Patents by Inventor Michael Maas
Michael Maas 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: 12024175Abstract: A vehicle environment detection system in an ego vehicle, including a sensor arrangement and a main control unit is arranged to detect and track at least one oncoming vehicle, and to determine whether the ego vehicle has entered a curve. The main control unit is arranged to determine a common curve with a radius, along which common curve the ego vehicle is assumed to travel, determine a measured oncome direction of the oncoming vehicle on the common curve, corresponding to an oncome angle, determine a difference angle between the measured oncome direction and an oncome direction corresponding to if the oncoming vehicle would be moving along the common curve, compare the difference angle with a threshold angle, and to determine that the oncoming vehicle is crossing if the difference angle exceeds the threshold angle.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2022Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: Arriver Software ABInventors: Michael Maas, Andreas Schmid, Christopher Unverdorben
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Patent number: 11655571Abstract: A nonwoven web is made by first depositing fibers as a nonwoven web in a deposition area, then conveying the web away from the deposition area in a web-travel direction, preconsolidating the web in the path, and passing the preconsolidated web between a pair of rollers that compress and final consolidate the preconsolidated web, One of the rollers is separated from the web such that final consolidation of the web at a starting level is stopped and at the same time or immediately beforehand upstream preconsolidation of the web increased. After separating the one roller from the web, another roller is engaged with the web at the consolidation station and then final consolidation is recommenced, whereupon upstream preconsolidation of the web is reduced back to the starting level.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2019Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: REIFENHAEUSER GMBH & CO. KG MASCHINENFABRIKInventors: Detlef Frey, Hans-Georg Geus, Michael Maas, Martin Neuenhofer, Michael Nitschke, Christine Noack, Hartmut Kopp
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Patent number: 11435474Abstract: A vehicle environment detection system (40) in an ego vehicle (1), including a sensor arrangement (4) and a main control unit (8) is arranged to detect and track at least one oncoming vehicle (9), and to determine whether the ego vehicle (1) has entered a curve (17). When this is the case. The main control unit (8) is arranged to, determine an ego direction (21) along which the ego vehicle (1) travels with a corresponding ego direction angle (?ego) with respect to a predetermined axis (xglob), determine a measured oncoming direction (18) of the tracked oncoming vehicle (9) with a corresponding oncoming angle (?track, glob) with respect to the predetermined axis (xglob) during a plurality of radar cycles, determine a difference angle (?) between the measured oncoming direction (18) and the ego direction (21), and compare the difference angle (?) with a threshold angle (?max), and to determine that the oncoming vehicle (9) is crossing if the difference angle (?) exceeds the threshold angle (?max).Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2018Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Arriver Software ABInventors: Michael Maas, Andreas Schmid, Christopher Unverdorben
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Patent number: 11433900Abstract: A vehicle environment detection system (40) in an ego vehicle (1), including a sensor arrangement (4) and a main control unit (8) is arranged to detect and track at least one oncoming vehicle (9), and to determine whether the ego vehicle (1) has entered a curve (17). The main control unit (8) is arranged to determine a common curve (12) with a radius (R), along which common curve (12) the ego vehicle (1) is assumed to travel, determine a measured oncome direction (13, 13?) of the oncoming vehicle (9) on the common curve (16), corresponding to an outcome angle (?track), determine a difference angle (?) between the measured oncome direction (13, 13?) and an oncome direction (13) corresponding to if the oncoming vehicle (9) would be moving along the common curve (12), compare the difference angle (?) with a threshold angle (?max), and to determine that the oncoming vehicle (9) is crossing if the difference angle (?) exceeds the threshold angle (?max).Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2018Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Arriver Software ABInventors: Michael Maas, Andreas Schmid, Christopher Unverdorben
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Patent number: 11383481Abstract: A laminate is made by first making by melt-blowing or spunbonding of multicomponent, thermoplastic, and endless filaments a first nonwoven layer lying generally in a plane and having a predetermined shrinkage capacity or potential parallel to the plane and making of thermoplastic and endless filaments a second nonwoven layer also lying generally in a respective plane and having a shrinkage capacity or potential that is smaller than that of the first nonwoven layer. The two layers are directly juxtaposed flatly on each other, and the directly juxtaposed first and second layer are bonded together only at bonded regions while leaving an array of unbonded regions distributed over a surface of the two bonded-together nonwoven layers. Then only the first nonwoven layer is shrunk so that the second layer bunches in the unbonded regions and is there raised transverse to a plane of the bonded-together layers.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2017Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignees: REIFENHAEUSER GMBH & CO. KG MASCHINENFABRIK, PFNONWOVENS HOLDING S.R.OInventors: Sebastian Sommer, Michael Maas, Claudio Cinquemani, Markus Jansen, Nicolas Quick
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Publication number: 20220008263Abstract: A nonwoven fabric and a method of production of said nonwoven fabric are disclosed, wherein the nonwovens fabric comprises at least one layer, said layer comprising endless filaments, —which comprise at least a first polymeric material (A) and a second polymeric material (B) having its melting point lower than the first polymeric material A, —wherein the second polymeric material (B) extends in the longitudinal direction of the filament and forms at least a part of the surface of the filament and—the at least one layer of endless filaments comprises filament-to-filament bonds formed of the second polymeric material (B), wherein all components of the filaments are arranged across the cross-section of the filament in a non-crimpable configuration and the nonwoven fabric has a structural softness of at least 80 (m4 mm2 g?2).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2019Publication date: January 13, 2022Inventors: Jana Kroutilova, Michael Maas, Zdenek Mecl, Tobias Wagner, Frantisek Klaska, Pavlina Kasparkova
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Patent number: 10948569Abstract: A vehicle radar system (2) that is arranged to detect a plurality of objects outside a vehicle (1) and that includes a radar detector (3) and a processing unit arrangement (4). The processing unit arrangement (4) is arranged to obtain at least one total detection angle (?dT, ?dT?) relative an x-axis (7) and at least one corresponding detected target Doppler velocity (vDoppler) relative the radar detector (3) for each detected object (5, 6; 10, 11). Each detected object is classified as moving or stationary, and a relation is determined between the stationary detections and the total number of detections. The processing unit arrangement (4) further is adapted to determine whether the radar detector (3) is misaligned based on the relation, where the total detection angle (?dT, ?dT?) equals the sum of a known mounting angle (?m) between the x-axis (7) and the radar detector's mounting direction (8), and a detection angle (?d, ?d?). The present disclosure also relates to a corresponding method.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2017Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: VEONEER SWEDEN ABInventors: Yi Zhou, Christopher Unverdorben, Michael Maas
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Publication number: 20200157715Abstract: A nonwoven web is made by first depositing fibers as a nonwoven web in a deposition area, then conveying the web away from the deposition area in a web-travel direction, preconsolidating the web in the path, and passing the preconsolidated web between a pair of rollers that compress and final consolidate the preconsolidated web. One of the rollers is separated from the web such that final consolidation of the web at a starting level is stopped and at the same time or immediately beforehand upstream preconsolidation of the web increased. After separating the one roller from the web, another roller is engaged with the web at the consolidation station and then final consolidation is recommenced, whereupon upstream preconsolidation of the web is reduced back to the starting level.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2019Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventors: Detlef FREY, Hans-Georg Geus, Michael Maas, Martin Neuenhofer, Michael Nitschke, Christine Noack, Hartmut Kopp
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Patent number: 9085922Abstract: With a lock for a front hood of a motor vehicle, a locking pawl engages about a rotary latch. This engagement creates a positive connection of the locking pawl to the rotary latch perpendicularly to their intended movement directions. This prevents that during a crash of the motor vehicle the locking pawl is separated from the rotary latch and the lock therefore unlocked.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2008Date of Patent: July 21, 2015Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONSInventors: Dirk Tiemann, Anett Kilian, Bernd Klein, Michael Maas, Scott Wilbanks
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Publication number: 20110062726Abstract: With a lock for a front hood of a motor vehicle, a locking pawl engages about a rotary latch. This engagement creates a positive connection of the locking pawl to the rotary latch perpendicularly to their intended movement directions. This prevents that during a crash of the motor vehicle the locking pawl is separated from the rotary latch and the lock therefore unlocked.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2008Publication date: March 17, 2011Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: Dirk Tiemann, Anett Kilian, Bernd Klein, Michael Maas, Scott Wilbanks
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Patent number: 7532645Abstract: A receiver that includes: an oversampling module that converts a serial stream of data into a plurality of streams of oversampled data based on the receive clock; a transition location module that determines transition locations of the streams of oversampled data and the receive clock; a pointer adjust module that determines a pointer variable based on the transition locations and the receive clock; a data selection module that determines an equivalent data value for the streams of oversampled data based on the pointer variable; a staging register module that produces an offset data word and an extra data word from the equivalent data value for the oversampled data streams; and a output register module that produces a parallel data output from at least one of the offset data word and the extra data word.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2005Date of Patent: May 12, 2009Assignee: Xilinx, Inc.Inventors: Khaldoun Bataineh, Stephen D. Anderson, Michael Maas, David E. Tetzlaff
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Patent number: 5365566Abstract: The invention is directed to a radiation diaphragm comprising a diaphragm lamella at which adjustment means engage, so that the diaphragm lamella is adjustable in the beam path of a radiation transmitter. Inventively, the diaphragm lamella is composed of an elastic material. The diaphragm lamella can thus be matched to the shape of an examination subject in a simple way.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 1993Date of Patent: November 15, 1994Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventor: Michael Maas
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Patent number: 4598281Abstract: A circuit for detecting and indicating an interruption in the electrical connection between a signal device and a signal processing device, which has been provided with an amplifier at its input. The signal device has a relatively low impedance and the signal processing device has a relatively high impedance. The circuit includes an alarm device which generates an alarm when the predetermined upper limit of the amplifier input voltage has been exceeded. Also included are a supply circuit to feed an auxiliary dc current into the connection between the signal device and the signal processing device. The supplied auxiliary current is controlled by the amplifier input voltage to rise during an increased amplifier input voltage. As a result, a lower current supply can be provided under normal circumstances, which reduces misinterpretations. Preferably, the circuit is used in connection with ECG measuring devices.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 1983Date of Patent: July 1, 1986Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventor: Michael Maas
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Patent number: 4243045Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment, the interference signals can occur as a mixture consisting of narrow interference pulse peaks of high amplitude and interference hum. It is desirable that such interference peaks and interference hum in a useful signal be suppressed without mutual influencing. To this end, an occurring useful signal having possibly superimposed interference signals is supplied to an interference hum filter. The filtered-out interference hum component is opposingly superimposed on the original signal for the purpose of compensation of the interference hum. This applies only for such a length of time as there are no interference pulse peaks recognized by a recognition installation. If such an interference pulse peak is recognized, the filter is disconnected from the input signal and switched over to self-oscillation operation.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 1979Date of Patent: January 6, 1981Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventor: Michael Maas
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Patent number: 4041328Abstract: An arrangement for the determination and visualization of measuring signals having incident or thrown-in narrow and high-amplitudinal voltage peaks, in particular EKG signals which have pacemaker impulses superimposed thereon, including an RC-filter connected into the measuring signal path, a recognition element for recognizing the signal peaks, and an apparatus for the visual recording of the signals.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 1975Date of Patent: August 9, 1977Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventor: Michael Maas
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Patent number: 3995624Abstract: An installation for the processing of EKG signals, including a threshold element for the detection of the R-waves or displays in the EKG; and with a signal suppressor element which suppresses the EKG signal in the signal channel for a predetermined time period subsequent to each R-display being detected by the threshold element, wherein this time period is determined by the time span within which a condenser of an RC timing circuit, which has been charged to a predetermined initial voltage value prior to the incidence of the particular R-display, discharges to a lower cutoff voltage for the suppressor element.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 1974Date of Patent: December 7, 1976Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventor: Michael Maas
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Patent number: 3968430Abstract: An installation for the detection and, respectively, processing of electrical signals, in particular, physiological measuring signals, for example EKG, through the intermediary of a filter arrangement located in the measuring signal channel which is determinative of desired frequency components of the signals.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 1974Date of Patent: July 6, 1976Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventor: Michael Maas
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Patent number: 3958134Abstract: An installation for the detection of and, respectively, processing of electrical signals, particularly physiological measuring signals, for example EKG, through the intermediary of a signal rectifier, and a thereto connected threshold discriminator having a threshold adjusted to a predetermined amplitude value of the rectified signals. The installation includes a signal polarity detector which is actuated by the threshold discriminator and, at the instant of exceeding or transgressing of the threshold of the threshold discriminator, detects the polarity of the threshold exceeding signal amplitude preceding the rectifier, and which superimposes upon the signals preceding the rectifier a direct potential having a polarity in conformance with the detected signal polarity until at least the occurrence of the subsequent exceeding of the threshold, and wherein the direct potential indicates an amount lying between zero and the threshold level of the threshold discriminator.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 1974Date of Patent: May 18, 1976Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventor: Michael Maas
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Patent number: 3950694Abstract: An installation for the detection and, respectively, processing of electrical signals, in particular, physiological measuring signals, for example EKG, including a damping arrangement with an adjusting element for the setting of desired damping degrees for the signals. The adjusting element of the damping arrangement has a control element associated therewith which is connected to a signal scanning installation, detects the frequency at which the significant amplitude values occur in the signal and generates an electrical signal in conformance with frequency of occurrence of these values; and the control element sets the adjusting element of the damping arrangement in dependence upon this signal in such a manner so that the damping degree for the electrical signals is increased until the frequency of occurrence of the significant amplitude values falls below a predetermined minimum value.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 1974Date of Patent: April 13, 1976Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventor: Michael Maas