Patents by Inventor Michael Lohmeier

Michael Lohmeier 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: 12623627
    Abstract: A modular system (11) for a belt tensioner (10) comprising a spur gearing (18) comprises plural step wheel pairings of a first step wheel (28) and a second step wheel (30), wherein for each of the step wheel pairings the number of teeth of the first step wheel (28) and the number of teeth of the second step wheel (30) are different from those of the other step wheel pairings, but the distance between a shaft (44) of the first step wheel (28) and the shaft (44) of the second step wheel is equal for each of the step wheel pairings. In addition, the modular system (11) comprises identically designed housings (20) into each of which a spur gearing (18) with one of the step wheel pairings can be introduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: ZF AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Lohmeier, Wolfgang Holbein
  • Publication number: 20260077755
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle and a method, in particular for the transportation of general cargo or shipments, including an electric motor for moving the hybrid vehicle, a battery, wherein the battery is connected to the electric motor and supplies the electric motor with power. Furthermore, the hybrid vehicle includes a generator unit, wherein the generator unit includes an internal combustion engine and a generator connected to the internal combustion engine, wherein the generator converts the kinetic energy of the internal combustion engine into power to operate the electric motor or for storage in the battery. A control unit is connected to the generator unit and is also configured to determine the distance traveled by the hybrid vehicle. The control unit is also configured to control the generator unit dependent on the distance traveled by the hybrid vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2025
    Publication date: March 19, 2026
    Inventors: Tobias Meyer, Jörg Salomon, Michael Lohmeier, Kaj Hanson, Anders Ställberg, Johan Malm Haglund
  • Publication number: 20260061964
    Abstract: A modular system (11) for a belt tensioner (10) comprising a spur gearing (18) comprises plural step wheel pairings of a first step wheel (28) and a second step wheel (30), wherein for each of the step wheel pairings the number of teeth of the first step wheel (28) and the number of teeth of the second step wheel (30) are different from those of the other step wheel pairings, but the distance between a shaft (44) of the first step wheel (28) and the shaft (44) of the second step wheel is equal for each of the step wheel pairings. In addition, the modular system (11) comprises identically designed housings (20) into each of which a spur gearing (18) with one of the step wheel pairings can be introduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 5, 2026
    Inventors: Michael LOHMEIER, Wolfgang HOLBEIN
  • Publication number: 20260029573
    Abstract: An optical hollow waveguide assembly comprises an optical hollow waveguide for guiding illumination light, having a main body having a continuous waveguide cavity having a waveguide input and a waveguide output, wherein a waveguide cavity inner wall of the waveguide cavity is designed to be highly reflective for the illumination light at least under grazing incidence. The hollow waveguide assembly furthermore comprises a waveguide purging device for purging the waveguide cavity with a purge gas, comprising a purge gas connector and at least one nozzle disposed fluidically downstream of the purge gas connector in order to supply the purge gas, at least indirectly, to the waveguide output, in order to generate a purge gas flow from the waveguide output to the waveguide input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2025
    Publication date: January 29, 2026
    Inventors: Michael Lohmeier, Karl Fenkl, Eugen Anselm, Senol Temizkan, Fabian Teschner
  • Publication number: 20260029723
    Abstract: An illumination light guide for guiding EUV or DUV illumination light in an illumination optics unit, comprising a tubular guide main body, a guide input and a guide output, wherein the guide main body forms an interior for guiding the illumination light along a longitudinal axis from the guide input to the guide output and wherein a cross-sectional shape of the interior defined perpendicular to the longitudinal axis changes along the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2025
    Publication date: January 29, 2026
    Inventor: Michael Lohmeier
  • Publication number: 20250033595
    Abstract: A belt tensioner for a seatbelt system comprising a spur gearing (18). The spur gearing (18) comprises at least one motor gearwheel (24) and at least a first stepped wheel (26) and a second stepped wheel (28). The motor gearwheel (24) forms a first gear stage (34) with the first stepped wheel (26), and the first stepped wheel (26) forms a second gear stage (36) with the second stepped wheel (28). The motor gearwheel (24) and each of the stepped wheels (24, 26) include helical teeth, and the helix angle of the helical teeth of the second gear stage (36) is determined depending on the helix angle of the first gear stage (34). The overlap ratio of at least one helical toothing is not integer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Michael LOHMEIER, Wolfgang HOLBEIN, Johannes KÖNIG
  • Publication number: 20240145099
    Abstract: A respiratory disease analytics system provides respiratory disease risk reports to a patient, provider, or third-party entity describing a patient's risk of experiencing a medication usage event given data in a geographic region. Regional data, including air pollutant conditions, weather conditions, demographic information, built environment factors, and regional health conditions for a geographic region are accessed from other sources and assigned based on event data recorded during a medicament usage event, as collected by sensors associated with the patient's medicament device/s. The regional data is assigned to medicament usage events occurring within a period of time. The assigned regional data is analyzed to determine an expected number of medication usage events for the geographic region occurring over the period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Meredith A. Barrett, Michael J. Tuffli, Michael Lohmeier, Robert Austin Lee, Christopher Hogg, John David Van Sickle, Gregory F. Tracy, Nicholas John Hirons
  • Patent number: 11804303
    Abstract: A respiratory disease analytics system provides respiratory disease risk reports to a patient, provider, or third-party entity describing a patient's risk of experiencing a medication usage event given data in a geographic region. Regional data, including air pollutant conditions, weather conditions, demographic information, built environment factors, and regional health conditions for a geographic region are accessed from other sources and assigned based on event data recorded during a medicament usage event, as collected by sensors associated with the patient's medicament device/s. The regional data is assigned to medicament usage events occurring within a period of time. The assigned regional data is analyzed to determine an expected number of medication usage events for the geographic region occurring over the period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Reciprocal Labs Corporation
    Inventors: Meredith A. Barrett, Michael J. Tuffli, Michael Lohmeier, Robert Austin Lee, Christopher Hogg, John David Van Sickle, Gregory F. Tracy, Nicholas John Hirons
  • Publication number: 20230038292
    Abstract: This description provides trigger identification notifications to patients suffering from respiratory diseases based on large amounts of patient data in order to help effect behavior changes in a patient to prevent inhaler rescue usage events from occurring. Rescue medication events, environmental conditions, and other contextually relevant patient information are detected by sensors associated with the patient's medicament devices and are collected from other sources, respectively to provide a basis to determine identify various triggers of recue inhaler usage events for a patient. Each trigger is analyzed to determine the severity of the patient's reaction to the trigger and is used to send notifications accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Meredith A. Barrett, Robert Austin Lee, John David Van Sickle, Christopher Hogg, Michael Lohmeier, Lucas Karl Dailey, Mark William Sehmer, Ki Hong Han, Ian Daniel Alderman
  • Patent number: 11456079
    Abstract: This description provides trigger identification notifications to patients suffering from respiratory diseases based on large amounts of patient data in order to help effect behavior changes in a patient to prevent inhaler rescue usage events from occurring. Rescue medication events, environmental conditions, and other contextually relevant patient information are detected by sensors associated with the patient's medicament devices and are collected from other sources, respectively to provide a basis to determine identify various triggers of rescue inhaler usage events for a patient. Each trigger is analyzed to determine the severity of the patient's reaction to the trigger and is used to send notifications accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Reciprocal Labs Corporation
    Inventors: Meredith A. Barrett, Robert Austin Lee, John David Van Sickle, Christopher Hogg, Michael Lohmeier, Lucas Karl Dailey, Mark William Sehmer, Ki Hong Han, Ian Daniel Alderman
  • Publication number: 20200058403
    Abstract: This description provides trigger identification notifications to patients suffering from respiratory diseases based on large amounts of patient data in order to help effect behavior changes in a patient to prevent inhaler rescue usage events from occurring. Rescue medication events, environmental conditions, and other contextually relevant patient information are detected by sensors associated with the patient's medicament devices and are collected from other sources, respectively to provide a basis to determine identify various triggers of rescue inhaler usage events for a patient. Each trigger is analyzed to determine the severity of the patient's reaction to the trigger and is used to send notifications accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Meredith A. Barrett, Robert Austin Lee, John David Van Sickle, Christopher Hogg, Michael Lohmeier, Lucas Karl Dailey, Mark William Sehmer, Ki Hong Han, Ian Daniel Alderman
  • Publication number: 20190272925
    Abstract: A respiratory disease analytics system provides respiratory disease risk reports to a patient, provider, or third-party entity describing a patient's risk of experiencing a medication usage event given data in a geographic region. Regional data, including air pollutant conditions, weather conditions, demographic information, built environment factors, and regional health conditions for a geographic region are accessed from other sources and assigned based on event data recorded during a medicament usage event, as collected by sensors associated with the patient's medicament device/s. The regional data is assigned to medicament usage events occurring within a period of time. The assigned regional data is analyzed to determine an expected number of medication usage events for the geographic region occurring over the period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Meredith A. Barrett, Guangquan Su, Michael J. Tuffli, Michael Lohmeier, Robert Austin Lee, Christopher Hogg, John David Van Sickle, Gregory F. Tracy, Nicholas John Hirons
  • Patent number: 8019634
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for transporting physical objects, wherein at least one physical object is transported from a sending station to a receiving station, wherein the transport occurs through at least one physical router, wherein the physical router executes a decision about further parameters of transport to another physical router or to the receiving station. The method is carried out in that a central control computer receives information for handling and moving the physical objects and that the central control computer influences supplies for transport means and/or the transport means according to environmental data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Deutsche Post AG
    Inventors: Martin Wegner, Keith Ulrich, Michael Lohmeier
  • Publication number: 20080040182
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for transporting physical objects, wherein at least one physical object is transported from a sending station to a receiving station, wherein the transport occurs through at least one physical router, wherein the physical router executes a decision about further parameters of transport to another physical router or to the receiving station. The method is carried out in that a central control computer receives information for handling and moving the physical objects and that the central control computer influences supplies for transport means and/or the transport means according to environmental data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventors: Martin Wegner, Keith Ulrich, Michael Lohmeier