Patents by Inventor Ralf Thoma

Ralf Thoma 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: 11950958
    Abstract: A therapeutic ultrasound method configured to adaptively transmit ultrasound pulses toward microbubbles in a treatment region to remove an occlusion is described. In some examples, the system may include a treatment pulse unit configured to transmit an ultrasound pulse to a treatment region of a subject, the treatment region including a plurality of microbubbles. An echo detection unit may be configured to receive one or more echoes responsive to the ultrasound pulse. In some examples, the method may also include a data processor configured to identify, using data associated with the echoes, at least one echo signature indicative of a dynamic state of the microbubbles in response to the ultrasound pulse. A controller may be configured to adjust one or more parameters of an additional ultrasound pulse transmitted to the treatment region via the treatment pulse unit based on the at least one echo signature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: William Tao Shi, Jonathon Thomas Sutton, Jeffry Earl Powers, Ralf Seip
  • Publication number: 20240085604
    Abstract: An optical system for a camera module includes: an image sensor; and an optical arrangement defining a beam path, the optical arrangement including a plurality of optical components including a first prism and an optical lens system, the plurality of optical components being arranged in the beam path in a sequential order relative to one another and in front of the image sensor, the sequential order being such that the first prism is positioned before the optical lens system, at least one of the plurality of optical components including at least one absorption filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Schott AG
    Inventors: Ralf Biertümpfel, Frank-Thomas Lentes
  • Publication number: 20220325265
    Abstract: The present invention provides variants of human ?-Glucocerebrosidase protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Joerg BENZ, Martin EBELING, Ravi JAGASIA, Nina Marion PFAHLER, Ralf THOMA
  • Patent number: 11414232
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for labeling individual products (2), comprising an advancing device (3) for transporting each product (2) in a transport direction (X), a label dispensing device (4) for dispensing a label, which can be removed from a material strip (5), from a discharge point (6) in a dispensing direction (S), and a label transporting device (7) with a movable label transporting means (8) for transporting the dispensed label (5) from a transfer region (9), where the dispensed label (5) is transferred to the label transporting mean (8), to a delivery point (10), where the label (5) is applied onto the respective product (2). The label transport means (8) has a surface (11) which is brought into contact with the label (5). The aim of the invention is to simplify the labeling of individual products (2) and apply the labels (5) as precisely as possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Espera-Werke GmbH
    Inventors: Winfried Vicktorius, Peter Wolff, Ralf Thomas Treder, Andreas Matheus Adrianus Van Roozendaal
  • Patent number: 11400403
    Abstract: A hollow filter element for inserting into a filter device for filtering air, in particular of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, includes a filter material which is held on the end face by a planar surround in a sealed manner. The planar surround has at least one grip recess for handling the hollow filter element. A filter device having such a hollow filter element includes a housing having a housing base part and a housing cover. The housing cover has at least one pin which, upon correct installation of the hollow filter element in the housing base part and when the housing cover is placed on the housing base part, projects into the grip recess of the planar surround.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Thomas Meffert, Ralf Thomas Nawroth
  • Publication number: 20200054981
    Abstract: A hollow filter element for inserting into a filter device for filtering air, in particular of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, includes a filter material which is held on the end face by a planar surround in a sealed manner. The planar surround has at least one grip recess for handling the hollow filter element. A filter device having such a hollow filter element includes a housing having a housing base part and a housing cover. The housing cover has at least one pin which, upon correct installation of the hollow filter element in the housing base part and when the housing cover is placed on the housing base part, projects into the grip recess of the planar surround.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Thomas MEFFERT, Ralf Thomas NAWROTH
  • Publication number: 20190084898
    Abstract: An composition comprising: (A) a mixture comprising at least one (thio)phosphoric acid triamide according to the general formula (I) R1R2N—P(X)(NH2)2, wherein X is oxygen or sulfur; R1 is a C1 to C20 alkyl, C3 to C20 cycloalkyl, C6 to C20 aryl, or dialkylaminocarbonyl group; R2 is H, or R1 and R2 together with the nitrogen atom linking them define a 5- or 6-membered saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic radical, which optionally comprises 1 or 2 further heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur, and (C) at least one amine selected from the group consisting of (C1) a polymeric polyamine, and (C2) an amine containing not more than one amino group and at least three alkoxy- or hydroxy-substituted C2 to C12 alkyl groups R21, wherein at least one of the groups R21 is different to the other groups R21, and (C3) an amine containing not more than one amino group and at least two alkoxy- or hydroxy-substituted C2 to C12 alkyl groups R22, wherein at least one of the grou
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Karl-Heinrich SCHNEIDER, Claudia KLODWIG, Gregor PASDA, Alexander WISSEMEIER, Daniella LOHE, Achim REDDIG, Christian Carlos MIYAGAWA, Wolfram ZERULLA, Steffen TSCHIRSCHWITZ, Ralf-Thomas RAHN, Ansgar Gereon ALTENHOFF, Stephan HÜFFER
  • Patent number: 10150712
    Abstract: An composition comprising: (A) a mixture comprising at least one (thio)phosphoric acid triamide according to the general formula (I) R1R2N—P(X)(NH2)2, wherein X is oxygen or sulfur; R1 is a C1 to C20 alkyl, C3 to C20 cycloalkyl, C6 to C20 aryl, or dialkylaminocarbonyl group; R2 is H, or R1 and R2 together with the nitrogen atom linking them define a 5- or 6-membered saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic radical, which optionally comprises 1 or 2 further heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur, and (C) at least one amine selected from the group consisting of (C1) a polymeric polyamine, and (C2) an amine containing not more than one amino group and at least three alkoxy- or hydroxy-substituted C2 to C12 alkyl groups R21, wherein at least one of the groups R21 is different to the other groups R21, and (C3) an amine containing not more than one amino group and at least two alkoxy- or hydroxy-substituted C2 to C12 alkyl groups R22, wherein at least one of the groups R
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Karl-Heinrich Schneider, Claudia Klodwig, Gregor Pasda, Alexander Wissemeier, Daniella Lohe, Achim Reddig, Christian Carlos Miyagawa, Wolfram Zerulla, Steffen Tschirschwitz, Ralf-Thomas Rahn, Ansgar Gereon Altenhoff, Stephan Hüffer
  • Publication number: 20180273229
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for labeling individual products (2), comprising an advancing device (3) for transporting each product (2) in a transport direction (X), a label dispensing device (4) for dispensing a label, which can be removed from a material strip (5), from a discharge point (6) in a dispensing direction (S), and a label transporting device (7) with a movable label transporting means (8) for transporting the dispensed label (5) from a transfer region (9), where the dispensed label (5) is transferred to the label transporting mean (8), to a delivery point (10), where the label (5) is applied onto the respective product (2). The label transport means (8) has a surface (11) which is brought into contact with the label (5). The aim of the invention is to simplify the labeling of individual products (2) and apply the labels (5) as precisely as possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Espera-Werke GmbH
    Inventors: Winfried VICKTORIUS, Peter WOLFF, Ralf Thomas TREDER, Andreas Matheus Adrianus Van ROOZENDAAL
  • Publication number: 20170158575
    Abstract: An composition comprising: (A) a mixture comprising at least one (thio)phosphoric acid triamide according to the general formula (I) R1R2N—P(X)(NH2)2, wherein X is oxygen or sulfur; R1 is a C1 to C20 alkyl, C3 to C20 cycloalkyl, C6 to C20 aryl, or dialkylaminocarbonyl group; R2 is H, or R1 and R2 together with the nitrogen atom linking them define a 5- or 6-membered saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic radical, which optionally comprises 1 or 2 further heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur, and (C) at least one amine selected from the group consisting of (C1) a polymeric polyamine, and (C2) an amine containing not more than one amino group and at least three alkoxy- or hydroxy-substituted C2 to C12 alkyl groups R21, wherein at least one of the groups R21 is different to the other groups R21, and (C3) an amine containing not more than one amino group and at least two alkoxy- or hydroxy-substituted C2 to C12 alkyl groups R22, wherein at least one of the
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Karl-Heinrich Schneider, Claudia Klodwig, Gregor Pasda, Alexander Wissemeier, Daniella Lohe, Achim Reddig, Christian Miyagawa, Wolfram Zerulla, Steffen Tschirschwitz, Ralf-Thomas Rahn, Ansgar Gereon Altenhoff, Stephan Hüffer
  • Patent number: 9035726
    Abstract: A SAW filter circuit having improved ESD resistance is specified, in which a series interconnection composed of SAW resonators is interconnected between a first signal port and a dual-mode SAW filter port. The static capacitance of the series interconnection is at most four times the static capacitance of the dual-mode SAW filter transducers interconnected therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Ralf Thomas, Franz Kubat, Andreas Detlefsen, Markus Hauser
  • Patent number: 8603211
    Abstract: A mixture for the treatment of urea-containing fertilizers comprises a) at least one (thio)phosphoric acid triamide of the general formula (I) R1R2N—P(X)(NH2)2 and/or (thio)phosphoric acid diamide of the general formula (II) R1O—P(X)(NH2)2, X denoting oxygen or sulfur, R1 and R2 independently from each other being hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted 2-nitrophenyl, C1-10-alkyl, C3-10-cycloalkyl, C3-10-heterocycloalkyl, C6-10-aryl, C6-10-heteroaryl or diaminocarbonyl, where R1 and R2 together with the nitrogen atom connecting them can also form a 5 or 6-membered saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic group, which optionally may also comprise one or two additional heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur, as component A, and b) at least one compound comprising an amino group having a boiling point of more than 100° C. as component B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: FERTIVA GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf-Thomas Rahn, Gerd Buehler, Alexander Wissemeier, Wolfgang Weigelt
  • Patent number: 8309340
    Abstract: The present invention provides apo crystals and co-crystals of insulin-degrading enzyme (IDE) and their uses in drug development.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Joerg Benz, Dominique Burger, Martine Stihle, Ralf Thoma
  • Publication number: 20120161903
    Abstract: A SAW filter circuit having improved ESD resistance is specified, in which a series interconnection composed of SAW resonators is interconnected between a first signal port and a DMS port. The static capacitance of the series interconnection is at most four times the static capacitance of the DMS transducers interconnected therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Ralf Thomas, Franz Kubat, Andreas Detlefsen, Markus Hauser
  • Patent number: 8110536
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bleach system comprising at least one component selected from bleach, bleach activator or bleach catalyst, wherein the bleach system is enveloped with at least one polymer layer and the polymer has urethane and urea groups. The inventive bleach system and detergent formulations comprising this bleach system are suitable for washing or cleaning textiles or dishware.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Frank Dietsche, Karl Haeberle, Ralf-Thomas Rahn, Dietmar Haering
  • Patent number: 8075659
    Abstract: The invention relates to preparations with improved urease-inhibitory effect which comprise at least two different (thio)phosphoric triamides and to urea-comprising fertilizers which comprise these preparations. The invention furthermore relates to a method of preparing these preparations, to the use of these preparations in the fertilization with urea-comprising fertilizers, and to the use of urea-comprising fertilizers which comprise these preparations in agriculture or in horticulture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Alexander Wissemeier, Patrick Deck, Oliver Huttenloch, Michael Mauβ, Gregor Pasda, Ralf-Thomas Rahn, Wolfgang Weigelt, Wolfram Zerulla
  • Publication number: 20110154874
    Abstract: A mixture for the treatment of urea-containing fertilizers comprises a) at least one (thio)phosphoric acid triamide of the general formula (I) R1R2N—P(X)(NH2)2 and/or (thio)phosphoric acid diamide of the general formula (II) R1O—P(X)(NH2)2, X denoting oxygen or sulfur, R1 and R2 independently from each other being hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted 2-nitrophenyl, C1-10-alkyl, C3-10-cycloalkyl, C3-10-heterocycloalkyl, C6-10-aryl, C6-10-heteroaryl or diaminocarbonyl, where R1 and R2 together with the nitrogen atom connecting them can also form a 5 or 6-membered saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic group, which optionally may also comprise one or two additional heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur, as component A, and b) at least one compound comprising an amino group having a boiling point of more than 100° C. as component B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: FERTIVA GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf-Thomas Rahn, Gerd Buehler, Alexander Wissemeier, Wolfgang Weigelt
  • Patent number: 7967505
    Abstract: A sensor device includes a flexible first film that includes structured conductive traces. The sensor device also includes a probe electrically connected to the structured conductive traces. The probe is on a first surface of the first film and connected to the first surface of the first film. The sensor device also includes a flexible second film conformally surrounding the probe and sealing the probe to the first surface of first film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Javier Arrimadas Matias, Gerald Kloiber, Ralf Thomas Mayer
  • Publication number: 20110060580
    Abstract: The present invention relates to co-crystals of Liver X receptor beta ligand binding domain (LXR?-LBD) with agonists and to the three-dimensional X-ray crystal structures derived thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventors: Joerg Benz, Bernard Gsell, Martine Stihle, Ralf Thoma, Matthew Wright
  • Publication number: 20100323427
    Abstract: The present invention provides apo crystals and co-crystals of insulin-degrading enzyme (IDE) and their uses in drug development.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: Joerg Benz, Dominique Burger, Martine Stihle, Ralf Thoma