Patents by Inventor Thomas Schroeder

Thomas Schroeder 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: 12605998
    Abstract: A drive assembly for a motor vehicle, having a drive with a housing, enclosing at least one electrical drive component and the housing wall of which is divided into a plurality of axially adjacent sections. The two axially terminal sections each form an axially removable cover of the housing. A support frame with frame-side bearing components which, together with the corresponding housing-side bearing components, form bearings for suspending the housing in the carrier frame, and an electrical connection between a housing-side connector, which is stationary relative to the housing and is connected to the electrical drive component in the housing interior, and a frame-side connector, which is stationary relative to the support frame and is connected or connectable to an electrical power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Piotr Kalinowski, Thomas Schroeder, Christoph Stelzer, Robert Maria Bass
  • Publication number: 20250330341
    Abstract: An automotive Ethernet system-on-chip (SoC) implements a power management state that is a lower power standby for an embedded controller of a physical layer (PHY). The SoC combines an always-on power domain (AON) and a switched power domain (SWP). A power manager activates the lower power standby state through a standby signal sent to a power controller in the AON. The standby state enables the power manager of the SoC to switch a system clock from a high-frequency clock to a low frequency clock generated in the AON and turns off a clock dedicated to the PHY.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2024
    Publication date: October 23, 2025
    Inventors: Xin Zhang, Kevin Tran, Thomas Schroeder, Venkatraman Iyer, Eric Ching
  • Publication number: 20250321915
    Abstract: An apparatus having a controller of a physical layer (PHY) and a transceiver of the PHY controller. The controller includes memory with an address space local to the controller and address space assigned to the transceiver that mirrors register locations in the memory of the transceiver. The controller remaps a frame in a first format, based at least in part on an indication that an access operation is directed to the transceiver register space, to a frame in a second format to access the transceiver registers of the second memory space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2025
    Publication date: October 16, 2025
    Inventors: Venkatraman Iyer, Shuo Yang, Thomas Schroeder, Xin Zhang, Jan Huber
  • Patent number: 12345321
    Abstract: A drive train for an electric vehicle, including at least one transmission, with at least one power electronics system and a housing. A transmission compartment and a power electronics system compartment are provided in the housing in particular adjacently situated horizontally. The transmission and/or at least two gearwheels for forming at least one gear stage of the transmission is situated in the transmission compartment and the power electronics system is situated in the power electronics system compartment. The transmission compartment and the power electronics system compartment are separated from one another by a partition wall. The transmission includes an oil sump, which in particular is formed by the housing, and a collection container, so that during operation of the transmission, transmission oil present in the oil sump may be spun upwardly by at least one of the gearwheels and thus be supplied to the collection container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Lukas Nennstiel, Thomas Schroeder, Frank Mueller, Raimar Warnecke
  • Publication number: 20250129515
    Abstract: Electrically conducting bulk ?-Ga2O3 single crystals can be produced by the Czochralski (CZ) method to have a pre-defined cylindrical diameter and a pre-defined cylindrical length. The method uses a growth furnace having a noble metal crucible with a Ga2O3 starting material. An inner thermal insulation is provided in the growth furnace with a radiative reflectivity lower than 0.4 in a near infrared spectral region of 1-3 ?m to decrease reflections of heat back to the growing single crystal, and thus, to increase the heat dissipation from the growing single crystal. Also, in the CZ method, when puling a single crystal from seeding to separation, a dynamic decrease of the growth rate is achieved from the initial growth rate of 1-10 mm/h, to a final growth rate of 0.2-1 mm/h, to dynamically decrease the latent heat of crystallization as the growth proceeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Zbigniew GALAZKA, Steffen GANSCHOW, Matthias BICKERMANN, Thomas SCHROEDER, Walter HAECKL
  • Publication number: 20250127695
    Abstract: Compounds of the following formula (I) R1—O—[CH2—CH(OH)—CH2—O]n-H (I), in which R1 is a branched C6-C16 alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl group and n is a number of 1-3, are suitable for use as active antidandruff ingredient and as active skin-soothing ingredient for nontherapeutic cosmetic use in cosmetic formulations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Petra Westphal, Rainer Simmering, Sabine Gruedl, Thomas Schroeder, Dirk Hentrich
  • Publication number: 20250107984
    Abstract: Antidandruff shampoos which are based on a natural active antidandruff ingredient a) and at least one surfactant b) and in which a) are compounds of the following formula (I) R1—O—[CH2—CH(OH)—CH2—O]n—H??(I), in which R1 represents a branched C6-C16 alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl group and n represents a number of 1-3, are suitable for controlling dandruff.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Petra Westphal, Thomas Schroeder, Manuela Mette, Soeren Scheele, Jenny Marschall, Dirk Hentrich
  • Publication number: 20250107979
    Abstract: The invention relates to hair treatment agents based on a specific active ingredient combination of a) and b), in which a) represents compounds of the following formula (I) R1—O—[CH2—CH(OH)—CH2—O]n—H (I), where R1 is a branched C6-C16 alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl group and n is a number from 1-3, and b) represents at least one active anti-dandruff ingredient which differs from a). The hair treatment compositions according to the invention are suitable for treating dandruff.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Petra Westphal, Sabine Gruedl, Rainer Simmering, Thomas Schroeder, Dirk Hentrich
  • Publication number: 20240360899
    Abstract: A drive train for an electric vehicle, including at least one transmission, with at least one power electronics system and a housing. A transmission compartment and a power electronics system compartment are provided in the housing in particular adjacently situated horizontally. The transmission and/or at least two gearwheels for forming at least one gear stage of the transmission is situated in the transmission compartment and the power electronics system is situated in the power electronics system compartment. The transmission compartment and the power electronics system compartment are separated from one another by a partition wall. The transmission includes an oil sump, which in particular is formed by the housing, and a collection container, so that during operation of the transmission, transmission oil present in the oil sump may be spun upwardly by at least one of the gearwheels and thus be supplied to the collection container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Lukas NENNSTIEL, Thomas SCHROEDER, Frank MUELLER, Raimar Warnecke
  • Publication number: 20240300313
    Abstract: A drive assembly for a motor vehicle, having a drive with a housing, enclosing at least one electrical drive component and the housing wall of which is divided into a plurality of axially adjacent sections. The two axially terminal sections each form an axially removable cover of the housing. A support frame with frame-side bearing components which, together with the corresponding housing-side bearing components, form bearings for suspending the housing in the carrier frame, and an electrical connection between a housing-side connector, which is stationary relative to the housing and is connected to the electrical drive component in the housing interior, and a frame-side connector, which is stationary relative to the support frame and is connected or connectable to an electrical power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Piotr KALINOWSKI, Thomas SCHROEDER, Christoph STELZER, Robert Maria BASS
  • Publication number: 20240285496
    Abstract: Silicone-free hair care compositions contain trimethylglycine, esterquats, and mono-, di- and triglycerides of vegetable oils in a cosmetic carrier, which are suitable for improving the care properties of hair, in particular for improving the sensory properties as well as the resistance of hair to physical damage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Manuela Mette, Thomas Schroeder, Petra Westphal, Soeren Scheele
  • Patent number: 12001184
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a control system for an automation system which is configured to control at least one automation component of the automation system, and which has a standardized data interface and is further configured to receive control instructions from outside via the standardized data interface, to convert the received control instructions into control commands for the at least one automation component and to control the at least one automation component using said control commands, and also a method for operating an automation system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Schroeder
  • Patent number: 12002859
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprising a substrate and an aluminium gallium arsenide-based semiconductor component, the substrate being monocrystalline, and the substrate having a gallium indium arsenide mixed crystal with the empirical formula GA(1-x)In(x)As, the indium content x being between 0.1 percent and 4 percent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignees: Jenoptik Optical Systems GmbH, Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V.
    Inventors: Jos Boschker, Christiane Frank-Rotsch, Thomas Schroeder, Martin Zorn
  • Publication number: 20230352543
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprising a substrate and an aluminium gallium arsenide-based semiconductor component, the substrate being monocrystalline, and the substrate having a gallium indium arsenide mixed crystal with the empirical formula GA(1-x)In(x)As, the indium content x being between 0.1 percent and 4 percent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicants: Jenoptik Optical Systems GmbH, Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V.
    Inventors: Jos BOSCHKER, Christiane FRANK-ROTSCH, Thomas SCHROEDER, Martin ZORN
  • Patent number: 11782418
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for the modular adjustment of a programmable controller. A base run-time system is provided. Unambiguous references having a determined sequence are defined in the base run-time system. At least one function object is provided with one or several methods to be carried out and at least one function pointer to one or several of the methods. Each function pointer is linked to a defined unambiguous reference. At least one provided function object is executed on the basis of the linked unambiguous references.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Schroeder
  • Patent number: 11701321
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid hair cosmetic composition comprising—based on the total weight of the cosmetic composition—0.1 to 40.0% by weight of at least one polysaccharide, at least one polysaccharide being starch from corn, rice, potato or tapioca; modified starch; hydroxypropyl starch phosphate or a dextrin, and optionally: 10.0 to 60.0% by weight of at least one polyhydric alcohol, 0.1 to 15.0% by weight of at least one cationic surfactant, and 0.1 to 15.0% by weight of at least one saturated or unsaturated, branched or unbranched C8-C30 alcohol and/or a saturated or unsaturated, branched or unbranched C8-C30 carboxylic acid and/or a salt of a saturated or unsaturated, branched or unbranched C8-C30 carboxylic acid, as well as production and application methods and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: HENKEL AG & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Soeren Scheele, Manuela Mette, Petra Westphal, Thomas Schroeder
  • Publication number: 20220273528
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a solid hair conditioning composition with a low water content. The solid hair conditioning composition of the present disclosure comprises: (a) from about 10 wt % to about 70 wt % of at least one fat or oil having a melting point above about 20° C., (b) from about 3 wt % to about 50 wt % of at least one cationic surfactant, and (c) from about 0.5 wt % to about 20 wt % of a polyhydric alcohol and/or polyethylene glycol, wherein the water content is less than about 20 wt %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Soeren SCHEELE, Petra WESTPHAL, Manuela METTE, Thomas SCHROEDER
  • Patent number: 11426333
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid hair cosmetic composition comprising—based on the total weight of the cosmetic composition—about 30.0 to about 60.0% by weight of at least one polyhydric alcohol, and optionally: about 0.1 to about 15.0% by weight of at least one cationic surfactant, about 0.1 to about 20.0% by weight of at least one saturated or unsaturated, branched or unbranched C8-C30 alcohol and/or a saturated or unsaturated, branched or unbranched C8-C30 carboxylic acid and/or a salt of a saturated or unsaturated, branched or unbranched C8-C30 carboxylic acid, and about 0.1 to about 40.0% by weight of at least one polysaccharide, as well as production and application methods and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: HENKEL AG & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Soeren Scheele, Manuela Mette, Petra Westphal, Thomas Schroeder
  • Patent number: 11116711
    Abstract: A solid cosmetic composition contains cationic surfactant, a polyhydric C2-C6 alcohol, C8-C30 alcohol or C8-C30 carboxylic acid or salt and a starch fraction, a modified starch or a starch derivative and is used for hair care.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: HENKEL IP & HOLDING GMBH
    Inventors: Soeren Scheele, Manuela Mette, Petra Westphal, Thomas Schroeder
  • Patent number: RE50626
    Abstract: A power generation system for feeding electrical power from a generation unit into a three-phase grid via three AC terminals is disclosed. The system includes a relay arrangement for disconnecting the system from the grid having at least three relays. Each of the three relays includes a control coil and two switching contacts operated by the corresponding control coil. Each of the AC terminals is connectable to the grid via a first and a second switching contact, each of which is assigned to a different one of the relays. Further disclosed are a relay arrangement and an inverter with a relay arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2025
    Assignee: SMA Solar Technology AG
    Inventors: Oliver Prior, Thomas Schroeder, Henrik Wolf