Patents by Inventor Thomas Schilling

Thomas Schilling 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: 20240128226
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor wafer or a single semiconductor chip or die, and a layer stack. The layer stack comprises a first layer comprising NiSi, and a second layer comprising NiV, wherein the second layer is arranged between the first layer and the semiconductor wafer or single semiconductor chip or die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Paul Frank, Thomas Heinelt, Oliver Schilling, Sven Schmidbauer, Frank Wagner
  • Patent number: 11718136
    Abstract: A bearing arrangement for a damper bearing of a shock absorber in a wheelhouse of a vehicle. A damper receptacle is formed in a wheelhouse sheet metal part delimiting the wheelhouse. A threaded bolt is guided through a damper bearing screw hole and through a screw hole of the damper receptacle and the bolt tip of the threaded bolt is screwed together with an internal thread of a reinforcement element which is arranged on the side of the damper receptacle. A positioning aid is associated with the damper receptacle, via which positioning aid the damper bearing of the shock absorber can be pre-positioned in an assembly process up to an installation position in which the screw hole of the damper bearing, the screw hole of the damper receptacle, and the reinforcement element internal thread are oriented flush with respect to each other in a screw direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Schilling, Werner Krauth, Nicole Wallmann
  • Publication number: 20220144067
    Abstract: A body structure for an electrically operated vehicle, having an installation space for a traction battery, which space is open toward the vehicle bottom in the vertical vehicle direction, is closed toward the vehicle top by a floor pan part that forms the vehicle floor, and is delimited on both sides in the transverse vehicle direction by a rocker panel that delimits a side-door opening toward the vehicle bottom, wherein a rear body longitudinal member that transitions into the respective rocker panel toward the front of the vehicle in the longitudinal vehicle direction extends on each vehicle side in the rear-end region, and wherein the relevant rear corner of the traction battery is enclosed by an interior corner region, in particular right-angled interior corner region, that stretches between the rocker panel and the front battery cross member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas SCHILLING, Nicole WALLMANN, Ingo LUEKEN, Werner KRAUTH
  • Publication number: 20220080797
    Abstract: A bearing arrangement for a damper bearing of a shock absorber in a wheelhouse of a vehicle. A damper receptacle is formed in a wheelhouse sheet metal part delimiting the wheelhouse. A threaded bolt is guided through a damper bearing screw hole and through a screw hole of the damper receptacle and the bolt tip of the threaded bolt is screwed together with an internal thread of a reinforcement element which is arranged on the side of the damper receptacle. A positioning aid is associated with the damper receptacle, via which positioning aid the damper bearing of the shock absorber can be pre-positioned in an assembly process up to an installation position in which the screw hole of the damper bearing, the screw hole of the damper receptacle, and the reinforcement element internal thread are oriented flush with respect to each other in a screw direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas SCHILLING, Werner KRAUTH, Nicole WALLMANN
  • Patent number: 11048940
    Abstract: A method (100) for recognizing weed in a natural environment may be provided. A digital image of weed in an early development stage is captured (102) among cultivated crop. Areas with a predefined color and texture specification are contoured (104) defining a boundary contour. The weed is displayed (106) together with a frame and a quality indicator. Moreover, the digital image is stored (110) only if a predefined quality criterion is met. Then, unnecessary color information may be reset (112), the digital image is sent (116) for a further examination, and a weed name of the weed of the captured image and a related probability value indicative of a probability of a match between the weed name and the weed of the captured digital image together image is received (118).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: BASF AGRO TRADEMARKS GMBH
    Inventors: Bjoern Kiepe, Thomas Schilling, Franco Fois, Daniel Rechsteiner, Sebastian Hellweg, Alexandra Gladbach, Birgit Stepponat
  • Patent number: 10977494
    Abstract: A method for identifying of a type of weed in a natural environment may be provided. The method comprises receiving a digital image of the weed in an early growth stage together with related metadata, contouring areas of leaves and determining whether the weed is a monocotyledon or a dicotyledon. Furthermore, the method comprises determining a growth stage and determining the type of weed identified by a weed name and a probability of the correctness of the determination using at least one out of a plurality of the received metadata and a plurality of metadata determined during the contouring, during the determining whether the weed is a monocotyledon or a dicotyledon, and during the determination of the growth stage of the weeds as input parameters to a set of classifiers using a storage comprising names of types of weeds together with a plurality of sets of metadata per weed type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: BASF AGRO TRADEMARKS GMBH
    Inventors: Bjoern Kiepe, Thomas Schilling, Franco Fois, Daniel Rechsteiner, Sebastian Hellweg, Alexandra Gladbach, Birgit Stepponat
  • Publication number: 20190246711
    Abstract: A transformable costume upper torso component including a body covering front portion and at least one sleeve portion extending therefrom, where the sleeve portion includes a first surface and a reverse or underlying second surface, where the first surface is displayed in a rolled-up position of the sleeve portion and displays a first look, where the second surface is displayed in a rolled-down position of the sleeve portion and displays a second look, and where the first look is different from the second look.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: Rubie's Costume Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Rubin Beige, Thomas Schilling
  • Publication number: 20190220666
    Abstract: A method (100) for recognizing weed in a natural environment may be provided. A digital image of weed in an early development stage is captured (102) among cultivated crop. Areas with a predefined color and texture specification are contoured (104) defining a boundary contour. The weed is displayed (106) together with a frame and a quality indicator. Moreover, the digital image is stored (110) only if a predefined quality criterion is met. Then, unnecessary color information may be reset (112), the digital image is sent (116) for a further examination, and a weed name of the weed of the captured image and a related probability value indicative of a probability of a match between the weed name and the weed of the captured digital image together image is received (118).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Bjoern KIEPE, Thomas SCHILLING, Franco FOIS, Daniel RECHSTEINER, Sebastian HELLWEG, Alexandra GLADBACH, Birgit STEPPONAT
  • Publication number: 20190147249
    Abstract: A method for identifying of a type of weed in a natural environment may be provided. The method comprises receiving a digital image of the weed in an early growth stage together with related metadata, contouring areas of leaves and determining whether the weed is a monocotyledon or a dicotyledon. Furthermore, the method comprises determining a growth stage and determining the type of weed identified by a weed name and a probability of the correctness of the determination using at least one out of a plurality of the received metadata and a plurality of metadata determined during the contouring, during the determining whether the weed is a monocotyledon or a dicotyledon, and during the determination of the growth stage of the weeds as input parameters to a set of classifiers using a storage comprising names of types of weeds together with a plurality of sets of metadata per weed type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Bjoern KIEPE, Thomas SCHILLING, Franco FOIS, Daniel RECHSTEINER, Sebastian HELLWEG, Alexandra GLADBACH, Birgit STEPPONAT
  • Patent number: 8104965
    Abstract: An axle stub bearing unit for a bearing point of an axle stub of a steerable axle of a vehicle is provided, with a radial bearing that is constructed as a needle bearing, and a separate axial bearing that is constructed as a sliding bearing, which are accommodated in a cup-shaped bush (2, 12, 21, 25). The bush is a component which is formed in one piece and is provided with a sleeve (7, 14, 19, 26) in a region of the axial bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Johannes Lang, Michael Ruprich, Thomas Schilling
  • Patent number: 7654089
    Abstract: This invention relates to a gas-turbine combustion chamber with at least one pilot burner (2) and at least one main burner (3) which are axially and radially offset relative to each other, said combustion chamber (1) comprising an outer flame-tube wall (4) and an inner flame-tube wall (5) each provided with ports for the introduction of air, and said main burner (3) being located at the outer flame-tube wall (4) and said pilot burner (2) being located at the inner flame-tube wall (5), characterized in that the outer flame-tube wall (4) is provided with a first arrangement (6) of ports and in that the inner flame-tube wall (5) is provided with a second arrangement (7) of ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
    Inventors: Thomas Schilling, Thomas Dörr
  • Publication number: 20090032389
    Abstract: The invention relates to a semibatchwise process for the mild distillative separation of mixtures, in a first stage a column being supplied continuously with a feed and the feed being separated at least into different fractions, one of the fractions being removed continuously into a container, and, in a second step, the fraction removed into the container being recycled to the column and being separated again batchwise into different fractions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: LANXESS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Ludwig Deibele, Dieter Heinz, Jan Thomas Leu, Johannes-Peter Schafer, Kai Fahrenkamp, Wolfgang Scheinert, Thomas Schilling, Paul Wagner
  • Publication number: 20080315545
    Abstract: An axle stub bearing unit for a bearing point of an axle stub of a steerable axle of a vehicle is provided, with a radial bearing that is constructed as a needle bearing, and a separate axial bearing that is constructed as a sliding bearing, which are accommodated in a cup-shaped bush (2, 12, 21, 25). The bush is a component which is formed in one piece and is provided with a sleeve (7, 14, 19, 26) in a region of the axial bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2006
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER KG
    Inventors: Johannes Lang, Michael Ruprich, Thomas Schilling
  • Patent number: 7435319
    Abstract: The invention relates to a semibatchwise process for the mild distillative separation of mixtures, in a first stage a column being supplied continuously with a feed and the feed being separated at least into different fractions, one of the fractions being removed continuously into a container, and, in a second step, the fraction removed into the container being recycled to the column and being separated again batchwise into different fractions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: LANXESS Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Ludwig Deibele, Dieter Heinz, Jan Thomas Leu, Johannes-Peter Schäfer, Kai Fahrenkamp, Wolfgang Scheinert, Thomas Schilling, Paul Wagner
  • Publication number: 20040020757
    Abstract: The invention relates to a semibatchwise process for the mild distillative separation of mixtures, in a first stage a column being supplied continuously with a feed and the feed being separated at least into different fractions, one of the fractions being removed continuously into a container, and, in a second step, the fraction removed into the container being recycled to the column and being separated again batchwise into different fractions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Ludwig Deibele, Dieter Heinz, Jan Thomas Leu, Johannes-Peter Schafer, Kai Fahrenkamp, Wolfgang Scheinert, Thomas Schilling, Paul Wagner
  • Publication number: 20020017101
    Abstract: This invention relates to a gas-turbine combustion chamber with at least one pilot burner (2) and at least one main burner (3) which are axially and radially offset relative to each other, said combustion chamber (1) comprising an outer flame-tube wall (4) and an inner flame-tube wall (5) each provided with ports for the introduction of air, and said main burner (3) being located at the outer flame-tube wall (4) and said pilot burner (2) being located at the inner flame-tube wall (5), characterized in that the outer flame-tube wall (4) is provided with a first arrangement (6) of ports and in that the inner flame-tube wall (5) is provided with a second arrangement (7) of ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Inventors: Thomas Schilling, Thomas Dorr
  • Patent number: 5097239
    Abstract: A fixture for multi-pole magnetization of a magnetizable part has two carrier plates, each having a serpentine channel therein, with an electrical conductor contained in each channel. The electrical conductors each have a thin portion having a cross section which is less than the cross section of the remainder of the conductor. The thin portions of the conductors are mounted so as to be movable in the channels. A part to be magnetized is arranged between the thin portions of the conductors, and the conductors are supplied with a current surge. As a result of the flexibility, and the movable mounting, of the conductor portions, they are caused by the power surge to move against the magnetizable part, thereby creating differently magnetized, adjacent regions in the part, having a boundary therebetween coinciding with the location of the thin portions. A magnet is thereby achieved which is substantially the same as joined individual magnets of opposite polarity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1992
    Assignee: Vacuumschmelze GmbH
    Inventors: Rolf Wagner, Thomas Schilling, Bernd Schleede, Reiner Dinter, Joachim von Gerlach