Patents by Inventor Christopher Schmidt

Christopher 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).

  • Patent number: 12610285
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for managing data transmission within a cellular network. A base station detects the attachment of a Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) gateway. Upon detection, the base station determines a traffic cap for the FWA gateway based on this attachment. The base station then generates a normalized data rate for the FWA gateway by weighting its achieved data rate. Subsequently, the fairness criteria of a Radio Access Network (RAN) scheduler are adjusted based on this normalized data rate. This methodology ensures a balanced and efficient allocation of resources within the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Schmidt, Lily Zhu, Brian T. Mecum
  • Patent number: 12410631
    Abstract: The protective tent for speakers includes a base, a plurality of support armatures, and a tent body. The protective tent for speakers may shield a speaker to protect the speaker from damage due to weather. The base and the plurality of support armatures may form a framework to support the tent body. The tent body may be operable to enshroud the speaker. The tent body may be water repellent such that the speaker enclosed within the tent body may stay dry during a rainstorm. In some embodiments, the protective tent for speakers may further comprise a speaker stand to support the base, the plurality of support armatures, the tent body, and the speaker at an elevated position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2025
    Inventor: Christopher Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20250133446
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for managing data transmission within a cellular network. A base station detects the attachment of a Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) gateway. Upon detection, the base station determines a traffic cap for the FWA gateway based on this attachment. The base station then generates a normalized data rate for the FWA gateway by weighting its achieved data rate. Subsequently, the fairness criteria of a Radio Access Network (RAN) scheduler are adjusted based on this normalized data rate. This methodology ensures a balanced and efficient allocation of resources within the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Christopher SCHMIDT, Lily ZHU, Brian T. MECUM
  • Patent number: 12081143
    Abstract: A converter device has a converter that has power semiconductor switches and has a control device that is designed to drive the power semiconductor switches. The control device is designed to drive the power semiconductor switches so that electrical switching losses occurring in the converter are reduced during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignees: SEMIKRON ELEKTRONIK GMBH & CO. KG, SEMIKRON ELECTRONICS (ZHUHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Andreas Giessmann, Christopher Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11988548
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for identifying a change in the operating behavior of a crankshaft drive of a motor vehicle. In particular, the disclosure relates to a method for identifying error states of a torsional-vibration damper in the crankshaft drive, such as a jamming or slipping of a secondary mass of the torsional-vibration damper. The crankshaft drive comprises a crankshaft, a pulse generator that rotates when the crankshaft is in operation and a fixed sensor device, which generates a rotational speed signal N as a function of the rotational speed of the pulse generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Man Truck & Bus SE
    Inventors: Christopher Schmidt, Roman Suchanek
  • Publication number: 20230052362
    Abstract: A converter device has a converter that has power semiconductor switches and has a control device that is designed to drive the power semiconductor switches. The control device is designed to drive the power semiconductor switches so that electrical switching losses occurring in the converter are reduced during use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicants: SEMIKRON ELEKTRONIK GMBH & CO. KG, SEMIKRON ELECTRONICS (ZHUHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: ANDREAS GIESSMANN, Christopher SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20210317796
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for identifying a change in the operating behavior of a crankshaft drive of a motor vehicle. In particular, the disclosure relates to a method for identifying error states of a torsional-vibration damper in the crankshaft drive, such as a jamming or slipping of a secondary mass of the torsional-vibration damper. The crankshaft drive comprises a crankshaft, a pulse generator that rotates when the crankshaft is in operation and a fixed sensor device, which generates a rotational speed signal N as a function of the rotational speed of the pulse generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher SCHMIDT, Roman Suchanek
  • Patent number: 11118522
    Abstract: A method for detecting a change in the operating behaviour of a crank drive of a motor vehicle such as cracks in the crank drive or for detecting bearing wear. The crank drive includes a crankshaft, a pulse generator generating a signal S dependent on the rotational speed of the pulse generator and the distance of the pulse generator away from the sensor device. The method includes steps of detection of a current signal Scur of the sensor device during the operation and comparing the current signal Scur with a reference signal Sref stored in a memory and detecting a change in the operating behaviour of the crank drive such as cracks in the crank drive or bearing wear, from the comparison of the current signal Scur with the reference signal Sref.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: MAN TRUCK & BUS AG
    Inventor: Christopher Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11059607
    Abstract: The invention relates to a navigation satellite (10, 10?, 10?), in particular for a medium earth orbit (MEO), having a housing (12) and a navigation antenna (16) connected to the housing (12) for emission of navigation signals in a preferred direction. Furthermore, the navigation satellite (10, 10?, 10?) has an optical communication system (22) for unidirectional or bidirectional signalling having at least one other satellite advancing in the direction of movement and/or having at least one other satellite following in the direction of movement. The navigation satellite (10, 10?, 10?) has a holder (for example as navigation antenna), which is arranged rotatably on the housing (12) about an axis of rotation (17), the optical communication system being (22) arranged on the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Deutsches Zentrum Für Luft-Und Raumfahrt E.V.
    Inventors: Christoph Günther, Christopher Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11032902
    Abstract: An electro-optical structure including at least one optical component and a plurality of electric components arranged on a common printed circuit board is disclosed herein. The printed circuit board includes a plate-shaped base body made of molybdenum or an Invar material. An optical bench including a printed circuit board with a plate-shaped base body of molybdenum or an Invar material is also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.
    Inventors: Christopher Schmidt, Christian Fuchs
  • Patent number: 10889393
    Abstract: The invention relates to a macroblister comprising a flat body, in which are introduced cavities for receiving individual medicament portions, wherein the cavities are filled with individual medicament portions and are sealed with a foil. According to the invention, said macroblister contains a number T of medicament portions, characterized in that T is at least 60 and the flat body has a dimension in the range of 200 mm×200 mm to 1200 mm×1200 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: BAYER PHARMA AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Olaf Stange, Johannes-Walter Höhl, Reiner Diederich, Klaus Dröder, Christoph Herrmann, Franz Dietrich, Philipp Blumenthal, Kai Stühm, Paul Bobka, Christopher Schmidt, Sebastian Thiede
  • Publication number: 20200140122
    Abstract: The invention relates to a navigation satellite (10, 10?, 10?), in particular for a medium earth orbit (MEO), having a housing (12) and a navigation antenna (16) connected to the housing (12) for emission of navigation signals in a preferred direction. Furthermore, the navigation satellite (10, 10?, 10?) has an optical communication system (22) for unidirectional or bidirectional signalling having at least one other satellite advancing in the direction of movement and/or having at least one other satellite following in the direction of movement. The navigation satellite (10, 10?, 10?) has a holder (for example as navigation antenna), which is arranged rotatably on the housing (12) about an axis of rotation (17), the optical communication system being (22) arranged on the holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Christoph Günther, Christopher Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20200053872
    Abstract: An electro-optical structure including at least one optical component and a plurality of electric components arranged on a common printed circuit board is disclosed herein. The printed circuit board includes a plate-shaped base body made of molybdenum or an Invar material. An optical bench including a printed circuit board with a plate-shaped base body of molybdenum or an Invar material is also disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher Schmidt, Christian Fuchs
  • Publication number: 20190234324
    Abstract: A method for detecting a change in the operating behaviour of a crank drive of a motor vehicle such as cracks in the crank drive or for detecting bearing wear. The crank drive includes a crankshaft, a pulse generator generating a signal S dependent on the rotational speed of the pulse generator and the distance of the pulse generator away from the sensor device. The method includes steps of detection of a current signal Scur of the sensor device during the operation and comparing the current signal Scur with a reference signal Sref stored in a memory and detecting a change in the operating behaviour of the crank drive such as cracks in the crank drive or bearing wear, from the comparison of the current signal Scur with the reference signal Sref.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Christopher Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20180319519
    Abstract: The invention relates to a macroblister comprising a flat body, in which are introduced cavities for receiving individual medicament portions, wherein the cavities are filled with individual medicament portions and are sealed with a foil. According to the invention, said macroblister contains a number T of medicament portions, characterized in that T is at least 60 and the flat body has a dimension in the range of 200 mm×200 mm to 1200 mm×1200 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: BAYER PHARMA AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Olaf STANGE, Johannes-Walter HÖHL, Reiner DIEDERICH, Klaus DRÖDER, Christoph HERRMANN, Franz DIETRICH, Philipp BLUMENTHAL, Kai STÜHM, Paul BOBKA, Christopher SCHMIDT, Sebastian THIEDE
  • Patent number: 10038525
    Abstract: The embodiments of the invention provide at least a method and apparatus to schedule an uplink communication from a user equipment of a plurality of user equipment; identify one or more candidate cells to support the uplink communication from the user equipment; send a request to the identified one or more candidate cells for requesting at least one of antenna data and pilot symbols from the one or more candidate cells for the uplink communication from the user equipment; and in response to the request, receive the uplink communication from the user equipment via a coordinated multi-point operation using at least in part a reception cells of the one or more candidate cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Shirish Nagaraj, Raghavendra M. Ramakrishna, Christopher Schmidt, Phillip Rasky
  • Patent number: D808399
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: ADP, LLC
    Inventors: David Derby, Anna Carsen, Scott Crockett, Angelynn Nakaguchi, Christopher Schmidt, Michael Thibodeau
  • Patent number: D813253
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: ADP LLC
    Inventors: David Derby, Anna Carsen, Scott Crockett, Angelynn Nakaguchi, Christopher Schmidt, Michael Thibodeau
  • Patent number: D877159
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: ADP, LLC
    Inventors: David Derby, Anna Carsen, Scott Crockett, Angelynn Nakaguchi, Christopher Schmidt, Michael Thibodeau
  • Patent number: D1113220
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: OKAMURA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher Schmidt, Hiroyuki Morita, Kosuke Tokui