Patents by Inventor Roland Schaefer
Roland Schaefer 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: 8903620Abstract: A method of controlling a vehicle braking system, includes: (i) detecting whether a collision has occurred; (ii) detecting whether a predetermined condition follows the collision; (iii) determining whether a driver has applied the brakes; and (iv) when a driver has not applied the brakes, autonomously initiating braking.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2013Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Hassen Hammoud, Jianbo Lu, Gilberto Burgio, Todd N. Clark, Otto Hofmann, Mohsen Lakehal-ayat, Shweta M. Farmer, Jason Shomsky, Roland Schaefer
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Patent number: 8903618Abstract: A method and system for providing braking assistance in a motor vehicle after an initial collision involves detecting an initial collision, pre-charging a brake system, detecting an intent to brake on the part of a driver, and providing assistance to a braking process by means of a braking assistance system on the basis of the detection of the initial collision and the detection of intent to brake on the part of the driver.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2011Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Ford Global TechnologiesInventors: Jianbo Lu, Roland Schaefer, Peter W. A. Zegelaar, Gilberto Burgio, Monika Derflinger, Otto Hofmann
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Publication number: 20130325702Abstract: A payment system for making payments with respect to a plurality of purchases, comprising: a user identifier receiver for receiving a user identifier; a funds transfer data receiver for receiving funds transfer data corresponding to a funds transfer; a purchase data retriever configured to retrieve purchase data with respect to the purchases from purchase data stored in association with respective user identifiers in a memory; a funds transfer value generator configured to generate a plurality of funds transfer values, each one of the funds transfer values corresponding to a respective one of the purchases; a payment value calculator configured to calculate a payment value corresponding to each one of the purchases; and a purchase data modifier configured to modify the purchase data retrieved from the memory, and to output the purchase data as modified.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: LayPay Pty Ltd.Inventors: Alexander Morgan Roland Schaefer, Mark Wayne Kuch
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Publication number: 20130253792Abstract: A method of controlling a vehicle braking system, includes: (i) detecting whether a collision has occurred; (ii) detecting whether a predetermined condition follows the collision; (iii) determining whether a driver has applied the brakes; and (iv) when a driver has not applied the brakes, autonomously initiating braking.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Inventors: Hassen Hammoud, Jainbo Lu, Gilberto Burgio, Todd N. Clark, Otto Hofmann, Mohsen Lakehal-ayat, Shweta M. Farmer, Jason Shomsky, Roland Schaefer
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Patent number: 8157488Abstract: Shaft tool with an adjustable cutting diameter, which permits improved handling. A rotating shaft tool, in particular a multi-stage reamer, with a first shaft part, equipped with a first cutting head comprising e.g. several cutting blades and a recess in the first shaft part, in which a second shaft part is positioned in the axis of the first shaft part, the second shaft part having a second cutting head with e.g. several blades and the diameter of the first cutting head being adjustable. The second shaft can be rotated in the first shaft part and the rotation in relation to one another creates a fixed connection between the shaft parts. This permits the connection between the two shaft parts and thus in particular the diameter of the first cutting head to be modified even though the shaft tool is inserted into e.g. a spindle of a machine tool.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2010Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Guehring OHGInventor: Roland Schäfer
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Publication number: 20120004819Abstract: A method and system for providing braking assistance in a motor vehicle after an initial collision involves detecting an initial collision, pre-charging a brake system, detecting an intent to brake on the part of a driver, and providing assistance to a braking process by means of a braking assistance system on the basis of the detection of the initial collision and the detection of intent to brake on the part of the driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2011Publication date: January 5, 2012Inventors: Jianbo Lu, Roland Schaefer, Peter W.A. Zegelaar, Gilberto Burgio, Monika Derflinger, Otto Hofmann
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Publication number: 20100254777Abstract: Shaft tool with an adjustable cutting diameter, which permits improved handling. A rotating shaft tool, in particular a multi-stage reamer, with a first shaft part, equipped with a first cutting head comprising e.g. several cutting blades and a recess in the first shaft part, in which a second shaft part is positioned in the axis of the first shaft part, the second shaft part having a second cutting head with e.g. several blades and the diameter of the first cutting head being adjustable. The second shaft can be rotated in the first shaft part and the rotation in relation to one another creates a fixed connection between the shaft parts. This permits the connection between the two shaft parts and thus in particular the diameter of the first cutting head to be modified even though the shaft tool is inserted into e.g. a spindle of a machine tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2010Publication date: October 7, 2010Applicant: GUEHRING OHGInventor: Roland SCHÄFER
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Patent number: 7547406Abstract: A method of making shaped articles from highly condensed polyester melt and especially preforms for the blow molding of food and especially beverage containers. A melt is continuously withdrawn from the polycondensation reactor and is fed to the shape-imparting units, especially a multiplicity of injection-molding machines without solidification between the final reactor and the injection molders and without degassing between the final reactor and the injection molding machines.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2004Date of Patent: June 16, 2009Assignee: Lurgi Zimmer GmbHInventors: Brigitta Otto, Roland Schäfer, Holger Bachmann, Ludwig Hölting, Stefan Deiss
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Publication number: 20060282194Abstract: A digital data storage unit, such as tape library, has a multiplicity of storage media slots, each storage media slot for receiving a storage media, such as a tape, one or more of data transfer drives, such as tape drives, for writing data to and reading data from the storage media, a robotic device to transport the storage media between the slots or between the drives and the slots, at least one interface bridge which is connected to one or more host computers to one or more tape drives and to the robotic device, the interface bridge is performing bridging and switching operations for commands sent by the host on the basis of sub addresses, such as LUN, to send robotic mover commands to the robotic device, wherein the tape drives are addressed by main address, such as SCSI ID.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2005Publication date: December 14, 2006Applicant: BDT AGInventors: Roland Schaefer, Christfried Welke
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Patent number: 7084235Abstract: Latent heat crystallized polyesters and copolyesters of a degree of crystallization greater than 38% and made by a process in which, without prior additive admixtures and without further cooling, the granulate is fed directly from the latent heat crystallization into a solid phase polycondensation reactor and condensed to a higher viscosity and subjected to acetaldehyde reduction. Alternatively without additive admixtures the granulate is subjected to dealdehydization and then worked up into bottles.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2004Date of Patent: August 1, 2006Assignee: Zimmer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Brigitta Otto, Holger Bachmann, Roland Schäfer
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Patent number: 6403950Abstract: A method for generating a carrier frequency-modulated signal for the evaluation of n>2 photoelectric measurement signals which are generated by imaging a structured surface onto a spatial frequency filter and are phase-shifted with respect to one another is distinguished by the fact that the amplitudes of the measurement signals are serially interrogated in a predetermined interrogation cycle with a constant clock rate, and a sinusoidal signal is formed by filtering from the signal train, the carrier frequency of which signal is determined by the time for an interrogation cycle.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2000Date of Patent: June 11, 2002Assignee: Corrsys-DatronInventors: Eckart Schneider, Roland Schaefer, Jan Stamer
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Patent number: 5750590Abstract: Polymerizable materials that contain "oxetanes" (trimethylene oxides) shrink only slightly when polymerized in the presence of a cationic polymerization catalyst. The materials are particular appropriate for coatings and for medical and dental purposes.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 1996Date of Patent: May 12, 1998Assignee: Heraeus Kulzer GmbHInventors: Roland Schaefer, Detlef Heindl, Dieter Schodel, Oskar Nuyken, Ralf Bohner, Christoph Erdmann
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Patent number: 5089051Abstract: Adhesion promoters containing (meth)acryloyloxyethyl dihydrogen phosphate and/or di(meth)acryloyloxyethyl hydrogen phosphate and acidic (meth)acryloyloxyethyl esters of carboxylic acids can improve the adhesion of photopolymerizable tooth materials to the enamel and dentine. The very strong bonding to the dentine immediately after curing proves to be particularly advantageous.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 1990Date of Patent: February 18, 1992Assignee: Heraeus Kulzer GmbHInventors: Bernhard Eppinger, Regina Eppinger, Roland Schaefer
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Patent number: 5009597Abstract: Composite dental prosthesis elements formed of filled acrylate- and/or methacrylate-based polymers and comprising a core having high flexural strength and a high bending modulus and an abrasion-resistant jacket with a highly lustrous surface are suitable for temporary and semipermanent as well as permanent installation with crowns and bridges, for inlays and the like.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 1989Date of Patent: April 23, 1991Assignee: Kulzer & Co. GmbHInventor: Roland Schaefer
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Patent number: 4714721Abstract: Composite materials for prosthesis purposes are indicated, which consist of a plastics matrix and an inorganic radiopaque filler which, as the essential components, contains a combination of compounds of the elements Gd, Sr and, if appropriate, La. The proportion of filler in the total composite material is between 20 and 90% by weight.The filler particles are in a silanized form of glass and/or glass ceramics and/or a sintered product and/or in the form of a mixture of their starting components and comprise (in % by weight): 1-31 of Gd.sub.2 O.sub.3, 7-32 of SrO, 0-18 of La.sub.2 O.sub.3, 14-62 of SiO.sub.2, 0-30 of B.sub.2 O.sub.3, 1-33 of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 and 0-16 of Na.sub.2. A partial replacement of one or more of the radiopacity-causing compounds (Gd.sub.2 O.sub.3 SrO, La.sub.2 O.sub.3) by oxides of the elements Ca, Mg, Y, Zr, Ti, Ta and/or Nb is possible.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 1986Date of Patent: December 22, 1987Assignee: Ernst Leitz Wetzlar GmbHInventors: Henning Franek, Heinz Broemer, Klaus Deutscher, deceased, Roland Schaefer
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Patent number: 4581389Abstract: A method for the production of a polymer composition comprising photopolymerizing at least one vinyl compound in the presence of at least one photoinitiator, said photoinitiator comprising at least one photosensitizer and at least one reducing agent selected from compounds of formula I and II. Polymerizable materials containing said photoinitiators and said at least one vinyl compound are also disclosed. The polymerizable materials are particularly suited for use as dental materials.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 1984Date of Patent: April 8, 1986Assignee: Kulzer & Co. GmbHInventor: Roland Schaefer
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Patent number: 4576976Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the photopolymerization of vinyl compounds and of photopolymerizable materials containing vinyl compounds and products produced thereby which are especially useful for dental materials. The process utilizes at least one photosensitizer of the formula ##STR1## wherein X is selected from the group consisting of CO, C(R.sup.1)(R.sup.2) and C(R.sup.3)(OR.sup.4); wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 are each selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and a hydrocarbon radical;n is 0 or 1; andA is selected from hydrocarbon radicals which may be substituted and which may be bonded together with the proviso that when n is 1 and X is C(R.sup.1)(R.sup.2), and when n is 0, A is an aromatic radical; andat least one reducing agent of formula (I) or (II) ##STR2## wherein Y is selected from oxygen, sulfur or the group NR.sup.1 where R.sup.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 1984Date of Patent: March 18, 1986Assignee: Kulzer & Co., GmbHInventor: Roland Schaefer
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Patent number: 4563153Abstract: A dental opaquing composition comprising (a) at least one polymerizable ester selected from esters of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid; (b) a photopolymerization catalyst; and (c) 30 to 90 percent by weight, based on the weight of said composition, of a pigment mixture consisting essentially of 50 to 66.6% by weight zirconium dioxide and 33.33 to 50% by weight of titanium dioxide. The present composition is useful in the making of metal-based crowns and bridges and to coat natural and false teeth.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 1983Date of Patent: January 7, 1986Assignee: Kulzer & Co. GmbHInventor: Roland Schaefer
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Patent number: 4534839Abstract: A process for photopolymerization of vinyl compounds and of photopolymerizable materials containing vinyl compounds which is especially useful for dental materials, and compositions useful in said process and the product of said process. The process utilizes a photosensitizer of the formula ##STR1## wherein X is selected from CO, C(R.sup.1)(R.sup.2) or C(R.sup.3)(OR.sup.4), R.sup.1,R.sup.2,R.sup.3,R.sup.4 is selected from hydrogen or a hydrocarbon radical;n is 0 or 1; andA are hydrocarbon radicals which may be substituted and which may be bonded together with a proviso that (1) when n is 1 and X is C(R.sup.1)(R.sup.2), and (2) when n is 0, then A is an aromatic radical; and at least one reducing agent of the formula ##STR2## wherein Y is selected from O,S or NR.sup.1, where R.sup.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 1982Date of Patent: August 13, 1985Assignee: Kulzer & Co. GmbHInventor: Roland Schaefer
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Patent number: 4522694Abstract: A process for the production of a polymer composition comprising photopolymerizing at least one vinyl compound in the presence of a photoinitiator comprising at least one photosensitizer and at least one reducing agent selected from N-alkyl-pyrazole, N-alkyl-triazole, N-alkyl-tetrazole, N-aryl-benzotriazole, N-aryl-pyrazole, N-aryl-triazole, and N-aryl-tetrazole. Polymerizable materials and products produced by the process are also disclosed which are particularly suited as dental materials.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 1984Date of Patent: June 11, 1985Assignee: Kulzer & Co. GmbHInventor: Roland Schaefer