Patents by Inventor Ulrich Schmidt

Ulrich Schmidt 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: 11911802
    Abstract: Methods and devices for sorting cottonseeds. Methods include the use of an optical sorter to sort cottonseed by color. Additionally, methods include sorting cottonseed using a gravity table to collect high-density seed (“accepts”) and mid-density seed (“middlings”), followed by sorting the mid-density, and optionally, the high-density seed using an optical sorter to collect dark cottonseed, thereby providing high-quality cottonseed for packaging. Devices and systems comprising one or more gravity tables and one or more optical sorters are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: BASF Agricultural Solutions Seed US LLC
    Inventors: Sebastian Ulrich Schmidt, Jeff Ratliff, Benno Franz Ulfik, Fatma Alexia Van Winssen, Tonya Crossland, Hartmut Huebner
  • Publication number: 20230190597
    Abstract: An embossed effect pigment includes a metallic substrate in platelet form with embossed structure having a periodic pattern with diffractive elements, said substrate having been produced by PVD methods, wherein the substrate has an elemental metal content of 80% to 100% by weight, based on the substrate, and wherein the effect pigment has been treated with a leafing additive for surface modification. A method of manufacture of an embossed effect pigment includes suspending a metallic substrate in in at least one solvent, adding a leafing additive to the suspension including the metallic substrate in the at least one solvent and stirring the suspension including the leafing additive, and separating the embossed effect pigment from the at least one solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Christine Schilling, Ann-Katrin Gebhard, Ulrich Schmidt, Oliver Struck
  • Patent number: 11621553
    Abstract: An electrical assembly (100) having a first ground connection (145), a second ground connection (155), and a supply connection (135). The electrical assembly is designed for connecting with an electrical voltage between the supply connection (135) and at least one of the ground connections (145, 155). The assembly (100) includes a first electrical consumer (110) which is connected to the supply connection (135) and the first ground connection (145). A component (120) connects the second ground connection (155) to the first consumer (110). The component (120) is designed to produce a predetermined voltage drop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Schmidt, Kai Leingruber, Georg Willmann, Christian Aigner, Paul Bange, Philipp Schmachtenberger
  • Patent number: 11617707
    Abstract: The invention relates to a nail varnish composition comprising: a) an embossed effect pigment comprising a metallic substrate in platelet form with embossed structure having a periodic pattern with diffractive elements, said substrate having been produced by PVD methods, and optionally at least one coating applied to the substrate, wherein the substrate has an elemental metal content of 80% to 100% by weight, based on the substrate, and wherein the effect pigment has been treated with a leafing additive for surface modification, b) at least one hydrocarbon resin as binder, c) at least one solvent or solvent mixture and d) optionally further auxiliaries. The invention further relates to a process for producing the nail varnish composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: ECKART GMBH
    Inventors: Christine Schilling, Ann-Katrin Gebhard, Ulrich Schmidt, Oliver Struck
  • Patent number: 11581891
    Abstract: A vehicle analog comparator circuit for communication interfaces designed to detect an actuation of an actor. The circuit comprises a unit for producing a supply voltage for supplying the actor, a unit for producing a reference voltage to be compared with the supply voltage, a transistor input stage, a node point EDMx between the actor, the unit for producing a supply voltage and the transistor input stage, and a digital evaluation unit to process the output signal from the transistor input stage such that whether or not the actor is actuated is detected. The transistor input stage comprises a transistor circuit with a first transistor is connected to the node point EDMx, and a second transistor connected to the reference voltage. A collector resistance for limiting the collector current of the second transistor, as well as a base resistance for the two transistors. Alternatively, a current mirror is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Philipp Schmachtenberger, Christian Aigner, Ulrich Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11377565
    Abstract: The invention relates to a surface-modified effect pigment comprising particular additives and to the production thereof. The present invention further provides a nail varnish composition comprising a) at least one effect pigment that has been surface-modified with a starting material (additive), where the effect pigment comprises a substrate in platelet form and optionally at least one coating applied to the substrate, b) at least one hydrocarbon resin as binder, and c) at least one solvent or solvent mixture, where the starting material (additive) for surface modification of the effect pigment is at least one compound taken from the group consisting of phosphoric ester-containing, phosphonic ester-containing, phosphonic acid-containing, fatty acid-containing and/or silane-containing compounds or mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: ECKART GmbH
    Inventors: Christine Schilling, Ulrich Schmidt, Christina Pippinger, Ann-Katrin Gebhard
  • Publication number: 20220193732
    Abstract: Methods and devices for sorting cottonseeds. Methods include the use of an optical sorter to sort cottonseed by color. Additionally, methods include sorting cottonseed using a gravity table to collect high-density seed (“accepts”) and mid-density seed (“middlings”), followed by sorting the mid-density, and optionally, the high-density seed using an optical sorter to collect dark cottonseed, thereby providing high-quality cottonseed for packaging. Devices and systems comprising one or more gravity tables and one or more optical sorters are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Sebastian Ulrich SCHMIDT, Jeff RATLIFF, Benno Franz ULFIK, Fatma Alexia VAN WINSSEN, Tonya CROSSLAND, Hartmut HUEBNER
  • Publication number: 20220200593
    Abstract: A vehicle analog comparator circuit for communication interfaces designed to detect an actuation of an actor. The circuit comprises a unit for producing a supply voltage for supplying the actor, a unit for producing a reference voltage to be compared with the supply voltage, a transistor input stage, a node point EDMx between the actor, the unit for producing a supply voltage and the transistor input stage, and a digital evaluation unit to process the output signal from the transistor input stage such that whether or not the actor is actuated is detected. The transistor input stage comprises a transistor circuit with a first transistor is connected to the node point EDMx, and a second transistor connected to the reference voltage. A collector resistance for limiting the collector current of the second transistor, as well as a base resistance for the two transistors. Alternatively, a current mirror is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Philipp SCHMACHTENBERGER, Christian AIGNER, Ulrich SCHMIDT
  • Patent number: 11298723
    Abstract: Methods and devices for sorting cottonseeds. Methods include the use of an optical sorter to sort cottonseed by color. Additionally, methods include sorting cottonseed using a gravity table to collect high-density seed (“accepts”) and mid-density seed (“middlings”), followed by sorting the mid-density, and optionally, the high-density seed using an optical sorter to collect dark cottonseed, thereby providing high-quality cottonseed for packaging. Devices and systems comprising one or more gravity tables and one or more optical sorters are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: BASF AGRICULTURAL SOLUTIONS SEED US LLC
    Inventors: Sebastian Ulrich Schmidt, Jeff Ratliff, Benno Franz Ulfik, Fatma Alexia Van Winssen, Tonya Crossland, Hartmut Huebner
  • Patent number: 11299636
    Abstract: The invention relates to effect pigments comprising artificial platelet-shaped substrates which have at least one optically active coating, where the effect pigments have a volume-averaged cumulative undersize distribution curve with the characteristic numbers D10, D50 and D90, said cumulative undersize distribution curve having a span ?D of 0.7-1.4, and the span ?D being calculated in accordance with formula (I): ?D=(D90?D10)/D50??(I), and the average thickness of the artificial platelet-shaped substrates being 500 nm to 2000 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Eckart GmbH
    Inventors: Günter Kaupp, Ulrich Schmidt, Dirk Schumacher, Ralph Schneider
  • Patent number: 11230643
    Abstract: Pearlescent pigments including a largely transparent platelet-shaped substrate having a density ?S and at least one optically active coating having a density ?M, the substrate having an average size d50 of 3 to 8 ?m and an average height hS of 40 to 110 nm. The disclosure further relates to a method for producing the pearlescent pigments, and also to the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: ECKART GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Gruener, Ulrich Schmidt, Günter Kaupp, Peter Krueger, Jens Depner, Katrin Steinbach, Ralph Schneider, Frank Henglein
  • Publication number: 20210351585
    Abstract: An electrical assembly (100) having a first ground connection (145), a second ground connection (155), and a supply connection (135). The electrical assembly is designed for connecting with an electrical voltage between the supply connection (135) and at least one of the ground connections (145, 155). The assembly (100) includes a first electrical consumer (110) which is connected to the supply connection (135) and the first ground connection (145). A component (120) connects the second ground connection (155) to the first consumer (110). The component (120) is designed to produce a predetermined voltage drop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Ulrich SCHMIDT, Kai LEINGRUBER, Georg WILLMANN, Christian AIGNER, Paul BANGE, Philipp SCHMACHTENBERGER
  • Patent number: 11111390
    Abstract: The invention relates to a surface-modified effect pigment comprising particular additives and to the production thereof. The present invention further provides a nail varnish composition comprising a) at least one effect pigment that has been surface-modified with a starting material (additive), where the effect pigment comprises a substrate in platelet form and optionally at least one coating applied to the substrate, b) at least one hydrocarbon resin as binder, and c) at least one solvent or solvent mixture, where the starting material (additive) for surface modification of the effect pigment is at least one compound taken from the group consisting of phosphoric ester-containing, phosphonic ester-containing, phosphonic acid-containing, fatty acid-containing and/or silane-containing compounds or mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: ECKART GmbH
    Inventors: Christine Schilling, Ulrich Schmidt, Christina Pippinger, Ann-Katrin Gebhard
  • Patent number: 10867734
    Abstract: A plurality of inductive loads (105) are connectable in parallel with one another between first and second terminals (120, 125), to which a controllable voltage (205) is applied. A method (300, 400) for operating the loads (105) includes the steps of detecting (305, 405) the connection of a previously non-energized load (105) between the terminals (120, 125); setting (310, 410, 435) the voltage (205) to a predetermined first value (210), and, after the lapse of a predetermined time interval (315, 415), adjusting the voltage (205) to a predetermined second value (215), with the second value (215) being lower than the first value (210).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Florian Weinl, Christoph Stritt, Ulrich Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20200317927
    Abstract: The invention relates to a surface-modified effect pigment comprising particular additives and to the production thereof. The present invention further provides a nail varnish composition comprising a) at least one effect pigment that has been surface-modified with a starting material (additive), where the effect pigment comprises a substrate in platelet form and optionally at least one coating applied to the substrate, b) at least one hydrocarbon resin as binder, and c) at least one solvent or solvent mixture, where the starting material (additive) for surface modification of the effect pigment is at least one compound taken from the group consisting of phosphoric ester-containing, phosphonic ester-containing, phosphonic acid-containing, fatty acid-containing and/or silane-containing compounds or mixtures thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Christine Schilling, Ulrich Schmidt, Christina Pippinger, Ann-Katrin Gebhard
  • Publication number: 20200246232
    Abstract: The invention relates to a nail varnish composition comprising: a) an embossed effect pigment comprising a metallic substrate in platelet form with embossed structure having a periodic pattern with diffractive elements, said substrate having been produced by PVD methods, and optionally at least one coating applied to the substrate, wherein the substrate has an elemental metal content of 80% to 100% by weight, based on the substrate, and wherein the effect pigment has been treated with a leafing additive for surface modification, b) at least one hydrocarbon resin as binder, c) at least one solvent or solvent mixture and d) optionally further auxiliaries. The invention further relates to a process for producing the nail varnish composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Christine Schilling, Ann-Katrin Gebhard, Ulrich Schmidt, Oliver Struck
  • Patent number: 10662351
    Abstract: A stick-type hot-melt adhesive body for use in hot-melt glue guns, the hot-melt adhesive body having at least one first section containing at least one reactive adhesive and at least one second section containing at least one cleaning agent (purging agent), the first section and/or the reactive hot-melt adhesive and the second section and/or the cleaning agent differing optically and/or visually from one another, in particular being of different colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Jowat SE
    Inventors: Jürgen Schrödel, Markus Kronshage, Ulrich Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20200061674
    Abstract: Methods and devices for sorting cottonseeds. Methods include the use of an optical sorter to sort cottonseed by color. Additionally, methods include sorting cottonseed using a gravity table to collect high-density seed (“accepts”) and mid-density seed (“middlings”), followed by sorting the mid-density, and optionally, the high-density seed using an optical sorter to collect dark cottonseed, thereby providing high-quality cottonseed for packaging. Devices and systems comprising one or more gravity tables and one or more optical sorters are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Sebastian Ulrich SCHMIDT, Jeff RATLIFF, Benno Franz ULFIK, Fatma Alexia VAN WINSSEN, Tonya CROSSLAND, Hartmut HUEBNER
  • Patent number: 10556357
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for cutting rigid foams, especially slabstock P(M)I foams. A method is provided here, by means of which it is possible to cut these rigid foams even in relatively high layer thicknesses of, for example, more than 3 mm, without material loss, which is produced in relevant amounts, for example, in the course of sawing as a result of the sawdust formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Evonik Roehm GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Richter, Kay Bernhard, Florian Becker, Felix Goldmann, Tim Denk, Ulrich Schmidt, Mathias Hempler
  • Patent number: 10550957
    Abstract: A control device for a process valve unit which includes a valve drive and a valve fitting, wherein the control device has a control unit which is configured to receive a control signal from a superordinate control via a communication interface which is provided in the field level, and to control the valve drive in accordance with the control signal, wherein the control device further has a local bus interface and the control unit is constructed to communicate with one or more devices of the field level via the local bus interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: FESTO AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ulrich Schmidt, Jan Reich, Christian Kohler, Andreas Siebel, Stefan Elmer