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).

  • Folding and reclining rear seat system
    Patent number: 9919626
    Abstract: A reclining seat includes a seat base coupled to a support surface. The seat base is moveable between extended and retracted positions as supported on a support roller by a guide rail disposed on an underside of the seat base. The guide rail includes a first support surface disposed at a first height, and a second support surface is disposed at a second height that is greater than the first height of the first support surface with a ramped portion disposed therebetween. The seat base is supported at the first support surface in the retracted position, and supported at the second support surface in the extended position. A seatback is coupled to a rear wall and is operable between upright and reclined positions. In the reclined position, the seatback is moved downward and away from the rear wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Shane A. Goodhall, Henry W. Hausler, Curtis Stanhope
  • Sensor and apparatus for checking paper goods, and method for sensor prealignment
    Patent number: 9916712
    Abstract: In an apparatus for checking sheet material a plurality of sensors is arranged along a sensor path along which the sheet material is transported. The sensors each have two components, which are arranged at opposite sides of the bank note transport path. For the functioning of many sensors it is necessary that the opposing sensor components are exactly aligned to each other. So as to achieve that the alignment of the sensor components arranged opposite each other is set with high accuracy and reproducible, the relative position of the sensor components opposing each other is defined by means of docking elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: GIESECKE+DEVRIENT CURRENCY TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventor: August Häusler
  • ALLOWING IN-LINE EDIT TO DATA TABLE OF LINKED DATA OF A DATA STORE
    Publication number: 20180067976
    Abstract: In an example, a database system may be configured to download to a user system an application configured to generate a data table from records stored in a data store, wherein the data table includes: a plurality of rows, wherein each row corresponds to at least one record of the records; and each row including a plurality of cells, each cell corresponding to a different grouping of data fields of its respective one(s) of the records; receive a communication from the application, the communication corresponding to at least one user input to a displayed cell of the data table; determine whether to feedback the at least one user input to the displayed cell of the data table to a corresponding data field of a corresponding record of the data store; and update the corresponding record in the data store based on a result of the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Owen Winne Schoppe, Ian Schoen, Jesse Hausler
  • OPERATING MECHANISM FOR REAR HINGED FULLY SEALED INDEPENDENT SIDE OPERATING DOORS
    Publication number: 20180050579
    Abstract: A vehicle door includes a door panel slidably operable between a secured position within a door aperture and a staging position partially distal from the door aperture. A latch is engaged with a striker path during operation of the door panel between the secured and staging positions, and is selectively disengaged from the striker path to define open and closed positions of the door panel when the door panel is in the staging position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Howard Paul Tsvi Linden, Ronald Patrick Brombach, Kosta Papanikolaou, Christopher Matthew Radjewski, Henry W. Hausler, John Thomas Ricks, George Anthony Bernwanger, JR., Donald P. Iacovoni, Paul L. Heirtzler, JR.
  • Vibration resistant mount for meter used in industrial field devices
    Patent number: 9891082
    Abstract: A field device includes a housing and a process variable transducer configured to measure or control a process variable in an industrial process. Field device circuitry in the housing is coupled to the process variable transducer. A meter body mount is carried in housing. A meter is affixed to the meter body mount by an attachment mechanism. The meter includes a display element. A cover seals the meter in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Rosemount Inc.
    Inventor: George Charles Hausler
  • FOLDING AND RECLINING REAR SEAT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180015851
    Abstract: A reclining seat includes a seat base coupled to a support surface. The seat base is moveable between extended and retracted positions as supported on a support roller by a guide rail disposed on an underside of the seat base. The guide rail includes a first support surface disposed at a first height, and a second support surface is disposed at a second height that is greater than the first height of the first support surface with a ramped portion disposed therebetween. The seat base is supported at the first support surface in the retracted position, and supported at the second support surface in the extended position. A seatback is coupled to a rear wall and is operable between upright and reclined positions. In the reclined position, the seatback is moved downward and away from the rear wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Shane A. Goodhall, Henry W. Hausler, Curtis Stanhope
  • Online publication system and method
    Patent number: 9858349
    Abstract: Various systems and methods for creating, storing, structuring, displaying, enhancing, and/or referencing publications and related content in an online user network are described. In some embodiments, a plurality of “anchors” are dispersed throughout the document, allowing document portions to be referenced in terms of the anchor(s) associated with the portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: ResearchGate GmbH
    Inventors: Vyacheslav Zholudev, Michael Häusler
  • Independently operating motor vehicle doors with an articulating door interface
    Patent number: 9849759
    Abstract: A door system is provided for a motor vehicle. That door system includes (a) a first independently operable first, door, (b) an independently operable second door, (c) an articulating door interface carried on the first door and (d) a guide on the motor vehicle body. The guide displaces the articulating door interface between a door sealing position when the first door is closed and a door opening position when the first door is opened. A related method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Lorne Joseph Lovelace, Henry W. Hausler
  • TASTE MODIFIERS COMPRISING A CHLOROGENIC ACID
    Publication number: 20170327776
    Abstract: A consumable comprising an ingredient or ingredients that cause an off-taste in the consumable, and a chlorogenic acid provided in a concentration sufficient to mask or modify the off-taste. The chlorogenic acid may be supplied as an extract from a botanical source obtained by extraction at 30-80° C. with water and/or a polar organic solvent. The method of making an off-taste by addition of a chlorogenic acid to a consumable is also claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Minjien CHIEN, Alex HÄUSLER, Hans VAN LEERSUM
  • COLLAPSIBLE TAILGATE ARRANGEMENT AND RELATED METHOD
    Publication number: 20170327158
    Abstract: An apparatus for partially covering an end of a vehicle bed includes a tailgate comprising a frame adapted for moving between a raised position and a lowered position relative to the vehicle bed. The frame supports at least one member adapted for moving along the frame to at least partially expose the end of the vehicle bed without moving the frame to the lowered position. A plurality of movable members in the form of panels may be provided, along with actuators for rotating and/or moving one or more of the panels between the raised and collapsed configuration. A related method is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Jason Michael Babbage, Henry W. Hausler, Danielle Marie Rodriguez
  • ELECTRIC MOTOR WITH A PLASTIC HOUSING
    Publication number: 20170302133
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric motor, in particular a pump motor, comprising a permanent magnet rotor; a wound stator including a stator laminate package, insulating elements and a stator winding; a motor housing made of plastic material; and a component carrying a rotor bearing, in particular a pump head. The electric motor provides a generic motor with a reliable and economically feasible fastening of the stator to the motor housing, wherein heat expansion cracks are avoided and noise transmissions can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: BÜHLER MOTOR GMBH
    Inventors: Jürgen Ehrsam, Harald Rausch, Maximilian Schupfner, Thomas Häusler, Matthias Krause
  • ARTICLE-SUGGESTION SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY RESOLVING CUSTOMER-SERVICE REQUESTS
    Publication number: 20170286972
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to a system that suggests helpful articles to resolve a customer request. During operation, the system receives the customer request, wherein the customer request is associated with a product or a service used by the customer. Next, the system feeds a set of words from the customer request through a model to generate a request vector comprising numerical values representing words in the customer request. The system then compares the request vector against article vectors representing articles in a set of help center articles to determine whether the customer request matches one or more help center articles. If the customer request matches one or more help center articles, the system presents the one or more help center articles to the customer to facilitate automatically resolving the customer request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: Zendesk, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Hausler, Michael G. Mortimer, Thomas Pelletier, Arwen Twinkle E. Griffioen, Soon-Ee Cheah, Anh Thien Dinh, Arvind Kunday Anantharaman, Bob Dharmendra Raman, Jason Edward Maynard, Wai Chee Yau, Sean D. Caffery, Jeffrey P. Theobald, Damen Turnbull
  • INDEPENDENTLY OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE DOORS WITH AN ARTICULATING DOOR INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20170267073
    Abstract: A door system is provided for a motor vehicle. That door system includes (a) a first independently operable first, door, (b) an independently operable second door, (c) an articulating door interface carried on the first door and (d) a guide on the motor vehicle body. The guide displaces the articulating door interface between a door sealing position when the first door is closed and a door opening position when the first door is opened. A related method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Lorne Joseph Lovelace, Henry W. Hausler
  • PROPAGATION OF DATA CHANGES IN A DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170255663
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, apparatus, and methods for propagating data changes in a distributed computing system from source components to target components. In accordance with various embodiments, one or more producer components of a data-conveyor system may detect changes to data records in one or more source components, and store backlog entries responsive to detecting the changes, wherein these backlog entries do not include contents of the data record. One or more consumer components of the data-conveyor system may retrieve updated data of changed data records based on the backlog entries and provide the updated data to one or more target component(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Janosch Woschitz, Kyryl Bilokurov, Michael Häusler, Horst Fickenscher, Michael Kleen
  • Enhanced online user-interaction tracking
    Patent number: 9753922
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for enhanced tracking of user interactions with online documents, such as, in accordance with various embodiments, interaction tracking on a sub-document level of granularity. In some embodiment, user interests or expertise are determined based at least in part on the tracked user interactions with document elements and topics associated with the elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: ResearchGate GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Häusler, Vyacheslav Zholudev, Darren Alvares, Horst Fickenscher, Niall Kelly
  • Body structure pillar reinforcement for spotlight shaft
    Patent number: 9713980
    Abstract: A vehicle is equipped with a spotlight. The spotlight has a rod that passes through a pillar of the vehicle, such as the A-pillar. The A-pillar includes one or more beams. The beam is provided with an aperture or a through-hole for the rod to pass through. One or more sleeves are provided with a tubular body and a flange. The flange is secured to the beam and is oriented such that the tubular body passes at least partially through the aperture or through-hole. The sleeve provides an engagement surface that surrounds the rod of the spotlight while improving structural rigidity of that portion of the pillar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Henry W. Hausler, Michael James Freeman
  • USING A SATISFACTION-PREDICTION MODEL TO FACILITATE CUSTOMER-SERVICE INTERACTIONS
    Publication number: 20170169438
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide a system that uses a predicted probability of satisfaction for a customer to facilitate a customer-service interaction. During operation, the system obtains information related to an ongoing customer-service interaction involving the customer. The system uses the obtained information to determine a probability that the customer will be satisfied with the customer-service interaction. Next, the system uses the determined probability that the customer will be satisfied to facilitate subsequent interactions whether automated or manual with the customer in furtherance of the customer-service interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: Zendesk, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Edward Maynard, Michael G. Mortimer, Sean D. Caffery, Christopher J. Hausler, Anh Thien Dinh, Narek Amirbekian, Beau Jonathan Fabry, Jeffrey P. Theobald, Thomas Pelletier
  • BODY STRUCTURE PILLAR REINFORCEMENT FOR SPOTLIGHT SHAFT
    Publication number: 20170136941
    Abstract: A vehicle is equipped with a spotlight. The spotlight has a rod that passes through a pillar of the vehicle, such as the A-pillar. The A-pillar includes one or more beams. The beam is provided with an aperture or a through-hole for the rod to pass through. One or more sleeves are provided with a tubular body and a flange. The flange is secured to the beam and is oriented such that the tubular body passes at least partially through the aperture or through-hole. The sleeve provides an engagement surface that surrounds the rod of the spotlight while improving structural rigidity of that portion of the pillar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Henry W. HAUSLER, Michael James FREEMAN
  • Articulating closure mechanism for non-aligned closure panels
    Patent number: 9637955
    Abstract: A liftgate/decklid assembly for a motor vehicle includes a liftgate panel hingedly connected to the vehicle to define a liftgate swing arc. A decklid panel is hingedly connected to the liftgate panel to define a decklid swing arc. The decklid and liftgate panels are not aligned, causing the decklid swing arc to be different from the liftgate swing arc. The assembly further includes a liftgate/decklid assembly closure mechanism including an articulating latch member configured for translating as needed between an orientation normal to the liftgate swing arc and an orientation normal to the decklid swing arc prior to engaging a fixed angle striker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Elia, Donald P. Iacovoni, Paul L. Heirtzler, Jr., Henry W. Hausler, John Patrick Doyle, II
  • Truck box with fifth wheel cross member
    Patent number: 9597934
    Abstract: An integral fifth wheel cross member assembly for a pick-up truck bed. The fifth wheel cross member assembly is secured to the left and right frame rails between two intermediate cross members. The box is attached to the frame with the fifth wheel cross member already in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Henry W. Hausler, Corey John Jarocki, Joseph L. Buchwitz, Andrew Kammerzell