Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Fischer

Wolfgang Fischer 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).

  • Method and device for actuating an injector in a fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 9670864
    Abstract: A device and a method for actuating an injector in a fuel-injection system of an internal combustion engine are described. Using a first calibration method and based on a control parameter, an injector parameter which characterizes the injection process is determined. Starting from this injector parameter, a first feature is determined for calibrating the injector. A second calibration method determines a second feature for calibrating the injector, based on an engine parameter. The first calibration method is monitored on the basis of the second feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Haris Hamedovic, Wolfgang Fischer, Silke Seuling
  • PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ACRYLATE RUBBER WITH REDUCED COAGULATE FORMATION
    Publication number: 20170145201
    Abstract: A process for producing a thermoplastic molding composition comprising: 10% to 40% by weight of a graft copolymer A comprising 50% to 70% by weight, based on A, of a graft base A1 formed from an elastomeric, crosslinked acrylic ester polymer and 30% to 50% by weight of a graft shell A2, 50% to 90% by weight of a hard matrix B formed from copolymers of styrene or ?-methylstyrene and acrylonitrile, 0% to 50% by weight of a further graft copolymer C, 0% to 15% by weight of additives D, wherein the reaction for preparation of the acrylic ester polymer A and/or the reaction for preparation of C is conducted in the presence of 0.01 to 4 times the molar amount of sodium carbonate, based on the sum total of the molar amount of initiator used in the preparation of the graft base and graft shell, leads to lower coagulate formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Philipp BOECKMANN, Wolfgang FISCHER, Hans-Juergen HAUSSER
  • Method for producing thermoplastic molding compounds, and thermoplastic molding compounds produced according thereto
    Patent number: 9656408
    Abstract: A method for extruding thermoplastic molding compounds, the production of thermoplastic molding compounds taking place in a screw machine with mechanical dewatering, and impact-modified molding compounds or polymer blends which contain impact-modified thermoplastic materials that were produced by means of the method according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: INEOS STYROLUTION GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Fischer, Norbert Niessner
  • Impact modified injection molded body and method for the production thereof
    Patent number: 9650478
    Abstract: A molded body may comprise a thermoplastic matrix comprising a first polymeric material, a second polymeric material distributed in the thermoplastic matrix, and a third polymeric material enveloped by the second polymeric material. The first polymeric material, the second polymeric material, and the third polymeric material are compounded together. The first polymeric material may have a first molecular weight and a first polarity. The second polymeric material may have a second molecular weight different from the first molecular weight and a second polarity different from the first polarity. The third polymeric material may comprise a recycled material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Lisa Draexlmaier GmbH
    Inventor: Wolfgang Fischer
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE ROBUST UPDATING OF FIRMWARE OF A VEHICLE VIA AN AIR INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20170123784
    Abstract: A method for updating firmware of a vehicle via an air interface, in which data are exchanged with a backend via the air interface through a connection module, the data are managed by a data management module inside the vehicle, the connection module and the data management module are coordinated by a coordination layer, the connection module and the coordination layer are monitored by a monitoring layer, and the data are requested as needed by the coordination layer for an installation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Gafur Zymeri, Klaus Schneider, Volker Blaschke, Wolfgang Fischer
  • Process for the preparation of low-viscosity, water-dilutable urethane (meth)acrylates
    Patent number: 9631117
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of highly reactive, low-viscosity and water-dilutable polyisocyanate reaction products which contain activated groups which react, by polymerization, with ethylenically unsaturated compounds under the action of actinic radiation. The present invention furthermore relates to a process for the preparation of such products and their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Inventors: Stefan Sommer, Michael Ludewig, Wolfgang Fischer, Nusret Yuva
  • Method and apparatus for recognizing knocking of an internal combustion engine, preferably of a gasoline engine
    Patent number: 9625343
    Abstract: In a method for recognizing knocking of an internal combustion engine, solid-borne sound signals are measured and solid-borne sound features are recovered from the measured sound signals. A peak pressure for a combustion event of the internal combustion engine is estimated from the solid-borne sound features, and the estimated peak pressure is compared with a knock recognition threshold, knocking of the internal combustion engine being recognized when the knock recognition threshold is exceeded by the estimated peak pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Fischer, Franz Raichle, Walter Lindermeir
  • Instrument panel with an airbag flap
    Patent number: 9623827
    Abstract: An interior part, such as an instrument panel, for vehicles, for example motor vehicles is disclosed. The interior part includes an injection-molded rigid carrier with a front side and rear side, at least one groove on the rear side of the carrier, along which the carrier can rupture in order to form an airbag flap. The groove base of the groove lies at a distance from the front side of the carrier. The groove is formed in the mold. The front and rear sides of the carrier have the shape of a closed outer skin. The carrier includes a foamed core at least in the region of the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Lisa Draexlmaier GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Fischer, Bernhard Huber, Joachim Maierthaler
  • UV absorber-containing urethane acrylate
    Patent number: 9604943
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a UV absorber-comprising urethane acrylate, to a process for its preparation, and to the use thereof. The UV absorber is chemically bonded into the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Covestro Deutschland AG
    Inventors: Serguei Kostromine, Joachim Petzoldt, Wolfgang Fischer
  • Urocortin 2 analogs and uses thereof
    Patent number: 9572866
    Abstract: Disclosed are polypeptides that are analogs of urocortin 2 that have pharmacological activity similar to urocortin 2 but have improved water solubility compared to urocortin 2, and pharmaceutical compositions of the polypeptides of the present invention. Also disclosed are polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and methods of treating pathophysiological states employing pharmaceutical compositions of the polypeptides and polynucleotides of the present invention. In addition, disclosed are vectors and host cells that include a nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide of the present invention, and kits that include pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Research Development Foundation
    Inventors: Wylie W. Vale, Jr., Joan M. Vaughan, Cindy Donaldson, Wolfgang Fischer, Jean E. F. Rivier
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING POWER OVER DATA LINES
    Publication number: 20170048073
    Abstract: A network includes a power over data link, a data switch coupled to a data bus and configured to transmit and/or receive data from and/or to the data bus via the power over data link, and a service device coupled to the data switch via the power over data link and configured to transmit and/or receive data from and/or to the data switch via the power over data link. The service device has a power splitter to split the data signal of the power over data link from the power supply, service functions coupled to the power splitter and configured to receive power from the power splitter, and a voltage comparator coupled to the power splitter. The voltage comparator is configured to detect voltage level of the power supply, and based on the detected voltage level, to selectively activate and/or deactivate one or more of the service functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Peter KLOSE, Wolfgang FISCHER
  • FMA unit, in particular for utilization in a model computation unit for purely hardware-based computing of function models
    Patent number: 9569175
    Abstract: An FMA unit, for carrying out an arithmetic operation in a model computation unit of a control unit, is configured to process input of two factors and one summand in the form of floating point values, and provide a computation result of such processing as an output variable in the form of a floating point value. The FMA unit is designed to carry out a multiplication and a subsequent addition, the bit resolutions of the inputs for the factors being lower than the bit resolution of the input for the summand and the bit resolution of the output variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Fischer, Andre Guntoro
  • Supply module for passenger transport vehicles
    Patent number: 9499270
    Abstract: A supply module is provided for a passenger transport vehicle that includes, but is not limited to a first supply unit for supplying passengers with a first supply medium in a first supply area and a second supply unit for supplying passengers with a second supply medium in a second supply area. Furthermore, the supply module includes, but is not limited to a control unit which is configured to activate the first supply unit in a first subregion of the first supply area and to activate the second supply unit in a second subregion of the second supply area, based on a predeterminable seating configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Riedel, Wolfgang Fischer
  • ZEOLITES FOR THERMOPLASTIC FOAM INJECTION MOLDING
    Publication number: 20160326329
    Abstract: Embodiments disclose a foamed, flame-proofed molded body, comprising at least one thermoplastic polymer including a zeolite material in an amount from 0.1 percent by mass to 5.0 percent by mass, based on the weight of the foamed polymer, wherein the thermoplastic polymer is selected from the group consisting of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), styrene acrylonitrile (SAN), polystyrene (PS), polycarbonate (PC), polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyamide (PA) or mixtures thereof. The foamed polymer further includes hydrous foam cells, and the zeolitic material is at least partially present in dehydrated form. Embodiments disclose a molding compound underlying the molded body, a method for foaming a thermoplastic polymer, and the use of the foamed molded body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventor: Wolfgang FISCHER
  • THERMOPLASTIC MOULDING COMPOSITIONS WITH APPROPRIATELY DESIGNED GRAFT SHELL
    Publication number: 20160297957
    Abstract: Thermoplastic moulding compositions containing: from 55 to 85% by weight of a copolymer A composed of styrene and acrylonitrile, from 10 to 40% by weight of at least one graft copolymer B composed of B1: from 50 to 80% by weight, preferably from 60 to 70% by weight, of crosslinked acrylate polymer B1 with average particle diameter from 300 to 700 nm as graft base B1, B2: a first graft shell B2 made of from 5 to 30 of a vinylaromatic monomer B21, and B3: a second graft shell B3 made of from 15 to 40 of a mixture of vinylaromatic monomers B31 and nitrile monomers B32, where these are present in a ratio by weight of from 4:1 to 3:2, and from 0 to 5% by weight of additives and/or auxiliaries C, have particular mechanical properties when the content of acrylonitrile in the copolymer component A and the content of acrylonitrile in the graft shell B3 differ by at least 8% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: INEOS STYROLUTION GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Philipp BOECKMANN, Wolfgang FISCHER, Maarten STAAL
  • Coupling device for a data transmission network and data transmission network
    Patent number: 9461883
    Abstract: A coupling device for connection of one of two servers at a time to a data transmission network as well as to a data transmission network having a coupling device. The device has a first and second terminal for connecting a first and second server and a third terminal for connection to the data transmission network. A switch device is provided having a first switching state where the third terminal is connected to the first terminal and disconnected from the second terminal, and a second switching state, where the third terminal is connected to the second terminal and disconnected from the first terminal. The switch device is adapted to assume a switching state, when it is provided with the energy signal by the power supply, and to assume another switching state, when it is not provided with the energy signal by the power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Fischer, Peter Klose, Volker Ziegler
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A SIGNAL OFFSET BETWEEN A CRANKSHAFT ANGLE SIGNAL AND A COMBUSTION CHAMBER PRESSURE SIGNAL IN AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
    Publication number: 20160258367
    Abstract: A method for determining a signal offset between a crankshaft angle signal and a combustion chamber pressure signal in an internal combustion engine, in which an instantaneously measured combustion chamber pressure profile is compared to a calculated, modeled combustion chamber pressure profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Martin Rauscher, Andreas Roth, Raffael Hedinger, Wolfgang Fischer, David Gaenzle, Christopher H. Onder
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING THERMOPLASTIC MOLDING COMPOUNDS, AND THERMOPLASTIC MOLDING COMPOUNDS PRODUCED ACCORDING THERETO
    Publication number: 20160243728
    Abstract: A method for extruding thermoplastic molding compounds, the production of thermoplastic molding compounds taking place in a screw machine with mechanical dewatering, and impact-modified molding compounds or polymer blends which contain impact-modified thermoplastic materials that were produced by means of the method according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Wolfgang FISCHER, Norbert NIESSNER
  • Solar module and process for production thereof
    Patent number: 9412893
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solar module comprising a first layer, a solar cell arranged above the first layer and a second layer arranged above the solar cell. The first and/or the second layer comprise a fiber composite material which comprises a preferably aliphatic polyurethane polymer “dual cure” system) crosslinked thermally and by means of electromagnetic radiation. The material of the fibers of the fiber composite material is transparent at least in the region of visible light. The invention further relates to the use of this type of solar module and to a process for production thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
    Inventors: Hubert Ehbing, Frithjof Hannig, Stephanie Vogel, Nusret Yuva, Wolfgang Fischer, Helmut Kuczewski, Ernst-Ulrich Reisner
  • Folding device
    Patent number: 9393608
    Abstract: A hemming device (2) and a hemming method are provided in which the hemming device (2) has a hemming bed (14) for a workpiece (3) and multiple hemming robots (8, 9) with hemming tools (20). The hemming device (2) is designed to hem inner and outer lock seams (5, 6) on both sides of the workpiece (3). The hemming robots (8, 9) lie on different sides of the hemming bed (14), and the hemming bed (14) is further designed and arranged for accessing inner and outer lock seams (5, 6) on both sides of the workpiece (3) from front and rear sides (15, 16). For this purpose, the hemming bed can have a section (19) for a rearward access to an inner lock seam (5) and a bedding for inner and outer lock seams (5, 6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: KUKA Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Johann Kraus, Wolfgang Fischer