Patents by Inventor Thomas Schuler

Thomas Schuler 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: 20100050488
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a signage system (10) comprising a plurality of textile products (12), wherein each textile product comprises a flexible display device (14) adapted to show a display content forming part of a unified message. The system is characterized in that each flexible display device (14) further is adapted to show an indication of the position of the display content of the flexible display device in relation to the display contents of the other flexible display devices in the unified message, before showing the display content. The present invention also relates to a method for presenting a unified message by means of a plurality of flexible display devices (14) each comprised in a textile product (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Martijn Krans, Anthonie Hendrik Bergman, Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis, Erich Zainzinger, Wouter Bastiaan Zeper, Guido Theo Maria Lamerichs, Thomas Schuler
  • Publication number: 20080033369
    Abstract: An injection device including a regulating element, a sensor, an electronic evaluation system connected to the sensor, and a display connected to the evaluation system for displaying information, wherein the sensor is arranged in the injection device or coupled to operational elements of the device whereby, during a delivery or operational process, the dose still to be delivered can be assessed. A method for displaying a dose of a substance to be delivered is encompassed by the present invention, the dose being detected and displayed during a regulating or operating process associated with an injection device, wherein an amount or dose of the substance still to be delivered is displayed during a delivery process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Inventors: Philippe Kohlbrenner, Peter Stettler, Christoph Meier, Martin Wittwer, Thomas Schuler
  • Patent number: 7235786
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sensor for detecting fog-like media, comprising at least two emitters and at least one receiver, whereby the emission axes intersect with the receiver axis at two different positions. The inventive sensor also comprises an evaluation unit that detects the medium when the receiver receives signals emitted by both emitters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
    Inventors: Heiner Bayha, Jürgen Nies, Thomas Schuler
  • Publication number: 20060153693
    Abstract: An administering apparatus having a service life timer is provided that includes a casing with a reservoir for a container for a product to be administered, a conveying member for the product, an adder for recording and adding a change in the state of the apparatus, and an output means connected to the adder that outputs a signal perceivable by the senses in response to recording a change in state of the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Publication date: July 13, 2006
    Inventors: Patrick Fiechter, Christof Meier, Urs Widmer, Philippe Kohlbrenner, Thomas Schuler, Martin Wittwer
  • Publication number: 20060149190
    Abstract: An attachment module for use with an injection device, comprising an engagement control which comprises a blocking portion, a blocking member which engages with the engagement control and can be axially moved relative to the engagement control, wherein a movement of the blocking member relative to the engagement control is one of blocked or at least impeded at least in an axial direction when the blocking member is situated in the blocking portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Inventors: Philippe Kohlbrenner, Thomas Schuler, Martin Wittwer, Christoph Meier, Peter Stettler
  • Publication number: 20050253070
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sensor for detecting fog-like media, comprising at least two emitters and at least one receiver, whereby the emission axes intersect with the receiver axis at two different positions. The inventive sensor also comprises an evaluation unit that detects the medium when the receiver receives signals emitted by both emitters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2004
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventors: Heiner Bayha, Jurgen Nies, Thomas Schuler
  • Publication number: 20050030529
    Abstract: A sensor and a method for detecting humidity drops on the outer side of a glass pane of a motor vehicle. The sensor has several transmitting elements assembled into two transmitting branches that are jointly connected to at least one optical receiving element in a control circuit. The control circuit regulates the transmitting power of the transmitting elements in each branch so that the luminous power of the optical beams received by the receiving element and the luminous power of the optical beams transmitted by the transmitting elements of both transmission branches are equally high. The sensor has a control for storing initial values for the control signals of the transmitting elements before operation of the sensor and detecting static deviation from the difference between the actual value of the control signals and the initial value during operation of the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2002
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Thomas Schuler, Tobias Schuhmacher
  • Patent number: 6581484
    Abstract: A gel is used as the joining agent to mount a rain sensor to a windscreen of an automobile. The gel used does not harden even in the long term, and air pockets which form inside the gel or on the boundary surfaces with the glass pane or the sensor migrate into the area around the sensor. The rain sensor is attached to a glass pane without special elastic intermediate elements, using the elasticity of the joining agent for tolerance compensation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Valeo Auto-Electric Wischer und Motoren GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Schuler
  • Patent number: 6526820
    Abstract: The invention is a rain sensor including a transmitter and receiver formed by chips bonded onto a printed circuit board. Advantageous embodiments of the invention provide filtering of radiation guided to the receiver of the sensor. The sensor is provided with a barrier to suppress parasitic radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Valeo Auto-Electric Wischer und Motoren GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Schmid, Thomas Schuler
  • Patent number: 6518704
    Abstract: A method and device to automatically switch on and off the lights of a motor vehicle. The driving speed of the vehicle and the brightness readings from three light sensor cones of different sizes and directed in different directions are determined. The lights are switched either on or off based upon comparing the speed and three brightness readings to a set of possible conditions for each of the variables as the vehicle operates. The driving distance and time interval are also variables considered in determining whether to switch the lights on or off. Unnecessary on and off switching is avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Valeo Auto-Electric Wischer und Motoren GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Schuler
  • Patent number: 6129111
    Abstract: A damper valve arrangement is combined with a servomotor of a hydraulic power steering system to form a steering damper. Certain valve elements are adjusted by bimetallic components in order to compensate for temperature-dependent changes in the viscosity of the hydraulic medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Assignees: DaimlerChrysler AG, IndustrieHansa Industrie-, Entwicklungs- Und Planungs-GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Asbrand, Martin Suelberg, Thomas Schuler