Patents by Inventor Thomas Eckhardt
Thomas Eckhardt 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: 11920067Abstract: Pressure-sensitive adhesive compositions and articles that include a layer of the pressure-sensitive adhesive compositions are provided. The pressure-sensitive adhesive compositions are particularly well suited for use with substrates that have been considered to have difficult to bond to surfaces such as those routinely encountered in the automotive industry. For example, the pressure-sensitive adhesive can be adhered to clear coat compositions, painted surfaces, and various polymeric materials having low energy surfaces (e.g., surfaces having a surface energy no greater than 35 dynes per centimeter).Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2017Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Thomas Q. Chastek, Robert D. Waid, Shujun J. Wang, Ross J. DeVolder, Doreen Eckhardt
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Publication number: 20230235307Abstract: The present invention relates to new improved peptide or dimeric peptides exhibiting betagalactosidase enzyme activity as well as improved methods for reducing the lactose content in compositions, such as dairy products.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2022Publication date: July 27, 2023Applicant: Chr. Hansen A/SInventors: Hans Raj, Pernille Smith, Thomas Eckhardt, Vojislav Vojinovic, Charlotte Elisabeth Grüner Schöller, Johannes Maarten van den Brink
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Publication number: 20230227507Abstract: The present invention provides a method of increasing nisin production in nisin-producing Lactococcus lactis by inactivating the phage infection protein Pip. The invention also provides nisin-producing Lactococcus lactis in which the phage infection protein is inactivated. The nisin-producing Lactococcus lactis can be used in starter culture for manufacturing food products or other industrial applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2021Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: Chr. Hansen A/SInventors: Thomas Janzen, Ditte Ellegaard Christiansen, Mia Vissing Mikkelsen, Thomas Eckhardt
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Publication number: 20230210121Abstract: The present invention relates to new improved peptide or dimeric peptides exhibiting beta- galactosidase enzyme activity as well as improved methods for reducing the lactose content in compositions in particular at low temperatures.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2018Publication date: July 6, 2023Applicant: Chr. Hansen A/SInventors: Hans RAJ, Pernille SMITH, Thomas ECKHARDT, Vojislav VOJINOVIC, Charlotte Elisabeth Grüner SCHÖLLER, Johannes Maarten VAN DEN BRINK
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Publication number: 20230076578Abstract: The present invention relates to new improved peptide or dimeric peptides exhibiting beta-galactosidase enzyme activity as well as improved methods for reducing the lactose content in compositions optionally at elevated temperatures.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2018Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: Chr. Hansen A/SInventors: Hans RAJ, Pernille SMITH, Thomas ECKHARDT, Vojislav VOJINOVIC, Charlotte Elisabeth Grüner SCHÖLLER, Johannes Maarten VAN DEN BRINK
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Patent number: 11525129Abstract: Disclosed are peptides and dimeric peptides exhibiting beta-galactosidase enzyme activity, as well as methods for producing a dairy product using them, and dairy products made by such methods. In some embodiments, the peptides exhibit beta-galactosidase enzyme activity at low and/or high temperatures.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2018Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Chr. Hansen A/SInventors: Hans Raj, Pernille Smith, Thomas Eckhardt, Vojislav Vojinovic, Charlotte Elisabeth Grüner Schöller, Johannes Maarten Van Den Brink
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Publication number: 20220240529Abstract: The present invention relates to Lactococcus starter cultures that are compatible with nisin-producing strains and simultaneously do not degrade nisin. The present invention defines starter cultures that can be used in combination with nisin-producing cultures, without degradation of nisin. Furthermore, it is also disclosed that starter cultures can be made by a combination of nisin-producing strains and strains containing nisin-immunity genes and/or and absent of the gene to prevent degradation of nisin.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2020Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: Chr. Hansen A/SInventors: Thomas ECKHARDT, Jannik VINDELOEV, Kristian Fog NIELSEN, Gunnar OEREGAARD
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Publication number: 20210355471Abstract: The present invention relates to new improved peptide or dimeric peptides exhibiting betagalactosidase enzyme activity as well as improved methods for reducing the lactose content in compositions, such as dairy products.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2018Publication date: November 18, 2021Applicant: Chr. Hansen A/SInventors: Hans RAJ, Pernille SMITH, Thomas ECKHARDT, Vojislav VOJINOVIC, Charlotte Elisabeth Grüner SCHÖLLER, Johannes Maarten VAN DEN BRINK
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Patent number: 11096396Abstract: Disclosed is Bacterium of the species Lactobacillus rhamnosus CHCC15860 as deposited with the German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures (DSMZ) under accession No. DSM32092. Also disclosed are compositions comprising the bacterium, methods for producing fermented milk products using the bacterium and the products thus obtained.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2018Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: CHR. HANSEN A/SInventors: Cecilie Lykke Marvig Nielsen, Tina Hornbaek, Pia Rasmussen, Lone Poulsen, Thomas Eckhardt, Gunnar Oeregaard, Elahe Ghanei Moghadam
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Publication number: 20210032615Abstract: The present invention relates to new improved peptides and dimeric peptides exhibiting beta-galactosidase enzyme activity as well as methods using them for reducing the lactose content of milk-based compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2020Publication date: February 4, 2021Applicant: Chr. Hansen A/SInventors: Hans RAJ, Pernille SMITH, Thomas ECKHARDT, Vojislav VOJINOVIC, Charlotte Elisabeth Grüner SCHÖLLER, Johannes Maarten VAN DEN BRINK
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Method for detecting an unsealed location in a heat recovery system of an internal combustion engine
Patent number: 10677678Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting an unsealed location in a heat recovery system (5) of an internal combustion engine (1) of a motor vehicle. The heat recovery system (5) has at least one combustible working medium, a working medium circuit (6) with at least one EGR evaporator (7), a pump (8), and at least one expansion machine (9). The aim of the invention is to allow an early and reliable detection of leakages in the EGR evaporator (7) of a heat recovery system (5) in the simplest manner possible. This is achieved in that the internal combustion engine (1) is operated in the overrun mode, the oxygen concentration in the exhaust gas is ascertained and compared with a defined lower threshold, and if the lower threshold is undershot, a leakage in the EGR evaporator (7) is detected.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2016Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignees: AVL List GmbH, Iveco S.P.A., FPT Industrial S.P.A.Inventors: Klemens Neunteufl, Gerald Gradwohl, Helmut Altendorfer, Fabio Cococcetta, Thomas Eckhardt -
Publication number: 20190059406Abstract: Disclosed is Bacterium of the species Lactobacillus rhamnosus CHCC15860 as deposited with the German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures (DSMZ) under accession No. DSM32092. Also disclosed are compositions comprising the bacterium, methods for producing fermented milk products using the bacterium and the products thus obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Applicant: Chr. Hansen A/SInventors: Cecilie Lykke Marvig NIELSEN, Tina Hornbaek, Pia Rasmussen, Lone Poulsen, Thomas Eckhardt, Gunnar Oeregaard, Elahe Ghanei Moghadam
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Patent number: 10126203Abstract: Method for detecting an air filter condition, in particular for combustion engines, comprising the following steps: calculation of a linear regression over data-couples values, each comprising pressure drop value at the air filter and square of air flow value crossing the air filter, corresponding to said pressure drop value, in order to obtain an angular coefficient of the linear regression, comparison of the angular coefficient or of the function construed on the angular coefficient with at least one threshold in order to detect an operative condition of the air filter (FIG. 1).Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2015Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: FPT MOTORENFORSCHUNG AGInventor: Thomas Eckhardt
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Method for Detecting an Unsealed Location in a Heat Recovery System of an Internal Combustion Engine
Publication number: 20180252609Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting an unsealed location in a heat recovery system (5) of an internal combustion engine (1) of a motor vehicle. The heat recovery system (5) has at least one combustible working medium, a working medium circuit (6) with at least one EGR evaporator (7), a pump (8), and at least one expansion machine (9). The aim of the invention is to allow an early and reliable detection of leakages in the EGR evaporator (7) of a heat recovery system (5) in the simplest manner possible. This is achieved in that the internal combustion engine (1) is operated in the overrun mode, the oxygen concentration in the exhaust gas is ascertained and compared with a defined lower threshold, and if the lower threshold is undershot, a leakage in the EGR evaporator (7) is detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2016Publication date: September 6, 2018Applicants: AVL LIST GMBH, IVECO S.P.A., FPT INDUSTRIAL S.P.A.Inventors: Klemens Neunteufl, Gerald Gradwohl, Helmut Altendorfer, Fabio Cococcetta, Thomas Eckhardt -
Publication number: 20180249727Abstract: The present invention relates to a bacterium of the species Lactobacillus fermentum having the ability to inhibit the growth of the fungus Penicillium solitum deposited under the accession No.: DSM32093 or the growth of the fungus Penicillium brevicompactum deposited under the accession No.: DSM32094 by at least 50%. The inhibitory activity can be determined in an assay comprising: (1) preparing a fermented milk product by: (a) inoculating a milk with the Lactobacillus fermentum in a concentration of at least 107 CFU/g and with a starter culture, (b) fermenting until a p H of 4.6 is reached, and (c) solidifying the fermented milk by the addition of agar; (2) generating at least one spot of the P. solitum or the P. brevicompactum on the agar solidified fermented milk with a concentration of 500 spores/spot and incubating the 1 same for 7 days at 25° C.; (3) determining the percent inhibition by determining the largest diameter of the colony formed by growth of the P. solitum or P.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2016Publication date: September 6, 2018Applicant: Chr. Hansen A/SInventors: Cecilie Lykke Marvig NIELSEN, Tina HORNBAEK, Pia RASMUSSEN, Lone POULSEN, Thomas ECKHARDT, Gunnar OEREGAARD, Elahe Ghanei MOGHADAM
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Patent number: 9341132Abstract: System for controlling an after-treatment system (ATS) temperature of a combustion engine, comprising means for carrying out an after-treatment warm up procedure, the system providing the interruption/inhibition of such warm-up means after a time period from the warm up procedure starting.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2013Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: FPT MOTORENFORSCHUNG AGInventors: Pascal Wilhelm, Thomas Eckhardt
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Publication number: 20160018288Abstract: Method for detecting an air filter condition, in particular for combustion engines, comprising the following steps calculation of a linear regression over data-couples values, each comprising pressure drop value at the air filter and square of air flow value crossing the air filter, corresponding to said pressure drop value, in order to obtain an angular coefficient of the linear regression, comparison of the angular coefficient or of the function construed on the angular coefficient with at least one threshold in order to detect an operative condition of the air filter (FIG. 1).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2015Publication date: January 21, 2016Inventor: Thomas Eckhardt
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Publication number: 20140188368Abstract: System for controlling an after-treatment system (ATS) temperature of a combustion engine, comprising means for carrying out an after-treatment warm up procedure, the system providing the interruption/inhibition of such warm-up means after a time period from the warm up procedure starting.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: FPT Motorenforschung AGInventors: Pascal Wilhelm, Thomas Eckhardt