Patents by Inventor Michael Zimmermann

Michael Zimmermann 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: 20240125816
    Abstract: A probe head with a cylindrical portion and an oblique truncated portion angled downward toward a high-powered electronic device under testing. The probe head has a proximal end comprising an oblique truncated cone portion angled relative to the longitudinal axis at an input angle and has an analog signal input. The probe head has a digital signal output provided on the distal end of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Michael J Mende, Mark Heimann, Richard Booman, Philipp Palffy-Daun-Seiler, Michael Engels, Nadja Laeaeperi, Benno Jacobs, Michael D Stevens, Nicolas Frabasile, Peter Hildenhagen, Kai Klein, Jurij Weber, Iris Zimmermann, Juergen Trueller, Thomas Podrebersek, Michael Eube, Frank Pannes, Matthew M Mende
  • Publication number: 20240075476
    Abstract: A sample holder for holding a sample carrier for carrying a microscopic sample is provided. The sample holder includes a clamping arrangement with an upper leg and a lower leg. The clamping arrangement is configured to clamp the sample carrier between the upper leg and the lower leg, such that a part of the sample carrier is clamped between respective first ends of the upper leg and the lower leg. The clamping arrangement is also configured to be actuated by an external force such that the respective first ends of the upper and lower leg are separated from each other. The clamping arrangement is also configured to exert a clamping force via the respective first ends of the upper and lower leg to the sample carrier to clamp the sample carrier between the upper and lower leg, when the clamping arrangement is not actuated by the external force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventor: Michael ZIMMERMANN
  • Publication number: 20230404060
    Abstract: An animal trap sensor includes a base having a distal end and a proximal end, a switch having a first metallic element and a second metallic element, and a signal unit, in which, when the first metallic element contacting the second metallic element, thereby forming a closed circuit, such that the signal unit transmits a signal to an off-site receiver. Or, an animal trap sensor includes a first portion and a second portion electrically connected with a signal unit including a power supply, in which, when the first and the second portions are disposed at a first distance between each other, thereby generating an output property, in which, when the first and the second portions are disposed at a second distance between each other, which is different from the first distance, thereby changing the output property and causing the signal unit to transmit a signal to an off-site receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Michael LAUT, Steven BOCKMANN, Gaelle FAGES, Byron REID, Chris PIENAAR, Peter JARDINE, Michael ZIMMERMANN, Stefan ENDEPOLS, Christopher R. HAHN
  • Patent number: 11696576
    Abstract: A pest monitoring system and associated method includes pest monitoring devices for placement at a site and generating a signal upon detection of a pest, and a pesticide dispensing unit including a reservoir housing a diluent and a pesticide module housing a pesticide. A computer device remotely disposed to the pest monitoring devices receives generated signals therefrom, analyzes environmental and historical factor data for the site to determine an amount and placement location of the pest monitoring devices for monitoring the site, and directs deployment of the pest control monitoring devices according to the analysis. The computer device also receives data from the pesticide dispensing unit including an amount or rate of the pesticide substance dispensed from the pesticide module, to form treatment having a concentration of the pesticide substance in the diluent, the treatment being dispensed from the pesticide dispensing unit to treat a detected pest at the site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Byron Reid, Volker Gutsmann, Gaelle Fages, Michael Zimmermann, Chris Pienaar, Peter Jardine
  • Patent number: 11648456
    Abstract: A front unit for a touring binding, comprising: two lateral bearing portions arranged on a ski transverse axis, wherein, when the front unit is in a closed position, the two lateral bearing portions are configured to engage lateral counter bearing portions of a ski boot to hold the ski boot on the front unit so that the ski boot can pivot about the ski transverse axis; and a longitudinal positioning portion on which the ski boot can be supported, wherein the counter bearing portions are positioned for engagement relative to the bearing portions, the front unit being shiftable between an open position and the closed position, wherein the bearing portions and the counter bearing portions are disengaged in the open position and engaged in the closed position, wherein the longitudinal positioning portion, relative to the bearing portions, is secured in the open position and movable in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SALEWA SPORT AG
    Inventors: Edwin Lehner, Michael Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20220287348
    Abstract: The use of amyloid fibrils for providing nutritional minerals to the human body, particularly as a component in a food product, a dietary supplement or in a pharmaceutical product. Compositions including composite materials of amyloid fibrils and nutritional minerals. The use of such composite materials in the treatment of diseases and disorders and to the fortification of food and dietary supplements with nutritional minerals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Sreenath BOLISETTY, Michael ZIMMERMANN, Yi SHEN, Raffaele MEZZENGA
  • Patent number: 11344599
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of amyloid fibrils for providing nutritional minerals to the human body, particularly as a component in a food product, a dietary supplement or in a pharmaceutical product. The invention further provides for new compositions comprising composite materials of amyloid fibrils and nutritional minerals. The invention further relates to the use of such composite materials in the treatment of diseases and disorders and to the fortification of food and dietary supplements with nutritional minerals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: ETH Zurich
    Inventors: Sreenath Bolisetty, Michael Zimmermann, Yi Shen, Raffaele Mezzenga
  • Publication number: 20210308552
    Abstract: A front unit for a touring binding, comprising: two lateral bearing portions arranged on a ski transverse axis, wherein, when the front unit is in a closed position, the two lateral bearing portions are configured to engage lateral counter bearing portions of a ski boot to hold the ski boot on the front unit so that the ski boot can pivot about the ski transverse axis; and a longitudinal positioning portion on which the ski boot can be supported, wherein the counter bearing portions are positioned for engagement relative to the bearing portions, the front unit being shiftable between an open position and the closed position, wherein the bearing portions and the counter bearing portions are disengaged in the open position and engaged in the closed position, wherein the longitudinal positioning portion, relative to the bearing portions, is secured in the open position and movable in the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: Salewa Sport AG
    Inventors: Edwin LEHNER, Michael ZIMMERMANN
  • Publication number: 20210259237
    Abstract: An animal trap sensor includes a base having a distal end and a proximal end, a switch having a first metallic element and a second metallic element, and a signal unit, in which, when the first metallic element contacting the second metallic element, thereby forming a closed circuit, such that the signal unit transmits a signal to an off-site receiver. Or, an animal trap sensor includes a first portion and a second portion electrically connected with a signal unit including a power supply, in which, when the first and the second portions are disposed at a first distance between each other, thereby generating an output property, in which, when the first and the second portions are disposed at a second distance between each other, which is different from the first distance, thereby changing the output property and causing the signal unit to transmit a signal to an off-site receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Michael LAUT, Steven BOCKMANN, Gaelle FAGES, Byron REID, Chris PIENAAR, Peter JARDINE, Michael ZIMMERMANN, Stefan ENDEPOLS, Christopher R. HAHN
  • Patent number: 11073801
    Abstract: The instant disclosure provides an ability to use an array of data inputs to enter a network and thereby provide a realtime improvable database. The present invention is novel in its ability to maximize the customer's interface with a pest control system, thus allowing for maximum efficiency for current and future designs as well as a high level of compatibility with ancillary regulatory, financial and planning type functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Inventors: Byron Reid, Volker Gutsman, Michael Zimmermann, Chris Pienaar, Gaelle Fages, Peter Jardine
  • Patent number: 11060891
    Abstract: A holder is configured to hold multiple reference standards for calibrating a measurement system. The holder includes a first receptacle that is configured to receive a first reference standard. The holder includes a second receptacle that is configured to receive a second reference standard. The holder includes a calibration jig that is configured to facilitate a bijective determination of a position and orientation of the holder in space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Walter Jenisch, Kai Schäffauer, Philipp Mayinger, Michael Zimmermann, Markus Mahringer, Stefan Hitzler
  • Publication number: 20210183467
    Abstract: The invention provides a system and method to quantitatively disentangle host and microbiome contributions to drug metabolism. The system includes a non-transitory storage medium storing information of levels of parent drug and drug metabolites for a plurality of oral drugs, by each of a plurality of microbiotas and by each of a plurality of genome-sequenced microbes in pure culture. A processor executes a predictor module which implements a computational model to quantitatively disentangle host and microbiota contributions to drug metabolism, predict how a person's microbiome will metabolize a drug candidate, predict how the metabolization impacts the drug candidate and metabolite exposure in circulation, and predict whether the drug candidate will be metabolized by a microbiota.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: YALE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Andrew GOODMAN, Michael ZIMMERMANN, Maria ZIMMERMANN
  • Patent number: 11033018
    Abstract: An animal trap sensor includes a base having a distal end and a proximal end, a switch having a first metallic element and a second metallic element, and a signal unit, in which, when the first metallic element contacting the second metallic element, thereby forming a closed circuit, such that the signal unit transmits a signal to an off-site receiver. Or, an animal trap sensor includes a first portion and a second portion electrically connected with a signal unit including a power supply, in which, when the first and the second portions are disposed at a first distance between each other, thereby generating an output property, in which, when the first and the second portions are disposed at a second distance between each other, which is different from the first distance, thereby changing the output property and causing the signal unit to transmit a signal to an off-site receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignees: Bayer CropScience LP, Bayer CropScience Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Mike Laut, Steven Bockmann, Gaelle Fages, Byron Reid, Chris Pienaar, Peter Jardine, Michael Zimmermann, Stefan Endepols, Christopher R. Hahn
  • Publication number: 20210169065
    Abstract: An animal trap sensor includes a base having a distal end and a proximal end, a switch having a first metallic element and a second metallic element, and a signal unit, in which, when the first metallic element contacting the second metallic element, thereby forming a closed circuit, such that the signal unit transmits a signal to an off-site receiver. Or, an animal trap sensor includes a first portion and a second portion electrically connected with a signal unit including a power supply, in which, when the first and the second portions are disposed at a first distance between each other, thereby generating an output property, in which, when the first and the second portions are disposed at a second distance between each other, which is different from the first distance, thereby changing the output property and causing the signal unit to transmit a signal to an off-site receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Michael LAUT, Steven BOCKMANN, Gaelle FAGES, Byron REID, Chris PIENAAR, Peter JARDINE, Michael ZIMMERMANN, Stefan ENDEPOLS, Christopher R. HAHN
  • Patent number: 10940497
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the application of liquid active substances. The subject matter of the present invention is a system, a method and a computer program product for the application of an active substance concentrate from a replaceable cartridge in a diluted form onto a target object with the aid of a portable spray device, wherein important parameters of the spray process are exchanged between the cartridge and/or the spray device and/or an external computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Volker Gutsmann, Byron Reid, Chris Pienaar, Peter Jardine, Gaelle Fages, Michael Zimmermann
  • Publication number: 20210003430
    Abstract: A holder is configured to hold multiple reference standards for calibrating a measurement system. The holder includes a first receptacle that is configured to receive a first reference standard. The holder includes a second receptacle that is configured to receive a second reference standard. The holder includes a calibration jig that is configured to facilitate a bijective determination of a position and orientation of the holder in space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Walter JENISCH, Kai SCHÄFFAUER, Philipp MAYINGER, Michael ZIMMERMANN, Markus MAHRINGER, Stefan HITZLER
  • Patent number: 10834914
    Abstract: A pest monitoring system and associated method includes pest monitoring devices for placement at a site and generating a signal upon detection of a pest, and a pesticide dispensing unit including a reservoir housing a diluent and a pesticide module housing a pesticide. A computer device remotely disposed to the pest monitoring devices receives generated signals therefrom, analyzes environmental and historical factor data for the site to determine an amount and placement location of the pest monitoring devices for monitoring the site, and directs deployment of the pest control monitoring devices according to the analysis. The computer device also receives data from the pesticide dispensing unit including an amount or rate of the pesticide substance dispensed from the pesticide module, to form treatment having a concentration of the pesticide substance in the diluent, the treatment being dispensed from the pesticide dispensing unit to treat a detected pest at the site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Bayer AG
    Inventors: Byron Reid, Volker Gutsmann, Michael Zimmermann, Chris Pienaar, Gaelle Fages, Peter Jardine
  • Publication number: 20200337289
    Abstract: A pest monitoring system and associated method includes pest monitoring devices for placement at a site and generating a signal upon detection of a pest, and a pesticide dispensing unit including a reservoir housing a diluent and a pesticide module housing a pesticide. A computer device remotely disposed to the pest monitoring devices receives generated signals therefrom, analyzes environmental and historical factor data for the site to determine an amount and placement location of the pest monitoring devices for monitoring the site, and directs deployment of the pest control monitoring devices according to the analysis. The computer device also receives data from the pesticide dispensing unit including an amount or rate of the pesticide substance dispensed from the pesticide module, to form treatment having a concentration of the pesticide substance in the diluent, the treatment being dispensed from the pesticide dispensing unit to treat a detected pest at the site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Byron REID, Volker GUTSMANN, Gaelle FAGES, Michael ZIMMERMANN, Chris PIENAAR, Peter JARDINE
  • Patent number: 10809104
    Abstract: A holder for a plurality of reference standards for calibrating a measurement system, having a first receptacle in which a first reference standard is arranged and a second receptacle in which a second reference standard is arranged, wherein the first receptacle is arranged on a first side of the holder, and the second receptacle is arranged on a second side of the holder facing away from the first side of the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: CARL ZEISS INDUSTRIELLE MESSTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Walter Jenisch, Kai Schäffauer, Philipp Mayinger, Michael Zimmermann, Markus Mahringer, Stefan Hitzler
  • Publication number: 20200060256
    Abstract: An animal trap sensor includes a base having a distal end and a proximal end, a switch having a first metallic element and a second metallic element, and a signal unit, in which, when the first metallic element contacting the second metallic element, thereby forming a closed circuit, such that the signal unit transmits a signal to an off-site receiver. Or, an animal trap sensor includes a first portion and a second portion electrically connected with a signal unit including a power supply, in which, when the first and the second portions are disposed at a first distance between each other, thereby generating an output property, in which, when the first and the second portions are disposed at a second distance between each other, which is different from the first distance, thereby changing the output property and causing the signal unit to transmit a signal to an off-site receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Mike LAUT, Steven BOCKMANN, Gaelle FAGES, Byron REID, Chris PIENAAR, Peter JARDINE, Michael ZIMMERMANN, Stefan ENDEPOLS, Christopher R. HAHN