Patents by Inventor Thomas Kopfstedt

Thomas Kopfstedt 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: 10720720
    Abstract: Various systems may benefit from suitable arrangements and configurations of modules. For example, certain electronics systems may benefit from systems and methods for stacking electronic modules on a base board. A system of stacking computer modules can include a base board, which can be a printed circuit board (PCB). The system can also include a first plurality of connectors, mounted to and in electrical communication with the base board. The system can further include a first module, the first module including a second PCB and a second plurality of bottom connectors configured to engage the first plurality of connectors and a third plurality of top connectors. The system can additionally include a second module, the second module including a third PCB and a fourth plurality of bottom connectors configured to engage the third plurality of top connectors of the first module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Thorsten Wilmer, Thomas Kopfstedt, Kai Wang
  • Publication number: 20190310859
    Abstract: A system for an accelerated startup including a primary processing core of a computer, a plurality of secondary processing cores of the computer, connected to the primary processing core, and a non-volatile memory connected to the primary processing core and to the plurality of secondary processing cores. The system may include a non-volatile memory may include an initial program load and an initial RAM disk containing a compressed operating system kernel image, where the primary core decompresses the operating system kernel image upon execution of the initial program load. The system may include a plurality of compressed RAM disks, where the plurality of compressed RAM discs may be decompressed in parallel by the secondary processing cores. The system may include applications stored on the plurality of RAM discs that may be executed in parallel by the secondary processing cores after the decompression in parallel has been completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas Kopfstedt, Kai Wang, Thorsten Wilmer
  • Publication number: 20190288423
    Abstract: Various systems may benefit from suitable arrangements and configurations of modules. For example, certain electronics systems may benefit from systems and methods for stacking electronic modules on a base board. A system of stacking computer modules can include a base board, which can be a printed circuit board (PCB). The system can also include a first plurality of connectors, mounted to and in electrical communication with the base board. The system can further include a first module, the first module including a second PCB and a second plurality of bottom connectors configured to engage the first plurality of connectors and a third plurality of top connectors. The system can additionally include a second module, the second module including a third PCB and a fourth plurality of bottom connectors configured to engage the third plurality of top connectors of the first module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Thorsten WILMER, Thomas Kopfstedt, Kai Wang