Patents by Inventor Markus Knauer

Markus Knauer 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 for the regeneration of a particle filter, and internal combustion engine with particle filter
    Patent number: 9797290
    Abstract: A method and an internal combustion engine for the regeneration of a particle filter includes periodic regeneration phases, where a regeneration is performed by virtue of the soot particles that have been deposited in the particle filter being burned off. During the operation of the internal combustion engine, the reactivity of the soot deposits is determined on the basis of a characteristic map previously established empirically for different engine operating ranges of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: MAN TRUCK & BUS AG
    Inventors: Markus Knauer, Dieter Rothe, Christian Pastoetter
  • METHOD FOR THE REGENERATION OF A PARTICLE FILTER, AND INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH PARTICLE FILTER
    Publication number: 20170030242
    Abstract: A method and an internal combustion engine for the regeneration of a particle filter includes periodic regeneration phases, where a regeneration is performed by virtue of the soot particles that have been deposited in the particle filter being burned off. During the operation of the internal combustion engine, the reactivity of the soot deposits is determined on the basis of a characteristic map previously established empirically for different engine operating ranges of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Markus KNAUER, Dieter ROTHE, Christian PASTOETTER
  • Method and apparatus for determining the shape and the local surface normals of specular surfaces
    Patent number: 7532333
    Abstract: A method teaches how to measure—even strongly curved—specular surfaces with an apparatus that measures a shape as well as local surface normals absolutely. This is achieved by the observation and evaluation of patterns that are reflected at the surface. The reflected patterns are observed from different directions. The evaluation is done by termination of those locations in space, where the surface normals that are observed from different directions, have at least deviations against each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignees: 3D-Shape GmbH, The University of Erlangen
    Inventors: Gerd Haeusler, Markus Knauer, Ralf Lampalzer
  • Method and apparatus for determining the shape and the local surface normals of specular surfaces
    Publication number: 20050238237
    Abstract: A method teaches how to measure—even strongly curved—specular surfaces with an apparatus that measures a shape as well as local surface normals absolutely. This is achieved by the observation and evaluation of patterns that are reflected at the surface. The reflected patterns are observed from different directions. The evaluation is done by termination of those locations in space, where the surface normals that are observed from different directions, have at least deviations against each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Gerd Haeusler, Markus Knauer, Ralf Lampalzer