Patents by Inventor Thomas Kern

Thomas Kern 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: 20250136577
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that are MALT1 inhibitors. The compounds have the structural formula I defined herein. The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of these compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to their use in the treatment of diseases or disorders associated with MALT1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Ian Duncan Linney, Nicholas Charles Ray, Martin John Watson, Paul Matthew Blaney, Oliver Thomas Kern, Simon Osborne, Martin Amber, Chido Mpamhanga
  • Patent number: 12273125
    Abstract: An approach for correcting at least one byte error in a binary sequence is proposed, the binary sequence comprising a plurality of bytes and being a code word of an error code in the error-free case. The approach comprises the steps of: (i) determining at least one byte error position signal which specifies whether or not a byte of the binary sequence is erroneous, (ii) determining at least one byte error correction value, based on which an erroneous byte position identified by means of the byte error position signal is correctable, the at least one byte error correction value being determined by virtue of a first value and a second value being determined for each of at least two byte positions based on a coefficient of the locator polynomial, and (iii) correcting the at least one byte error based on the at least one byte error correction value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Thomas Kern, Thomas Rabenalt, Michael Goessel
  • Publication number: 20250075717
    Abstract: A thermally broken sill leveling device securing a door or window frame member to a substructure, including: an adjuster plate having a female threaded through hole therein and configured to be secured to the frame member; an adjustment screw for threadedly engaging the female threaded hole of the adjuster plate, the adjustment screw having a through hole therein; and a locking screw for securing the adjuster plate to the substructure, the locking screw passing through the through hole of the adjustment screw and being screwed to the substructure, wherein a spacing between the frame member and the substructure is adjusted by rotatably adjusting the adjustment screw so that a distal end thereof abuts against the substructure. This adjusts the space between the frame member and the substructure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: GOLDBRECHT LLC
    Inventor: Thomas KERN
  • Publication number: 20250037745
    Abstract: One embodiment describes a memory readout circuit. The memory readout circuit includes a readout node having a capacitance that is discharged by the memory cell to read out a memory cell by means of a cell current, a level detector that is configured to provide a digital output signal and to switch over the output signal when the potential of the readout node (due to the discharge of the readout node) crosses a switching threshold (depending on the selection of the level and the polarity downward or upward, that is to say the switching threshold is overshot or undershot), and a control circuit that is configured to set the switching threshold and/or the switching speed of the level detector depending on the cell current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Mihail Jefremow, Thomas Kern, Arndt Voigtlander
  • Publication number: 20240411679
    Abstract: The determination of a code word is proposed, wherein (i) a bit group of n memory cells is read and n states are determined therefrom, the n states being determined in a time domain for each of at least two k-out-of-n codes, the at least two k-out-of-n codes having different k, (ii) the fact of whether a code word is present is determined for each of the at least two codes on the basis of the states, and (iii) when at least one code word is present, the code word of the k-out-of-n code having the largest k is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Kern, Michael Goessel
  • Patent number: 12147303
    Abstract: A solution is proposed for error processing, wherein n byte error positions of n byte errors are predefined (where n is a positive integer), wherein this involves determining whether there is a further byte error position on the basis of the n byte error positions and on the basis of n+1 error syndrome components of a first error code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Thomas Kern, Michael Goessel, Alexander Klockmann, Thomas Rabenalt
  • Patent number: 12073880
    Abstract: In a method for accessing memory cells, a first read operation is performed on a first memory cell to read a first data value from the first memory cell. During the first read operation, a first variable current source provides a first assessment current having a first current level to a first bitline coupled to the first memory cell. A second read operation is performed on the first memory cell to read a second data value from the first memory cell. During the second read operation, the first variable current source manipulates the first current level to provide a second current level to the first bitline. A difference between the first current level and the second current level is based on whether the first data value that was read during the first read operation was a first data state or a second data state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Thomas Kern, Sebastian Kiesel
  • Publication number: 20240257893
    Abstract: Solutions are proposed related to error detection wherein (i) each byte of a second byte sequence is determined as a function of at least one byte of a first byte sequence, (ii) a byte of the second byte sequence is impermissible if it is not equal to an assigned byte of the first byte sequence and if no error of a predefined error set corrupts this byte to the assigned byte of the first byte sequence, and (iii) at least one error is detected if the second byte sequence is impermissible, the second byte sequence being impermissible if at least one byte of the second byte sequence is impermissible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Kern, Alexander Klockmann, Michael Goessel
  • Publication number: 20240146333
    Abstract: An approach to correcting errors in a string of symbols is proposed, in which the string of symbols is transformed by a transformation ? into a first group of symbols and into a second group of symbols, and in which the group of symbols that has fewer erroneous symbols than the other group is corrected using a first error code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Kern, Michael Goessel
  • Publication number: 20240126640
    Abstract: A method for storing data bits in memory cells, in which the data bits have at least one byte-filling bit, where at least one predefined functionality for a subset of the data bits is coded in the at least one byte-filling bit, and in which the data bits are stored in the memory cells. A method for reading data bits from memory cells, in which the data bits have at least one byte-filling bit, where at least one predefined functionality for a subset of the data bits is coded in the at least one byte-filling bit, and in which the data bits are read from the memory cells based on the coded predefined functionality. Corresponding apparatuses and memories are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Kern, Thomas Rabenalt, Michael Goessel
  • Patent number: 11892906
    Abstract: A method for storing data bits in memory cells, in which the data bits have at least one byte-filling bit, where at least one predefined functionality for a subset of the data bits is coded in the at least one byte-filling bit, and in which the data bits are stored in the memory cells. A method for reading data bits from memory cells, in which the data bits have at least one byte-filling bit, where at least one predefined functionality for a subset of the data bits is coded in the at least one byte-filling bit, and in which the data bits are read from the memory cells based on the coded predefined functionality. Corresponding apparatuses and memories are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Thomas Kern, Thomas Rabenalt, Michael Goessel
  • Patent number: 11861184
    Abstract: A method for determining a resultant data word when accessing memory cells includes reading a set of memory cells, and determining first and second data words therefrom. Each memory cell is assigned a component of the first and second data words. The first and second data words for the respective memory cell assume a first value if a first comparison with a first reference value and a second comparison with a second reference value show that the two reference values are greater and assume a second value if the first comparison with the first reference value and the second comparison with the second reference value show that the two reference values are smaller. The first and second data words assume at least one third value if neither condition is satisfied. The resultant data word is determined based on the first or second data words. A corresponding device is also proposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Thomas Kern, Michael Goessel
  • Patent number: 11808427
    Abstract: An optical system for a motor vehicle headlight, wherein the system includes at least two optical elements, including a light coupling area, a light decoupling area, a lateral surface which delimits the optical element and has an optically effective aperture edge for forming a bright/dark boundary in a far-field light distribution producible with the optical system. The system includes at least two anterior optics, wherein an anterior optic is associated with each optical element. The first anterior optic and first optical element are configured to produce a first far-field light distribution, wherein the second anterior optic and second optical element are configured to produce a second far-field light distribution, which lies below the bright/dark boundary of the first far-field light distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: ZKW Group GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Schager, Thomas Edletzberger, Thomas Kern, Manuel Fahrngruber, Daniel Mader, Jürgen Wachsenegger, Patrick Wippel
  • Publication number: 20230286943
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that are IL-17A modulators. The compounds have the structural Formula I defined herein. The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of these compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to their use in the treatment of diseases or disorders associated with modulation of IL-17A activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Barrie Phillip MARTIN, Jan-Christoph WESTERMANN, Oliver Thomas KERN, Arthur Jonathan HOLMES, Angus MORRISON, Michael KICZUN, Mounir AL MASRI, Alasdair SMITH, Anthony HUXLEY
  • Publication number: 20230267039
    Abstract: A solution is proposed for error processing, wherein n byte error positions of n byte errors are predefined (where n is a positive integer), wherein this involves determining whether there is a further byte error position on the basis of the n byte error positions and on the basis of n + 1 error syndrome components of a first error code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Kern, Michael Goessel, Alexander Klockmann, Thomas Rabenalt
  • Publication number: 20230267999
    Abstract: A memory device is provided. The memory device comprises at least one non-volatile memory cell, a write circuit configured to write to the at least one memory cell, and a read circuit configured to read from the at least one memory cell, wherein the memory device is configured to be operable in a test operating mode, in which at least one test path can be tested, and wherein the test path comprises at least a portion of the write circuit and at least a portion of the read circuit, and bypasses the at least one memory cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Kern, Sebastian Kiesel
  • Patent number: 11722153
    Abstract: Processing of a bit sequence is proposed, wherein (i) a first partial error syndrome s1 of an error syndrome and a second partial error syndrome s2 of the error syndrome are determined for the bit sequence, (ii) a first comparison value is determined on the basis of a bit position and the first partial error syndrome, (iii) a second comparison value is determined on the basis of the bit position and the second partial error syndrome, and (iv) the bit position is corrected should a comparison of the first comparison value with the second comparison value assume a specified value and otherwise the bit position is not corrected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Thomas Kern, Michael Goessel, Thomas Rabenalt
  • Patent number: 11713607
    Abstract: A centering device for centering a sliding door or window, including a rail; a moving member configured to be movable along the rail; and a plurality of centering rollers fixed to one of the rail and the moving member and spaced along a length thereof corresponding to a direction of movement of the door or window along the rail, the centering rollers abutting against an other of the rail and the moving member to laterally center the moving member with respect to the rail. The centering device can be implemented in a sill, header and jamb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: GOLDBRECHT LLC
    Inventors: Marcel Fontijn, Thomas Kern
  • Publication number: 20230227427
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that are IL-17A modulators. The compounds have the structural Formula I defined herein. The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of these compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to their use in the treatment of diseases or disorders associated with modulation of IL-17A activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Barrie Phillip MARTIN, Jan-Christoph WESTERMANN, Oliver Thomas KERN, Arthur Jonathan HOLMES, Bohdan WASZKOWYCZ, Angus MORRISON, Michael KICZUN, Mounir AL MASRI, Alasdair SMITH, Anthony HUXLEY
  • Publication number: 20230204175
    Abstract: An optical system for a motor vehicle headlight, wherein the system includes at least two optical elements, including a light coupling area, a light decoupling area, a lateral surface which delimits the optical element and which has an optically effective aperture edge for forming a bright/dark boundary in a far-field light distribution producible with the optical system. The optical system includes at least two anterior optics, wherein an anterior optic is associated with each optical element, wherein a first anterior optic is configured to direct light beams along a first coupling direction onto the light coupling area of the optical element associated with it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Alexander SCHAGER, Thomas EDLETZBERGER, Thomas KERN, Manuel FAHRNGRUBER, Daniel MADER, Jürgen WACHSENEGGER, Patrick WIPPEL