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).
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Patent number: 12215633Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 13, 2023Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Narayanan Payyoor, Weize Kang, Thomas Lee Becker, Richard Schmidt
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Publication number: 20250033812Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2024Publication date: January 30, 2025Inventors: 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
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Publication number: 20250033819Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2024Publication date: January 30, 2025Inventors: 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
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Patent number: 12205711Abstract: When acquiring detailed utilization information from imaging equipment in a cross-vendor approach, one or more sensors (16, 18, 22, 24) are positioned within a data security zone (14) in which an imaging procedure is performed. Sensor data is pre-processed on an isolated processing unit (20) to remove any sensitive information and keep a selection of features only. The resultant feature pattern is transmitted outside of the data security zone to a processing unit (28) where pattern recognition is performed on feature pattern to identify the type of imaging modality, scan, etc. being performed as well as to determine whether the scan is being performed according to schedule.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2019Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Thomas Erik Amthor, Jörn Borgert, Joachim Schmidt, Eberhard Sebastian Hansis, Thomas Netsch, Michael Günter Helle
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Patent number: 12201815Abstract: A device for administering a fluid is provided, with a cylinder (16, 116) which has an open dispensing end (17), a piston (36) which is displaceable between a front and rear end position in the cylinder (16, 116) and is connected to a piston rod (35) that protrudes along a first direction beyond a rear end of the cylinder (16, 116) opposite the open dispensing end (17) and is guided in a receiving block (10), a nonreturn valve (18) closing the open dispensing end (17), and a tensioning device (S) which is connected to the piston rod (35, 135) and is arranged in the receiving block (10). The tensioning device (S) has a ramp (52) which is rotatable by means of a motor (12) and has a ramp track (53) extending along a helical line, wherein the ramp track (53) ascends from a first plateau along a region of inclination (S1, S2) to a second plateau and descends from the second plateau to the first plateau via a transition flank (46).Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2022Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: INTERVET INC.Inventors: Frank Altermann, Dominic Kamenzin, Thomas Schmidt, Manuel Mattes, Robin Sauter, Daniel Seeh
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Publication number: 20250023591Abstract: A method improves antenna matching for a node, in particular a sensor apparatus and/or actuator apparatus, of a communications network. The node is capable of radio communication and has a radio module equipped with an antenna and a transmit path and/or receive path for radio signals to be emitted and/or received. The node has a power supply apparatus, which is preferably energy self-sufficient, in particular a battery. The antenna has an impedance and in the receive situation and/or in the transmit situation in the case of adjustable matchings, preferably by use of adjustable matching networks, the signal to noise ratio associated with each matching is estimated, and a matching is selected from the different matchings for the receive mode and/or the transmit mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2024Publication date: January 16, 2025Inventors: Hristo Petkov, Christoph Schmidt, Thomas Kauppert, Klaus Gottschalk, Simon Schroeter, Benjamin Meyer
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Publication number: 20250020499Abstract: The invention relates to a device for indirectly measuring the level of a pressurized liquid in a fluid container, in particular in the form of a liquefied gas container, comprising a connecting piece and/or a line piece connectable to the connecting piece, wherein the connecting piece and/or the line piece can be connected to a connection of the fluid container and with which gas can be removed from the fluid container, wherein the connecting piece and/or the line piece has a fluid channel on or in which at least one temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of a fluid in the fluid channel is arranged, and a fill level detection device that is connected to the temperature sensor and which is designed to measure the temperature curve of the removed fluid in the fluid channel by means of at least one temperature sensor over a predeterminable period of time during the removal process from the fluid container and to determine the fill level of the liquid in the fluid container based on the measured temperType: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2024Publication date: January 16, 2025Applicant: BLANCO GMBH + CO KGInventors: Thomas ZÖLLNER, Kay SCHMIDT
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Publication number: 20250019615Abstract: A high-temperature grease is disclosed comprising (A) 20 to 88 wt %, based on the total weight of the high-temperature grease, of a base oil, (B) 1 to 55 wt. %, based on the total weight of the high-temperature grease, of a fluorine-free material, the fluorine-free material having an average particle size (D50) of less than 80 ?m and being selected from the group consisting of (B1) a fluorine-free polymer which has aromatic, heteroaromatic, and/or heterocyclic groups and a melting or decomposition point above 200° C., fluorine-free phthalocyanin, and mixtures thereof; (B2) a melamine derivative, and/or 1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6 (1H,3H,5H)-trithione; and (B3) mixtures which contain a fluorine-free polymer and/or a fluorine-free phthalocyanin according to option B1 and a melamine derivative and/or 1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6 (1H,3H,5H)-trithione according to option B2, wherein the high-temperature grease does not contain polytetrafluorothylene and/or contains polytetrafluorothylene in a proportion of less than 6 wt.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2022Publication date: January 16, 2025Inventors: Thomas KILTHAU, Martin SCHWEIGKOFLER, Martin SCHMIDT-AMELUNXEN, Karl EGERSDOERFER, Dirk LODERER, Tilman KRAUCH
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Publication number: 20250024189Abstract: A head-worn sound reproduction device is provided in the form of left and right earphones, which can either be clipped to each ear or mounted on other headgear. The earphones deliver high fidelity audio to a user's eardrums from near-ear range, in a lightweight form factor that is fully “non-blocking” (allows coupling in and natural hearing of ambient sound). Each earphone has a woofer component that produces bass frequencies, and a tweeter component that produces treble frequencies. The woofer outputs the bass frequencies from a position close to the ear canal, while the tweeter outputs treble frequencies from a position that is either close to the ear canal or further away. In certain embodiments, the tweeter is significantly further from the ear canal than the woofer, leading to a more expansive perceived “sound stage”, but still with a “pure” listening experience.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2024Publication date: January 16, 2025Inventors: Brian Lloyd SCHMIDT, David Thomas ROACH, Michael Z. LAND, Richard D. HERR
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Publication number: 20250019614Abstract: The invention relates to a high-temperature grease comprising (A) 20 to 88 wt %, based on the overall weight of the grease, of a base oil, (B) 1 to 55 wt. %, based on the overall weight of the grease, of a fluorine-free material, said fluorine-free material having an average particle size (D50) of less than 80 ?m wherein the grease does not contain polytetrafluorothylene and/or contains polytetrafluorothylene in a proportion of less than 4 wt. %, based on the overall weight of the grease.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2022Publication date: January 16, 2025Inventors: Martin SCHWEIGKOFLER, Martin SCHMIDT-AMELUNXEN, Thomas KILTHAU, Karl EGERSDOERFER, Daniel CHALL, Christof SCHMITZ, Phillipp LORENZ, Petra SEIBEL, Tilman KRAUCH
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Publication number: 20250002229Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2024Publication date: January 2, 2025Inventors: 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
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Publication number: 20240425240Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2024Publication date: December 26, 2024Applicant: Husky Injection Molding Systems, Inc.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
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Publication number: 20240425241Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2024Publication date: December 26, 2024Inventors: 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
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Publication number: 20240382683Abstract: A device for administering a fluid is provided, with a cylinder, a piston, a piston rod, a receiving block (10), a nonreturn valve, a tensioning device, a ramp, a motor (12), a ramp track, a roller and a driver (50).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2024Publication date: November 21, 2024Applicant: INTERVET INC.Inventors: Frank Altermann, Dominic Kamenzin, Manuel Mattes, Robin Sauter, Thomas Schmidt, Daniel Seeh
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Patent number: 12128829Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display arrangement, including: a cover that is transparent at least in some regions; a support frame adapted to fix the display arrangement on a supporting structure; a pixel matrix display having a display surface; a housing; wherein the support frame is arranged adjacent to the cover and an intermediate space, which is delimited by the support frame and the cover, is formed and is filled with a thermoplastic elastomer; wherein the cover and the support frame form a well, in which the pixel matrix display is accommodated; wherein a transparent adhesive layer is formed in the well between the display surface and the cover to fix the pixel matrix display on the cover, with the display surface being visible through the cover and the adhesive layer; wherein the housing fits over the pixel matrix display and is fixed on the support frame.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2021Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: Preh GmbHInventors: Thomas Schmidt, Michael Martin
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Publication number: 20240344815Abstract: A fire extinguishing mortar shell, including a main body to store at least one compound therein, a fire retardant compound disposed within the main body to eliminate a fire in response to contact with the fire, a multi-option fuse disposed on at least a portion of the main body to send a detonation signal therefrom in response to detecting the fire and a position of the main body with respect to a target surface where the fire is located, and at least one propellant charge disposed on at least a portion of the main body to detonate the main body to release the at least one fire retardant compound in response to receiving the detonation signal from the multi-option fuse.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2023Publication date: October 17, 2024Inventor: Thomas Schmidt
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Publication number: 20240301453Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of chemical manufacture. In particular, it relates to a method for manufacturing racemic methylglycinediacetic acid (MGDA) comprising the steps of contacting a solution comprising or being enriched in D-alanine or L-alanine to an alanine racemase at a temperature of at least 50° C. and alkaline conditions for a time sufficient to allow conversion of said solution into a racemic alanine solution, obtaining a racemic alanine solution, and chemically converting the racemic alanine into racemic MGDA. The invention further contemplates an alanine racemase which is capable of converting a solution comprising or being enriched in D-alanine or L-alanine into racemic alanine solution at a temperature of at least 50° C. and under alkaline conditions as well as the use of said alanine racemase for converting a solution comprising or being enriched in D-alanine or L-alanine into racemic alanine solution at a temperature of at least 50° C. and under alkaline conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2021Publication date: September 12, 2024Inventors: Sophie MAITRO-VOGEL, Michael BREUER, Dan-Tam Daniel TANG, Thomas SCHMIDT
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Patent number: 12064604Abstract: A device for administering a fluid is provided, with a cylinder, a piston, a piston rod, a receiving block (10), a nonreturn valve, a tensioning device, a ramp, a motor (12) a ramp track, a roller and a driver (50).Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2019Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: INTERVET INC.Inventors: Frank Altermann, Dominic Kamenzin, Manuel Mattes, Robin Sauter, Thomas Schmidt, Daniel Seeh
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Patent number: 12032057Abstract: Distance measurement system for a vehicle, wherein the distance measurement system includes a measurement unit for non-contact determination of a distance to an object and the measurement unit includes: a sensor unit configured to emit a signal and to receive a signal reflected by the object; an evaluation unit determining a distance between the measurement unit and the object from the signals emitted and received by the sensor unit; and a signal deflection apparatus arranged in the area of the sensor unit with a reflector surface deflecting the signal emitted by the sensor unit in a direction deviating from the propagation direction of the signal, in particular at an essentially right angle to the propagation direction of the signal, in the direction of the object.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2020Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: MOBA Mobile Automation AGInventors: Thomas Schmidt, Martin Jan Gemmer, Alfons Horn
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Patent number: 12034213Abstract: A radar sensor having at least one antenna structure and at least one coupling structure, which is designed to couple substrate waves out of an antenna substrate used as a carrier for the antenna structure and the coupling structure, and to emit them as coupled waves into an emission region. The radar sensor has an absorber which is situated in the emission region in order to absorb the coupled waves.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2019Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Johannes Meyer, Martin Nezadal, Andreas Pietsch, Thomas Schmidt, Maik Hansen