Patents by Inventor Marc Oliver

Marc Oliver 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).

  • Patent number: 11578962
    Abstract: An inductive position measuring device includes a scanning element and a scale element. The position measuring device is able to determine positions of the scanning element relative to the scale element in a first direction and in a second direction. The scale element includes graduation structures arranged next to one another along the first direction, and the graduation structures have a periodic characteristic with a second period length along the second direction. The scanning element has a first receiver track, a second receiver track, a third receiver track, and an excitation lead. Each of the three receiver tracks has two receiver circuit traces. The receiver circuit traces have a periodic characteristic with a first period length along the first direction, and the receiver tracks are arranged at an offset from one another in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: DR. JOHANNES HEIDENHAIN GmbH
    Inventors: Marc Oliver Tiemann, Martin Heumann, Alexander Frank
  • Patent number: 11578770
    Abstract: A guard plate for a disk brake of a vehicle includes a base element having at least one fastening section for arranging the base element in relation to a brake disk of the disk brake and at least one extension element. The at least one extension element may be movable relative to the base element and is configured to be moved and fixed between an initial position and at least one extension position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Wilwers, Marc Oliver Rettig, Tomasz Pawel Grabiec, Eugen Weber
  • Publication number: 20230045392
    Abstract: A compressor system and method for operating a compressor system according to the compressed-air demand in an operating state of the vehicle utilize a compressor for producing compressed air for at least one compressed-air vessel, the delivery rate of the compressor being able to be adjusted at least indirectly by means of a control device. The control device is configured to be able to increase the delivery rate of the compressor beyond a defined operating maximum rate when there is exceptional demand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Marc-Oliver HERDEN, Michael WINKLER, Martin SCHMID
  • Publication number: 20220379294
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a simple process for regenerating a hydroformylation catalyst consisting of a heterogenized catalyst system on a support consisting of a porous ceramic material. The invention also relates to a process for the start-up of the hydroformylation reaction after regeneration according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: Evonik Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Franke, Linda Arsenjuk, Jessika Schüller, Frank Stenger, Vinzenz Fleischer, Marc Oliver Kristen
  • Patent number: 11485337
    Abstract: A method and a control device determine a position-related braking ability of a vehicle. A first vehicle determines at least one piece of position-related information of a route section, the at least one piece of position-related information of the route section being information relating to the braking ability on the route section. The first vehicle transmits the at least one piece of position-related information to a receiver, the receiver being at least one second vehicle, whereby the braking curves of at least one rail vehicle are adapted according to the situation, thus allowing safety on the route section and the utilization of the section to be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Inventors: Marcus Fischer, Jörg-Johannes Wach, Marc-Oliver Herden, Peter Berger, Rainer Rau
  • Publication number: 20220341757
    Abstract: A measuring device includes first and second component groups rotatable about an axis relative to each other. The first component group has a scanning component, having a first substrate, and the second component group has a scale component, having a second substrate and an angle scale. The measuring device can determine a relative angular position between the component groups. The measuring device has a passive sensor array having conductor track structures. The conductor track structures are applied on the first substrate by an additive process so that the sensor array determines a torsional load of the first substrate about the axis. Alternatively, the conductor track structures are applied on the second substrate by an additive process so that the sensor array determines a torsional load of the second substrate about the axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel AUER, Christoph HEINEMANN, Marc Oliver TIEMANN
  • Patent number: 11454390
    Abstract: Spray heads for use with desuperheaters and desuperheaters including such spray heads. In accordance with an example, a spray head for a desuperheater includes a main body having a first end portion arranged for attachment to a flow line, a second end portion, and a passage that extends between the first end portion and the second end portion and defines an entrance port. The passage being adapted for connection to a source of fluid. The main body includes an outer portion having an irregular external shape and including a spray nozzle having an exit opening defined by the outer portion. A flow passage is coupled between the entrance port and the spray nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL LLC
    Inventors: Marc Oliver Huber, Kaspar Loeffel, Thomas Duda
  • Publication number: 20220268329
    Abstract: A method for producing a brake disk for a wheel brake of a land vehicle includes laser depositing a duplex steel anti-corrosion layer to an axial friction side of a main body produced from gray cast iron at a surface speed of more than 10 m/min and applying an anti-abrasion layer to the anti-corrosion layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Marc Oliver Rettig, Jaroslaw Grochowicz, Tomasz Pawel Grabiec, Clemens Maria Verpoort, Andreas Wank, Alexander Hitzek, Christian Schmengler, Karin Müller-Roden, Klaus Kaesgen
  • Publication number: 20220235836
    Abstract: A brake disk, the main body of which has been produced from gray cast iron, is coated on its annular brake surfaces with a metallic coating by way of laser deposition welding. In the coating, which includes a welding material with an austenitic structure or at least structural components, a state of internal compressive stress is set by plastic deformation which affects the external outer layer thereof and in one form is performed by a rolling tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Klaus Kaesgen, Marc Oliver Rettig, Clemens Maria Verpoort
  • Patent number: 11396207
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wheel hub unit of a motor vehicle and to a method for producing such a wheel hub unit. The wheel hub unit includes a wheel hub and a contact flange firmly connected to the wheel hub. The contact flange includes a plurality of fastening elements for fastening a wheel rim, as well as a contact surface which is intended to come into mechanical contact, at least in part, with a brake hat of a brake disk when the brake disk is in the mounted state. At least part of the contact surface is provided with a thermally insulating coating. Alternatively, the entire contact surface is provided with the thermally insulating coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Marc Oliver Rettig, Thomas Wilwers, Clemens Verpoort, Eckhard Voss
  • Publication number: 20220230052
    Abstract: The simplification of neural network models is described. For example, a method for simplifying a neural network model includes providing the neural network model to be simplified, defining a first temporal filter for the conveyance of input from a neuron to an other spatially-extended neuron along the arborized projection, defining a second temporal filter for the conveyance of input from yet another neuron to the spatially-extended neuron along the arborized projection, replacing, in the neural network model, the first, spatially-extended neuron with a first, spatially-constrained neuron and the arborized projection with a first connection extending between the first, spatially-constrained neuron and the second neuron, wherein the first connection filters input from the second neuron in accordance with the first temporal filter and a second connection extending between the first spatially-constrained neuron and the third neuron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Henry Markram, Wulfram Gerstner, Marc-Oliver Gewaltig, Christian Rössert, Eilif Benjamin Muller, Christian Pozzorini, Idan Segev, James Gonzalo King, Csaba Erö, Willem Wybo
  • Patent number: 11384042
    Abstract: A hydroformylation process can be used for short-chain olefins, especially C2 to C5 olefins, wherein the catalyst system is heterogenized on a support that contains a porous ceramic material. Systems can also be used for carrying out said process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Evonik Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Jennifer Haßelberg, Robert Franke, Frank Stenger, Peter Kreis, Corinna Hecht, Marc Oliver Kristen
  • Patent number: 11378020
    Abstract: A method for operating a reciprocating internal combustion engine in an engine braking mode includes, in a working cycle of the engine braking mode, a first outlet valve of a first cylinder is closed for a first time, then opened for a first time, and subsequently closed for a second time, and then opened for a second time, in order to thereby discharge gas that has been compressed in the first cylinder from the first cylinder by a cylinder piston. The outlet valve is held open after the first opening and prior to the second closing long enough for the cylinder to be filled with gas that flows out of a second cylinder via at least one outlet channel, where when the engine braking mode is activated, at least one camshaft for activating at least one gas exchange valve of the reciprocating internal combustion engine is adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventor: Marc Oliver Wagner
  • Publication number: 20220194444
    Abstract: A system for providing operational data of a vehicle component, in particular of a component of an air supply system of a rail vehicle, includes at least one detector for capturing the operational data of the vehicle component; a transmitter coupled to the at least one detector, for transmitting the operational data of the vehicle component to an external memory device for storing the operational data; and an identification number of the component, the number being provided on the vehicle component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Marc-Oliver HERDEN, Thomas MERKEL, Sebastian REHBERGER
  • Publication number: 20220178673
    Abstract: A scanning element includes a multilayer circuit board having a first detector unit arranged in a first layer and in a second layer. In addition, the circuit board has a second detector unit, which is arranged in a third layer and in a fourth layer, and a first shielding layer, which is arranged in a fifth layer. The circuit board moreover has a geometrical center plane, which is located between the detector units, and furthermore has vias, which are arranged at an offset from one another in a direction parallel to the center plane. The fifth layer is structured such that that a web that is electrically insulated with respect to this first shielding layer is arranged next to the first shielding layer, the web being electrically contacted with the vias and electrically connecting the vias to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Christoph HEINEMANN, Martin HEUMANN, Marc Oliver TIEMANN
  • Publication number: 20220178672
    Abstract: A scanning element includes a multi-layer circuit board and electronic components, and the circuit board includes a first detector unit having a first receiver track. Moreover, the circuit board includes a second detector unit having a second receiver track. The circuit board has a geometrical center plane located between the detector units. The receiver tracks include first and second receiver conductor traces, each having a periodic characteristic, and the first receiver track has a first gap along its extension, which is restricted by the first receiver conductor traces. The second receiver track has a second gap, which is restricted by the second receiver conductor traces. The circuit board has a plated through-hole arranged both within the first gap and within the second gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Christoph HEINEMANN, Martin HEUMANN, Marc Oliver TIEMANN
  • Patent number: 11351972
    Abstract: The invention relates to a brake system of a rail vehicle having at least one pneumatic brake actuator, a pneumatic braking device for generating a brake pressure, an electro-pneumatic braking device for generating a brake pressure, and a controller. In the event of rapid, forcible, or emergency braking, the pneumatic braking device or the electro-pneumatic braking device provides a basic brake pressure, and the brake pressure is changed by the electro-pneumatic braking device, starting from the basic brake pressure provided, depending in particular on a load and/or a speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Inventors: Marc-Oliver Herden, Marcus Fischer, Roland Voigtländer-Tetzner
  • Patent number: 11352914
    Abstract: A valve train of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle includes a rocker arm assigned to a first combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine where via the rocker arm a gas exchange valve assigned to the first combustion chamber is actuatable. An actuating device is assigned to a second combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine where via the actuating device, by supplying the actuating device with a hydraulic fluid, the second combustion chamber is switchable between a firing mode for fired operation and a braking mode for an engine braking operation of the internal combustion engine. A supply of the hydraulic fluid to the actuating device assigned to the second combustion chamber is adjustable by the rocker arm assigned to the first combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Marc Oliver Wagner, Josef Astner
  • Patent number: 11339841
    Abstract: A brake disk for a wheel brake of a land vehicle includes a main body formed from gray cast iron. The main body has at least one axial friction side, at least one anti-corrosion layer applied to the axial friction side, and at least one anti-abrasion layer applied to the anti-corrosion layer. The anti-corrosion layer is a duplex steel layer that provides a cost-effective coating for the brake disk and enables improved corrosion resistance. The anti-abrasion layer is wear resistant and is provided by a SiC material containing at least one oxidic or metallic binder, or by an iron-based alloy having a vanadium carbide reinforcement, a niobium carbide reinforcement, a boron carbide reinforcement, a chromium carbide reinforcement or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Marc Oliver Rettig, Jaroslaw Grochowicz, Tomasz Pawel Grabiec, Clemens Maria Verpoort, Andreas Wank, Alexander Hitzek, Christian Schmengler, Karin Müller-Roden, Klaus Kaesgen
  • Publication number: 20220135092
    Abstract: An air supply system for a rail vehicle that includes electrical consumers, such as a compressor, an air dryer, a valve or the like, and a converter coupled to a power supply of the rail vehicle, wherein the air supply system adjusts the voltage provided by the power supply to an operating voltage of at least one electrical consumer, wherein the converter is associated with at least two of the plurality of electrical consumers in such a way that the converter can control, particularly in a closed-loop manner, and/or monitor the operation of the at least two of the plurality of electronic consumers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Marc-Oliver HERDEN, Thomas KIPP, Thomas MERKEL, Martin SCHMID