Patents by Inventor Stefan Meier

Stefan Meier 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: 12318586
    Abstract: An injection device for dispensing a product, the injection device including a moveable element which is moved for a dispensing operation, a spring, a product container holder and a product container, wherein the spring pushes against the moveable element to move the moveable element to an initial position after the dispensing operation has ended and against the product container to seat the product container in the product container holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Ypsomed AG
    Inventors: Adrian Eich, Aurèle Horisberger, Patrick Hostettler, Malte Kladiwa, Stefan Meier, Peter Stettler, Jürgen Wittmann
  • Publication number: 20230277771
    Abstract: An injection device for dispensing a product, the injection device including a moveable element which is moved for a dispensing operation, a spring, a product container holder and a product container, wherein the spring pushes against the moveable element to move the moveable element to an initial position after the dispensing operation has ended and against the product container to seat the product container in the product container holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Adrian Eich, Aurèle Horisberger, Patrick Hostettler, Malte Kladiwa, Stefan Meier, Peter Stettler, Jürgen Wittmann
  • Patent number: 11558279
    Abstract: A method and an access unit for accessing an industrial communication network are provided. An access unit has first ports connected to the communication network and at least one second port. The access unit is configured to pass data traffic between nodes of the communication network through the access unit in a first operational state of the access unit. The access unit is configured to pass data traffic to a test node via the at least one second port and/or allow test data to be injected into the communication network via the at least one second port in a second operational state of the access unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi Energy Switzerland Ltd
    Inventors: Dominique Graber, Michael Obrist, Stefan Meier, Stephan Gerspach, Wolfgang Wimmer
  • Patent number: 10689009
    Abstract: A method for warning about a wrong-way drive situation for a vehicle. The method includes at least reading in a wrong-way drive signal by an interface to a wrong-way drive detection unit. The wrong-way drive signal represents the wrong-way drive situation. The method also includes evaluating the wrong-way drive signal to determine a piece of role information. The piece of role information represents a role of the vehicle with respect to the wrong-way drive situation. The method furthermore includes generating at least one warning signal to warn about the wrong-way drive situation using the piece of role information. The at least one warning signal represents at least one role-dependent warning message. Moreover, the method includes providing the at least one warning signal at an interface to at least one output unit for outputting the at least one warning signal in the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Ilona Rubinstein, Katharina Erfurth, Nadine Walter, Nuno Ribeiro, Stefan Meier, Vera Vilas Boas, Rafael Nascimento
  • Publication number: 20200084134
    Abstract: A method and an access unit for accessing an industrial communication network are provided. An access unit has first ports connected to the communication network and at least one second port. The access unit is configured to pass data traffic between nodes of the communication network through the access unit in a first operational state of the access unit. The access unit is configured to pass data traffic to a test node via the at least one second port and/or allow test data to be injected into the communication network via the at least one second port in a second operational state of the access unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Dominique Graber, Michael Obrist, Stefan Meier, Stephan Gerspach, Wolfgang Wimmer
  • Publication number: 20190290851
    Abstract: An injection device for dispensing a product, the injection device including a moveable element which is moved for a dispensing operation, a spring, a product container holder and a product container, wherein the spring pushes against the moveable element to move the moveable element to an initial position after the dispensing operation has ended and against the product container to seat the product container in the product container holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Adrian Eich, Aurèle Horisberger, Patrick Hostettler, Malte Kladiwa, Stefan Meier, Peter Stettler, Jürgen Wittmann
  • Patent number: 10398217
    Abstract: A personal hygiene device, in particular a toothbrush, has a handle, a treatment head mounted for relative movement with respect to the handle against a spring force when a treatment force is applied in at least one direction onto the treatment head, a treatment-force-measurement unit for determining the applied treatment force comprising an electrically powered coil, a coil core element, and a control circuit for determining a parameter indicative of the inductance of the coil, wherein the coil core element is arranged to be moved with respect to the coil when the treatment head is moved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: BRAUN GMBH
    Inventors: Norbert Schaefer, Martin Haas, Daniel Dietzel, Christian Probst, Stefan Meier
  • Publication number: 20190185020
    Abstract: A method for warning about a wrong-way drive situation for a vehicle. The method includes at least reading in a wrong-way drive signal by an interface to a wrong-way drive detection unit. The wrong-way drive signal represents the wrong-way drive situation. The method also includes evaluating the wrong-way drive signal to determine a piece of role information. The piece of role information represents a role of the vehicle with respect to the wrong-way drive situation. The method furthermore includes generating at least one warning signal to warn about the wrong-way drive situation using the piece of role information. The at least one warning signal represents at least one role-dependent warning message. Moreover, the method includes providing the at least one warning signal at an interface to at least one output unit for outputting the at least one warning signal in the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Ilona Rubinstein, Katharina Koehler, Nadine Walter, Nuno Ribeiro, Stefan Meier, Vera Vilas Boas, Rafael Nascimento
  • Patent number: 9748936
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a frequency generator. The frequency generator comprises a quantization device configured to synthesize a carrier signal with a desired frequency characterized by a series of phase transitions at desired time instants, by approximating a phase transition at a desired time instant with a phase transition at a quantized effective time instant. The frequency generator further comprises a noise shaper configured to provide a noise-shaped feedback signal using the desired time instant and the effective time instant. Moreover, the frequency generator comprises an error generator configured to cause an error component within the effective time instant, the error component being at least 50 percent of a temporal quantization unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Intel IP Corporation
    Inventors: Stefan Meier, Lajos Gazsi, Matthias Schoebinger
  • Publication number: 20160331119
    Abstract: A personal hygiene device, in particular a toothbrush, has a handle, a treatment head mounted for relative movement with respect to the handle against a spring force when a treatment force is applied in at least one direction onto the treatment head, a treatment-force-measurement unit for determining the applied treatment force comprising an electrically powered coil, a coil core element, and a control circuit for determining a parameter indicative of the inductance of the coil, wherein the coil core element is arranged to be moved with respect to the coil when the treatment head is moved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Norbert SCHAEFER, Martin HAAS, Daniel DIETZEL, Christian PROBST, Stefan MEIER
  • Patent number: 9467158
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing oscillator signals includes a first digital-to-time converter module configured to generate a first oscillator signal based on a first adapted input signal, a second digital-to-time converter module configured to generate a second oscillator signal; and a first processing module configured to generate the first adapted input signal of the first digital-to-time converter module by adding noise to a first input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Intel IP Corporation
    Inventors: Bernhard Raaf, Zdravko Boos, Stefan Meier
  • Publication number: 20160285469
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing oscillator signals includes a first digital-to-time converter module configured to generate a first oscillator signal based on a first adapted input signal, a second digital-to-time converter module configured to generate a second oscillator signal; and a first processing module configured to generate the first adapted input signal of the first digital-to-time converter module by adding noise to a first input signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Bernhard Raaf, Zdravko Boos, Stefan Meier
  • Publication number: 20160182026
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a frequency generator. The frequency generator comprises a quantization device configured to synthesize a carrier signal with a desired frequency characterized by a series of phase transitions at desired time instants, by approximating a phase transition at a desired time instant with a phase transition at a quantized effective time instant. The frequency generator further comprises a noise shaper configured to provide a noise-shaped feedback signal using the desired time instant and the effective time instant. Moreover, the frequency generator comprises an error generator configured to cause an error component within the effective time instant, the error component being at least 50 percent of a temporal quantization unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Stefan Meier, Lajos Gazsi, Matthias Schoebinger
  • Publication number: 20160158445
    Abstract: An injection device for dispensing a product, the injection device including a moveable element which is moved for a dispensing operation, a spring, a product container holder and a product container, wherein the spring pushes against the moveable element to move the moveable element to an initial position after the dispensing operation has ended and against the product container to seat the product container in the product container holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Adrian Eich, Aurèle Horisberger, Patrick Hostettler, Malte Kladiwa, Stefan Meier, Peter Stettler, Jürgen Wittmann
  • Patent number: 9360503
    Abstract: A method for determining a sampling time of a signal, the method including: determining a candidate sampling time of a signal for input to a sampling circuit; determining a resultant sampling time at which the sampling circuit samples the signal when input with the candidate sampling time; and determining a sampling time of the signal based on a noise shaping of a difference between the resultant sampling time and the candidate sampling time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: INTEL DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Lajos Gazsi, Stefan Meier, Matthias Schoebinger
  • Patent number: 9325551
    Abstract: This application discusses, among other things, apparatus and methods for suppressing irrelevant edges of a phase modulated signal. In an example, a method can include receiving phase modulation information at a suppression circuit of a communication device, computing distances between transitions of a phase modulation signal, the phase modulation signal associated with the phase modulation information, comparing the distances to a threshold distance at a comparator of the suppression circuit, and suppressing a first transition of the phase modulation signal associated with the phase modulation information if a first distance is less than the threshold distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Stefan Meier, Matthias Schoebinger, Lajos Gazsi
  • Patent number: 9277333
    Abstract: A method operates a hearing aid system and the hearing aid system has at least two hearing aid devices, between which a signal path is provided, and with at least one signal processing unit, which is provided to process audio signals. In the method the signal processing apparatus filters first audio signals with a filter predetermined for a defined spatial direction, from which a useful signal arrives, so that second audio signals are generated, in which the components of the useful signal in the second audio signals are equalized to a greater degree than in the first audio signals. The second audio signals are then filtered with an adaptive filter, so that third audio signals are generated, in which the components of the useful signal are equalized to an even greater degree than in the second audio signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Sivantos Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Marc Aubreville, Eghart Fischer, Homayoun Kamkar Parsi, Walter Kellermann, Stefan Meier, Henning Puder, Klaus Reindl
  • Publication number: 20150172083
    Abstract: This application discusses, among other things, apparatus and methods for suppressing irrelevant edges of a phase modulated signal. In an example, a method can include receiving phase modulation information at a suppression circuit of a communication device, computing distances between transitions of a phase modulation signal, the phase modulation signal associated with the phase modulation information, comparing the distances to a threshold distance at a comparator of the suppression circuit, and suppressing a first transition of the phase modulation signal associated with the phase modulation information if a first distance is less than the threshold distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Stefan Meier, Matthias Schoebinger, Lajos Gazsi
  • Publication number: 20150148754
    Abstract: An injection device for dispensing a product, the injection device including a moveable element which is moved for a dispensing operation, a spring, a product container holder and a product container, wherein the spring pushes against the moveable element to move the moveable element to an initial position after the dispensing operation has ended and against the product container to seat the product container in the product container holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: ADRIAN EICH, Aurèle Horisberger, Patrick Hostettler, Malte Kladiwa, Stefan Meier, Peter Stettler, Jürgen Wittmann
  • Patent number: 8992487
    Abstract: An injection device for dispensing a product, the injection device including a moveable element which is moved for a dispensing operation, a spring, a product container holder and a product container, wherein the spring pushes against the moveable element to move the moveable element to an initial position after the dispensing operation has ended and against the product container to seat the product container in the product container holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: TecPharma Licensing, AG
    Inventors: Adrian Eich, Aurèle Horisberger, Patrick Hostettler, Malte Kladiwa, Stefan Meier, Peter Stettler, Jürgen Wittmann