Patents by Inventor Tobias Becker

Tobias Becker 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: 11938824
    Abstract: A hybrid transmission for a vehicle includes a transmission input shaft extending in a transverse direction, at least one countershaft arranged parallel to the transmission input shaft, a clutch device arranged coaxially with respect to the transmission input shaft and which has at least one clutch, and a differential having a differential input gear. A rotational axis of the differential input gear is arranged parallel to the transmission input shaft. The transmission also includes an electric machine having a rotor with a rotor rotational axis arranged parallel to the transmission input shaft and a transmission control device. As viewed in a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the transverse direction, the differential input gear, the transmission input shaft, and a transmission controller including the transmission control device are arranged in succession in the sequence specified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
    Inventors: Martin Dengler, Benjamin Bauer, Jan Becker, Markus Brandenburg, Andreas Ertel, Peter Hahn, Tobias Haerter, Elmar Mueller, Jörg Weigold, Timo Maurer, Preetam Birje
  • Patent number: 11926220
    Abstract: A hybrid transmission for a vehicle includes a transmission input shaft extending in a transverse direction, at least one countershaft arranged parallel to the transmission input shaft, a clutch device arranged coaxially with respect to the transmission input shaft and which has at least one clutch, and a differential having a differential input gear. A rotational axis of the differential input gear is arranged parallel to the transmission input shaft. The transmission also includes an electric machine having a rotor with a rotor rotational axis arranged parallel to the transmission input shaft and a transmission control device. As viewed in a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the transverse direction, the differential input gear, the transmission input shaft, and a transmission controller including the transmission control device are arranged in succession in the sequence specified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
    Inventors: Martin Dengler, Benjamin Bauer, Jan Becker, Markus Brandenburg, Andreas Ertel, Peter Hahn, Tobias Haerter, Elmar Mueller, Jörg Weigold, Timo Maurer, Preetam Birje
  • Patent number: 11912132
    Abstract: A hybrid transmission for a vehicle includes a transmission input shaft extending in a transverse direction, at least one countershaft arranged parallel to the transmission input shaft, a clutch device arranged coaxially with respect to the transmission input shaft and which has at least one clutch, and a differential having a differential input gear. A rotational axis of the differential input gear is arranged parallel to the transmission input shaft. The transmission also includes an electric machine having a rotor with a rotor rotational axis arranged parallel to the transmission input shaft and a transmission control device. As viewed in a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the transverse direction, the differential input gear, the transmission input shaft, and a transmission controller including the transmission control device are arranged in succession in the sequence specified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
    Inventors: Martin Dengler, Benjamin Bauer, Jan Becker, Markus Brandenburg, Andreas Ertel, Peter Hahn, Tobias Haerter, Elmar Mueller, Jörg Weigold, Timo Maurer, Preetam Birje
  • Patent number: 11747191
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a computer-implemented method of, a data processing system for, and a computer program product for indicating machine failures as well as to a corresponding machine and a computer-implemented method of training a neural network for indicating machine failures. At least one input signal based on at least one physical quantity of at least one machine part is transformed into at least one feature. A neural network predicts a class and/or a severity of at least one machine failure based on the at least one feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Tobias Becker, Jonas Deichmann, Eugen Graz, Henning Ochsenfeld, Thorsten Reimann, Jürgen Zettner
  • Patent number: 11740105
    Abstract: A sensor device for measuring a rotational position of an element that is rotatable about an axis of rotation includes a sender member emitting a magnetic field, a first receiving member formed by a first conductor and receiving the magnetic field, and a second receiving member formed by a second conductor and receiving the magnetic field. The first receiving member and the second receiving member are arranged within an annular ring segment having a period along a circumferential direction about the axis of rotation. The first conductor and the second conductor each define a plurality of loops. A shape of each of the loops follows in the circumferential direction a base function with half the period, the shape of only some of the loops deviates from the base function by a correction function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignees: TE Connectivity Belgium BV, TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Tom Ocket, Tobias Becker, Moritz Harz
  • Patent number: 11714082
    Abstract: A method for measuring the presence of calprotectin (S100A8/A) heterodimer in a biological sample using a particle-enhanced turbidimetric immunoassay (PETIA) based on monoclonal antibodies. The method can be adapted on automated standard analyzers and provides a reliable clinical measurement of calprotectin in faecal samples and extracts. The method is comparable to commerical two-site sandwich ELISA. The disclosed method counters spontaneous agglutination caused by calcium ions and low-molecular weight calcium-binding S100 proteins as observed with conventional PETIAs. The method can be used for measuring the presence of human calprotectin in stool, urine, serum, plasma, synovial liquid and other body liquids. Metrological traceability and high commutability with conventional immunoassays (ELISA) has been shown despite of different measurement principles used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignees: Immundiagnostik AG, DiaSys Diagnostic Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Franz-Paul Armbruster, Matthias Grimmler, Pia Schu, Tobias Becker, Felix Walzer
  • Patent number: 11585679
    Abstract: A sensor device for measuring a rotational position of an element that is rotatable about an axis of rotation includes a pair of sensing elements. The sensing elements are shifted with respect to each other by at least 120 degrees about the axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignees: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH, TE Connectivitv Belgjum BVBA
    Inventors: Tom Ocket, Tobias Becker, Moritz Harz
  • Publication number: 20230045707
    Abstract: The application describes a method for operating an electrolyzer to generate hydrogen from water using an electrolysis reaction, supplied with power from an AC grid via an actively controlled rectifier circuit. The method includes operating the electrolyzer in a normal operating mode with an input voltage UEI above a no-load voltage ULL with predominantly ohmic behavior, operating the electrolyzer in a standby operating mode with an input voltage UEI below the no-load voltage ULL with predominantly capacitive behavior, and transitioning from the standby operating mode to the normal operating mode during a first transition duration ?t1, wherein the first transition duration ?t1 is reduced by keeping the input voltage UEI at the electrolyzer input during the standby operating mode above a first voltage threshold value UTH,1 different from 0 V. The application furthermore describes a connection circuit, an actively controlled rectifier circuit and an electrolysis system for performing the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Alexander Unru, Arno Gerth, Ralf Juchem, Tobias Becker
  • Patent number: 11441885
    Abstract: A sensor device for measuring a rotational position of an element that is rotatable about an axis of rotation includes a sender member emitting a magnetic field and a plurality of receiving members receiving the magnetic field. Each of the receiving members has a pair of conductors that together delimit a pair of surrounded areas. Each of the surrounded areas tapers in and against a circumferential direction at ends of the surrounded areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignees: TE CONNECTIVITY GERMANY GMBH, TE CONNECTIVIYU BELGIUM BV
    Inventors: Tom Ocket, Tobias Becker, Moritz Harz
  • Patent number: 11384438
    Abstract: In a method for cathodically protecting and/or passivating a metal section in an ionically conductive material such as steel reinforcement in concrete or mortar, an impressed current or sacrificial anode is mounted on the metal reinforcing bar by attaching a nut member having a female thread to the metal reinforcing bar by elongate flexible wires attached to the nut member so that the nut member and wires encircle the metal reinforcing bar and rotating a threaded rod member carrying the anode body into the female thread so that a forward end of the rod member engages with a front face of the metal reinforcing bar and pulls on the nut member away from the metal reinforcing bar to tension the wrapping wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Inventors: David William Whitmore, Tobias Becker
  • Patent number: 11364634
    Abstract: A method for producing or assembling a product which includes at least two components, for example a motor vehicle or a motor vehicle module, by at least two fixing parts. The first fixing part is formed as a female part and the second fixing part is formed as a male part. The components disposed at a processing station and the first fixing part are measured by a measuring device, for example by a stationary camera or a camera fastened on a first or a second manipulator or photogrammetry bar having three cameras, and a deviation from a target geometry or target position is determined, and a corrected target position of the second fixing part is calculated on the basis of the determined deviation, such that the second fixing part is joined together with the first fixing part by the first manipulator and the product is thus produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Tobias Becker, Franz Korber, Carsten Lankenau, Christian Strauss
  • Publication number: 20220178737
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a computer-implemented method of, a data processing system for, and a computer program product for indicating machine failures as well as to a corresponding machine and a computer-implemented method of training a neural network for indicating machine failures. At least one input signal based on at least one physical quantity of at least one machine part is transformed into at least one feature. A neural network predicts a class and/or a severity of at least one machine failure based on the at least one feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Tobias Becker, Jonas Deichmann, Eugen Graz, Henning Ochsenfeld, Thorsten Reimann, Jürgen Zettner
  • Publication number: 20210382044
    Abstract: A method for measuring the presence of calprotectin (S100A8/A) heterodimer in a biological sample using a particle-enhanced turbidimetric immunoassay (PETIA) based on monoclonal antibodies. The method can be adapted on automated standard analyzers and provides a reliable clinical measurement of calprotectin in faecal samples and extracts. The method is comparable to commerical two-site sandwich ELISA. The disclosed method counters spontaneous agglutination caused by calcium ions and low-molecular weight calcium-binding S100 proteins as observed with conventional PETIAs. The method can be used for measuring the presence of human calprotectin in stool, urine, serum, plasma, synovial liquid and other body liquids. Metrological traceability and high commutability with conventional immunoassays (ELISA) has been shown despite of different measurement principles used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicants: Immundiagnostik AG, Diasys Diagnostic Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Franz-Paul Armbruster, Matthias Grimmler, Pia Schu, Tobias Becker, Felix Walzer
  • Patent number: 11156491
    Abstract: A sensor assembly that includes a sealed housing. A printed circuit board assembly including a first section that includes processing circuitry is disposed within the sealed housing and a second section that includes detection circuitry extends from the sealed housing. The sensor assembly also includes a conductive target movably coupled to the second section of the printed circuit board to vary net voltage of the detection circuitry as the conductive target moves along the second section to provide an output signal. The processing circuitry detects the output signal and converts the output signal into a linear representation of position of the conductive target in relation to the second section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignees: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION, TYCO ELECTRONICS CANADA ULC et al.
    Inventors: Yiyang Liew, Earl Daniel Swope, Christopher Couch, Lucian Iordache, Tobias Becker, Kiranpal Singh, Mathias Michael, Oliver Schaaf
  • Publication number: 20210325483
    Abstract: A sensor device arranged at a stator measures a rotational position of an encoder member arranged at a rotor. The encoder member is rotatable about an axis of rotation. The sensor device includes a sender member arranged at the stator and emitting a magnetic field and a receiving member receiving the magnetic field. The receiving member has a plurality of adjacent sensor areas arranged along a circumferential direction about the axis of rotation in a plane opposing the encoder member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicants: TE Connectivity Belgium BVBA, TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Tom Ocket, Tobias Becker, Moritz Harz
  • Publication number: 20210255002
    Abstract: A sensor device for measuring a rotational position of an element that is rotatable about an axis of rotation includes a sender member emitting a magnetic field, a first receiving member formed by a first conductor and receiving the magnetic field, and a second receiving member formed by a second conductor and receiving the magnetic field. The first receiving member and the second receiving member are arranged within an annular ring segment having a period along a circumferential direction about the axis of rotation. The first conductor and the second conductor each define a plurality of loops. A shape of each of the loops follows in the circumferential direction a base function with half the period, the shape of only some of the loops deviates from the base function by a correction function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicants: TE Connectivity Belgium BVBA, TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Tom Ocket, Tobias Becker, Moritz Harz
  • Publication number: 20210080291
    Abstract: A sensor device for measuring a rotational position of an element that is rotatable about an axis of rotation includes a pair of sensing elements. The sensing elements are shifted with respect to each other by at least 120 degrees about the axis of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicants: TE Connectivity Belgium BVBA, TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Tom Ocket, Tobias Becker, Moritz Harz
  • Publication number: 20210080243
    Abstract: A sensor device for measuring a rotational position of an element that is rotatable about an axis of rotation includes a sender member emitting a magnetic field and a plurality of receiving members receiving the magnetic field. Each of the receiving members has a pair of conductors that together delimit a pair of surrounded areas. Each of the surrounded areas tapers in and against a circumferential direction at ends of the surrounded areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicants: TE Connectivity Belgium BVBA, TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Tom Ocket, Tobias Becker, Moritz Harz
  • Patent number: 10923773
    Abstract: A contact unit for electrically contacting an electronic segment of an electronic module is provided. The contact unit generally includes a flexible substrate with a contact side. The contact side includes a module connector and a segment connector. The module connector includes a first unit terminal connected to a second unit terminal by a terminal conductor extending along a longitudinal axis thereof. The segment connector includes a first contact connected to the terminal conductor by a first contact conductor and a first fold of the flexible substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Mathias Michael, Tobias Becker
  • Publication number: 20200294684
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an enhanced performance ultraconductive copper composite structure. The ultraconductive copper composite structure comprises at least two composite layers in which the interface between the two composite layers is sufficiently close to the surface of the ultraconductive copper composite so as to enhance the RF conductivity of the ultraconductive copper composite. The present invention also provides for method of forming such a ultraconductive copper composite structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Martin W. BAYES, Tobias BECKER, Marco WOLF, Shahrokh SANATI, Gokce GULSOY, Yiliang WU