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).
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Publication number: 20200060256Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2017Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventors: Mike LAUT, Steven BOCKMANN, Gaelle FAGES, Byron REID, Chris PIENAAR, Peter JARDINE, Michael ZIMMERMANN, Stefan ENDEPOLS, Christopher R. HAHN
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Publication number: 20200046795Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2018Publication date: February 13, 2020Inventors: Sreenath BOLISETTY, Michael ZIMMERMANN, Yi SHEN, Raffaele MEZZENGA
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Patent number: 10520398Abstract: A microtome system has a cryomicrotome with a sectioning device in which is provided a preparation holder and a knife edge that are guided past one another inside a working space during a sectioning operation, in order to produce thin sections of a preparation retained in the preparation holder. A micromanipulator is operable outside the working space. With the micromanipulator, a tool for retention of a specimen support is positioned proximate the knife edge during a sectioning operation in order to receive the sections that are produced, preferably for substantially stationary retention of the specimen support.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2016Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Leica Mikrosysteme GmbHInventors: Reinhard Lihl, Michael Zimmermann
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Publication number: 20190121302Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Byron REID, Volker GUTSMAN, Michael ZIMMERMANN, Chris PIENAAR, Gaelle FAGES, Peter JARDINE
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Publication number: 20190037829Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2017Publication date: February 7, 2019Inventors: Mike LAUT, Steven BOCKMANN, Gaelle FAGES, Byron REID, Chris PIENAAR, Peter JARDINE, Michael ZIMMERMANN, Stefan ENDEPOLS, Christopher R. HAHN
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Publication number: 20190000066Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2018Publication date: January 3, 2019Applicant: Bayer CropScience AktiengesellschaftInventors: Volker GUTSMANN, Byron REID, Chris PIENAAR, Peter JARDINE, Gaelle FAGES, Michael ZIMMERMANN
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Patent number: 10152035Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 12, 2017Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: BAYER AGInventors: Byron Reid, Volker Gutsmann, Michael Zimmermann, Chris Pienaar, Gaelle Fages, Peter Jardine
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Patent number: 10143064Abstract: The invention relates to a modular LED lighting unit, comprising a first module (1) to which an AC supply voltage (9) can be supplied and which comprises: a second sub-module (B), at the output of which a DC supply voltage (5) is provided which is galvanically isolated from the AC supply voltage (9), and a control unit (G), further comprising a second module (2) which comprises a further sub-module (C) supplied with the DC supply voltage (5) of the first module (1), in particular a pulsed constant current source, which is controlled by a control unit (E) of the second module (2), an LED module (F) which has at least one LED range (8) and is supplied by the further sub-module (C), inn particular a constant current source, and an emergency light operating circuit which is connected to a rechargeable energy store (ES); and takes over powering the modular LED lighting unit in the event of failure of the AC supply voltage (9).Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2011Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignees: Tridonic AG, Tridonic UK Ltd.Inventors: Michael Zimmermann, Ueli Keller, Ian Wilson
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Patent number: 10123687Abstract: A method for selecting an intraocular lens (IOL), to optimize the results of refractive procedures on the eye. According to the invention, the method for selecting the IOL includes: a) determining the required biometrical parameters of the eye; b) using the parameters for a corresponding eye model; c) evaluating, using ray tracing, the data of an IOL to be implanted; d) selecting, on the basis of said data, an IOL to be implanted; and e) repeating the method steps c) and d) for further suitable IOLs. To optimize the method, different measuring methods are used to determine the biometrical parameters, a corresponding patient-specific eye model is identified, and, when selecting the IOL, additional retinal image metrics are taken into consideration alongside the determined data. The method according to the invention permits the optimized selection of a spherical, aspheric, toric or multifocal IOL for implantation.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2014Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AGInventors: Tobias Bühren, Michael Trost, Christopher Weth, Ferid Bajramovic, Wei-Jun Chen, Martin Volkwardt, Michael Zimmermann
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Publication number: 20180259374Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2018Publication date: September 13, 2018Inventors: Walter Jenisch, Kai Schäffauer, Philipp Mayinger, Michael Zimmermann, Markus Mahringer, Stefan Hitzler
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Patent number: 10073016Abstract: A freeze fracture machine (100) comprises a vacuum chamber (110); a sample receptacle (160) for receiving a sample to be processed and a knife receptacle (150) for receiving a knife (110) for processing of the sample arranged in the vacuum chamber (155); a transfer lock (130) on the vacuum chamber (110) through which a sample and a knife (155) are introducible into the vacuum chamber (155) and positionable in the vacuum chamber (110) by means of a positioning apparatus (135); the sample and the sample receptacle (160) being positionable with respect to one another such that the sample is mountable on the sample receptacle (160) by means of the positioning apparatus (135); and the knife (155) and the knife receptacle (150) being positionable with respect to one another such that the knife (155) is mountable on the knife receptacle (150) by means of the positioning apparatus (135).Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2015Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: Leica Mikrosysteme GmbHInventors: Reinhard Lihl, Michael Zimmermann
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Patent number: 9693402Abstract: The invention relates to a modular LED-light comprising a first module (1) to which an input voltage (9), preferably an AC-supply voltage, is guided, said first module comprising a second sub-module (B), preferably an insulating unit, a DC voltage separating the supply voltage by a galvanic separation being provided on the outlet of said insulating unit, and a control unit (G). Said LED light also comprises a second module (2), preferably a light management module, comprising an additional sub-module (C) which is fed by the DC-initial voltage of the first module (1), preferably a clocked constant flow source which is controlled by a control unit (E) of the second module (2), and an LED-module (F) which comprises at least one LED path (8) and which is supplied by the additional sub-module (C).Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2011Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignees: Tridonic AG, Tridonic GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Michael Zimmermann, Eduardo Pereira, Martin Hartmann
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Patent number: 9693407Abstract: The invention relates to an LED operating circuit in which a second module (2), preferably a light management module, with an additional sub-module (C), preferably a constant flow source, supplies an LED module (F) which has one or more LED sections (8). A control unit (E) of the second module (2) is embodied such that it can access a memory (4) of the second module (2) in order to read an identification of the LED-module (F) or to read the contents stored in the memory (4).Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2011Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Tridonic AGInventor: Michael Zimmermann
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Publication number: 20160178487Abstract: A freeze fracture machine (100) comprises a vacuum chamber (110); a sample receptacle (160) for receiving a sample to be processed and a knife receptacle (150) for receiving a knife (110) for processing of the sample arranged in the vacuum chamber (155); a transfer lock (130) on the vacuum chamber (110) through which a sample and a knife (155) are introducible into the vacuum chamber (155) and positionable in the vacuum chamber (110) by means of a positioning apparatus (135); the sample and the sample receptacle (160) being positionable with respect to one another such that the sample is mountable on the sample receptacle (160) by means of the positioning apparatus (135); and the knife (155) and the knife receptacle (150) being positionable with respect to one another such that the knife (155) is mountable on the knife receptacle (150) by means of the positioning apparatus (135).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2015Publication date: June 23, 2016Inventors: Reinhard LIHL, Michael ZIMMERMANN
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Publication number: 20160123847Abstract: A microtome system has a cryomicrotome with a sectioning device in which is provided a preparation holder and a knife edge that are guided past one another inside a working space during a sectioning operation, in order to produce thin sections of a preparation retained in the preparation holder. A micromanipulator is operable outside the working space. With the micromanipulator, a tool for retention of a specimen support is positioned proximate the knife edge during a sectioning operation in order to receive the sections that are produced, preferably for substantially stationary retention of the specimen support.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2016Publication date: May 5, 2016Inventors: Reinhard Lihl, Michael Zimmermann
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Patent number: 9332604Abstract: The invention provides an LED converter for operating a load comprising at least one LED series with at least one LED, preferably with multiple LEDs, wherein the LED converter on the primary side comprises a resonant converter supplied with a direct current voltage. Said converter has a half-bridge constructed of two reciprocally clocked switches and providing a supply voltage for the LED series through a serial/parallel resonance circuit connected to the midpoint of said bridge. The LED converter has a control unit that is arranged for adjusting the clocking frequency of the half bridge.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2012Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: TRIDONIC GMBH & CO KGInventors: Eduardo Pereira, Michael Zimmermann
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Patent number: 9326351Abstract: The invention relates to an LED driver circuit comprising: a circuit block for providing an adjustable DC voltage and a clocked constant current source, e.g. a DC/DC converter that is supplied with the DC voltage, comprising a switch that is clocked by a control circuit in such a way that a reduction of the activation period ton of the switch leads to a reduction in the provision of power. One or more LEDs can be supplied from the constant current source and in addition to reducing the activation period t0N, the control unit is designed to change at least one other control variable of the constant current source or the circuit block in order to provide the direct current.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2011Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: Tridonic AGInventors: Michael Zimmermann, Eduardo Pereira
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Patent number: 9220150Abstract: The invention relates to a modular LED lighting unit, comprising a first module (1) to which an AC supply voltage (9) can be supplied and which comprises: a second sub-module (B), at the output of which a DC supply voltage (5) is provided, which is galvanically isolated from the supply voltage, and a control unit (G), further comprising a second module (2), preferably a lamp management module, which comprises a further sub-module (C) supplied with the DC supply voltage (5) of the first module (1), preferably a constant current source, which is controlled by a control unit (E) of the second module (2), an LED module (F) which has at least one LED range (8) and is supplied by the further sub-module (C), and an emergency light operating circuit which is connected to a rechargeable energy store (ES); and takes over powering the modular LED lighting unit in the event of failure of the AC supply voltage (9).Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2011Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignees: Tridonic GmbH & Co. KG, Tridonic AGInventors: Martin Hartmann, Michael Zimmermann
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Patent number: 9137861Abstract: A circuit for operating at least one LED (“driver circuit”) includes input terminals to be connected to an input or operating voltage in the form of a direct current (DC) voltage or a rectified alternating current (AC) voltage, and output terminals to be connected to a load circuit containing the at least one LED. The circuit includes a clocked switch and a control circuit for clocking the switch. The control circuit is in the form of an integrated circuit (IC) and is provided with input and output pins. The control circuit generates a clock signal for the switch depending on at least two actual value signals, such that there is a control loop with the manipulated variable “clocking of the switch.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2013Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignees: TRIDONIC GMBH and CO KG, TRIDONIC AGInventors: Guenter Marent, Michael Zimmermann, Alexander Barth, Markus Mayrhofer
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Patent number: 9060406Abstract: A circuit for the power regulation of an LED comprises a converter having a switch. The LED is interconnected in an output circuit, wherein a control unit controls the magnetization of an inductor, in that it actively clocks the switch. A measured actual value representative of the average value of the LED current is returned to the control unit and compared to a reference value.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2010Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignees: TRIDONIC GMBH and CO KG, TRIDONIC AGInventors: Eduardo Pereira, Michael Zimmermann, Alexander Barth, Markus Mayrhofer, Guenter Marent