Patents by Inventor Ralf Becker

Ralf Becker 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: 9248433
    Abstract: A composition that comprises a titanium compound, an iron compound, and a tungsten compound, wherein the titanium compound has a microcrystalline anatase structure and/or is obtained in the production of TiO2 according to the sulphate process, during hydrolysis of a solution which contains titanyl sulphate, and also in that the composition has a vanadium content, calculated as V, of less than 0.15 wt. % in relation to the solids content of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Sachtleben Pigment GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Becker, Gerhard Auer, Frank Hipler, Nicole Galbarczyk, Kai-Sven Lange, Horst Günnel, Uwe Dörschug
  • Patent number: 9169110
    Abstract: A method for determining the probability a handling truck tipping over includes determining a respective normal force acting in the z direction for at least two of at least three wheels of the handling truck. At least two normal forces are compared and the probability of the tipping of the handling truck is determined on the basis of the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Gerdes, Stefan Otterbein, Ralf Becker, Christian Schmidt, Martin Gustmann
  • Patent number: 9028107
    Abstract: A lamp has an LED, a base, and a reflector. The base is rigidly connected to the LED and has a base contact surface. The reflector, which can be connected to the base, has a reflector contact surface, an entry opening, an exit opening, and a longitudinal direction (L) that runs from the exit opening to the entry opening. The reflector contact surface is arranged in the longitudinal direction (L) between the entry opening and the exit opening, and the base contact surface abuts the reflector contact surface. Thus, movement of the base and/or reflector towards each other is prevented when the reflector is connected to the base. The reflector is formed in such a way that a projection of the reflector contact surface in the longitudinal direction (L) of the reflector is free of undercuts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Auer Lighting GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Becker, Markus Hoffmann
  • Publication number: 20150061205
    Abstract: Gripping device (10) with a housing (12) and with at least one jaw (14, 16) in the housing (12), which can be moved along a travel direction (17), characterized in that the jaw (14, 16) has a piston section (22) that limits a pressure space (28, 30) provided in the housing (12), and that the jaw (14, 16) has an end section (18) with a circular cross-section, which reaches through the housing, wherein the end section (18) is disposed eccentrically with respect to the piston section (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventor: Ralf Becker
  • Patent number: 8931926
    Abstract: A reflector luminaire with a light-emitting means and a reflector, which reflects light from the light-emitting means which is incident on said reflector in a predetermined emission direction and which has a rim (2) which points towards the emission direction makes it possible to perform particular lighting tasks, for example the uniform illumination of a rectangular illumination area by virtue of the fact that the reflector comprises a plurality of differently designed segments (7), which are calculated individually with respect to the light-emitting means for defined illumination of a predetermined area, and by the fact that the segments (7) are joined to one another by transition sections (8), by means of which the predetermined reflecting total surface area of the segments (7) is reduced by less than ¼.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Auer Lighting GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Becker, Harry Wagener, Marc C. Hubner
  • Publication number: 20140347016
    Abstract: A method for controlling an energy storage system. The same battery system shall support multiple services at the same time. During a planning phase, the multiple services to be provided are determined, based on the market situation and the capabilities of the energy storage system, and prioritized according to predefined criteria. During an operation phase, the power and energy status of the energy storage system is periodically monitored, and compared against the power and energy demands of the multiple services, in order to determine whether at each time instance, the multiple services can indeed be supported at the same time. In case power and/or energy limits are exceeded by the multiple services, at least one service is interrupted to allow the operation of the energy storage system to be within power/energy limits again. The interrupted service(s) is resumed when the power/energy limits are met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Ralf Becker, Marc Neubert, Paul James
  • Publication number: 20140155256
    Abstract: A composition that comprises a titanium compound, an iron compound, and a tungsten compound, wherein the titanium compound has a microcrystalline anatase structure and/or is obtained in the production of TiO2 according to the sulphate process, during hydrolysis of a solution which contains titanyl sulphate, and also in that the composition has a vanadium content, calculated as V, of less than 0.15 wt. % in relation to the solids content of the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: SACHTLEBEN PIGMENT GMBH
    Inventors: Ralf Becker, Gerhard Auer, Frank Hipler, Nicole Galbarczyk, Kai-Sven Lange, Horst Günnel, Uwe Dörschug
  • Patent number: 8576763
    Abstract: The invention relates to group communication services, i.e. communication services involving two or more users (or service participants). The invention provides a method for distributing multicast data of a multicast service to different domains and a method for distributing multicast data to service participants in a domain. Further, the invention relates to a control node and system implementing the respective methods. To improve resource utilization when providing a multicast service, including inter alia PoC services, to service participants the invention provides mechanisms to avoid unnecessary multiplication of multicast data in the distribution tree for multicast services with service participants of different domains. For this purpose the controlling node that is initiating the multicast service upon request determined to which domains the multicast data is to be provided and only forwards the multicast data on a per-domain basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Osvaldo Gonsa, Ralf Becker, Rolf Hakenberg, Jose Luis Rey
  • Publication number: 20130258674
    Abstract: A lamp has an LED, a base, and a reflector. The base is rigidly connected to the LED and has a base contact surface. The reflector, which can be connected to the base, has a reflector contact surface, an entry opening, an exit opening, and a longitudinal direction (L) that runs from the exit opening to the entry opening. The reflector contact surface is arranged in the longitudinal direction (L) between the entry opening and the exit opening, and the base contact surface abuts the reflector contact surface. Thus, movement of the base and/or reflector towards each other is prevented when the reflector is connected to the base. The reflector is formed in such a way that a projection of the reflector contact surface in the longitudinal direction (L) of the reflector is free of undercuts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Auer Light GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Becker, Markus Hoffmann
  • Publication number: 20130211679
    Abstract: A method for determining the probability a handling truck tipping over includes determining a respective normal force acting in the z direction for at least two of at least three wheels of the handling truck. At least two normal forces are compared and the probability of the tipping of the handling truck is determined on the basis of the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Gerdes, Stefan Otterbein, Ralf Becker, Christian Schmidt, Martin Gustmann
  • Patent number: 8478327
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling feedback of mobile terminals receiving via an air interface of a mobile communication system a multicast or broadcast service transmitted or forwarded by a feedback control entity and to a mobile terminal, the feedback control entity using this method. Further, a system comprising a feedback control entity and a mobile terminal receiving a multicast or broadcast service is provided. To enable configurable and adaptive feedback for multicast or broadcast services provided via an air interface maintaining the end-to-end session concept the invention suggests selecting a subset of the mobile terminals of the mobile communication system and which receive the multicast or broadcast service for providing feedback to a feedback control entity. In one embodiment of the invention the terminals may decide whether to provide feedback based on a probabilistic experiment performed based on parameters determined and provided by the feedback control entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Jose Rey, Ivica Rimac, Rolf Hakenberg, Ralf Becker
  • Patent number: 8472377
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for distributing control signaling for session control of a multicast or broadcast service within a mobile communication network. Furthermore the invention also provides a base station, mobile terminal and communication system to perform the proposed method. In order to reduce the number of signaling connections for the service, the invention proposes to avoid the initial distribution of session control signaling in the entire mobile communications network or service area. Rather than providing service related control signaling connections upon session start, the control signaling connections are set up in response to service requests of the mobile terminals requesting the service. According to one further aspect, the mobile terminals send the service requests based on service announcements available at the mobile terminals, i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Ralf Becker, Osvaldo Gonsa, Akito Fukui, Takeshi Kanazawa
  • Patent number: 8416744
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and network control node for detecting the point of attachment of mobile terminals moving within a mobile communication network in idle mode, wherein the mobile communication system can be logically divided into plural tracking areas to which the mobile terminals register. Further, the invention relates to a method for enabling management of mobile terminals in idle mode receiving a service within such mobile communication system. Moreover, the invention relates to a method and mobile terminal for updating the mobile terminal's tracking area registration in a mobile communication system being logically divided into plural tracking areas, wherein mobile terminal is in idle mode and is registered to plural tracking areas simultaneously. The invention suggests different mechanism how to detect terminals registering to plural tracking area, how to verify their current location in the network and how to use these information, for example for resource management.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Ralf Becker, Osvaldo Gonsa
  • Patent number: 8406765
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for efficiently providing a bidirectional multicast service (e.g. IMS) to a user equipment (105), located in a radio cell, controlled by a control entity (104). For the downlink data of the bidirectional service a downlink multicast service (e.g. MBMS) is utilized. In case the control entity (e.g. RNC) decides for a point-to-point radio link to the UE, the bidirectional service is notified and system resources, established for the bidirectional service are utilized for providing the bidirectional service downlink data. This includes radio resources in the radio access network and may include connections in the core network. Optionally, the downlink multicast service may be de-activated for the specific mobile terminal, but the system resources already established may be maintained. The invention further relates to a network entity in the CN or in the RAN for configuring system resources and for forwarding the multicast service data to the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Osvaldo Gonsa, Ralf Becker, Rolf Hakenberg, Jose Luis Rey
  • Patent number: 8355353
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for efficiently setting up a bidirectional multicast service in a mobile communication system. The bidirectional service is provided to a user equipment located in a radio cell controlled by a control entity. For the downlink data of the bidirectional service a downlink multicast service framework is utilized. In case the control entity decides for a point-to-point radio link to the UE, the system resources of the downlink framework are configured so as to re-use the configured system resources of the bidirectional service. This includes radio resources in the radio access network and may include tunnels in the core network. The invention further relates to a network entity in the CN or in the RAN for configuring system resources and for forwarding the multicast service data to the UE. The invention also relates to a mobile terminal for receiving the bidirectional multicast service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Osvaldo Gonsa, Ralf Becker, Rolf Hakenberg, Jose Luis Rey
  • Patent number: 8249018
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for managing the mobility of a mobile terminal, while receiving a service via an access node of a mobile communication network. The mobile communication network has overlapping pool areas, while the access node is assigned to at least two pool areas simultaneously. After the UE changes to the access node of the overlapping area, it is proposed that the mobility management entity serving the UE arbitrarily selects a prospect user plane entity for transporting service data into the next pool areas, and requests from the service provider information about UPEs handling this service. After the actual attachment to an access node within the new pool area, the handover is finalized by changing the UPE from the old one to the selected UPE in the new pool area. Thereby, the data path from the service provider to the UE is constantly being optimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Osvaldo Gonsa, Ralf Becker
  • Publication number: 20120159423
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, an add-on software package for an enterprise platform as a service product may be received from a partner. The add-on software package may be developed at a multi-tenant development system associated with the enterprise platform as a service product. The multi-tenant development system may, for example, store a plurality of development add-on software packages from a plurality of partners. An indication associated with the add-on software package and a first tenant may be received, and, responsive to the received indication, a development add-on software package may be switched on for the first tenant (and not switched on for a second tenant).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Ralf Becker, Thomas Schneider
  • Patent number: 8165054
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for establishing a user plane between a user plane entity and different access nodes assigned to different pool areas simultaneously for multicast or broadcast service provision. The method includes receiving at a respective access node assigned to the different pool areas simultaneously plural session start messages indicating different user plane entities of the different pool areas, selecting by the respective access node one user plane entity out of the indicated user plane entities indicated in the session start messages based on a selection rule common to all access nodes assigned to the different pool areas simultaneously, the selection rule ensuring that the access nodes assigned to different pool areas simultaneously select the same user plane entity out of one of the different pool areas, and establishing by the access nodes a respective user plane to the same selected user plane entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Ralf Becker, Osvaldo Gonsa
  • Publication number: 20120047079
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including systems and computer program products, for a services architecture design that provides enterprise services having foundation layer functionality at the level of an enterprise application. The design includes a set of service operations, process components, and optionally deployment units. Suitable business objects are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventors: Thomas Biesemann, Dieter Krisch, Volker Schott, Michael Meyringer, Otfried Von Geisau, Martin Haerterich, Ralf Becker, Ingo Bruss, Horst Schaude, Silke Storch, Klaus Bahr, Volker Faisst, Ralph Moessner, Vsevolod Barabanov, Andreas Kasparek, Jens Griessmann, Hendrik Geipel, Frank Lindqvist, Oliver Grande, Ute Dittmann, Ricardo Padilha, Martin Walla, Joachim Puteick, Daniel Zimmermann, Thomas Schneider, Tilmann Haeberle, Gerald Krause, Karl-Peter Nos, Peter Schwarze, Daniel Maring, Yongbin He, Martina Lahr, Ingo Pfitzner, Shadab Shafio, Christian Haas, Olaf Schulte, Christoph Lehner, Dietmar Storz, Joachim Barnbeck, Bernhard May, Andrea Sudbrack, Michael Wachter, Thomas Kretz, Monika Kaiser, Andreas Steiner, Gurmeet Singh Dhingra, Andreas Huppert, Ashwin Reddy Yeddula, Keshav B. Desai, Tobias Traxel, Kranthi Kumar Muppala, Muttanna Sarashetti, Kritesh Vasing, Kai-Uwe Pielka, Raja Krishnamoorthy, Jyotsna Sharma, Mohit V. Gadkari, Mukesh Kumar, Toralf Grossmann, Andreas Neumann, Fabian Guenther, Jens Ruths, Matthias Richter, Walter Koller, Philipp Suenderhauf
  • Publication number: 20120030050
    Abstract: An electronic notification device (100) is provided which is capable of presenting, to a user, content which the user wishes to view, from a large number of pieces of content without the need for a large number of user operations. An electronic notification device (100) notifies a user whether content is available via a network, and includes a content availability checking unit (110) which obtains content availability information indicating one or more pieces of content available via the network; a specifying unit (120) which specifies one or more pieces of specific content in which a user's interest level is determined as having increased, by determining whether or not the user's interest level in the content has increased; and a notification unit (130) which notifies the user of specific content information indicating the one or more pieces of specific content specified by the specifying unit (120) among the one or more pieces of content indicated in the content availability information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Jose Luis Rey, Ralf Becker, Martin Schlockermann, Toshihisa Nakano, Toru Kawaguchi