Patents by Inventor Frank Auer
Frank Auer 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).
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Patent number: 11695263Abstract: Methods for installing electronic connections into a Factory Mutual certified cabinet may comprise providing a double walled cabinet. The double walled cabinet ay comprise an outer cabinet wall, and inner cabinet wall, and an airgap between the inner cabinet wall and the outer cabinet wall. The method may comprise the steps of including a first large hole in a surface of the outer cabinet wall and including a first small hole in a surface of the inner cabinet wall. Methods can additionally include the steps of inserting a first bulkhead fitting into the first small hole in the surface of the inner cabinet wall via the first large hole and covering the first large hole in the surface of the outer cabinet wall. Methods may additionally include the first small hole at least partially overlapping the first large hole when viewed from a plane normal to the first large hole.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2022Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: JUSTRITE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, L.L.C.Inventor: Ronald Frank Auer
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Publication number: 20230071406Abstract: Methods for installing electronic connections into a Factory Mutual certified cabinet may comprise providing a double walled cabinet. The double walled cabinet ay comprise an outer cabinet wall, and inner cabinet wall, and an airgap between the inner cabinet wall and the outer cabinet wall. The method may comprise the steps of including a first large hole in a surface of the outer cabinet wall and including a first small hole in a surface of the inner cabinet wall. Methods can additionally include the steps of inserting a first bulkhead fitting into the first small hole in the surface of the inner cabinet wall via the first large hole and covering the first large hole in the surface of the outer cabinet wall. Methods may additionally include the first small hole at least partially overlapping the first large hole when viewed from a plane normal to the first large hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: JUSTRITE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LLC DBA JUSTRITE SAFETY GROUPInventor: Ronald Frank Auer
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Patent number: 11556066Abstract: The invention provides a stage system comprising a stage (ST) which is movable in respect of a reference structure. One of the stage and the reference structure comprises a reflective surface (REFS). An optical position sensor (IF1) is arranged at the other one of the stage and the reference structure and is configured to determine a position of the reflective surface relative to the optical position sensor. An optical shape sensor (IF2) is configured to determine a shape of the reflective surface. The stage system further comprises a position measurement controller configured to derive a stage position of the stage from the position of the reflective surface relative to the optical position sensor and from the shape of the reflective surface as determined by the optical shape sensor.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2020Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Maarten Jozef Jansen, Frank Auer
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Patent number: 11502493Abstract: Methods for installing electronic connections into a Factory Mutual certified cabinet may comprise providing a double walled cabinet. The double walled cabinet ay comprise an outer cabinet wall, and inner cabinet wall, and an airgap between the inner cabinet wall and the outer cabinet wall. The method may comprise the steps of including a first large hole in a surface of the outer cabinet wall and including a first small hole in a surface of the inner cabinet wall. Methods can additionally include the steps of inserting a first bulkhead fitting into the first small hole in the surface of the inner cabinet wall via the first large hole and covering the first large hole in the surface of the outer cabinet wall. Methods may additionally include the first small hole at least partially overlapping the first large hole when viewed from a plane normal to the first large hole.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: JUSTRITE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, L.L.C.Inventor: Ronald Frank Auer
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Publication number: 20220137517Abstract: The invention provides a stage system comprising a stage (ST) which is movable in respect of a reference structure. One of the stage and the reference structure comprises a reflective surface (REFS). An optical position sensor (IF1) is arranged at the other one of the stage and the reference structure and is configured to determine a position of the reflective surface relative to the optical position sensor. An optical shape sensor (IF2) is configured to determine a shape of the reflective surface. The stage system further comprises a position measurement controller configured to derive a stage position of the stage from the position of the reflective surface relative to the optical position sensor and from the shape of the reflective surface as determined by the optical shape sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2020Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Maarten Jozef JANSEN, Frank AUER
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Publication number: 20210234351Abstract: Methods for installing electronic connections into a Factory Mutual certified cabinet may comprise providing a double walled cabinet. The double walled cabinet ay comprise an outer cabinet wall, and inner cabinet wall, and an airgap between the inner cabinet wall and the outer cabinet wall. The method may comprise the steps of including a first large hole in a surface of the outer cabinet wall and including a first small hole in a surface of the inner cabinet wall. Methods can additionally include the steps of inserting a first bulkhead fitting into the first small hole in the surface of the inner cabinet wall via the first large hole and covering the first large hole in the surface of the outer cabinet wall. Methods may additionally include the first small hole at least partially overlapping the first large hole when viewed from a plane normal to the first large hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventor: Ronald Frank Auer
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Patent number: 10291108Abstract: A rectifying device includes a power transistor, a gate control circuit and a capacitor structure arranged on a single semiconductor die. The power transistor includes a source or emitter terminal connected to a first terminal of the rectifying device, a drain or collector terminal connected to a second terminal of the rectifying device, and a gate. The gate control circuit is operable to control a gate voltage at the gate of the power transistor based on at least one parameter relating to at least one of a voltage and a current between the first terminal and the second terminal.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2015Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Dirk Ahlers, Frank Auer, Herbert Gietler, Michael Lenz
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Patent number: 10087872Abstract: According to an embodiment, a controller system that is configured to drive a power switch includes a driver integrated circuit (IC), which includes an interface circuit, a synchronization circuit, and a drive circuit. The interface circuit is configured to receive a control scheme over a serial interface. The synchronization circuit is coupled to the interface circuit and is configured to receive an angular position signal and synchronize a drive signal with the angular position signal, where the drive signal is based on the control scheme. The drive circuit is coupled to the synchronization circuit and is configured to drive the power switch using the drive signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2015Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AGInventors: Christian Schweikert, Gerhard Pichler, Marco Nicolo, Frank Auer, Guenther Mohr, Juergen Schaefer, Patrick Leteinturier
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Patent number: 10036771Abstract: According to various embodiments, a circuit arrangement is provided which includes a bridge circuit having at least two field effect transistors and a measurement circuit configured to measure a forward voltage of a body diode of any one of the at least two field effect transistors resulting from a current flowing through the field effect transistor.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2014Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AGInventors: Benno Koeppl, Frank Auer, Andreas Kiep
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Patent number: 9887655Abstract: An excitation current-limited power generator includes a digital interface configured to be coupled to an engine control unit (ECU), a regulator coupled configured to be coupled to an excitation current input of an alternator, the excitation current controlling current generated by the alternator, a frequency sensor configured to measuring rotation speed of the alternator, and memory storing a communicated limit received by the digital interface and a first permanent limit, the regulator configured to limit the excitation current to the lesser of the first permanent limit and the communicated limit.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2016Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignees: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG, VALEO EQUIPEMENTS ELECTRIQUES MOTEURInventors: Frank Auer, Christoph Seidl, Robert Hartmann, Ludovic Doffe, Cédric Agneray
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Publication number: 20170346431Abstract: An excitation current-limited power generator includes a digital interface configured to be coupled to an engine control unit (ECU), a regulator coupled configured to be coupled to an excitation current input of an alternator, the excitation current controlling current generated by the alternator, a frequency sensor configured to measuring rotation speed of the alternator, and memory storing a communicated limit received by the digital interface and a first permanent limit, the regulator configured to limit the excitation current to the lesser of the first permanent limit and the communicated limit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2016Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Frank Auer, Christoph Seidl, Robert Hartmann, Ludovic Doffe, Cédric Agneray
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Patent number: 9814311Abstract: A safety cabinet includes an enclosure having a double-walled construction and a pair of doors to selectively seal the enclosure. The safety cabinet can be used to store, for example, flammable liquids, flammable waste, corrosives, pesticides, or combustible waste. The safety cabinet incorporates a sequential door-closing system that sequentially closes the doors of the safety cabinet in a predetermined order.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2013Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: Justrite Manufacturing Company, LLCInventors: Wesley J. Mueller, Dennis Michael Deedrich, Ronald Frank Auer, Jeffrey Dale Bunting
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Publication number: 20170138292Abstract: According to an embodiment, a controller system that is configured to drive a power switch includes a driver integrated circuit (IC), which includes an interface circuit, a synchronization circuit, and a drive circuit. The interface circuit is configured to receive a control scheme over a serial interface. The synchronization circuit is coupled to the interface circuit and is configured to receive an angular position signal and synchronize a drive signal with the angular position signal, where the drive signal is based on the control scheme. The drive circuit is coupled to the synchronization circuit and is configured to drive the power switch using the drive signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2015Publication date: May 18, 2017Inventors: Christian Schweikert, Gerhard Pichler, Marco Nicolo, Frank Auer, Guenther Mohr, Juergen Schaefer, Patrick Leteinturier
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Patent number: 9647589Abstract: An alternator is described that is configured to provide a current for powering one or more loads. The alternator includes an output port configured to output the current for powering the one or more loads, and one or more current sensors configured to measure a current level of at least a portion of the current being output via the output port to the one or more loads. The alternator further includes one or more communication ports configured to transmit information based on the current level measured by the one or more current sensors.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2015Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Frank Auer, Robert Hartmann, Christoph Seidl
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Patent number: 9630036Abstract: A safety cabinet is disclosed which includes an enclosure having a double-wall construction and at least one door to selectively seal the enclosure. The safety cabinet includes a latch system for selectively retaining the door(s) in a closed position to cover the enclosure. The safety cabinet can be used to store, for example, flammable liquids, flammable waste, corrosives, pesticides, or combustible waste. The latch system includes fusible links that fuse when exposed to high ambient temperatures and cause the latch system to further engage the enclosure, thereby promoting the interlocking relationship between the door(s) and the enclosure when the safety cabinet is exposed to threshold high ambient temperatures.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2013Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: Justrite Manufacturing Company LLCInventors: Brandon Gene Strum, Ronald Frank Auer
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Publication number: 20160373040Abstract: An alternator is described that is configured to provide a current for powering one or more loads. The alternator includes an output port configured to output the current for powering the one or more loads, and one or more current sensors configured to measure a current level of at least a portion of the current being output via the output port to the one or more loads, The alternator further includes one or more communication ports configured to transmit information based on the current level measured by the one or more current sensors.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2015Publication date: December 22, 2016Inventors: Frank Auer, Robert Hartmann, Christoph Seidl
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Patent number: 9470988Abstract: A positioning system for positioning an object in a lithographic apparatus, including: a first and second object tables moveable in an operating area; a first position measurement system to provide an incremental position measurement of the second object table relative to a reference when in the operating area, wherein the first position measurement system is configured to provide an absolute position measurement of the first object table relative to the reference; a second position measurement system to provide an absolute position measurement of the first object table relative to the second object table, and wherein the first position measurement system is further configured to provide an absolute position measurement of the second object table relative to the reference based on the absolute position measurement of the first object table relative to the reference and on the absolute position measurement of the first object table relative to the second object table.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2013Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.Inventors: Engelbertus Antonius Fransiscus Van Der Pasch, Albert Johannes Maria Jansen, Andre Bernardus Jeunink, Johannes Mathias Theodorus Antonius Adriaens, Frank Auer, Peterjan Broomans, Suzanne Johanna Antonetta Geertruda Cosijns, Willem Herman Gertruda Anna Koenen, Sebastiaan Smit, Joris Wilhelmus Henricus Vermunt
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Publication number: 20160072376Abstract: A rectifying device includes a power transistor, a gate control circuit and a capacitor structure arranged on a single semiconductor die. The power transistor includes a source or emitter terminal connected to a first terminal of the rectifying device, a drain or collector terminal connected to a second terminal of the rectifying device, and a gate. The gate control circuit is operable to control a gate voltage at the gate of the power transistor based on at least one parameter relating to at least one of a voltage and a current between the first terminal and the second terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2015Publication date: March 10, 2016Inventors: Dirk Ahlers, Frank Auer, Herbert Gietler, Michael Lenz
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Patent number: 9205289Abstract: A safety cabinet is disclosed which includes an enclosure having a double-wall construction and at least one door to selectively seal the enclosure. The safety cabinet includes a latch system for selectively retaining the door(s) in a closed position to cover the enclosure. The safety cabinet can be used to store, for example, flammable liquids, flammable waste, corrosives, pesticides, or combustible waste. The latch system includes fusible links that fuse when exposed to high ambient temperatures and cause the latch system to further engage the enclosure, thereby promoting the interlocking relationship between the door(s) and the enclosure when the safety cabinet is exposed to threshold high ambient temperatures.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2013Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: JUSTRITE MANUFACTURING COMPANY L.L.C.Inventors: Brandon Gene Strum, Ronald Frank Auer
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Publication number: 20150277242Abstract: A positioning system for positioning an object in a lithographic apparatus, including: a first and second object tables moveable in an operating area; a first position measurement system to provide an incremental position measurement of the second object table relative to a reference when in the operating area, wherein the first position measurement system is configured to provide an absolute position measurement of the first object table relative to the reference; a second position measurement system to provide an absolute position measurement of the first object table relative to the second object table, and wherein the first position measurement system is further configured to provide an absolute position measurement of the second object table relative to the reference based on the absolute position measurement of the first object table relative to the reference and on the absolute position measurement of the first object table relative to the second object table.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2013Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Engelbertus Antonius Fransiscus Van Der Pasch, Albert Johannes Maria Jansen, Andre Bernardus Jeunink, Johannes Mathias Theodorus Antonius Adriaens, Frank Auer, Peterjan Broomans, Suzanne Johanna Antonetta Geertruda Cosijns, Willem Herman Gertruda Anna Koenen, Sebastiaan Smit, Joris Wilhelmus Henricus Vermunt