Patents by Inventor Bernd Müller

Bernd Müller 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: 10507842
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a drive-by-wire system of a motor vehicle, including: temporally offset reading in of at least two input values of an input quantity of an operating element of the motor vehicle; ascertaining a change over time or rate of change over time of the input quantity from the at least two read-in input values; determination of a monitored quantity for the motor vehicle operation from the change over time or rate of change over time; selection of a monitoring function on the basis of the monitored quantity; monitoring of the monitored quantity for the ascertained motor vehicle operation by the monitoring function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Grimm, Bernd Mueller, Evgeniya Ballmann, Isidro Corral Patino, Markus Reichert, Simon Hufnagel, Thomas Hartgen, Thomas Mauer
  • Publication number: 20190379199
    Abstract: A method for providing operationally safe activation of at least one electronic component in a system, a start process of the system being initiated, a decision logic being activated, at least one temperature sensor being read out by the decision logic, the decision logic, based on the measured temperature of the at least one temperature sensor, checking whether the at least one electronic component is activatable in an operationally safe manner, and an activation of the at least one electronic component being initiated by the decision logic, if the temperature measured by the at least one temperature sensor is below a threshold value. A related system is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Bernd Mueller, Mateusz Marszalski, Sandra Hermoso Peralo, Uwe Beutnagel-Buchner, Wolfgang Kostorz
  • Patent number: 10499644
    Abstract: The present invention relates the compounds of the formula I, or the N-oxides, or the agriculturally acceptable salts thereof and to their use for combating phytopathogenic harmful fungi, wherein the variables are defined as given in the description and claims. Further present invention relates to mixtures comprising at least one such compound of the formula I and at least one further pesticidally active substance selected from the group consisting of herbicides, safeners, fungicides, insecticides, and plant growth regulators; and to agrochemical compositions comprising at least one such compound of the formula I and to agrochemical compositions further comprising seeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Violeta Terteryan-Seiser, Manuel Kretschmer, Wassilios Grammenos, Christine Wiebe, Maria Angelica Quintero Palomar, Marcus Fehr, Ian Robert Craig, Tobias Mentzel, Christian Harald Winter, Ana Escribano Cuesta, Jan Klaas Lohmann, Thomas Grote, Bernd Mueller, Erica Cambeis
  • Patent number: 10492494
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel oxadiazoles of the formula I, or the N-oxides and/or their agriculturally useful salts and to their use for controlling phytopathogenic fungi, or to a method for combating phytopathogenic harmful fungi, which process comprises treating the fungi or the materials, plants, the soil or seeds to be protected against fungal attack, with an effective amount of at least one compound of the formula I, or an N-oxide, or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof; the present invention also relates to mixtures comprising at least one such compound of the formula I and at least one further pesticidally active substance selected from the group consisting of herbicides, safeners, fungicides, insecticides, and plant growth regulators; and to agrochemical compositions comprising at least one such compound of the formula I and to agrochemical compositions further comprising seeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Christine Wiebe, Manuel Kretschmer, Wassilios Grammenos, Ana Escribano Cuesta, Maria Angelica Quintero Palomar, Ian Robert Craig, Erica Cambeis, Thomas Grote, Marcus Fehr, Tobias Mentzel, Bernd Mueller, Christian Harald Winter, Violeta Terteryan-Seiser, Jan Klaas Lohmann
  • Publication number: 20190359589
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein the variables are defined as given in the description and claims. The invention further relates to uses and composition for compounds of formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Bernd MUELLER, Erica CAMBEIS, Ana ESCRIBANO CUESTA, Jan Klaas LOHMANN, Antje WOLF, Nadine RIEDIGER, Marcus FEHR, Thomas GROTE, Violeta TERTERYAN-SEISER, Wassilios GRAMMENOS, Christian Harald WINTER
  • Publication number: 20190332076
    Abstract: A turn-off device for a sensor, an actuator or a control unit for a vehicle or for an industrial facility, the sensor, the actuator or the control unit being connectable via a PHY interface to a communication network, via which the sensor, the actuator or the control unit is able to exchange messages with other units of the vehicle or of the industrial facility, the turn-off device including a blocker, which physically prevents the PHY interface from sending messages to the communication network. A sensor, an actuator or a control unit that includes the turn-off device, a method for functional checking, and an associated computer program are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Bernd Mueller, Felix Laub, Liviu Vasiluta, Manuel Raible, Mateusz Marszalski, Nikolaos Avramidis, Sandra Hermoso Peralo, Wolfgang Kostorz
  • Patent number: 10458343
    Abstract: An exhaust gas flap, especially for the exhaust gas stream of an internal combustion engine, includes a flap tube (22) and a flap diaphragm (24) carried in an interior of the flap tube on a pivot shaft (16) rotatable about a pivot axis. A flap wing (28, 30) is mounted on the pivot shaft (16) and a wing stop (32, 34) is associated with the flap wing (28, 30) on an inner circumferential area of the flap tube. The flap wing (28, 30) has a mounting area (56, 58) with uncurved mounting surfaces (60, 64). Opposing mounting surfaces (62, 66) or/and a mounting recess (52, 54) at the pivot shaft (16) provide an opposing mounting area that at least partially receives the flap wing mounting area (56, 58) of the flap wing (28, 30), the opposing mounting area being provided on the outer circumferential area of the pivot shaft (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Eberspächer Exhaust Technology GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Annika Stark, Steffen Schmitt, Stefanos Varelis, Bernd Müller, Jan Pallmann
  • Publication number: 20190322631
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel trifluoromethyloxadiazoles of the formula I or an N-oxide and/or their agriculturally useful salts and to their use for controlling phytopathogenic fungi, or to a method for combating phytopathogenic harmful fungi, which process comprises treating the fungi or the materials, plants, the soil or seeds to be protected against fungal attack, with an effective amount of at least one compound of the formula I, or an N-oxide, or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof; and to mixtures comprising at least one such compound and at least one further pesticidally active substance selected from the group consisting of herbicides, safeners, fungicides, insecticides, and plant growth regulators; and to agrochemical compositions comprising at least one compound of the formula I and to agrochemical compositions further comprising seeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Violeta TERTERYAN-SEISER, Wassilios GRAMMENOS, Maria Angelica QUINTERO PALOMAR, Ian Robert CRAIG, Christine WIEBE, Tobias MENTZEL, Marcus FEHR, Ana ESCRIBANO CUESTA, Christian Harald WINTER, Jan Klaas LOHMANN, Bernd MUELLER, Thomas GROTE, Erica CAMBEIS
  • Patent number: 10450279
    Abstract: 1. The present invention relates to compounds of the formula I wherein the variables are defined in the description and claims, their preparation and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Wassilios Grammenos, Nadege Boudet, Bernd Mueller, Maria Angelica Quintero Palomar, Ana Escribano Cuesta, Erica May Cambeis, Jan Klaas Lohmann, Thomas Grote, Manuel Kretschmer, Ian Robert Craig, Marcus Fehr
  • Publication number: 20190297191
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relates to a communications module for a door station, comprising a connection interface for communications with at least one door station in accordance with a door station communication protocol, a network interface for communications via a network in accordance with a network communication protocol, and a controller coupling the network interface and the connection interface, wherein the controller is configured to set or change the door station communications protocol of the connection interface. Further aspects of the present invention relate to a method of operating a communications module of a door station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Sascha Keller, Bernd Müller
  • Patent number: 10426025
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates manufacturing for electronic circuit in a production installation. The teachings thereof may be embodied in a method for manufacturing an electronic circuit in a production installation comprising: detachably connecting a circuit carrier to a measuring module before performance of a process step; performing a measurement with the measuring module during the performance of the process step; and removing the measuring module from the circuit carrier after termination of the process step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Bernd Mueller, Michael Niedermayer, Ulrich Wittreich
  • Patent number: 10358426
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted 2-[2-halogenalkyl-4-(phenoxy)-phenyl]-1-[1,2,4]triazol-1-yl-ethanol compounds of formula I as defined in the description, and the N-oxides, and salts thereof, their preparation and intermediates for preparing them. The invention also relates to the use of these compounds for combating harmful fungi and seed coated with at least one such compound and also to compositions comprising at least one such compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: BASF Agro B.V.
    Inventors: Jochen Dietz, Richard Riggs, Nadege Boudet, Jan Klaas Lohmann, Ian Robert Craig, Egon Haden, Erica May Cambeis, Bernd Mueller, Wassilios Grammenos, Thomas Grote
  • Publication number: 20190216088
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel trifluoromethyl oxadiazoles of the formula I, or an N-oxide, and/or their agriculturally useful salts; to their use for controlling phytopathogenic fungi; to a method for combating phytopathogenic harmful fungi, which process comprises treating the fungi or the plants, the soil or seeds to be protected against fungal attack, with an effective amount of at least one compound of the formula I, or an N-oxide, or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof; to agrochemical compositions comprising at least one such compound; and to agrochemical compositions further comprising seeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Christine WIEBE, Violeta TERTERYAN-SEISER, Wassilios GRAMMENOS, Ian Robert CRAIG, Maria Angelica QUINTERO PALOMAR, Tobias MENTZEL, Marcus FEHR, Christian Harald WINTER, Erica CAMBEIS, Jan Klaas LOHMANN, Ana ESCRIBANO CUESTA, Manuel KRETSCHMER, Thomas GROTE, Bernd MUELLER
  • Publication number: 20190213118
    Abstract: A method is described for processing binary code data (BCD) containing at least one machine program (MP1), characterized by the following steps: forming (10) test data (PD) as a function of at least one portion of the binary code data (BCD), in particular, as a function of a portion of the binary code data that contains the machine program (MP1) or a portion of the machine program (MP1), the test data (PD), in particular, enabling changes of the at least one portion of the binary code data (BCD) to be recognized; inserting (20) at least one portion of the test data (PD) into the binary code data (BCD), as a result of which supplemented binary code data (BCD?; BCD?) are obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Jens Gladigau, Bernd Mueller, Sebastian Bolk
  • Publication number: 20190159454
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel trifluoromethyloxadiazoles of the formula I, or an N-oxide and/or their agriculturally useful salts and to their use for controlling phytopathogenic fungi; to a method for combating phytopathogenic harmful fungi, which process comprises treating the fungi or the plants, the soil or seeds to be protected against fungal attack, with an effective amount of at least one compound of the formula I, or an N-oxide, or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof; to a process for preparing compounds of the formula I; to intermediate compounds of the formula II.a for the preparation of compounds of the formula I; to agrochemical compositions comprising at least one compound of the formula I; and to agrochemical compositions further comprising seeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Violeta TERTERYAN-SEISER, Wassilios GRAMMENOS, Christine WIEBE, Manuel KRETSCHMER, Ian Robert CRAIG, Ana ESCRIBANO CUESTA, Marcus FEHR, Tobias MENTZEL, Maria Angelica QUINTERO PALOMAR, Thomas GROTE, Erica CAMBEIS, Bernd MUELLER, Jan Klaas LOHMANN, Christian Harald WINTER
  • Publication number: 20190135798
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel oxadiazoles of the formula I, or the N-oxides and/or their agriculturally useful salts and to their use for controlling phytopathogenic fungi, or to a method for combating phytopathogenic harmful fungi, which process comprises treating the fungi or the materials, plants, the soil or seeds to be protected against fungal attack, with an effective amount of at least one compound of the formula I, or an N-oxide, or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof; the present invention also relates to mixtures comprising at least one such compound of the formula I and at least one further pesticidally active substance selected from the group consisting of herbicides, safeners, fungicides, insecticides, and plant growth regulators; and to agrochemical compositions comprising at least one such compound of the formula I and to agrochemical compositions further comprising seeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Christine WIEBE, Manuel KRETSCHMER, Wassilios GRAMMENOS, Ian Robert CRAIG, Ana ESCRIBANO CUESTA, Violeta TERTERYAN-SEISER, Marcus FEHR, Tobias MENTZEL, Maria Angelica QUINTERO PALOMAR, Thomas GROTE, Erica CAMBEIS, Bernd MUELLER, Christian Harald WINTER, Jan Klaas LOHMANN
  • Patent number: 10247484
    Abstract: A head condenser is provided with a plate heat exchanger which has first and second channels through which media can flow and which, for the first medium, form tubes between individual plates that are connected to each other to form a pair of plates and, for the second medium, form waves between pairs of plates that are connected to each other to form a stack of plates. A condenser housing is provided in which the plate heat exchanger is arranged, wherein the condenser housing provides pressure chambers which extend over the large outer surfaces of the plate heat exchanger and are in fluidic connection with the channels for the first or second medium. The pressure chambers are traversed by fluid lines which are in fluidic connection with the respectively other first or second medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Kelvion PHE GmbH
    Inventors: Gerd Abker, Bernd Müller, Markus Lentz, Dirk Kux
  • Publication number: 20190080597
    Abstract: A method for recognizing an environment of a vehicle that has at least one environment sensor for furnishing information items regarding features of the environment includes evaluating a first information item that represents at least one feature of a first feature set in order to recognize whether a first situation of the vehicle exists and evaluating a second information item that represent at least one feature of a second feature set in order to recognize whether a second situation of the vehicle, differing from the first situation, exists, where the first and second feature sets have no common features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Roland LANGHANS, Bernd Mueller, Peter Sautter
  • Patent number: 10228191
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high-pressure plate heat exchanger having a polygonal plate packet that is arranged in a pressure chamber created by a housing, the housing having convexly curved flange covers. Said heat exchanger is characterized in that at least one of the flange covers has a polygonal opening for receiving the plate packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Kelvion PHE GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Kux, Markus Lentz, Bernd Müller, Gerd Abker
  • Patent number: 10175285
    Abstract: A device for monitoring an operation of an inductive element, includes a current-measuring device is switched in series with the inductive element. The device is configured to ascertain a first time-discrete and value-discrete signal, which characterizes a current flowing through the current-measuring device; to ascertain a second time-discrete and value-discrete signal, which characterizes a current flowing through the current-measuring device and has a predefinable time shift in relation to the first signal; and to infer the presence of a shunt from a comparison of the first signal with the second signal. Also described is a method for monitoring the operation of the inductive element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Marco Martini, Bernd Mueller, Uwe Guenther, Bertrand Eric Meli, Frank Henkel