Patents by Inventor Hausler
Hausler 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: 20240123808Abstract: A structural assembly for an electric vehicle includes a vehicle frame and a battery structure. The vehicle frame is distinct from a vehicle body and includes a front section, a rear section and a mid-section disposed between the front and rear sections. The mid-section includes opposed longitudinal rails. The battery structure is configured to house power storage units and is disposed between the opposed longitudinal rails. The battery structure includes a battery housing secured to the opposed longitudinal rails of the mid-section. The mid-section and the battery housing are combined into a unitized structure that is removably secured to the front and rear sections of the vehicle frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Henry W. Hausler, Conor Daniel Hennessey, Scott J. Bell, Patrick Daniel Maguire
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Publication number: 20240123807Abstract: A structural assembly for an electric vehicle includes a vehicle frame, a battery structure, a pair of mounting structures, and a plurality of fasteners. The vehicle frame includes opposed longitudinal rails. The battery structure is disposed between the opposed longitudinal rails and includes a battery housing configured to house power storage units. Each mounting structure is secured to a respective side of the battery housing and supports a corresponding longitudinal rail. The plurality of fasteners extend through a corresponding mounting structure of the pair of mounting structures and a corresponding longitudinal rail of the opposed longitudinal rails to secure the vehicle frame and the battery structure to each other. An outer periphery of the corresponding mounting structure is substantially flush with an outer periphery of the corresponding longitudinal rail.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Henry W. Hausler, Patrick Daniel Maguire, Scott J. Bell, Conor Daniel Hennessey
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Patent number: 11951886Abstract: A vehicle-mountable child safety seat assembly is disclosed. The seat assembly includes a safety seat and a prop assembly mounted with respect to the safety seat. The prop assembly has a stowed position and a safely deployed position. The prop assembly includes: a leg assembly; a foot assembly mounted to the leg assembly; and a first sensor, for example a tilt sensor, for sensing when the prop assembly is not in the stowed position. A second sensor for sensing when the prop assembly is not in the safely deployed position is also provided. A warning system is also disclosed. The warning system changes from a timing state to the warning state if the second sensor senses that the prop assembly is not in its safely deployed position by a pre-determined time after the change from a standby state to a timing state.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: BRITAX RÖMER KINDERSICHERHEIT GMBHInventors: Bernd Häußler, Nabil Kzaiz, Marcel Brenner
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Publication number: 20240066587Abstract: A power tool including a motor; a fastener gripping portion operatively coupled to the motor for causing movement of the fastener gripping portion between a home position and a retracted position to set a fastener; and a controller for controlling the motor wherein during a reset stage of operation, in which the fastener gripping portion is moved towards the home position, the controller is configured to decelerate the motor before the fastener gripping portion reaches the home position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Daniel KADLECEK, Thaddäus HAUSLER
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Patent number: 11892517Abstract: A method for determining a state value of a traction battery of an electric vehicle characterises the ageing state, preferably an SoH value. The traction battery is charged or discharged by a test load and a respective output voltage and load current value pair is acquired. An ohmic internal resistance is established on the basis of the acquired value pair. The state value is established on the basis of the established ohmic internal resistance. At least one normalisation variable characterizing the traction battery is established. On the basis of the established ohmic internal resistance and the normalisation variable, a normalised internal resistance based on a reference value of the normalisation variable is established. The state value is established on the basis of the normalised internal resistance. A diagnostics device has an evaluation unit which is directly or indirectly couplable to the traction battery and carries out the method.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: DEKRA SEInventors: Andreas Richter, Christoph Häußler, Kim Von Grabe, Hans-Jürgen Mäurer, Simon Tilgner
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Patent number: 11840135Abstract: A battery pack support assembly includes a plurality of isolators disposed between an outer support frame of a battery pack and longitudinal rails of a vehicle frame. Each isolator includes a housing, an elastic body and a fastener. The housing defines a central opening and opposed flanges. The opposed flanges are secured to a respective longitudinal rail. The elastic body is disposed within the central opening of the housing. The fastener extends laterally through the central opening of the housing and secures the elastic body to the outer support frame of the battery pack.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jeffrey Ronald Bohmer, Alexander Thomas Arena, Hari Krishna Addanki, Kevin A. Montgomery, Ajay Kumar Gupta, Yulie Liu, Henry W. Hausler, John Wesley Stanley, Eric Layton Stratten, Phil Lenius, Carl Montgomery, Erik Billimoria
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Publication number: 20230248385Abstract: Wound cleaning device having a carrier layer and a wound cleaning layer arranged thereon, designed for holding wound exudate and/or solid wound components and having cleaning threads, the carrier layer and/or the wound cleaning layer being provided with at least one storage material that increases the capacity for holding wound exudate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2021Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: CARINA TAUSCHER, CORNELIA HAUSLER
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Publication number: 20230226957Abstract: A child safety seat and base assembly wherein a base is arranged to be secured with respect to a motor vehicle and a seat is arranged to be removably secured is disclosed. The assembly includes: a rotary element rotatably mounted to the base; a seat latch on the rotary element that engages the child safety seat to releasably hold the child safety seat to the base and rotary element; a seat latch actuation assembly for opening or closing the seat latch wherein opening the seat latch releases the child safety seat; and an interlock mechanism actuated upon opening the seat latch that prevents rotation of the rotary element with respect to the base. The seat latch actuation assembly may include a slidably mounted handle, wherein in use, the base blocks access to the handle when the seat is in any position other than one or two side-loading position(s).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: Britax Römer Kindersicherheit GmbHInventors: Richard Frank, Bernd Häußler, Richard Henseler
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Publication number: 20230230298Abstract: In an approach to generating playlists/sequences of images, a system includes: a memory configured to store at least a first image; a one or more computer processors; one or more non-transitory computer readable storage media; and program instructions. The program instructions include: receive the first image; determine at least one characteristic associated with an object represented within the first image and an expected user input associated with the at least one characteristic; and generate a sequence definition, the sequence definition including an identifier of the first image and an identifier of the at least one characteristic, where the sequence definition is configured to cause the first image to be interactively visualized to a user via a user interface to determine if a user input matches an expected user input based on the identifier of the at least one characteristic.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Allen K. Anderson, Michael Hausler, Patrick Kotowski, Rodney Hallgren
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Publication number: 20230214787Abstract: A maintenance planning system for a production plant comprises: a production planning system for determining a production sequence for the production plant; an automation system for controlling production in the production plant; a state monitoring system for acquiring states of the production plant and its components; and a business planning system for the economic management of production and maintenance in the production plant. The maintenance planning system is designed for determining maintenance measures for the production plant. When determining the maintenance measures, the maintenance planning system takes into account the information of the production planning system, the automation system, the state monitoring system and the business planning system and performs optimization with regard to an economic utilization of the production plant. The disclosure further relates to a method for determining maintenance measures for a production plant and corresponding computer programs.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2021Publication date: July 6, 2023Applicant: SMS group GmbHInventors: Christoph HÄUSLER, Sebastian SCHULZ, Claus WILK, Christian MOHR
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Publication number: 20230176554Abstract: In a system for optimizing production installations and/or processes of a metallurgical installation each production installation and/or process comprises a separate data management device. Entities of the metallurgical installation that are relevant for the respective part of the production installation and/or process are identifiable by local identifiers and the local identifiers can be used to retrieve data of separate data management devices. Within a central data management device each entity of the metallurgical installation has an associated global identifier. The applicable local identifiers of the separate data management devices are associated with the same entities of the metallurgical installation by the respective global identifier in the central data management device. Optimization involves at least some of the data from the separate data management devices being aggregated and evaluated by means of the global identifiers.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2021Publication date: June 8, 2023Applicant: SMS group GmbHInventors: Christoph HÄUSLER, André PESCHEN, Sebastian SCHULZ, David MASTERNAK
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Publication number: 20230152385Abstract: A method for determining a state value of a traction battery of an electric vehicle characterises the ageing state, preferably an SoH value. The traction battery is charged or discharged by a test load and a respective output voltage and load current value pair is acquired. An ohmic internal resistance is established on the basis of the acquired value pair. The state value is established on the basis of the established ohmic internal resistance. At least one normalisation variable characterizing the traction battery is established. On the basis of the established ohmic internal resistance and the normalisation variable, a normalised internal resistance based on a reference value of the normalisation variable is established. The state value is established on the basis of the normalised internal resistance. A diagnostics device has an evaluation unit which is directly or indirectly couplable to the traction battery and carries out the method.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2020Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: Andreas Richter, Christoph Häußler, Kim Von Grabe, Hans-Jürgen Mäurer, Simon Tilgner
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Patent number: 11625663Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for receiving, at a server, one or more success criteria for content accessibility. The server may receive a product, such as a web-based application or a website, to be evaluated based on the success criteria. The server may determine one or more accessibility exceptions of the product based on one or more inputs and the one or more success criteria. The server may determine relationships between the one or more accessibility exceptions of the product and the one or more success criteria using custom objects and schema from a database communicatively connected to the server. The server may determine product quality of the received product using the determined relationships and the one or more accessibility exceptions. The server may generate a dynamic accessibility conformance report based on the determined product quality, and may transmit the dynamic accessibility conformance report for display.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Salesforce, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Sonnenfeld, Adam Rodenbeck, Jesse Hausler
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Publication number: 20230044178Abstract: A battery pack support assembly includes a plurality of isolators disposed between an outer support frame of a battery pack and longitudinal rails of a vehicle frame. Each isolator includes a housing, an elastic body and a fastener. The housing defines a central opening and opposed flanges. The opposed flanges are secured to a respective longitudinal rail. The elastic body is disposed within the central opening of the housing. The fastener extends laterally through the central opening of the housing and secures the elastic body to the outer support frame of the battery pack.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2021Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jeffrey Ronald Bohmer, Alexander Thomas Arena, Hari Krishna Addanki, Kevin A. Montgomery, Ajay Kumar Gupta, Yulie Liu, Henry W. Hausler, John Wesley Stanley, Eric Layton Stratten, Phil Lenius, Carl Montgomery, Erik Billimoria
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Patent number: 11520482Abstract: A system to control navigation of graphical user interface (GUI) panels on a web page includes a processor and a storage medium that stores instructions that are configurable to cause the processor to perform a method of navigating the GUI panels. The method controls display of a web page having GUI panels, and receives input associated with a command to change focus away from a first GUI panel. The input is generated in response to selection of an assigned keyboard key, selection of an assigned combination of keyboard keys, or selection of an assigned sequence of keyboard keys by a user. In response to receiving the input, a second GUI panel is identified, and focus is switched from the first GUI panel to the second GUI panel.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2021Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.Inventors: Sakhi Aggrawal, Alain Orbino, Cordelia McGee-Tubb, Jesse Hausler
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Patent number: 11513018Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to field device housing assemblies and field devices that include the housing assemblies. One embodiment of the field device housing assembly includes a main housing, a cover having a proximal end connected to the main housing, a transparent panel and a retainer ring. An interior wall of the cover includes a threaded section that is concentric to a central axis, and a flange extending radially inward from the interior wall toward the central axis. The transparent panel is received within a socket defined by the interior wall and the flange. The retainer ring is secured to the threaded section of the interior wall. The transparent panel is clamped between the retainer ring and the flange.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: ROSEMOUNT INC.Inventors: Jacob Daniel Holm, Benjamin Hammerlind Jaffray, Glen Rodney Edwards, Ryan Thomas Lindsey, Paul Curtis Sundet, Timothy R Meschke, George Charles Hausler, Christopher Lee Eriksen
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Publication number: 20220366347Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for receiving, at a server, one or more success criteria for content accessibility. The server may receive a product, such as a web-based application or a website, to be evaluated based on the success criteria. The server may determine one or more accessibility exceptions of the product based on one or more inputs and the one or more success criteria. The server may determine relationships between the one or more accessibility exceptions of the product and the one or more success criteria using custom objects and schema from a database communicatively connected to the server. The server may determine product quality of the received product using the determined relationships and the one or more accessibility exceptions. The server may generate a dynamic accessibility conformance report based on the determined product quality, and may transmit the dynamic accessibility conformance report for display.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2021Publication date: November 17, 2022Inventors: Daniel Sonnenfeld, Adam Rodenbeck, Jesse Hausler
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Publication number: 20220281364Abstract: A vehicle-mountable child safety seat assembly is disclosed. The seat assembly includes a safety seat and a prop assembly mounted with respect to the safety seat. The prop assembly has a stowed position and a safely deployed position. The prop assembly includes: a leg assembly; a foot assembly mounted to the leg assembly; and a first sensor, for example a tilt sensor, for sensing when the prop assembly is not in the stowed position. A second sensor for sensing when the prop assembly is not in the safely deployed position is also provided. A warning system is also disclosed. The warning system changes from a timing state to the warning state if the second sensor senses that the prop assembly is not in its safely deployed position by a pre-determined time after the change from a standby state to a timing state.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: Bernd Häußler, Nabil Kzaiz, Marcel Brenner
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Publication number: 20220269406Abstract: A system to control navigation of graphical user interface (GUI) panels on a web page includes a processor and a storage medium that stores instructions that are configurable to cause the processor to perform a method of navigating the GUI panels. The method controls display of a web page having GUI panels, and receives input associated with a command to change focus away from a first GUI panel. The input is generated in response to selection of an assigned keyboard key, selection of an assigned combination of keyboard keys, or selection of an assigned sequence of keyboard keys by a user. In response to receiving the input, a second GUI panel is identified, and focus is switched from the first GUI panel to the second GUI panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2021Publication date: August 25, 2022Applicant: salesforce.com, Inc.Inventors: Sakhi Aggrawal, Alain Orbino, Cordelia McGee-Tubb, Jesse Hausler
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Patent number: 11422844Abstract: The present application relates to providing a mechanism for specifying multiple network interfaces to be configured for on-demand compute capacity and for obtaining the credentials needed to configure the multiple network interfaces. For example, a container orchestration service may specify, in its code execution request to a serverless container management service, that multiple network interfaces are needed for the requested compute capacity. In response, the serverless container management service can identify the multiple network interfaces, determine the credential to be used to configure each of the multiple network interfaces, and attach the multiple network interfaces to the compute capacity acquired on behalf of the container orchestration service. During execution, the code running inside the compute capacity can utilize the multiple network interfaces as specified by the owner of the code.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Onur Filiz, Micah William Hausler, Archana Srikanta, Sri Saran Balaji Vellore Rajakumar, Eswar Chander Balasubramanian, Anirudh Balachandra Aithal, Ryan Marchand