Patents by Inventor Thomas Walter

Thomas Walter 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: 20140012632
    Abstract: A search area to search business scenarios may be displayed on a display device. Business data flow(s) may be displayed on the display device based on a search criteria specified in the search area. Each business scenario defined for extension purposes may include a plurality of business objects. In response to identification of a business scenario from the business scenario(s), an integrated development environment may be displayed on the display device. The integrated development environment may include functionality to add extension field(s) to business object(s) included in the business scenario. In response to input indicating extension field(s), the extension field(s) may be added to the business object(s) included in the business scenario.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: SAP AG
    Inventors: Johann KEMMER, Thomas WALTER, Joachim FIESS, Roland BRECHTER, Joerg WELLER, Rico ZIENKE, Juergen KLENK
  • Patent number: 8622959
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for injecting a liquid into a body, comprising an implantable chamber disposed under the skin and an injection device including: a base bearing an injection needle having a free end that is intended to be inserted into the chamber; an injection conduit connected to the needle; means for extracting the needle; means that can be actuated to generate excess pressure in the injection conduit; synchronization means between the extraction means and the generation means for actuating the generation means during a needle extraction phase. The synchronization means can essentially only actuate the generation means when the free end of the needle is located in the chamber during the needle extraction phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Laboratoires Perouse
    Inventors: Gildas Huet, Eric Perouse, Thomas Walter
  • Publication number: 20130311593
    Abstract: A proxy server automatically includes web applications in web pages at the network level. The proxy server receives, from a client device, a request for a network resource at a domain and is hosted at an origin server. The proxy server retrieves the requested network resource. The retrieved network resource does not include the web applications. The proxy server determines that the web applications are to be installed within the network resource. The proxy server automatically modifies the retrieved network resource to include the web applications. The proxy server transmits a response to the client device that includes the modified network resource. The network resource may remain unchanged at the origin server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Inventors: Matthew Browning Prince, Matthieu Philippe François Tourne, Christopher Stephen Joel, John Brinton Roberts, Michael Jonas Sofaer, Jason Thomas Walter Benterou
  • Publication number: 20130309370
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a fondant containing at least one sweetness enhancer, isomaltulose, preferably isomaltulose and trehalose, in the form of a crystalline phase and glucose in the form of a non-crystalline phase, a method for preparing same, the use of the fondant as a coating for baked goods and baked goods that are coated completely or partly with the fondant according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Sudzucker Aktiengesellschaft Mannheim/Ochsenfurt
    Inventors: Thomas Walter, Stephan Marhöfer, Tillmann Dörr
  • Patent number: 8582944
    Abstract: A cable exit trough is mountable to a lateral trough section either during initial assembly of the cable routing system, or at a later date. The exit trough includes a bracket portion mountable to the top edge of one of the sides of the lateral trough section. Two lead-ins are provided to lead the cable in an upward direction from the lateral trough section to the exit trough. The exit trough includes an exit trough portion extending from the bracket portion upwardly away from the lateral trough section. The exit trough portion includes a convexly curved bottom trough surface, and two convexly curved upstanding sides. The exit trough portion and the lead-ins define a cable pathway from the lateral trough section to an exit point of the exit trough portion which can either lead downwardly relative to the lateral trough section, or horizontally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Jon Haataja, Thomas Walter Kampf
  • Publication number: 20130274519
    Abstract: A thermal separation process between a gas ascending in a separating column and a liquid descending in the separating column, which comprise (meth)acrylic monomers, wherein the separating column comprises a sequence of crossflow mass transfer trays, the crossflow mass transfer trays of which have passage orifices for the ascending gas in crossflow direction both in front of and beyond a downcomer for the descending liquid, and such crossflow mass transfer trays and one such crossflow mass transfer tray in a sequence of crossflow mass transfer trays present in a separating column.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: Klaus Joachim MUELLER-ENGEL, Thomas Walter, Frank Huetten, Markus Ottenbacher, Ulrich Hammon
  • Publication number: 20130275968
    Abstract: Example systems and methods of managing applications are described. In one implementation, a load balancer receives a request to start an instance of an application. An orchestrator receives application code associated with the instance of the application and selects a virtual machine template based on the application code. The orchestrator provisions a virtual machine associated with the instance of the application using the virtual machine template. Additionally, the orchestrator notifies the load balancer that the virtual machine is available to start the instance of the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: Petio Petev, Borislav Arnaudov, Georgi Stanev, Vencislav Dimitrov, Thomas Walter
  • Publication number: 20130254758
    Abstract: Example systems and methods of application construction for execution on diverse computing infrastructures are presented. In one example, an application descriptor comprising information regarding an application is received. Available computing machine resources for execution of the application are selected based on the information in the application descriptor. Software resources comprising the application are installed on the selected computing machine resources based on the information in the application descriptor. At least one of the selected computing machine resources and the installed software resources are configured for execution of the application based on the information in the application descriptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: SAP AG
    Inventors: Thomas Walter, Petio Petev
  • Publication number: 20130239564
    Abstract: A communication passage in a Stirling cycle transducer includes a cylindrical shaped thermal regenerator providing flow paths aligned with a regenerator cylindrical axis for providing periodic gas flow between first and second interfaces of the regenerator. A first heat exchanger conveys gas between a periphery of the heat exchanger and the first interface causing a change of direction of gas flow between radially and axially oriented flow within the regenerator and transfers heat between the gas and an external environment in a direction aligned with the regenerator cylindrical axis. A second heat exchanger conveys gas between a periphery of the heat exchanger and the second interface causing a change of direction of gas flow between radially and axially oriented flow within the regenerator and transfers heat between the external environment and the gas in a direction aligned with the regenerator cylindrical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Inventors: Thomas Walter Steiner, Briac Medard de Chardon, Takao Kanemaru
  • Publication number: 20130241529
    Abstract: Calibration of a non-contact current sensor provides improved accuracy for measuring current conducted through a conductor such as an AC branch circuit wire. In a calibration mode, a predetermined DC current is injected through a conductor integrated in the non-contact current sensor. The magnitude of the magnetic field is measured using a sensing element of the non-contact current sensor. Then, when operating in measurement mode, a current conducted in a wire passing through the non-contact current sensor is determined by correcting the output of the non-contact current sensor using the result of the measurement made in the calibration mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wael El-Essawy, Alexandre Peixoto Ferreira, Thomas Walter Keller, Sani R. Nassif
  • Publication number: 20130205829
    Abstract: A process and a device for treating a carbon dioxide-containing flue gas stream are described. At least a part of the carbon dioxide present is removed from the flue gas stream by means of a scrubber, forming a low carbon dioxide gas stream and a high carbon dioxide gas stream. The high carbon dioxide and water-saturated gas stream formed from the flue gas stream after removal of the carbon dioxide is cooled by means of a refrigeration system 4 in a heat exchanger 3 below the dew point temperature of the water contained in the gas stream and dried by condensing and separating out the water in a condensate separator 5. The dried gas stream meets the requirements of carbon dioxide products intended for further use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: LINDE-KCA-DRESDEN GMBH
    Inventors: Torsten Stoffregen, Veselin Stamatov, Thomas Walter, Annett Kutzschbach
  • Patent number: 8508212
    Abstract: Calibration of a non-contact current sensor provides improved accuracy for measuring current conducted through a conductor such as an AC branch circuit wire. In a calibration mode, a predetermined current is injected through a voltage sensing conductor integrated in the non-contact current sensor. The magnitude of the magnetic field is measured using a sensing element of the non-contact current sensor. Then, when operating in measurement mode, a current conducted in a wire passing through the non-contact current sensor is determined by correcting the output of the non-contact current sensor using the result of the measurement made in the calibration mode. The voltage sensing conductor is used to provide an indication of the magnitude and/or the phase of the electrostatic potential on the wire. The calibration current may be a DC current, and calibration may be performed while the conductor is carrying an AC current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Wael El-Essawy, Alexandre Peixoto Ferreira, Thomas Walter Keller, Sani R. Nassif
  • Patent number: 8493054
    Abstract: Calibration of a non-contact voltage sensor provides improved accuracy for measuring voltage on a conductor such as an AC branch circuit wire. In a calibration mode, a predetermined voltage is imposed on a first voltage sensing conductor integrated in the non-contact voltage sensor, while a voltage on a second voltage sensing conductor is measured using a circuit of predetermined input impedance. The capacitance between the wire and each of the voltage sensing conductors may be the same, so that in measurement mode, when the first and second voltage sensing conductors are coupled together, the effective series capacitance provided in combination with the predetermined input impedance is four times as great. The results of the voltage measurement made in the calibration mode can thereby be used to adjust subsequent voltage measurements made in measurement mode with the first and second voltage sensing conductors combined in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Wael El-Essawy, Alexandre Peixoto Ferreira, Thomas Walter Keller, Sani R. Nassif
  • Publication number: 20130181699
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed toward a system that includes a turbomachine blade monitoring system having an eddy current proximity probe assembly. The eddy current proximity probe assembly includes an eddy current proximity probe having a probe tip and a probe tip shroud disposed about the probe tip, wherein the probe tip shroud comprises a non-metallic material. The eddy current proximity probe is configured to provide a signal indicative of a presence of a turbomachine blade, wherein the eddy current proximity probe assembly is configured to be disposed within a turbomachine casing. The turbomachine blade monitoring system also includes a monitor coupled to the eddy current proximity probe assembly, wherein the monitor is configured to monitor a parameter of the turbomachine blade based on the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Kristoffer Wayne Wickstead, Samuel Thomas Walter Francis, Jesse Lewis Hanna, Sherrie Ann Clark
  • Patent number: 8482009
    Abstract: A method of forming a SOI substrate, diodes in the SOI substrate and electronic devices in the SOI substrate and an electronic device formed using the SOI substrate. The method of forming the SOI substrate includes forming an oxide layer on a silicon first substrate; ion-implanting hydrogen through the oxide layer into the first substrate, to form a fracture zone in the substrate; forming a doped dielectric bonding layer on a silicon second substrate; bonding a top surface of the bonding layer to a top surface of the oxide layer; thinning the first substrate by thermal cleaving of the first substrate along the fracture zone to form a silicon layer on the oxide layer to formed a bonded substrate; and heating the bonded substrate to drive dopant from the bonding layer into the second substrate to form a doped layer in the second substrate adjacent to the bonding layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Walter Dyer, Junedong Lee, Dominic J. Schepis
  • Publication number: 20130168413
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dispensing module (1) for two liquid products, comprising: a first wall (3); a first piston (64) which can slide along the first wall, and which is embodied as a first chamber (30) having at least one outlet; a second piston (61) which is designed such that it can slide along a second wall (21). Coupling means (62) are provided in order to couple together both pistons when the product is being dispensed and at least one of the pistons comprises a piston head (7) which is separated initially by the coupling means, and securing means (641, 722) are provided in order to join the piston head to the coupling means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE AG
    Inventors: Hervé Bodet, Eric Gaillard, Thomas Walter, David Kaiser, Clemens Reizel
  • Publication number: 20130161352
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dispensing module for two liquid products, comprising: a first chamber (20) having a first wall, said first chamber having a first opening; a first piston (61) which can be displaced whilst resting on the wall of the first chamber; a second piston (64) which can be displaced whilst resting on a wall of the second chamber, and coupling means (62) for coupling both pistons whilst the product is being dispensed are provided. According to the invention, in order to prevent functional dysfunctions in the event of a distortion of the shape of container and to freely select the shape of the container, said dispensing module comprises a second chamber, the wall of which can be displaced whilst resting on the second piston, said second chamber comprising a second opening. This is achieved by virtue of the fact that the distortion of the container no longer leads to functional dysfunctions of the dispensing module. Also, the outer shape of the container can be freely selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH
    Inventors: Hervé Bodet, Eric Gaillard, Thomas Walter, David Kaiser, Clemens Reizel
  • Publication number: 20130166309
    Abstract: Enhancement and adaptation of standard predefined business processes within a business software solution is performed by reusing business process elements, which are granular parts of the business processes. Connection of business entities to the reused business process elements ensures consistent business process adaptation. New business processes are defined in addition to the predefined business processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Inventors: Johann KEMMER, Martina ROTHLEY, Thomas WALTER
  • Patent number: 8462064
    Abstract: Antennas and methods for controlling antennas for producing electromagnetic radiation in a desired direction over a wide range of wavelengths. A current distribution is controlled in one or more conductive radiating elements of an antenna to form, at every wavelength within a pattern wavelength range, an antenna radiation pattern having a peak in a direction substantially orthogonal to a length of an elongated conductive radiating element or elements. By careful control of the current distribution, the pattern wavelength range is made exceptionally broad. In the case of a dipole antenna, the pattern wavelength can range from about ?l to at least about 8l, where l is an approximate combined length of a pair of elongated elements forming a dipole antenna. Alternatively, in the case of a monopole antenna, the pattern wavelength range can extend from about ?l to at least about 4l, where l is an approximate overall length of the monopole antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Malcolm Packer, Pablo Diez, Thomas Walter
  • Patent number: 8463719
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, are provided for using audio features to classify audio for information retrieval. In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods that include the actions of generating a collection of auditory images, each auditory image being generated from respective audio files according to an auditory model; extracting sparse features from each auditory image in the collection to generate a sparse feature vector representing the corresponding audio file; and ranking the audio files in response to a query including one or more words using the sparse feature vectors and a matching function relating sparse feature vectors to words in the query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Richard F. Lyon, Martin Rehn, Thomas Walters, Samy Bengio, Gal Chechik