Patents by Inventor Thomas Göring

Thomas Göring 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: 20170017970
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to identify non-named competitors. An example method includes identifying, with a processor, a target item to evaluate in connection with historical market activity data, and improving model evaluation efficiency by optimizing, with the processor, erroneous selection of competitive products by: identifying a rest-of-category (ROC) subset of items in the historical market activity data that exclude a same manufacturer as the target item, identifying a rest-of-manufacturer (ROM) subset of items in the historical market activity data that are associated with the same manufacturer as the target item and exclude a same brand as the target item, and identifying a rest-of-brand (ROB) subset of items in the historical market activity data that are associated with the same brand as the target item and exclude the target item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas W. Sarnowski, Martin Quinn, Thomas Goering, Bruce C. Richardson
  • Patent number: 7806421
    Abstract: A handle stem for a bicycle, having a body and a lid, which can be fixed to the body, the body and the lid forming together a handle bar receptacle for receiving the handle bar of the bicycle, has a clamping ring being formed separate from the body and being inserted into a ring receptacle of the body for receiving the forked shaft of a fork of the bicycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: KHE Fahrradhandels GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Göring
  • Publication number: 20100242668
    Abstract: A bicycle (1) with a bearing (126) including at least one plain bearing bush (126a). The at least one plain bearing bush (126a,) is provided to absorb the radially acting forces. At least one rolling element bearing is provided to absorb the axially acting forces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventor: Thomas GÖRING
  • Patent number: 7730410
    Abstract: A method and system for customizing form elements in a form building application. According to one embodiment, a form builder receives an identification of a user of the form building application, the form building application providing a graphical user interface for the manipulation of a set of form elements, and enables access to a subset of the form elements according to authorization rules, and an access manager determines the authorization rules associated with the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventor: Thomas Goering
  • Patent number: 7712593
    Abstract: A bicycle hub comprises an axle 5, a first part 7 being seated on the axle 5 and being provided with or connected to a cog 6, a second part 8 being movable relative to the first part 7 in longitudinal and rotational direction of the axle 5, the first part 7 and the second part 8 being in contact with each other via a screw coupling provided by threads 7? and 8?, a hub body 11 being arranged around at least the second part 8, the second part 8 being provided with a first cone surface 9, the hub body 11 having a second cone 10 surface formed thereon or connected thereto, wherein the two cone surfaces 9, 10 are engageable for power transmission, and wherein an adjustable stopper mechanism 12 is provided, limiting a gap providing space for an axial movement of the second part 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: KHE Fahrradhandels GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Göring
  • Publication number: 20100066134
    Abstract: A bicycle saddle (1) has a saddle bar (3) to be introduced into a cycle frame and a seating area (2) having a seat surface, in which the saddle bar (3) at its end region closest to the seating area comprises a polygonal outer profile (6), the seating area (2) being at least partially formed by a base body (4), in which a passage opening (5) is provided, the passage opening (5) having a polygonal inner profile (7) at least in a sub-area, and the polygonal inner profile (7) of the passage opening (5) corresponds to the polygonal outer profile (6) of the saddle bar (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: Wolfgang Goring
    Inventor: Thomas GÖRING
  • Patent number: 7614633
    Abstract: In a rotor system, in particular for a bicycle (1), on which a frame (3) bears a fork (8) for the front wheel (10), and a handle bar (18) is connected to the fork (8) by means of a handle stem (14) on a fork shaft (12) of the fork (8), with a first line (52), for a fluid, associated with the handle bar (14), with a second line (55), for a fluid, associated with the frame (3), and a rotor that contains two components (14, 41) that can rotate relative to each other without limits and that, by intimate contact against each other, create a closed fluid connection between the first line (52) attached to one component (14) and the second line (55) attached to the second component (41) in order to transmit the actuation of an actuation mechanism (50) associated with the handle bar (18), the handle stem (14) is one of the two components (14, 41) that can rotate relative to each other without limits and contains at least one chamber (30) included in the fluid connection between the two lines (52, 55).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Inventor: Thomas Göring
  • Patent number: 7475333
    Abstract: Systems and methods for defining a form with a plurality of layout items for data presentation by a business application provide a tree view with tree nodes to represent the layout items, wherein the view visualizes structure information, a processing order, a selected tree node to represent a selected layout item; provide a property view to display properties of the selected layout item; provide a layout view to display items, wherein the selected layout item is highlighted; modify the selected layout item and the processing order through interaction with a user; and create a form definition document. The compatibility of layout items and processing order with a predefined data interface of the business application is verified as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Otter, Wolfgang Weiss, Adrian Alexander, Vladislav Bezrukov, Claudia Binder, Andreas Deutesfeld, Thomas Göring, Rainer Hoch, Christoph Wachter
  • Patent number: 7363315
    Abstract: Methods and systems, including computer program products, implementing techniques for configuring data structures. The techniques include receiving a description of a logical structure of a data model, the logical structure comprising a first set of elements; displaying a first display structure in a graphical user interface (GUI), the first display structure being a graphical representation of the description of the logical structure, the first display structure comprising visual representations of the elements of the logical structure; generating a data structure based on one or more user-selected visual representations of the elements of the logical structure, the data structure comprising a second set of elements; and displaying a second display structure in the GUI, the second display structure being a graphical representation of the data structure, the second display structure comprising visual representations of the elements of the data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Claudia P. Binder, Andreas Deutesfeld, Thomas Göring, Gerhard Weigelt, Vladislav Bezrukov
  • Patent number: 7234105
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for processing data used by a business application consistent with the present invention may include receiving electronic form data comprising layout data and representations of interactive elements, combining the electronic form data with customer specific data from a database to generate an intermediate form document in a data format capable of being output to a printer as a blank form without further modification, and converting the intermediate form document into a third document in a data format for display to a customer by a browser. The third document displayed to the customer looks the same as the blank form, receiving customer input data received from a customer via the third document, and associating the customer input data with the customer specific data in the business application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Vladislav Bezrukov, Thomas Göring, Rainer Hoch
  • Patent number: 7204349
    Abstract: In a rotor system, in particular for a bicycle (1), with at least one first rotor (31) for the transmission of brake actuations, which is mounted in the area of a handlebar stem (12) of a fork (8), whose support is provided by a steering head tube (21), and which has two components (32, 51) that are rotatable with respect to each other without restriction, wherein one component (32) is in active connection with a brake actuation device and the other component (51) is in active connection with a brake, the first rotor (31) is mounted inside the steering head tube (21), which serves as a casing for the first rotor (31), or above the steering head tube (21), the transmission of the brake actuation takes place by way of a fluid (F) that penetrates to the first rotor (31), and the first rotor (31) has an external piece (51) mounted outside the handlebar stem (12) and an internal piece (32) mounted inside the handlebar stem (12) as components that are rotatable relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Inventor: Thomas Göring
  • Publication number: 20050065936
    Abstract: A method and system for generating output modules in a form-based application runtime environment. According to one embodiment, a form manager receives an indication that a reusable form element has been changed, determines which output modules from a set of output modules are affected by the changed form element, and invalidates the affected output modules, and a runtime manager receives a request for an output module from the set of output modules and regenerates the requested output module if the requested output module has been invalidated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Inventor: Thomas Goering
  • Publication number: 20050065933
    Abstract: A method and system for customizing form elements in a form building application. According to one embodiment, a form builder receives an identification of a user of the form building application, the form building application providing a graphical user interface for the manipulation of a set of form elements, and enables access to a subset of the form elements according to authorization rules, and an access manager determines the authorization rules associated with the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Inventor: Thomas Goering
  • Patent number: 6224079
    Abstract: An improved rotor system includes bearings that are carried by the frame of a bicycle. The bearings are carried by the frame so that a stem of a fork of the bicycle extends through the bearings and the fork is capable of being rotated relative to the frame about an axis that is generally coaxial with the stem. The improved rotor system further includes upper and lower transmission elements that extend around the stem and are movable along the stem. The upper transmission element is rotatable about the axis relative to the lower transmission element. The upper transmission element is connected to the first brake cable line and is operative for moving along the stem in response to actuations of the first brake cable line. The lower transmission element is mounted for moving with the upper transmission element along the stem. The lower transmission element is connected to the second brake cable line so that actuation of the first brake cable line results in actuation of the second brake cable line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Wolfgang Goring
    Inventor: Thomas Göring