZAHL, Michael SCHWAIGER, Markus KUHNLE, Andreas RIES
  • Patent number: 11306969
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sintering furnace (1) for components (15) made of a sintered material, in particular for dental components, comprising a furnace chamber (2) having a chamber volume (VK), wherein a heating device (5), a receiving space (9) having a gross volume (VB) located in the chamber volume (VK) and delimited by the heating device (5), and a useful region (10) having a useful volume (VN) located in the gross volume (VB), are disposed in the furnace chamber (2). The furnace chamber (2) has an outer wall (3) consisting of a plurality of walls having a wall portion (7) to be opened for introduction of a component to be sintered having an object volume (VO) into the receiving space (9). In the furnace chamber (2) the heating device (5) has a thermal radiator (6) having a radiation field (13) which is disposed on at least one side of the receiving space (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: DENTSPLY SIRONA INC.
    Inventors: Peter Fornoff, Christian Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11285669
    Abstract: The invention relates to a container for holding a photosensitive liquid for use in a stereolithographic system in which a reference layer is exposed to radiation for the layer-by-layer or continuous creation of workpieces. At least one element of the container which is directly adjacent to the reference layer consists of at least one material which is at least partially transparent to the radiation and at least some of which has structures and/or pores which can receive and discharge, preferably also store, an inhibitor and/or an inhibitor mixture. Therefore, the element is not just able to supply the inhibitor but to a significant extent consists of the inhibitor itself, as a result of which the supplied flow is equalized or homogenized. Rapid or even continuous 3D printing is thus made possible in a cost-effective manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
    Inventor: Christian Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11268861
    Abstract: An SMD-enabled infrared thermopile sensor has at least one miniaturized thermopile pixel on a monolithically integrated sensor chip accommodated in a hermetically sealed housing which consists of an at least partially non-metallic housing substrate and a housing cover. A gas or a gas mixture is contained in the housing. The sensor has a particularly low overall height, in particular in the z direction. This is achieved by virtue of an aperture opening being introduced in the housing cover opposite the thermopile pixel(s), which aperture opening is closed with a focusing lens which focuses the radiation from objects onto the thermopile pixel(s) on the housing substrate, and by virtue of a signal processing unit being integrated on the same sensor chip next to the thermopile pixels, wherein the total housing height and the housing cover are at most 3 mm or less than 2.5 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Heimann Sensor GmbH
    Inventors: Jörg Schieferdecker, Frank Herrmann, Christian Schmidt, Wilhelm Leneke, Marion Simon, Karlheinz Storck, Mischa Schulze
  • Publication number: 20220048256
    Abstract: A stereolithography apparatus (1) for generating a three-dimensional object (2), comprising: an optical unit (4) for projecting an image towards the photocurable substance (3) for hardening the photocurable substance (3) deposited in the focus layer (5); a control unit (6), characterized by further comprising: a detection unit (7) which comprises: a detection means (8) movably arranged in a detection region (9) for detecting during the generation process or in a generation-pause the image projected by the optical unit (4) and for outputting a detection signal; and a first driving means (10) for moving the detection means (8) into or out of the detection region (9), wherein the optical unit (4) comprises: a second driving means (11) linked to the optical unit (4) for moving the focus layer (5) into or out of the detection region (9), wherein the control unit (6) adjusts the optical unit (4) and/or modifies the image to be projected based on the signal indicative of the detected image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas MICHALICA, Christian SCHMIDT, Franz BASLER
  • Publication number: 20220032538
    Abstract: Device (1) for a system for layer-by-layer construction of a body (K) from a substance (S) which can be hardened by radiation, comprising a vat (3) having a vat base (2) for receiving the substance (S) which can be hardened by radiation, comprising a building platform (4) which is arranged above the vat base (2) and which is height-adjustable in relation to the vat base (2) and comprising a sensor (5) cooperating with the vat base (2), wherein the vat base (2) is configured to be at least partially flexible, wherein a chamber (6) is provided wherein the chamber (6) is delimited by an underside of the vat base (2), wherein the sensor (5) is adapted to detect a volume change of the chamber (6) and to provide a sensor signal from which a sign of the volume change can be determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas MICHALICA, Thomas HASENZAHL, Christian SCHMIDT, Christian STAHL
  • Publication number: 20210363837
    Abstract: Well centre assembly for an offshore drilling rig and associated method. There is described a well centre assembly 10 for an offshore drilling rig. The well centre assembly 10 comprises a diverter assembly 16 and a movement control system 18. The movement control system 18 is operable between the diverter assembly 16 and a supporting structure 12 of the rig. In use, the movement control system 18 controls or permits relative movement between the diverter assembly 16 and the supporting structure 12. A connector such as a riser 34 connected to the diverter assembly 16 during deployment, while deployed or during retrieval of the riser 34 may experience external forces such as from tidal, wind and/or wave movement at a water surface 50, which may cause the positioning and/or orientation of the riser 34 to vary. The movement control system 18 may control the movement of the diverter assembly 16 so as to compensate for movement of the riser 34.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Konstantin PUSKARSKIJ, Kristian HANSEN, Christian SCHMIDT
  • Patent number: 11098871
    Abstract: A headlamp for vehicles comprising at least one light source for generating at least one light beam, a scanning device for one-dimensionally scanning the at least one light beam bidirectionally in a scanning direction, and an array of optical elements arranged side by side in a direction that corresponds to the scanning direction so that the at least one light beam impinges on the optical elements successively. At least some of the optical elements are designed to expand the at least one light beam in a direction perpendicular to the direction, in which the optical elements are arranged side by side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Marcel Bursy, Markus Giehl, Julien Hansen, Marc Kaup, Thomas Rettweiler, Christian Schmidt, Christian Smarslik, Philip Stroop, Carsten Wilks, Benjamin Willeke
  • Publication number: 20210169609
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a dental aid from a thermoplastic film or plate, wherein a digital three-dimensional working model is created in a computer-aided manner using a three-dimensional data set of at least one part of an upper jaw and/or lower jaw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: DENTSPLY SIRONA INC.
    Inventors: Christian SCHMIDT, Peter FORNOFF