Patents by Inventor Stefan Brock

Stefan Brock 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: 12351250
    Abstract: An auxiliary steering device for a hydrostatic vehicle steering system, includes an input shaft, which can be actuated or set in rotation by a steering wheel, an output shaft for actuating a steering metering valve, and a planetary gearing. The planetary gearing includes a planetary wheel carrier with multiple planetary wheels, which mesh with a sun gear and a surrounding ring gear. The input shaft is connected to the planetary wheel carrier and the output shaft is connected to the sun gear in each case for conjoint rotation. The auxiliary steering device has an electric drive for exerting a torque on the ring gear, a braking device for fixing the input shaft, and a coupling device for producing a rotationally fixed connection between the output shaft and the planetary wheel carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Stefan Brocke, Norbert Fritz, Richard Starck
  • Patent number: 12134242
    Abstract: A method for compacting a harvested material in a silo by an agricultural working machine includes determining via a control unit a density profile which represents a target density of the harvested material as a function of a silo position or a silo portion along a predetermined silo length of the silo, controlling via the control unit compaction work as a function of the density profile, and controlling via the control unit a travel speed of the working machine during the compaction work as a function of the density profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Stefan Brocke, Norbert Fritz
  • Patent number: 12099021
    Abstract: A method for determining a density of a harvested material includes transmitting radar signals into the harvested material from a transmitting unit, receiving the radar signals reflected by the harvested material by a receiving unit, determining a permittivity of the harvested material as a function of the reflected radar signals via an evaluation unit, and determining the density of the harvested material as a function of the determined permittivity via a signal processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Stefan Brocke, Norbert Fritz, Rasika Wagh, Prashant Koparde, Swarupanand Sewalkar
  • Publication number: 20240104211
    Abstract: A process includes testing a motor vehicle using a distributed computing system. The distributed computing system includes a plurality of hardware components and a plurality of software components. The plurality of hardware components includes first hardware components of the vehicle and second hardware components that are separate from the vehicle. The plurality of software components includes first software components of the vehicle and second software components separate from the vehicle. The process includes, responsive to the testing, generating, by the distributed computing system, an audit record. Generating the audit record includes determining, by the distributed computing system, integrity measurements of the first hardware components, the second hardware components, the first software components and the second software components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Sebastian Kaiser, Florian Buehr, Stefan Brock, Nigel J. Edwards
  • Patent number: 11891080
    Abstract: An agricultural tractor with a system for identifying downstream road users includes a control unit in communication with a user interface, and a sensor having a detection range which runs in a vicinity of a ground and which is in a direction of an attachment connected to the agricultural tractor. The sensor is configured to identify a vehicle located in the detection range or which enters therein, and then generates a corresponding message signal which is supplied to the control unit. The control unit activates the user interface based on the message signal for the output of a driver message. A free region visible from the agricultural tractor by the sensor is formed between a road surface and a lower contour of the attachment facing the road surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Stefan Brocke, Norbert Fritz
  • Patent number: 11882796
    Abstract: A method for silaging harvested crops includes distributing and compacting silage consisting of shredded foliage plants in a silo. The silo is then sealed and then fermented in the silo. At least one part of the silage is flushed with an inert gas after an aerobic phase of the fermentation is detected with a first sensor. The inert gas may also be introduced into the silage if a penetration of atmospheric oxygen is detected in the silage with a second sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Christian Von Holst, Stefan Brocke
  • Patent number: 11856896
    Abstract: A method for assisting a compaction-appropriate distribution of harvested material in a flat silo includes providing a silo vehicle having a control unit, ascertaining a dry-substance density to be achieved via the control unit, determining a maximally producible compaction pressure via the control unit, ascertaining a maximally permissible layer thickness via the control unit for the implementation of a distribution-and-compaction process, determining a layer thickness currently being applied during the implementation of the distribution-and-compaction process in a location-specific manner via a GPS receiver, comparing the maximally permissible layer thickness and the layer thickness currently being applied in the location-specific manner via the control unit in order to ascertain a target layer thickness, and driving a regulating device of a distribution tool provided on the silo vehicle to assimilate the layer thickness currently being applied to the target layer thickness via the control unit in an automa
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Stefan Brocke, Norbert Fritz
  • Patent number: 11860182
    Abstract: A sensor arrangement for detecting a density of harvested crops deposited as silage in a silo includes a source of a pressurized gaseous medium and an opening connected by a line to the source and which is movable along a surface of the silage. The gaseous medium is guided out of the opening from the source into the silage. The arrangement further includes a sensor for detecting a property of the medium flowing through the line, and an evaluation device connected to the sensor for providing an output signal containing information based on the signal of the sensor regarding the density of the silage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Christian Von Holst, Stefan Brocke
  • Patent number: 7702086
    Abstract: A method for verifying access authorization for voice telephony in a fixed network line or mobile telephone line, as well as a communications network having such access authorization verification are described. The access authorization is verified by analysis of a voice signal which was entered by the subscriber placing the call, before or during a call in progress. In one variant, the voice signal is entered as a password before the connection is established; in another variant, voice signals are analyzed for voice recognition and subscriber identification, the same voice signals also being transmitted to the person being called, making concealed access verification possible which does not hamper the normal flow of conversation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Deutsche Telekom AG
    Inventors: Axel Susen, Stefan Brock
  • Publication number: 20090239884
    Abstract: The invention features compositions and methods for treating inflammation and other immune-related disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Paul Epstein, Stefan Brocke, Hongli Dong, Amanda Dall
  • Publication number: 20090105281
    Abstract: The invention features compositions and methods for treating inflammation and other immune-related disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: Paul Epstein, Stefan Brocke, Hongli Dong, Amanda Dall
  • Patent number: 7485626
    Abstract: The invention comprises a process wherein the DNA synthesis and, thus, the proliferation of mononuclear cells (MNZ) and of T cells as well is inhibited by the simultaneous and combined inhibition of the enzyme activity (I) of alanyl aminopeptidase and of dipeptidyl peptidase IV; (II) of dipeptidyl peptidase IV and of the angiotensin-converting enzyme; (III) of dipeptidyl peptidase IV and of prolyl oligopeptidase; and (IV) of dipeptidyl peptidase IV and of X-Pro-aminopeptidase to an extent which cannot be achieved by an application of a single one of said enzyme inhibitors, even at a higher dosage. Although the said inhibitors exercise an influence on the very same process finally, i.e. the DNA synthesis and, thus, the proliferation of immune cells, this effect is not complete and is not long lasting when a single inhibitor is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: IMTM GmbH
    Inventors: Siegfried Ansorge, Marco Arndt, Frank Buehling, Uwe Lendeckel, Klaus Neubert, Dirk Reinhold, Stefan Brocke
  • Publication number: 20060188077
    Abstract: A method for verifying access authorization for voice telephony in a fixed network line or mobile telephone line, as well as a communications network having such access authorization verification are described. The access authorization is verified by analysis of a voice signal which was entered by the subscriber placing the call, before or during a call in progress. In one variant, the voice signal is entered as a password before the connection is established; in another variant, voice signals are analyzed for voice recognition and subscriber identification, the same voice signals also being transmitted to the person being called, making concealed access verification possible which does not hamper the normal flow of conversation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2006
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventors: Axel Susen, Stefan Brock
  • Patent number: 7035386
    Abstract: A method for verifying access authorization for voice telephony in a fixed network line or mobile telephone line, as well as a communications network having such access authorization verification are described. The access authorization is verified by analysis of a voice signal which was entered by the subscriber placing the call, before or during a call in progress. In one variant, the voice signal is entered as a password before the connection is established; in another variant, voice signals are analyzed for voice recognition and subscriber identification, the same voice signals also being transmitted to the person being called, making concealed access verification possible which does not hamper the normal flow of conversation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Deutsche Telekom AG
    Inventors: Axel Susen, Stefan Brock
  • Publication number: 20050014699
    Abstract: The invention comprises a process wherein the DNA synthesis and, thus, the proliferation of mononuclear cells (MNZ) and of T cells as well is inhibited by the simultaneous and combined inhibition of the enzyme activity (I) of alanyl aminopeptidase and of dipeptidyl peptidase IV; (II) of dipeptidyl peptidase IV and of the angiotensin-converting enzyme; (III) of dipeptidyl peptidase IV and of prolyl oligopeptidase; and (IV) of dipeptidyl peptidase IV and of X-Pro-aminopeptidase to an extent which cannot be achieved by an application of a single one of said enzyme inhibitors, even at a higher dosage. Although the said inhibitors exercise an influence on the very same process finally, i.e. the DNA synthesis and, thus, the proliferation of immune cells, this effect is not complete and is not long lasting when a single inhibitor is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2001
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventors: Siegfried Ansorge, Marco Arndt, Frank Buehling, Uwe Lendeckel, Klaus Neubert, Dirk Reinhold, Stefan Brocke