Patents by Inventor Patrick Christian
Patrick Christian 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: 20240080948Abstract: An inductive heating arrangement to heat an aerosol-forming substrate is provided, including: a DC power source and power supply electronics including a DC/AC inverter connected to the power source, the inverter including a resonant switching power amplifier with a transistor switch, a transistor switch driver circuit associated with the switch and an LC load network including a capacitor and an inductor to generate an alternating magnetic field, the driver circuit including a tunable oscillator to output a switching signal to the switch having a tunable switching frequency; a current sensor to determine a DC supply current drawn from the power source; and a controller to receive a current signal from the sensor indicative of the supply current and to tune the frequency of the switching signal in response to the received current signal in order to tune the supply current to be in a predetermined range.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2022Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Jerome Christian COURBAT, Oleg MIRONOV, Enrico STURA, Patrick Philippe MONNEY
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Publication number: 20230398262Abstract: The present invention relates to the medical use of a zwitterionic antifouling hydrogel. The hydrogel may be used in prevention of and protection against inflammation of tissue or in stabilization of a tissue implant.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2023Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: ETH ZURICHInventors: Maryam Asadikorayem, Marcy Zenobi-Wong, Patrick Christian Weber, Frantisek Surman
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Patent number: 11772778Abstract: The invention describes a system for controlling the cyclic setting of blades (1) of a turbine engine propeller, the blades (1) being arranged in a plane normal to the axis of rotation (r) of the propeller, the system comprising: —a plate assembly (40) that can be tilted relative to the normal plane (P), —an articulation system (50) articulating the plate assembly (40) relative to the blades (1) such that tilting the plate assembly (40) modifies the setting of the blades (1), —a force sensor (5) designed to measure a force applied in the normal plane (P) by an air flow at the inlet of the propeller blades (1), —a cylinder (60) suitable for tilting the plate assembly (40) in response to a force measured by the force sensor (5).Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2020Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Tewfik Boudebiza, Julien Michel Patrick Christian Austruy, Gilles Alain Marie Charier, Cedrik Djelassi
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Patent number: 11713030Abstract: A control apparatus/method for operating an electromechanical brake booster of a vehicle braking system, including: applying control to an electromechanical brake booster motor in consideration at least of a braking definition signal regarding a braking input of a driver and/or automatic speed control system of the vehicle (ACC); specifying, in consideration at least of the braking definition signal, a target motor force of the electromechanical brake booster motor or a target brake application force of the electromechanical brake booster into a brake master cylinder, downstream from the electromechanical brake booster, of the braking system; and applying control to the electromechanical brake booster motor in consideration of a force difference between the specified target motor force and an estimated/measured actual motor force of the motor, or between the specified target brake application force and an estimated/measured actual brake application force of the electromechanical brake booster into the downstrType: GrantFiled: November 30, 2017Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Herbert Vollert, Christian Binder, Manfred Gerdes, Oliver Fuchs, Patrick Christian Schaefer
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Publication number: 20220371721Abstract: The invention describes a system for controlling the cyclic setting of blades (1) of a turbine engine propeller, the blades (1) being arranged in a plane normal to the axis of rotation (r) of the propeller, the system comprising: —a plate assembly (40) that can be tilted relative to the normal plane (P), —an articulation system (50) articulating the plate assembly (40) relative to the blades (1) such that tilting the plate assembly (40) modifies the setting of the blades (1), —a force sensor (5) designed to measure a force applied in the normal plane (P) by an air flow at the inlet of the propeller blades (1), —a cylinder (60) suitable for tilting the plate assembly (40) in response to a force measured by the force sensor (5).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2020Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINESInventors: Tewfik BOUDEBIZA, Julien Michel Patrick Christian AUSTRUY, Gilles Alain Marie CHARIER, Cedrik DJELASSI
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Publication number: 20220211154Abstract: A wallet kit for a mobile electronic device or a mobile electronic device case. The wallet kit includes a wallet with a housing defined by walls of the housing. A wallet pocket configured to hold a card is formed by the walls. A wallet opening is formed in one of the walls and is configured to accept insertion of the card into the wallet pocket. An elastomeric bumper is arranged inside the wallet pocket.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2022Publication date: July 7, 2022Applicant: Speculative Product Design, LLCInventors: Darrick Albert Del Moral, Bryan Lee Hynecek, Eric Lo, Patrick Christian, Christopher William Ledesma
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Patent number: 11358575Abstract: A control device and a method for operating an electromechanical brake booster of a brake system configured to execute anti-lock control actions, including the steps: determining a setpoint variable regarding a setpoint brake pressure to be produced by the electromechanical brake booster, in view of at least a differential travel; and controlling the electromechanical brake booster in view of the determined setpoint variable; at least during an anti-lock control action carried out in the brake system, it being ascertained if the differential travel lies outside of a specified normal value range, and in some instances, the additional steps being executed: determining a correction variable for the setpoint variable in view of at least a difference between the determined setpoint variable and an actual variable regarding an actual pressure present in at least part of the volume of the brake system, and controlling the electromechanical brake booster in additional view of the determined correction variable.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2017Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Manfred Gerdes, Patrick Christian Schaefer
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Patent number: 11311087Abstract: A wallet kit for a mobile electronic device or a mobile electronic device case. The wallet kit includes a wallet with a housing defined by walls of the housing. A wallet pocket configured to hold a card is formed by the walls. A wallet opening is formed in one of the walls and is configured to accept insertion of the card into the wallet pocket. An elastomeric bumper is arranged inside the wallet pocket.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2019Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: Speculative Product Design, LLCInventors: Darrick Del Moral, Bryan Lee Hynecek, Eric Lo, Patrick Christian, Christopher William Ledesma
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Patent number: 11127217Abstract: A method, system, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for providing a shared vehicle experience between a user located in a remote location and one or more occupants of a vehicle. A device associated with the user receives an exterior video stream corresponding to an exterior environment of the vehicle, along with occupant information comprising location of the one or more occupants in the vehicle. Based on the occupant information, a first augmented video stream is generated. The first augmented video stream comprises one or more dynamic avatars representing each of the occupants of the vehicle, and shows the exterior environment of the vehicle from a perspective of a virtual passenger of the vehicle. The first augmented video stream is displayed to the user to provide the user with an experience of being in the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Inventors: David Saul Hermina Martinez, Eugenia Yi Jen Leu, Delbert Bramlett Boone, II, Mohamed Amr Mohamed Nader Abuelfoutouh, Christopher Steven Nowakowski, Jean-Patrick Christian Marie Favier, Félix Louis Jean Marquette, Julie Marie Hardouin Arouna, Siav-Kuong Kuoch
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Patent number: 11107281Abstract: A method, system, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for providing a shared vehicle experience. The method includes capturing an exterior video stream that depicts an exterior environment of a vehicle, and receiving remote user information indicating a bodily movement of a remote user. The method further includes generating and displaying an augmented video stream comprising a dynamic avatar representing the remote user as a virtual passenger, the dynamic avatar being updated based on the remote user information while the augmented video stream is being displayed in the vehicle. At least a portion of the exterior video stream and occupant information are sent to a computer device that causes, based on the at least a portion of the exterior video stream and the occupant information, a display device of the remote user to output an additional augmented video stream that provides the remote user with an experience of being in the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2018Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Inventors: David Saul Hermina Martinez, Eugenia Yi Jen Leu, Delbert Bramlett Boone, II, Mohamed Amr Mohamed Nader Abuelfoutouh, Christopher Steven Nowakowski, Jean-Patrick Christian Marie Favier, Félix Louis Jean Marquette, Julie Marie Hardouin Arouna, Siav-Kuong Kuoch
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Publication number: 20210129819Abstract: A control apparatus/method for operating an electromechanical brake booster of a vehicle braking system, including: applying control to an electromechanical brake booster motor in consideration at least of a braking definition signal regarding a braking input of a driver and/or automatic speed control system of the vehicle (ACC); specifying, in consideration at least of the braking definition signal, a target motor force of the electromechanical brake booster motor or a target brake application force of the electromechanical brake booster into a brake master cylinder, downstream from the electromechanical brake booster, of the braking system; and applying control to the electromechanical brake booster motor in consideration of a force difference between the specified target motor force and an estimated/measured actual motor force of the motor, or between the specified target brake application force and an estimated/measured actual brake application force of the electromechanical brake booster into the downstrType: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2017Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventors: Herbert Vollert, Christian Binder, Manfred Gerdes, Oliver Fuchs, Patrick Christian Schaefer
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Publication number: 20210031740Abstract: System (195) and method (300) for providing an extra torque from a motor (110) to a brake pedal (115). The system comprises a brake pedal (115) having an input rod; a motor (110); a sensor (125); and an electronic controller (130) configured to receive a velocity of the input rod of the brake pedal (115) from the sensor (125), determine a torque ratio based on the velocity, determine a differential stroke of the brake pedal (115), determine a torque offset based on the differential stroke, determine an extra torque based on the torque ratio and the torque offset, and control the motor (110) to apply the extra torque to the brake pedal (115).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2019Publication date: February 4, 2021Inventors: Patrick Christian Schaefer, James Zhu, Hind Harkati, Benoit Herve, Karsten Bieltz
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Publication number: 20200214410Abstract: A wallet kit including a wallet with a housing that has a front wallet wall, a rear wallet wall opposite to the front wallet wall, an upper wallet wall, a lower wallet wall opposite to the upper wallet wall, a first wallet side wall between the upper wallet wall and the lower wallet wall, and a second wallet side wall, opposite to the first wallet side wall and between the upper wallet wall and the lower wallet wall. A wallet pocket configured to hold a card is formed by the front wallet wall, the rear wallet wall, the upper wallet wall, the lower wallet wall, and the second wallet side wall. A first wallet opening is formed in the first wallet side wall, and is configured to accept insertion of the card into the wallet pocket. An elastomeric wheel is arranged inside the wallet pocket.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2019Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicant: Samsonite IP Holdings S.àr.l.Inventors: Darrick Del Moral, Bryan Hynecek, Eric Lo, Patrick Christian, Christopher William Ledesma
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Publication number: 20200214411Abstract: A wallet kit for a mobile electronic device or a mobile electronic device case. The wallet kit includes a wallet with a housing defined by walls of the housing. A wallet pocket configured to hold a card is formed by the walls. A wallet opening is formed in one of the walls and is configured to accept insertion of the card into the wallet pocket. An elastomeric bumper is arranged inside the wallet pocket.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2019Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicant: Samsonite IP Holdings S.àr.l.Inventors: Darrick Del Moral, Bryan Lee Hynecek, Eric Lo, Patrick Christian, Christopher William Ledesma
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Patent number: 10672078Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems for applying models to score insurance data are disclosed. In one aspect, a system comprising a master node, a plurality of nodes in at least one cluster connected to the master node, and one or more computing devices connected to the master node is disclosed, where the master node is configured to distribute, using a HIVE module, an insurance scoring script and a predictive model to each of the plurality of nodes. The master node may call a function of the HIVE module to instruct each of the plurality of nodes to execute the insurance scoring script to generate scored results, wherein the scored results are written into a results table, and wherein the scored results comprise insurance scores for a plurality of customers.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2014Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: Allstate Insurance CompanyInventor: Patrick Christian Tagny Diesse
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Patent number: 10661765Abstract: A control device for a controllable brake booster of a braking system is configured to: establish a setpoint variable regarding a setpoint operation to be carried out with the aid of the controllable brake booster, under consideration of a provided specified variable regarding a setpoint pressure to be set in a partial volume of the braking system; establish a setpoint difference of the setpoint variable, under consideration of the specified variable and an actual variable regarding an actual pressure present in a subarea of the braking system, to establish a corrected setpoint variable taking the established setpoint difference into consideration; and output a control signal which corresponds to the established corrected setpoint variable to the controllable brake booster and/or to the power supply component of the controllable brake booster.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2014Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Michael Butz, Manfred Gerdes, Patrick Christian Schaefer
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Publication number: 20200066055Abstract: A method, system, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for providing a shared vehicle experience between a user located in a remote location and one or more occupants of a vehicle. A device associated with the user receives an exterior video stream corresponding to an exterior environment of the vehicle, along with occupant information comprising location of the one or more occupants in the vehicle. Based on the occupant information, a first augmented video stream is generated. The first augmented video stream comprises one or more dynamic avatars representing each of the occupants of the vehicle, and shows the exterior environment of the vehicle from a perspective of a virtual passenger of the vehicle. The first augmented video stream is displayed to the user to provide the user with an experience of being in the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2019Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventors: David Saul HERMINA MARTINEZ, Eugenia Yi Jen LEU, Delbert Bramlett BOONE, II, Mohamed Amr Mohamed Nader ABUELFOUTOUH, Christopher Steven NOWAKOWSKI, Jean-Patrick Christian Marie FAVIER, Félix Louis Jean MARQUETTE, Julie Marie HARDOUIN AROUNA, Siav-Kuong KUOCH
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Patent number: D940122Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2018Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Speculative Product Design, LLCInventors: Minna Chong, Patrick Christian, Bryan Lee Hynecek, Ben Walker Hunt, Darrick Del Moral
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Patent number: D976582Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2019Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Speculative Product Design, LLCInventors: Darrick Del Moral, Bryan Hynecek, Eric Lo, Patrick Christian, Christopher William Ledesma
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Patent number: D1003883Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2019Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Speculative Product Design, LLCInventors: Darrick Del Moral, Bryan Lee Hynecek, Eric Lo, Patrick Christian, Christopher William Ledesma