Patents by Inventor Michael Herrmann
Michael Herrmann 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: 12631056Abstract: A method and a device for operating an opening drive for a motor-vehicle lock, in particular motor-vehicle door lock. Also provided is a locking mechanism which consists substantially of a rotary latch and a pawl. Further, a sensor associated with the rotary latch is provided, as well as a drive unit that indirectly or directly acts upon the pawl, the drive unit being controlled according to signals of the sensor. According to the invention, the sensor produces a signal only once the rotary latch can be freely opened.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2022Date of Patent: May 19, 2026Assignee: KIEKERT AGInventors: Ömer Inan, Peter Szegeny, Michael Scholz, Holger Schiffer, Manuel Reusch, Michael Herrmann
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Publication number: 20260005453Abstract: A spring-loaded terminal is designed as a direct plug-in terminal for connecting a conductor. The terminal includes a busbar for contacting the conductor, a clamping spring for retaining the electrical conductor in the terminal, and a retaining spring for latching the clamping spring in an open position so that the conductor can be inserted into a contact area. The clamping spring has a pivotable clamping leg and a clamping edge. The retaining spring has a pivotable pivoting leg having at least one retaining device as a first latching device. The clamping leg has a corresponding latching device cooperating with the retaining device of the pivoting leg in a latching state of the clamping leg. The clamping leg is adjustable from the latching state by displacing the electrical conductor into a clamping state in which the clamping leg is unlatched from the retaining device and presses the electrical conductor with the clamping edge of the clamping leg against the busbar.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2024Publication date: January 1, 2026Inventors: Stephan FEHLING, Walter HANNING, Michael HERRMANN, Heike SCHMIDTPOTT, Andreas RUTZ, Michael LENSCHEN, Karlo STJEPANOVIC
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Publication number: 20260002387Abstract: The invention relates to a lock striker (1, 25) for a motor vehicle door lock, having a lock striker plate (2, 30) and a lock striker bracket (3) which is secured to the lock striker plate. The lock striker bracket (3) is formed with a locking pin (4), a central piece (6), and a connecting region (7, 24), wherein the lock striker bracket (3) is designed in at least two parts, and the central piece (6) and the connecting region (7, 24) are made of a sheet metal strip (5, 23).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2023Publication date: January 1, 2026Applicant: Kiekert AktiengesellschaftInventors: Ömer INAN, Peter SZEGENY, Holger SCHIFFER, Michael SCHOLZ, Andreas SCHMITZ, Thorsten BENDEL, Michael HERRMANN
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Publication number: 20250361751Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle lock (11) having a control device (1), wherein the control device (1) comprises a circuit board (2, 12) having a first plane (A-A, D-D) and electronic components (3, 20) which are arranged thereon and are connected to the circuit board (2, 12), and an energy store (4, 15, 16) which is connected to the circuit board (2, 12) and is arranged in a second plane (B-B, C-C) offset with respect to the first plane (A-A, D-D) and at least partially above the electronic components (3, 20).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2023Publication date: November 27, 2025Applicant: Kiekert AktiengesellschaftInventors: Michael SCHOLZ, Holger SCHIFFER, Peter SZEGENY, Ömer INAN, Andreas SCHMITZ, Andreas ZIGANKI, Thomas LIEPOLD, Bernhard SCHWANTNER, Christian BARMSCHEIDT, Michael HERRMANN, Tobias KLOCKE, Ulrich WEICHSEL
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Patent number: 12416186Abstract: A motor vehicle having a motor vehicle lock which is paired with a movable door element and which comprises a locking mechanism consisting of a rotary latch and at least one pawl. In an open position of the locking mechanism, at least one part of an inlet region for a lock holder can be released. The motor vehicle also has an actuation means which is arranged in the free inlet region, wherein the actuation means forms at least one part of an energy power supply of the motor vehicle lock.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2021Date of Patent: September 16, 2025Assignee: Kiekert AGInventors: Holger Schiffer, Peter Szegeny, Ömer Inan, Michael Scholz, Andreas Schmitz, Thomas Schönenberg, Michael Herrmann
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Publication number: 20250062551Abstract: A plug-in connector for contact with a stacking plate of an electrolyzer includes a sheet-metal part having a tulip contact for contacting the stacking plate and a cladding made of a material which is dimensionally stable at 1000° C. A single cladding is allocated to each sheet-metal part, respectively, for contacting a single stacking plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2024Publication date: February 20, 2025Inventors: Jan MEIER, Marcel MAINKA, Karlo STJEPANOVIC, Thomas WIELSCH, Torsten JUNG, Jasper SCHREIBER, Matthias KASPAR, Michael HERRMANN
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Patent number: 12126130Abstract: A spring-loaded terminal is designed as a direct plug-in terminal for connecting a conductor. The terminal includes a busbar for contacting the conductor, a clamping spring for retaining the electrical conductor in the terminal, and a retaining spring for latching the clamping spring in an open position so that the conductor can be inserted into a contact area. The clamping spring has a pivotable clamping leg and a clamping edge. The retaining spring has a pivotable pivoting leg having at least one retaining device as a first latching device. The clamping leg has a corresponding latching device cooperating with the retaining device of the pivoting leg in a latching state of the clamping leg. The clamping leg is adjustable from the latching state by displacing the electrical conductor into a clamping state in which the clamping leg is unlatched from the retaining device and presses the electrical conductor with the clamping edge of the clamping leg against the busbar.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2020Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Stephan Fehling, Walter Hanning, Michael Herrmann, Heike Schmidtpott, Andreas Rutz, Michael Lenschen, Karlo Stjepanovic
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Publication number: 20240328736Abstract: A pistol comprising a frame has a slide operable to reciprocate on the frame. The frame has a forward portion forward of the slide and configured to prevent access to a forward surface of the slide; the forward portion of the frame defining a bullet bore. The forward portion of the frame defines lateral apertures in communication with the bullet bore and is configured to provide a gas passage to moderate recoil of the pistol.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Inventor: Michael Herrmann
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Publication number: 20240200369Abstract: A method and a device for operating an opening drive for a motor-vehicle lock, in particular motor-vehicle door lock. Also provided is a locking mechanism which consists substantially of a rotary latch and a pawl. Further, a sensor associated with the rotary latch is provided, as well as a drive unit that indirectly or directly acts upon the pawl, the drive unit being controlled according to signals of the sensor. According to the invention, the sensor produces a signal only once the rotary latch can be freely opened.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2022Publication date: June 20, 2024Applicant: KIEKERT AGInventors: Ömer INAN, Peter SZEGENY, Michael SCHOLZ, Holger SCHIFFER, Manuel REUSCH, Michael HERRMANN
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Publication number: 20230374829Abstract: A motor vehicle having a motor vehicle lock which is paired with a movable door element and which comprises a locking mechanism consisting of a rotary latch and at least one pawl. In an open position of the locking mechanism, at least one part of an inlet region for a lock holder can be released. The motor vehicle also has an actuation means which is arranged in the free inlet region, wherein the actuation means forms at least one part of an energy power supply of the motor vehicle lock.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2021Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicant: Kiekert AGInventors: Holger SCHIFFER, Peter SZEGENY, Ömer INAN, Michael SCHOLZ, Andreas SCHMITZ, Thomas SCHÖNENBERG, Michael HERRMANN
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Patent number: 11765256Abstract: A device and method for analyzing service-oriented communication in a communications network. A data packet includes a header for service-oriented communication. It is analyzed for the data packet depending on information about at least two data fields of the header whether or not the data packet meets a criterion, the criterion defining a setpoint value for values from the at least two data fields permitted in the communications network or a combination of information from the at least two data fields permitted in the communications network.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Andreas Weber, Janin Wolfinger, Jens Gramm, Michael Herrmann
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Patent number: 11729188Abstract: Device and method for intrusion detection in a computer network. A data packet is received at an input of a hardware switch unit, an actual value from a field of the data packet being compared in a comparison by a hardware filter with a setpoint value for values from the field, the field including data link layer data or network layer data, a value for a counter determined as a function of a result of the comparison being provided by the hardware switch unit, and a computing device determining a result of the intrusion detection as a function of the value of the counter in the hardware switch unit and independently of information from the data packet, in particular, without an evaluation of information from the data packet by the computing device.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2020Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Andreas Weber, Janin Wolfinger, Jens Gramm, Michael Herrmann, Wolfram Gottschlich
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Patent number: 11700271Abstract: A device and a method for anomaly detection in a communications network, at least two messages at a port of the communications network being observed, a property of a communication behavior of a network user being determined as a function of the at least two messages, a deviation of the property from an expected property being determined, and the presence of an anomaly being detected when the deviation differs from an allowable deviation. The expected property defines a communication behavior of the at least one network user as a function of an in particular static network architecture of the communications network.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Andreas Weber, Janin Wolfinger, Jens Gramm, Michael Herrmann
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Patent number: 11552413Abstract: A spring force terminal such as a direct plug-in terminal for connecting a flexible stranded conductor includes a housing having a chamber and a plug-in channel for the conductor into the chamber. A busbar or a clamping cage are provided and a clamping spring arranged in the chamber acts as a compression spring for fixing the electrical conductor on the busbar or the clamping cage in the region of a clamping point. The clamping spring has a clamping leg pivotable around a pivot axis, which is adjustable from a latching state in which it is latched in a latching position into a clamping state in which it is unlatched from the latching position and presses the electrical conductor against the busbar or the clamping cage. The latching state is produced by pressing on the clamping leg in the conductor insertion direction using a pusher wherein the clamping leg is releasable from the latching state using two different actuatable adjustment devices.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2022Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Inventors: Stephan Fehling, Michael Herrmann, Walter Hanning, Constantin Classen
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Publication number: 20220416449Abstract: A spring-loaded terminal is designed as a direct plug-in terminal for connecting a conductor. The terminal includes a busbar for contacting the conductor, a clamping spring for retaining the electrical conductor in the terminal, and a retaining spring for latching the clamping spring in an open position so that the conductor can be inserted into a contact area. The clamping spring has a pivotable clamping leg and a clamping edge. The retaining spring has a pivotable pivoting leg having at least one retaining device as a first latching device. The clamping leg has a corresponding latching device cooperating with the retaining device of the pivoting leg in a latching state of the clamping leg. The clamping leg is adjustable from the latching state by displacing the electrical conductor into a clamping state in which the clamping leg is unlatched from the retaining device and presses the electrical conductor with the clamping edge of the clamping leg against the busbar.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2020Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: Stephan FEHLING, Walter HANNING, Michael HERRMANN, Heike SCHMIDTPOTT, Andreas RUTZ, Michael LENSCHEN, Karlo STJEPANOVIC
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Patent number: 11533388Abstract: A device and a method for analyzing service-oriented communication in a communications network. A data packet includes a first header of an application layer for service-oriented communication, and a second header of a presentation layer, a session layer, a transport layer, a network layer, a data link layer, or a physical layer. The data packet is analyzed based on information concerning a sender and/or receiver of the data packet from the first header and as a function of information concerning a sender and/or receiver from the second header, for whether or not the data packet meets a criterion, the criterion defining a setpoint value for the sender and/or receiver in the first header as a function of the content of the second header, and/or the criterion defining a setpoint value for the sender and/or receiver in the second header as a function of the content of the first header.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2020Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Andreas Weber, Janin Wolfinger, Jens Gramm, Michael Herrmann
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Patent number: 11533327Abstract: Device and method for intrusion detection in a computer network. A data packet is received at an input of a hardware switch unit, an output of the hardware switch unit being selected for sending the data packet or a copy as a function of data link layer information from the data packet and of a hardware address from a memory of the hardware switch unit. An actual value from a field of the data packet is compared by a hardware filter with a setpoint value for values from this field, the field including data link layer data or network layer data, and the data packet or a copy of the data packet being provided to a computing device as a function of a result of the comparison. The analysis for detecting an intrusion pattern in a network traffic in the computer network id carried out by the computing device.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2020Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Andreas Weber, Janin Wolfinger, Jens Gramm, Michael Herrmann, Wolfram Gottschlich
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Patent number: 11525288Abstract: A motor vehicle locking system for a door or hatch, comprising a locking mechanism with a rotary latch and a pawl for latching the rotary latch, a drive pulley for an electrical opening means, which drive pulley can be rotated in a motorized manner in an operating direction for tripping the locking mechanism, and a return spring for rotating the drive pulley in the direction opposite the operating direction, wherein the drive pulley can be rotated in the operating direction without being influenced by the return spring or at least without spring load. Therefore, higher loads can be moved by the drive pulley.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2018Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Kiekert AGInventors: Holger Schiffer, Michael Scholz, Ömer Inan, Michael Herrmann
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Patent number: 11522892Abstract: A device and method for intrusion detection in a computer network. A data packet is received at an input of a hardware switch unit, an output of the hardware switch unit is selected for sending the data packet or a copy as a function of security layer information from the data packet and of a hardware address, context information for the data packet being determined, an actual value from a field being compared in a comparison by a hardware filter with a setpoint value for values from this field, the field including security layer data or mediation layer data, and an interrupt for a computing device being triggered as a function of a result of the comparison, an analysis for detecting an intrusion pattern in a network traffic in the computer network, triggered by the interrupt, being carried out as a function of the context information for the data packet.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Andreas Weber, Janin Wolfinger, Jens Gramm, Michael Herrmann, Wolfram Gottschlich
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Patent number: D970998Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Inventors: Ishmael L. Antonio, Michael Herrmann