Patents by Inventor Joerg Stephan

Joerg Stephan 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: 20240101036
    Abstract: A center console for a vehicle, having a storage trough which extends over at least a predominant part of a length of the center console. In order to provide a center console that can be easily configured by a user as required, the center console has at least two different electrical functional units which each individually are selectively arrangeable at least partially in a storage space of the storage trough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Joerg Stephan
  • Publication number: 20240101037
    Abstract: A center console for a vehicle has a storage trough, which extends over at least a predominant part of a length of the center console, and a storage container, which is insertable into the storage trough and which has an upper entrance opening. In order to provide a center console and front seat assembly for a vehicle that are individually configurable in terms of their characteristics, the storage container has a roller shutter for closing the entrance opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Joerg Stephan
  • Publication number: 20240101034
    Abstract: A center console for a vehicle, having at least one rearwardly situated armrest and having at least one functional unit. In order to enable an existing structural space to be utilized optimally, and at the same time optimize the center console with regard to its storage space, the functional unit is mounted to be linearly movable between a rearward rest position, in which the functional unit is arranged at least predominantly under the armrest, and at least one forward functional position, in which the functional unit is at least predominantly forwardly offset in relation to the armrest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Joerg Stephan
  • Publication number: 20240101035
    Abstract: A center console for a vehicle, having a storage trough which extends over at least a predominant part of a length of the center console and which has a longitudinally extending side wall that laterally delimits a storage space of the storage trough. In order to optimize an ability of the center console to store articles, the center console has a holding unit which is arranged in the storage space of the storage trough and on the side wall and by use of which at least one article can be temporarily clamped between the holding unit and the side wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Joerg Stephan
  • Publication number: 20240101012
    Abstract: A center console for a vehicle, having at least one storage trough which extends over at least a predominant part of a length of the center console. In order to provide a center console that is of simplified construction and is optimized in terms of its characteristics, the center console has at least one functional unit which is connected to an elevated rearward end portion of the storage trough and which, proceeding from the rearward end portion, extends forwardly in an overhanging manner at least over a part of a length of the storage trough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Joerg Stephan
  • Patent number: 10452615
    Abstract: A computer program product for data compression is provided. The computer program product includes a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith. The program instructions are readable and executable by a processing circuit to cause the processing circuit to execute software compression for first requests for data compression that have respective sizes below a predefined threshold, forward second requests for data compression having respective sizes above the predefined threshold to a hardware accelerator and maintain a persistence of a compression dictionary used for executing the second requests across executions of the first and second requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Frank Haverkamp, Anthony T. Sofia, Joerg-Stephan Vogt
  • Patent number: 10209890
    Abstract: A computing system includes a host processor, an access processor having a command port, a near memory accelerator, and a memory unit. The system is adapted to run a software program on the host processor and to offload an acceleration task of the software program to the near memory accelerator. The system is further adapted to provide, via the command port, a first communication path for direct communication between the software program and the near memory accelerator, and to provide, via the command port and the access processor, a second communication path for indirect communication between the software program and the near memory accelerator. A related computer implemented method and a related computer program product are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Angelo Haller, Harald Huels, Jan Van Lunteren, Joerg-Stephan Vogt
  • Patent number: 10203878
    Abstract: A computing system includes a host processor, an access processor having a command port, a near memory accelerator, and a memory unit. The system is adapted to run a software program on the host processor and to offload an acceleration task of the software program to the near memory accelerator. The system is further adapted to provide, via the command port, a first communication path for direct communication between the software program and the near memory accelerator, and to provide, via the command port and the access processor, a second communication path for indirect communication between the software program and the near memory accelerator. A related computer implemented method and a related computer program product are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Angelo Haller, Harald Huels, Jan Van Lunteren, Joerg-Stephan Vogt
  • Patent number: 10169360
    Abstract: A computer program product for data compression is provided. The computer program product includes a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith. The program instructions are readable and executable by a processing circuit to cause the processing circuit to execute software compression for first requests for data compression that have respective sizes below a predefined threshold, forward second requests for data compression having respective sizes above the predefined threshold to a hardware accelerator and maintain a persistence of a compression dictionary used for executing the second requests across executions of the first and second requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Frank Haverkamp, Anthony T. Sofia, Joerg-Stephan Vogt
  • Patent number: 10118570
    Abstract: A shift console for a motor vehicle includes a receiving region for a shift lever. In order to provide a beverage holder for the central seat of a front seat row of a motor vehicle, the shift console comprises a beverage holder which is able to be stowed in a stowed position in the shift console and which is able to be adjusted into a use position horizontally adjacent to the shift console.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Joerg Stephan
  • Publication number: 20180284992
    Abstract: A computing system includes a host processor, an access processor having a command port, a near memory accelerator, and a memory unit. The system is adapted to run a software program on the host processor and to offload an acceleration task of the software program to the near memory accelerator. The system is further adapted to provide, via the command port, a first communication path for direct communication between the software program and the near memory accelerator, and to provide, via the command port and the access processor, a second communication path for indirect communication between the software program and the near memory accelerator. A related computer implemented method and a related computer program product are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Angelo Haller, Harald Huels, Jan Van Lunteren, Joerg-Stephan Vogt
  • Publication number: 20180284994
    Abstract: A computing system includes a host processor, an access processor having a command port, a near memory accelerator, and a memory unit. The system is adapted to run a software program on the host processor and to offload an acceleration task of the software program to the near memory accelerator. The system is further adapted to provide, via the command port, a first communication path for direct communication between the software program and the near memory accelerator, and to provide, via the command port and the access processor, a second communication path for indirect communication between the software program and the near memory accelerator. A related computer implemented method and a related computer program product are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Angelo Haller, Harald Huels, Jan Van Lunteren, Joerg-Stephan Vogt
  • Publication number: 20180208092
    Abstract: A fastening device for fastening at least a part of a seat cover of a seat. The fastening device comprises a first holding unit arranged on a surface, which faces a seat user, of the seat cover, and a second holding unit which can be arranged on a counter-surface which is opposite the surface. The first holding unit has at least one fastening element and the second holding unit has at least one corresponding fastening element for mechanical connection of the holding units, and the second holding unit has a fastening unit for production of a mechanical connection to the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Joerg Stephan
  • Publication number: 20170282769
    Abstract: An upholstered element for a vehicle seat, with a padded core and an upholstery covering arranged thereon, wherein the padded core has a concave region and the upholstery covering is connected inside the concave region to the padded core by way of at least two linear connecting devices, wherein at least one end region of one connecting device is close to another connecting device. In order to permit an improved connection of the padded core and upholstery covering, the at least one end region is spaced from the other connecting device by a connection-free region and runs at an angle to the other connecting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventor: Joerg Stephan
  • Publication number: 20170282814
    Abstract: A shift console for a motor vehicle includes a receiving region for a shift lever. In order to provide a beverage holder for the central seat of a front seat row of a motor vehicle, the shift console comprises a beverage holder which is able to be stowed in a stowed position in the shift console and which is able to be adjusted into a use position horizontally adjacent to the shift console.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventor: Joerg Stephan
  • Patent number: 9718337
    Abstract: A sealing arrangement for a movable window pane in a vehicle door provides a rain channel. The sealing arrangement including a base body which has a receiving region for an edge region of the window pane including projections which oppose one another in the receiving region and having a first projection which extends from the outer projection of the opposing projections from a connecting point into the receiving region and in the closed state of the window pane bears against an outer face of the window pane. A second projection on the outer projection of the opposing projections extends outwardly from the connecting point in order to form a rain channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Joerg Stephan
  • Patent number: 9715539
    Abstract: A hardware accelerator receives a request to decompress a data stream that includes multiple deflate blocks and multiple deflate elements compressed according to block-specific compression configuration information. The hardware accelerator identifies a commit point that is based upon an interruption of a first decompression session of the data stream and corresponds to one of the deflate blocks. As such, the hardware accelerator configures a decompression engine based upon the corresponding deflate block's configuration information and, in turn, recommences decompression of the data stream at an input bit location corresponding to the commit point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kanak B. Agarwal, Damir A. Jamsek, Andrew K. Martin, Reiner Rieke, Joerg-Stephan Vogt, Gunnar von Boehn
  • Publication number: 20170134041
    Abstract: A computer program product for data compression is provided. The computer program product includes a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith. The program instructions are readable and executable by a processing circuit to cause the processing circuit to execute software compression for first requests for data compression that have respective sizes below a predefined threshold, forward second requests for data compression having respective sizes above the predefined threshold to a hardware accelerator and maintain a persistence of a compression dictionary used for executing the second requests across executions of the first and second requests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Frank Haverkamp, Anthony T. Sofia, Joerg-Stephan Vogt
  • Publication number: 20170132241
    Abstract: A computer program product for data compression is provided. The computer program product includes a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith. The program instructions are readable and executable by a processing circuit to cause the processing circuit to execute software compression for first requests for data compression that have respective sizes below a predefined threshold, forward second requests for data compression having respective sizes above the predefined threshold to a hardware accelerator and maintain a persistence of a compression dictionary used for executing the second requests across executions of the first and second requests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Frank Haverkamp, Anthony T. Sofia, Joerg-Stephan Vogt
  • Patent number: 9575657
    Abstract: A method of dataset replica migration is described. An application session may start on a first compute node. A first replica of the dataset to be accessed by the application session may be located on a second compute node. A second replica of the dataset is created to be co-located with the first compute node. A first data block of the dataset may be requested by the application session. The first data block of the first replica of the dataset may be read from the second compute node, when the second replica does not have a copy of the first data block stored in the second replica. The retrieved first data block may be copied to the second replica. The first data block may be read from the second replica, when the first data block is requested by the application session and is contained in the second replica.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Oliver Benke, Jan Kunigk, Stefan Letz, Joerg-Stephan Vogt