Patents by Inventor Fischer

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: 8927887
    Abstract: An improved circuit interrupter assembly provides enablement of an interlock feature for a circuit interrupter situated within a cabinet having an external handle for switching the circuit interrupter between ON and OFF conditions when the cabinet door is closed. The improved circuit interrupter assembly includes a motion transfer apparatus that provides such enablement of the interlock feature for cabinets of any of a variety of depths. The motion transfer apparatus includes a Bowden cable that extends between a first retention assembly situated at the door of the cabinet and a second retention assembly situated at the interlock feature of the circuit interrupter. The Bowden cable has a biased drive cable that extends between a pair of elements and which thus transfers the motion of the cabinet door in its closed position to enable cooperation with the interlock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventor: Kenneth Martin Fischer
  • Patent number: 8925530
    Abstract: An integrated exhaust gas recirculation intake module comprises: an intake system including a fresh air channel; and a coupling device, wherein the coupling device is configured to receive an exhaust gas recirculation valve, wherein the coupling device is configured to connect an exhaust gas channel with a fresh gas channel, and wherein the exhaust gas channel is connected with the coupling device such that a heat transfer is hindered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Veit Bruggesser, Hans-Peter Drespling, Oliver Fischer
  • Patent number: 8925641
    Abstract: A low pressure, extended coverage, fire protection sprinkler, e.g., of the upright type, suitable for use in protection of at least extra hazard and high piled storage occupancies, in accordance with the 1999 Edition of NFPA 13, has a body with an internal passageway extending between an inlet end and an opposite outlet end, and a deflector mounted to the body by at least one support arm and disposed in alignment with the axis and generally spaced from the outlet end of the internal passageway. The sprinkler has a predetermined K-factor, e.g., of greater than about 16.0. The sprinkler is configured and arranged to deflect flow of water generally radially outwardly and downwardly of the sprinkler in a predetermined spray pattern. Preferably, the predetermined spray pattern has a generally polygonal shape, e.g., a rectangular shape, when viewed at a predetermined distance below the deflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Tyco Fire Products LP
    Inventor: Michael A. Fischer
  • Patent number: 8925380
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for determining the quality of a gearing system is described. The method includes the steps of setting a sequence of target angles of rotation of a first gear wheel, measuring for each of the target angles of rotation an output angle of rotation of a second gear wheel, and calculating a plurality of theoretical output angles of rotation. The method also includes obtaining angle of rotation differences between the plurality of output angles of rotation and the plurality of theoretical output angles of rotation, forming a sequence of cumulative values, and determining, based on the sequence, a first amplitude value, a second amplitude value or a third amplitude value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: TRIMBLE Jena GmbH
    Inventor: Mario Fischer
  • Patent number: 8930969
    Abstract: A method of executing a physics simulation is performed in a system comprising a computational platform, a main application stored in the computational platform, a secondary application stored in the computational platform, and a cloth application programming interface (API) implemented in the computational platform. The method defines a cloth simulation call in the cloth API, and by operation of the main application, invokes a software routine using the cloth simulation call. Additionally, by operation of the secondary application, a state of the physics simulation is updated in response to the software routine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Matthias Muller-Fischer, Bruno Heidelberger
  • Patent number: 8928125
    Abstract: Methods of fabricating a capped interconnect for a microelectronic device which includes a sealing feature for any gaps between a capping layer and an interconnect and structures formed therefrom. The sealing features improve encapsulation of the interconnect, which substantially reduces or prevents electromigration and/or diffusion of conductive material from the capped interconnect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Jun He, Kevin J. Fischer, Ying Zhou, Peter K. Moon
  • Patent number: 8929288
    Abstract: One embodiment is directed to a distributed antenna system (DAS) including a host unit and a plurality of remote units. The host unit includes a plurality of base transceiver stations and a switch. Each of the base transceiver stations is configured to provide a downstream baseband digital signal to the switch and to receive an upstream baseband digital signal from the switch, wherein each downstream baseband digital signal and upstream baseband digital signal is a digital representation of the RF channel at baseband of the respective base transceiver station. The switch is configured to route each of the downstream baseband digital signals to a respective subset of the remote units as one or more downstream serial data streams and to route each of the upstream baseband digital signals from one or more upstream serial data streams to a respective subset of the base transceiver stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Anderson Stewart, Larry G. Fischer
  • Patent number: 8927009
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical capsule comprises a shell having encapsulated therewithin a liquid solution of ABT-263 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in a substantially non-ethanolic carrier that comprises as pharmaceutically acceptable excipients (a) at least one phospholipid, (b) at least one solubilizing agent for the at least one phospholipid, selected from the group consisting of glycols, glycerides and mixtures thereof, (c) at least one non-phospholipid surfactant and (d) at least one sulfur-containing antioxidant. The capsule is useful in treatment of a disease characterized by overexpression of one or more anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 family proteins, for example cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Ping Tong, Deliang Zhou, Geoff G. Z. Zhang, Katherine R. Heemstra, Cristina M. Fischer, Nathaniel D. Catron, Eric A. Schmitt, Yeshwant D. Sanzgiri
  • Publication number: 20150006690
    Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are systems, methods, and machine readable mediums which provide a framework for client discovery of server features. In some examples, the client (e.g., the cloud service) may send a service request that requests data from the server (e.g., data source) processed according to one or more desired features from the server. The response from the data source may include feature indicators, which may indicate whether various features are supported at the data source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: SAP AG
    Inventors: Martin Fischer, Olaf Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20150003931
    Abstract: A high speed fastener member and method of assembling duct sections, uses an externally threaded element having a threaded portion of known diameter, and a piloted nut having a threaded cavity configured to threadedly receive the externally threaded portion, and an open ended unthreaded cavity connected to the threaded cavity, the unthreaded cavity having a known diameter slightly larger than the diameter of the externally threaded portion and being aligned with the threaded cavity. The externally threaded portion is inserted through holes of associated corner elements of flanges of the duct sections, and into the unthreaded cavity to align the threaded portion for threaded engagement, and at least one of the nut and externally threaded element is rotated to threadedly engage them to hold the duct flanges together, eliminating need to start the engagement by hand and allow fastening using a power tool such as a drill only.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventor: Herbert J. Fischer
  • Publication number: 20150007082
    Abstract: A cabin management system (CMS) for an aircraft is provided. The CMS comprises a functional unit, a control unit for controlling the functional unit, and a display arrangement for displaying a three-dimensional virtual scenario. The display arrangement comprises a display element and a position detection unit for detecting the position of an input element for interacting with the three-dimensional virtual scenario. The display element is for displaying at least one three-dimensional virtual object. The position detection unit is interconnected with the control unit as to transmit the position of the input element to the control unit. The control unit compares the position of the input element in the three-dimensional virtual scenario with the virtual position of the three-dimensional virtual object. The control unit provides a control command to the CMS which control command is assigned to a status of a three-dimensional virtual object which is selected by the input element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Wolfgang FISCHER, Stefan MAHN, Dennis-Indrawan SOEBAGIO
  • Publication number: 20150005201
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for generating libraries of DNA sequences encoding homologous polypeptides, and uses of the libraries to identify naturally diversified polypeptide variants. The invention also provides compositions and methods for generating collections of synthetic antibody fragments in which one or several complementary determining regions (CDR) are replaced by a collection of the corresponding CDR captured from a natural source. The invention further provides compositions and methods for diversifying a portion of a polypeptide by inserting a diversified sequence of synthetic or natural origin without the need for modification of the original polypeptide coding sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Nicolas Fischer, Marie Kosco-Vilbois, Ulla Ravn, Franck Gueneau, Sophie Venet-Bonnot
  • Publication number: 20150006938
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a method and apparatus for a zero voltage processor sleep state. A processor may include a dedicated cache memory. A voltage regulator may be coupled to the processor to provide an operating voltage to the processor. During a transition to a zero voltage power management state for the processor, the operational voltage applied to the processor by the voltage regulator may be reduced to approximately zero and the state variables associated with the processor may be saved to the dedicated cache memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Sanjeev Jahagirdar, Varghese George, John B. Conrad, Robert Milstrey, Stephen A. Fischer, Alon Naveh, Shai Rotem
  • Publication number: 20150005358
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the control of fish parasites, especially Copepodae, by means of phenyl-substituted ketoenols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Jan Koesling, Reiner Fischer
  • Publication number: 20150005836
    Abstract: An automated external defibrillator (AED) 10 has a changeable language placard (20) which enables the AED to instruct the user in one or more languages. The placard includes a controlling element (120) which is sensed by the AED, and causes the AED to automatically switch the language mode into the corresponding placard language. The placard also includes visual guidance instructions (224, 226).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Eric Jonsen, Jacco Christof Eerden, Daniel J. Powers, Kurt Vincent Fischer, Christian James Richard, Alan Paul Greenstien
  • Publication number: 20150000848
    Abstract: A protection device for a vehicle interior having a flexible planar formation movable between stored rest and tensioned protection positions. The formation is provided at a front end region in a tensioning direction with a dimensionally stable draw-out profile member guided between the rest and protection positions by at least one guide arrangement. The draw-out profile member includes a longitudinal compensator to compensate for deviations between movement directions of the guide arrangement and the draw-out profile member. The guide arrangement has at least one linearly guided carrier element, and the draw-out profile member includes an undercut compensation groove which extends in the longitudinal direction of the draw-out profile member and which is open towards the carrier. The carrier comprises a longitudinally displaceable sliding or rolling element which is retained in a positive-locking manner in the receiving groove in the opening direction of the compensation groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventor: Martin FISCHER
  • Publication number: 20150006710
    Abstract: Prioritization criteria can be applied to assign a priority ranking to server processes executed by a backend server, and a utilization of the backend server by server demands can be quantified. Upon determining that the quantified utilization of the backend server has reached or exceeded one or more determined limits on backend utilization, at least a lowest priority server process can be throttled based on one or more throttling parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: SAP AG
    Inventors: Nikolai Sauerwald, David Freidlin, Andre Fischer
  • Patent number: 8921450
    Abstract: The invention relates to a radically polymerizable monomer of formula (I) wherein W1 and W2 in each case independently represent H or X—R—Y—PG, wherein at least one of W1 and W2 represents X—R—Y—PG, X in each case independently is missing or represents an ether, ester, amide, urethane or urea group, Y in each case independently is missing or represents an ether, ester, amide, urethane or urea group, R in each case independently is missing or represents a C1-C16 alkylene radical which can be interrupted by one or more O atoms, wherein R can be missing only if X and/or Y is simultaneously also missing, and PG in each case independently represents a cyclic, ring-opening polymerizable group, a, b, c and d independently of each other can take the values 3 to 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Norbert Moszner, Jörg Angermann, Urs Karl Fischer, Volker Rheinberger
  • Patent number: 8922149
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting blocking or sluggishness (M1, M3) of a DC motor (2). The method comprises the following steps: applying a voltage pulse (Uv,t=Os) to the DC motor (2); monitoring a motor current (IMotor) flowing through the DC motor (2); detecting a maximum value of the motor current (IMotor) following the application of the voltage pulse; checking whether a change in the motor current (IMotor) after reaching the maximum value exceeds a specific amount; signalling the blocking or the sluggishness (M1, M3) of the DC motor (2) if the change in the motor current (IMotor) after reaching the maximum value exceeds the specific amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Malich, Volker Lurk, Gerald Roos, Nikolas Haberl, Frank Fischer, Christian Poddey, Michael Koerner, Jan Van Goethem, Daniel Hofacker, Tobias Stiefel
  • Patent number: 8921693
    Abstract: A box (1) for accommodating and laying optical waveguides and/or copper conductors includes at least one housing (10) and at least one cover (20). The cover (20) is attached to the housing (10) such that it can pivot and can be detached. The cover (20) has at least one receptacle for a pin element (90). The housing (10) has at least one pin element (90). The at least one pin element (90) can be displaced parallel to a pivot axis relative to the holding element (80) to move into and out of the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Services GmbH
    Inventors: Adrian Benedetto, Oliver Hartmann, Frank Mössner, Michael Sielaff, Thomas Fischer