Patents by Inventor Thomas Frey

Thomas Frey 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: 20250319911
    Abstract: A transfer device for a rail vehicle including a car body including an electronics device, and a bogie, the transfer device comprising: a coupling unit arrangeable at the bogie and including a plurality of sensor interfaces, wherein each of the sensor interfaces is electrically connectable with a respective sensor configured to capture an operating variable of the bogie, and including an additional interface connectable with the electronics device, wherein the coupling unit is configured to transfer operating variables of the sensors received through the sensor interfaces, and wherein a transfer of the operating variables is performed through the additional interface to the electronics device using a multiplexing method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2025
    Publication date: October 16, 2025
    Inventors: Volker Joergl, Henry Lehmann, Michael Bruckmueller, Thomas Frey, Jakob Spindler
  • Patent number: 12229830
    Abstract: A method for trading a financial instrument via an exchange computing system includes receiving, from a user interface, data indicative of an order to trade the financial instrument, and one or more parameter values to customize parameters for the order, the parameters including at least one of a price, a quantity, an expiration time, a settlement time, an order type, a product type, a strategy identification, hedge information, an equity, and an index. The method includes adding one or more legs to the order, transmitting a request for clearing information associated with the one or more legs, receiving, from the user interface, data indicative of the clearing information including a matching level and a contra party, configuring the order, and executing the order by matching the order to an offer that satisfies the parameter values and the clearing information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Cboe Exchange, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Frey
  • Patent number: 12008650
    Abstract: A method for trading a financial instrument via an exchange computing system includes receiving, from a user interface, data indicative of an order to trade the financial instrument, and one or more parameter values to customize parameters for the order, the parameters including at least one of a price, a quantity, an expiration time, a settlement time, an order type, a product type, a strategy identification, hedge information, an equity, and an index. The method includes adding one or more legs to the order, transmitting a request for clearing information associated with the one or more legs, receiving, from the user interface, data indicative of the clearing information including a matching level and a contra party, configuring the order, and executing the order by matching the order to an offer that satisfies the parameter values and the clearing information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Cboe Exchange, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Frey
  • Patent number: 11954559
    Abstract: The invention relates to a counter for coupling to a measuring mechanism of a fluid meter, wherein an output of measuring mechanism gear is in operative engagement with a gear on the side of the counter, the gear on the counter being designed to adapt to the rotational direction of the measuring mechanism by means of a change wheel. The invention also relates to a counter, which can be connected to a modular base plate system via a mechanical interface, wherein the base plates of this system can be designed having differently arranged detent or engagement elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: GWF MESSSYSTEME AG
    Inventors: Florian Strasser, Thanh Lan Bui, Thomas Frey
  • Patent number: 11912101
    Abstract: An air-conditioning device includes a first circuit and a second circuit. Air supplied to an interior chamber of a motor vehicle flows through an air pathway. A first heat exchanger is disposed in the air pathway where the air flowing through the air pathway is heatable by the first heat exchanger. A second heat exchanger is disposed downstream of the first heat exchanger where the air flowing through the air pathway is heatable by the second heat exchanger. A valve device has a first switching state in which the first heat exchanger is disposed in the first circuit and the second heat exchanger is disposed in the second circuit and a second switching state in which the first heat exchanger is disposed in the second circuit and the second heat exchanger is disposed in the first circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Daimler Truck AG
    Inventors: Mario Bareiss, Thomas Frey
  • Patent number: 11645714
    Abstract: A method for trading a financial instrument via an exchange computing system includes receiving, from a user interface, data indicative of an order to trade the financial instrument, and one or more parameter values to customize parameters for the order, the parameters including at least one of a price, a quantity, an expiration time, a settlement time, an order type, a product type, a strategy identification, hedge information, an equity, and an index. The method includes adding one or more legs to the order, transmitting a request for clearing information associated with the one or more legs, receiving, from the user interface, data indicative of the clearing information including a matching level and a contra party, configuring the order, and executing the order by matching the order to an offer that satisfies the parameter values and the clearing information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Cboe Exchange, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Frey
  • Publication number: 20220391660
    Abstract: The invention relates to a counter for coupling to a measuring mechanism of a fluid meter, wherein an output of measuring mechanism gear is in operative engagement with a gear on the side of the counter, the gear on the counter being designed to adapt to the rotational direction of the measuring mechanism by means of a change wheel. The invention also relates to a counter, which can be connected to a modular base plate system via a mechanical interface, wherein the base plates of this system can be designed having differently arranged detent or engagement elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Florian STRASSER, Thanh Lan BUI, Thomas FREY
  • Publication number: 20220348053
    Abstract: An air-conditioning device includes a first circuit and a second circuit. Air supplied to an interior chamber of a motor vehicle flows through an air pathway. A first heat exchanger is disposed in the air pathway where the air flowing through the air pathway is heatable by the first heat exchanger. A second heat exchanger is disposed downstream of the first heat exchanger where the air flowing through the air pathway is heatable by the second heat exchanger. A valve device has a first switching state in which the first heat exchanger is disposed in the first circuit and the second heat exchanger is disposed in the second circuit and a second switching state in which the first heat exchanger is disposed in the second circuit and the second heat exchanger is disposed in the first circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Mario BAREISS, Thomas FREY
  • Patent number: 11472154
    Abstract: A sandwich component comprising: (i) a first main surface with a first cover layer and a second main surface with a second cover layer, the first cover layer and/or second cover layer having an opening, weakening, or marking in a lateral region and/or is provided with the same, (ii) at least one intermediate layer positioned between the first and second cover layers, and (iii) a polymer composition which is arranged between the first and the second cover layers substantially within the intermediate layer and/or in the region of the opening, weakening, or marking. A mechanical connection mechanism is fixed, or can be fixed, directly in the polymer composition through the first cover layer and/or the second cover layer and/or in the lateral region in the region of the opening, weakening, or marking so as to pass through the first cover layer and/or the second cover layer and/or the lateral region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: NOLAX AG
    Inventors: Thomas Wolf, Patrick Steiner, Anton Brandmair, Philipp Hug, Thomas Frey
  • Publication number: 20220041036
    Abstract: A torque transmission device, in particular for a flap of a heating, ventilation, or air conditioning system of a motor vehicle, having a drive lever, an output lever, and having a connecting rod, wherein the drive lever can be rotatably disposed with respect to a first axis and can be connected to a driving element, wherein the output lever can be rotatably disposed with respect to a second axis and can be connected to an element to be driven, wherein the connecting rod is connected in an articulated manner to the drive lever and to the output lever, wherein the connecting rod is formed connected to the drive lever and/or to the output lever by means of a film hinge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: MAHLE International GmbH
    Inventors: Jochen SCHAUDT, Ralf REIN, Thomas FREY, Nico HELD
  • Patent number: 10530139
    Abstract: A housing for measuring instruments has a sealing element with conductor guides for guiding insulated conductors therethrough. The sealing element is prefabricated. The conductor ends of the conductors are at least partly stripped. A transition point between the insulated conductor and the partly stripped conductor end is located in the conductor guide within the sealing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: GWF Messsysteme AG
    Inventors: Jörg Wyss, Ralph Kayser, Samuel Hubacher, Walter Furrer, Thomas Frey
  • Publication number: 20190232602
    Abstract: A sandwich component comprising: (i) a first main surface with a first cover layer and a second main surface with a second cover layer, the first cover layer and/or second cover layer having an opening, weakening, or marking in a lateral region and/or is provided with the same, (ii) at least one intermediate layer positioned between the first and second cover layers, and (iii) a polymer composition which is arranged between the first and the second cover layers substantially within the intermediate layer and/or in the region of the opening, weakening, or marking. A mechanical connection mechanism is fixed, or can be fixed, directly in the polymer composition through the first cover layer and/or the second cover layer and/or in the lateral region in the region of the opening, weakening, or marking so as to pass through the first cover layer and/or the second cover layer and/or the lateral region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: NOLAX AG
    Inventors: Thomas WOLF, Patrick STEINER, Anton BRANDMAIR, Philipp HUG, Thomas FREY
  • Patent number: 10174213
    Abstract: A coating formed on a substrate is provided which coating comprises (a) an organic NIR-transparent pigment and/or an inorganic NIR-reflective pigment; (b) a dye having a transmittance of at least 75% in the range of from 700 to 2500 nm; and (c) optionally an effect pigment; wherein said coating exhibits a total solar reflectance (TSR) of (i) ?40%, if 60<L*<100, or (ii) ?30%, if 30<L*?60, or (iii) ?20%, if 0<L*?30, wherein L* is the lightness. The coating is suitable for an exterior-use coating like an industrial coating or a coating for vehicles, especially an automotive finish, having improved jetness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Juliane Kruesemann, Thomas Frey, Rainer Henning, Annegret Pietsch, Claudia Sierakowski, Tom Landuydt
  • Patent number: 10132648
    Abstract: A wheel, in particular a counting wheel for a meter, includes a bearing bush and a wheel rim. The bearing bush and the wheel rim are produced from different materials. The bearing bush and the wheel rim can move relative to one another in the rotational direction through a guide having complementarily corresponding guide elements on the bearing bush and the wheel rim extending continuously in the circumferential direction of the counting wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: GWF MESSSYSTEME AG
    Inventors: Andreas Imfeld, Martin Einsiedler, Thomas Frey, Samuel Hubacher, Jörg Wyss, Ralph Kayser
  • Patent number: 9975395
    Abstract: A motor vehicle air conditioning unit having a housing, a heat exchanger, at least two manifolds and cooling tubes arranged therebetween forming a tube block. The housing has at least one first sealing rib oriented substantially parallel to an extending direction of the at least two manifolds and at least one second sealing rib oriented substantially parallel to an extending direction of the cooling tubes in the tube block, such that the at least one first sealing rib is oriented perpendicular to the at least one second sealing rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: MAHLE International GmbH
    Inventors: Elke Dettling, Thomas Frey, Thomas Feith, Gottfried Duerr, Joachim Raimann
  • Publication number: 20170241800
    Abstract: A wheel, in particular a counting wheel for a meter, includes a bearing bush and a wheel rim. The bearing bush and the wheel rim are produced from different materials. The bearing bush and the wheel rim can move relative to one another in the rotational direction through a guide having complementarily corresponding guide elements on the bearing bush and the wheel rim extending continuously in the circumferential direction of the counting wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Andreas Imfeld, Martin Einsiedler, Thomas Frey, Samuel Hubacher, Jörg Wyss, Ralph Kayser
  • Publication number: 20170214233
    Abstract: A housing for measuring instruments has a sealing element with conductor guides for guiding insulated conductors therethrough. The sealing element is prefabricated. The conductor ends of the conductors are at least partly stripped. A transition point between the insulated conductor and the partly stripped conductor end is located in the conductor guide within the sealing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Jörg Wyss, Ralph Kayser, Samuel Hubacher, Walter Furrer, Thomas Frey
  • Patent number: 9156365
    Abstract: A device for controlling the exchange of energy between an electrical power network and a load includes a stationary charging station for establishing an energy connection between the electrical power network and a supply point. The charging station has an LS controller for sending and receiving control signals via a signal transmission path, and includes a SIM station installed on the load side having a SIM controller. The SIM controller sends a SIM identifier of the SIM station to the LS controller via a signal transmission path at time intervals, wherein the LS controller adds an amount of energy exchanged between the electrical power network and the load to an energy amount counter associated with the SIM identifier. The amount of energy exchanged between the electrical power network and the load via the energy connection in a time interval is below a specified measurement resolution of the energy amount counter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: IFS Informationstechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Frey, Markus A. Stulle
  • Patent number: D780605
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: ecoVent Corp.
    Inventors: Rene Chen, Thomas Frey, Jordan B. Nollman, Matthew Reis Bettencourt, Benjamin G. Lenart, Alex Calachan, Nicholaus Ray Lancaster
  • Patent number: D781725
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: ecoVent Corp.
    Inventors: Rene Chen, Thomas Frey, Jordan B. Nollman, Matthew Reis Bettencourt, Benjamin G. Lenart, Alex Calachan, Nicholaus Ray Lancaster