Patents by Inventor Gerhard Schmid
Gerhard Schmid 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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Publication number: 20240428712Abstract: A display apparatus comprises a light source configured to emit a light beam, a light source driver configured to drive the light source according to pixels of an image frame, a mirror assembly with one or more mirrors configured to oscillate and deflect the light beam according to a scan pattern, a mirror driver configured to drive the mirror assembly according to said scan pattern, a buffer configured to buffer pixels and feed, synchronised by the mirror driver one or more times, the buffered pixels successively to the light source driver, and a central processing unit configured to determine a sequence of pixels of the image frame to be successively displayed according to said scan pattern, and to transfer said sequence to the buffer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2024Publication date: December 26, 2024Inventors: Franz Josef MAIER, Faraj NASSAR, Gerhard SCHMID, Johannes WOLKERSTORFER, Christopher DISSAUER-EBERL
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Publication number: 20240428713Abstract: A display apparatus comprises a light source configured to emit a light beam, a pulse generator configured to generate a pulse train, a buffer configured to store pixels of an image, a controller configured to modulate the pulse train according to the pixels and to drive the light source according to the modulated pulse train, a mirror assembly configured to oscillate and scan the light beam over an image area according to a scan pattern, and a mirror driver configured to drive the mirror assembly, the pulse generator being configured to receive a brightness signal and to generate the pulse train with a low/high pulse rate when the brightness signal indicates a low/high brightness. A method displays pixels of an image with a low/high pulse rate at a low/high brightness.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2024Publication date: December 26, 2024Inventors: Franz Josef MAIER, Adarsh Shankar PRASAD, Gerhard SCHMID, Faraj NASSAR, Manuel DORFMEISTER, Joerg REITTERER
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Publication number: 20240332048Abstract: A component carrier includes a stack having at least one electrically conductive layer structure and at least one electrically insulating layer structure, a solder mask arranged at least on part of an exterior surface of the stack, said solder mask being patterned for defining curved sidewalls, and a legend marking on and/or above the stack, in direct physical contact with the solder mask and at least partially interacting with the curved sidewalls. A method for manufacturing the component carrier is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2023Publication date: October 3, 2024Inventors: Thomas Kristl, Gerhard Schmid
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Publication number: 20240228238Abstract: The present invention relates to a material handling and/or construction machine, in particular lifting gear such as a crane, comprising a plurality of electric drives for driving work assemblies and/or structural components of the material handling and/or construction machine, a control apparatus for controlling the drives, and a power supply device for supplying electric power to the electric drives, wherein the power supply device has a grid connection for connection to a power grid and drawing of the electric power from the power grid, wherein a measuring device for measuring the total electric power consumption of the material handling and/or construction machine from the power grid is provided at the grid connection at the machine-end grid connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2024Publication date: July 11, 2024Applicant: Liebherr-Werk Biberach GmbHInventors: Martin ASSFALG, Michael GOLLACK, Thomas KÖNIG, Gerhard SCHMID
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Patent number: 11945698Abstract: The invention relates to a mobile construction crane comprising a superstructure and an undercarriage, wherein one or more electrical consumers are provided in or at the superstructure, wherein a supply of the one or more electrical consumers with electrical energy takes place by at least one current generator installed in the undercarriage.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2019Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: LIEBHERR-WERK BIBERACH GMBHInventors: Martin Assfalg, Michael Eggert, Gerhard Schmid
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Patent number: 11749573Abstract: Described are component carriers including a stepped cavity into which a stepped component assembly is embedded. The component carriers have (a) fully cured electrically insulating material originating from at least one electrically insulating layer structure of the component carrier and circumferentially surrounding the stepped component assembly and/or (b) an undercut in a transition region between a narrow recess and a wide recess of the stepped cavity. Further described are methods for manufacturing such component carriers.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik AktiengesellschaftInventors: Johannes Stahr, Gerald Weidinger, Gerhard Schmid, Andreas Zluc
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Patent number: 11531254Abstract: The disclosed subject matter relates to a method of projecting an image by means of a light source emitting light pulses and an oscillating micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) mirror deflecting the emitted light pulses, comprising: providing a matrix of durations for each pixel, and incrementing or decrementing a pixel index whenever a respective duration indexed by the respective pixel indices in the playout matrix has lapsed; for each light pulse: retrieving the respective intensity and durations indexed by the current pixel indices, calculating an interval from at least one of said durations, emitting said light pulse with said retrieved intensity, and waiting said calculated interval before emitting the next light pulse. The disclosed subject matter further relates to a projector carrying out said method.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2021Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: TriLite Technologies GmbHInventors: Gerhard Schmid, Joerg Reitterer, Aart Verhoef
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Publication number: 20210371254Abstract: The invention relates to a mobile construction crane comprising a superstructure and an undercarriage, wherein one or more electrical consumers are provided in or at the superstructure, wherein a supply of the one or more electrical consumers with electrical energy takes place by at least one current generator installed in the lower undercarriage.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2019Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: Martin ASSFALG, Michael EGGERT, Gerhard SCHMID
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Publication number: 20210311378Abstract: The disclosed subject matter relates to a method of projecting an image by means of a light source emitting light pulses and an oscillating micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) mirror deflecting the emitted light pulses, comprising: providing a matrix of durations for each pixel, and incrementing or decrementing a pixel index whenever a respective duration indexed by the respective pixel indices in the playout matrix has lapsed; for each light pulse: retrieving the respective intensity and durations indexed by the current pixel indices, calculating an interval from at least one of said durations, emitting said light pulse with said retrieved intensity, and waiting said calculated interval before emitting the next light pulse. The disclosed subject matter further relates to a projector carrying out said method.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2021Publication date: October 7, 2021Applicant: TriLite Technologies GmbHInventors: Gerhard SCHMID, Joerg REITTERER, Aart VERHOEF
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Publication number: 20210280479Abstract: Described are component carriers including a stepped cavity into which a stepped component assembly is embedded. The component carriers have (a) fully cured electrically insulating material originating from at least one electrically insulating layer structure of the component carrier and circumferentially surrounding the stepped component assembly and/or (b) an undercut in a transition region between a narrow recess and a wide recess of the stepped cavity. Further described are methods for manufacturing such component carriers.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2021Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Johannes Stahr, Gerald Weidinger, Gerhard Schmid, Andreas Zluc
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Patent number: 11049778Abstract: Described are component carriers including a stepped cavity into which a stepped component assembly is embedded. The component carriers have (a) fully cured electrically insulating material originating from at least one electrically insulating layer structure of the component carrier and circumferentially surrounding the stepped component assembly and/or (b) an undercut in a transition region between a narrow recess and a wide recess of the stepped cavity. Further described are methods for manufacturing such component carriers.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik AktiengesellschaftInventors: Johannes Stahr, Gerald Weidinger, Gerhard Schmid, Andreas Zluc
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Patent number: 11016374Abstract: The disclosed subject matter relates to an apparatus for projecting a light spot, comprising a light source emitting a light beam having a wavelength and a divergence angle, a mirror arranged in the path of the light beam to deflect said light beam about a nominal deflection angle, the mirror having a surface with a known curvature, and a collimation lens arranged between the light source and the mirror in the path of the light beam, wherein the lens is mounted at a distance z1?f1 from the light source, f1 being the focal length of the lens, and wherein the distance z1 is chosen such that the width of the deflected light beam has a minimum at a pre-determined projection distance.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2019Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: TriLite Technologies GmbHInventors: Joerg Reitterer, Franz Fidler, Anna Balbekova, Gerhard Schmid, Ferdinand Saint Julien-Wallsee
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Patent number: 10633228Abstract: The present invention relates to a crane, in particular to a revolving tower crane, having a boom rotatable about an upright slewing gear axis by a slewing gear drive and having an out-of-operation brake which allows and brakes rotary movements of the boom in the out-of-operation state. In accordance with the invention, the out-of-operation brake is configured as working electrodynamically and comprises an electric motor of the slewing gear drive which can be operated as an electric-motor brake.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2016Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Liebherr-Components Biberach GmbHInventors: Thomas Münst, Gerhard Schmid, Harald Wanner
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Publication number: 20200110331Abstract: The disclosed subject matter relates to an apparatus for projecting a light spot, comprising a light source emitting a light beam having a wavelength and a divergence angle, a mirror arranged in the path of the light beam to deflect said light beam about a nominal deflection angle, the mirror having a surface with a known curvature, and a collimation lens arranged between the light source and the mirror in the path of the light beam, wherein the lens is mounted at a distance z1?f1 from the light source, f1 being the focal length of the lens, and wherein the distance z1 is chosen such that the width of the deflected light beam has a minimum at a pre-determined projection distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Applicant: TriLite Technologies GmbHInventors: Joerg Reitterer, Franz Fidler, Anna Balbekova, Gerhard Schmid, Ferdinand Saint Julien-Wallsee
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Publication number: 20190378771Abstract: Described are component carriers including a stepped cavity into which a stepped component assembly is embedded. The component carriers have (a) fully cured electrically insulating material originating from at least one electrically insulating layer structure of the component carrier and circumferentially surrounding the stepped component assembly and/or (b) an undercut in a transition region between a narrow recess and a wide recess of the stepped cavity. Further described are methods for manufacturing such component carriers.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2019Publication date: December 12, 2019Inventors: Johannes Stahr, Gerald Weidinger, Gerhard Schmid, Andreas Zluc
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Patent number: 10051747Abstract: Methods for the production of a circuit board involving the removal of a subregion in accordance with various embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment, the production of a circuit board, made of at least two interconnected layers of material, involving the removal of a subregion including a portion of at least one of the at least two interconnected layers from the circuit board includes providing an adhesion preventing material under the subregion to be removed to a layer in the at least two interconnected layers that is adjacent to the at least one layer including the subregion, separating edge regions of the subregion to be removed from adjoining regions of the circuit board, connecting an external surface of the subregion to be removed to an external element, and displacing the external element to separate the subregion to be removed from the adjacent layer of the circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2012Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik AktiengesellschaftInventors: Markus Leitgeb, Gerald Weidinger, Gerhard Schmid, Ljubomir Mareljic, Volodymyr Karpovych
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Publication number: 20160362283Abstract: The present invention relates to a crane, in particular to a revolving tower crane, having a boom rotatable about an upright slewing gear axis by a slewing gear drive and having an out-of-operation brake which allows and brakes rotary movements of the boom in the out-of-operation state. In accordance with the invention, the out-of-operation brake is configured as working electrodynamically and comprises an electric motor of the slewing gear drive which can be operated as an electric-motor brake.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2016Publication date: December 15, 2016Inventors: Thomas MÜNST, Gerhard SCHMID, Harald WANNER
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Patent number: 9304015Abstract: A slip-ring unit for transmitting an electric current includes a first component group and a second component group arranged in a manner allowing rotation relative to each other. The slip-ring unit has a first track and a second track, a brush and a slip ring contacting each other over different rotational positions along one of the tracks. The first component group has a first connection terminal and an electric circuit for monitoring conditions, while the second component group has a second connection terminal The electric current is transmittable from the first connection terminal to the second connection terminal over the first track, and an electric voltage is transmittable over the second track to the circuit. The slip-ring unit is configured such that the first track and the second track are connected electrically.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2014Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignees: LTN SERVOTECHNIK GMBH, LEINE LINDE SYSTEMS GMBHInventors: Ludwig Angerpointner, Gerhard Schmid
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Publication number: 20150334841Abstract: A multilayer printed circuit board comprising conductive layers separated by dielectric insulation layers, at least one conductive layer being patterned and parts of conducting layers being interconnected by means of vias traversing insulation layers, and at least one component having terminals electrically connected with conducting layers is countersunk at least partly in a cavity having a floor and side walls, whereby a first component is completely countersunk in the cavity with its terminals connected face-down directly with contacts on the floor of the cavity and at least one further component is stacked above the first component, whereby an edge of the lower surface of the second component projecting over the upper surface area of the at least one further component is provided with terminals being connected directly face-down with contacts of the circuit board arranged on a level higher than the floor of the cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2013Publication date: November 19, 2015Inventor: Gerhard SCHMID
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Publication number: 20150061705Abstract: A slip-ring unit for transmitting an electric current includes a first component group and a second component group arranged in a manner allowing rotation relative to each other. The slip-ring unit has a first track and a second track, a brush and a slip ring contacting each other over different rotational positions along one of the tracks. The first component group has a first connection terminal and an electric circuit for monitoring conditions, while the second component group has a second connection terminal The electric current is transmittable from the first connection terminal to the second connection terminal over the first track, and an electric voltage is transmittable over the second track to the circuit. The slip-ring unit is configured such that the first track and the second track are connected electrically.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventors: Ludwig Angerpointner, Gerhard Schmid