Patents by Inventor Marcel Thomas
Marcel Thomas 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: 20250054076Abstract: Disclosed are systems for producing a polyamide composition associated with a digital asset, methods for producing a polyamide composition associated with a digital asset, apparatuses for generating a digital asset, computer-implemented methods for generating a chemical passport, computer program elements for generating a digital asset, uses of a polyamide composition associated with a digital asset, uses of a digital asset, products produced from the polyamide composition and associated with a digital asset, a digital asset including one or more decentral identifier(s) and data related to the environmental impact data, apparatuses for producing a product associated with the digital asset and methods for producing a product associated with the digital asset.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2022Publication date: February 13, 2025Inventors: Bastian GRUMBRECHT, Steffen Thomas KLOSTERHALFEN, Christian KRUEGER, Kurt WENZL, Ana ALBA PEREZ, Christopher Alec ANDERLOHR, Martin BINDER, Alessandro PISTILLO, Michael ZEILINGER, Marcel SCHMITT, Frank REIL, Tobias Bastian SCHWAB, Dag WIEBELHAUS
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Publication number: 20250027753Abstract: Training apparatus (1) for at least one user (2), including a weapon (3) and consisting of a device for detecting a hit and a display device (6) for displaying virtual targets (13), wherein: the display device (6), worn by the user, takes the form of an augmented reality (AR) device, which visually displays to the user (2) at least the target (13) to be hit; the weapon (3) takes the form of a firearm, which fires at least one projectile (7); and the projectile (7) is detected by at least one laser (9, 11), evaluated and visually displayed on the display device (6).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2021Publication date: January 23, 2025Inventor: Marcel THOMA
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Patent number: 11938790Abstract: A ventilation outlet for a ventilation system of a motor vehicle for directionally supplying a passenger compartment of the motor vehicle with an air flow flowing in a flow direction, having a ventilation duct for passing the air flow, with a duct wall for circumferentially delimiting the ventilation duct and a ventilation duct outlet opening for discharging the air flow into the passenger compartment, and a first air guide louver arranged in the ventilation duct and having a louver head portion and a louver head portion for deflecting the air flow, wherein the first air guide louver is held pivotably relative to the ventilation duct about a pivot axis between a first position and a second position, wherein the pivot axis runs through the louver head portion and is arranged adjacent to the ventilation duct outlet opening.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Volkswagen AktiengesellschaftInventors: Bertram Seydell, Marcel Thomas
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Patent number: 11695315Abstract: Magnetic transmissions and related methods are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a magnetic screw comprising an elongate body, a nut selectively magnetically coupled to the magnetic screw, and a potential energy storage system and/or a resistive force component. The nut is configured to be displaced relative to the elongate body in a first direction in response to manipulation of a magnetic field between the magnetic screw and the nut when the nut is magnetically coupled to the magnetic screw. In embodiments including a potential energy storage system, the potential energy storage system may store potential energy when the nut is displaced in the first direction. In embodiments including a resistive force component, the resistive force component may resist motion of the nut in the first direction by applying a resistive force to the nut at least partially in an opposing second direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Martin Culpepper, Marcel Thomas
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Publication number: 20220194177Abstract: A ventilation outlet for a ventilation system of a motor vehicle for directionally supplying a passenger compartment of the motor vehicle with an air flow flowing in a flow direction, having a ventilation duct for passing the air flow, with a duct wall for circumferentially delimiting the ventilation duct and a ventilation duct outlet opening for discharging the air flow into the passenger compartment, and a first air guide louver arranged in the ventilation duct and having a louver head portion and a louver head portion for deflecting the air flow, wherein the first air guide louver is held pivotably relative to the ventilation duct about a pivot axis between a first position and a second position, wherein the pivot axis runs through the louver head portion and is arranged adjacent to the ventilation duct outlet opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2021Publication date: June 23, 2022Applicant: Volkswagen AktiengesellschaftInventors: Bertram SEYDELL, Marcel THOMAS
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Publication number: 20210242764Abstract: Magnetic transmissions and related methods are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a magnetic screw comprising an elongate body, a nut selectively magnetically coupled to the magnetic screw, and a potential energy storage system and/or a resistive force component. The nut is configured to be displaced relative to the elongate body in a first direction in response to manipulation of a magnetic field between the magnetic screw and the nut when the nut is magnetically coupled to the magnetic screw. In embodiments including a potential energy storage system, the potential energy storage system may store potential energy when the nut is displaced in the first direction. In embodiments including a resistive force component, the resistive force component may resist motion of the nut in the first direction by applying a resistive force to the nut at least partially in an opposing second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2020Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Martin Culpepper, Marcel Thomas
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Modal decoupling via flexure-based transmissions as applied to a micromachined tuning fork gyroscope
Patent number: 9546868Abstract: A gyroscope includes a first mass, a second mass, and a drive structure configured to drive each of the first mass and the second mass in a drive mode. The drive structure includes a first portion and a second portion, with the first portion being configured to drive the first mass in a direction along a drive axis and the second portion being configured to drive the second mass in a direction opposite to the first mass along the drive axis. The gyroscope further includes a sense structure configured to sense motion of each of the first mass and the second mass in a sense mode along a direction substantially perpendicular to the drive axis, and a plurality of flexures configured to couple the first portion to the second portion and further configured to decouple the drive mode and the sense mode.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2014Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignees: THE CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC., MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Christopher Michael DiBiasio, Martin Luther Culpepper, Marcel Thomas, Robert Matthew Panas -
MODAL DECOUPLING VIA FLEXURE-BASED TRANSMISSIONS AS APPLIED TO A MICROMACHINED TUNING FORK GYROSCOPE
Publication number: 20150168145Abstract: A gyroscope includes a first mass, a second mass, and a drive structure configured to drive each of the first mass and the second mass in a drive mode. The drive structure includes a first portion and a second portion, with the first portion being configured to drive the first mass in a direction along a drive axis and the second portion being configured to drive the second mass in a direction opposite to the first mass along the drive axis. The gyroscope further includes a sense structure configured to sense motion of each of the first mass and the second mass in a sense mode along a direction substantially perpendicular to the drive axis, and a plurality of flexures configured to couple the first portion to the second portion and further configured to decouple the drive mode and the sense mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2014Publication date: June 18, 2015Inventors: Christopher Michael DiBiasio, Martin Luther Culpepper, Marcel Thomas, Robert Matthew Panas -
Patent number: D961388Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2020Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: SUMMIT PACKAGING SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Jason Craig Campbell, Mackenzie Reed Burton-Williams, Marcel Thomas Faucher