Patents by Inventor Franz Werner

Franz Werner 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: 11649778
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an internal combustion engine comprising: determining a first set point value of a volume of air to be taken into the combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine within one working cycle thereof by retrieving the first set point value from a first characteristic map stored in a memory device of an electronic computing device as a function of a current engine speed of the internal combustion engine and as a function of a torque to be provided by the internal combustion engine; and determining a second set point value by retrieving the second set point value from a second characteristic map stored in the memory device of the electronic computing device as a function of a current engine speed of the internal combustion engine and as a function of a current volume of air supplied to the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: KEYOU GMBH
    Inventors: Franz Werner Prümm, Daniel Thomas Koch
  • Publication number: 20220411748
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cell culture media comprising N-lactoyl derivatives of one or more amino acid. The poor solubility of some amino acids in cell culture media is overcome by substituting them with an N-lactoyl derivative.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Aline ZIMMER, Ronja SEIBEL, Corinna SCHMIDT, Gregor Franz Werner WILLE, Markus Klaus Robert FISCHER, Yannick Pierre REY
  • Publication number: 20220204918
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cell culture media comprising alpha keto acids. The poor solubility of some amino acids like isoleucine, leucine and valine can be overcome by substituting them with the respective alpha keto acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Aline ZIMMER, Ronja SEIBEL, Corinna SCHMIDT, Gregor Franz Werner WILLE, Markus Klaus Robert FISCHER
  • Patent number: 11268460
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a gas engine having at least one combustion chamber, in particular for a motor vehicle, wherein a gaseous fuel is injected directly into the combustion chamber in order to operate the gas engine, the gaseous fuel being injected directly into the combustion chamber within a working cycle of the gas engine during at least two phases spaced apart from each other in time, the at least two phases beginning and ending before the first ignition occurring within the working cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Keyou GmbH
    Inventor: Franz Werner Prümm
  • Publication number: 20220049668
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an internal combustion engine comprising: determining a first set point value of a volume of air to be taken into the combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine within one working cycle thereof by retrieving the first set point value from a first characteristic map stored in a memory device of an electronic computing device as a function of a current engine speed of the internal combustion engine and as a function of a torque to be provided by the internal combustion engine; and determining a second set point value by retrieving the second set point value from a second characteristic map stored in the memory device of the electronic computing device as a function of a current engine speed of the internal combustion engine and as a function of a current volume of air supplied to the combustion chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Franz Werner PRÜMM, Daniel Thomas KOCH
  • Patent number: 11060243
    Abstract: A profiled bearing for a rail and a rail system are disclosed. The profiled bearing has a profiled base with a first lateral wall, a second lateral wall, and a base which connects a first end of the first lateral wall to a first end of the second lateral wall, and the profiled bearing also has a profiled clamping section. The base and the lateral walls form a receiving pocket for receiving the rail. In a functional position, the profiled clamping section is clamped in a gap between the rail inserted into a bearing bed of the base and the second lateral wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: LOSYCO GMBH
    Inventor: Franz Werner Schäper
  • Patent number: 10955052
    Abstract: In a drive unit which has an axial piston pump and an electronic control unit, the axial piston pump is pivoted with a method in which pressure-reducing valves which act in opposition to one another are suddenly energized. Since in this respect no orifices are provided in the adjustment device, a so-called initiation jump of the excited current gives rise to a sudden reduction in the assigned actuating pressure or the actuating pressure difference formed therefrom. Then, a zero crossover jump of the excited current or of the excited currents is carried out in order to overcome the centering spring and therefore ensure a continuous zero crossover of the axial piston pump. Furthermore, a hydrostatic traction drive includes such a drive unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Hoegerle, Franz Werner, Matthias Mueller, Norman Brix, Ronny Herrmann, Sophia Karg, Steffen Mutschler, Tobias Mueller
  • Publication number: 20200277907
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a gas engine having at least one combustion chamber, in particular for a motor vehicle, wherein a gaseous fuel is injected directly into the combustion chamber in order to operate the gas engine, the gaseous fuel being injected directly into the combustion chamber within a working cycle of the gas engine during at least two phases spaced apart from each other in time, the at least two phases beginning and ending before the first ignition occurring within the working cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventor: Franz Werner Prümm
  • Publication number: 20200103023
    Abstract: In a drive unit which has an axial piston pump and an electronic control unit, the axial piston pump is pivoted with a method in which pressure-reducing valves which act in opposition to one another are suddenly energized. Since in this respect no orifices are provided in the adjustment device, a so-called initiation jump of the excited current gives rise to a sudden reduction in the assigned actuating pressure or the actuating pressure difference formed therefrom. Then, a zero crossover jump of the excited current or of the excited currents is carried out in order to overcome the centering spring and therefore ensure a continuous zero crossover of the axial piston pump. Furthermore, a hydrostatic traction drive includes such a drive unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Alexander Hoegerle, Franz Werner, Matthias Mueller, Norman Brix, Ronny Herrmann, Sophia Karg, Steffen Mutschler, Tobias Mueller
  • Publication number: 20200003303
    Abstract: A hydrostatic traction drive includes a hydraulic pump for supplying pressure medium to a hydraulic motor of the traction drive. The hydraulic pump has an actuation cylinder with at least one cylinder space and a swept volume which can be adjusted thereby. At least one electrically actuable pressure valve is provided, by means of which an actuation pressure which has an adjusting effect can be applied to the cylinder space. In addition, the traction drive has a device by means of which a pressure of the hydraulic pump can be limited by influencing the actuation pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Franz Werner, Matthias Mueller, Michael Frasch, Ronny Herrmann, Ulrich Lenzgeiger
  • Patent number: 10436130
    Abstract: A combustion engine for a vehicle has an intake duct through which a fuel gas/air/exhaust gas mixture can be fed to a combustion unit of the combustion engine, and an exhaust gas recirculation system feeding in an exhaust gas from the combustion unit at an exhaust gas admission region to the gas fed to the combustion unit. A measuring device that determines the fuel gas/air/exhaust gas mass flow and the fuel gas/air/exhaust gas temperature is arranged in the intake duct upstream of the combustion unit and downstream of the exhaust gas admission region. A temperature sensor is arranged both in the exhaust gas recirculation system and in the intake duct, in each case upstream of the exhaust gas admission region, in addition to the measuring device, to determine a recirculated exhaust gas mass flow and/or an air mass flow fed to the combustion unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: MAN TRUCK & BUS AG
    Inventors: Franz Werner Prümm, Bruno Barciela, Joachim Weiß
  • Patent number: 10288002
    Abstract: An operating method for an apparatus, having an internal combustion engine that can be operated in a lean mode and a stoichiometric mode, a crankcase, at least one combustion chamber and preferably a throttle element via which charge air can be fed from a charge air cooler to the combustion chamber internal combustion engine is switched to a lean mode during idling and is operated in the lean mode, with the result that, in particular, the pressure difference between the crankcase and the combustion chamber is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: MAN Truck & Bus AG
    Inventor: Franz Werner Prümm
  • Publication number: 20190127922
    Abstract: The invention relates to a profiled bearing for a rail and to a rail system. The profiled bearing has a profiled base with a first lateral wall, a second lateral wall, and a base which connects a first end of the first lateral wall to a first end of the second lateral wall, and the profiled bearing also has a profiled clamping section. The base and the lateral walls form a receiving pocket for receiving the rail. In a functional position, the profiled clamping section is clamped in a gap between the rail inserted into a bearing bed of the base and the second lateral wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventor: Franz Werner SCHÄPER
  • Publication number: 20160348599
    Abstract: An operating method for an apparatus, having an internal combustion engine that can be operated in a lean mode and a stoichiometric mode, a crankcase, at least one combustion chamber and preferably a throttle element via which charge air can be fed from a charge air cooler to the combustion chamber internal combustion engine is switched to a lean mode during idling and is operated in the lean mode, with the result that, in particular, the pressure difference between the crankcase and the combustion chamber is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventor: Franz Werner PRÜMM
  • Patent number: 9500153
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine, in particular a gas engine, for a motor vehicle, includes a charge air cooler arranged in an air mass flow feed upstream of an apparatus for mixing in fuel, and a measuring device for determining the air mass flow. The measuring device has a sensor system for measuring a pressure loss across the charge air cooler and a processing unit as evaluation unit for calculating the air mass flow at least from the pressure loss which is measured by the sensor system and a charge air cooler model stored in the processing unit. The charge air cooler forms a geometrically constant throttle for the air mass flow which is flowing through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: MAN TRUCK & BUS AG
    Inventors: Franz Werner Prümm, Bruno Barciela, Joachim Weiβ
  • Publication number: 20160076467
    Abstract: A combustion engine, in particular a gas engine, for a vehicle, in particular for a commercial vehicle, has an intake duct through which a gas, in particular a fuel gas/air/exhaust gas mixture, can be fed to a combustion unit), in particular a cylinder-piston unit, of the combustion engine, and an exhaust gas recirculation system feeding in an exhaust gas from the combustion unit at an exhaust gas admission region to the gas fed to the combustion unit. At least one measuring device that determines the gas mass flow, in particular fuel gas/air/exhaust gas mass flow, and the gas temperature, in particular fuel gas/air/exhaust gas temperature, is arranged in the intake duct upstream of the combustion unit and downstream of the exhaust gas admission region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Franz Werner Prümm, Bruno Barciela, Joachim Weiß
  • Patent number: 9243579
    Abstract: A method for operating an auto-ignition internal combustion engine that is operable in a single substance mode in which the internal combustion engine is supplied with self-igniting liquid fuel, and a dual substance mode in which the internal combustion engine is supplied with the liquid fuel as an ignition agent and gaseous or liquid alternative fuel, includes operating the internal combustion engine in the dual-substance mode at an increased exhaust gas recirculation rate relative to the single-substance mode, and throttling an air supply in an intake system of the internal combustion engine such that a lambda value in an exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine is in a range greater than 1 up to 1.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: MAN TRUCK & BUS AG
    Inventor: Franz Werner Pruemm
  • Publication number: 20150260120
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine, in particular a gas engine, for a motor vehicle, includes a charge air cooler arranged in an air mass flow feed upstream of an apparatus for mixing in fuel, and a measuring device for determining the air mass flow. The measuring device has a sensor system for measuring a pressure loss across the charge air cooler and a processing unit as evaluation unit for calculating the air mass flow at least from the pressure loss which is measured by the sensor system and a charge air cooler model stored in the processing unit. The charge air cooler forms a geometrically constant throttle for the air mass flow which is flowing through.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Franz Werner Prümm, Bruno Barciela, Joachim Weiss
  • Patent number: 8808691
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of therapy against tumors and their metastases, which preferentially settle in bone tissue, comprising administering to a patient in need thereof an active ingredient which comprises at least one binding molecule that binds to human bone sialoprotein or a fragment thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Armbruster Biotechnology GmbH
    Inventors: Franz Paul Armbruster, Markus Karmatschek, Franz Werner Nader, Ulf Joerg Forssmann, Mats Paulsson, Martin R. Berger
  • Patent number: 8348555
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a shuttering element for limiting a section of a trench wall. The shuttering element is characterized by a plurality of shuttering parts which have a plate-shaped base body, consisting of concrete in particular, and are connected to one another at their adjoining horizontal front faces. Furthermore, the invention relates to a shuttering part as well as a method for producing a trench wall in the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Bauer Maschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Erwin Emil Stoetzer, Franz Werner Gerressen, Roland Wenger