Patents by Inventor Michael Schaefer

Michael Schaefer 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: 20240142708
    Abstract: A communication module for a system for transferring data by light beams includes a transmitter for emitting a light beam in which data to be transferred are encoded, and a receiver for receiving a light beam. The transmitter includes a light source, and the receiver includes a light sensor. The transmitter and receiver are disposed offset from each other in a vertical direction. The transmitter emits a light beam in a longitudinal direction. The receiver has a mirror, which can be pivoted about a pivot axis extending in the vertical direction between a folded-out position and a folded-in position. The mirror is disposed such that a light beam incident from the longitudinal direction is deflected toward the light sensor by the mirror in the folded-out position. A system for transferring data by light beams includes at least one first communication module and at least one second communication module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Zhidong HUA, Thomas SCHÄFER, Andreas WANJEK, Michael ERMERT
  • Publication number: 20240142503
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, a circuit for determining the frequency of a signal is described, comprising an input configured to receive an analog input signal, an analog to digital converter configured to convert the analog input signal to a digital input signal, a digital mixer configured to generate a mixing result signal by mixing the digital input signal with a single bit binary signal having a reference frequency, a low pass filter configured to generate a filtered signal by filtering the mixing result signal, a measuring circuit configured to measure the period of the filtered signal and an output configured to output a value differing from the frequency of the single bit binary signal by the inverse of the measured period as the frequency to be determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Wei Wang, Michael Augustin, Jürgen Schäfer, Dietmar König, Josef Niederl, Shane O'Neill
  • Publication number: 20240141044
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to novel bispecific antigen binding molecules for T cell activation and re-direction to specific target cells. In addition, the present invention relates to polynucleotides encoding such bispecific antigen binding molecules, and vectors and host cells comprising such polynucleotides. The invention further relates to methods for producing the bispecific antigen binding molecules of the invention, and to methods of using these bispecific antigen binding molecules in the treatment of disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Oliver AST, Marina BACAC, Sabine IMHOF-JUNG, Christiane NEUMANN, Christian KLEIN, Stefan KLOSTERMANN, Michael MOLHOJ, Joerg Thomas REGULA, Wolfgang SCHAEFER, Pablo UMANA
  • Patent number: 11973616
    Abstract: An EtherCAT bus system includes an EtherCAT master, EtherCAT nodes, and an EtherCAT star hub arranged and/or assembled on the same printed circuit board with the EtherCAT master.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Michael Schäfer, Daniel Brunner
  • Publication number: 20240129374
    Abstract: In a scenario involving a primary and secondary server, resource requests can be managed to avoid sending multiple requests to the secondary server. In particular, requests for data object attributes can be queued when another request has already been made. Hashkey and locking mechanisms can be used to support scenarios involving multiple users and multiple data object instances. Performance of the overall system landscape can thus be improved by effectively consolidating resource requests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: SAP SE
    Inventors: Andre Klahre, Michael Hettich, Nitish Kumar, Christine Schaefer
  • Patent number: 11959469
    Abstract: A method monitors the state of a device having a first drive cylinder for receiving hydraulic fluid and a first drive piston which is movably arranged in the first drive cylinder. The method determines a speed of the first drive piston, establishes a difference between the determined speed of the first drive piston and an expected speed of the first drive piston, and determines a faulty state as a function of the difference established between the determined speed of the first drive piston and the expected speed of the first drive piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Putzmeister Engineering GmbH
    Inventors: Carl Wiesenack, Benjamin Hoelzle, Michael Schaefer, Wolf-Michael Petzold, Jan-Martin Veit, Wilhelm F. Hofmann
  • Publication number: 20240117029
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bispecific anti-CCL2 antibodies binding to two different epitopes on human CCL2, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, their manufacture, and use as medicaments for the treatment of cancers, inflammatory, autoimmune and ophthalmologic diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Jens FISCHER, Guy GEORGES, Anton JOCHNER, Gregor JORDAN, Hubert KETTENBERGER, Joerg MOELLEKEN, Tilman SCHLOTHAUER, Georg TIEFENTHALER, Valeria RUNZA, Meher MAJETY, Martin SCHAEFER, Maria VIERT, Shu FENG, Wei Shiong Adrian HO, Siok Wan GAN, Runyi Adeline LAM, Michael GERTZ
  • Patent number: 11952421
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bispecific antibodies against ROR1 and CD3, their manufacture and use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Minh Diem Vu, Klaus Strein, Oliver Ast, Tanja Fauti, Anne Freimoser-Grundschober, Ralf Hosse, Christian Klein, Ekkehard Moessner, Samuel Moser, Ramona Murr, Pablo Umana, Sabine Jung-Imhof, Stefan Klostermann, Michael Molhoj, Joerg Regula, Wolfgang Schaefer
  • Patent number: 11951190
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to the field of radiopharmaceuticals and their use in nuclear medicine as tracers, imaging agents and for the treatment of various disease states of prostate cancer. Thus, the present invention concerns compounds that are represented by the general Formulae (Ia) or (Ib).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Matthias Eder, Klaus Kopka, Martin Schäfer, Ulrike Bauder-Wüst, Michael Eisenhut, Walter Mier, Martina Benesova
  • Publication number: 20240110592
    Abstract: A composite drive shaft includes a web-based body defining a longitudinal axis. The web-based body has a first composite layup end section, a second composite layup end section that is opposite to the first composite layup end section, a first spiral composite element extending between the first composite end section and the second composite layup end section, and a second spiral composite element extending between the first composite end section and the second composite layup end section. The first spiral composite element and the second composite spiral element are embedded into the first composite layup end section, and the second composite layup end section. The first composite spiral element and the second composite spiral element are arranged in a bi-directional orientation relative to the longitudinal axis. The first spiral composite element and the second spiral composite element are arranged at pre-determined angles and possess a uni-directional fiber-reinforced polymer-matrix composite structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Mark R. Gurvich, Michael J. King, Brayton Reed, Joyel Schaefer
  • Publication number: 20240110895
    Abstract: A testing device includes a first member to be positioned on one surface of a part to be tested. A second member to be positioned on an opposed surface of the part to be tested. One of the first and second members have an ultrasonic transmitter and the other has an ultrasonic receiver. At least one of the first and second members have at least one magnetic element and the other of the first and second member have at least one magnetic or at least one ferromagnetic metallic element such that when one of the first and second members moves along the surface of the tested part the other of the first and second members will move along an opposed surface with the one of the members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Douglas McNeil, Jeffrey J. Allen, Joyel Schaefer, Mark R. Gurvich, Michael J. King, Brayton Reed
  • Publication number: 20240110847
    Abstract: A method of testing a part includes placing a first member on a part to be tested. A second member is placed on an opposed surface of the part. One of the members has an ultrasonic transmitter and the other has an ultrasonic receiver. At least one of the members has at least one magnetic element and the other has at least one of a magnetic element or a ferromagnetic metallic element which is attracted to magnets. One of the members moves along the surface of the part such that magnetic attraction causes the other to move along the opposed surface of the part with the one of the members. A controller causes an ultrasonic signal to be sent from the transmitter through the part to be tested which is received by the receiver and then analyzed by an ultrasonic testing machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Douglas McNeil, Jeffrey J. Allen, Joyel Schaefer, Mark R. Gurvich, Michael J. King, Brayton Reed
  • Publication number: 20240100759
    Abstract: Mixtures along with processes for making and uses for the same. The mixtures include organosilicon compounds, organic fibers, and/or thermoplastic polymers. The mixtures may optionally include polyolefins substituted by carboxylic acid anhydride groups and/or additives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Wacker Chemie AG
    Inventors: Oliver Schäfer, Oliver Fuhrmann, Michael Joachimbauer
  • Publication number: 20240101265
    Abstract: A flexible diaphragm coupler includes a flange having a central support and a flange element extending radially outwardly from the central support. The flange element includes a rim portion having an axially facing surface. The axially facing surface includes a plurality of interlock elements. A diaphragm member is disposed between the first flange and the second flange. The diaphragm member includes a diaphragm element. The diaphragm element includes a central support element and a disc member extending radially outwardly from the central support element. The disc member includes a rim element having an axially facing surface portion including a plurality of interlock members that connect with the plurality of interlock elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Mark R. Gurvich, Joyel Schaefer, Michael J. King, Brayton Reed
  • Patent number: 11941150
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for monitoring rides in a vehicle in which a driver of the vehicle picks up a rider at a pickup location and drives the rider to a drop-off destination. The system includes at least one sensor arranged in the vehicle and configured to capture sensor data during the rides, a transceiver configured to communicate with a personal electronic device of a driver of the vehicle, a non-volatile memory configured to store data; and a processor. The system captures sensor data during a ride, receives a ride identifier from the personal electronic device that uniquely identifies the ride, and stores the sensor data captured during the ride with the ride identifier as metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Philip Ventimiglia, Stefan Weissert, Christian Stresing, Allison McInnis, Michael Schaefer, Joshua Dauzenroth, Alicia Winters
  • Patent number: 11942844
    Abstract: A tooth-wound coil of a stator or of a stator segment of a dynamo-electric machine having two straight sections spaced apart from each other and running substantially parallel. Two 180° curves are located on the ends thereof, wherein the straight sections have an active part area, the axial extend of which is less than or equal to that of the straight section. The tooth-wound coil has a symmetrical extension plane running in the longitudinal direction. An insulation material is provided around the straight sections of the tooth-wound coil. The material effects groove isolation and/or phase isolation in the stator or stator segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Flender GmbH
    Inventors: Kevin Bodensiek, Robin Brenner, Klaus Schäfer, Norbert Schönbauer, Michael Weger
  • Patent number: 11931430
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to the field of radiopharmaceuticals and their use in nuclear medicine as tracers, imaging agents and for the treatment of various disease states of prostate cancer. Thus, the present invention concerns compounds that are represented by the general Formulae (Ia) or (Ib).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Matthias Eder, Klaus Kopka, Martin Schäfer, Ulrike Bauder-Wüst, Michael Eisenhut, Walter Mier, Martina Benesova
  • Publication number: 20240083993
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bispecific anti-CCL2 antibodies binding to two different epitopes on human CCL2, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, their manufacture, and use as medicaments for the treatment of cancers, inflammatory, autoimmune and ophthalmologic diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Jens FISCHER, Guy GEORGES, Anton JOCHNER, Gregor JORDAN, Hubert KETTENBERGER, Joerg MOELLEKEN, Tilman SCHLOTHAUER, Georg TIEFENTHALER, Valeria RUNZA, Meher MAJETY, Martin SCHAEFER, Maria VIERT, Shu FENG, Wei Shiong Adrian HO, Siok Wan GAN, Runyi Adeline LAM, Michael GERTZ
  • Patent number: 11926306
    Abstract: An electronically slip-controllable power braking system for a motor vehicle, in which a controllably drivable pressure generator supplies multiple brake circuits connected in parallel to one another with pressure medium under brake pressure. Each of the brake circuits are separable through existing first control valves from the pressure generator and include second control valves that are connected downstream from the first control valves to control the brake pressure in the wheel brakes, which are connected with the brake circuits. An electronic control unit in the brake circuits has three devices, the third device puts the first control valve of a brake circuit into a passage position if a leakage is established downstream from the second control valve in this brake circuit and if it is established that the pressure generated by the pressure generator has at least approximately reached or exceeded a pressure limit of the first control valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Dirk Foerch, Verena Barske, Andreas Krautter, Michael Bunk, Peter Ziegler, Ulrike Schaefer
  • Patent number: 11911973
    Abstract: A control circuitry (11) comprises an adjustable capacitor (C1), and a bias source (111) configured to apply a bias voltage (V2) to said adjustable capacitor (C1) to adjust a capacitance value of the adjustable capacitor (C1). Such a control circuitry may for example be part of a sealing device (1) to seal a medical tubing (2), the sealing device (1) comprising a receptacle (100) to receive said medical tubing (2), the receptacle (100) comprising an electrode arrangement for causing a heat action on the tubing (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Winter, Lars Michel, Michael Schaefer