Patents by Inventor Harald Walter

Harald Walter 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: 20240037933
    Abstract: System and computer-implemented method for monitoring a function model for providing data for at least one function of a computer-controlled machine, in particular an image recognition algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Bjoern Scholz, David Kulicke, Harald Walter, Hoang Trinh, Holger Kahle, K B Mohan Kishor, Marcio Jose De Menezes Junior, Peter Fruehberger
  • Publication number: 20230286312
    Abstract: A method for producing a hologram (1), (1) for security elements (1a) and/or security documents (1b). One or more virtual hologram planes (10) are arranged in front of and/or behind one or more virtual models (20) and/or one or more virtual hologram planes (10) are arranged such that they intersect one or more virtual models (20). One or more virtual light sources (30) are arranged on one or more partial regions of the surface (21) of one or more of the virtual models (20). One or more virtual electromagnetic fields (40) are calculated starting from at least one of the virtual light sources (30) in one or more zones (11) of the one or more virtual hologram planes (10). In the one or more zones (11), in each case, a virtual total electromagnetic field (41) is calculated on the basis of the sum of two or more, of the virtual electromagnetic fields (40) in the respective zone (11). One or more phase images (50) are calculated from the virtual total electromagnetic fields (41) in the one or more zones (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Sebastian Mader, Harald Walter, Corrado Fraschina
  • Patent number: 11718133
    Abstract: A chassis control arm for a wheel suspension has a control arm body, a spring abutment and an actuator which is arranged between the control arm body and the spring abutment and with which the position of the spring abutment relative to the control arm body can be adjusted. The actuator comprises a lifting gear which is configured as a movement thread and which includes a lifting spindle on which the spring abutment is arranged or on which the spring abutment is axially movably mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: THK Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Vadim Kirsch, Manjunatha Madivala, Tamil Selvan Rajagopal, Wataru Saito, Marius Tillman, Harald Walter
  • Patent number: 11679616
    Abstract: A method for producing a hologram (1), (1) for security elements (1a) and/or security documents (1b). One or more virtual hologram planes (10) are arranged in front of and/or behind one or more virtual models (20) and/or one or more virtual hologram planes (10) are arranged such that they intersect one or more virtual models (20). One or more virtual light sources (30) are arranged on one or more partial regions of the surface (21) of one or more of the virtual models (20). One or more virtual electromagnetic fields (40) are calculated starting from at least one of the virtual light sources (30) in one or more zones (11) of the one or more virtual hologram planes (10). In the one or more zones (11), in each case, a virtual total electromagnetic field (41) is calculated on the basis of the sum of two or more, of the virtual electromagnetic fields (40) in the respective zone (11). One or more phase images (50) are calculated from the virtual total electromagnetic fields (41) in the one or more zones (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: OVD Kinegram AG
    Inventors: Sebastian Mader, Harald Walter, Corrado Fraschina
  • Publication number: 20230166556
    Abstract: Methods for producing a multilayer body (1), and a multilayer body (1). The method for producing a multilayer body includes: —providing a carrier layer (10); —applying a first replication varnish layer (11) to the carrier layer (10); —molding a plurality of microlenses (12) arranged in the form of a grid into the first replication varnish layer (11a); —applying at least one layer (14) to be structured to the side of the carrier layer (10) opposite the plurality of microlenses; —structuring the at least one layer (14) to be structured using a separate high-resolution mask (23) such that a plurality of microimages (15) arranged in the form of a grid are formed by removal in areas of the at least one layer (14) to be structured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Violetta Olszowka, Benjamin Hasse, Harald Walter
  • Patent number: 11647749
    Abstract: A composition suitable for control of diseases caused by phytopathogens comprising (A) a compound of formula I wherein R1 is difluoromethyl or trifluoromethyl and X is chloro, fluoro or bromo; and (B) at least one compound selected from compounds known for their fungicidal activity; and a method of controlling diseases on useful plants, especially rust diseases on soybean plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Hans Tobler, Harald Walter, Ulrich Johannes Haas
  • Publication number: 20230113346
    Abstract: A composition suitable for control of diseases caused by phytopathogens comprising (A) a compound of formula I wherein R1 is difluoromethyl or trifluoromethyl and X is chloro, fluoro or bromo; and (B) at least one compound selected from compounds known for their fungicidal activity; and a method of controlling diseases on useful plants, especially rust diseases on soybean plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION LLC
    Inventors: Hans TOBLER, Harald WALTER, Ulrich Johannes HAAS
  • Publication number: 20230062072
    Abstract: A method for authenticating a security document by means of at least one device includes: a) providing the security document having at least one first security element and at least one second security element; b) providing the at least one device, wherein the at least one device includes at least one sensor; c) capturing first items of optical information of the at least one first security element by means of the at least one sensor of the at least one device during a first illumination, wherein at least one first dataset specifying these items of information is generated therefrom; d) capturing second items of optical information of the at least one second security element by means of the at least one sensor of the at least one device during a second illumination, wherein at least one second dataset specifying these items of information is generated therefrom; e) capturing third items of optical information of the at least one second security element by means of the at least one sensor of the at least one de
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Harald Walter, Corrado Fraschina, Sebastian Mader, Benno Schmitzer, Uwe Frieser, Hendrik Von Prince
  • Patent number: 11570990
    Abstract: A method of controlling phytopathogenic diseases on useful plants or on propagation material thereof, which comprises applying to the useful plants, the locus thereof or propagation material thereof a combination of components (A) and (B) in a synergistically effective amount, wherein component (A) is a compound of formula I compound of formula I wherein R is hydrogen or methoxy; Q is R1 is hydrogen, halogen or C1-C6alkyl; R2 is hydrogen, halogen, C1-C6alkyl, C2-C6alkenyl, C3-C6alkinyl, C3-C6cycloalkyl-C3-C6alkinyl, halophenoxy, halophenyl-C3-C6alkinyl, C(C1-C4alkyl)=NO—C1-C4alkyl, C1-C6haloalkyl, C1-C6haloalkoxy, C2-C6haloalkenyl, or C2-C6haloalkenyloxy; R3 is hydrogen, halogen, C1-C6alkyl; R4, R5 and R6, independently from each other, are hydrogen, halogen or —?—R7; with the proviso that at least one of R4, R5 and R6 is different from hydrogen; R7 is hydrogen, C1-C6alkyl, C1-C6haloalkyl or C1-C4alkoxyalkyl; and R8 is hydrogen or methoxy; and agrochemically acceptable salts/isomers/structural is
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Harald Walter, Daniel Stierli
  • Publication number: 20220324248
    Abstract: A see-through security element (2), a security document (1) and a method for producing a see-through security element (2). The see-through security element has a first element with one or more transparent first partial areas and at least one reflective second partial area. The see-through security element has a second element with one or more first partial areas, which in each case in transmission form a color filter matched to a respectively assigned color, and has at least one second partial area, which is formed colorless, in particular colorless transparent, or in transmission and/or reflection forms a color filter which is matched to a color which is not assigned to any of the one or more first partial area of the second element. The first partial areas of the first element and the first partial areas of the second element at least partially overlap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Juri Attner, Philipp Schuler, René Staub, Harald Walter, Klaus Weber
  • Patent number: 11345178
    Abstract: A security element with one or more first microstructures, wherein the first microstructures are provided in each case in one or more tracks which are curved at least in sections or in one or more sections of a track which are curved at least in sections, and/or in each case run along one or more tracks which are curved at least in sections or along one or more sections of a track which are curved at least in sections, and a method, wherein at least one file containing image points of one or more image elements is provided, which includes the locational arrangement of the image points, and one or more tracks which are curved at least in sections or one or more sections of one or more tracks which are curved at least in sections are determined from the locational arrangement of the image points, and in the one or more tracks or sections of tracks in each case one or more first microstructures are provided which, when illuminated, provide a first item of optically variable information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: OVD KINEGRAM AG
    Inventors: Harald Walter, Corrado Fraschina, Sebastian Mader
  • Patent number: 11339824
    Abstract: A ball joint including a ball stud which has a spherical portion, two bearing shells that are arranged on the spherical portion such that there is a small gap between the two bearing shells, and a housing that is made from plastic in one piece and encloses the two bearing shells such that the two bearing shells are urged against the spherical portion by the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: THK RHYTHM AUTOMOTOVE GMBH
    Inventors: Lothar Schaumann, Harald Walter
  • Publication number: 20220111676
    Abstract: An optically variable element, in particular a security element and/or a decorative element, preferably for security documents, wherein the optically variable element has at least one pixel array having two or more pixels, wherein one or more pixels of the two or more pixels have one or more structures, and wherein one or more structures of the one or more structures project, diffract and/or scatter incident electromagnetic radiation at one or more solid angles. A security document, in particular comprising one or more optically variable elements, a method for producing an optically variable element, preferably a security element and/or a decorative element, preferably for security documents as well as a method for producing a security document, preferably comprising one or more layers, preferably comprising one or more optically variable elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Corrado FRASCHINA, Sebastian MADER, Harald WALTER
  • Publication number: 20220105743
    Abstract: The invention relates to a security element (1) with a first volume hologram layer (11), which spans a coordinate system with the coordinate axes x and y (3, 4) perpendicular to each other in an unbent state of the security element (1), wherein a first volume hologram is introduced into the first volume hologram layer (11) in at least one first area (51), wherein the first volume hologram is formed such that a first item of information (21-30) is visible for an observer (7) in a first observation situation in a first predefined bent state of the security element (1) and is not visible in the first observation situation in the unbent state of the security element (1) or vice versa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Wayne Robert Tompkin, Markus Burkhardt, Norbert Lutz, Harald Walter, Andreas Schilling
  • Patent number: 11286975
    Abstract: A ball joint includes a carrier part and a hollow ball which is a component separate from the carrier part and is fixed on the carrier part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: THK Rhythm Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Lothar Schaumann, Harald Walter
  • Publication number: 20220055363
    Abstract: A The invention relates to a method for producing a film intermediate product (1), a film intermediate product (1), as well as a product produced hereby. The film intermediate product (1) is here formed by means of depositing one or more film elements (311 to 314), which is or are formed in each case of a cutout of one or more donor films (301 to 304).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Marcus ARNOLD, Corrado FRASCHINA, Philipp SCHULER, René STAUB, Harald WALTER
  • Publication number: 20210378242
    Abstract: The invention relates to fungicidal compositions comprising as active ingredient a combination of components A) and B) as defined in the patent claims, to a method of controlling phytopathogenic diseases on crop plants using such a composition and to a method of protecting natural substances of vegetable and/or animal origin and/or their processed forms using such a composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, LLC
    Inventors: Harald WALTER, Urs NEUENSCHWANDER, Ronald ZEUN, Josef EHRENFREUND, Hans TOBLER, Camilla CORSI, Clemens LAMBERTH
  • Publication number: 20210332844
    Abstract: A ball joint includes a carrier part and a hollow ball which is a component separate from the carrier part and is fixed on the carrier part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Lothar SCHAUMANN, Harald WALTER
  • Patent number: 11155112
    Abstract: A method and a security element with a front side and a rear side lying opposite the front side, wherein the security element has two or more security features, wherein a first security feature of the two or more security features has one or more first layers and a second security feature of the two or more security features has one or more second layers, wherein the first security feature and the second security feature are in particular arranged in register with each other, wherein the first security feature generates at least one first optically variable effect and the second security feature generates at least one second optically variable effect, wherein the at least one first optically variable effect has a first color and the at least one second optically variable effect has a second color, wherein the first color and the second color differ from each other, as well as a method for producing a security element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignees: LEONHARD KURZ STIFTUNG & CO. KG, OVD KINEGRAM AG
    Inventors: Ludwig Brehm, Anja Cathomen, Christian Schulz, René Staub, Harald Walter
  • Patent number: 11150084
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a verification method of tablets, in particular pharmaceutical tablets. It further relates to an invisible secure marking or information which is a part of such tablet. The invention further relates to tablets suitable for such verification method, to processes for manufacturing such tablets and methods for reading the information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Nano-4-U AG
    Inventors: Harald Walter, Alexander Stuck