Patents by Inventor Frank Sauberlich

Frank Sauberlich 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: 20130203211
    Abstract: A method coats a substrate with an aluminum-doped zinc oxide. The method includes generating a nucleation coating between 5 nm and 400 nm thick and having zinc oxide or doped zinc oxide, in particular aluminum-doped zinc oxide, on a surface of a substrate by atomizing a solid target. A quasi-epitaxially propagating top coating is generated and contains an aluminum-doped zinc oxide on the nucleation coating and the top coating is wet chemically etched.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Inventors: Volker Sittinger, Bernd Szyszka, Wilma Dewald, Frank Säuberlich, Bernd Stannowski
  • Publication number: 20120325295
    Abstract: An arrangement includes a transparent substrate, at least one transparent electrically conductive layer on the substrate. At least one photoelectric device for converting radiation energy into electrical energy can be arranged on the at least one transparent electrically conductive layer. The at least one transparent electrically conductive layer includes at least one first transparent electrically conductive layer and at least one second transparent electrically conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicants: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung E. V., Schueco TF GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Frank Sauberlich, Bernd Stannowski, Tobias Wendelmuth, Volker Sittinger, Bernd Szyszka
  • Patent number: 8255264
    Abstract: A method of measuring the sales performance of a dealer may include determining a propensity to buy score associated with each lead received by a dealer and determining an expected close rate associated with the dealer that may be based on the determined propensity to buy scores. The method may also include determining, by a computing device, an effectiveness rate associated with the dealer that may be based on at least the expected close rate and an actual close rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Urban Science Application, Inc.
    Inventors: John Bowen, Frank Sauberlich
  • Publication number: 20080306812
    Abstract: A method of measuring the sales performance of a dealer may include determining a propensity to buy score associated with each lead received by a dealer and determining an expected close rate associated with the dealer that may be based on the determined propensity to buy scores. The method may also include determining, by a computing device, an effectiveness rate associated with the dealer that may be based on at least the expected close rate and an actual close rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: URBAN SCIENCE APPLICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: John Bowen, Frank Sauberlich
  • Patent number: 6375215
    Abstract: An airbag arrangement comprising: an airbag; a housing (1), formed of plastics material, for containing the airbag in a deflated, folded condition; a cover (5), formed of flexible material, and attached to the airbag housing (1) by a seal around a substantial portion of the periphery of the housing (1). The seal may be by heat or pressure sensitive glue, by ultrasonic or vibration welding or by deformable lugs (9). This arrangement is cheaper to produce and quicker to assemble, and has the advantage of being generally tamper-proof, since any tampering with the package will be immediately evident from detachment of the cover or tears therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Breed Automotive Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Hubert Rene Ross, Andreas Staub, Frank Sauberlich, Matthias Volkmann, Dirk Roosen
  • Publication number: 20020027336
    Abstract: An airbag arrangement comprising: an airbag; a housing (1), formed of plastics material, for containing the airbag in a deflated, folded condition; a cover (5), formed of flexible material, and attached to the airbag housing (1) by a seal around a substantial portion of the periphery of the housing (1). The seal may be by heat or pressure sensitive glue, by ultrasonic or vibration welding or by deformable lugs (9). This arrangement is cheaper to produce and quicker to assemble, and has the advantage of being generally tamper-proof, since any tampering with the package will be immediately evident from detachment of the cover or tears therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 1999
    Publication date: March 7, 2002
    Inventors: HUBERT RENE ROSS, ANDREAS STAUB, FRANK SAUBERLICH, MATTHIAS VOLKMANN, DIRK ROOSEN
  • Patent number: 6209912
    Abstract: An airbag, primarily a driver's airbag, is formed of two, preferably disc shaped pieces of fabric joined at their circumference and having inflation control features including at least two stitch lines each comprising a major portion extending across the body of airbag and a minor central discontinuity in the form of a gap or triangle or peak. Preferably the stitch lines are S shaped and have radial and circumferential aspects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: Breed Automotive Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Andreas Staub, Frank Sauberlich