Patents by Inventor Thomas SOLF

Thomas SOLF 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: 20240133738
    Abstract: The present application relates generally to silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) detector arrays. In one aspect, there is a system including an array of cells each including a single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) reverse-biased above a breakdown voltage of the SPAD. The system may further include a trigger network configured to generate pulses on a trigger line in response to SPADs of the array undergoing breakdown. The system may still further include a pulse-width filter configured to block pulses on the trigger line whose pulse width is less than a threshold width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2024
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL SALES PTE. LIMITED
    Inventors: Thomas FRACH, Torsten SOLF, Dennis GROBEN
  • Patent number: 11692606
    Abstract: A vibration damper includes at least one adjustable damping valve having an outer housing connected to one end of an outer receptacle of the vibration damper. A longitudinal axis of the adjustable damping valve and a longitudinal axis of the vibration damper run parallel. The outer housing of the adjustable damping valve has a clamping surface for an axle connection part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Thomas Manger, Lukas Ruhmann, Stefan Schmitt, Manuel Gumpert, Thomas Solf, Bernd Zeissner
  • Patent number: 11242907
    Abstract: An adjustable vibration damper includes at least one adjustable damping valve, with a piston at a piston rod that divides a cylinder into a work chamber on the piston rod side and a work chamber on the side remote of the piston rod. The cylinder is at least partially enclosed by an intermediate tube that forms a fluid connection between one of the work chambers and the adjustable damping valve. A hydraulic apparatus is connected to the fluid connection of the one work chamber via a first line and to the other work chamber via a second line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Lukas Ruhmann, Thomas Manger, Stefan Schmitt, Bernd Zeissner, Thomas Solf
  • Publication number: 20210381570
    Abstract: An adjustable vibration damper has at least one adjustable damping valve, a piston at a piston rod that divides a cylinder into a work chamber on the piston rod side and a work chamber on the side remote of the piston rod. A hydraulic device is connected via a first line to the at least one adjustable damping valve connected to one of the work chambers and via a second line at least indirectly to the other working chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Bernd ZEISSNER, Lukas RUHMANN, Thomas MANGER, Stefan SCHMITT, Thomas SOLF
  • Publication number: 20210115996
    Abstract: A vibration damper comprises at least one adjustable damping valve device for each working direction of the vibration damper. A fluid connection between a compensation space and a work chamber is controlled by a check valve that is hydraulically connected in parallel with the adjustable damping valve device. A constant bypass is connected in parallel with the check valve and the damping valve device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Lukas RUHMANN, Thomas MANGER, Thomas SOLF, Bernd ZEISSNER, Manuel GUMPERT
  • Publication number: 20210054900
    Abstract: A vibration damper includes at least one adjustable damping valve having an outer housing connected to one end of an outer receptacle of the vibration damper. A longitudinal axis of the adjustable damping valve and a longitudinal axis of the vibration damper run parallel. The outer housing of the adjustable damping valve has a clamping surface for an axle connection part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas MANGER, Lukas RUHMANN, Stefan SCHMITT, Manuel GUMPERT, Thomas SOLF, Bernd ZEISSNER
  • Publication number: 20200232532
    Abstract: An adjustable vibration damper includes at least one adjustable damping valve, with a piston at a piston rod that divides a cylinder into a work chamber on the piston rod side and a work chamber on the side remote of the piston rod. The cylinder is at least partially enclosed by an intermediate tube that forms a fluid connection between one of the work chambers and the adjustable damping valve. A hydraulic apparatus is connected to the fluid connection of the one work chamber via a first line and to the other work chamber via a second line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Lukas RUHMANN, Thomas MANGER, Stefan SCHMITT, Bernd ZEISSNER, Thomas SOLF
  • Patent number: 10400849
    Abstract: An adjustable damping valve device has a first adjustable damping valve assembly for a first flow direction and a second adjustable damping valve assembly for a second flow direction. The two damping valve assemblies are adjustable independently from one another, and the first damping valve assembly generates a damping force for only one flow direction and the second damping valve assembly has a minimum cross section through which damping medium can flow in the setting for maximum damping force so that the second damping valve device generates a damping force in both flow directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Thomas Manger, Stefan Schmitt, Bernd Zeissner, Thomas Solf, Lukas Ruhmann
  • Publication number: 20170314634
    Abstract: An adjustable damping valve device has a first adjustable damping valve assembly for a first flow direction and a second adjustable damping valve assembly for a second flow direction. The two damping valve assemblies are adjustable independently from one another, and the first damping valve assembly generates a damping force for only one flow direction and the second damping valve assembly has a minimum cross section through which damping medium can flow in the setting for maximum damping force so that the second damping valve device generates a damping force in both flow directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas MANGER, Stefan SCHMITT, Bernd ZEISSNER, Thomas SOLF, Lukas RUHMANN