Patents by Inventor Frank A. Mueller
Frank A. Mueller 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).
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Publication number: 20240186761Abstract: An illumination device for generating multiple wavelength, narrow linewidth, single longitudinal and single transversal mode emission, includes a laser-medium inside a laser-resonator configured to receive a pump beam from a single pump diode and produce a laser wave. Laser-resonator ingress and egress mirrors are configured to resonate the laser wave. An an OPO-resonator and OPO crystal are configured to receive the laser wave and produce short and long OPO waves. An OPO-resonator ingress mirror is configured to resonate the short OPO wave with the laser-resonator egress mirror. A nonlinear output crystal is configured to receive the short OPO wave and produce at least one output wave, wherein the the laser-resonator egress mirror is configured to emit at least two of the leaking out laser wave and the output waves.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2023Publication date: June 6, 2024Applicant: Qioptiq Photonics GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Frank Mueller, Matthias Hans Lothar Anders, Bert Pilles, Werner Harald Gabler
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Patent number: 11987116Abstract: A device for sequentially switching at least one first and at least one second Venetian blind, the slats of which can each be synchronously rotationally moved by means of at least one coupling rod in order to open and close the blinds. The device includes an actuator for generating a rotational movement of the slats through 80° to 90°, a coupling for rotatably coupling the actuator to a slat of the first blind, a link rod which has a partially-circular link, and a transmission rod. The actuator has an eccentric pin parallel to its axis of rotation which engages in the partially-circular link of the link rod, and the linear movement of the link rod is transmitted to the coupling rod of the at least second blind.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2020Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: MONTAPLAST GMBHInventors: Johannes Müller, Andreas Thanheiser, Frank Mika
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Publication number: 20240158100Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for servicing an aircraft by a ground service unit. The method comprises reading a wireless parameter signal from a transponder at the aircraft, decoding the wireless parameter signal to derive at least one aircraft parameter of a water supply system and/or a waste system of the aircraft, moving a servicing equipment interface to a service panel of the aircraft, connecting the servicing equipment interface to a coupling at the service panel, servicing the aircraft via the servicing equipment interface corresponding to the at least one aircraft parameter, and writing a service parameter into the transponder at the aircraft.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2023Publication date: May 16, 2024Inventors: Frank SCHNEIDER, Hannes MÜLLER, Michael REMPE, Tim LÜBBERT, Frederik ALBERS
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Patent number: 11980963Abstract: An ultrasonic welding device includes a sonotrode, an anvil, a touching element, a lateral slide, a stop element and a receiving chamber in which joining partners are received and which is defined by bordering components of the ultrasonic welding device. The receiving chamber is defined on a first side by the sonotrode and on a second side by the anvil. The receiving chamber is further defined on a third side by the touching element and on a fourth side by the lateral slide. The receiving chamber is further defined on a fifth side, extending transverse to the first to fourth sides, by the stop element. The first stop element is electrically conductive on its surface directed toward the receiving chamber in order to form a first electrode.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2019Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: SCHUNK SONOSYSTEMS GMBHInventors: Frank Gassert, Stefan Müller, Rainer Wagenbach, Waldemar Werner, Daniel Günther, Dariusz Kosecki, Stephan Becker, Eugen Koch
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Publication number: 20240141630Abstract: A water supply system for a plurality of water consumer units in an aircraft. The system includes a main tank configured to store a main supply of water, a main water pipe connected to an outlet of the main tank, and a plurality of water networks, each configured to conduct water from the main tank to at least one of the plurality of water consumer units. The plurality of water consumer units is partitioned in a first group of water consumer units and at least a second group of water consumer units. Each of the plurality of water networks includes a conveying device configured to convey water to each water consumer unit of one of the groups. The water supply system further includes a cross-feed valve configured to fluidically connect or separate the plurality of water networks downstream of the conveying devices in the plurality of water networks.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Frederik ALBERS, Frank SCHNEIDER, Hannes MÜLLER, Axel SCHREINER, Tim LÜBBERT, Michael REMPE
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Publication number: 20240124572Abstract: The present invention is related to agents capable of binding to and inhibiting or antagonizing the action of IL-11 and/or or IL-11RA for the treatment and/or prevention of abnormal uterine bleeding, which comprises heavy menstrual bleeding, prolonged bleeding, altered bleeding pattern, dysmenorrhea, as well as of the underlying diseases leiomyoma and endometriosis and the use of the agent to inhibit menstruation. Furthermore, the invention provides novel IL-11 antibodies.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Maik Stefan Wilhelm OBENDORF, Frank SACHER, Jörg MÜLLER, Ralf LESCHE, Christian VOTSMEIER, Stephan MÄRSCH, Jan TEBBE, Philipp ELLINGER, Patrick Michael SMITH, Jenny FITTING, Katharina FILARSKY, Mathias GEHRMANN, Marcus KARLSTETTER, Ernst WEBER, Mark TRAUTWEIN
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Publication number: 20240123816Abstract: An air guidance control unit having a frame, which surrounds at least one air opening for air flowing along an air flow direction to flow through, a closing device including adjustable flaps, which closing device can be adjusted by means of an adjusting element between an open position in which the air opening is exposed and a closed position in which the air opening is at least partly closed. The invention devises various solutions for especially compact and reliable flap arrangements.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2021Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Andreas PÜTZ, Andreas EWERT, Sebastian SCHWEGMANN, Johannes MÜLLER, Frank MIKA
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Patent number: 11958581Abstract: The present invention relates to a device (1) for setting the drive position of an electric drive of a boat, having a housing (14) with two receiving elements (15a, 15b) arranged on two opposing side walls (140) of the housing (14) for defining a pivot axis (17) and a drive lever (10) that can be pivoted around this pivot axis (17), wherein the drive lever (10) is received by two receiving elements (15a. 15b).Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Torqeedo GmbHInventors: Frank Despineux, Moritz Mueller
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Patent number: 11945904Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a flexible polyurethane foam thermally recyclable by fusion, and to hybrid materials made of flexible polyurethane foam and compact thermoplastic elastomer and/or expanded thermoplastic polyurethane.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Julia Jaehnigen, Wibke Loelsberg, Angelika Mueller, Daniela Tepe, Frank Prissok, Dejan Petrovic, Heinz-Dieter Lutter
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Publication number: 20240091874Abstract: An ultrasonic welding device includes a sonotrode, an anvil, a touching element, a lateral slide, a stop element and a receiving chamber in which joining partners are received and which is defined by bordering components of the ultrasonic welding device. The receiving chamber is defined on a first side by the sonotrode and on a second side by the anvil. The receiving chamber is further defined on a third side by the touching element and on a fourth side by the lateral slide. The receiving chamber is further defined on a fifth side, extending transverse to the first to fourth sides, by the stop element. The first stop element is electrically conductive on its surface directed toward the receiving chamber in order to form a first electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2019Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicant: SCHUNK SONOSYSTEMS GMBHInventors: Frank GASSERT, Stefan MÜLLER, Rainer WAGENBACH, Waldemar WERNER, Daniel GÜNTHER, Dariusz KOSECKI, Stephan BECKER, Eugen KOCH
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Publication number: 20240083770Abstract: A method for operating an on-board water supply and distribution system of an aircraft for supplying water includes a central tank, consumer assemblies with a supply device and a buffer tank, pump operable in a supply mode and reverse mode, filter device, and high-pressure conduit system. The central tank connects to the pump's upstream side. The conduit system connects the downstream side and consumer assemblies. The pump in supply mode delivers water from the downstream side to the buffer tank. In reverse mode, the pump can convey water from the downstream side to the upstream side. The method includes operating the pump in supply mode so water from the central tank goes to a consumer assembly in a first time interval to fill the buffer tank, and operating the pump in reverse mode in a second time interval so water from the buffer tank passes through the filter device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Frank Schneider, Hannes Müller, Axel Schreiner, Tim Lübbert, Frederik Albers, Michael Rempe
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Patent number: 11920000Abstract: An alkoxylated polyamidoamine obtainable by a) reacting a polycarboxylic compound having a total number TN of carboxylic groups of 3 to 10 with a primary diamine of formula I H2N—Z—NH2 wherein Z represents a bond or an organic group with 1 to 20 carbon atoms in a ratio of 0.3 TN to TN mols of the diamine per 1 mol of the polycarboxylic compound and b) alkoxylating the product obtained in a) with at least 0.5 mol of alkyleneoxide per 1 mol of primary amino groups.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2019Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Anna Mueller-Cristadoro, Thomas Wesley Holcombe, Frank Pirrung, Susanne Carina Engert, Alexander Panchenko
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Publication number: 20240068206Abstract: A method for operating an on-board water supply and distribution system of an aircraft for supplying water includes a central water tank, first consumer assemblies with buffer tanks each including a heater to heat up water in the buffer tank to a disinfection temperature, pump having upstream and downstream sides to operate in supply and reverse modes, and high-pressure conduit system. The central water tank connects to the pump's upstream side. The conduit system connects the downstream side with a first consumer assembly. The method includes operating the pump in supply mode where water from the central tank goes to a first consumer assembly to fill a buffer tank, operating a buffer tank heater so water heats to a predetermined disinfection temperature, and operating the pump in reverse mode so heated water passes through a part of the conduit system and the upstream side of the pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Frank Schneider, Hannes Müller, Axel Schreiner, Tim Lübbert, Frederik Albers, Michael Rempe
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Patent number: 11913507Abstract: A disc brake for utility vehicles includes a brake disc, a first brake lining on a first side of the brake disc and a second brake lining on a second side of the brake disc opposite the first side. A spreading device is also provided which generates a force that moves the first and the second brake lining away from one another.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: ZF CV Systems Europe BVInventors: Frank Beyer, Jochen Frank, Hans-Christian Jungmann, Marcel Kalmbach, Marcus Keller, Peter Moser, Martin Müller, Vitalij Scherer, Mirko Seip, Markus Stafflinger
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Publication number: 20240034295Abstract: A method for operating a braking system for a motor vehicle, including a service brake unit and the service brake unit is activated to generate a brake force on a wheel axle of the motor vehicle at least temporarily as a function of a setting of an operating element. The generation of the brake force is performed using a calibration data set stored in a control unit of the braking system. An identifier stored in the operating element is transmitted to the control unit and used for a compatibility check. If the compatibility check is successful, a configuration of the operating element takes place and a generic data set stored in the control unit is used as the calibration data set and an operating element-specific data set stored in the operating element is transmitted to the control unit and used as a calibration data set after the transmission.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicant: AUDI AGInventors: Kilian FÖRSTER, Frank MÜLLER
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Patent number: 11868289Abstract: An input/output station is provided. The input/output station is for a fieldbus system with a fieldbus coupler, which has a system bus interface and a fieldbus interface. The input/output station comprising a plurality of slots for pluggable input/output devices. One or more placeholder devices are also pluggable into the plurality of slots besides the input/output devices. An empty slot is also admissible for the plurality of slots. The fieldbus coupler comprises firmware which is configured for a full configuration of the input/output station. The firmware is configured to communicate with a control station in such a way that the fieldbus coupler receives the full configuration of the input/output station as a planned target configuration from the control station. The firmware is configured to confirm a full configuration of the input/output station in an operating mode irrespective of the actual occupancy of the input/output station.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Klaus Brand, Jan Pollmann, Frank Mueller, Thorsten Matthies, Stefan Pollert
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Publication number: 20230384626Abstract: A system for switching and collating light contains a focusing lens that focuses a laser. A first linear polarizer receives the focused beam and transmits the focused beam incoming light, polarized at plus 45 degrees, to a Pockels cell. The Pockels cell contains: a first Pockels cell crystal that follows the first linear polarizer; a first internal birefringent crystal plate that compensates for birefringence of the first Pockels cell crystal; a second internal birefringent compensation crystal plate that follows the first plate; and a second Pockels cell crystal, that follows the second plate. The second plate considerably compensates for birefringence of the second Pockels cell crystal. A second linear polarizer receives light from the Pockels cell and transmits light best if the light is polarized at minus 45 degrees to an optical fiber.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Hans-Georg Heckmann, Frank Mueller
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Patent number: 11828632Abstract: An ultrasonic sensor arrangement. The ultrasonic sensor arrangement may comprise a housing with a container which is open at the top, a disc-shaped, piezoelectric element and a coupling element in the interior of the container, wherein the coupling element has a bearing surface, on which the piezoelectric element is arranged, and is provided on the underside of the container, wherein the container and the coupling element are integrally formed, and wherein at least the piezoelectric element is covered with a potting compound, and to a measuring apparatus comprising such an ultrasonic sensor arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2019Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Sensus Spectrum LLCInventors: Frank Müller, Andreas Pfeiffer
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Patent number: 11709521Abstract: Synthetizing a hardware description language code into a netlist comprising loads and a multi-clock buffer (MBUF). The MBUF receives a global clocking signal and generates a first and a second related clocking signals. The loads are grouped into a first and a second groups receiving the first and the second clocking signals respectively. A first/second clock modifying leaf are placed between a common node and the first/group groups respectively, wherein the common node is positioned closer in proximity to the first/second groups in comparison to a clock source generating the global clocking signal. The first/second clock modifying leaves receive a least divided clocking signal from the MBUF and generate the first/second clocking signals respectively. The least divided clocking signal is routed from the MBUF to the first/second clock modifying leaves. The first/second clocking signals are routed from the first/second clock modifying leaves to the first/second group respectively.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2020Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: XILINX, INC.Inventors: Frederic Revenu, Frank Mueller, Thomas O. Satter, Mehrdad Eslami Dehkordi, Garik Mkrtchyan, Satish B. Sivaswamy, Nicholas A. Mezei, Chun Zhang
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Publication number: 20230148915Abstract: The present invention relates to devices and methods for uptaking and analyzing sweat from a skin of a user. In particular, it is proposed to provide a variability in the size of the sweat sensor inlets (102, 103, 104), which can be used for improving the determination of sweat parameters like for example determining the number of active sweat glands The variability in the size of the inlets (102, 103, 104) with which the sweat sensor (100) uptakes the sweat from the user's skin (111) can be achieved by having either plurality of inlets wherein at least some of them have different opening sizes and to use the differently sized inlets based in different situations. Alternatively, one or more inlets may have openings with variable cross-sectional area, like e.g. an adjustable diameter of their opening, and also a combination of these two alternatives is of course possible.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2021Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: LAURENTIA JOHANNA HUIJBREGTS, FRANK MUELLER, LUTZ CHRISTIAN GERHARDT, KIRAN HAMILTON J. DELLIMORE