Patents by Inventor Michael A. Mayer

Michael A. Mayer 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: 12282326
    Abstract: A system includes a processor and a memory. The memory includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations including perform a remote maneuver of a vehicle, and instruct a mobile device to provide a feedback to an individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Pietro Buttolo, Neha Singhal, Biaohe Guo, Mark Larry, Kenneth Michael Mayer
  • Patent number: 12281178
    Abstract: Pore-forming peptides or proteins modified utilizing DNA nanotechnology, which provides definition and control of pore size, an increase in stability when inserted in a lipid membrane, and membrane affinity. Chemical modifications are easily made on the compound through hybridization to the oligonucleotide attached to the peptide or protein. The compound can hybridize to a DNA template thereby defining the number of monomers assembled to a pore and thus the size of the formed pore. The DNA template can range from a unique single strand composed of multiple hybridization sites separated by flexible linkers to a complex rigid DNA nanoconstruct, such as a DNA origami-based ring, serving as a scaffold for pore formation. Hydrophilic modification at the transmembrane segment or terminus of the peptide provides long-lived pores and keeps the compound in a membrane-spanning conformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: ADOLPHE MERKLE INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG
    Inventors: Aziz Fennouri, Jonathan List, Michael Mayer
  • Publication number: 20250125443
    Abstract: A battery system, in particular for a vehicle, includes a battery system housing, wherein the battery system housing has an air inlet region and an air outlet region for the air flowing through the battery system housing and at least one battery unit. The at least one battery unit is accommodated in the battery system housing so that air flowing through the battery system housing can flow around the at least one battery unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Felix Neumann, Dennis Felger, Benedikt Klein, Michael Mayer
  • Patent number: 12268853
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a drive subassembly for a drug delivery device, the drive subassembly comprising a housing and a plunger, wherein the plunger is adapted to be rotated between a locked position, in which the plunger is prevented from advancing, and a released position, in which the plunger is advancable, wherein at least one restraining component is provided to restrain rotation of the plunger from the locked position towards the released position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Marc Schader, Michael Mayer, Jim Bradford, William Timmis, Thomas Mark Kemp, Hugo Revellat
  • Publication number: 20250016954
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling device (1) for cooling electronic components (2), comprising: a bottom plate (3);—a top plate (4) which is a deep-drawn component having a recess (40), the bottom plate (3) and top plate (4) being disposed in such a way that the recess (40) forms a cooling channel (5) between the bottom plate (3) and the top plate (4), the cooling channel (5) extending in a longitudinal direction (11) from an inlet opening (51) to an outlet opening (52), wherein a cooling fluid flow of a cooling fluid can flow through the cooling channel (5) in the longitudinal direction (10);—at least one turbulator (6) which is disposed within a turbulator portion (56) of the cooling channel (5); and—at least one blocking element (20) which is disposed, with respect to the longitudinal direction (11) of the cooling channel (5), next to the turbulator (6) in a bypass region (55) of the cooling channel (5) between the turbulator (6), the top plate (4) and the bottom plate (3), for at least partially blocking
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Christoph Jatzek, Max Florian Beck, Michael Mayer, Stefan Maurer, Wolfram Kienle
  • Publication number: 20240424895
    Abstract: A vehicle including a head-up display (HUD), a transceiver and a detection unit is disclosed. The transceiver may be configured to receive vehicle information and information associated with a geographical area in which the vehicle may be located. The detection unit may be configured to detect a user eye gaze direction. The vehicle may further include a processor configured to obtain the vehicle information, the information associated with the geographical area and the user eye gaze direction responsive to obtaining a trigger signal. The processor may determine an object in the geographical area that a user may be viewing based on the vehicle information, the information associated with the geographical area and the user eye gaze direction. The processor may further render an object identifier associated with the object on the HUD till the vehicle travels past the object, responsive to determining the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jian Wan, Kenneth Michael Mayer, Clay Wesley Maranville, Curtis Sai-Hay To, Neha Singhal, Dima Khanafer
  • Patent number: 12077695
    Abstract: The invention relates to an adhesive strip which can be detached substantially on the adhesion plane in a residue-free and nondestructive manner by stretching, said strip consisting of one or more adhesive material layers and optionally one or more intermediate carrier layers, at least one of the adhesive materials layers containing at least one filler, the primary particles of which can be individually separated, wherein the primary particles (i) are substantially spherical and (ii) have an average diameter d(0.5) of less than 10 ?m, and the ratio of the average diameter d(0.5) of the primary particles to the thickness of the adhesive material layer in which the primary particles are contained is less than 1:2. The invention also relates to the production and use of said adhesive strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: tesa SE
    Inventors: Michael Mayer, Jan Ole Pöhls, Thomas Schubert
  • Publication number: 20240280984
    Abstract: A system includes a processor and a memory. The memory includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations including perform a remote maneuver of a vehicle, and instruct a mobile device to provide a feedback to an individual.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Pietro Buttolo, Neha Singhal, Biaohe Guo, Mark Larry, Kenneth Michael Mayer
  • Publication number: 20240266563
    Abstract: A fuel cell exhaust-gas system includes at least one condenser for receiving water-containing fuel cell exhaust gas that has been discharged from a fuel cell and for discharging water-depleted fuel cell exhaust gas. The at least one condenser includes a separator for separating off water that has been condensed out of the water-containing fuel cell exhaust gas that has been fed to the at least one condenser and at least one heat exchanger, wherein the water-containing fuel cell exhaust gas that is fed to at least one condenser, and water-depleted fuel cell exhaust gas that has been discharged from at least one condenser, can flow through the at least one heat exchanger in order for heat of the water-containing fuel cell exhaust gas to be transferred to the water-depleted fuel cell exhaust gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Jochen Hammer, Peter Wink, Michael Mayer, Gerd Gaiser, Patrick Schaller, Tadeusz-Jozef Juroszek
  • Publication number: 20240239408
    Abstract: A vehicle hitching assistance system includes a controller executing an initial alignment process including searching for a trailer within a specified area of image data that is less than a total field of the image data in directions corresponding with both a longitudinal distance between the vehicle and the trailer and a lateral direction perpendicular to the longitudinal distance, presenting an indication to a driver of the vehicle to reposition the vehicle when the trailer is not identified within the specified area, and removing the indication when the trailer is identified within the specified area. The controller further executes an automated backing process upon identifying the trailer within the specified area, including identifying a coupler of the trailer and outputting a steering signal to the vehicle to cause the vehicle to steer to align a hitch ball of the vehicle with the coupler of the trailer during reversing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Luke Niewiadomski, Douglas Rogan, Shannon Brooks-Lehnert, Chen Zhang, Roger Arnold Trombley, Peter Ling, Kenneth Michael Mayer, Seyed Armin Raeis Hosseiny, Bo Bao, Steven Wayne Friedlander
  • Publication number: 20240228834
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multilayer adhesive strip comprising a carrier layer and at least one adhesive layer arranged on the carrier layer, wherein the carrier layer comprises a syntactically foamed plastic; the adhesive layer comprises a syntactically foamed adhesive compound; the adhesive compound comprises one or more polymers selected from the group consisting of poly(meth)acrylates and synthetic rubbers; and the syntactically foamed plastic and the syntactically foamed adhesive compounds comprise a plurality of expanded microballoons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: tesa SE
    Inventors: Thilo DOLLASE, Hans Peter GRAEF, Michael MAYER, Anika PETERSEN, Thomas SCHUBERT
  • Publication number: 20240217435
    Abstract: Systems and methods for digital shading control in a vehicle. The digital shading control may be integrated into glass of a vehicle, pillars, and more. In at least one implementation, the digital shading control is integrated directly into glass of a vehicle and comprises a transparency-changing material interface layer disposed of over the glass, a capacitive touch interface layer disposed of over the transparency-changing material interface layer, a force touch interface layer disposed of over the capacitive touch interface layer, and a haptics interface layer disposed of over the force touch interface layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Pietro Buttolo, Neha Singhal, Biaohe Guo, Mark Larry, Kenneth Michael Mayer
  • Patent number: 12008166
    Abstract: A vehicle having a touch device configured to receive user inputs is disclosed. The touch device may include a haptic component configured to provide haptic feedback to a user and a force touch component configured to detect force applied by the user on the touch device and actuate the touch device. The vehicle may further include a transceiver and a processor. The transceiver may be configured to receive road information on which the vehicle may be traversing. The processor may be configured to obtain the road information from the transceiver, determine road condition based on the road information, and adjust parameters associated with the haptic component or the force touch component based on the road condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Pietro Buttolo, Neha Singhal, Biaohe Guo, Mark Larry, Kenneth Michael Mayer
  • Patent number: 11973652
    Abstract: Disclosed is a field detection device designed to be connected to at least one access point of a fieldbus network via at least one interface. The field detection device is designed to initiate or execute, for each of at least two connection protocols, an associated query in at least one fieldbus segment of the fieldbus network and to detect which field devices and fieldbus components in said at least one fieldbus segment can be accessed via the connection protocol in question. Furthermore, the field detection device is designed to provide a connection directory in which at least one connection protocol is specified for each field device and for each fieldbus component of a set of field devices and fieldbus components of the at least one fieldbus segment, by means of which connection protocol the field device in question or the fieldbus component in question can be accessed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Process Solutions AG
    Inventors: Michael Mayer, Werner Luber, Stefan Müller Osolin
  • Publication number: 20240132756
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multilayer adhesive strip comprising a carrier layer and at least one adhesive layer arranged on the carrier layer, wherein the carrier layer comprises a syntactically foamed plastic; the adhesive layer comprises a syntactically foamed adhesive compound; the adhesive compound comprises one or more polymers selected from the group consisting of poly(meth)acrylates and synthetic rubbers; and the syntactically foamed plastic and the syntactically foamed adhesive compounds comprise a plurality of expanded microballoons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: tesa SE
    Inventors: Thilo DOLLASE, Hans Peter GRAEF, Michael MAYER, Anika PETERSEN, Thomas SCHUBERT
  • Patent number: 11964692
    Abstract: A vehicle hitching assistance system includes a controller executing an initial alignment process including searching for a trailer within a specified area of image data that is less than a total field of the image data in directions corresponding with both a longitudinal distance between the vehicle and the trailer and a lateral direction perpendicular to the longitudinal distance, presenting an indication to a driver of the vehicle to reposition the vehicle when the trailer is not identified within the specified area, and removing the indication when the trailer is identified within the specified area. The controller further executes an automated backing process upon identifying the trailer within the specified area, including identifying a coupler of the trailer and outputting a steering signal to the vehicle to cause the vehicle to steer to align a hitch ball of the vehicle with the coupler of the trailer during reversing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Luke Niewiadomski, Douglas Rogan, Shannon Brooks-Lehnert, Chen Zhang, Roger Arnold Trombley, Peter Ling, Kenneth Michael Mayer, Seyed Armin Raeis Hosseiny, Bo Bao, Steven Wayne Friedlander
  • Patent number: 11848796
    Abstract: An aggregator is designed to form first data connections to field access devices. The field access devices are connected to different network segments of a field bus system. The aggregator forms a second data connection to a host computer. The aggregator receive first data traffic from the host computer via the second data connections and to forward the first data traffic, via the first data connections to a field access device of that network segment in which the particular field bus component, to which the first data traffic is directed, is situated. The aggregator is also designed to receive second data traffic from a field bus component in one of the network segments via at least one of the first data connections and to forward the second data traffic to at least one of the host computers via at least one of the second data connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Process Solutions AG
    Inventors: Michael Mayer, Axel Pöschmann
  • Publication number: 20230390724
    Abstract: A photocatalyst suspension reactor for solar fuel formation. The reactor may comprise a shallow pool filled with a first portion of an electrolyte solution. The electrolyte solution may comprise a solvent, a plurality of redox shuttle molecules, and a plurality of photocatalyst particles. The reactor may further comprise a plurality of tubes disposed on a surface of the shallow pool, each tube of the plurality of tubes comprising an upper half and a lower half. The upper half may comprise a transparent material configured to be minimally permeable to hydrogen gas and oxygen gas. The lower half may be configured to be filled with a second portion of the electrolyte solution and comprises an ion bridge material permeable to the plurality of redox shuttle molecules and minimally permeable to the plurality of photocatalyst particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Shane Ardo, Daniel V. Esposito, Rohini Bala Chandran, Zijie Chen, Joseph Michael Mayer, Luisa Barrera, Zejie Chen, Brian D. James, Yaset Acevedo, Jennie Huya-Kouadio
  • Patent number: 11794726
    Abstract: Systems and methods for virtual vehicle parking assistance are disclosed herein. An example method includes determining a current vehicle position and vehicle dimensions of a vehicle, determining parking space dimensions of a parking space, receiving a desired parking position for the vehicle through an augmented reality interface, the augmented reality interface including a three-dimensional vehicle model based on the vehicle dimensions, the augmented reality interface being configured to allow a user to virtually place the three-dimensional vehicle model in the parking space to determine the desired parking position, determining a virtual parking procedure for the vehicle based on the desired parking position selected by the user and the parking space dimensions of a parking space and causing the vehicle to autonomously park based on the virtual parking procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jian Wan, Harald Martinez, Michael A. Blommer, Kenneth Michael Mayer, Kwaku Prakah-Asante
  • Patent number: 11777844
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for distributing link state information are provided. Network nodes propagate link state information via a control plane flooding operation. A first network node can initiate this propagation in response to a local link state change. In addition, some network nodes can via data plane messaging to transmit link state information to a remote node of the network. The remote node responds to the message by initiating a control plane flooding operation at that location. The remote node can be selected based on a variety of criteria, such as network traffic conditions, location, or network topology. Multiple remote nodes can be prompted in this manner to initiate flooding operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mehdi Arashmid Akhavain Mohammadi, Michael Mayer, Peter Ashwood-Smith