Patents by Inventor Stephan Schröder

Stephan Schröder 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: 20240145986
    Abstract: A high-voltage connection system is described. The HV connection system includes a HV plug-connector and a HV socket-connector. The HV plug-connector is installed in an electrical HV unit to form an electrical connection between a second portion of a conductive core of the HV plug-connector and the electrical HV unit in a way that a plug extends outwards of the electrical HV unit. A HV cable with a cable lug is inserted in the HV socket-connector. One opening of the HV socket-connector is plugged on the plug of the HV plug-connector to align the conductive core with a center line of a second channel. An electric connection is created between the cable lug and the conductive core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Stephan Meyer, Stefan Schröder, Björn Spiers
  • Patent number: 11964940
    Abstract: A method for separating butenes from C4 hydrocarbon streams containing butanes and butenes involves extractive distillation with a suitable solvent, and a subsequent adiabatic oligomerisation. The method also involves heat integration, which makes it possible to use the heat of the solvent in order to heat and/or at least partly evaporate various streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Evonik Oxeno GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Philip Lutze, Stephan Peitz, Armin Matthias Rix, Tanita Valèrie Six, Moritz Schröder, Niklas Paul
  • Patent number: 11958791
    Abstract: A method for separating butenes from C4 hydrocarbon streams containing butanes and butenes involves extractive distillation with a suitable solvent. The method also involves heat integration, which makes it possible to use the heat of the solvent in order to heat various streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: EVONIK OXENO GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Philip Lutze, Stephan Peitz, Armin Matthias Rix, Tanita Valèrie Six, Moritz Schröder, Niklas Paul
  • Patent number: 11945777
    Abstract: A process for removing butenes from C4-hydrocarbon streams containing butanes and butenes involves extractive distillation with a suitable solvent. The process also involves heat integration, which allows utilization of the heat of the solvent for heating and/or at least partly evaporating various streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Evonik Oxeno GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Philip Lutze, Stephan Peitz, Armin Matthias Rix, Tanita Valèrie Six, Moritz Schröder, Niklas Paul
  • Patent number: 9937009
    Abstract: A torque-limiting assembly for a surgical powertool has an input shaft and an output shaft. Two relatively rotatable parts of the assembly are configured to be locked against relative rotation by at least one shearable piece for torque transfer between the input shaft and the output shaft up to a torque limit. The assembly further comprises at least one shear off structure rotationally fixed to one of the two relatively rotatable parts for shearing off a portion of the at least one shearable piece above the torque limit so as to unlock the two relatively rotatable parts for relative rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Stryker European Holdings I, LLC
    Inventors: Stephan Schroeder, Kevin Soldan
  • Publication number: 20170154158
    Abstract: A control device (2), for a medical apparatus, having at least one sensor (5) for three dimensionally detecting an object (8) which is configured to render graspable a vector (10) for a direction by its alignment is provided, wherein the object (8) is directed to a target area, and the vector (10) generates an intersection point with a surface of the target area. The control device (2) is adapted to recognize in which target area the intersection point is located and to actuate a predefined action for the target area by the medical apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Rudolf MARKA, Deniz GÜVENC, Stephan SCHRÖDER, Serhan ÖZHAN, Andreas PÖSCH, Nina LOFTFIELD
  • Publication number: 20150228549
    Abstract: A method for the construction an LED light module, having a printed circuit board, on which at least one LED lamp is accommodated, and having at least one optical element, into which the light generated by the LED lamp can be emitted, wherein the optical element has mounting pins and wherein holes are formed in the printed circuit board, such that the optical element is arranged on the printed circuit board by an insertion of the mounting pins in the holes, wherein the method comprises at least the following steps: arrangement of at least one LED lamp on a mounting surface of the printed circuit board, measurement of the position of the LED lamp in the plane of the mounting surface of the printed circuit board, creation of the holes in the printed circuit board at a position that is dependent on the measured position of the LED lamp in the plane of the mounting surface, and arrangement of the optical element on the printed circuit board by means of an insertion of the mounting pins in the holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Guiseppe Mattina, Stephan Schröder
  • Publication number: 20150148176
    Abstract: A torque-limiting assembly for a surgical powertool has an input shaft and an output shaft. Two relatively rotatable parts of the assembly are configured to be locked against relative rotation by at least one shearable piece for torque transfer between the input shaft and the output shaft up to a torque limit. The assembly further comprises at least one shear off structure rotationally fixed to one of the two relatively rotatable parts for shearing off a portion of the at least one shearable piece above the torque limit so as to unlock the two relatively rotatable parts for relative rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: Stryker Trauma SA
    Inventors: Stephan Schroeder, Kevin Soldan
  • Publication number: 20110040008
    Abstract: New polymer concentrates on the basis of polymer additives, like e.g. fillers and flame-retardants, are provided which have in particular an increased bulk density compared to the polymer additives as such. This increased bulk density leads to a substantial improvement in the processability of such concentrates, their dispersibility during compounding and the properties of the resulting polymer compound. Processing improvements include less dust, faster processing and more homogeneous additive dispersion. The invention also provides a process for preparing such new polymer concentrates, a process for preparing polymer compounds containing the new polymer concentrates, the respective polymer compounds and a process for preparing formed parts thereof. Such formed parts have more uniform properties such as density, wall thickness, and in case of the flame-retardants more homogeneous and consistent flame retardancy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Inventors: Stephen Pask, Andre Damman, Stephan Schroeder
  • Patent number: 7877649
    Abstract: An apparatus and methods for testing an integrated device comprising memory a test device are provided. At least two data inputs of the memory are coupled to a data output of the test device. As an alternative, at least two data outputs of the memory are coupled to a data input of the test device. Test data are transferred from the test device to the memory chip and written to memory cells of the memory. Data are read from the memory cells of the memory and transferring from the memory to the test device. The data read from the memory chip are compared with the test data written to the memory in order to identify faults of the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Qimonda AG
    Inventors: Joerg Kliewer, Manfred Proell, Stephan Schroeder, Georg Eggers, Wolfgang Ruf, Hermann Hass
  • Patent number: 7846996
    Abstract: New polymer concentrates on the basis of polymer additives, like e.g. fillers and flame-retardants, are provided which have in particular an increased bulk density compared to the polymer additives as such. This increased bulk density leads to a substantial improvement in the processability of such concentrates, their dispersibility during compounding and the properties of the resulting polymer compound. Processing improvements include less dust, faster processing and more homogeneous additive dispersion. The invention also provides a process for preparing such new polymer concentrates, a process for preparing polymer compounds containing the new polymer concentrates, the respective polymer compounds and a process for preparing formed parts thereof. Such formed parts have more uniform properties such as density, wall thickness, and in case of the flame-retardants more homogeneous and consistent flame retardancy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: LANXESS Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Stephen Pask, Andre Damman, Stephan Schroeder
  • Patent number: 7752510
    Abstract: An integrated device comprises a functional circuit, a test circuit for testing the functional circuit and for providing an error data item and a register element for storing the error data item and for outputting the error data item at an error data output of the integrated device responsive to an output signal. The register element is connected to a data input of the integrated device in order to accept a data item, which is applied to the data input, responsive to the output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Qimonda AG
    Inventors: Manfred Proell, Stephan Schroeder, Wolfgang Ruf, Hermann Haas
  • Patent number: 7710810
    Abstract: A device can be used for refreshing memory contents of first and second memory cells. The memory contents of the first memory cells are refreshed in a first period of time and the memory contents of the second memory cells are refreshed in a second period of time. A pre-charge circuit is provided for bit lines for the first memory cells and the second memory cells. A controller may be coupled to the pre-charge circuit to control the pre-charge circuit such that a pre-charge voltage may be applied to the bit lines of the first memory cells during the first period of time and not during the second period of time and that the pre-charge voltage may be applied to the bit lines of the second memory cells during the second period of time and not during the first period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Qimonda AG
    Inventors: Manfred Proell, Stephan Schroeder
  • Publication number: 20090274793
    Abstract: In a method of making wine comprising fermenting a mixture in a main batch container to produce wine and transferring the wine from the main batch container to a plurality of bottles, at least a portion of the wine is exposed to a vacuum pressure during the wine making process prior to bottling. The wine is thus degassed without the stress of agitation or filtering being required. The wine is also transferable either for racking to remove sediment or when bottling in a manner which reduces sediment uptake into the siphon tubes and which reduces stress from agitations applied to the wine using vacuum pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2009
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Inventor: Daryl Stephan Schroeder
  • Patent number: 7512023
    Abstract: A method for improving the reliability of a memory having a used memory region and an unused memory region, wherein defect memory elements in the used memory region can be substituted by functional memory elements in the unused memory region, having the steps of providing the used memory region with a first stress sequence; and providing the unused memory region with a second stress sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Qimonda AG
    Inventors: Manfred Proell, Stephan Schroeder
  • Patent number: 7482644
    Abstract: Semiconductor memories (1) have segmented word lines (5a, 5b), which in each case have a main word line (10a, 10b) made of a conductive metal and a plurality of interconnect segments (15a, 15b) coupled to the main word line (10a, 10b), which are coupled to the respective main word line (10a, 10b) in each case via at least one contact hole filling (11). If one of the contact hole fillings (11) is defective or at high resistance then functional errors of the semiconductor memory occur. The interconnect segments (15a, 15b) of two respective word lines (5a, 5b) can be short-circuited in pairs with the aid of switching units (20), whereby a static current (I) that flows via the contact hole fillings (11) can be used for electrically stressing the contact hole fillings (11). Electrical stressing of contact hole fillings of segmented word lines is thus made possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Georg Erhard Eggers, Stephan Schröder, Manfred Pröll, Herbert Benzinger
  • Patent number: 7443713
    Abstract: An integrated semiconductor memory device includes at least one memory cell, at least one sense amplifier and a pair of bit lines connected to each sense amplifier, where each memory cell includes a selection transistor and a storage capacitor. The storage capacitor of each memory cell includes a first capacitor electrode and a second capacitor electrode, and the selection transistor of each memory cell includes a first source/drain region that is connected by a first contact connection to one bit line of a pair of bit lines corresponding with the memory cell, and a second source/drain region that is conductively connected to the first capacitor electrode of the storage capacitor of the memory cell. The second capacitor electrode of the storage capacitor of each memory cell is connected to the other bit line of the pair of bit lines corresponding with the memory cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Stephan Schröder, Herbert Benzinger, Georg Erhard Eggers, Manfred Pröll, Jörg Kliewer
  • Publication number: 20080219060
    Abstract: A memory device and method for internal voltage monitoring is disclosed. One embodiment includes at least one error register configured to store a particular error flag during the stress test. This error flag is generated if the supply voltage applied at the memory device during the test method in the memory device or an internally generated voltage of the memory device lies below a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicant: Qimonda AG
    Inventors: Tobias Graf, Manfred Proell, Stephan Schroeder, Stefan Tuebel
  • Patent number: 7402859
    Abstract: A field effect semiconductor comprises a semiconductor layer having a surface, a first and a second semiconductor region in the semiconductor layer, which are arranged next to one another at the surface of the semiconductor layer, an insulating layer between the first semiconductor region and the second semiconductor region, a semiconductor strip on the surface of the semiconductor layer, which semiconductor strip overlaps the first semiconductor region and the second semiconductor region and adjoins these. A gate overlaps the semiconductor strip at least in the region of the insulating layer. A gate dielectric insulates the gate from the semiconductor strip the first semiconductor region and the second semiconductor region. The semiconductor strip and the gate being formed such that the semiconductor strip is electrically insulating at a first predetermined gate voltage and is electrically conductive at a second predetermined gate voltagero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Joerg Vollrath, Marcin Gnat, Ralf Schneider, Stephan Schroeder
  • Publication number: 20080141075
    Abstract: An apparatus and methods for testing an integrated device comprising memory a test device are provided. At least two data inputs of the memory are coupled to a data output of the test device. As an alternative, at least two data outputs of the memory are coupled to a data input of the test device. Test data are transferred from the test device to the memory chip and written to memory cells of the memory. Data are read from the memory cells of the memory and transferring from the memory to the test device. The data read from the memory chip are compared with the test data written to the memory in order to identify faults of the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: Joerg Kliewer, Manfred Proell, Stephan Schroeder, Georg Eggers, Wolfgang Ruf, Hermann Hass