Patents by Inventor Michael A. Fischer

Michael A. Fischer 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: 20240132245
    Abstract: A plastic container includes a base, an opening, and a plurality of panels. In embodiments, the plurality of panels are configured for digital printing. Systems and methods for digital printing on plastic containers with a plurality of panels are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Kyle Fleischhacker, Andrew Fischer, Michael Sainato, Griffin Binkley
  • Publication number: 20240133483
    Abstract: Systems and methods described herein provide for pressure relief valve detection and monitoring. A valve assembly includes a valve body, having an inlet and an outlet, and a valve seat insert attached to the valve body between the inlet and the outlet. The valve body also includes an indicator assembly, a disk positioned within the valve seat insert; and a stem extending between the disk and the indicator assembly. The stem includes a magnet. A magnetic sensor is operable to identify proximity of the magnet. The valve seat insert is operable to release the disk when pressure at the inlet exceeds a threshold value. The disk, when released, moves the stem and magnet into a position that is detected by the magnetic sensor, and the indicator assembly indicates a valve opening event when the position is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Orval Kuhn, Michael Fischer, Santhosh Kumar, Bryant Crane
  • Patent number: 11964989
    Abstract: Compounds that inhibit KRas G12D. In particular, compounds that inhibit the activity of KRas G12D, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and methods of use therefor, and in particular, methods of treating cancer. The compounds have a general structure represented by Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: Mirati Therapeutics, Inc., Array BioPharma Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaolun Wang, Aaron Craig Burns, James Gail Christensen, John Michael Ketcham, John David Lawson, Matthew Arnold Marx, Christopher Ronald Smith, Shelley Allen, James F. Blake, Mark Joseph Chicarelli, Joshua Ryan Dahlke, Donghua Dai, Jay Bradford Fell, John Peter Fischer, Macedonio J. Mejia, Brad Newhouse, Phong Nguyen, Jacob Matthew O'Leary, Spencer Pajk, Martha E. Rodriguez, Pavel Savechenkov, Tony P. Tang, Guy P.A. Vigers, Qian Zhao, Dean Russell Kahn, John Gaudino, Michael Christopher Hilton
  • Patent number: 11957426
    Abstract: A robotic surgical tool includes an elongate shaft extendable through a handle, a drive cable extending along a portion of the shaft, and an actuation system housed within the handle and including an input stack having first and second ends. The input stack includes a drive input arranged at the first end, and an accumulator arranged between the first and second ends and including a differential body defining upper and lower redirect surfaces, and a redirect feature offset from the upper and lower redirect surfaces, wherein the drive cable is threaded through the upper and lower redirect surfaces and the redirect feature, and wherein actuating the actuation system rotates the input stack and thereby acts on the drive cable to cause one or more operations of the surgical tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: Austin Michael Fischer, Jason Alan Hill
  • Publication number: 20240117029
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bispecific anti-CCL2 antibodies binding to two different epitopes on human CCL2, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, their manufacture, and use as medicaments for the treatment of cancers, inflammatory, autoimmune and ophthalmologic diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Jens FISCHER, Guy GEORGES, Anton JOCHNER, Gregor JORDAN, Hubert KETTENBERGER, Joerg MOELLEKEN, Tilman SCHLOTHAUER, Georg TIEFENTHALER, Valeria RUNZA, Meher MAJETY, Martin SCHAEFER, Maria VIERT, Shu FENG, Wei Shiong Adrian HO, Siok Wan GAN, Runyi Adeline LAM, Michael GERTZ
  • Publication number: 20240116217
    Abstract: A hot die face granulation of melt-type materials, such as polymer melts, which pass through the melt channels of a die plate and are divided into granulate while still hot on the outlet surface. The die plate includes a die plate body having melt channels, which pass through the die plate body and feed onto an outlet surface distributed in ring-shaped formations, on which outlet surface the exiting melt strands are divided by a rotating blade, a granulation head comprising a die plate of this type, as well as an underwater or water ring granulator comprising a granulation head of this type. The invention also relates to a method for producing a die plate of this type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Florian Fischer, Michael Eloo, Stefan Dahleimer
  • Publication number: 20240116486
    Abstract: The aim of the invention is to allow a reliable quantification and classification of brake abrasion of a brake system of a vehicle and simultaneously reduce the complexity in a practical application. This is achieved by a measuring rim with a rim interior, in which a collecting housing is arranged that extends in the circumferential direction of the measuring rim over an extension angle (?). A collecting housing interior is formed in the collecting housing, and the collecting housing is at least partly open towards the collecting housing interior on a radially inner circumferential surface extending in the circumferential direction of the measuring rim. A discharge area is provided on the rim flange on the measuring rim, and a collecting channel which connects the collecting housing interior of the collecting housing to the discharge area is provided on the measuring rim.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Peter Huber, Peter Fischer, Martin Kupper, Andreas Klug
  • Patent number: 11944930
    Abstract: Filter media for a drum filter that includes a plurality of annular frame members, each annular frame member having a circumference is disclosed. The filter media includes a filter sheet with first and second engagement strips having a cord portion and an attachment tab portion connected to the filter sheet. The first and second engagement strips engage with first and second connecting strips located on the annular frame members. Each connecting strip has a receiving portion that receives the cord portion of the associated engagement strip. Each connecting strip also has a body portion configured to engage a drum filter frame. An engagement mechanism configured to attach a filter sheet to a drum filter frame is also disclosed. A system for attaching a filter media to a cylindrical drum filter is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Engineered Recycling Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Michael P. Carver, Sr., Andreas Fischer
  • Patent number: 11946521
    Abstract: A stop assembly for damper masses of a damper system has a stop device and a stop device carrier which holds the stop device. The stop device has at least one shoulder, which is intended to engage in at least one associated receiving portion of the stop device carrier. In at least one support region, the shoulder is oversized relative to the associated receiving portion to facilitate captive engagement in the receiving portion, and, at a distance from the at least one support region, the shoulder is undersized relative to the associated receiving portion to facilitate assembly-simplifying engagement in the receiving portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Jörg Bender, Michael Wirachowski, Matthias Kram, Kyrill Siemens, Volker Stampf, Reinhold Fischer
  • Patent number: 11947001
    Abstract: A measurement setup for measuring attenuation through an irregular surface of a device under test is described. The measurement setup includes a positioning system, a reference reflector, and a three dimensional imaging system. The measurement setup has a reference state and a measurement state, wherein respective images are taken in the different states. The imaging system is configured to compare the images taken in the reference state and the measurement state to determine the attenuation of the device under test. Further, a reference reflector as well as a method for measuring attenuation are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Sherif Sayed Ahmed, Frank Gumbmann, Tobias Koeppel, Michael Freissl, Christian Evers, Thomas Fischer
  • Publication number: 20240083993
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bispecific anti-CCL2 antibodies binding to two different epitopes on human CCL2, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, their manufacture, and use as medicaments for the treatment of cancers, inflammatory, autoimmune and ophthalmologic diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Jens FISCHER, Guy GEORGES, Anton JOCHNER, Gregor JORDAN, Hubert KETTENBERGER, Joerg MOELLEKEN, Tilman SCHLOTHAUER, Georg TIEFENTHALER, Valeria RUNZA, Meher MAJETY, Martin SCHAEFER, Maria VIERT, Shu FENG, Wei Shiong Adrian HO, Siok Wan GAN, Runyi Adeline LAM, Michael GERTZ
  • Patent number: 11885435
    Abstract: Systems and methods described herein provide for pressure relief valve detection and monitoring. A valve assembly includes a striker and an indicator assembly separated by a diaphragm. The diaphragm may be elastically or permanently deformable. The striker may be connected to a relieve valve disk that releases in response to high fluid pressure at the valve. Movement of the striker may be detected by contact with the diaphragm or by sensors near the diaphragm, which may trigger the indicator assembly to provide an external indication of a valve opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: HANSEN TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Orval Kuhn, Michael Fischer, Santhosh Kumar, Bryant Crane
  • Patent number: 11845138
    Abstract: A method for repairing a pocket of a case for a variable stator assembly may comprise: receiving, via a processor, a plurality of wear depths, each wear depth in the plurality of wear depths corresponding to a wear portion in a stator pocket in a plurality of stator pockets; determining, via the processor, a plurality of thicknesses of a coating to be deposited based on the plurality of wear depths, each thickness of the coating in the plurality of thicknesses corresponding to the wear portion for each stator pocket in the plurality of stator pockets; and commanding, via the processor, a coating spray torch to deposit the coating in the wear portion of each stator pocket in the plurality of stator pockets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Heather Danielsen, Norman Gagnon, George Reynolds, Kevin Sloan, Keith Pooler, Jason Christiansen, Michael Fischer
  • Publication number: 20230400600
    Abstract: A microwave barrier system is provided, including: a first microwave barrier including a first microwave transmitter and receiver, the first transmitter including an electrically tunable microwave generator and being configured to be operated at a selectable microwave frequency; and a second microwave barrier including a second microwave transmitter and receiver, the second transmitter including an electrically tunable microwave generator and being configured to be operated at a selectable microwave frequency, the system being configured to determine microwave operating channels in an available frequency range for microwave barriers by one of the receivers, and to assign a respective microwave operating channel to at least one of the barriers to reduce mutual interference between the barriers, the barriers further including respective communication devices to signal-couple the respective receiver with the respective transmitter to transmit a microwave operating channel for operation of the barriers from the r
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: VEGA Grieshaber KG
    Inventors: Daniel SCHULTHEISS, Michael FISCHER
  • Patent number: 11785414
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating a plurality of audio channels for a speaker setup, comprises a processor repeating an energy distribution from a speaker not contained in the speaker setup to the speakers in the speaker setup to acquire a downmix information for a downmix to the speaker setup; and a renderer for generating the plurality of audio channels using the downmix information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e. V.
    Inventors: Christian Borss, Christian Ertel, Johannes Hilpert, Achim Kuntz, Michael Fischer, Florian Schuh, Bernhard Grill
  • Publication number: 20230296530
    Abstract: A seed sampling system is provided comprising an automated seed loading assembly operable to singulate seeds from a plurality of seeds or enable loading of individually stored seeds and an automated seed sampling assembly comprising at least one sampling module operable to remove tissue samples from one of the singulated seeds. The system also includes an automated seed transport assembly comprising at least one retention member operable to transfer the singulated seeds from at least one elevator unit of the seed loading assembly to the at least one sampling module of the seed sampling assembly. In connection therewith, the at least one sampling module includes multiple sampling locations, each associated with a sampler, where the at least one sampling module is operable to remove tissue samples from seeds at one of sampling locations while another one of the sampling locations is cleaned to remove residual seed tissue therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Wayne BROWN, Michael Joseph DAYAWON, David FINLEY, William Michael FISCHER, Yang Ju IM, John Michael JENSEN, Jeffrey Lawrence KOHNE, Matthew J. WEIS
  • Patent number: 11763704
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a support substructure for fastening a display tile to a support structure of a tiled display, the support substructure being characterized in that it is linked to the support structure by means of a first mechanism allowing movements of the display tile in a plane parallel to the nominal plane (XY) of the tiled display independently of the presence or absence of adjacent display tiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignees: BARCO N.V., BARCO CONTROL ROOMS GMBH
    Inventors: Tom Adriaan Gerard Dewaele, Frank Michael Fischer, Stephan Frank Henry
  • Publication number: 20230244915
    Abstract: Methods of training a variational autoencoder (VAE) to recognize anomalous data in a distributed system are provided. Input image data representative of devices/processes in a distributed system are provided to an encoder of a VAE on a processor. The input image data is compressed, via the processor, using a first plurality of weights with the encoder. A normal distribution of the compressed image data is created in a latent space of the VAE. The compressed image data from the latent space is decompressed using a second plurality of weights with a decoder of the VAE. The decompressed image data from the decoder is optimized. At least the first and second plurality of weights are updated, via the processor, based on the loss detected in the optimized decompressed image data. The above steps are iterated until the decompressed image data possesses substantially the same statistical properties as the input image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Mark Rahmes, Kevin Fox, Jennifer Spicer, Shoaib Shaikh, Macaulay Osaisai, Michael Fischer, Ziad Chaudhry
  • Patent number: 11701929
    Abstract: To improve a trailer device for motor vehicles, comprising a holding unit for a crossmember mountable on a vehicle body on the rear-end side thereof and a ball neck receiving body having a ball neck receptacle, in which an insertion portion of a ball neck supporting a coupling ball is insertable and fixable therein, wherein the ball neck receiving body is arranged mounted on the holding unit so as to be pivotable at least between a working position, in which a ball neck is insertable by means of its insertion portion into the ball neck receptacle, and a rest position, it is proposed that the trailer device comprises a locking device which fixes the ball neck receiving body in the rest position in a locking state relative to the holding unit and has an unlocking state, in which the locking device allows the ball neck receiving body to pivot from the rest position in the direction towards the working position, and that an actuator is provided, by means of which the locking device is movable from the locking sta
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: ACPS AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Bernhard Rimmelspacher, Michael Fischer, Aleksej Kadnikov
  • Patent number: 11698345
    Abstract: A seed sampling system is provided comprising an automated seed loading assembly operable to singulate seeds from a plurality of seeds or enable loading of individually stored seeds and an automated seed sampling assembly comprising at least one sampling module operable to remove tissue samples from one of the singulated seeds. The system also includes an automated seed transport assembly comprising at least one retention member operable to transfer the singulated seeds from at least one elevator unit of the seed loading assembly to the at least one sampling module of the seed sampling assembly. In connection therewith, the at least one sampling module includes multiple sampling locations, each associated with a sampler, where the at least one sampling module is operable to remove tissue samples from seeds at one of sampling locations while another one of the sampling locations is cleaned to remove residual seed tissue therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Wayne Brown, Michael Joseph Dayawon, David W. Finley, William Michael Fischer, Yang Ju Im, John Michael Jensen, Jeffrey Lawrence Kohne, Matthew J. Weis