Patents by Inventor Michael Schmidt

Michael Schmidt 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: 11362877
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method for fast detection scan of NB-IoT signals in networks. The object of the invention to provide a scanning procedure which is reliable and very fast in order to reduce the search time and hence the power consumption will be solved by a method for fast detection scan of NB-IoT signals in a network by applying a higher sampling rate than 240 kHz and observing a received signal at a receive bandwidth around a magnitude wider than the NB-IoT signal bandwidth of 180 kHz, wherein a set of 2M+1 NB-IoT signals each having a different E-UTRA absolute radio frequency channel number (EARFCN) can be observed simultaneously, whereas M is a natural number and 2M+1 indicates the number of concurrently observed channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: COMMSOLID GMBH
    Inventors: Gunnar Nitsche, Michael Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20220178430
    Abstract: A coaxial gear (1), includes an axially oriented tooth system (5) with respect to a rotational axis (3) of the coaxial gear (1), a tooth carrier (7) having axially oriented guideways (9), tooth pins (11) received within the guideways (9) for engaging with the tooth system (5), wherein the tooth pins (11) are axially oriented within the guideways (9) by their respective longitudinal axes and are mounted within the guideways (9) in an axially displaceable manner, and a cam disc (15) rotatable about the rotational axis (3) for axially driving the tooth pins (11), wherein a plurality of bearing segments (17) is disposed between the cam disc (15) and the tooth pins (11) for bearing the tooth pins (11), and wherein, on a side facing the tooth pins, the bearing segments (17) have an elevation at least in sections formed as a spherical cap for bearing the respective tooth pin (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: WITTENSTEIN SE
    Inventors: Martin Kimmelmann, Andreas Kümmeth, Michael Schmidt, Thomas Rossmeißl
  • Patent number: 11353301
    Abstract: A kinetic energy vehicle (or warhead) has a divert thruster system and an attitude control system, both operatively coupled to receive pressurized gasses from a solid rocket motor that is operatively coupled to both systems. The attitude control system may have two pairs of attitude control thrusters, with one of the pairs diametrically opposed from the other pair, on opposite sides of an end (such as a rear end) of the vehicle. The attitude control thrusters all have radial and circumferential components to their thrust, and various combinations of the attitude control thrusters may be used to achieve desired roll, pitch, and/or yaw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Huy P. Nguyen, Rob J. Fuentes, Michael Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20220133755
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition comprising a mixture of an exogenous ketone body, an exogenous NAD modulator and a methyl donor. Typically, exogenous NAD modulator is an exogenous nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) precursor. The present invention also provides a method of using such a composition for treating various clinical conditions, including metabolic disorders and neurocognitive impairments. The compositions of the invention can also be used to improve human performance in various competitive or environmental conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventor: Michael A. Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11315756
    Abstract: A method for analyzing a sample with a charged particle beam including directing the beam toward the sample surface; milling the surface to expose a second surface in the sample in which the end of the second surface distal to ion source is milled to a greater depth relative to a reference depth than the end of the first surface proximal to ion source; directing the charged particle beam toward the second surface to form one or more images of the second surface; forming images of the cross sections of the multiple adjacent features of interest by detecting the interaction of the electron beam with the second surface; assembling the images of the cross section into a three-dimensional model of one or more of the features of interest. A method for forming an improved fiducial and determining the depth of an exposed feature in a nanoscale three-dimensional structure is presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: FEI Company
    Inventors: Stacey Stone, Sang Hoon Lee, Jeffrey Blackwood, Michael Schmidt, Hyun Hwa Kim
  • Publication number: 20220107002
    Abstract: Coaxial gear mechanism (1), having a toothing (5) oriented axially with respect to an axis of rotation (3) of the coaxial gear mechanism (1), a tooth carrier (7) with axially oriented guides (9), tooth pins (11) which each have a body (41), which is mounted in an axially displaceable manner in a guide (9) of the tooth carrier (7), and a head region (51), wherein the head region (51) has at least one tooth (53) for engagement with the toothing (5), and wherein the head region (51) is configured to be wider than the body (41).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Schmidt, Martin Kimmelmann, Heiko Schreiber, Thomas Bayer
  • Publication number: 20220107003
    Abstract: Coaxial gear mechanism, with a toothing system which is oriented axially with regard to a rotational axis of the coaxial gear mechanism; a tooth carrier with axially oriented guides; teeth which are received in the guides for engagement with the toothing system, the teeth being oriented with their respective longitudinal axes axially in the guides and being mounted in the guides such that they can be displaced axially; a cam disc which can be rotated about the rotational axis for the axial drive of the teeth; and a housing, in which a setting element for mounting the cam disc is provided, at least one bearing with rolling bodies being arranged between the setting element and the cam disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Bayer, Michael Schmidt, Andreas Kuemmeth, Thomas Rossmeißl
  • Publication number: 20220102284
    Abstract: Redeposition of substrate material on a fiducial resulting from charged particle beam (CPB) or laser beam milling of a substrate can be reduced with a shield formed on the substrate surface. The shield typically has a suitable height that can be selected based on proximity of an area to be milled to the fiducial. The shield can be formed with the milling beam using beam-assisted chemical vapor deposition (CVD). The same or different beams can be used for milling and beam-assisted CVD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: FEI Company
    Inventors: Sean Morgan-Jones, Mark Najarian, Michael Schmidt, Victoriea Bird
  • Publication number: 20220091824
    Abstract: A visual-programming tool provides an encapsulation mechanism configured to operate as a discrete section of a graph corresponding to a program in a visual-programming language. The encapsulation mechanism is configured to bind control flow of the visual-programming language to the encapsulation mechanism, determine logic associated with an encapsulated section of the graph, determine input and/or output associated with the encapsulated section, and present a visual representation of the encapsulation mechanism encompassing a visual representation of the input and/or output and logic in a graphical-user interface associated with the visual-programming tool. In some examples, the visual-programming tool can automatically position nodes associated with the encapsulation mechanism in the graphical-user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Electronic Arts Inc.
    Inventors: Kurtis Michael Schmidt, Matthew Sean Halliday
  • Publication number: 20220075602
    Abstract: A visual-programming tool processes nodes of a graph corresponding to operations or functions in program code associated with a plurality of programs, (e.g., games), stored as graph of nodes with logical connections signifying inputs, outputs, and/or units of connected nodes. The visual-programming tool resolves valid types and/or units associated with respective connected nodes and can propagate valid types and/or units throughout the graph.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Electronic Arts Inc.
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Alexander Kogelman, Kurtis Michael Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11260705
    Abstract: A flexible sensor unit is embedded in a tire. The flexible sensor unit includes a plurality of individual circuit boards. Each circuit board includes at least one electronic component. The at least one electronic component includes a radio frequency identification integrated circuit, a microcontroller unit, at least one sensor, a power source and a boost converter. Each one of a plurality of electrically conductive flexible connecting ribbons extends between the circuit boards. An end ribbon is electrically connected to at least one of the circuit boards. An antenna is disposed on the end ribbon. The antenna transmits data from the at least one sensor, as processed by the microcontroller unit, and identification data from the radio frequency identification integrated circuit, to an external reader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Todd James Spencer, Gregory Alan Schessler, Ryan Michael Schmidt, Benjamin John Iverson, Xiaoping Yang
  • Publication number: 20220025296
    Abstract: A composition for cleaning membranes used in food processing comprising an amine oxide and an alkyl sulfate, the composition maintaining good cleaning performance whilst leaving a low residue of surfactant on the membrane that is cleaned using the composition. A method of use of the composition is also presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Stephan Dörries, Matthias Schmitz, Ralf Krack, Michael Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20220023561
    Abstract: Various embodiments are described herein for a controller for controlling the operation of a breathing assistance device that provides breathing assistance to a user. The controller comprises a processor that generates a respiratory index value that is determined during a current monitoring time period to detect a respiratory failure, or predict the respiratory failure when at least one PSG signal is measured. The respiratory index value is compared to a threshold to determine if the control signal needs to be updated to reduce or eliminate respiratory failure that the user is currently experiencing or to prevent a predicted respiratory failure from occurring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Hamed Hanafialamdari, Klaus Michael Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20220001946
    Abstract: An adapter fixable to a bike mount of a bike supporting unit for changing the dimension of said bike mount such that a predetermined bike axle mount type of several bike axle mount types configured to be supported on the bike mount. The adapter is configured as a multiway adapter comprising at least two different adapter sections each provided to adapt the bike mount to a specific one of the different bike axle mount types so that by means of the adapter, the bike mount can be adapted to at least two different bike axle mount types. Furthermore, a bike mount for receiving the adapter and a bike mount system is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: David ARDMAR, Parke PLEASANTS, Michael SCHMIDT, Philip HAZELTINE, Daniel KARLSSON, Mark THIBADEAU, Eric HASSETT
  • Publication number: 20210409253
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method for fast detection scan of NB-IoT signals in networks. The object of the invention to provide a scanning procedure which is reliable and very fast in order to reduce the search time and hence the power consumption will be solved by a method for fast detection scan of NB-IoT signals in a network by applying a higher sampling rate than 240 kHz and observing a received signal at a receive bandwidth around a magnitude wider than the NB-IoT signal bandwidth of 180 kHz, wherein a set of 2M+1 NB-IoT signals each having a different E-UTRA absolute radio frequency channel number (EARFCN) can be observed simultaneously, whereas M is a natural number and 2M+1 indicates the number of concurrently observed channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: COMMSOLID GMBH
    Inventors: Gunnar NITSCHE, Michael SCHMIDT
  • Patent number: 11208613
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous foaming cleaning composition for removing soil at low temperatures from a surface to be cleaned, characterized in, that the aqueous foaming cleaning composition comprises: a linear and/or branched C12-alkyl dimethylamine oxide or C12-alkyl diethylamine oxide or C12-alkyl methylethylamine oxide; a linear and/or branched C14-alkyl dimethylamine oxide or C14-alkyl diethylamine oxide or C14-alkyl methylethylamine oxide; at least one anion tenside of: a dodecyl (oxyethylen)w sulfat, wherein w represents an average addition mole number ranging from about 1 to about 10, and/or at least one polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether carboxylic acid or salt thereof represented by formula (I): RO—(AO)n?1—A?—COOmM (I) wherein, R represents a linear and/or branched alkyl group having about 8 to about 18 carbon atoms; AO represents an alkylene oxy group having about 2 to about 4 carbon atoms; n represents an average addition mole number ranging from about 1 to about 20; A? represents an alkylene group
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Tillmann Kleine, Michael Schmidt, Gunnar Nöding, Daniela Richter, Christine Fehlis, Virginie Maas, Claudia Caussin De Schneck
  • Patent number: 11202790
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition comprising a mixture of an exogenous ketone body, an exogenous NAD modulator and a methyl donor. Typically, exogenous NAD modulator is an exogenous nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) precursor. The present invention also provides a method of using such a composition for treating various clinical conditions, including metabolic disorders and neurocognitive impairments. The compositions of the invention can also be used to improve human performance in various competitive or environmental conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: TECTON GROUP, LLC
    Inventor: Michael A. Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20210375078
    Abstract: The subject disclosure relates to detecting cosmetic damage on a vehicle. The disclosed technology can have one or more processors, a projector system in communication with the one or more processors, the projector system configured to project electromagnetic radiation onto at least one surface of a vehicle and receive, via one or more sensors, sensor data containing at least a portion of the electromagnetic radiation reflected off of the at least one surface of the vehicle, memory storing computer-readable instructions, the instructions effective to cause the one or more processors to receive the sensor data from the projector system, analyze the sensor data based on the reflected electromagnetic radiation and an expected pattern of reflected electromagnetic radiation, and determine if the vehicle has cosmetic damage on the at least one surface of the vehicle based on the analysis of the sensor data. Methods and machine-readable media are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Erik Nielsen, Michael Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11177505
    Abstract: An electrolyte composition including (i) at least one aprotic organic solvent; (ii) at least one conducting salt; (iii) at least one pyridine-SO3 complex of formula (I) wherein R is selected independently at each occurrence from F, C1 to C10 alkyl, C2 to C10 alkenyl, and C2 to C10 alkynyl, wherein alkyl, alkenyl, and alkynyl may be substituted by one or more substituents selected from F and CN; and n is an integer selected from 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5; and (vi) optionally one or more additives; and its use in electrochemical cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Frederick Francois Chesneau, Arnd Garsuch, Michael Schmidt, Brett Lucht, Julien Demeaux, Yingnan Dong, Bo Zhang
  • Patent number: D941942
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Icaros GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Schmidt, Johannes Scholl, Luca Maximilian Gabriel