Patents by Inventor Thomas Kraus

Thomas Kraus 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: 20240124663
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multilayer composite, containing a first polymeric layer which on a side is coated with a printing ink containing a polyurethane as binder, and a second layer which with a polyurethane dispersion as adhesive is joined at least partly with the side of the first polymeric layer which is coated with the printing ink containing a polyurethane as binder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Joerg Buechner, Harald Kraus, Thomas Fait, Christoph Thiebes
  • Patent number: 11960251
    Abstract: A method for testing a basic parameterization of a component in an automation system is provided. The method includes: starting a test run of the component in the automation system with the basic parameterization, measuring of a measured value data record during trial operation, access to a machine learning module comprising a pre-trained neural network, wherein the pre-trained neural network is pre-trained to calculate a target parameterization for the respective component for a measured value data set, wherein the basic parameterization is compared with the calculated target parameterization and in the event of deviation a result message for adapting the basic parameterization is provided, and receipt of the provided result message for adaptation of the basic parameterization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Festo SE & CO. KG
    Inventors: Martin Thierauf, Thomas Ruschival, Dominic Kraus
  • Publication number: 20230391856
    Abstract: Provided herein are antibodies that bind to SARS-CoV-2 spike protein or a fragment thereof (e.g., receptor binding domain (RBD)), host cells for producing such antibodies, and kits comprising such antibodies. Also provided herein are compositions comprising antibodies that bind to SARS-CoV-2 spike protein or a fragment thereof (e.g., receptor binding domain) and methods of using such antibodies to diagnose, prevent or treat a SARS-CoV-2 infection, or COVID-19.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Inventors: Thomas Moran, Thomas Kraus, Domenico Tortorella, J. Andrew Duty
  • Patent number: 11750007
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a chassis supported on wheels, a battery having a voltage and supported by the chassis, a first electrical circuit supported on the chassis and configured to receive current from the battery, and a second electrical circuit supported on the chassis and configured to receive current from the battery. The second electrical circuit includes a current disconnect that is switchable between an open condition, in which the second electrical circuit is disconnected from the battery when the voltage falls below a voltage threshold, and a closed condition, in which the second electrical circuit is connected to the first electrical circuit when a reset condition occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: REV Ambulance Group Orlando, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Thomas Kraus, Christopher Lee Ellis
  • Publication number: 20230218952
    Abstract: A table tennis ball which has, on the spherical surface thereof, a marking to make a ball rotation measurable. The marking contains a number of marking points, which are distributed on the ball surface in such a way that the standard deviation of the lengths of the orthodromes between each of the marking points and the three nearest neighboring points thereof is at least 12% of the average value of these lengths, and the minimum length of the orthodromes between each of the marking points and the three nearest neighboring points thereof is at least 40% of the average value of these lengths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Matthias Ottenberg, Konrad Tiefenbacher, Thomas Kraus
  • Publication number: 20230213473
    Abstract: A ceramic planar sensor element having four contact surfaces and three vias, for example for a lambda sensor. Measures are provided for increasing the loadability of the sensor element in relation to mechanical stresses. The measures relate in particular to the arrangement of the vias and to the design of insulating layers in the interior of the sensor element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Andreas Bigge, Annette Hanselmann, Martin Heyer, Martin Eckardt, Thomas Pastuszka-Lude, Thomas Kraus, Tobias Rentrop, Ulrich Arneth
  • Publication number: 20220356228
    Abstract: Provided herein are monoclonal antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that bind to the John Cunningham virus. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the monoclonal antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof, as well as methods of using such monoclonal antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof, including methods for the treatment and/or prevention of JCV infections and/or progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Inventors: Thomas Moran, Thomas Kraus, J. Andrew Duty, Domenico Tortorella
  • Publication number: 20220235590
    Abstract: A door of a vehicle includes a door body coupled to a vehicle body. The door body is movable relative to the vehicle body between an open position and a closed position. The door further includes a latch movable relative to the door body between a latched position and an unlatched position. The latch is configured to secure the door body in the closed position when the latch in the latched position. An actuator is supported by the door body and operable to move the latch from the latched position to the unlatched position, and a push button actuator is supported by the door body and operable to move the latch from the unlatched position to the latched position. The push button actuator is operable to move the latch from the latched position to the unlatched position without operating the actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Kevin Thomas Kraus, Nathan Ray Dockendorf, Bryson Jay Nebeker
  • Publication number: 20220045531
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a chassis supported on wheels, a battery having a voltage and supported by the chassis, a first electrical circuit supported on the chassis and configured to receive current from the battery, and a second electrical circuit supported on the chassis and configured to receive current from the battery. The second electrical circuit includes a current disconnect that is switchable between an open condition, in which the second electrical circuit is disconnected from the battery when the voltage falls below a voltage threshold, and a closed condition, in which the second electrical circuit is connected to the first electrical circuit when a reset condition occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Kevin Thomas Kraus, Christopher Lee Ellis
  • Patent number: 11160370
    Abstract: A glass-ceramic cooktop is provided that is made of glass-ceramic material with a flat upper side and an underside. The glass-ceramic material has transmittance values of greater than 0.1% in the visible light range in the total wavelength region greater than 420 nm, a light transmittance in the visible range of 0.8-2.5%, and a transmittance of 0-85% in the infrared at 1600 nm, and wherein the glass-ceramic material has high quartz mixed crystals as the prevalent crystal phase. The underside is flat, unstructured, and coplanar with the upper side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Birgit Doerk, Evelin Weiss, Thomas Zenker, Ulf Hoffmann, Silke Knoche, Martin Taplan, Friedrich Siebers, Thomas Kraus, Lutz Klippe, Wolfgang Schmidbauer
  • Patent number: 10830327
    Abstract: A drive unit includes a housing and a pinion having a head and a shaft. The shaft extends through a pinion-support portion of the housing. A tail bearing supports the shaft and has an outer race fixed to the pinion-support portion and an inner race received on the shaft. The inner race is brazed to the shaft. The drive unit may be assembled by installing a tail-bearing cup and a head-bearing cup in the housing and inserting the pinion in the housing with the shaft extending through the cups. The method further includes installing a tail-bearing cone onto the shaft to be seated on the tail-bearing cup and urging the cups toward each other. The method also includes brazing the tail-bearing cone to the shaft while the cups are urged toward each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Kurt Stecker, Robert Thomas Kraus, Bryan Leslie Crozier
  • Publication number: 20200232548
    Abstract: A drive unit includes a housing and a pinion having a head and a shaft. The shaft extends through a pinion-support portion of the housing. A tail bearing supports the shaft and has an outer race fixed to the pinion-support portion and an inner race received on the shaft. The inner race is brazed to the shaft. The drive unit may be assembled by installing a tail-bearing cup and a head-bearing cup in the housing and inserting the pinion in the housing with the shaft extending through the cups. The method further includes installing a tail-bearing cone onto the shaft to be seated on the tail-bearing cup and urging the cups toward each other. The method also includes brazing the tail-bearing cone to the shaft while the cups are urged toward each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Kurt STECKER, Robert Thomas KRAUS, Bryan Leslie CROZIER
  • Publication number: 20190379071
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a starting burner (100a; 100b) for a fuel cell system (1000a; 1000b), having a catalyst (10) with a catalyst inlet (11) and a catalyst outlet (12), a catalyst area (13) being formed between the catalyst inlet (11) and the catalyst outlet (12), and the catalyst area (13) being surrounded by a catalyst wall (14) in a passage direction (D) from the catalyst inlet (11) to the catalyst outlet (12), and an operating fluid guide section (20) for supplying an operating fluid (F1) to the catalyst inlet (11), wherein the operating fluid guide section (20) is arranged outside the catalyst (10) at least in sections along the catalyst wall (14). The invention also concerns a fuel cell system (1000) with the starting burner (100a; 100b) and a method for heating a service fluid (F1) in the fuel cell system (1000a; 1000b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicants: AVL List GmbH, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jörg MATHÉ, Michael REISSIG, Thomas KRAUS, Julian MAKINSON, Bernd BEITER, Vincent LAWLOR, Tatsuya YAGUCHI, Tetsushi NODA, Takeshi SHIOMI
  • Patent number: 10274303
    Abstract: A device and method for measuring dimensional variation of a part, particularly total runout, is provided. The device includes an indicator check body, a clamping device within the indicator check body and an end cap that engages the indicator check body and the clamping device. When the indicator check body and the clamping device are engaged, the device is secured to the part allowing dimensional variations to be measured along the surface of the indicator check body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Jason Richard Savage, Robert Thomas Kraus, Jay Kupiszewski
  • Publication number: 20180356200
    Abstract: A device and method for measuring dimensional variation of a part, particularly total runout, is provided. The device includes an indicator check body, a clamping device within the indicator check body and an end cap that engages the indicator check body and the clamping device. When the indicator check body and the clamping device are engaged, the device is secured to the part allowing dimensional variations to be measured along the surface of the indicator check body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Jason Richard Savage, Robert Thomas Kraus, Jay Kupiszewski
  • Patent number: 10138943
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a first drivetrain component and a second drivetrain component. The first drivetrain component defines a splined orifice. The second drivetrain component has a shaft that includes splines that are configured to clearance-fit the splined orifice upon engagement up to a first length and interference-fit the splined orifice upon engagement beyond the first length. Engagement of the splines and the splined orifice at substantially the first length counteracts loads perpendicular to an axis of the shaft preventing disengagement of the first and second drivetrain components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Thomas Kraus, Scott David Beiring, Kurt Stecker, Peter Scheuer
  • Publication number: 20180325258
    Abstract: A glass-ceramic cooktop is provided that is made of glass-ceramic material with a flat upper side and an underside. The glass-ceramic material has transmittance values of greater than 0.1% in the visible light range in the total wavelength region greater than 420 nm, a light transmittance in the visible range of 0.8-2.5%, and a transmittance of 0-85% in the infrared at 1600 nm, and wherein the glass-ceramic material has high quartz mixed crystals as the prevalent crystal phase. The underside is flat, unstructured, and coplanar with the upper side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Birgit DOERK, Evelin WEISS, Thomas ZENKER, Ulf HOFFMANN, Silke KNOCHE, Martin TAPLAN, Friedrich SIEBERS, Thomas KRAUS, Lutz KLIPPE, Wolfgang SCHMIDBAUER
  • Patent number: 10028580
    Abstract: A glass-ceramic cooktop is provided that is made of glass-ceramic material with a flat upper side and an underside. The glass-ceramic material has transmittance values of greater than 0.1% in the visible light range in the total wavelength region greater than 420 nm, a light transmittance in the visible range of 0.8-2.5%, and a transmittance of 0-85% in the infrared at 1600 nm, and wherein the glass-ceramic material has high quartz mixed crystals as the prevalent crystal phase. The underside is flat, unstructured, and coplanar with the upper side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Birgit Doerk, Evelin Weiss, Thomas Zenker, Ulf Hoffmann, Silke Knoche, Martin Taplan, Friedrich Siebers, Thomas Kraus, Lutz Klippe, Wolfgang Schmidbauer
  • Publication number: 20170321757
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a first drivetrain component and a second drivetrain component. The first drivetrain component defines a splined orifice. The second drivetrain component has a shaft that includes splines that are configured to clearance-fit the splined orifice upon engagement up to a first length and interference-fit the splined orifice upon engagement beyond the first length. Engagement of the splines and the splined orifice at substantially the first length counteracts loads perpendicular to an axis of the shaft preventing disengagement of the first and second drivetrain components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Robert Thomas KRAUS, Scott David BEIRING, Kurt STECKER, Peter SCHEUER
  • Patent number: 9766157
    Abstract: The present invention in one or more embodiments provides a device to measure backlash of an equipment powertrain, where the device includes a head to attach to the equipment powertrain, and a body to support the head, the body including a first connector via which a predetermined amount of torque is to be applied to the equipment powertrain through the body and the head, and a positional change of the equipment powertrain in response to the predetermined amount of torque being indicative of a backlash measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Verbie Gene England, Jr., Michael James Carter, Robert Thomas Kraus