Patents by Inventor Florian Funke

Florian Funke 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: 20240182246
    Abstract: Conveyor arrangement, adapted for taking over a conveyed object, in particular a postal parcel, at a takeover area, in particular from an upstream feed device, for transferring the conveyed object at a transfer area, in particular to a terminal; for transferring the conveyed object in a chute area from the takeover area to the transfer area, wherein the chute region comprises at least one chute which is inclined downwardly in the conveying direction and on which the conveyed object is conveyed in a gravitationally sliding manner, wherein the chute region comprises a belt conveyor with a conveyor belt, characterized in that the belt conveyor has a holding brake which is adapted to hold the conveyor belt in a stop position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Lidiia Glemba, Thomas Eisinger, Fabian Purpus, Florian Funk, Jens Friedrichs
  • Publication number: 20240158175
    Abstract: SUMMARY Conveyor arrangement (1), comprising a terminal chute (11, 12, . . . ), adapted to the takeover a conveyed object (9), in particular a postal parcel (9), at a takeover area (A1), in particular from an upstream feed in device (7); for transferring the conveyed object (9) at a transfer area (A3), in particular at a terminal (4); for transmitting the conveyed object (9) in a chute area (A2) from the takeover area (A1) to the transfer area (A3), wherein the terminal chute is inclined downwardly in the conveying direction (F) so that the conveyed object (9) is conveyed in a gravitationally sliding manner, in particular comprising means for reducing damage to the conveyed material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Fabian Purpus, Florian Funk, Jens Friedrichs, Thomas Bertran
  • Patent number: 9098630
    Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure, a data selection method may include receiving first data representative of program code having a plurality of database operations. Second data is generated and is representative of a sequence of operations encounterable in an execution of the program code, where the sequence of operations includes at least one of the database operations. A third data is selected from a database, by using the second data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Florian Funke, Peter Gerstl, Daniel S. Haischt
  • Publication number: 20140019941
    Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure, a data selection method may include receiving first data representative of program code having a plurality of database operations. Second data is generated and is representative of a sequence of operations encounterable in an execution of the program code, where the sequence of operations includes at least one of the database operations. A third data is selected from a database, by using the second data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Florian Funke, Peter Gerstl, Daniel S. Haischt