Spiess, DE
Gunnar Spiess, Balingen DE
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20100228955 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED POWER MANAGEMENT OF MICROPROCESSORS BY INSTRUCTION GROUPING - A method of power gating a microprocessor having an instruction scheduling unit for receiving issued instructions from an instruction decode unit; an execution unit coupled to receive and send signals from and to the instruction scheduling unit; and a state machine located within the execution unit, the method comprises: obtaining a number of instructions per cycle being issued to the instruction scheduling unit; determining, subsequent to obtaining the number of instructions per cycle, if the number of instruction per cycle being issued to the instruction scheduling unit is less than a threshold level, and then determining if at least two of the instructions being issued to the instruction scheduling unit are independent of each other only when the instructions per cycle is less than the threshold level; determining when at least two of the instructions being issued to the instruction scheduling unit are independent of each other; and power gating the microprocessor to gate off power to idle macros with a signal from the state machine when the instructions are independent of each other without incurring significant loss of performance until an issue queue in the instruction scheduling unit is filled with instruction data. | 09-09-2010 |
20120303991 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED POWER MANAGEMENT OF MICROPROCESSORS BY INSTRUCTION GROUPING - A method of power gating a microprocessor having an instruction scheduling unit for receiving issued instructions from an instruction decoder; an execution unit receiving and sending signals from and to the instruction scheduling unit; and a state machine. The method comprises: obtaining a number of instructions per cycle being issued to the instruction scheduling unit; determining, if the number of instruction per cycle being issued to the instruction scheduling unit is less than a threshold level, and then determining if at least two of the instructions being issued to the instruction scheduling unit are independent of each other only when the instructions per cycle is less than the threshold level; determining when at least two of the instructions being issued to the instruction scheduling unit are independent of each other; and power gating the microprocessor to gate off power to idle macros with a signal from the state machine. | 11-29-2012 |
Hagen Spiess, Hamburg DE
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20090172930 | Fixing Rail for an Elongate Object - A rail which can be bound, by means of a strap, to an elongate object, in particular a cable harness or a line, and has a bearing surface, which is intended to rest against the object, and a binding surface , which is directed away from the bearing surface and accommodates the strap. The binding surface has a plurality of protrusions which are compliant in the direction transverse to this surface. A strap arranged at any desired location of the binding surface is positioned transversely over one or more protrusions, in which case these protrusions are pressed down. Adjacent protrusions which have not been pressed down are located on one side and/or the other, and these resist the lateral displacement of the strap. | 07-09-2009 |
Hans-Peter Spiess, Marktoberdorf DE
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20080278282 | Motor Vehicle Control Device Data Transfer System And Process - The present invention relates to a motor vehicle control device data transfer system and process. In particular, it relates to such a system and process for the transfer of data, subject to the risk of tampering, from a central data-processing device ( | 11-13-2008 |
Hans-Wolfgang Spiess, Mainz DE
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20080199401 | Method for Dissolution of Gases with Short-Lived Physical Properties in a Liquid - The invention relates to a process for dissolving a gas with short-lived physical properties in a liquid, comprising the steps of providing the gas with short-lived physical properties, providing the liquid and bringing the gas with short-lived with short-lived physical properties is fed into the liquid via a semi-permeable membrane that is permeable to gas. | 08-21-2008 |
20120274324 | IMPROVED NMR MEASUREMENT BASED ON ANTIPHASE SIGNALS - A method of measuring magnetic resonance properties of an object, which includes a thermally polarized substance and a contrast agent exhibiting a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) antiphase signal (A), comprises the steps of subjecting the object in a stationary magnetic field to an excitation sequence including excitation radio frequency pulses, collecting NMR signals generated in the object including a background signal (B) generated by the thermally polarized substance and the antiphase signal (A) generated by the contrast agent, and reconstructing the magnetic resonance properties of the object based on the NMR signals, wherein the NMR signals are collected during the occurrence of the antiphase signal (A) and with a time delay relative to a maximum of the background signal (B). Furthermore, a measuring device for measuring magnetic resonance properties of an object, like an NMR spectrometer or an MRI device, is described. | 11-01-2012 |
Joachim Spiess, Gottingen DE
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20080221021 | Novel Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Receptor 1 (Crfr1) Agonist - The present invention relates to a compound which is highly selective for CRFR1 without having any significant cross-reactivity for corticotropin-releasing-factor-receptor-2 (CRFR2) and/or corticotropin-releasing-factor-binding protein (CRFBP), said compound comprising or alternatively consisting of the amino acid sequence as depicted in SEQ ID No: 1. In another aspect, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical and/or diagnostic composition comprising the novel CRFR1 agonist of the present invention. The present invention also provides a kit comprising the novel CRFR1 agonist of the present invention and optionally instructions to use. Furthermore, the present invention provides the use of the compound of the present invention for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of depression and, additionally, the use of the compound of the present invention for the preparation of a diagnostic composition for the determination of pituitary corticotroph responsiveness and/or for differentiating pituitary and ectopic production of ACTH in patients with ACTH-dependent Cushing's syndrome. | 09-11-2008 |
Karlheinz Spiess, Moers DE
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20090295252 | Arrangement With Generator Bars for a Stator of an Electrical Generator - An arrangement having at least two generator bars for a stator of an electrical generator which are electrically connected to one another via a respective bar end is characterized, according to the invention, by the fact that the respective bar ends, which are electrically connected to one another, of the at least two generator bars are braced with respect to one another by means of a tape. | 12-03-2009 |
20090302696 | Oscillation Damping System for a Stator of an Electrical Machine - An oscillation damping system for stator windings is provided which includes a supporting component of an end winding. The supporting component is equipped with damping elements, which are arranged asymmetrically in the circumferential direction in order to suppress excited natural oscillations. Masses or springs and screw-type restraints which connect the supporting component to the stator housing are suitable as damping elements. | 12-10-2009 |
Manuel Spiess, Giessen DE
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20130071209 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FEEDING JOINING ELEMENTS - A method and apparatus for feeding joining elements to a joining tool is presented. The joining tool may be movable by a programmable handling unit, and a magazine for receiving at least one joining element may be mounted on the joining tool. The magazine may be moved to a filling station that has a tubular section with an outlet opening. An inlet opening of the magazine may be oriented in relation to the outlet opening. At least one joining element may be conveyed to the tubular section so that it passes through the tubular section, the outlet opening, the inlet opening, and into the magazine. During the orienting, the magazine may be oriented in relation to the outlet opening such that the magazine is spaced apart from the filling station during the conveying of the at least one joining element. | 03-21-2013 |
Martin Spiess, Gerlingen DE
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20150224600 | Method and Processing Machine for Piercing, Drilling, or Cutting Metal Workpieces - The disclosure relates to methods and systems for piercing, drilling, or cutting metal workpieces in a laser processing operation. The methods include focusing a pulsed laser beam onto a processing location on a workpiece; detecting process radiation emitted from the processing location; determining an intensity of the process radiation at a plurality of temporally sequential times during pulse pauses; determining an intensity gradient of the process radiation; comparing the intensity gradient with a gradient threshold value; and detecting a spontaneous material removal on the workpiece when the number of times the gradient threshold value has been exceeded is above a predetermined limit value. When a spontaneous material removal is detected, the system changes one or both of a laser parameter and a processing parameter of the laser processing operation. The disclosure also relates to processing machines for carrying out the methods. | 08-13-2015 |
Oliver Spiess, Bocholt DE
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20110006955 | HOUSING ANTENNA SYSTEM - A housing antenna system is proposed, by means of which automatic mass production of basic electrical or electronic devices having such a housing antenna system may be carried out in an economical and time-saving manner. This is achieved in that the housing antenna system is based on pressure contacting between the metallic antenna housing and the associated electronic circuit in order to operate the antenna housing as a housing antenna, using elastic elements. | 01-13-2011 |
20110199268 | ANTENNA APPARATUS FOR RADIO-BASED ELECTRONIC DEVICES - An antenna apparatus is proposed, which can be operated outside in the vicinity around the antenna apparatus despite a shielding effect of an electrically conducting frame or electrically conducting housing. In the process, the electrically conducting frame or electrically conducting housing encloses a housing volume inside the housing, within said volume an electrically conducting connection being produced from a first to a second location of the electrically conducting frame or the electrically conducting housing. The first and the second locations are selected such that a radio resonance chamber is separated by a parallel radio resonance at a working frequency of the electronic device inside the enclosed housing volume by means of the electrically conducting connection. | 08-18-2011 |
Patrik Spiess, Karlsruhe DE
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20100030881 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEDIATING ENTERPRISE SERVICE ACCESS FOR SMART DEVICES - Techniques are described for mediating enterprise service access for smart devices. A first message may be received at an enterprise service proxy device from a smart device via a first protocol associated with the smart device. It may be determined that the first message includes a smart device request for processing via an enterprise service located at a backend device. An enterprise service request and an associated enterprise request protocol may be determined based on the smart device request and a service adaptation description associated with the enterprise service and the first protocol. The enterprise service request may be sent to the backend device via the associated enterprise request protocol. | 02-04-2010 |
20100161778 | ON-DEMAND PROVISIONING OF SERVICES RUNNING ON EMBEDDED DEVICES - A service type repository is populated with types of services exposed on a network that has a dynamic organization. The services are embedded on one or more devices included in the network and the services providing information about the one or more devices. A query is received that includes a request for a type of service, and the requested type of service is compared to the types of services in the service type repository to select a collection of matching service types that satisfy the request. Active instances of services that have a type included in the collection of matching service types are identified. The active instances are instances of services embedded on one or more devices included in the network. When no active instances are identified, active instances of services that have a type included in the collection of matching service types are discovered. | 06-24-2010 |
20120131561 | Model-based Programming, Configuration, and Integration of Networked Enbedded Devices - Embodiments of the invention relate to programming, configuring, and integrating networked embedded devices with other applications. Particular embodiments include an architecture having an application model layer that integrates the networked embedded devices with business application systems, by allowing the devices to be expressed as part of a business application concept. In certain embodiments, an intermediate device programming layer provides a network-centric programming abstraction, relieving the programmer of the details of low-level, node-centric programming. Finally, a self-optimizing run-time system layer adapts to the specific conditions in the deployed network embedded devices, by optimizing e.g. communication patterns and resource consumption based upon input from the higher layer(s). Embodiments may facilitate integration of networked embedded devices with the back ends of business applications, and may provide a unified extensible programming framework simplifying development of applications for network embedded devices. | 05-24-2012 |
Peter Spiess, Hamburg DE
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20110119968 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A TRANSPARENT OBJECT ATTRACTING A VIEWER'S ATTENTION, AND A CORRESPONDING OBJECT - Disclosed is a method for producing a transparent object that attracts a viewer's attention. At least some of the object surface facing the viewer is illuminated by means of an illumination source that irradiates a bottom surface of the object, said bottom surface facing away from the viewer. The disclosed method is characterized in that the object is provided with a surface that is reflective in incident light. | 05-26-2011 |
20130118047 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A TRANSPARENT OBJECT ATTRACTING A VIEWER'S ATTENTION, AND A CORRESPONDING OBJECT - A method for producing a transparent object that attracts a viewer's attention. At least some of the object surface facing the viewer is illuminated by means of an illumination source that irradiates a bottom surface of the object, said bottom surface facing away from the viewer. The disclosed method is characterized in that the object is provided with a surface that is reflective in incident light. | 05-16-2013 |
Stephanie Spiess, Frankfurt DE
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20150107228 | POLLUTANT ABATEMENT SYSTEM FOR GASOLINE VEHICLES - The present invention is directed to a pollutant abatement system for vehicles propelled by a gasoline combustion engine, in particular a gasoline direct injection engine (GDI). In addition, this invention is concerned with a process of mitigating noxious compounds in the exhaust of such an engine efficiently by applying the inventive abatement system to fulfill future legislative exhaust regulations. | 04-23-2015 |
20150125370 | START-UP CATALYST FOR USE UPSTREAM OF A GASOLINE PARTICULATE FILTER - The present invention describes a double-layer three-way catalyst on an inert catalyst support comprising a first layer in direct contact with the inert catalyst support, comprising active alumina, a cerium/zirconium mixed oxide and palladium and a second layer applied to the first layer and in direct contact with the exhaust gas to be purified, comprising active alumina and rhodium, characterized in that the second layer is free of cerium and cerium containing materials, the use of such catalyst for cleaning the exhaust gases of a motor vehicle equipped with a gasoline engine and an exhaust gas treatment system comprising such catalyst up stream of a gasoline particulate filter (GPF). | 05-07-2015 |
Swetlana Spiess, Wiesloch DE
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20150120353 | USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS AND COMPUTER METHOD FOR A TEAM LEADER HOMEPAGE - A system and method for employ management that retrieves open task information for a team, retrieves availability and open task information for each of a plurality of team members, displays a first section of a page, the first section depicting summarized open task information for the team, concurrently displays a second section of the page, the second section depicting availability and open task information for each of the plurality of team members, receives a user input at an electronic device indicating that the user is selecting one of the plurality team members, in response to selecting one of the team members, displays a plurality of open tasks and a plurality of corresponding data fields, and reassigns one or more open tasks from one team member to another team member. | 04-30-2015 |
Thomas Spiess, Muenchen DE
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20130341910 | Coupling for a Plug-In Connection - A coupling component is provided for a plug-in connection for media-carrying lines, and includes a flow channel that has an inner cross-section that is enlarged in steps in order to allow the formation of a reflux zone when carrying the media, and a vent opening. The step-like enlargement is asymmetrically formed over the circumference of the inner cross-section so as to achieve an improved separation capacity. | 12-26-2013 |
Wolfgang Spiess, Rosstal DE
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20140374364 | METHOD FOR THE SEDIMENTATION OF SEDIMENT PARTICLES IN A METHOD FOR EXTRACTING DIESEL - The invention relates to a method and a device for the sedimentation of sediment particles in a method for extracting diesel oil from a liquid substance mixture moving in a circuit and comprising oil, hydrocarbon-containing residues and catalyst particles, by means of catalytic, pressureless depolymerisation (CPD). Sediment particles are removed from the substance mixture by guiding said mixture via a spiral-shaped guide arrangement. Hydrocarbon-containing residues are admitted into a lattice arrangement downstream of the spiral-shaped guide arrangement, wherein the substance mixture flows around or flows through said lattice arrangement. | 12-25-2014 |
20150014219 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING EVAPORATABLE COMPONENTS FROM A FLUID - A method and an apparatus for separating evaporatable components from a heated fluid ( | 01-15-2015 |
20150030467 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MECHANICALLY HEATING A MIXTURE OF SUBSTANCES - A method for mechanically heating a liquid mixture of substances is described. In a liquid-ring pump ( | 01-29-2015 |