Patents by Inventor Thomas Klaus

Thomas Klaus 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).

  • Patent number: 11287346
    Abstract: A pressure sensor system including at least one pressure sensor unit, the pressure sensor unit being configured with at least one sensor element which is situated in a cavity of a support structure, signal processing elements being integrated into support structure, the at least one sensor element being embeddable into the support structure to form the pressure sensor unit, and the support structure being formed by a land grid array/mold premold structure (LGA/MPM). The pressure sensor unit is introduced into a sensor housing to be provided with a diaphragm and is supported therein, a residual volume of the sensor housing, which is provided with at least one diaphragm and to the wiring of which the pressure sensor unit is electrically connected, being filled with an incompressible fluid. Also described is a method for manufacturing such a pressure sensor system and a measuring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Vijaye Rajaraman, Conrad Haeussermann, Florian Guffarth, Lars Sodan, Eckart Schellkes, Thomas Klaus
  • Patent number: 11199463
    Abstract: A pressure sensor system including at least one pressure sensor unit configured as a system-in-package, the pressure sensor unit encompassing a supporting structure including a cavity and a sensor element situated in the cavity; the supporting structure being formed by a land grid array/mold premold structure (LGA/MPM) and signal-processing elements being integrated into and/or on the supporting structure; the pressure sensor unit being introduced into a pressure sensor housing provided with a diaphragm and being supported therein, and a residual volume of the pressure sensor housing provided with at least one diaphragm being filled with an incompressible fluid; and the pressure sensor housing including a groove extending around the pressure sensor unit, in which a sealing ring is situatable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Vijaye Rajaraman, Holger Scholzen, Thomas Klaus
  • Publication number: 20200232865
    Abstract: A pressure sensor system including at least one pressure sensor unit, the pressure sensor unit being configured with at least one sensor element which is situated in a cavity of a support structure, signal processing elements being integrated into support structure, the at least one sensor element being embeddable into the support structure to form the pressure sensor unit, and the support structure being formed by a land grid array/mold premold structure (LGA/MPM). The pressure sensor unit is introduced into a sensor housing to be provided with a diaphragm and is supported therein, a residual volume of the sensor housing, which is provided with at least one diaphragm and to the wiring of which the pressure sensor unit is electrically connected, being filled with an incompressible fluid. Also described is a method for manufacturing such a pressure sensor system and a measuring device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Vijaye Rajaraman, Conrad Haeussermann, Florian Guffarth, Lars Sodan, Eckart Schellkes, Thomas Klaus
  • Publication number: 20200217736
    Abstract: A pressure sensor system including at least one pressure sensor unit configured as a system-in-package, the pressure sensor unit encompassing a supporting structure including a cavity and a sensor element situated in the cavity; the supporting structure being formed by a land grid array/mold premold structure (LGA/MPM) and signal-processing elements being integrated into and/or on the supporting structure; the pressure sensor unit being introduced into a pressure sensor housing provided with a diaphragm and being supported therein, and a residual volume of the pressure sensor housing provided with at least one diaphragm being filled with an incompressible fluid; and the pressure sensor housing including a groove extending around the pressure sensor unit, in which a sealing ring is situatable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Vijaye Rajaraman, Holger Scholzen, Thomas Klaus
  • Patent number: 9647482
    Abstract: A wireless charging system is disclosed. The wireless charging system includes a coil to create electromagnetic field and a sniffer system to detect a presence of a low frequency (LF) signal. The sniffer system is configured to deactivate the coil for a predetermined duration and perform an operation to detect the presence of the LF signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventor: Thomas Klaus Rudolph
  • Patent number: 9643571
    Abstract: A system and method of locating a key are disclosed. The key is configured to communicate with a base station through a plurality of antennas that are coupled to the base station. The method includes turning off each of the plurality of antennas, turning on one of the plurality of antennas, measuring a first received signal strength, turning off the one of the plurality of antennas and measuring a second received signal strength. The key is determined to be located within a predefined area if the difference between the first received signal strength and the second received signal strength is above a preset threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Juergen Nowottnick, Thomas Klaus Rudolph, Tobias Pilsak
  • Publication number: 20160056658
    Abstract: A wireless charging system is disclosed. The wireless charging system includes a coil to create electromagnetic field and a sniffer system to detect a presence of a low frequency (LF) signal. The sniffer system is configured to deactivate the coil for a predetermined duration and perform an operation to detect the presence of the LF signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventor: Thomas Klaus Rudolph
  • Publication number: 20150321643
    Abstract: A system and method of locating a key are disclosed. The key is configured to communicate with a base station through a plurality of antennas that are coupled to the base station. The method includes turning off each of the plurality of antennas, turning on one of the plurality of antennas, measuring a first received signal strength, turning off the one of the plurality of antennas and measuring a second received signal strength. The key is determined to be located within a predefined area if the difference between the first received signal strength and the second received signal strength is above a preset threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Juergen Nowottnick, Thomas Klaus Rudolph, Tobias Pilsak
  • Patent number: 8506027
    Abstract: A door handle configured for mounting onto a surface of an appliance door, such as a refrigerator door, includes a thermoplastic molded body having a central grip section intermediate of a mounting foot provided at each opposite end of the body. Each mounting foot has a flat planar cross-sectional end face configured for mounting flush against the surface of the appliance. A tubular metal insert is overmolded in each mounting foot, with the insert having an open end generally flush with the mounting foot end face. The insert has an inner cross-sectional profile configured for engagement over a stud provided on the surface of the appliance with, for example, a setscrew inserted through a setscrew hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bernhard Thomas Klaus, Robert Dennis Halleron
  • Patent number: 8276446
    Abstract: A sensor device includes a housing base part, a bearer part, a chip structure situated on the bearer part, and a spring/damper combination via which the housing base part and the bearer part are elastically connected to one another. In the sensor device, the housing base part, the spring/damper combination and the bearer part are situated one over the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Ulm, Michael Struchholz, Tristan Jobert, Klaus Offterdinger, Thomas Klaus, Christian Gerhardt, Florian Grabmaier, Dirk Dittmann
  • Publication number: 20120074826
    Abstract: A door handle configured for mounting onto a surface of an appliance door, such as a refrigerator door, includes a thermoplastic molded body having a central grip section intermediate of a mounting foot provided at each opposite end of the body. Each mounting foot has a flat planar cross-sectional end face configured for mounting flush against the surface of the appliance. A tubular metal insert is overmolded in each mounting foot, with the insert having an open end generally flush with the mounting foot end face. The insert has an inner cross-sectional profile configured for engagement over a stud provided on the surface of the appliance with, for example, a setscrew inserted through a setscrew hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Bernhard Thomas Klaus, Robert Dennis Halleron
  • Patent number: 8132060
    Abstract: Some embodiments of a system and a method to provide comprehensive application programming interfaces to a logical volume manager have been presented. For instance, a processing device running on a server may provide a library having a set of application programming interfaces to interface an application and a logical volume manager (LVM). In response to an error occurring while running the application in operation with the LVM, the processing device may return an error string in a natural language, a piece of programming code associated with the error, and an error code associated with the error using one or more of the set of application programming interfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Klaus Wörner, Michael David Wysochanski, Alasdair G. Kergon
  • Publication number: 20110311756
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a packaging material, preferably for foodstuffs, for example ice cream in wafers and the like, at least comprising a packaging sheet with an inner side which in a packaged condition, in accordance with requirements, faces towards the packaged goods and with an outer side facing away from the packaged goods, wherein on the outer side of the packaging sheet a composition comprising a colourant and a binder is provided, wherein at least one agent of colourant and binder is a foodstuff or is an agent permitted to come into contact with foodstuffs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: Huhtamaki Ronsberg ZN der Huhtamaki Deutschland GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Denny Wüstner, Thomas Klaus
  • Publication number: 20110233907
    Abstract: A housing for an electrical circuit, in particular for a sensor, pins projecting from the housing for the electrical contacting of the circuit, additional pins being provided which are not connected electrically to the circuit but instead are used as mechanical arrangement for fastening the housing to a printed circuit board in particular. The present invention further relates to a housing having an electrical circuit, in particular a sensor, pins projecting from the housing for the electrical contacting of the circuit, at least two pins being connected to one another mechanically via a connecting piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: Michael Struchholz, Tristan Jobert, Klaus Offterdinger, Thomas Klaus, Dirk Dittmann
  • Publication number: 20110126061
    Abstract: Some embodiments of a system and a method to provide comprehensive application programming interfaces to a logical volume manager have been presented. For instance, a processing device running on a server may provide a library having a set of application programming interfaces to interface an application and a logical volume manager (LVM). In response to an error occurring while running the application in operation with the LVM, the processing device may return an error string in a natural language, a piece of programming code associated with the error, and an error code associated with the error using one or more of the set of application programming interfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Thomas Klaus Wörner, Michael David Wysochanski, Alasdair G. Kergon
  • Publication number: 20110049505
    Abstract: A device includes a first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip which are connected to each other in an electrically conductive manner via a bonding wire, the bonding wire having a contact to the first semiconductor chip at a first contact point and having a contact to the second semiconductor chip at a second contact point, and the device including a further bonding wire which has a further first contact point and a further second contact point, a maximum distance between the bonding wire and a direct connecting line between the first and second contact points perpendicular to the connecting line being greater than a further maximum distance between the further bonding wire and a further connecting line between the further first contact point and the further second contact point perpendicular to the further connecting line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: Johannes Grabowski, Holger Hoefer, Thomas Klaus, Gerald Hopf
  • Publication number: 20110048996
    Abstract: Multi-layer packaging material, especially laminate, preferably for food, hygiene products and electronic products, having at least one metal barrier—especially aluminum—layer and at least one paper layer, and also roll material. The paper layer is laser-marked with predetermined intensity at least portion-wise through its entire cross-section, and optionally the metal layer on its surface side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: Huhtamaki Ronsberg, Zweigniederlassung der Huhtamaki Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Klaus, Ulf Wienboeker
  • Publication number: 20110019940
    Abstract: The invention relates to a packaging, in particular a foodstuffs packaging, preferably for foodstuffs such as ice cream in cones and the like. The packaging (10) comprises a lid portion (14) and a packaging body (12), wherein the packaging body (12) is conical, in particular pointed conical, and wherein the lid portion (14) is held on the packaging body (12) when the packaging is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: Huhtamaki Ronsberg ZN der Huhtamaki Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Agnes STRACK, Nils Thomas WALTHERS, Thomas KLAUS
  • Publication number: 20100192689
    Abstract: A sensor device includes a housing base part, a bearer part, a chip structure situated on the bearer part, and a spring/damper combination via which the housing base part and the bearer part are elastically connected to one another. In the sensor device, the housing base part, the spring/damper combination and the bearer part are situated one over the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventors: Markus Ulm, Michael Struchholz, Tristan Jobert, Klaus Offterdinger, Thomas Klaus, Christian Gerhardt, Florian Grabmaier, Dirk Dittmann
  • Patent number: D557137
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Manfred Harre, Thomas Klaus Mueller