Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Maier

Thomas A. Maier 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).

  • ELECTRONIC UNIT COMPRISING AN ESD PROTECTIVE ARRANGEMENT
    Publication number: 20170294776
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an electronic unit with a circuit board having at least one component arranged on a main surface of the circuit board and a casing element, which incorporates the at least one component, as well as with an ESD protection arrangement for the circuit board. According to the disclosure, open areas on the circuit board, which are not covered by the casing element, are covered with a gold layer directly mounted on a copper surface of the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Thomas MAIER, Mike VOGEL, Josef LOIBL
  • Valve assembly, in particular for space travel drive systems, which is closed when not actuated
    Patent number: 9746092
    Abstract: A valve assembly includes an inlet and an outlet, which open into a working chamber of the valve assembly, and an actuator. In a non-actuated state of the actuator, a flow passage between the inlet and the outlet is blocked. The actuator is optionally a shape-memory actuator that can be actuated one time or comprises a shape-memory actuator, which suddenly changes its external shape upon reaching a conversion temperature, which is dependent on the alloy composition thereof, and which can be generated by a controllable electrical heating device of the valve assembly. The actuator irreversibly destroys a pipe element separating the inlet from the outlet in the working chamber upon actuation, whereby the inlet and the outlet are connected to one another with respect to flow via the working chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Airbus DS GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Wolf, Thomas Maier, Stephan Kraus
  • Hand-guided work apparatus and assembly including said hand-guided work apparatus and a support
    Patent number: 9689126
    Abstract: An assembly includes a handheld work apparatus and a support. The support has a holder worn by an operator and a connector arrangement which is held at a first attachment on the holder and on a second attachment on the work apparatus. The connector arrangement is mounted on the second attachment so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis and supports the work apparatus in a rearward direction in relation to the operator and prevents a rearward movement of the work apparatus. The center of gravity of the work apparatus and the first attachment have a spacing (a) to one another measured in a horizontal and lateral direction in relation to the operator. The holder has, at the first attachment, a bracing device for supporting the tilting moment acting on the first attachment by the weight force (F) of the work apparatus because of the lateral spacing (a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christian Barth, Markus Hittmann, Thomas Maier, Johann Winterholler, Matti Schwalk, Felix Oberhofer
  • PRE-CHAMBER OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
    Publication number: 20170167358
    Abstract: A pre-chamber body for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The pre-chamber body may have a pre-chamber. The pre-chamber body may also have a flow transfer passage, which may fluidly connect the pre-chamber and an exterior of the pre-chamber body. In addition, the pre-chamber body may have at least one backflow channel, which may fluidly connect the pre-chamber and the flow transfer passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas MAIER, Enrico DREHOBL
  • STABLE POLYMORPH FORM B OF TAPENTADOL HYDROCHLORIDE
    Publication number: 20170166516
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to Tapentadol Hydrochloride in the polymorphic crystalline Form B, which is substantially free of polymorphic Form A as well as essentially free of low alkyl carboxylic acids or esters of such acids. Furthermore, the present disclosure provides a process to produce this polymorphic Form B substantially free of Form A and its preparation and use for pharmaceutical compositions. This process as well as the specific crystalline form is uncommon, improved and industrially advantageous. Furthermore, the disclosure relates to pharmaceutical compositions and uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Dominique Anna BOCK, Thomas MAIER, Sven HAFERKAMP, Frank PORSTMANN
  • PRE-CHAMBER OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
    Publication number: 20170167359
    Abstract: A pre-chamber body for an engine is disclosed. The pre-chamber body may have a pre-chamber. The pre-chamber body may also have flow transfer channels fluidly connecting the pre-chamber and an exterior of the pre-chamber body. Each flow transfer channel extends along a flow transfer channel axis (B) from an inner opening via a throat section to an outer opening. A cross-section of the flow transfer channels converges from a first cross section (A1) of the inner opening to a second cross-section (A2) of the throat section and diverges from the second cross-section (A2) to a third cross-section (A3) of the outer opening along the flow transfer channel axis (B). At least one of the inner opening and the outer opening has an oval shape with a maximum diameter (a1, a3) and a minimum diameter (b1, b3), the maximum diameter (a1, a3) being greater than the minimum diameter (b1, b3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas MAIER
  • PRECHAMBER ASSEMBLY FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
    Publication number: 20170167357
    Abstract: A prechamber assembly for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The prechamber assembly may have a prechamber housing with a first prechamber housing portion and a second prechamber housing portion. The first prechamber housing portion and the second prechamber housing portion may define a prechamber volume. The prechamber assembly may also have a cooling system. The cooling system may be configured to cool at least one of the first prechamber housing portion and the second prechamber housing portion based on a flow of a cooling fluid through the cooling system. The cooling system may have at least one cooling channel formed within the prechamber housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas MAIER
  • Device for regulating the pressure and/or mass flow for a space propulsion system
    Patent number: 9664299
    Abstract: A device for regulating pressure and/or mass flow of a gaseous or liquid fluid conveyed through a line in a space propulsion system includes a first, piezoelectrically actuatable regulating valve and at least two second, magnetically actuatable regulating valves. The regulating valves are connected to each other and to a line input in such a way that in a nominal mode the pressure and the mass flow of the fluid can be set by the first regulating valve, and a connection or isolation of the first regulating valve with or from the line input can be produced by the second regulating valves. In an emergency mode the pressure and the mass flow of the fluid can be set by the second regulating valves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Astrium GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Maier
  • Valve for opening a fluid line
    Patent number: 9625046
    Abstract: A valve for one-time opening a fluid line for venting a technical system includes an inlet for connecting to the fluid line, an outlet, and a controllable closure arranged between the inlet and the outlet. In the non-activated state the controllable closure closes a passage between the inlet and the outlet. The closure includes a material that changes its phase state in dependence on a control parameter, whereby the passage is irreversibly opened in the activated state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Astrium GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Killinger, Markus Wolf, Thomas Maier
  • Fan shroud on an agricultural vehicle
    Patent number: 9561717
    Abstract: An agricultural vehicle having a cooling system comprising a fan. The cooling system is housed in a bonnet of the vehicle. When the bonnet is closed it forms a part of a fan shroud of the fan and directs air in a direction parallel or substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: AGCO INTERNATIONAL GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Barzen, Marco Opitz, Georg Jutz, Erich Freytag, Thomas Maier, Jan Weigand, Hartmut Kolmer
  • NOVEL SUBSTITUTED IMIDAZOQUINOLINES
    Publication number: 20170029422
    Abstract: Imidazoquinolines of formula I that contain substituted amine or amide functionality at 1-position and that are effective as Toll like Receptor 7 activators are disclosed. These compounds are useful as anticancer agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: 4SC AG
    Inventors: Volker GEKELER, Thomas MAIER, Astrid ZIMMERMANN, Hans-Peter HOFMANN, Sanjeev A. KULKARNI, Anil P. JAGTAP, Ganesh S. CHAURE
  • Insulation Packaging for Thermal Insulation and/or Shock Absorption Made from Straw and/or Hay
    Publication number: 20160355320
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an insulating packaging for thermal insulation and/or shock absorption, and a packaging of this type. According to the invention, straw or hay or a mixture of the two is plasticized; the plasticized straw and/or hay is subjected to moulding; while maintaining the moulding, the plasticization is reversed and the straw and/or hay is hardened without material bonding between the individual stalks of straw and/or hay; and the straw and/or hay is provided with a coating on all sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas MAIER-ESCHENLOHR, Patricia ESCHENLOHR
  • Circuit device and method of manufacturing a circuit device for controlling a transmission of a vehicle
    Patent number: 9472486
    Abstract: A circuit device for controlling a transmission of a vehicle comprises an integrated circuit, which is mounted with a first surface on a first support surface of a circuit substrate and on a second surface opposite to the first surface comprises a heat-conducting surface for dissipating heat from the integrated circuit, in particular wherein the heat-conducting surface is designed as a contacting surface for contacting a heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventor: Thomas Maier
  • Substituted imidazoquinolines
    Patent number: 9446040
    Abstract: Imidazoquinolines of formula I that contain substituted amine or amide functionality at 1-position and that are effective as Toll like Receptor 7 activators are disclosed. These compounds are useful as anticancer agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: 4SC AG
    Inventors: Volker Gekeler, Thomas Maier, Astrid Zimmermann, Hans-Peter Hofmann, Sanjeev A. Kulkarni, Anil P. Jagtap, Ganesh S. Chaure
  • MASS SPECTROMETRIC DIAGNOSIS OF SEPSIS WITHOUT BLOOD CULTURE
    Publication number: 20160251694
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods and instruments for the rapid detection and rapid mass spectrometric identification of microbial infective agents in blood or other body fluids. The invention recognizes that blood is not a good environment for the cultivation of microbes and provides a method which (a) largely destroys or dissolves the human particles in body fluids, such as erythrocytes and leukocytes in blood, without impairing the ability of the microbes to reproduce, (b) separates the microbial pathogens from the fluid, (c) cultivates them in a nutrient broth which contains none of the antimicrobial components of the body fluids, (d) separates them from the nutrient broth, and (e) identifies the microbes by a mass spectrum of the microbial proteins. The dissolution of the human particles also releases the microbes nesting in macrophages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Jochen Franzen, Mark Kostrzewa, Thomas Maier, Karsten Michelmann, Wolfgang Pusch
  • GENE EXPRESSION BIOMARKERS AND THEIR USE FOR DIAGNOSTIC AND PROGNOSTIC APPLICATION IN PATIENTS POTENTIALLY IN NEED OF HDAC INHIBITOR TREATMENT
    Publication number: 20160215348
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the utilization of one or more genes selected from the group comprising ZFP64, DPP3, CCDC43, HIST2H4A/B, KDELC2 and MICALL1 as biomarkers for HDAC inhibitor treatment. The expression and/or change of the aforementioned genes are preferably determined via the respective corresponding mRNA or one or more proteins expressed by the aforementioned genes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: 4SC AG
    Inventors: Hella KOHLHOF, Thomas HERZ, Robert DOBLHOFER, Thomas BECKERS (Deceased), Astrid ZIMMERMANN, Marina MOLLENHAUER-THEIN, Markus BOEHM, Volker GEKELER, Hans-Peter HOFMANN, Thomas MAIER, Eike STAUB, Timo WITTENBERGER, Martin ELMLINGER
  • HAND-GUIDED WORK APPARATUS AND ASSEMBLY INCLUDING SAID HAND-GUIDED WORK APPARATUS AND A SUPPORT
    Publication number: 20160208449
    Abstract: An assembly includes a handheld work apparatus and a support. The support has a holder worn by an operator and a connector arrangement which is held at a first attachment on the holder and on a second attachment on the work apparatus. The connector arrangement is mounted on the second attachment so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis and supports the work apparatus in a rearward direction in relation to the operator and prevents a rearward movement of the work apparatus. The center of gravity of the work apparatus and the first attachment have a spacing (a) to one another measured in a horizontal and lateral direction in relation to the operator. The holder has, at the first attachment, a bracing device for supporting the tilting moment acting on the first attachment by the weight force (F) of the work apparatus because of the lateral spacing (a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Christian Barth, Markus Hittmann, Thomas Maier, Johann Winterholler, Matti Schwalk, Felix Oberhofer
  • MOTOR ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20160211727
    Abstract: A motor assembly is proposed, having a motor disposed in a housing, with an electronics system and a cooling element, wherein the cooling element and the electronics system are coated with a coating material to form a media-tight unit, and wherein the media-tight unit is attached to the housing of the motor at the cooling element side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Thomas MAIER
  • CONTROL ELECTRONICS
    Publication number: 20160212882
    Abstract: A control electronics having at least one printed circuit board with electronic components is proposed, wherein at least one cooling element is assigned to the printed circuit board. The cooling element and the printed circuit board are coated with a coating material to form a media-tight unit, and the side of the cooling element facing toward the printed circuit board has at least one recess for receiving at least one electronic component of the printed circuit board that is to be protected prior to the coating thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Thomas MAIER
  • Fused bicyclic imidazoles
    Patent number: 9387204
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) a tautomer or stereoisomer thereof, or a salt thereof, wherein ring B and the imidazole to which it is fused, R4, R6 and R7 have the meanings as given in the description and the claims, are effective inhibitors of the Pi3K/Akt pathway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
    Inventors: Swen Hölder, Armin Zülch, Thomas Bär, Thomas Maier, Astrid Zimmermann, Thomas Beckers, Volker Gekeler, Hemant Joshi, Yogesh Munot, Umesh Bhise, Sunil Chavan, Sachin Shivatare, Sarvesh Patel, Vikas Gore