Patents by Inventor Martin Hoffmann
Martin Hoffmann 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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Patent number: 10476344Abstract: An electromechanical actuating drive (1) having a servomotor (2) arranged so that the servomotor (2) can rotate about its longitudinal axis in a vehicle, and a cable harness (3) having first and second ends. A first end of the harness (3) is connected to the servomotor (2) and the harness (3) extends, in an elastically deformable arc, from the first end to the second end. The second end of the harness (3) is positionally fixed in the vehicle. The second end of the cable harness (3) is clamped in a securing and deflecting device at a transfer point (5).Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2015Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AGInventors: Daniel Pfeiffer, Martin Hoffmann
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Patent number: 10400658Abstract: An intelligent sea water cooling system including a first fluid cooling loop coupled to a first side of a heat exchanger and to a thermal load, a second fluid cooling loop coupled to a second side of the heat exchanger, a pump for circulating fluid through the second fluid cooling loop, and a controller connected to the pump. The controller may monitor a temperature in the first fluid cooling loop and may adjust a speed of the pump to keep the temperature within a preferred operating range. If the speed of the pump is reduced to a predefined minimum pressure pump speed, the controller may start a timer t1 having a predefined duration. If the timer t1 expires and the temperature has not increased relative to when the timer t1 was started, the controller may reduce the speed of the pump below the minimum pressure pump speed.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2015Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: CIRCOR PUMPS NORTH AMERICA, LLCInventors: Dan Yin, Stefan Werner, Christian Martin, Martin Hoffmann, David McKinstry
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Patent number: 10359040Abstract: A controller for controlling a frequency inverter of a positive displacement pump motor of a positive displacement pump. The controller comprises a control unit configured to produce a control variable (Ys) for a frequency inverter of a positive displacement pump motor depending on a reference variable (W) and a first actual operating parameter (X). According to the invention, the control unit is associated with logical means having a first threshold value defining means that are designed to determine at least one first threshold value (YGrenzmax, YGrenzmin) depending on the first actual operating parameter (X) and/or at least one further actual operating parameter (XH, YH, YHH) that could lead to a failure state of the positive displacement pump when exceeded or fallen short of.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2012Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: ALLWEILER GMBHInventors: Wolfgang Leiber, Martin Hoffmann
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Patent number: 10350959Abstract: An active roll stabilizer of a motor vehicle including an actuator (8) in the form of a swivel motor arranged so as to rotate about a longitudinal axis of the vehicle. The swivel motor has an essentially cylindrical housing (12) with a cover, first and second stabilizer halves (18, 19) are connected to respective ends of the actuator for the transmission of torque, and a wiring harness (1) has a first end and a second end. The harness includes cables (3, 4, 5) for the transmission of electric power and signals. The first end is connected to the actuator, by way of a plug (2), and the second end is arranged positionally fixed in the vehicle at a cable transfer point (20). The cover forms a dry space and has a plug receiving opening, in its periphery, into which the plug can be inserted, in the radial direction, and secured.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventors: Daniel Pfeiffer, Martin Hoffmann, Boris Heberle
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Patent number: 10255241Abstract: A computer system is operable to receive a plurality of database tables from a plurality of clients, and store the database tables. The system permits a user to create a plurality of views for the database tables. Each of the plurality of views includes a plurality of fields. The system associates the plurality of views with a generic application, and presents to a user one or more configuration options. The configuration options include the plurality of fields. The system permits a user to define a generic field role for one or more of the plurality of fields. Finally, the system executes the generic application using the configuration options selected by the user and the defined generic field roles to create a user interface for a particular client.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2013Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: SAP SEInventors: Martin Hoffmann, Martin Erdelmeier, Stefan Linkersdoerfer
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Publication number: 20190062845Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for diagnosing, staging and treating cancer, in particular melanoma. In particular, the present invention provides methods for determining the stage/type of a cancerous disease, comprising detecting somatic alterations of the DNA of one or more disseminated cancer cells (DCCs), obtained after homing to a distant organ, such as lymph node; and determining the somatic evolution of the DCC(s) based on the detected somatic alterations, wherein the somatic evolution is indicative of the stage/type of the cancerous disease.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2017Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: Christoph KLEIN, Sebastian SCHEITLER, Melanie WERNER-KLEIN, Martin HOFFMANN, Isabelle HODAK
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Patent number: 10201054Abstract: The invention relates to a light emitting device comprising a light source array which comprises a plurality of separately electrically controllable electric light sources which are arranged in a matrix structure or any other defined geometrical arrangement. Advantageously, the pixel pitch of the light source array is less than (500) nanometer. The invention further relates to an optical detection device comprising a light detection device, which is arranged for producing an electrical signal in response to light reaching a light detection side of the light detection device, and to a method for operating such an optical detection device. The invention further relates to a computer program with program coding means arranged for performing such a method.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2016Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignees: TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET BRAUNSCHWEIG, UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA CENTRE DE PATENTS DE LA UBInventors: Andreas Waag, Juan Daniel Prades Garcia, Martin Hoffmann
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Patent number: 10185478Abstract: Various embodiments of system and methods of creating a filter for a list of objects are described herein. The method includes receiving a selection of a set of objects from the list of objects composed of one or more fields having field values, and comparing the field value in each field of an object with the field values in each of the corresponding fields of the other objects in the set of objects. Based on the comparison, identifying that the field values are the same across the one or more fields of the set of objects. The method further includes generating a list of filter criteria based on the identified field values. The filter may be created using the list of filter criteria.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2014Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: SAP SEInventor: Martin Hoffmann
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Publication number: 20180369124Abstract: The present invention relates to a hair treatment process wherein an aqueous composition comprising one or more cationic polymers having certain cationic change density is applied onto hair and without rinsing off the temperature of the hair is increased. The novel treatment process allows consumers to a long lasting conditioning of their hair.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2015Publication date: December 27, 2018Applicant: KAO GERMANY GMBHInventors: Martin HOFFMANN, Jing NING
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Publication number: 20180360725Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous composition for treating hair comprising one or more cationic polymers having certain cationic change density and one or more of nonionic surfactants. The novel composition provides hair long lasting conditioning, especially improves combability and suppleness of hair which is held up to 20 hair washes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2015Publication date: December 20, 2018Applicant: KAO GERMANY GMBHInventors: Martin HOFFMANN, Jing NING
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Publication number: 20180318194Abstract: The present invention is related to an aqueous cleansing composition for keratin fibres, especially human hair, comprising at least two anionic surfactants comprising at least one amide group in their molecules. The first object of the present invention is an aqueous cleansing composition comprising at least two anionic surfactants comprising at least one amide group in their molecules and substantially frees of alkyl sulphate and alkyl ether sulphate surfactants. The two anionic surfactants comprising at least one amide group in their molecule is preferably selected from surfactants of the following structure wherein R1 is a saturated or unsaturated, straight or branched alkyl chain with 7 to 17 C atoms, R2 is H or a methyl, R3 is H, COO?M+, CH2COO?M or COOH, n is 0 to 2, X is COO? or SO3? and M is independent from each other H, sodium or potassium. The cleasning composition comprise furthermore amphoteric and non-ionic surfactants.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Martin HOFFMANN, Diana LEUKEL-SCHÄFER
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Publication number: 20180229824Abstract: A sea water cooling system including a first fluid cooling loop coupled to a first side of a heat exchanger and to a thermal load, a second fluid cooling loop coupled to a second side of the heat exchanger and including a pump for circulating fluid through the second fluid cooling loop, and a controller operatively connected to the pump, wherein the controller is configured to monitor an actual temperature in the first fluid cooling loop and to adjust a speed of the pump based on the monitored temperature to achieve a predetermined temperature in the first fluid cooling loop. The system may be selectively operable in one of a plurality of operating modes, wherein in a first operating mode the pump operates based entirely on cooling demands of the thermal load, and in a second operating mode the pump operates to maintain a fluid pressure above a predefined pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicant: Circor Pumps North America, LLCInventors: Dan Yin, Stefan Werner, Christian Martin, Martin Hoffmann, David McKinstry
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Publication number: 20180199409Abstract: The invention relates to a light emitting device comprising a light source array which comprises a plurality of separately electrically controllable electric light sources which are arranged in a matrix structure or any other defined geometrical arrangement. Advantageously, the pixel pitch of the light source array is less than (500) nanometer. The invention further relates to an optical detection device comprising a light detection device, which is arranged for producing an electrical signal in response to light reaching a light detection side of the light detection device, and to a method for operating such an optical detection device. The invention further relates to a computer program with program coding means arranged for performing such a method.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2016Publication date: July 12, 2018Inventors: Andreas WAAG, Juan Daniel PRADES GARCIA, Martin HOFFMANN
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Publication number: 20180194448Abstract: A sea water cooling system including a first fluid cooling loop coupled to a first side of a heat exchanger and to a thermal load, a second fluid cooling loop coupled to a second side of the heat exchanger and including a pump for circulating fluid through the second fluid cooling loop, and a controller operatively connected to the pump, wherein the controller is configured to monitor an actual temperature in the first fluid cooling loop and to adjust a speed of the pump based on the monitored temperature to achieve a predetermined temperature in the first fluid cooling loop. The system may be selectively operable in one of a plurality of operating modes, wherein in a first operating mode the pump operates based entirely on cooling demands of the thermal load, and in a second operating mode the pump operates to maintain a fluid pressure above a predefined pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Applicant: Circor Pumps North America, LLCInventors: Dan Yin, Stefan Werner, Christian Martin, Martin Hoffmann, David McKinstry
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Publication number: 20180168997Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous composition for treating hair comprising one or more cationic polymers having certain cationic change density and one or more aminated silicones. The novel composition provides hair long lasting conditioning, especially improves combability and suppleness of hair which is held up to 20 hair washes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2015Publication date: June 21, 2018Applicant: KAO GERMANY GMBHInventors: Martin HOFFMANN, Jing NING
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Publication number: 20180072128Abstract: An active roll stabilizer of a motor vehicle including an actuator (8) in the form of a swivel motor arranged so as to rotate about a longitudinal axis of the vehicle. The swivel motor has an essentially cylindrical housing (12) with a cover, first and second stabilizer halves (18, 19) are connected to respective ends of the actuator for the transmission of torque, and a wiring harness (1) has a first end and a second end. The harness includes cables (3, 4, 5) for the transmission of electric power and signals. The first end is connected to the actuator, by way of a plug (2), and the second end is arranged positionally fixed in the vehicle at a cable transfer point (20). The cover forms a dry space and has a plug receiving opening, in its periphery, into which the plug can be inserted, in the radial direction, and secured.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2016Publication date: March 15, 2018Inventors: Daniel PFEIFFER, Martin HOFFMANN, Boris HEBERLE
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Patent number: 9895951Abstract: An electric roll control stabilizer for a vehicle, having an outer housing that rotates about a longitudinal axis, a wiring harness has at least one electric supply lead and/or electric control lead is connected at its first end to a first connection terminal provided on the outer housing and at its second end to a second fixed in position connection terminal. In an area of the first terminal, the harness extends tangential to or concentrical with an outer enveloping surface of the outer housing or a cylindrical structural element which is attached rotationally fixed and whose outer diameter is smaller than the diameter of the outer housing. From the area of the first terminal, the wiring harness extends concentrically with and is spaced from the outer enveloping surface, and the wiring harness is arranged in a transverse plane of the outer housing or the cylindrical structural element that passes through the first terminal.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2014Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventors: Daniel Pfeiffer, Martin Hoffmann
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Patent number: 9806588Abstract: An electric motor comprising a rotor which has a plurality of permanent magnets arranged along a circumferential direction, a stator arrangement with a winding arrangement which surrounds, at least in parts, the permanent magnets. Said stator arrangement comprises a first stator having a plurality of windings and the stator arrangement comprises a second stator, the windings of the first and second stators being embodied, respectively as frame-shaped coils, said coils of the first stator being arranged in the radial direction on the outside of the permanent magnets, the coils of the second stator being arranged in the radial direction inside the permanent magnets, and the coils are arranged along the winding axis thereof in the radial direction and the permanent magnets are arranged along the magnetization direction thereof in the radial direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2012Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Martin Hoffmann, Gerhard Huth
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Patent number: 9797294Abstract: An intelligent sea water cooling system including a first fluid cooling loop coupled to a heat exchanger, a second fluid cooling loop coupled to the heat exchanger and including a fluid pump for circulating fluid through the second fluid cooling loop, and a controller operatively connected to the fluid pump. The controller may be configured to monitor an actual temperature in the first fluid cooling loop and to adjust a speed of the fluid pump based on the monitored temperature in order to achieve a desired temperature in the first fluid cooling loop.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2014Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: IMO Industries Inc.Inventors: Dan Yin, Stefan Werner, David McKinstry, Edwin Braun, Christian Martin, Martin Hoffmann, Christian Hopf, Alistair Baird
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Patent number: 9680287Abstract: A laser source that generates an optical frequency comb, comprising a pumped laser medium placed inside an optical cavity that incorporates at least one optically-controlled modulator, a detector generating an error signal, and a modulation optical source that is controlled by the error signal and whose radiation is directed onto said optically-controlled modulator thereby stabilizing the Carrier-Envelope Offset (CEO) frequency and/or the CEO phase and/or the repetition rate of said source.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2014Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: UNIVERSITÉ DE NEUCHÂTELInventors: Stephane Schilt, Martin Hoffmann, Thomas Sudmeyer