Patents by Inventor Michael Schar

Michael Schar 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: 10835025
    Abstract: A toothbrush having a brush body and a bristle carrier that is produced from a hard material using an injection molding method and having injection-molded bristles that protrude from the bristle carrier. The injection molded bristles are produced from a bristle material using the injection molding method. The bristles have a bristle stem and the bristle carrier has a small carrier plate or is formed by the small carrier plate that is produced from a hard material using the injection molding method and fastened on the brush body. The hard material of the bristle carrier or the hard material of the small carrier plate is harder than the bristle material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: TRISA HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Roger Kirchhofer, Peter Zurfluh, Michael Schar
  • Patent number: 10371777
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance (MR) imaging (MRI) system, the MRI system may include at least one controller which may be configured to: acquire MR information for at least first and second blades of a periodically rotated overlapping parallel lines with enhanced reconstruction (PROPELLER) imaging method; generate, for at least the first and second blades, main field inhomogeneity information based upon the acquired MR information, the main field inhomogeneity information indicating main field inhomogeneity; generate water and fat information individually for at least the first and second blades based upon the acquired MR information and the generated main field inhomogeneity information for the corresponding blade of the first and second blades; and correct at least one of the water and fat information for spatial distortions caused by the main field inhomogeneity or a predetermined chemical shift difference between water and fat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Michael Schar, Holger Eggers, James Grant Pipe
  • Publication number: 20170318947
    Abstract: A toothbrush having a brush body and a bristle carrier that is produced from a hard material using an injection molding method and having injection-molded bristles that protrude from the bristle carrier. The injection molded bristles are produced from a bristle material using the injection molding method. The bristles have a bristle stem and the bristle carrier has a small carrier plate or is formed by the small carrier plate that is produced from a hard material using the injection molding method and fastened on the brush body. The hard material of the bristle carrier or the hard material of the small carrier plate is harder than the bristle material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: TRISA HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Roger KIRCHHOFER, Peter ZURFLUH, Michael SCHAR
  • Patent number: 9750334
    Abstract: The brush according to the invention has a bristle carrier, which is produced by injection molding, and bristles, which are produced from a bristle material likewise by injection molding. The bristle carrier is provided with at least one distributing channel for the bristle material. The bristles are formed integrally with the bristle material in the distribution channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: TRISA HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Roger Kirchhofer, Peter Zurfluh, Michael Schar
  • Publication number: 20170067977
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance (MR) imaging (MRI) system, the MRI system may include at least one controller which may be configured to: acquire MR information for at least first and second blades of a periodically rotated overlapping parallel lines with enhanced reconstruction (PROPELLER) imaging method; generate, for at least the first and second blades, main field inhomogeneity information based upon the acquired MR information, the main field inhomogeneity information indicating main field inhomogeneity; generate water and fat information individually for at least the first and second blades based upon the acquired MR information and the generated main field inhomogeneity information for the corresponding blade of the first and second blades; and correct at least one of the water and fat information for spatial distortions caused by the main field inhomogeneity or a predetermined chemical shift difference between water and fat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: MICHAEL SCHAR, HOLGER EGGERS, JAMES GRANT PIPE
  • Publication number: 20140173853
    Abstract: A grip body of a body care article, such as toothbrush, includes a grip part, a neck part and a head part. The grip body includes a first and a second material component of a thermoplastic plastic. The first and the second material component have a common injection point that is arranged outside a mould partition line formed by the mould partition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: TRISA HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Roger Kirchhofer, Michael Schar, Martin Zwimpfer, Peter Zurfluh
  • Publication number: 20130291320
    Abstract: The brush according to the invention has a bristle carrier, which is produced by injection moulding, and bristles, which are produced from a bristle material likewise by injection moulding. The bristle carrier is provided with at least one distributing channel for the bristle material. The bristles are formed integrally with the bristle material in the distribution channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: TRISA HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Roger Kirchhofer, Peter Zurfluh, Michael Schar
  • Publication number: 20060043971
    Abstract: The present invention describes a magnetic resonance imaging method wherein spatially resolved frequency sensitive image data are collected by means of free precession sequences employing very small radio frequency (RF) excitation pulses per unit time which result in highly frequency selective steady-state signals dominated by linear properties of the system, for which the superposition principle holds. By appropriate linear combination of steady state signals of N different frequencies, N resonance lines can be acquired simultaneously. This method allows spectroscopic recordings with very low RF power deposition which renders the method suitable for applications at high static magnetic field strengths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Inventors: Kai Eberhardt, Michael Schar, Christoph Barmet, Peter Boesiger, Sebastian Kozerke