Patents by Inventor Michael Frey

Michael Frey 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: 12187305
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a primary axle, a secondary axle, and a powertrain. The powertrain has an engine coupled to the primary axle and selectively coupled to the secondary axle. The vehicle also includes a clutch associated with the secondary axle. A controller is programmed to, responsive to (i) a request to shift from two-wheel drive to four-wheel drive and (ii) a current engine-torque command exceeding a torque limit associated with the clutch, override the current engine-torque command to reduce a torque of the engine below the torque limit, and, responsive to the torque of the engine being less the torque limit, command engagement of the clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Frey, Filip Tomik, Richard David Bruns
  • Publication number: 20240356200
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include headphone devices with spatially diverse antennas employing multiple operational modes and antenna switching policies. The headphone device may identify a current mode of operation and wirelessly communicate with at least one external device based at least in part on the current mode of operation. Further, operating in a first mode of operation, the headphone device may cause switching circuitry to selectively couple a first antenna to the common port in accordance with a first antenna switching policy. While operating in the second mode of operation, the headphone device may cause circuitry to selectively couple a second antenna to the common port in accordance with a second antenna switching policy that is different from the first antenna switching policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Niels van Erven, Kasra Payandehjoo, Michael Frey, Anthony Maglio, Ron Roberts
  • Publication number: 20240245857
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a manual insertion aid for inserting a cannula unit into a cannula holder. The manual insertion aid comprises a handle and two jaws projecting from the handle and forming a receiving opening that is configured for engaging with a cannula unit. In order to provide a simple and lightweight insertion aid, the minimum clearance between the two jaws is greater than or equal to 1.5 mm and smaller than or equal to 7 mm, and wherein the maximum projecting length of each of the two jaws from the handle is greater than or equal to 4 mm and smaller than or equal to 18 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Marc Arnold, Michel Alain Jean Cadio, Stephan-Michael Frey, Ahmet Konya, Klaus Karl Kurz, Stephanie Sindlinger, Roland Hans Wiegand
  • Patent number: 11996607
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include headphone devices with spatially diverse antennas employing multiple operational modes and antenna switching policies. The headphone device may identify a current mode of operation and wirelessly communicate with at least one external device based at least in part on the current mode of operation. Further, operating in a first mode of operation, the headphone device may cause switching circuitry to selectively couple a first antenna to the common port in accordance with a first antenna switching policy. While operating in the second mode of operation, the headphone device may cause circuitry to selectively couple a second antenna to the common port in accordance with a second antenna switching policy that is different from the first antenna switching policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Niels van Erven, Kasra Payandehjoo, Michael Frey, Anthony Maglio, Ron Roberts
  • Publication number: 20230399003
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a primary axle, a secondary axle, and a powertrain. The powertrain has an engine coupled to the primary axle and selectively coupled to the secondary axle. The vehicle also includes a clutch associated with the secondary axle. A controller is programmed to, responsive to (i) a request to shift from two-wheel drive to four-wheel drive and (ii) a current engine-torque command exceeding a torque limit associated with the clutch, override the current engine-torque command to reduce a torque of the engine below the torque limit, and, responsive to the torque of the engine being less the torque limit, command engagement of the clutch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Frey, Filip Tomik, Richard David Bruns
  • Patent number: 11685258
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling a torque transfer clutch of a vehicle. A first data source indicates if the clutch is in AWD or 4×4 mode. An integrator system monitors energy transferred across the clutch. A temperature data source measures or calculates the clutch temperature. In a first case, the integrator accumulates data of the energy across the clutch during a monitoring period that is compared to a maximum accumulated energy value and initiates a powertrain torque dependent transfer point learn routine. In a second case, the controller responds to energy accumulator cycle data in a single monitoring cycle that is compared to a maximum cycle data value. In a third case, the controller responds to clutch temperature data and compares the temperature data to a maximum temperature value. The second and third cases initiate a non-powertrain torque dependent transfer point learn routine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Harriman, II, Michael Frey, Filip Tomik, Bradley D. Riedle, Peter Chagnon
  • Patent number: 11648032
    Abstract: The present disclosure refers to an implant needle (1) for introducing an implant into a body of a patient, comprising a receiving portion configured to receive an implant and provided in a hollow needle main body (2), and a taper-shaped tip portion (3). The taper-shaped tip portion (3) is further comprising: a first slant surface (14a) contiguous to a first outer peripheral surface (15) of the hollow needle main body (2), wherein the first slant surface (14a) is provided as a first non-cutting edge; a second slant surface (16a) contiguous to a second outer peripheral surface (17) of the hollow needle main body (2), wherein the second slant surface (16a) is provided as a second non-cutting edge; and a pair of sharpened surfaces (9a, 9b) symmetric with respect to an edge point (10) and a longitudinal axis (13) of the needle main body (2), wherein the sharpened surfaces (9a, 9b) are both provided with a cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: ROCHE DIABETES CARE, INC.
    Inventors: Stephan-Michael Frey, Oliver Kube
  • Publication number: 20230105588
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include headphone devices with spatially diverse antennas employing multiple operational modes and antenna switching policies. The headphone device may identify a current mode of operation and wirelessly communicate with at least one external device based at least in part on the current mode of operation. Further, operating in a first mode of operation, the headphone device may cause switching circuitry to selectively couple a first antenna to the common port in accordance with a first antenna switching policy. While operating in the second mode of operation, the headphone device may cause circuitry to selectively couple a second antenna to the common port in accordance with a second antenna switching policy that is different from the first antenna switching policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Niels van Erven, Kasra Payandehjoo, Michael Frey, Anthony Maglio, Ron Roberts
  • Patent number: 11548339
    Abstract: A relative guide device (1) for a steering arrangement (31) is arranged on the wheel-carrier side for the spatial guidance and maintenance of the relative spatial orientation of the steering arrangement (31) with respect to a vehicle body (40). At least one telescopic movement apparatus (2) for movably connecting the steering arrangement (31) is arranged on the wheel-carrier side to the vehicle body (40). A steering force transmission device (30) transmits a steering force to a wheel (R) of a vehicle having a relative guide device (1), and to a wheel suspension (50) for a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Dominik Nees, Michael Frey
  • Patent number: 11515620
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include headphone devices with spatially diverse antennas employing multiple operational modes and antenna switching policies. The headphone device may identify a current mode of operation and wirelessly communicate with at least one external device based at least in part on the current mode of operation. Further, operating in a first mode of operation, the headphone device may cause switching circuitry to selectively couple a first antenna to the common port in accordance with a first antenna switching policy. While operating in the second mode of operation, the headphone device may cause circuitry to selectively couple a second antenna to the common port in accordance with a second antenna switching policy that is different from the first antenna switching policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Sonos, Inc.
    Inventors: Niels van Erven, Kasra Payandehjoo, Michael Frey, Anthony Maglio, Ron Roberts
  • Patent number: 11399753
    Abstract: An electrochemical sensor is disclosed. The sensor has a substrate having a proximal part and an elongated distal part. Electrodes are formed on the distal part. The working electrode forms a conductive trace and multiple electrode pads are arranged along and connected by conductive trace. The electrode pads include a corrosive conductive layer covered by a non-corrosive conductive layer. The corrosive conductive layer is a metal less noble or as noble as Ag, and the non-corrosive conductive is a metal more noble than Ag. An insulating layer on the substrate has openings in the areas of the electrode pads. A protective measure for the corrosive conductive layer can be provided, such as having the insulating layer at least partially overlap the electrode pad edges, or providing at least one of the electrode pads with an elongated shape along the smaller dimension of the distal part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Sabine Achmann, Stephan-Michael Frey, Sebastian Pankalla
  • Patent number: 11377334
    Abstract: An industrial truck having at least one hydraulic mast lift cylinder, which is connected to a hydraulic block via a hydraulic arrangement that limits a lowering speed of the mast lift cylinder. The hydraulic arrangement is formed to limit the lowering speed in a load-dependent manner to at least two maximum values. A first maximum value is given for the lowering speed at the nominal load while a second maximum value is given for the lowering speed with a load that is smaller than the nominal load, i.e., wherein the first maximum value is less than the second maximum value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Jungheinrich Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Kai Fischer, Johannes Michael Frey
  • Publication number: 20210316585
    Abstract: A relative guide device (1) for a steering arrangement (31) is arranged on the wheel-carrier side for the spatial guidance and maintenance of the relative spatial orientation of the steering arrangement (31) with respect to a vehicle body (40). At least one telescopic movement apparatus (2) for movably connecting the steering arrangement (31) is arranged on the wheel-carrier side to the vehicle body (40). A steering force transmission device (30) transmits a steering force to a wheel (R) of a vehicle having a relative guide device (1), and to a wheel suspension (50) for a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Dominik Nees, Michael Frey
  • Publication number: 20210249758
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include headphone devices with spatially diverse antennas employing multiple operational modes and antenna switching policies. The headphone device may identify a current mode of operation and wirelessly communicate with at least one external device based at least in part on the current mode of operation. Further, operating in a first mode of operation, the headphone device may cause switching circuitry to selectively couple a first antenna to the common port in accordance with a first antenna switching policy. While operating in the second mode of operation, the headphone device may cause circuitry to selectively couple a second antenna to the common port in accordance with a second antenna switching policy that is different from the first antenna switching policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Niels van Erven, Kasra Payandehjoo, Michael Frey, Anthony Maglio, Ron Roberts
  • Patent number: D1002479
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Mercedes-Benz Group AG
    Inventors: Achim-Dietrich Badstuebner, Michael Frei, Robert Lesnik, Daniel Reist, Hanne Ruoff, Thomas Saelzle, Gorden Wagener
  • Patent number: D1017501
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Mercedes-Benz Group AG
    Inventors: Achim-Dietrich Badstuebner, Michael Frei, Robert Lesnik, Uwe Schuller, Gert Stolz, Thomas Saelzle, Gorden Wagener
  • Patent number: D1018417
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Mercedes-Benz Group AG
    Inventors: Achim-Dietrich Badstuebner, Michael Frei, Robert Lesnik, Uwe Schuller, Thomas Saelzle, Gorden Wagener
  • Patent number: D1029689
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Mercedes-Benz Group AG
    Inventors: Achim-Dietrich Badstuebner, Bastian Baudy, Michael Frei, Robert Lesnik, Gorden Wagener
  • Patent number: D1045672
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Mercedes-Benz Group AG
    Inventors: Achim-Dietrich Badstuebner, Michael Frei, Robert Lesnik, Andreas Rommel, Thomas Saelzle, Gorden Wagener
  • Patent number: D1072674
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Inventors: Gorden Wagener, Achim-Dietrich Badstübner, Robert Lesnik, Thomas Sälzle, Michael Frei, Peter Riedel, Andreas Rommel, Peter Semenov, Jürgen Wiesen