Patents by Inventor Ralf Schumacher
Ralf Schumacher 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: 11991861Abstract: A controller for an industrial automation system includes a main module having a housing, which can be fitted onto a DIN rail via a base, at least two printed circuit boards arranged in the housing, and a heat sink also arranged in the housing and connected with the base. One of the circuit boards is a backplane bus printed circuit board, which provides a backplane bus, and the other is a main printed circuit board. The heat sink is attached to at least one of the printed circuit board to cool its components.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2020Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: WEIDMÜLLER INTERFACE GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Ingo Gurlt, Tobias Klug, Michael Schnatwinkel, Ralf Schumacher, Michael Kroner, Klaus Püschner, Marc Strünkmann
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Patent number: 11916345Abstract: A connection terminal for connecting a conductor is formed as a direct plug-in terminal and includes a clamping spring arranged in a housing. The clamping spring includes a resilient clamping leg which can move into an open and locking position by pressing down an actuating device. The housing contains a conductor insertion channel for insertion of the conductor into a clamping point between the free end of the clamping leg and a busbar. The actuating device includes a pressing element and a pivoting element which interacts with the pressing element at least when the clamping point is being opened. At least one release device is provided for releasing the locking state of the clamping leg of the clamping spring. The release device is designed in such a way that the locking position can be released again by the action of the conductor on the release device when it is inserted, wherein the pivoting element acts on the pressing element and the pressing element acts on the clamping leg.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Marc Böcker, Ralf Schumacher, Karlo Stjepanovic, Walter Hanning, Till Schmitz, Stefan Aporius, Jens Oesterhaus
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Patent number: 11817642Abstract: A modular plug connector in a strip-shaped design can be plugged together with a corresponding mating plug connector such as a printed circuit board plug connector. The modular plug connector has a plurality of plug connector modules which are arranged alongside one another and are connected mechanically to one another using mechanical connectors to form the strip shape. The plug connector modules each have a module housing, at least one plugging surface with at least one plugging contact and preferably at least one conductor or solder terminal for connection to a printed circuit board. The plug connector has at least two plug connector modules of different designs and an adapter plug connector module is provided therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Marc Böcker, Ralf Schumacher, Peter Stuckmann, Till Schmitz, Jens Oesterhaus, Jörg Münstermann, Holger Wehmeier, Volker Schröder
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Publication number: 20230268680Abstract: A connector device for connecting at least one electrical conductor to at least one electrically conducting contact face of a circuit board includes a housing, at least one first connection unit and at least one second connection unit. The connector device has a SMD-capable contact geometry. The SMD-capable contact geometry has at least one first circuit board contact and at least one second circuit board contact with one spring arm having a respective contact projection.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Inventors: Ralf SCHUMACHER, Torsten DIEKMANN, Christopher SMITH, Matthias NIGGEMANN, Jens OESTERHAUS
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Publication number: 20230227564Abstract: The invention provides an antibody comprising human IgG1 or IgG3 heavy chain constant domains that are glycosylated with a sugar chain at Asn297, said antibody being characterized in that the amount of fucose within said sugar chain is at least 99%, and in addition the amount of NGNA is 1% or less and/or the amount of N-terminal alpha 1,3 galactose is 1% or less, and uses thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Silke Hansen, Klaus-Peter Kuenkele, Dietmar Reusch, Ralf Schumacher
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Patent number: 11673958Abstract: The invention provides an antibody comprising human IgG1 or IgG3 heavy chain constant domains that are glycosylated with a sugar chain at Asn297, said antibody being characterized in that the amount of fucose within said sugar chain is at least 99%, and in addition the amount of NGNA is 1% or less and/or the amount of N-terminal alpha 1,3 galactose is 1% or less, and uses thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2014Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Silke Hansen, Klaus-Peter Kuenkele, Dietmar Reusch, Ralf Schumacher
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Publication number: 20230028041Abstract: A method for a workpiece comprising a material composed of a base material and an additive is disclosed, the method including spreading a granular material in superimposed layers. The granular material contains the base material and an organic binder. An ink contains a solvent for dissolving the binder, and a suspension of the additive. Using the ink, patterns are printed onto individual layers. The ink dissolves the binder in the region of the patterns, and introduces the additive in the region of the patterns. The patterns in the layers together produce a three-dimensional shape of the workpiece. The solvent is expelled so that the granular material is connected by the binder and the additive is fixed. Granular material unwetted by the solvent is removed to reveal the green compact of the workpiece. The green compact is thermally treated to convert the base material and the additive into the material.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2021Publication date: January 26, 2023Inventors: Miriam MARXER, Maria ZIVCEC, Maurizio Rosario GULLO, Federico DALCANALE, Ralf SCHUMACHER, Efrain CARREÑO-MORELLI, Mikel RODRÍGUEZ-ARBAIZAR
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Publication number: 20220409093Abstract: The invention relates to a system and a method for detecting a surface shape of a human or animal body surface. A plurality of magnetic field sensors (2) arranged relative to one another in a sensor field (1) is placed on a plurality of surface regions of the body surface. A magnetic field generator (7) generates a magnetic field in the vicinity of the sensor field, so that a plurality of surface signals belonging to the surface regions are generated by using the magnetic field sensors (2). The surface signals serve as position signals with regard to the orientation and position of the magnetic field sensors in the magnetic field, so that the surface shape of the body surface is determined from the plurality of position signals of the magnetic field sensors (2) by using a signal processing unit (5).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2020Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: Thomas Ruepp, Joris Pascal, Ralf Schumacher
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Publication number: 20220368049Abstract: A connecting element for mounting an electrical circuit board to an electrical flat conductor, in particular a busbar, has a flat or substantially flat mounting surface for applying and mounting the connecting element to the circuit board, and a tulip contact for receiving the flat conductor in an electrically contacting manner. The tulip contact includes at least one clamping element and a support element, between which a receptacle for the flat conductor is provided, and wherein the tulip contact preferably extends at a mounting angle greater than 45° and less than 135° with respect to the mounting surface. An electrical circuit board having such a contact element, a terminal block having such an electrical circuit board, and a method for automated mounting of such a terminal block are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Inventors: Gerald BUSCH, Peter STUCKMANN, Ralf SCHUMACHER, Kurt HERMANNS, Thomas WIELSCH
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Publication number: 20220320759Abstract: A connection terminal for connecting a conductor is formed as a direct plug-in terminal and includes a clamping spring arranged in a housing. The clamping spring includes a resilient clamping leg which can move into an open and locking position by pressing down an actuating device. The housing contains a conductor insertion channel for insertion of the conductor into a clamping point between the free end of the clamping leg and a busbar. The actuating device includes a pressing element and a pivoting element which interacts with the pressing element at least when the clamping point is being opened. At least one release device is provided for releasing the locking state of the clamping leg of the clamping spring. The release device is designed in such a way that the locking position can be released again by the action of the conductor on the release device when it is inserted, wherein the pivoting element acts on the pressing element and the pressing element acts on the clamping leg.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2020Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Marc BÖCKER, Ralf SCHUMACHER, Karlo STJEPANOVIC, Walter HANNING, Till SCHMITZ, Stefan APORIUS, Jens OESTERHAUS
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Publication number: 20220256731Abstract: Controller for an industrial automation system, having a main module (1) with a housing, which can be fitted onto a DIN rail by means of a base (10), and with at least two printed circuit boards (20) which can be arranged in the housing, one of these printed circuit boards (20) being a backplane bus printed circuit board (21) and one being a main printed circuit board (23), wherein the main printed circuit board (23) is assigned a heat sink (50) for the cooling of components and wherein the backplane bus printed circuit board (21) provides a backplane bus, wherein the heat sink (50) is arranged in the housing, is attached to the base (10) and supports at least one of the printed circuit boards (20).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2020Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Ingo GURLT, Tobias KLUG, Michael SCHNATWINKEL, Ralf SCHUMACHER, Michael KRONER, Klaus PÜSCHNER, Marc STRÜNKMANN
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Publication number: 20220077624Abstract: A terminal strip is formed as a printed circuit board plug connector and has a strip-like housing composed of a plurality of terminal housings which are arranged alongside one another in an arranging direction X. The housings are mechanically connected to one another. The terminal housings each have a plugging face side on which they have at least one first plugging contact which can be plugged together with a corresponding plugging contact of a corresponding plug connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventors: Marc BÖCKER, Ralf SCHUMACHER, Peter STUCKMANN, Till SCHMITZ, Jens OESTERHAUS, Jörg MÜNSTERMANN, Holger WEHMEIER, Volker SCHRÖDER, Klaus PÜSCHNER
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Publication number: 20220077607Abstract: A modular plug connector in a strip-shaped design can be plugged together with a corresponding mating plug connector such as a printed circuit board plug connector. The modular plug connector has a plurality of plug connector modules which are arranged alongside one another and are connected mechanically to one another using mechanical connectors to form the strip shape. The plug connector modules each have a module housing, at least one plugging surface with at least one plugging contact and preferably at least one conductor or solder terminal for connection to a printed circuit board. The plug connector has at least two plug connector modules of different designs and an adapter plug connector module is provided therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventors: Marc BÖCKER, Ralf SCHUMACHER, Peter STUCKMANN, Till SCHMITZ, Jens OESTERHAUS, Jörg MÜNSTERMANN, Holger WEHMEIER, Volker SCHRÖDER
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Patent number: 10971847Abstract: A disconnect terminal includes an enclosure, a first conductor rail, a second conductor rail, a switching device, and an actuation device. The switching device can be switched by the actuation device from a connecting position, in which the first conductor rail and the second conductor rail are electrically connected by the switching device into a disconnecting position in which the electrical connection of the first conductor rail and the second conductor rail is separated or disconnected, and back. A visible portion of the actuation device aligns with a surface of a portion of an upper side of the enclosure or with a part connected with the enclosure. In the disconnecting position, the visible portion of the actuation device protrudes from a surface of a portion of an upper side of the enclosure or of a part connected with the enclosure in a clearly visible manner. An assembly is provided of at least two aligned disconnect terminals.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2019Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Inventors: Uwe Arlitt, Frank Hackemack, Karlo Stjepanovic, Stefan Fischer, Genadij Neumann, Peter Stuckmann, Ralf Schumacher, Michael Lenschen, Marco Waldhoff, Andreas Rutz, Peter Meyer
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Patent number: 10827634Abstract: An electronics module includes a housing having a mounting foot or component suitable for mounting on a support rail and for fastening the electronics module to the support rail which is mounted on a mounting base. At least one spring element is provided in the lower region of the housing facing the mounting base when mounted. The at least one spring element is configured to provide a damping effect when the housing vibrates relative to the mounting base.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Ralf Schumacher
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Patent number: 10827639Abstract: A housing to hold at least one electromechanical, electrical and/or electronic component includes at least one fastening element arranged on a portion of the housing for the component. A recess is formed in the housing portion and the fastening element is arranged in the recess.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2019Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Ulrich Trapp, Ralf Schumacher, Mike Beermann, Niklas Wendt
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Patent number: 10730938Abstract: Herein are reported novel bispecific antibodies that specifically bind to two different antigens selected from the group consisting of human ANG2, human VEGF, human IL-1beta and human PDGF-B.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2017Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Marc Bedoucha, Sebastian Breuer, Stefan Dengl, Christian Gassner, Guy Georges, Sabine Gruener, Guido Hartmann, Peter Michael Huelsmann, Hubert Kettenberger, Joerg Moelleken, Michael Molhoj, Olaf Mundigl, Joerg Thomas Regula, Ralf Schumacher, Barbara Weiser
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Publication number: 20200203878Abstract: A disconnect terminal includes an enclosure, a first ladder rail, a second ladder rail, a switching device, and an actuation device. The switching device can be switched by the actuation device from a connecting position, in which the first ladder rail and the second ladder rail are electrically connected by the switching device into a disconnecting position in which the electrical connection of the first ladder rail and the second ladder rail is separated or disconnected, and back. A visible portion of the actuation device aligns with a surface of a portion of an upper side of the enclosure or with a part connected with the enclosure. In the disconnecting position, the visible portion of the actuation device protrudes from a surface of a portion of an upper side of the enclosure or of a part connected with the enclosure in a clearly visible manner. An assembly is provided of at least two aligned disconnect terminals.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2019Publication date: June 25, 2020Inventors: Uwe ARLITT, Frank HACKEMACK, Karlo STJEPANOVIC, Stefan FISCHER, Genadij NEUMANN, Peter STUCKMANN, Ralf SCHUMACHER, Michael LENSCHEN, Marco WALDHOFF, Andreas RUTZ, Peter MEYER
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Patent number: D1008978Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Inventors: Marc Böcker, Ralf Schumacher, Peter Stuckmann
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Patent number: D1018470Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Marc Böcker, Ralf Schumacher, Peter Stuckmann