Patents by Inventor Thomas Sauer

Thomas Sauer 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: 20150221297
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include storing musical elements in a database and processing performance data, where the musical elements including a plurality of reference accent pattern data and a plurality of reference system pattern data. Processing performance data can include receiving input data corresponding to a musical performance, determining an accent pattern for the musical performance, matching the accent pattern data to one or more reference accent pattern data in the database, and selecting one of the matching reference accent patterns. Processing performance data further includes receiving input corresponding to a selection of a musical style, one or more musical performance parameters, and generating a musical accompaniment based on the processed performance data, the selected musical style, and the selected one or more musical performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Christoph Buskies, Matthias Gros, Alexander H. Little, Thomas Sauer, Oliver Ludecke, Tobias Bade
  • Patent number: 9074611
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wall ring for an axial fan comprised of a supporting frame (1) on which a circular connecting piece (2) is formed, inside which the axial fan is arranged. The supporting frame (1) is assembled from a plurality of frame elements (6) by means of form and force-fitting connecting elements. The circular connecting piece (2) is formed of a plurality of circular segments (22) arranged circumferentially one after the other, said circular segments being connected to each other and to the supporting frame (1) by means of form and force-fitting or material-bonded connections or by such connection elements, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Sauer, Dieter Best, Sven Beck, Christian Weiss
  • Patent number: 9065858
    Abstract: A method of assigning network addresses for ventilators (3, 4, 5) in a network. Each ventilator (3, 4, 5) has a unique serial number in a serial number memory (8) and a network address in an adjustable network address memory (9). A control unit (1) automatically assigns network addresses to a plurality of ventilators (3, 4, 5). To begin with, all ventilators are assigned an identical start-address as network address, and serial number queries with a serial number mask are sent to the start-address. The serial number mask is comprised of definite and indefinite positions, and the ventilators (3, 4, 5) respond to the serial number mask subject to their serial number. The control unit (1) assigns unique network addresses to the ventilators (3, 4, 5) independently of the responses and/or modifies the serial number mask for further serial number queries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: cbm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Sauer, Klaus Teuke, Markus Humm
  • Publication number: 20150145382
    Abstract: The present invention concerns an electronic housing for an electric motor, consisting of a housing holder part with a housing floor and a housing wall comprising the housing floor. A housing opening lies opposite the housing floor. Arranged in the housing holder part is a motor electronic component with an electronic printed circuit board, which is arranged parallel to the opening plane of the housing opening. Detachably arranged on the electronic printed circuit board or on the motor electronic component, on a side of the electronic printed circuit board facing away from the housing floor is a contact protecting component, which covers this surface, from an electrically insulating material, which has at least partially a grid structure as an air outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Michael Sturm, Thomas Sauer, Matthias Maschke
  • Patent number: 9026335
    Abstract: A motor vehicle speed control system having a distance sensor operates in a first mode when the vehicle is traveling on a clear stretch of road in which a predetermined desired vehicle speed is set. In a second mode when the vehicle is following another vehicle, a predetermined minimum distance from a selected target object is set. The target object is selected by a first selection process that screens out stationary objects. When a defined condition prevails, the first mode switches into a third mode in the form of deceleration, wherein a second selection process is started which also evaluates stationary target objects. Until a target object is selected, the vehicle travels on a clear road with deceleration initiated which is reduced relative to following another vehicle. If a target object is selected by the second selection process, the system switches over without delay from the third mode into the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Thomas Sauer
  • Patent number: 9012754
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include storing musical elements in a database and processing performance data, where the musical elements including a plurality of reference accent pattern data and a plurality of reference system pattern data. Processing performance data can include receiving input data corresponding to a musical performance, determining an accent pattern for the musical performance, matching the accent pattern data to one or more reference accent pattern data in the database, and selecting one of the matching reference accent patterns. Processing performance data further includes receiving input corresponding to a selection of a musical style, one or more musical performance parameters, and generating a musical accompaniment based on the processed performance data, the selected musical style, and the selected one or more musical performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christoph Buskies, Matthias Gros, Alexander H. Little, Thomas Sauer, Oliver Ludecke, Tobias Bade
  • Publication number: 20150022133
    Abstract: A circuit for thermal protection and power regulation as a function of the current winding temperature of phase windings of an electric motor. The circuit including at least one temperature monitor switch (TW1, TW2) that measures the winding temperature of the phase windings, and that upon attainment of a specific winding temperature shuts off the winding current flowing through the windings, the circuit further including a PTC thermistor that is associated with the phase windings and that, upon attainment of a specific winding temperature, reduces power by means of a resistance increase, or shuts the motor off. One of the phase windings has the PTC thermistor. The other phase windings or winding has a temperature monitor switch. The PTC thermistor and the temperature monitor switch or switches (TW1, TW2) are connected in series to a voltage source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Thomas Sauer
  • Publication number: 20150013533
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are related to a computer-implemented method that includes receiving musical data, identifying a succession of accentuated events in the musical data, determining a pattern in the succession of accentuated events, comparing the pattern to a plurality of reference patterns, and determining a match for the pattern using the plurality of reference patterns. The method further includes selecting one of the matching reference patterns, and generating a rhythmic musical accompaniment for the musical data based on the selected matching reference pattern. In some cases, the musical data is MIDI data or analog audio data. Analog audio data analysis includes detecting transients in the analog audio data by identifying the succession of accentuated event in the musical data. This may include identifying a plurality of events in the musical data, and determining whether each of the plurality of events is an accent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Christoph Buskies, Matthias Gros, Thomas Sauer, Oliver Ludecke, Tobias Bade, Alexander H. Little
  • Publication number: 20150013528
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method comprises receiving musical data including reference timing data, and a succession of musical notes arranged with respect to the reference timing data, receiving input corresponding to a selection of a groove template, and altering the arrangement of the notes (shifting in a positive or negative direction) with respect to the reference timing data based on the selected groove template. Altering the arrangement of notes can further include adding additional musical notes to the succession of musical notes to add stylistic embellishments particular to the selected groove template, where one of the selectable groove templates includes adding a shuffle dynamic to the succession of musical notes by determining a positive offset associated with each of the musical notes along the musical bar, and applying the positive offset to each of the musical notes, wherein the positive offset corresponds to the position of the musical note.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Christoph Buskies, Matthias Gros, Thomas Sauer, Oliver Ludecke, Tobias Bade, Alexander H. Little
  • Publication number: 20150013527
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include storing musical elements in a database and processing performance data, where the musical elements including a plurality of reference accent pattern data and a plurality of reference system pattern data. Processing performance data can include receiving input data corresponding to a musical performance, determining an accent pattern for the musical performance, matching the accent pattern data to one or more reference accent pattern data in the database, and selecting one of the matching reference accent patterns. Processing performance data further includes receiving input corresponding to a selection of a musical style, one or more musical performance parameters, and generating a musical accompaniment based on the processed performance data, the selected musical style, and the selected one or more musical performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Christoph Buskies, Matthias Gros, Alexander H. Little, Thomas Sauer, Oliver Ludecke, Tobias Bade
  • Publication number: 20140350213
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for purifying polyamide particles wherein these are contacted with a lactam-containing treatment medium with or without a gaseous treatment medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Faissal-Ali El-Toufaili, Achim Stammer, Jens Becker, Karsten Daunke, Thomas Sauer
  • Publication number: 20140252898
    Abstract: A housing for receiving an electronic circuit (4) having a plurality of components (5) having a carrier plate (7) and a housing cover (8) including a circumferentially enclosing wall (9) on the carrier plate (7) and a cover part (10) on the wall (9), which cover part (10) lies opposite the carrier plate (7). A volume compensation element (11) is attached on the carrier plate (7) in an interior (12) of the housing cover (8) which is enclosed in a pressure-tight manner from an external atmosphere. The volume compensation element (11) is elastically formed providing a variable volume for compensation of pressure fluctuations in the interior (12), which variable volume occurs with a change in position of the volume compensation element (11) relative to the carrier plate (7). A gap between the volume compensation element (11) and the carrier plate (7) is connected to the external atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Sauer, Dieter Best, Walter Matter, Joachim Berberich
  • Patent number: 8799819
    Abstract: A multi-tap delay has a graphical user interface in which each delay tap is represented by a bar on a time line. The bars are oriented across the time line, the position of each bar on the time line specifying the amount of delay time of the represented delay tap. The length of each bar specifies the value of another parameter of the represented delay tap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Sauer, Stefan Gretscher
  • Publication number: 20140086728
    Abstract: A diffuser (3) for a fan (2) of axial, radial or diagonal type of construction, has an inlet opening (10) and having an outlet opening (20) for a gaseous medium which flows through a diffuser interior (I), which is enclosed by an outer housing (30), in an axially oriented main flow direction (S) from the inlet opening (10) to the outlet opening (20). The cross section of the diffuser interior (I) increases from the cross section (11) of the inlet opening to the cross section (21) of the outlet opening (20), wherein the outer housing (30) forms an outer diffuser part (AD) which delimits the diffuser interior (I) to the outside. Along the main flow direction (S), the cross section of the outer diffuser part (AD) changes from a circular cross section (31) at the inlet opening (10) to a non-circular cross section (32) at the outlet opening (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: emb-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Engert, Erik Reichert, Oliver Haaf, Christian Pfaff, Marc Schneider, Jürgen Schöne, Katrin Bohl, Sven Beck, Dieter Best, Tobias Ehmann, Alexander Frank, Erhard Gruber, Matthias Maschke, Thomas Sauer
  • Publication number: 20140015318
    Abstract: A power converter module includes: a DC input terminal configured to receive an input voltage from a DC source; an intermediate circuit coupled directly to the DC input terminal; a DC output terminal configured to provide an output direct voltage; an AC output terminal configured to provide an output alternating voltage; a DC converter coupled between the intermediate circuit and the DC output terminal in order to receive an input voltage from the intermediate circuit; an inverter coupled between the intermediate circuit and the AC output terminal in order to draw an input voltage from the intermediate circuit; and a regulating device coupled to the DC converter and to the inverter, the regulating device being configured to regulate the input voltage of the inverter and of the DC converter to a maximum power drain from the DC source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas SAUER, Werner BELSCHNER, Rene POHLEMANN
  • Publication number: 20130017073
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wall ring for an axial fan comprised of a supporting frame (1) on which a circular connecting piece (2) is formed, inside which the axial fan is arranged. The supporting frame (1) is assembled from a plurality of frame elements (6) by means of form and force-fitting connecting elements. The circular connecting piece (2) is formed of a plurality of circular segments (22) arranged circumferentially one after the other, said circular segments being connected to each other and to the supporting frame (1) by means of form and force-fitting or material-bonded connections or by such connection elements, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventors: Thomas Sauer, Dieter Best, Sven Beck, Christian Weiss
  • Publication number: 20120239206
    Abstract: A method of assigning network addresses for ventilators (3, 4, 5) in a network. Each ventilator (3, 4, 5) has a unique serial number in a serial number memory (8) and a network address in an adjustable network address memory (9). A control unit (1) automatically assigns network addresses to a plurality of ventilators (3, 4, 5). To begin with, all ventilators are assigned an identical start-address as network address, and serial number queries with a serial number mask are sent to the start-address. The serial number mask is comprised of definite and indefinite positions, and the ventilators (3, 4, 5) respond to the serial number mask subject to their serial number. The control unit (1) assigns unique network addresses to the ventilators (3, 4, 5) independently of the responses and/or modifies the serial number mask for further serial number queries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Thomas Sauer, Klaus Teuke, Markus Humm
  • Publication number: 20120157654
    Abstract: Method for the drying and post-condensation of polyamide particles, wherein the polyamide particles are irradiated with electromagnetic waves while passing an inert gas through the particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Faissal-Ali El-Toufaili, Achim Stammer, Jens Becker, Karsten Daunke, Thomas Sauer
  • Patent number: D728090
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Oliver Haaf, Matthias Maschke, Dieter Best, Thomas Sauer, Sebastian Bundschuh, Sven Beck, Markus Engert, Jürgen Schoene
  • Patent number: D733861
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Oliver Haaf, Matthias Maschke, Dieter Best, Thomas Sauer, Sebastian Bundschuh, Sven Beck, Markus Engert, Jürgen Schoene