Patents by Inventor Nicholas WINTER
Nicholas WINTER 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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Patent number: 12474174Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to systems and methods for data processing, and more specifically for classifying telematics data to identify gig driving associated with vehicle trips. In one implementation, a method may include the operations of segmenting a trip of a vehicle to yield multiple segments, generating, via a feature extraction component, one or more input features associated with each segment of the multiple segments based on input data indicating driving characteristics during the trip, determining, via a gig detection component, whether the trip is associated with gig driving based on the one or more input features associated with teach segment, and outputting an indication of whether the trip is associated with gig driving based on the determination.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2022Date of Patent: November 18, 2025Assignee: Allstate Insurance CompanyInventors: Clayton Jeschke, Mariela Perignon, Nicholas Winter, Dipti Karmarkar, Anjana Tayi
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Patent number: 12162365Abstract: A current collector has a sliding contact for making electrical contact with a conductor profile of a conductor line, and an antenna for insertion into a longitudinal slot, which runs in a longitudinal direction of the conductor line. The sliding contact and the antenna can be moved jointly towards the conductor profile in a feed direction by a feed device of the current collector. The antenna is movably mounted on the current collector. Also provided are a conductor line and a conductor line system.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2019Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: Conductix-Wampfler GmbHInventors: Niklas Endler, Bernd Maier, Nicholas Winter
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Patent number: 12087992Abstract: A communications system for communication between a vehicle guided along a predetermined movement path and a stationary station using a slotted waveguide which extends parallel to the movement path and into which an antenna connected to a transmitting and receiving unit of the stationary station and a vehicle antenna project. On the stationary station and on the vehicle, either at least two separate transmitting and receiving units are provided for each respective transmission channel and are provided with a respective antenna connection, or at least one transmitting and receiving unit is provided for at least two transmission channels and is provided with two respective antenna connections. The antenna connections of the transmitting and receiving units are connected to a common antenna via a coupler. The signals of all transmission channels are emitted and received via the common antenna.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: Conductix-Wampfler GmbHInventors: Nicholas Winter, Michael Eckle, Bernd Maier
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Patent number: 12027744Abstract: A communication system for communication between at least one vehicle guided along a predefined movement path and a stationary station using a slotted waveguide which extends parallel to the movement path of the vehicle and into which at least one antenna connected to a transceiver unit of the stationary station and at least one antenna of the vehicle project. The antenna of the vehicle is moved in the longitudinal direction of the slotted waveguide with movement of the vehicle. The slotted waveguide includes at least two sections separated from one another by a respective gap. At least one antenna projecting into the respective section is provided for each section of the slotted waveguide. Two neighboring antennas projecting into different sections of the slotted waveguide are coupled via a coupling device both to a common transceiver unit of the stationary station and to one another.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: Conductix-Wampfler GmbHInventor: Nicholas Winter
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Publication number: 20240053156Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to systems and methods for data processing, and more specifically for classifying telematics data to identify gig driving associated with vehicle trips. In one implementation, a method may include the operations of segmenting a trip of a vehicle to yield multiple segments, generating, via a feature extraction component, one or more input features associated with each segment of the multiple segments based on input data indicating driving characteristics during the trip, determining, via a gig detection component, whether the trip is associated with gig driving based on the one or more input features associated with teach segment, and outputting an indication of whether the trip is associated with gig driving based on the determination.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2022Publication date: February 15, 2024Inventors: Clayton Jeschke, Mariela Perignon, Nicholas Winter, Dipti Karmarkar, Anjana Tayi
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Patent number: 11897526Abstract: In a communications system for communication between a vehicle guided along a predefined movement path and a stationary station using a slotted waveguide which extends parallel to the movement path of the vehicle and into which at least one antenna connected to a transceiver unit of the stationary station and at least one antenna of the vehicle project, wherein the antenna of the vehicle is moved in the longitudinal direction of the slotted waveguide with a movement of the vehicle, a switching device is arranged between the antenna of the vehicle and a transceiver unit of the vehicle, by means of which the antenna can be selectively connected to the transceiver unit of the vehicle either directly or via at least one interconnected attenuation element. The switching device can be actuated by the control device of the vehicle according to the power of a received signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2019Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Conductix-Wampfler GmbHInventor: Nicholas Winter
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Patent number: 11652386Abstract: A device and method for detection of wear of a sliding contact which may be displaced along a brushgear, includes a sensor and a measurement indicator designed for detection by the sensor. The sensor and the measurement indicator approach or move away from each other by a shortening of the sliding contact caused by wear, and a brushgear system. The problem of enabling simple, reliable detection of the practically complete wear of the sliding contact is addressed by the sensor being designed for contactless and/or contacting detection of the measurement indicator, and by means of a brushgear system having a device of this kind, and also a method of this kind in which the sensor detects the measurement indicator becoming closer to the sensor contactlessly and/or contactingly and, when a threshold value for a predetermined wear of the sliding contact is exceeded, issues a warning signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2018Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Conductix-Wampfler GmbHInventors: Niklas Endler, Moritz Hagin, Nicholas Winter
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Patent number: 11441630Abstract: A stop buffer for absorbing kinetic energy in a collision between two objects, includes a first spring body made of an elastic material. The first spring body is connected to a carrier body, and includes at least one electrical sensor, which has a triggering element that can be mechanically actuated. The sensor outputs a signal when the triggering element is actuated. The sensor is arranged relative to the carrier body in such a way that the triggering element is actuated by a detachment of the first spring body from the carrier body, or an actuation mechanism is provided, by which the triggering element of the sensor is actuated by a force acting on the carrier body in a collision when the force exceeds a predefined magnitude that indicates a failure of the first spring body because of wear or, if the first spring body is intact, indicates excessive collision energy.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2017Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Conductix-Wampfler GmbHInventors: Niklas Endler, Bernd Maier, Nicholas Winter
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Publication number: 20220209384Abstract: A communication system for communication between at least one vehicle guided along a predefined movement path and a stationary station using a slotted waveguide which extends parallel to the movement path of the vehicle and into which at least one antenna connected to a transceiver unit of the stationary station and at least one antenna of the vehicle project. The antenna of the vehicle is moved in the longitudinal direction of the slotted waveguide with movement of the vehicle. The slotted waveguide includes at least two sections separated from one another by a respective gap. At least one antenna projecting into the respective section is provided for each section of the slotted waveguide. Two neighboring antennas projecting into different sections of the slotted waveguide are coupled via a coupling device both to a common transceiver unit of the stationary station and to one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2019Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicant: Conductix-Wampfler GmbHInventor: Nicholas WINTER
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Publication number: 20220209388Abstract: In a communications system for communication between a vehicle guided along a predetermined movement path and a stationary station using a slotted waveguide which extends parallel to the movement path and into which an antenna connected to a transmitting and receiving unit of the stationary station and a vehicle antenna project. The vehicle antenna is moved in the longitudinal direction of the slotted waveguide with a movement of the vehicle. On the stationary station and on the vehicle, either at least two separate transmitting and receiving units are provided for each respective transmission channel and are provided with a respective antenna connection, or at least one transmitting and receiving unit is provided for at least two transmission channels and is provided with two respective antenna connections. The antenna connections of the transmitting and receiving units are connected to a common antenna via a coupler. The signals of all transmission channels are emitted and received via the common antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2019Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicant: Conductix-Wampfler GmbHInventors: Nicholas WINTER, Michael ECKLE, Bernd MAIER
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Publication number: 20220105971Abstract: In a communications system for communication between a vehicle guided along a predefined movement path and a stationary station using a slotted waveguide which extends parallel to the movement path of the vehicle and into which at least one antenna connected to a transceiver unit of the stationary station and at least one antenna of the vehicle project, wherein the antenna of the vehicle is moved in the longitudinal direction of the slotted waveguide with a movement of the vehicle, a switching device is arranged between the antenna of the vehicle and a transceiver unit of the vehicle, by means of which the antenna can be selectively connected to the transceiver unit of the vehicle either directly or via at least one interconnected attenuation element. The switching device can be actuated by the control device of the vehicle according to the power of a received signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2019Publication date: April 7, 2022Applicant: Conductix-Wampfler GmbHInventor: Nicholas WINTER
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Publication number: 20210394619Abstract: A current collector has a sliding contact for making electrical contact with a conductor profile of a conductor line and an antenna for insertion into a longitudinal slot, running in a longitudinal direction of the conductor line. The sliding contact and the antenna can be moved jointly towards the conductor profile in a feed direction by a feed device of the current collector. A conductor line has a conductor profile running in a longitudinal direction, having an elongate cavity and a longitudinal slot adjoining the cavity and running in the longitudinal direction. The conductor profile has at least one sliding contact groove for the sliding contact of the current collector. The antenna is mounted on the current collector so as to be moveable with respect to the sliding contact in the feed direction, and the conductor profile has at least one spacer slide surface running in the longitudinal direction, for a spacer slide of the current collector.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2019Publication date: December 23, 2021Applicant: Conductix-Wampfler GmbHInventors: Niklas Endler, Bernd Maier, Nicholas Winter
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Publication number: 20200036258Abstract: A device and method for detection of wear of a sliding contact which may be displaced along a brushgear, includes a sensor and a measurement indicator designed for detection by the sensor. The sensor and the measurement indicator approach or move away from each other by a shortening of the sliding contact caused by wear, and a brushgear system. The problem of enabling simple, reliable detection of the practically complete wear of the sliding contact is addressed by the sensor being designed for contactless and/or contacting detection of the measurement indicator, and by means of a brushgear system having a device of this kind, and also a method of this kind in which the sensor detects the measurement indicator becoming closer to the sensor contactlessly and/or contactingly and, when a threshold value for a predetermined wear of the sliding contact is exceeded, issues a warning signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2018Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: Conductix-Wampfler GmbHInventors: Niklas ENDLER, Moritz HAGIN, Nicholas WINTER
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Publication number: 20190316647Abstract: A stop buffer for absorbing kinetic energy in a collision between two objects, includes a first spring body made of an elastic material. The first spring body is connected to a carrier body, and includes at least one electrical sensor, which has a triggering element that can be mechanically actuated. The sensor outputs a signal when the triggering element is actuated. The sensor is arranged relative to the carrier body in such a way that the triggering element is actuated by a distance of the first spring body from the carrier body, or an actuation mechanism is provided, by which the triggering element of the sensor is actuated by a force acting on the carrier body in a collision when the force exceeds a predefined magnitude that indicates a failure of the first spring body because of wear or, if the first spring body is intact, indicates excessive collision energy.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2017Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: Conductix-Wampfler GmbHInventors: Niklas ENDLER, Bernd MAIER, Nicholas WINTER