Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Schmidt

Thomas A. Schmidt 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: 20250102626
    Abstract: A method of detecting ghost objects in sensor measurements of an environment of a vehicle involves obtaining map context information from a digital road map. Objects having associated attributes are recognized in an environment of the vehicle, and social context information of the objects in relation to one another is generated. All available data of a traffic situation with the vehicle and the objects is stored in a graph structure, having nodes and edges. Relational information is depicted in the graph structure by the edges. Anomalies and patterns are searched for in features of the graph structure while taking the map context information and the social context information into account, whereby ghost objects are classified using recognized anomalies and patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Thomas MONNINGER, Julian SCHMIDT, Jan RUPPRECHT, David RABA, Tobias WELZ
  • Publication number: 20250093770
    Abstract: An illumination optical unit is part of a mask inspection system for use with EUV illumination light. A hollow waveguide serves to guide the illumination light. For the illumination light, the hollow waveguide has an entrance opening in an entrance plane and an exit opening in an exit plane. An input coupling mirror optical unit is disposed upstream of the hollow waveguide in the beam path of the illumination light and has at least one mirror for imaging a source region of an EUV light source into the entrance opening of the hollow waveguide. An output coupling mirror optical unit serves to image the exit opening of the hollow waveguide into an illumination field. This yields an illumination optical unit whose use efficiency for the EUV illumination light has been optimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Sören Schmidt, Dirk Doering, Michael Gölles, Thomas Korb, Ulrich Matejka
  • Patent number: 12246623
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a chassis, a body, and a door assembly. The body is supported by the chassis, and defines a driver compartment and a cargo compartment. The driver compartment has a cab opening and the cargo compartment has a cargo opening. The door assembly is coupled to the body and provides selective access into the driver compartment and into the cargo compartment through the cab opening and cargo opening, respectively. The door assembly includes a first door and a second door. The first door is movable between a first position extending across the cab opening and a second position extending at least partially across a portion of the cab opening. The second door is movable between a third position extending across the cargo opening and a fourth position extending at least partially across a portion of the cab opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Oshkosh Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Schmidt, Mitchell Wolfrath, Ronald Kaunisto, James Kramer, Mark A. Ervin, Ty Barron, Drew Eisenberg, Benjamin Andrews, Robert Minger, Robert Wesley Holliday, David C. McGraw, Andrew Drach, Thomas Quigley
  • Patent number: 12239630
    Abstract: The present invention relates to carboxylic acid aromatic amides compounds of general formula (I) as described and defined herein, to pharmaceutical compositions and combinations comprising said compounds and to the use of said compounds for manufacturing a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment or prophylaxis of a diseases a sole agent or in combination with other active ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: BAYER PHARMA AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Stefan Baeurle, Adam Davenport, Christopher Stimson, Jens Nagel, Nicole Schmidt, Andrea Rotgeri, Ina Groeticke, Alexandra Rausch, Juergen Klar, Thomas Dyrks
  • Publication number: 20250065860
    Abstract: Methods and systems for operating a driveline that includes a cardan joint are described. In one example, electric machine torque is adjusted in response to driver demand torque and a torque to compensate for cardan joint rotation. The electric machine torque adjustments operate to cancel driveline torque variation that may be induced via the cardan joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Tim WRIGHT, Brian SITTERLY, Thomas L. NAHRWOLD, Marcus SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20250065388
    Abstract: A method for processing a plastically deformable workpiece includes driving the workpiece using a workpiece drive so that the workpiece is moved to a feeding drive. driving the workpiece using a feeding drive so that a partial length of the workpiece is conveyed to a working region to be processed, driving the workpiece using the workpiece drive while the feeding drive has been stopped so that an intermediate length of the workpiece is arranged between the workpiece drive and the feeding drive. An advancement speed is adjusted such that the intermediate length is shorter than or equal to a maximum intermediate length. While the workpiece is being conveyed into the working region, a feeding speed of the workpiece generated by the feeding drive and the advancement speed generated by the workpiece drive are adjusted such that the intermediate length is shorter than or equal to the maximum intermediate length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Patrick Wowtscherk, Thomas Jagemann, Konrad Gnauck, Andreas Schmidt, Markus Wowtscherk
  • Patent number: 12232508
    Abstract: The invention provides novel products and methods. The composition of the invention is a coated food product generally comprising: a product base, a slurry coating and a dry set coating. Specifically, there is disclosed a food product with a cookie and cream coating and a method of coating a food product with a cookie and cream coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: General Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Nack, Tanya Schmidt
  • Patent number: 12234754
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic camshaft adjuster (1) having a stator (2), a rotor (3) rotatable relative to the stator (2) within a limited angular range, and a hydraulic supply (4) having two working channels (5, 6) and a shifting valve (7), wherein the two working channels (5, 6) for adjusting the rotor (3) relative to the stator (2) in two opposite directions of action can be connected to a pump (10) for pressurisation or to a reservoir (11) for pressure relief, depending on the shifting position (8, 9) of the shifting valve (7), wherein the hydraulic supply (4) has a return pump (12) that can be actuated by displacing the shifting valve (7) between its shifting positions (8, 9) and by the actuation of which one of the two work-ing channels (6) can be pressurised for returning the rotor (3) into a predetermined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Volker Schmidt, Juergen Weber, Thomas Werblinski
  • Publication number: 20250058940
    Abstract: Closures with a tamper evidence feature that is reshaped to connect it to the container neck are disclosed. Methods and systems for carrying out the methods, and to mold stacks for making the closures are also disclosed. The tamper evidence feature can be a band, a portion of a cylindrical skirt or a panel formed in the cylindrical skirt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.
    Inventors: Tobias Naumann, Stephan Scherer, Ingo Willems, Christophe Halter, Sebastian Rasche, Cedric Boulay, Jean-Michel Raymond Pierre Cunche, Günter Blesius, Thomas Ara, James Rodrigues, Geoffrey Andrew Gow, Douglas James Weatherall, Thibaud Joël Philippe Brill, Thomas Schmidt, Gilles Lacome, Joaquim Martins Nogueira
  • Publication number: 20250058939
    Abstract: Closures with a tamper evidence feature that is reshaped to connect it to the container neck are disclosed. Methods and systems for carrying out the methods, and to mold stacks for making the closures are also disclosed. The tamper evidence feature can be a band, a portion of a cylindrical skirt or a panel formed in the cylindrical skirt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.
    Inventors: Tobias Naumann, Stephan Scherer, Ingo Willems, Christophe Halter, Sebastian Rasche, Cedric Boulay, Jean-Michel Raymond Pierre Cunche, Günter Blesius, Thomas Ara, James Rodrigues, Geoffrey Andrew Gow, Douglas James Weatherall, Thibaud Joël Philippe Brill, Thomas Schmidt, Gilles Lacome, Joaquim Martins Nogueira
  • Patent number: 12226311
    Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve configured to replace a native heart valve and having a support frame configured to be reshaped into an expanded form in order to receive and/or support an expandable prosthetic heart valve therein is disclosed, together with methods of using same. The prosthetic heart valve may be configured to have a generally rigid and/or expansion-resistant configuration when initially implanted to replace a native valve (or other prosthetic heart valve), but to assume a generally expanded form when subjected to an outward force such as that provided by a dilation balloon or other mechanical expander.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Visith Chung, Da-Yu Chang, Brian S. Conklin, Grace Myong Kim, Louis A. Campbell, Donald E. Bobo, Jr., Myron Howanec, Jr., David S. Lin, Peng Norasing, Francis M. Tran, Mark Van Nest, Thomas Chien, Harvey H. Chen, Isidro L. Guerrero, Derrick Johnson, Paul A. Schmidt, Cindy Woo
  • Patent number: 12228200
    Abstract: Gearbox (1) having a tooth carrier (40) for receiving teeth (7) of a gear ring that are disposed about a rotation axis (5) of the gearbox, wherein the teeth (7) are disposed in the tooth carrier (11) so as to be displaceable and guided in the radial direction, a cam disk (20) which is rotatable about the rotation axis (5) and for driving the teeth (7) in the radial direction has a cam curvature that is variable over the circumference, wherein bearing segments (24) which are mounted so as to slide on the cam disk (20) are disposed between the teeth (7) and the cam disk (20), and wherein the bearing segments (24) have a contact region which has a concave curvature and is disposed so as to be centric on a running surface that faces the cam disk (20), wherein the concave curvature is larger than the smallest cam curvature of the cam disk, and smaller than the largest cam curvature of the cam disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: WITTENSTEIN SE
    Inventors: Heiko Schreiber, Michael Schmidt, Thomas Bayer
  • Publication number: 20250049429
    Abstract: Surgical anchor constructs, fixation devices, and methods of manufacturing, as well as methods for tissue repairs are disclosed. A soft suture anchor has a sheath with varying densities along the length of the sheath. The anchor sheath can have different segments with different densities which can be provided in a pattern or a random manner. The segments with different densities allow secure fixation of the soft anchor within bone, and attachment of first tissue to second tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: ARTHREX, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas DOONEY, JR., Nirav PATEL, Michael SCHMIDT, Shaun G. LEBLANC, Matthew HERRINGTON
  • Patent number: 12219995
    Abstract: A vaporizer cartridge for an inhaler has a hollow body with a continuous flow channel and liquid storage tank. The tank has an access opening to the channel and a vaporizer unit extending over the entire access opening. The vaporizer unit has a wick member and a heating member. The vaporizer unit is liquid-permeable such that liquid is conveyed at least initially in a capillary manner from the storage tank through the vaporizer unit in the direction of the flow channel. The wick member is formed from a plurality of granular grains which, as a result of their fill and/or formation, form microchannels which establish a fluid connection between the storage tank and the flow channel, continuously from an entry side to an exit side of the wick member. An additional securing means is provided which is holds the granular wick member in position. A corresponding inhaler is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: KÖRBER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Max Bergmann, Lasse Cornils, Matthias Giese, Christian Hanneken, Jan Jaklin, Marc Kessler, Michael Kleine Wächter, Thomas Müller, Niklas Romming, Rene Schmidt, Christof Schuster, Tobias Wuttke
  • Patent number: 12223569
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of an embodiment is for automatically estimating and/or correcting an error due to artifacts in a multi-energy computed tomography result dataset relating to at least one target material. In an embodiment, the method includes determining at least one first subregion of the imaging region, which is free from the target material and contains at least one, in particular exactly one, second material with known material-specific energy dependence of x-ray attenuation; for each first subregion, comparing the image values of the energy dataset for each voxel, taking into account the known energy dependence, to determine deviation values indicative of artifacts; and for at least a part of the at least one remaining second subregion of the imaging region, calculating estimated deviation values by interpolating and/or extrapolating from the determined deviation values in the first subregion, the estimated deviation values being used as estimated error due to artifacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG
    Inventors: Bernhard Schmidt, Katharine Grant, Thomas Flohr
  • Patent number: 12224418
    Abstract: An energy store includes a storage module having a fan. The fan is arranged as a radial fan, and channels extend through the storage module, e.g., axially, open into a spatial region which is delimited by a cover part of the energy store connected to the storage module and the storage module. The cover part has a recess extending through the cover part, e.g., axially, which is covered by the fan, e.g., by the suction region of the fan, e.g., on the side of the cover part facing away from the storage module, and the energy store has a deflection hood, e.g., for deflecting the conveyed air flow in the axial direction, on the side of the cover part facing away from the storage module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Josef Schmidt, Firat Altan, Matthias Hauck, Thomas Zöller
  • Publication number: 20250043061
    Abstract: The invention is related to a process, preferably a continuous process, for producing a thermoplastic polyoxazolidinone comprising copolymerizing a diisocyanate compound with a bisepoxide compound in the presence of a catalyst in a reactor; wherein the diisocyanate compound and the bisepoxide compound are continuously and/or step-wise added preferably continuously added to the reactor and the polyoxazolidinone is continuously and/or step-wise, preferably continuously removed from the reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Sohajl Movahhed, Stefan Westhues, Daniel Thiel, Aurel Wolf, Kai Laemmerhold, Christoph Guertler, Gudrun Schmidt, Thomas Koenig, Roland Engberg
  • Patent number: 12215633
    Abstract: A turbomachine engine includes a core engine having one or more compressor sections, one or more turbine sections that includes a power turbine, and a combustion chamber in flow communication with the compressor sections and turbine sections. The turbomachine engine also includes a shaft coupled to the power turbine and characterized by a midshaft rating (MSR) between two hundred (ft/sec)1/2 and three hundred (ft/sec)1/2. In one aspect, the shaft has a redline speed between fifty and two hundred fifty feet per second (ft/sec). In another aspect, the shaft has a length L, an outer diameter D, and a ratio of L/D between twelve and thirty-seven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Narayanan Payyoor, Weize Kang, Thomas Lee Becker, Richard Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20250033812
    Abstract: Closures with a tamper evidence feature that is reshaped to connect it to the container neck are disclosed. Methods and systems for carrying out the methods, and to mold stacks for making the closures are also disclosed. The tamper evidence feature can be a band, a portion of a cylindrical skirt or a panel formed in the cylindrical skirt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Tobias Naumann, Stephan Scherer, Ingo Willems, Christophe Halter, Sebastian Rasche, Cedric Boulay, Jean-Michel Raymond Pierre Cunche, Günter Blesius, Thomas Ara, James Rodrigues, Geoffrey Andrew Gow, Douglas James Weatherall, Thibaud Jöel Philippe Brill, Thomas Schmidt, Gilles Lacome, Joaquim Martins Nogueira
  • Publication number: 20250033819
    Abstract: Closures with a tamper evidence feature that is reshaped to connect it to the container neck are disclosed. Methods and systems for carrying out the methods, and to mold stacks for making the closures are also disclosed. The tamper evidence feature can be a band, a portion of a cylindrical skirt or a panel formed in the cylindrical skirt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Tobias Naumann, Stephan Scherer, Ingo Willems, Christophe Halter, Sebastian Rasche, Cedric Boulay, Jean-Michel Raymond Pierre Cunche, Günter Blesius, Thomas Ara, James Rodrigues, Geoffrey Andrew Gow, Douglas James Weatherall, Thibaud Jöel Philippe Brill, Thomas Schmidt, Gilles Lacome, Joaquim Martins Nogueira