Patents by Inventor Christoph Pauls

Christoph Pauls 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: 11972070
    Abstract: Mitigation techniques can be used to reduce noise generated by wireless communication circuitry (e.g., near-field communication circuitry) in an electronic device including a display, touch, and wireless communication circuitry. In some examples, a touch screen can have a backplane including a mesh of routing traces connected to an array of chiplets. In some examples, the chiplets can repeat signals to prevent the accumulation of noise induced by an NFC coil. In some examples, the ratio between vertical and horizontal resistances of routing traces can be configured to mitigate noise induced by the coil. In some examples, the routing traces of the mesh can be configured to share a common geometric centroid. In some examples, a plurality of routing traces can be routed in a twisted pair configuration. In some examples, the routing traces and chiplets can be routed to minimize traversal through regions of relatively high electromagnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: William Paul, Christoph H. Krah, Stanley B. Wang, Yongjie Jiang
  • Publication number: 20240137120
    Abstract: The invention concerns an optical detector (100) with a low-cost and efficient solution for the imaging lens in the receiver that is configured to better receive optical signals originating from wide viewing angles. The optical detector (100) comprises a ball lens (101), a photodetector (120), and a plurality of lightguides (103). The ball lens (101) comprising a first spherical surface (010) for receiving incoming light and a second spherical surface (020) for exiting incoming light. Each of the plurality of lightguides (103) has a light entry surface (104) and a light exit surface (105). The plurality of light entry surfaces (104) are facing the second spherical surface (020) of the ball lens (101) and the plurality of light exit surfaces (105) are facing the photodetector (120). The photodetector (120) and the plurality of lightguides (103) are arranged around an optical axis (001) of the ball lens (101).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: HUGO JOHAN CORNELISSEN, CHRISTOPH GERARD AUGUST HOELEN, JOHAN PAUL MARIE GERARD LINNARTZ
  • Publication number: 20240103669
    Abstract: A pixelated mutual capacitance sensing configuration to detect the presence of floating water is disclosed. An integrated touch screen can be configured in a checkerboard arrangement of alternating drive pixels and sense pixels, where each drive or sense pixel can include a plurality of sub-pixels. The sense pixels can include sense sub-pixels surrounded by ground sub-pixels to reduce the baseline mutual capacitance between the drive and sense pixels. Stimulated drive pixels can capacitively couple onto the sense sub-pixels of the sense pixel, forming a baseline (no touch) mutual capacitance between the drive pixels and the sense sub-pixels. The presence of grounded objects shunts some charge to ground and reduces the mutual capacitance, while floating water provides and additional parallel mutual capacitance path that increases the mutual capacitance. Floating water can be distinguished from a grounded touch based on the direction of the change in mutual capacitance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: William PAUL, Christoph H. KRAH
  • Patent number: 11936016
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery cell including an electrode, a housing, a cell interior inside the housing, a temperature sensor, and a heat-conducting part which differs from the electrode, is entirely or partially disposed inside the housing of the battery cell, and is thermally connected to the temperature sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christoph Born, Christian Kulp, Arne Menck, Sebastian Paul, Jan Philipp Schmidt, Benno Schweiger, Werner Seliger, Jens Vetter, Hermann Zehentner, Dieter Ziegltrum
  • Patent number: 11561052
    Abstract: A heat exchanger has flow channels for coolants, which flow channels include turbulence elements having a different flow resistance depending on a direction of a flow, wherein the flow can be passed through the heat exchanger in different directions. As part of a method of operating the heat exchanger, the heat exchanger is flowed through in different directions using a pump that can be operated in different directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Joerg Martini, Christoph Pauls
  • Publication number: 20210278149
    Abstract: A heat exchanger has flow channels for coolants, which flow channels include turbulence elements having a different flow resistance depending on a direction of a flow, wherein the flow can be passed through the heat exchanger in different directions. As part of a method of operating the heat exchanger, the heat exchanger is flowed through in different directions using a pump that can be operated in different directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Joerg Martini, Christoph Pauls
  • Patent number: 10714461
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic unit having at least one first electronic component and one second electronic component that are fastened to a substrate. A shielding is arranged between the first and second electronic components that comprises an elevated portion that projects from a plane defined by the substrate or that extends from its surface, that acts as a shielding and that is formed in one piece with the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: VISHAY SEMICONDUCTOR GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph Paul Gebauer, Alexander Kamay
  • Publication number: 20190067259
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic unit having at least one first electronic component and one second electronic component that are fastened to a substrate. A shielding is arranged between the first and second electronic components that comprises an elevated portion that projects from a plane defined by the substrate or that extends from its surface, that acts as a shielding and that is formed in one piece with the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: VISHAY SEMICONDUCTOR GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph Paul GEBAUER, Alexander KAMAY
  • Patent number: 8939299
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for handling and/or servicing components of a wind turbine, such as installing and/or dismantling components into or from a wind turbine nacelle or such as servicing exterior components such as blades, hub, tower and nacelle of the wind turbine are disclosed. The gripping apparatus comprising at least one arm for gripping around the wind turbine tower, the at least one arm capable of forming a gap between gripping elements of the gripping apparatus. The at least one arm extends around the entire outer circumference, seen perpendicular to a horizontal plane, of the wind turbine tower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
    Inventors: Claus Ahler, Jesper Stærke Rosengren, Hans-Christoph Paul
  • Publication number: 20110168654
    Abstract: The Invention relates a method and an apparatus for handling and/or servicing components of a wind turbine, such as installing and/or dismantling components into or from a wind turbine nacelle or such as servicing exterior components such as blades, hub, tower and nacelle of the wind turbine. The gripping apparatus comprising at least one arm for gripping around the wind turbine tower, said at least one arm capable of forming a gap between gripping elements of the gripping apparatus. The at least one arm extends around the entire outer circumference, seen perpendicular to a horizontal plane, of the wind turbine tower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S
    Inventors: Claus Ahler, Jesper Staerke Rosengren, Hans-Christoph Paul
  • Patent number: 5673680
    Abstract: The invention concerns a gas-heated apparatus, in particular a cooking appliance with at least one glass ceramic cooking surface with a gas heating means of conventional configuration and two mutually independent safety paths for monitoring the electronic control device. The one safety path monitors actuation for each consumer while the other safety path monitors the flow of current through said consumer. The control device can be of a particularly simple structure by virtue of being designed in the form of a digital circuit. The consumers to be monitored are the solenoid valves and/or gas burners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1997
    Assignee: Diehl GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Christoph Paul Kalmer, Gerhard Becke, Karlheinz Hammelsbacher