Patents by Inventor Stefan Weber

Stefan Weber 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).

  • Publication number: 20250100816
    Abstract: In order to accurately and reliably detect a new mover transferred to an electromagnetic transport device with less effort compared to the known prior art, an introduction area which extends over a part of a stator of the electromagnetic transport device and comprises at least one position sensor is defined, the new mover is moved through the introduction area, a new sensor response which is detected by the at least one position sensor arranged in the introduction area when the new mover is moved through the introduction area is monitored, and a control of drive coils of the electromagnetic transport device, which interact with the new mover to move the new mover, is started when the new sensor response reaches or exceeds a predefined activation criterion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Alexander Almeder, Andreas Weber, Stefan Flixeder
  • Publication number: 20250086948
    Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for performing automatic synthetic shallow depth of field (SDOF) or so-called “portrait mode” suggestions for digital image capture. In particular, these techniques aim to solve the problem of letting users of digital image capture devices know when to turn on portrait image capture modes to capture aesthetically pleasing images. If, based on the application certain criteria, a currently-composed scene is detected to be “portrait worthy,” an icon or other indicator may be provided, e.g., on a user interface of the digital image capture device. According to some embodiments, once a scene has been determined to be portrait worthy, the digital image capture device may capture a subsequent image(s) with at least one additional data asset needed to render a captured image in a synthetic SDOF or portrait mode. This will allow users to convert their digital images into portrait mode images via digital image post-processing operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Jade O. Hayat, Ilana Volfin, Stefan Weber, Liang Mi, Zahra Sadeghipoor Kermani, Alexis Gatt, Nizar Khalfaoui, Mohit Setia, Johnnie B. Manzari
  • Publication number: 20250083739
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for detecting damage to a steering system, wherein values of moisture in the steering system are determined with a sensor within the steering system, wherein the damage is detected as a function of the values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Markus Weber, Stefan Ehlert, Steffen Kuhn, Thomas Kuehnhoefer, Reinhard Grossheim, Tobias Abele, Walter Gronbach
  • Patent number: 12245640
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a smoke-free cigarette comprising a heat source disposed in a container, a reservoir containing nicotine and/or one or mote flavouring agents, and a trigger mechanism for the heat source. According to the claimed invention, the cigarette has an outer shell defining a space in which the heat source and the reservoir are disposed, the outer shell and/or the wall of the container being made of aluminium and/or stainless steel or comprising one or more of these materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: OLIG AG
    Inventors: Stefan Weber, Petra Werner
  • Patent number: 12240514
    Abstract: A mobile transport device and a method for introducing an installation frame into a shaft, in particular an elevator shaft, are used for transporting an installation frame and for introducing the installation frame into the shaft. The installation frame has a base frame and a bearing frame on which the installation frame is supported from above. The transport device additionally has a fixing device arranged on the base frame for fixing the base frame to a shaft opening of a shaft wall of the shaft and for preventing the transport device from tilting. The bearing frame is supported by the base frame and is movable in the horizontal direction relative to the base frame such that, when the base frame is arranged outside of the shaft, the bearing frame, and thus also the installation frame, can be moved into the shaft from outside the shaft through the shaft opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: INVENTIO AG
    Inventors: Guido Achermann, Roger Beck, Gabriele Bizzozero, Dragan Gavric, Ralph Harmath, Nico Langhi, Stefan Weber, Andre Weibel
  • Patent number: 12234127
    Abstract: A construction site elevator system temporarily bridges at least part of the distance between the top stop of a jump lift and the top work level on the construction site. The construction site elevator system includes a frame structure and an elevator within the frame structure, the frame structure being configured to be insertable into an elevator shaft and being mountable at different positions in the elevator shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: INVENTIO AG
    Inventors: Claus-Dietmar Luther, Stefan Weber
  • Patent number: 12228639
    Abstract: A method for obtaining approval of a sensor system for detecting objects in a vehicle's environment includes providing a combined probability distribution for deviations between output data from a sensor system and reference data at the programming level for detecting objects by the sensor system, at the sensor level and/or at the fusion level, sampling deviation combinations and calculating occurrence probabilities for the sampled deviation combinations using the combined probability distribution, subjecting the reference data to the sampled deviation combinations, processing these reference data with a fusion unit, and obtaining fusion results, removing occurrence probabilities from the combined probability distribution from which those fusion results are obtained that satisfy a predefined condition, and obtaining a residual probability distribution, taking the integral of the residual probability distribution and obtaining an absolute error probability, and obtaining approval of the sensor system based on
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Martin Ruchti, Thomas Nägele, Stefan Rinkenauer, Jens Klimke, Tobias Moers, Dominik Raudszus, Hendrik Weber, Maike Scholtes, Lutz Eckstein
  • Publication number: 20250051133
    Abstract: An evacuation bridge for bridging a horizontal gap between two elevator cars of an elevator system in an emergency situation includes: a support structure having a base plate and at least one side part, wherein the base plate is attachable at its ends to evacuation openings of the elevator cars to form a walkway between the evacuation openings; wherein the side part is mounted movably between a first position and a second position to the base plate so that an overall width of the support structure is adjustable to a first overall width by moving the side part in the first position and to a second overall width by moving the side part in the second position; and wherein the first overall width is smaller than an individual width of each evacuation opening and the second overall width is larger than the individual width of each evacuation opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Stefan Weber, Longhong Wang, Zhihui Zhang, Janey Wang, Marco Caplazi
  • Publication number: 20250043074
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a polyarylether copolymer (P), the polyarylether copolymer (P) obtained by the process and a process for the preparation of a membrane comprising the polyaryl-ether copolymer (P) and the membrane itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Martin WEBER, Jun GAO, Stefan BLEI, Indre THIEL, Jessica Nadine HAMANN, Frauke THRUN, Christian SCHUETZ, Christian MALETZKO
  • Patent number: 12215168
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof that binds to human A2AP. The isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragment according to the present invention i) cross-reacts with rabbit and/or cynomolgus A2AP, ii) does not inhibit human plasmin activity, and iii) increases plasmin mediated clot lysis in the presence of A2AP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Stefan Heitmeier, Julia Glunz, Melanie Fischer, Cindy Schulenburg, Hannah Jörißen, Christoph Thiel, Andreas Wilmen, Ernst Weber
  • Publication number: 20250033932
    Abstract: A car arrangement includes: a first car and a second car arranged one above the other in a car frame; wherein at least the first car is displaceable along the car frame in the direction of a vertical axis by a spindle drive; wherein the spindle drive includes a spindle and a drive unit; wherein the spindle drive is guided through a cutout in a support structure of the car frame, and the drive unit has a housing with a fastening flange fastening the housing to the support structure; and wherein the housing has first and second positions in relation to the cutout, the fastening flange exposing the cutout in the first position so the spindle drive can be guided through the cutout in the direction of the vertical axis, and the fastening flange projects beyond an outer edge of the cutout in the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Stefan Weber, Dragan Gavric, Roger Beck
  • Publication number: 20250033931
    Abstract: A protective roof device for installation in an elevator shaft includes: a protective roof support that can be installed in the elevator shaft at different longitudinal positions; a protective roof supported by the support for catching falling objects and having at least two protective roof parts at least partly overlapping in an overlap region, the width of which can be modified by moving the roof parts relative to one another in an x-direction; each of the roof parts being foldable along a folding line and arranged such that the folding lines of different roof parts form a common folding line that is parallel to the x-direction; the width of the protective roof being variable in the x direction by modifying the width of the overlap region; and the depth of the protective roof being variable modified in a y direction by folding the protective roof along the common folding line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Lukas Christen, Samuel Ulmer, Stefan Weber, Gabriele Bizzozero
  • Patent number: 12201374
    Abstract: Multi-component systems and methods for determining the proximity of surgical tools to key anatomical features are provided. The inventive systems and methods can be applied in any surgical procedure requiring precision to avoid damage to key anatomical features such as nerves, with a particular example being the robotic cochlear implantation minimally invasive approach to cochlear implantation. Use of purpose built surgical robots, electromyography and tissue impedance, stereotactic tracking and drilling force/bone density measurements are all key components, with inputs from these various modalities being dynamically weighted. In the example of robotic cochlear implantation, the inventive concepts are used to provide key surgical guidance so as to avoid damage to the facial nerve and the chorda tympani, among other anatomical features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Universitat Bern
    Inventors: Kate Gerber, Nicolas Gerber, Stefan Weber, Juan Anso, Tom Williamson
  • Publication number: 20240413522
    Abstract: An antenna, in particular for a mobile communication base station, has first radiators for a first frequency range and a frame, wherein the frame defines at least one window for receiving at least one insert and the first radiators are mounted to the frame such that the first radiators lie at least partially directly above the window in a direction perpendicular to the frame Further, a mobile communication base station is shown.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Maximilian Göttl, Christoph Staita, Markus Mohr, Mathias Markof, Stefan Weber
  • Patent number: 12154716
    Abstract: In an embodiment a method for producing an inductive component includes applying a conductive material and an insulating material in an additive manufacturing process. The conductive material forms at least one winding having a plurality of superimposed turns and the insulating material forms a carrier for the at least one winding. The turns are connected to form a spiral-shaped winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: TDK Electronics AG
    Inventors: Michael Rottner, Stefan Weber
  • Patent number: 12134865
    Abstract: The disclosure refers to a road construction machine, adapted in particular in the form of a road paver or a feeder vehicle for a road paver. According to the disclosure, the road construction machine comprises a first and/or a second air barrier device adapted to shield a driver and/or an operator of the road construction machine. Furthermore, the disclosure refers to a corresponding method for generating an air flow during operation of a road construction machine in order to shield a driver and/or an operator from vapors and/or aerosols rising during operation of the road construction machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Joseph Voegele AG
    Inventors: Klaus Oettinger, Bastian Fleischer, Tobias Boellert, Daniel Draxler, Ingo Herzberg, Maximilian Theobald, Thomas Seither, Frank Grimm, Helmut Kessler, Johannes Pontius, Stefan Weber, Bernhard Erdtmann
  • Publication number: 20240325962
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an air filter arrangement for cleaning a bitumen-containing volume flow, comprising at least a first filter element and a second filter element, which are arranged as filter elements acting in succession for cleaning the bitumen-containing volume flow, wherein the first filter element and the second filter element are fixedly connected to one another. Furthermore, the disclosure relates to a method for carrying out an exchange of a plurality of filter elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: Joseph Vögele AG
    Inventors: Bernhard ERDTMANN, Stefan WEBER, Johannes PONTIUS, Jan RIFFEL, Felix KEMPF
  • Publication number: 20240326561
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a road construction machine, which is available in the form of a road paver or a feeder vehicle for a road paver, comprising a driver's control station for a driver of the road construction machine, wherein the driver's control station has at least one seat console that comprises a fresh air system. Furthermore, the disclosure relates to a method for generating an improved air quality on an openly configured driver's control station of a road construction machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: Joseph Vögele AG
    Inventors: Bernhard ERDTMANN, Stefan WEBER, Johannes PONTIUS, Jan RIFFEL, Felix KEMPF
  • Publication number: 20240326550
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a road construction machine which is available in the form of a road paver or a feeder vehicle for a road paver, comprising at least one control station with at least one open side, wherein the control station comprises a control console for controlling and monitoring processes which can be carried out by means of the road construction machine, and a fresh air system with at least one fresh air opening, wherein the fresh air system is completely integrated in the control console. Furthermore, the disclosure relates to the use of a control console for fresh air generation and fresh air supply on a road construction machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: Joseph Vögele AG
    Inventors: Bernhard ERDTMANN, Stefan WEBER, Johannes PONTIUS, Jan RIFFEL, Felix KEMPF
  • Publication number: 20240300781
    Abstract: An elevator car arrangement for a double-deck elevator has a car frame; a first car coupled to the car frame; a second car arranged on the car frame above or below the first car and coupled to the car frame so as to be movable in a vertical direction relative to the car frame and relative to the first car; a push chain coupled, with a first end of a force absorption section of the push chain, to the first car or to the car frame, and with an opposite, second end of the force absorption section to the second car, and is arranged such that the second car exerts a pressure load on the force absorption section due to gravity; and a drive device coupled to the push chain to displace the second car in the vertical direction relative to the first car by the push chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Stefan Weber, Andre Weibel