Patents by Inventor Michael A. Wolf

Michael A. Wolf 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).

  • Instruction based interrupt masking for managing interrupts in a computer environment
    Patent number: 9361114
    Abstract: Managing interrupts in a computing environment includes executing an instruction, deriving an interrupt mask value based at least in part on the instruction being executed, performing a masking operation involving the interrupt mask value and at least one pending interrupt to determine whether a pending interrupt is allowable, and in the event that the pending interrupt is allowable, performing the interrupt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Azul Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Gil Tene, Scott Sellers, Jack Choquette, Michael A. Wolf
  • DEVICE FOR FORMING METALS
    Publication number: 20160144416
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for processing a workpiece, said device including the following features: a punch on one side of the workpiece, a die on the opposite side of the workpiece, and a conductive electric heating system for generating an electric current that flows through the workpiece starting from a component situated on one side of the workpiece outside of the punch to a component situated on the opposite side of the workpiece outside of the die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: Allgaier Werke GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Wolf, Matthias Mihm, Alexander Müller, Ottmar Lehr
  • Accelerated class check
    Patent number: 9342319
    Abstract: Handling a virtual method call includes extracting, from a pointer to an object, an identifier associated with the class of the object, the pointer to the object being associated with the virtual method call, and the identifier being embedded within the pointer; using the identifier to obtain a virtual method table, including locating a first entry in a class identifier table mapping a plurality of class identifiers to a corresponding plurality of class data, the first entry being associated with the identifier and comprising the virtual method table or a pointer used to obtain the virtual method table; locating a second entry in the virtual method table, the second entry being associated with the virtual method call; and jumping to an address associated with the second entry to execute code at the address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Azul Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Gil Tene, Cliff N. Click, Jr., Murali Sundaresan, Michael A. Wolf
  • Flexible Cycle Time-Optimized Sharing of a Working Space for Robots
    Publication number: 20160129596
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system for controlling a robot, which non-simultaneously shares a working space with another robot. On the basis of a determined residual period, in which the working space remains occupied, the path planning of a robot is adjusted in a cycle time-optimized manner, in order to avoid a deceleration at the working space limit and a wait for the working space to be vacated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Bettina Pfaff, Thomas Neff, Marcus Hansen, Michael Wolf, Christian Fremuth-Paeger, Thomas Heinrich
  • Cooperative preemption
    Patent number: 9336005
    Abstract: Preempting the execution of a thread is disclosed. Preempting includes receiving an indication that a preemption of the thread is desired and context switching the thread out at a thread safe point in the event that a thread safe point is reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Azul Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Gil Tene, Michael A. Wolf, Scott Sellers, Jack H. Choquette
  • Device and method for machining a workpiece consisting of metal, particularly for producing a cup-shaped component for the automobile industry, as well as such a workpiece
    Patent number: 9289812
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus, an installation and a method for machining a workpiece made of metal, such as steel, by a machining processes such as forming, pressing, drawing, compressing and cutting. The invention includes at least two tools and a drive associated with the tools for their movement and for carrying out the machining process. The drives are arranged in such a way that when travelling on trajectories the tools have different speeds over at least a part of their trajectories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Allgaier Werke GmbH
    Inventors: Peter König, Michael Wolf, Ottmar Lehr, Klaus Leinmüller, Dieter Waidmann
  • Sheet-like finishing element
    Patent number: 9103115
    Abstract: A panel-like/sheet-like finishing element (11) for covering floors and walls, for example in the renovation of old buildings, is provided with heat-insulating and sound-absorbing properties if its interior (15) is provided, between outer covering layers (12, 13), with channel-forming undulating supporting structures (16) filled with high-density coarse granules (21). The supporting structures (16) are connected to the covering layers (12, 13) along the vertex lines (17) so as to provide wet-strength action, and the interior (15), between these covering layers, is sealed by enclosing edging strips (19) to provide wet-strength action, with the simultaneous inclusion of moisture-tight, but vapour-permeable, supporting layers (20) on covering layers (12, 13). If this finishing element (11) is mounted vertically, the granule-filled channels (14) run horizontally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: WOLF BAVARIA GMBH
    Inventors: Richard Wolf, Michael Wolf
  • Adjustable putter head assembly
    Patent number: 9079077
    Abstract: An adjustable putter head assembly having a hosel attachment member that includes a hosel for receipt of a golf club shaft, a striking face, a bottom surface, and an adjustment surface that is generally parallel to the striking face and opposite the striking face. The hosel attachment member further includes an extension member that includes an aperture for mating with a threaded opening of the adjustment surface, and a plurality of receptacles that vertically extend the length of the extension member and correspond with a plurality of settings disposed on the adjustment surface. The adjustment surface defines multiple hosel position points for selectively attaching the hosel along the length of the putter head, and, adjusting the angular orientation between the golf club shaft and bottom surface in the plane in which the shaft lies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Inventor: Michael Wolf
  • Adjustable Putter Head Assembly
    Publication number: 20150148146
    Abstract: An adjustable putter head assembly having a hosel attachment member that includes a hosel for receipt of a golf club shaft, a striking face, a bottom surface, and an adjustment surface that is generally parallel to the striking face and opposite the striking face. The hosel attachment member further includes an extension member that includes an aperture for mating with a threaded opening of the adjustment surface, and a plurality of receptacles that vertically extend the length of the extension member and correspond with a plurality of settings disposed on the adjustment surface. The adjustment surface defines multiple hosel position points for selectively attaching the hosel along the length of the putter head, and, adjusting the angular orientation between the golf club shaft and bottom surface in the plane in which the shaft lies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventor: Michael Wolf
  • Gripper for a contact lens and process for transporting a contact lens
    Patent number: 9033386
    Abstract: A gripper (1) for a contact lens (CL) includes a gripper head (10) having a bearing surface (11), the bearing surface (11) having at least one opening (110) through which underpressure can be applied in order to suck the contact lens (CL) against the bearing surface (11) and through which overpressure can be applied in order to release the contact lens (CL) from the bearing surface (11). The gripper further includes a detection opening (111) in the bearing surface (11) through which a separate underpressure can be applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Roger Biel, Günter Lässig, Michael Wolf, Fabian Kern
  • CPU UTILIZATION METERING ON SYSTEMS THAT INCLUDE MULTIPLE HARDWARE THREADS PER CORE
    Publication number: 20150094987
    Abstract: Indicating usage in a system includes implementing a performance counter associated with one or more hardware threads; counting events associated with the one or more hardware threads to determine an event count; deriving an initial measure of usage of a processor core associated with the one or more hardware threads based at least in part on the event count; applying a corrective function to modify the initial measure of usage and determine a modified measure of usage, wherein the modified measure of usage has a value that is different from and not equivalent to the initial measure of usage; and outputting an indication of a processor usage, the indication being based at least in part on the modified measure of usage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Gil Tene, Michael A. Wolf, Cliff N. Click, JR.
  • Apparatus for the Aftertreatment of the Exhaust Gases of Diesel Engines
    Publication number: 20150093298
    Abstract: An exhaust gas aftertreatment device, including a bent exhaust pipe, a mixing pipe having a closed end at the exhaust pipe bend and a bell-shaped widened portion in at least partial contact with the exhaust pipe at its opposite end, and a nozzle connected to a receptacle in the mixing pipe closed end for injecting an additive into the exhaust gases, with a mixing one in the exhaust pipe between the urea nozzle and the exhaust pipe outlet in which the exhaust gases flow around the mixing pipe symmetrically and form a double eddy in the mixing pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: Tenneco GmbH
    Inventors: Sascha Haverkamp, Andreas Lang, Michael Wolf
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED PLANOGRAM GENERATION
    Publication number: 20150088701
    Abstract: Various embodiments are described herein for methods and systems that can be used for generating a planogram data file by: receiving, at a remote computing device, recorded position data for one or more items located on first and second fixtures of a display segment, and generating, using the remote computing device, a planogram data file. The planogram data file may be generated by: writing product data for the one or more items, and fixture location data for the first fixture; writing, based on the recorded position data, position data for the items located on the first fixture to the planogram data file, determining a first maximum item height for the one or more items on the first fixture, and writing, based on the first maximum item height, fixture location data for the second fixture to the planogram data file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Daniel Norwood Desmarais, Brandon Michael Wolf, David Harris Hunter, Lawrence George Ellerton
  • Concurrent atomic execution
    Patent number: 8949583
    Abstract: Executing a set one or more instructions is disclosed. A set of one or more register states is saved in a software data structure. The set of instructions is speculatively executed. At least one store made to a memory location during the speculative execution is not committed until the speculative execution is successfully completed. If an abort indication is received, the state of one or more registers restored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Azul Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Gil Tene, Ivan Posva, Michael A. Wolf, Daniel Dwight Grove, Tom Kraljevic
  • Methods, Systems and Apparatuses for Management and Storage
    Publication number: 20140361014
    Abstract: The present invention relates to systems, methods, and apparatuses for the management, distribution, dispensing, and administration of consumer products, including over-the-counter and prescription medications through use of a product container labeling system and an optional integrated computer-based or online management system. In certain aspects, the invention relates to a product container comprising a hollow body, a child-resistant cap, and a specialized information label affixed to the hollow body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: DEBORAH ADLER LLC
    Inventors: Deborah Adler, Duane Sawyer, Michael Wolf, Joshua Stewart, Yayun Huang
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MACHINING A WORKPIECE CONSISTING OF METAL, PARTICULARLY FOR PRODUCING A CUP-SHAPED COMPONENT FOR THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY, AS WELL AS SUCH A WORKPIECE
    Publication number: 20140352390
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus, an installation and a method for machining a workpiece made of metal, such as steel, by a machining processes such as forming, pressing, drawing, compressing and cutting. The invention includes at least two tools and a drive associated with the tools for their movement and for carrying out the machining process. The drives are arranged in such a way that when travelling on trajectories the tools have different speeds over at least a part of their trajectories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Allgaier Werke GmbH
    Inventors: Peter König, Michael Wolf, Ottmar Lehr, Klaus Leinmüller, Dieter Waidmann
  • Apparatus for the aftertreatment of the exhaust gases of diesel engines
    Patent number: 8899022
    Abstract: An exhaust gas aftertreatment device, including a bent exhaust pipe, a mixing pipe having a closed end at the exhaust pipe bend and a bell-shaped widened portion in at least partial contact with the exhaust pipe at its opposite end, and a nozzle connected to a receptacle in the mixing pipe closed end for injecting an additive into the exhaust gases, with a mixing zone in the exhaust pipe between the urea nozzle and the exhaust pipe outlet in which the exhaust gases flow around the mixing pipe symmetrically and form a double eddy in the mixing pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Heinrich Gillet GmbH
    Inventors: Sascha Haverkamp, Andreas Lang, Michael Wolf
  • GRIPPER FOR A CONTACT LENS AND PROCESS FOR TRANSPORTING A CONTACT LENS
    Publication number: 20140346795
    Abstract: A gripper (1) for a contact lens (CL) includes a gripper head (10) having a bearing surface (11), the bearing surface (11) having at least one opening (110) through which underpressure can be applied in order to suck the contact lens (CL) against the bearing surface (11) and through which overpressure can be applied in order to release the contact lens (CL) from the bearing surface (11). The gripper further includes a detection opening (111) in the bearing surface (11) through which a separate underpressure can be applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Roger Biel, Günter Lässig, Michael Wolf, Fabian Kern
  • Anti-IL-1R1 Inhibitors For Use in Cancer
    Publication number: 20140308294
    Abstract: The invention relates to polypeptides that block or inhibit the interleukin-1 receptor 1 (IL-1R1), the interaction of IL-1beta with IL-1R1 or the interaction between IL-1R1 and interleukin-1 receptor accessory protein (IL-1RaCP). The invention relates specifically to therapeutic polypeptides that target specifically IL-1R1 present on tumor cells, cancer stem cells, and cancer stem cells which are resistant to chemotherapy or radiotherapy. The invention specifically relates to cancer stem cells (CSC) that express IL-1R1 to which said inhibitors bind. Finally the invention relates to a combination therapy comprising killing tumorigenic differentiating cancer cells by means of standard chemo- or radiotherapy and prior or subsequent to that applying IL-1R1 inhibitors which target specifically CSC and strip the tumor of its capacity to generate cancer cell progeny.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Anita Seshire, Michael Wolf, Robert Tighe, Helen Sabzevari
  • SQUIRREL CAGE ROTOR AND INDIVIDUAL PARTS THEREOF AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SQUIRREL CAGE ROTOR
    Publication number: 20140285058
    Abstract: The invention comprises a squirrel cage rotor, in particular for use in an asynchronous machine, with a shaft, a laminated rotor core with cage bars and short-circuiting rings arranged within it, at least part of a short-circuiting ring consisting of a disk stack, which is built up in layers from disks with clearances, through which the ends of the cage bars extend out from the laminated rotor core, wherein the disks of a short-circuiting ring have, starting from the lateral surface as the outside face, over the outer circumference at least one bevel or step, which is directed radially inward, and wherein, by their respective bevels or steps, neighboring disks form in the disk stack a slot, in which there is a joining connection, at least in certain portions. The invention also concerns individual parts of a squirrel cage rotor and also a method for the production thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventors: Gerhard THUMM, Volker VOGGESER, Michael WOLF