Patents by Inventor Frank Michels

Frank Michels 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: 20240088606
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: at least a first housing part and a second housing part, one of the first housing part and the second housing part engaging, at least partially and concentrically, in an other of the first housing part and the second housing part in an engagement region, the first housing part and the second housing part being rotatable relative to one another in the engagement region about an axis of rotation. The first housing part and the second housing part each have a magnetic structure extending, at least in part, circumferentially on an inside or an outside in the engagement region, the respective magnetic structures interacting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Hrvoje Babic, Ralf Beckmann, Martin Schaefers, Juergen Sahm, Markus Hermann, Markus Michel, Frank Brokmann, Holger Ritter, Markus Hanses
  • Publication number: 20240076673
    Abstract: The present invention refers to immunosuppression-reverting oligonucleotides comprising 12 to 18 nucleotides, wherein at least one of the nucleotides is modified, and the oligonucleotide hybridizes with an hybridizing active region of the nucleic acid sequence of an ectoenzyme (CD73) of SEQ ID NO.1 (human) and/or SEQ ID NO.2 (human). The invention is further directed to a pharmaceutical composition comprising such oligonucleotide. The oligonucleotide and the pharmaceutical composition are used in a method of preventing and/or treating a disorder, where a CD73 imbalance is involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Frank JASCHINSKI, Sven MICHEL, Richard KLAR, Julia FESTAG
  • Publication number: 20240067973
    Abstract: The present invention refers to oligonucleotides comprising 10 to 25 nucleotides, wherein at least one of the nucleotides is modified, and the oligonucleotide hybridizes with mRNA of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) of SEQ ID NO.1 and/or with pre-mRNA of ACE2 of SEQ ID NO.2 resulting in a reduction of the level of ACE2, ACE2 mRNA, ACE2 pre-mRNA or a combination thereof of 30 to 99% compared to an untreated control. The invention is further directed to a pharmaceutical composition comprising such oligonucleotide. The oligonucleotide and the pharmaceutical composition are used in a method of preventing and/or treating a viral disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Frank JASCHINSKI, Anne SADEWASSER, Sven MICHEL, Marta Lucia DE LOS REYES, Richard KLAR, Nan ZHANG, Claus BACHERT, Weiping WEN
  • Patent number: 11731498
    Abstract: An assembly provides impact protection for a vehicle battery of a hybrid motor vehicle, in particular a mild hybrid motor vehicle. The hybrid motor vehicle can have at least a first vehicle seat, a second vehicle seat arranged adjacent to the first vehicle seat, a center console arranged therebetween, and a center tunnel arranged below the center console and a vehicle battery. The assembly can include a battery tray having an upwardly directed opening for receiving the vehicle battery which is arranged, or can be arranged, in the region of the center console between the first vehicle seat and the second vehicle seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Meckenstock, Marius Sawatzki, Frank Michel, Tachafine Machaar
  • Publication number: 20230219313
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for manufacturing at least one drive belt, comprising a tubular shaping body having a first inner cavity which extends in the longitudinal direction of the shaping body over the entire or predominant length of the shaping body and is surrounded circumferentially by a wall of the shaping body, wherein the inner side of the wall of the shaping body facing the first inner cavity has a shaping surface for abutment and shaping of the drive belt to be produced during the manufacturing process. The invention also relates to a method of manufacturing at least one such drive belt by means of such an apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: Arntz Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Martin PAHL, Christian MICUS, Wojciech SWIERKOT, Michael DÖRING, Frank MICHEL
  • Patent number: 11581882
    Abstract: Method and electronic device for the pulse-modulated actuation of a load in a vehicle, a period duration (TPM) of a frequency (fPM) of the pulse modulation being able to be divided into an integer number (N) of sections (TSTEP), the duration of each of which corresponds to a multiple of a period duration (TOSC) of a clock signal, and the method having the steps of: calculating a frequency (fPM+1, fPM) or period duration (TPM+1, TPM) of a period of the pulse modulation on the basis of underlying frequency modulation, and determining the duration of a respective section (TSTEP) of a period duration (TPM) of the pulse modulation using the calculated frequency (fPM+1, fPM) or period duration (TPM+1, TPM) of a period of the pulse modulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG
    Inventors: Ling Chen, Frank Michel, Micha Heinz
  • Patent number: 11458907
    Abstract: A fastening device for an adjustable display accessory in the region of the dashboard of a motor vehicle is provided. The accessory is movable into different positions relative to an operator. The fastening device pivots by a driver into an optimal position and when not in use is able to be pivoted back into a neutral position in which the driver is not disturbed, wherein at the same time the accessory may be lockable in its position such that in it maintains its set position despite vibrations. A pivoting arm which is rotatable about a fixed first axis is provided and a holder for the accessory is arranged on the free end of the pivoting arm. The holder is rotatable about a second axis provided on the pivoting arm and both the pivoting arm and the holder are lockable on their axes in a plurality of latched positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Michel, Jack Hooker, Daniel Ares Martinez, Kilian Vas
  • Patent number: 11416481
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method receives a search query including terms formed in a natural language expression. The terms are included in entities that are categorized in types of entities. The method analyzes the entities for the terms to generate a set of branch queries that include different combinations of entities for the terms. The set of branch queries are ranked based on the types of entities associated with entities of the respective branch queries and a branch query is selected based on the ranking for the branch query. The method uses the entities of the branch query to perform a search of a structured database of structured objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventor: Frank Michels
  • Publication number: 20210122222
    Abstract: An assembly provides impact protection for a vehicle battery of a hybrid motor vehicle, in particular a mild hybrid motor vehicle. The hybrid motor vehicle can have at least a first vehicle seat, a second vehicle seat arranged adjacent to the first vehicle seat, a center console arranged therebetween, and a center tunnel arranged below the center console and a vehicle battery. The assembly can include a battery tray having an upwardly directed opening for receiving the vehicle battery which is arranged, or can be arranged, in the region of the center console between the first vehicle seat and the second vehicle seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel Meckenstock, Marius Sawatzki, Frank Michel, Tachafine Machaar
  • Publication number: 20200406831
    Abstract: A fastening device for an adjustable display accessory in the region of the dashboard of a motor vehicle is provided. The accessory is movable into different positions relative to an operator. The fastening device pivots by a driver into an optimal position and when not in use is able to be pivoted back into a neutral position in which the driver is not disturbed, wherein at the same time the accessory may be lockable in its position such that in it maintains its set position despite vibrations. A pivoting arm which is rotatable about a fixed first axis is provided and a holder for the accessory is arranged on the free end of the pivoting arm. The holder is rotatable about a second axis provided on the pivoting arm and both the pivoting arm and the holder are lockable on their axes in a plurality of latched positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Michel, Jack Hooker, Daniel Ares Martinez, Kilian Vas
  • Patent number: 10809300
    Abstract: A method for checking a control circuit for an inductive load, wherein one or two currents are measured and evaluated. An arrangement for carrying out such a method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO. OHG
    Inventors: Peter Oehler, Frank Michel
  • Patent number: 10655722
    Abstract: Gear mechanism, in particular coaxial gear mechanism or linear gear mechanism, having a toothing system, a tooth carrier with radially oriented guides, teeth which are received in the guides for engagement with the toothing system, the teeth being mounted in the guides such that they can be displaced radially relative to the tooth carrier in the direction of their longitudinal axis, a cam disk for radially driving the teeth, the tooth carrier comprising a first tooth carrier part and a second tooth carrier part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Wittenstein SE
    Inventors: Wilhelm Dorner, Michael Lesch, Andreas Kümmeth, Frank Michel, Heiko Schreiber, Thomas Wilhelm
  • Publication number: 20200041568
    Abstract: A method for checking a control circuit for an inductive load, wherein one or two currents are measured and evaluated. An arrangement for carrying out such a method is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Peter Oehler, Frank Michel
  • Patent number: 10550924
    Abstract: A transmission, in particular a coaxial transmission or linear transmission, comprising a toothing, a tooth holder in which a plurality of tooth segments are accommodated to engage with the toothing, wherein the tooth segments are borne to be radially shiftable relative to the tooth holder, a drive element having a profiling for radially driving the tooth segments borne in a radially shiftable manner, wherein the transmission has inner initial stress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Wittenstein AG
    Inventors: Michael Schmidt, Heiko Schreiber, Frank Michel, Thomas Bayer
  • Publication number: 20190340279
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method receives a search query including terms formed in a natural language expression. The terms are included in entities that are categorized in types of entities. The method analyzes the entities for the terms to generate a set of branch queries that include different combinations of entities for the terms. The set of branch queries are ranked based on the types of entities associated with entities of the respective branch queries and a branch query is selected based on the ranking for the branch query. The method uses the entities of the branch query to perform a search of a structured database of structured objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: SAP SE
    Inventor: Frank Michels
  • Patent number: 10382222
    Abstract: A method for protecting configuration data from a data bus transceiver operable in a subnetwork mode. The configuration data are provided for comparison with data bus message data arriving via a data bus. A reference checksum for the configuration data is generated and stored, and recurrently checked. In the event of an identified alteration, a wake-up signal and/or a piece of error information is output. During or after writing the configuration data to a configuration register via the data bus or directly before the change to the low-power mode of the electronic control unit, a checksum unit forms a checksum that is stored in a reference register. In the low-power mode of the electronic control unit, the checksum for the configuration is repeatedly recomputed and compared with the checksum stored in the reference register. If the recomputed checksum does not match the stored checksum, a wake-up process is triggered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignees: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG, NXP USA Inc.
    Inventors: Tobias Beckmann, Ireneusz Janiszewski, Frank Michel, Claas Cornelius, Robert Gach
  • Patent number: 10336491
    Abstract: An apparatus for wrapping a stack of objects vertical side faces and a horizontal top face has a unit for wrapping a film wrapper around the stack such that respective sections of the wrapper extend upward from each of the side faces. A first welder welds ends the film wrapper together at one of the side faces of the stack. A fold-over device folding the film sections over onto the top face of the stack. A second welder welds the folded-over film sections together on the top face of the stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: MSK-VERPACKUNGS-SYSTEME GMBH
    Inventors: Frank Michels, Enrico Czok, Markus Meunders
  • Patent number: 10275495
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for ranking data items are described. In accordance with various example embodiments, a ranking configuration is defined for an object type, the ranking configuration comprising an assignment of one or more ranking dimensions each comprising one or more object attributes to the object type and, for each of the one or more assigned ranking dimensions, one or more corresponding values and a significance weight assigned to each value, at least one of values being a dynamic value corresponding to the context-based object attribute. A ranking condition is generated for each ranking dimension assigned to the object type. The generation of the ranking condition is based at least in part on one or more object attributes, a specified ranking-impact weight, a context value corresponding to the context-based object attribute, and the one or more values and associated significance weights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Daniel Buchmann, Frank Michels
  • Patent number: 10255239
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for ranking data items are described. In accordance with various example embodiments, a ranking configuration is defined for an object type, the ranking configuration comprising an assignment of one or more ranking dimensions each comprising one or more object attributes to the object type and, for each of the one or more assigned ranking dimensions, one or more corresponding values and a significance weight assigned to each value, at least one of values being a dynamic value corresponding to the context-based object attribute. A ranking condition is generated for each ranking dimension assigned to the object type. The generation of the ranking condition is based at least in part on one or more object attributes, a specified ranking-impact weight, a context value corresponding to the context-based object attribute, and the one or more values and associated significance weights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Frank Michels, Daniel Buchmann
  • Patent number: 10138013
    Abstract: An opening apparatus for a gusseted tube which is fed in from a tube supply for the purpose of the later transfer to a device. The opening apparatus has at least two suction cheek arranged on each of two sides of the gusseted tube. Each suction cheek is arranged on one side of the gusseted tube and has a contact region which interacts with the gusseted tube and has a suction region with a protective device which lets an air flow through. The two suction cheeks lie opposite one another to be moved apart in a direction orthogonally with respect to the folded-together gusseted tube. An opening apparatus has both side cheeks of a pair arranged such that they can be moved along the outer face of the gusseted tube away from the other pair of suction cheeks to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: MSK—Verpackungs-Systeme GmbH
    Inventors: Reiner Hannen, Frank Michels