Patents by Inventor Stefan Gebhardt
Stefan Gebhardt 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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Publication number: 20240135760Abstract: A computer system for storing data of driver-assistance systems of vehicles may include: a sensor entity configured to store, for each of at least one sensor mounted on a vehicle, respective sensor configuration data comprising a respective sensor identifier; a vehicle entity configured to store respective vehicle configuration data comprising a respective vehicle identifier and a reference to at least one sensor identifier; a log entity configured to store respective logging configuration data comprising a respective log identifier and a reference to at least one vehicle identifier; a stream entity, wherein the stream entity is configured to store, for each of at least one stream, respective stream configuration data comprising a respective stream identifier, and a reference to at least one log identifier, and a sample entity configured to store respective sample configuration data, comprising a respective sample identifier and a reference to at least one stream identifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: Aptiv Technologies AGInventors: Stefan KIPPERT, Peet CREMER, Patrik GEBHARDT, Thomas KONRAD
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Patent number: 11860025Abstract: A system for recognition and/or determination of the volume of bodies or substances made of dielectric and/or conductive material within an interior of a measuring cell in the form of a container, with a conductive and/or non-conductive measuring cell wall that has a surface directed into the interior, includes an ultra broadband microwave unit, and at least one ultra-broadband antenna having at least one disk-shaped carrier substrate which has a first surface facing a first side and a second surface which is opposed to the first surface and forms an outer side of the antenna, wherein the carrier substrate is arranged and intended to replace part of the surface of the measuring cell wall directed into the interior during operation, after fastening the ultra-broadband antenna to the measuring cell, or to extend in the interior at a distance in front of the measuring cell wall, wherein the ultra-broadband antenna includes emitter elements arranged on or in the carrier substrate is set up as an electrically shorType: GrantFiled: May 10, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: RECHNER Industrie-Elektronik GmbHInventors: Tim Wegner, Stefan Gebhardt, Armin Kohler, Eduard Bischler
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Patent number: 11838736Abstract: An electrodynamic actuator for a speaker or an electrodynamic acoustic transducer in general is disclosed, which comprises at least one voice coil, a magnet system and an arm arrangement of a plurality of arms connecting the at least one voice coil and the magnet system or at least a movable part thereof so that a relative movement between these parts is allowed. The arms are made of a metal core, which at least partly is coated with a coating structure having at least one coating metal layer consisting of a different material than the metal core.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Sound Solutions International Co., Ltd.Inventors: Gustav Otto, Markus Trampert, Stefan Gebhardt, Andreas Hintennach, Manuel Mefleh, Ernst Tomas
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Publication number: 20230340381Abstract: A method of cleaning a contaminated surface, such as cleaning the elongate interior lumen of an endoscope contaminated with flesh, bone, blood, mucous, faeces or biofilm, said method comprising the steps of: providing a suspension of solid particles in a liquid to said contaminated surface, and flowing said suspension along said surface thereby to remove contaminant from the surface. The suspension is preferably a paste, where the solid material may be e.g. crystals of a salt, silicon oxide or organic material. The paste preferably has a solid fraction between 5 and 55%. A rheology modifier may be present.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2023Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: Gavin Spargo, Ingeborg Kristina Palmer, Stefan Gebhardt, Brian Hingley
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Publication number: 20230203410Abstract: A method of cleaning a contaminated surface, such as cleaning the elongate interior lumen of an endoscope contaminated with flesh, bone, blood, mucous, faeces or biofilm, said method comprising the steps of: providing a suspension of solid particles in a liquid to said contaminated surface, and flowing said suspension along said surface thereby to remove contaminant from the surface. The suspension is preferably a paste, where the solid material may be e.g. crystals of a salt, silicon oxide or organic material. The paste preferably has a solid fraction between 5 and 55%. A rheology modifier may be present.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2022Publication date: June 29, 2023Applicant: Saban Ventures Pty LimitedInventors: Gavin Spargo, Ingeborg Kristina Palmer, Stefan Gebhardt, Brian Hingley
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Patent number: 11678123Abstract: An electrodynamic actuator for a speaker or an electrodynamic acoustic transducer in general is disclosed, which comprises at least one voice coil, a magnet system and an arm arrangement of a plurality of arms connecting the at least one voice coil and the magnet system or at least a movable part thereof so that a relative movement between these parts is allowed. The arms are made of metal with a fatigue strength of at least 370 N/mm2 or an ultimate tensile strength of at least 1100 N/mm2.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Sound Solutions International Co., Ltd.Inventors: Gustav Otto, Markus Trampert, Stefan Gebhardt, Andreas Hintennach, Manuel Mefleh, Ernst Tomas
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Publication number: 20230042239Abstract: A filling level measuring device, a method for capacitive filling level measurement of filling material in a container that includes a counter electrode integrated therein using a filling level probe, and a method for calibrating a filling level probe, include introducing the filling level probe into the container, the filling level probe having a first and a second electrode provided thereon and spaced apart from one another and extending one after the other and substantially parallel to the counter electrode such that a measurement section is defined along the first and second electrodes and the spacing therebetween. The filling level probe can be operated in a first, second, or third measurement mode, by being able to switch over between a measurement potential or a shielding potential that can each be applied to the first and second electrodes, respectively, while a counter electrode potential is always applied to the counter electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: Stefan GEBHARDT, Armin KOHLER, Eduard BISCHLER, Nikita Philip TATSCH
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Patent number: 11453846Abstract: A method of cleaning a contaminated surface, such as cleaning the elongate interior lumen of an endoscope contaminated with flesh, bone, blood, mucous, faeces or biofilm, said method comprising the steps of: providing a suspension of solid particles in a liquid to said contaminated surface, and flowing said suspension along said surface thereby to remove contaminant from the surface. The suspension is preferably a paste, where the solid material may be e.g. crystals of a salt, silicon oxide or organic material. The paste preferably has a solid fraction between 5 and 55%. A rheology modifier may be present.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2018Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Saban Ventures Pty LimitedInventors: Gavin Spargo, Ingeborg Kristina Palmer, Stefan Gebhardt, Brian Hingley
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Publication number: 20210370362Abstract: The invention relates to compositions and methods for reducing biocontaminant (for example flesh, blood, mucous, faeces or biofilm) on a surface, such as an endoscope surface. The compositions are viscoelastic and of low lubricity, having the following properties at 21° C.: a rotational yield point between 140% strain and 300% strain; a peak viscosity between 550 Pa·s and 2000 Pa·s; an oscillatory flow point between 250 and 700% strain; and a coefficient of friction ? which has a maximum value (preferably 0.06 or greater) in the viscoelastic liquid's elastohydrodynamic region.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2019Publication date: December 2, 2021Applicant: SABAN VENTURES PTY LIMITEDInventors: Alexander GALKIN, Stefan GEBHARDT, Ashwin Gopalan NAIR, Brian HINGLEY, Joshua Storm CALEY
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Publication number: 20210368276Abstract: An electrodynamic actuator for a speaker or an electrodynamic acoustic transducer in general is disclosed, which comprises at least one voice coil, a magnet system and an arm arrangement of a plurality of arms connecting the at least one voice coil and the magnet system or at least a movable part thereof so that a relative movement between these parts is allowed. The arms are made of a metal core, which at least partly is coated with a coating structure having at least one coating metal layer consisting of a different material than the metal core.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Inventors: Gustav Otto, Markus Trampert, Stefan Gebhardt, Andreas Hintennach, Manuel Mefleh, Ernst Tomas
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Publication number: 20210368277Abstract: An electrodynamic actuator for a speaker or an electrodynamic acoustic transducer in general is disclosed, which comprises at least one voice coil, a magnet system and an arm arrangement of a plurality of arms connecting the at least one voice coil and the magnet system or at least a movable part thereof so that a relative movement between these parts is allowed. The arms are made of metal with a fatigue strength of at least 370 N/mm2 or an ultimate tensile strength of at least 1100 N/mm2.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Inventors: Gustav Otto, Markus Trampert, Stefan Gebhardt, Andreas Hintennach, Manuel Mefleh, Ernst Tomas
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Publication number: 20210356312Abstract: A system for recognition and/or determination of the volume of bodies or substances made of dielectric and/or conductive material within an interior of a measuring cell in the form of a container, with a conductive and/or non-conductive measuring cell wall that has a surface directed into the interior, includes an ultra broadband microwave unit, and at least one ultra-broadband antenna having at least one disk-shaped carrier substrate which has a first surface facing a first side and a second surface which is opposed to the first surface and forms an outer side of the antenna, wherein the carrier substrate is arranged and intended to replace part of the surface of the measuring cell wall directed into the interior during operation, after fastening the ultra-broadband antenna to the measuring cell, or to extend in the interior at a distance in front of the measuring cell wall, wherein the ultra-broadband antenna includes emitter elements arranged on or in the carrier substrate is set up as an electrically shorType: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2021Publication date: November 18, 2021Inventors: Tim WEGNER, Stefan GEBHARDT, Armin KOHLER, Eduard BISCHLER
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Publication number: 20210189300Abstract: A method of cleaning a contaminated surface, such as cleaning the elongate interior lumen of an endo scope contaminated with flesh, bone, blood, mucous, faeces or biofilm, said method comprising the steps of: providing a suspension of solid particles in a liquid to said contaminated surface, and flowing said suspension along said surface thereby to remove contaminant from the surface. The suspension is preferably a paste, where the solid material may be e.g. crystals of a salt, silicon oxide or organic material. The paste preferably has a solid fraction between 5 and 55%. A rheology modifier may be present.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2018Publication date: June 24, 2021Applicant: Saban Ventures Pty LimitedInventors: Gavin Spargo, Kristina Palmer, Stefan Gebhardt, Brian Hingley
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Publication number: 20180236905Abstract: A child seat system with at least one child seat configured for an at least substantially upright-sitting child and with an infant carrier configured for a lying-down small child, wherein the infant carrier is configured to be accommodated in the child seat. The infant carrier is at least substantially implemented by a hard shell.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2016Publication date: August 23, 2018Applicant: Recaro Child Safety GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Stefan GEBHARDT, Thomas RUFF
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Patent number: 9429461Abstract: A method for capacitive fill level measurement of liquids and/or bulk materials in a container using at least one measuring sensor that is connected to a measuring electronics, wherein the measuring sensor is constructed from a plurality of, at least three, electrodes which are electrically insulated from one another and which, for measuring the fill level, are inserted into the container, and in the inserted state extend into the container, and wherein these at least three electrodes are connected to the measuring electronics and are operated in at least one first or in at least one second measuring mode. The invention further relates to a device for capacitive fill level measurement of liquids and/or bulk materials in a container.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2014Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: Rechner Industrie-Elektronik GmbHInventors: Stefan Gebhardt, Armin Kohler, Martin Suenkeler, Thorsten Koob, Eduard Bischler
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Publication number: 20140208846Abstract: A method for capacitive fill level measurement of liquids and/or bulk materials in a container using at least one measuring sensor that is connected to a measuring electronics, wherein the measuring sensor is constructed from a plurality of, at least three, electrodes which are electrically insulated from one another and which, for measuring the fill level, are inserted into the container, and in the inserted state extend into the container, and wherein these at least three electrodes are connected to the measuring electronics and are operated in at least one first or in at least one second measuring mode. The invention further relates to a device for capacitive fill level measurement of liquids and/or bulk materials in a container.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: Rechner Industrie-Elektronik GmbHInventors: Stefan Gebhardt, Armin Kohler, Martin Suenkeler, Thorsten Koob, Eduard Bischler
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Patent number: 8328275Abstract: A vehicle child seat is provided for directly or indirectly fastening to a vehicle seat and/or a vehicle structure. The vehicle child seat includes a backrest, a seat surface, an integrated belt system for fastening a child in the vehicle child seat and a belt tensioning device (31). The belt tensioning device (31) includes a trigger sensor, an energy storage device and a tensioning mechanism which, when exceeding a defined force acting on the vehicle child seat, in particular a crash force, abruptly tensions the belt system. All components of the belt tensioning device (31) required for the belt tensioning function being fastened to or in the vehicle child seat and being able to be removed therewith from the vehicle. A belt force limiting function is incorporated in the belt tensioning device (31).Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2010Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: RECARO Child Safety GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Thomas Vogt, Stefan Gebhardt, Jens Pöhner
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Publication number: 20100264706Abstract: A vehicle child seat is provided for directly or indirectly fastening to a vehicle seat and/or a vehicle structure. The vehicle child seat includes a backrest, a seat surface, an integrated belt system for fastening a child in the vehicle child seat and a belt tensioning device (31). The belt tensioning device (31) includes a trigger sensor, an energy storage device and a tensioning mechanism which, when exceeding a defined force acting on the vehicle child seat, in particular a crash force, abruptly tensions the belt system. All components of the belt tensioning device (31) required for the belt tensioning function being fastened to or in the vehicle child seat and being able to be removed therewith from the vehicle. A belt force limiting function is incorporated in the belt tensioning device (31).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Inventors: Thomas VOGT, Stefan Gebhardt, Jens Pöhner
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Patent number: 5890586Abstract: In a resin-embedded switching element provided with a casting containment, which encloses an area of the switching element to be covered by a resin, the casting containment has a fill hole consisting of a blind bore having at its inner end a diaphragm which is sufficiently thin that it can be ruptured by casting resin supplied to the fill hole under pressure and a measuring opening is formed in the top of the casting containment through which air can escape during filling of the casting containment with liquid casting resin and the level of the casting resin in the casting containment can be controlled.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 1997Date of Patent: April 6, 1999Assignee: Cherry Mikroschalter GmbHInventors: Siegbert Adelhardt, Helmut Brunnhuber, Wilfried Pohner, Stefan Gebhardt