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).

  • Publication number: 20260136912
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor layer structure that comprises at least one wide bandgap semiconductor layer; a gate pad on the semiconductor layer structure; and a gate runner that is electrically connected to the gate pad, the gate runner comprising a polysilicon gate runner and a metal gate runner on the polysilicon gate runner opposite the semiconductor layer structure. A gap is provided in the metal gate runner above a first portion of the polysilicon gate runner, where the gap separates the metal gate runner into a first metal gate runner segment and a second metal gate runner segment or separates the first metal gate runner segment from the gate pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2024
    Publication date: May 14, 2026
    Inventors: Daniel Richter, Adam Barkley, Michael Maas
  • Publication number: 20250343117
    Abstract: Semiconductor devices comprise a semiconductor layer structure having an active region therein, a gate pad on the semiconductor layer structure and positioned to be closest to a first side of the active region, a plurality of gate electrodes, and a metal gate runner that electrically connects the gate pad to at least some of the gate electrodes. The metal gate runner comprises an outer runner that extends around a portion of a periphery of the active region. The outer gate runner comprises a first outer segment that extends along at least a portion of the first side of the active region and a second outer segment that extends along at least a portion of a second side of the active region that connects to the first side, but the outer gate runner does not extend along a third side of the active region that is opposite the second side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2024
    Publication date: November 6, 2025
    Inventors: Michael Maas, Stephen Tovcimak, Daniel Richter, Isauro Amaro
  • Patent number: 12024175
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Arriver Software AB
    Inventors: Michael Maas, Andreas Schmid, Christopher Unverdorben
  • Patent number: 11655571
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: REIFENHAEUSER GMBH & CO. KG MASCHINENFABRIK
    Inventors: Detlef Frey, Hans-Georg Geus, Michael Maas, Martin Neuenhofer, Michael Nitschke, Christine Noack, Hartmut Kopp
  • Publication number: 20220348209
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Michael MAAS, Andreas SCHMID, Christopher UNVERDORBEN
  • Patent number: 11435474
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Arriver Software AB
    Inventors: Michael Maas, Andreas Schmid, Christopher Unverdorben
  • Patent number: 11433900
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Arriver Software AB
    Inventors: Michael Maas, Andreas Schmid, Christopher Unverdorben
  • Patent number: 11383481
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignees: REIFENHAEUSER GMBH & CO. KG MASCHINENFABRIK, PFNONWOVENS HOLDING S.R.O
    Inventors: Sebastian Sommer, Michael Maas, Claudio Cinquemani, Markus Jansen, Nicolas Quick
  • Publication number: 20220008263
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Jana Kroutilova, Michael Maas, Zdenek Mecl, Tobias Wagner, Frantisek Klaska, Pavlina Kasparkova
  • Patent number: 10948569
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: VEONEER SWEDEN AB
    Inventors: Yi Zhou, Christopher Unverdorben, Michael Maas
  • Publication number: 20200326411
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: VEONEER SWEDEN AB
    Inventors: YI ZHOU, CHRISTOPHER UNVERDORBEN, MICHAEL MAAS
  • Publication number: 20200198640
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: VEONEER SWEDEN AB
    Inventors: MICHAEL MAAS, ANDREAS SCHMID, CHRISTOPHER UNVERDORBEN
  • Publication number: 20200157715
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Detlef FREY, Hans-Georg Geus, Michael Maas, Martin Neuenhofer, Michael Nitschke, Christine Noack, Hartmut Kopp
  • Publication number: 20200132833
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: VEONEER SWEDEN AB
    Inventors: MICHAEL MAAS, ANDREAS SCHMID, CHRISTOPHER UNVERDORBEN
  • Publication number: 20170203539
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Sebastian SOMMER, Michael MAAS, Claudio CINQUEMANI, Markus JANSEN, Nicolas QUICK
  • Patent number: 9085922
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Dirk Tiemann, Anett Kilian, Bernd Klein, Michael Maas, Scott Wilbanks
  • Publication number: 20110191984
    Abstract: A panel hinge is provided for connecting a panel to a car body of a motor vehicle in an articulated fashion, which includes, but is not limited to a first hinge part for being mounted on the car body, a second hinge part for being mounted on the panel, a pivot bearing element that is connected to the first hinge part and about which the second hinge part can be pivoted. The second hinge part can be axially displaced, a clamping element that is rotatable about the pivot bearing element and can be clamped to the pivot bearing element. An axial position of the second hinge part can be fixed with the clamping element, and a first engaging element that is realized on one component, namely on the clamping element or the second hinge part, and engaged with a second engaging element that is realized on the other respective component in such a way that the clamping element is connected to the second hinge part in a rotationally rigid fashion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Dirk TIEMANN, Anett KILIAN, Michael MAAS, Matthias GRUNDHOEFER
  • Publication number: 20110062726
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Dirk Tiemann, Anett Kilian, Bernd Klein, Michael Maas, Scott Wilbanks
  • Patent number: 7532645
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Xilinx, Inc.
    Inventors: Khaldoun Bataineh, Stephen D. Anderson, Michael Maas, David E. Tetzlaff
  • Patent number: 5365566
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1994
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Michael Maas