Patents by Inventor Thomas Ziegler

Thomas Ziegler 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: 9590323
    Abstract: An electric motor, in particular a radiator fan motor of a motor vehicle, has a stator which is fitted with a rotating-field winding, and a rotor which is mounted such that it can rotate in relation to the stator. A converter electronics system is provided, wherein a number of contact elements for insulation-free or enamel-insulated connection contacts of at least one component of the converter electronics system and/or for enamel-insulated winding ends of the rotating-field winding are mounted on a printed circuit board. The contact elements are in the form of clamping contacts or insulation-displacement terminal contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Wuerzburg
    Inventors: Georg Winheim, Thomas Ziegler, Stefan Zick, Jan Gwozdz, Maik Ruemmler
  • Publication number: 20160075350
    Abstract: An electrical consumer of a rail vehicle is operated with electrical power generated by a braking process of the rail vehicle. A control unit controls the operation of the consumer in a first operating mode for a first operating phase of the consumer during a braking phase of the rail vehicle and in a second operating mode for a second operating phase during a travel phase of the rail vehicle preceding the braking phase. The consumer is controlled for the first and second operating modes such that the operating power of the consumer is less in the second operating mode than in the first operating mode. In order to assure that a power generated during the braking process is used more efficiently, the device has a unit that determines at least one triggering parameter of the second operating phase, depending on at least one feature of the braking phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: SUSANNE BECKER, THOMAS ZIEGLER
  • Publication number: 20160064003
    Abstract: Methods and audio processing units for generating an object based audio program including conditional rendering metadata corresponding to at least one object channel of the program, where the conditional rendering metadata is indicative of at least one rendering constraint, based on playback speaker array configuration, which applies to each corresponding object channel, and methods for rendering audio content determined by such a program, including by rendering content of at least one audio channel of the program in a manner compliant with each applicable rendering constraint in response to at least some of the conditional rendering metadata. Rendering of a selected mix of content of the program may provide an immersive experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicants: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation, Dolby International AB
    Inventors: Sripal S. MEHTA, Thomas ZIEGLER, Stewart MURRIE
  • Publication number: 20160029140
    Abstract: Methods for generating an object based audio program, renderable in a personalizable manner, and including a bed of speaker channels renderable in the absence of selection of other program content (e.g., to provide a default full range audio experience). Other embodiments include steps of delivering, decoding, and/or rendering such a program. Rendering of content of the bed, or of a selected mix of other content of the program, may provide an immersive experience. The program may include multiple object channels (e.g., object channels indicative of user-selectable and user-configurable objects), the bed of speaker channels, and other speaker channels. Another aspect is an audio processing unit (e.g., encoder or decoder) configured to perform, or which includes a buffer memory which stores at least one frame (or other segment) of an object based audio program (or bitstream thereof) generated in accordance with, any embodiment of the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicants: DOLBY INTERNATIONAL AB, DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sripal S. MEHTA, Thomas ZIEGLER, Giles BAKER, Jeffrey RIEDMILLER, Prinyar SAUNGSOMBOON
  • Publication number: 20160029138
    Abstract: Methods for generating an object based audio program which is renderable in a personalizable manner, e.g., to provide an immersive, perception of audio content of the program. Other embodiments include steps of delivering (e.g., broadcasting), decoding, and/or rendering such a program. Rendering of audio objects indicated by the program may provide an immersive experience. The audio content of the program may be indicative of multiple object channels (e.g., object channels indicative of user-selectable and user-configurable objects, and typically also a default set of objects which will be rendered in the absence of a selection by a user) and a bed of speaker channels. Another aspect is an audio processing unit (e.g., encoder or decoder) configured to perform, or which includes a buffer memory which stores at least one frame (or other segment) of an object based audio program (or bitstream thereof) generated in accordance with, any embodiment of the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicants: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation, DOLBY INTERNATIONAL AB
    Inventors: Robert Andrew FRANCE, Thomas ZIEGLER, Sripal S. MEHTA, Andrew Jonathan DOWELL, Prinyar SAUNGSOMBOON, Michael David DWYER, Farhad FARAHANI, Nicolas R. Tsingos, Freddie SANCHEZ
  • Publication number: 20160004496
    Abstract: System and methods for flexible attribute tracking and report generation for a workflow. One embodiment is a workflow server that receives a selection of attributes to track for print jobs as the print jobs are processed in a print system, and generates print reports based on the attributes being tracked. The workflow server receives an indication to remove a first attribute from tracking, receives an instruction to include data for the first attribute in a print report, retrieves the data for the first attribute that was recorded before removal of the first attribute from tracking, and includes the data for the first attribute in the print report while the first attribute remains removed from tracking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Linda Sue Liebelt, Robert Patrick Smyth, Marquis G. Waller, Scott Thomas Ziegler
  • Patent number: 9229670
    Abstract: System and methods for flexible attribute tracking and report generation for a workflow. One embodiment is a workflow server that receives a selection of attributes to track for print jobs as the print jobs are processed in a print system, and generates print reports based on the attributes being tracked. The workflow server receives an indication to remove a first attribute from tracking, receives an instruction to include data for the first attribute in a print report, retrieves the data for the first attribute that was recorded before removal of the first attribute from tracking, and includes the data for the first attribute in the print report while the first attribute remains removed from tracking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Linda Sue Liebelt, Robert Patrick Smyth, Marquis G. Waller, Scott Thomas Ziegler
  • Patent number: 9207887
    Abstract: System and methods for presentation of predicted steps in a print workflow. One embodiment is a system that identifies a print workflow with interconnected steps of multiple potential paths. The system identifies a print job, generates a copy of the print job, and simulates execution a step in the print workflow with the copy of the print job. The execution comprises: determining whether the step includes conditional branching, and, when the step includes conditional branching, predicting a subsequent step by evaluating conditions of the step against property values of the copy of the print job. The execution also comprises updating the property values based on the execution of the step. The system repeats the execution for each subsequently predicted step to predict a path of the print job. The system includes a graphical user interface to display the path that is predicted for the print job in the print workflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Leonard Corning Lahey, Linda Sue Liebelt, Robert Patrick Smyth, Marquis G. Waller, Scott Thomas Ziegler
  • Publication number: 20150321300
    Abstract: A production line for machining a surface component with a first machining station and a second machining station is disclosed. The first machining station includes a separating device configured to separate a surface component along a machining path. The second machining station includes a bending/forming device configured to form and/or bend the surface component in a bending/forming position. The first machining station and the second machining station are sequentially arranged one directly after the other and/or linked together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Thomas ZIEGLER, Klaus SCHERER
  • Publication number: 20150042181
    Abstract: An electric motor, in particular a radiator fan motor of a motor vehicle, has a rotor which is mounted such that it can rotate in relation to a stator, a motor mount which has an electronics compartment for accommodating a converter electronics system, and an electronics compartment cover. The electronics compartment cover has a peripheral sealing groove into which a peripheral edge of the electronics compartment engages by way of a corresponding sealing web in order to reliably seal off the electronics compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: FRANK MAUCH, TOBIAS OTT, THOMAS SCHENCKE, ARTUR SCHMIDT, HERMANN SCHULZ, JAN GWOZDZ, THOMAS ZIEGLER, THOMAS HUSSY
  • Patent number: 8911035
    Abstract: On a fitting for a corner cupboard (11), in particular a kitchen corner cupboard, comprising a cupboard body (12) and an internal space (21) accessible via a corner cupboard door (19), wherein at least one panel (22) is movably guided by means of the fitting (12) between an inner position and an outer position, in which the panel (22) at least partially extends beyond a level (23) of a door opening, said fitting (12) including at least one support arm for supporting the panel, which support arm can be mounted on the one hand so as to be pivotable about a stationary swivel pin (25) and can be mounted on the other hand on the associated panel (22) in a manner so as to be pivotable about a panel-fixed bearing axle (26), and control means for controlling the panel movement in a swivel plane between the inner and the outer positions, said control means having two control levers that can respectively be indisplaceably supported on the one hand so as to be rotatable about a stationary swivel pin (25, 29) and on the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Hetal-Werke Franz Hettich GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Köpnick, Dieter Stange, Thomas Ziegler, Artur Hirtsiefer, Heinz-Josef Henscheid, Bermd Rödder, Jürgen Schnell, Klaus-Dieter Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20140334952
    Abstract: A radiator fan of a motor vehicle, in particular a main fan, contains a fan wheel which has a hub and an electric-motor rotor which is attached thereto in a form-locking manner. At least one connecting dome is formed integrally on the rotor, which connecting dome protrudes through a corresponding cutout of the hub and is deformed on the free end side in a rivet-shaped manner in order to produce the form-locking connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: THOMAS ZIEGLER, THOMAS HUSSY, ARTUR SCHMIDT, THOMAS SCHENCKE
  • Patent number: 8885818
    Abstract: The present document relates to techniques for authentication of data streams. Specifically, the present document relates to the insertion of identifiers into a data stream, such as a Dolby Pulse, AAC or HE AAC bitstream, and the authentication and verification of the data stream based on such identifiers. A method and system for encoding a data stream comprising a plurality of data frames is described. The method comprises the step of generating a cryptographic value of a number N of successive data frames and configuration information, wherein the configuration information comprises information for rendering the data stream. The method then inserts the cryptographic value into the data stream subsequent to the N successive data frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Dolby International AB
    Inventors: Reinhold Boehm, Alexander Groeschel, Holger Hoerich, Daniel Homm, Wolfgang A. Schildbach, Michael Schug, Oliver Watzke, Martin Wolters, Thomas Ziegler
  • Patent number: 8851051
    Abstract: System for supplying fuel from a tank (2) to a manifold (5) that distributes fuel into an engine (3); the system (1) having a pumping unit which connects together the tank (2) and the manifold (5) and has a fluid line (11) with a first or low-pressure portion (P1), a second or high-pressure portion (P2), a high-pressure pump (9) connecting together the first and second portions (P1, P2); the first portion (P1) having a plurality of low-pressure branches (23-28, 30-34), a plurality of fluid components (8, 13, 21, 29, 231, 232, 233, 241, 242, 251, 261, 271, 311), each of which has at least one connector (36) and at least one tubular coupling (40; 140; 340; 440), which latter is inserted partly into the connector (36) and partly into a low-pressure branch (23-28; 30-34); each coupling (40; 140; 340; 440) having a plastic tubular body (145; 345; 445).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Ziegler, Giuseppe Motolese
  • Publication number: 20140191605
    Abstract: An electric motor, in particular a radiator fan motor of a motor vehicle, has a rotor which is mounted such that it can rotate in relation to a stator, a motor mount which has an electronics compartment for accommodating a converter electronics system, and an electronics compartment cover. The electronics compartment cover has a peripheral sealing groove into which a peripheral edge of the electronics compartment engages by way of a corresponding sealing web in order to reliably seal off the electronics compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT, WUERZBURG
    Inventors: FRANK MAUCH, TOBIAS OTT, THOMAS SCHENCK, ARTUR SCHMIDT, HERMANN SCHULZ, JAN GWOZDZ, THOMAS ZIEGLER, THOMAS HUSSY
  • Publication number: 20140191598
    Abstract: An electric motor, in particular a radiator fan motor of a motor vehicle, has a stator which is fitted with a rotating-field winding, and a rotor which is mounted such that it can rotate in relation to the stator. A converter electronics system is provided, wherein a number of contact elements for insulation-free or enamel-insulated connection contacts of at least one component of the converter electronics system and/or for enamel-insulated winding ends of the rotating-field winding are mounted on a printed circuit board. The contact elements are in the form of clamping contacts or insulation-displacement terminal contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT, WUERZBURG
    Inventors: GEORG WINHEIM, THOMAS ZIEGLER, STEFAN ZICK, JAN GWOZDZ, MAIK RUEMMLER
  • Publication number: 20120132178
    Abstract: System for supplying fuel from a tank (2) to a manifold (5) that distributes fuel into an engine (3); the system (1) having a pumping unit which connects together the tank (2) and the manifold (5) and has a fluid line (11) with a first or low-pressure portion (P1), a second or high-pressure portion (P2), a high-pressure pump (9) connecting together the first and second portions (P1, P2); the first portion (P1) having a plurality of low-pressure branches (23-28, 30-34), a plurality of fluid components (8, 13, 21, 29, 231, 232, 233, 241, 242, 251, 261, 271, 311), each of which has at least one connector (36) and at least one tubular coupling (40; 140; 340; 440), which latter is inserted partly into the connector (36) and partly into a low-pressure branch (23-28; 30-34); each coupling (40; 140; 340; 440) having a plastic tubular body (145; 345; 445).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Ziegler, Giuseppe Motolese
  • Publication number: 20120128151
    Abstract: The present invention relates to techniques for authentication of data streams. Specifically, the invention relates to the insertion of identifiers into a data stream, such as a Dolby Pulse, AAC or HE AAC bitstream, and the authentication and verification of the data stream based on such identifiers. A method and system for encoding a data stream comprising a plurality of data frames is described. The method comprises the step of generating a cryptographic value of a number N of successive data frames and configuration information, wherein the configuration information comprises information for rendering the data stream. The method then inserts the cryptographic value into the data stream subsequent to the N successive data frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: DOLBY INTERNATIONAL AB
    Inventors: Reinhold Boehm, Alexander Groeschel, Holger Hoerich, Daniel Homm, Wolfgang A. Schildbach, Michael Schug, Oliver Watzke, Martin Wolters, Thomas Ziegler
  • Publication number: 20120049708
    Abstract: On a fitting for a corner cupboard (11), in particular a kitchen corner cupboard, comprising a cupboard body (12) and an internal space (21) accessible via a corner cupboard door (19), wherein at least one panel (22) is movably guided by means of the fitting (12) between an inner position and an outer position, in which the panel (22) at least partially extends beyond a level (23) of a door opening, said fitting (12) including at least one support arm for supporting the panel, which support arm can be mounted on the one hand so as to be pivotable about a stationary swivel pin (25) and can be mounted on the other hand on the associated panel (22) in a manner so as to be pivotable about a panel-fixed bearing axle (26), and control means for controlling the panel movement in a swivel plane between the inner and the outer positions, said control means having two control levers that can respectively be indisplaceably supported on the one hand so as to be rotatable about a stationary swivel pin (25, 29) and on the
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: HETAL-WERKE FRANZ HETTICH GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Köpnick, Dieter Stange, Thomas Ziegler, Artur Hirtsiefer, Heinz-Josef Henscheid, Bernd Rödder, Jürgen Schnell, Klaus-Dieter Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20120011696
    Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus (2) for components (3), which has at least one movable loading station (20) designed as a tool magazine (13) and having reception points (39) with different tools (4, 5, 6, 7) for different component types A-I. The loading station (20) is connected to one or more machining stations (20, 22?) at which at least one machining device (23) and at least one handling device (24) for handling and releasing the components (3) from the tool (4, 5, 6, 7, 8) are arranged. The selected Figure is FIG. 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventors: Johann Hesse, Thomas Kollmar, Bruno Emerich, Roland Heck, Paul Geistdörfer, Ella Geistdörfer, Thomas Ziegler