Patents by Inventor A. Bauer

A. Bauer 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).

  • Plant-based sewage treatment system for purifying wastewater
    Patent number: 7754079
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plant-based sewage treatment system for purifying waste water including at least one planter, a supply unit which supplies waste water to be purified to the plant-based sewage treatment system, a discharge unit for discharging purified water from the plant-based sewage treatment system, and plants placed inside the planter. The plants are arranged, without a substrate, inside the planter. At least a portion of the planter is situated on a building roof. A space is provided between the planter and the building roof and an exchange medium from the building can be flowed through the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventor: Hartmut Bauer
  • Narrow fabric with elastomeric coating and flock
    Publication number: 20100173119
    Abstract: A narrow fabric includes an elastomeric coating on at least a portion of at least one side of the narrow fabric to provide designed, localized control and performance in the narrow fabric. Optionally, the elastomeric coating may be embedded with flock fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventors: Ranil Kirthi Vitarana, Prins Joseph Benedict Perera, Hans Bauer
  • PISTON RING
    Publication number: 20100171272
    Abstract: Disclosed is a piston ring comprising a supporting material and a wear-resistant coating. The wear-resistant coating is composed of a ternary system A-B—N which is applied using a PVD process and in which A and B each represent an element form the group encompassing Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo W, Al, Si and C, wherein A ?B and N represents nitrogen. The thickness of the wear-resistant coating amounts to ?3 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventors: Steffen Hoppe, Manfred Fischer, Christiane Bauer, Ralf Lammers
  • Semiconductor device with a thinned semiconductor chip and method for producing the thinned semiconductor chip
    Patent number: 7749864
    Abstract: A semiconductor device with a thinned semiconductor chip and a method for producing the latter is disclosed. In one embodiment, the thinned semiconductor chip has a top side with contact areas and a rear side with a rear side electrode. In this case, the rear side electrode is cohesively connected to a chip pad of a circuit carrier via an electrically conductive layer. In another embodiment, the thinned semiconductor chips of this semiconductor device according to the invention have low-microdefect edge side regions with semiconductor element structures and edge sides patterned by etching technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Michael Bauer, Ludwig Heitzer, Jens Pohl, Peter Strobel, Christian Stuempfl
  • Current sensing scheme for non-volatile memory
    Patent number: 7751251
    Abstract: A current sensing scheme for non-volatile memory is disclosed comprising an apparatus for determining one or more memory cell states in a non-volatile memory device. The apparatus having a first memory cell coupled to a first bitline and a first sensing element coupled to the first bitline, the first sensing element operable to sense a voltage corresponding to a state of the memory cell wherein the sensed voltage is independent of a bitline voltage discharge over time of the first memory cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Mark Bauer
  • Semiconductor device having a sensor chip, and method for producing the same
    Patent number: 7749797
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and method is disclosed. In one embodiment, the semiconductor device includes a cavity housing and a sensor chip. In one embodiment, the cavity housing has an opening to the surroundings. The sensor region of the sensor chip faces said opening. The sensor chip is mechanically decoupled from the cavity housing. In one embodiment, the sensor chip is embedded into a rubber-elastic composition on all sides in the cavity of the cavity housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Michael Bauer, Alfred Haimerl, Angela Kessler, Joachim Mahler, Wolfgang Schober
  • Webs and methods of making same
    Patent number: 7749350
    Abstract: There are disclosed methods of making RFID transponder webs and intermediate webs such as RFID strap webs and antenna webs, as well as such webs per se.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Avery Dennison Retail Information Services
    Inventors: Richard K. Bauer, Rudolph J. Klein, James R. Kline
  • Method of manufacturing vinylidene difluoride and trifluoroethylene-based dielectric copolymers
    Patent number: 7750098
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing, by suspension polymerization, dielectric copolymers, including injecting an initial mixture of constituent monomers into an autoclave at constant temperature and pressure, wherein the mixture of constituent monomers including vinylidene difluoride (VDF), trifluoroethylene (TrFE), and a monomer 2 to 10 times more reactive than VDF and TrFE; and continuously reinjecting at constant pressure, as soon as the reaction is initiated and throughout the duration of polymerization, a second mixture of the constituent monomers, wherein the molar composition of the initial mixture and the second mixture are determined by calculation, in a manner known of itself, taking into account the desired molar composition of the copolymer and the higher reactivity of the third monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Institut Franco-Allemand de Recherches de Saint-Louis
    Inventors: Christian Baras, Francois Bauer, Eric Fousson, Jean Blaise
  • Method for producing polyether alcohols
    Patent number: 7750191
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for continuously preparing polyether alcohols by adding alkylene oxides to H-functional starter substances using a DMC catalyst, comprising the steps of a) preparing a precursor by continuously metering an H-functional starter substance, an alkylene oxide or a mixture of at least two alkylene oxides and the required amount of DMC catalyst into a continuous reactor, b) continuously withdrawing the precursor from step a) from the reactor, c) continuously metering the product from step a), an alkylene oxide different from that in step a) or a mixture of at least two alkylene oxides different from that in step a) and, if appropriate, the required amount of DMC catalyst into a further continuous reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Ostrowski, Stephan Bauer, Achim Loeffler, Juergen Winkler
  • FLOW CONTROL VALVE
    Publication number: 20100163122
    Abstract: A flow control valve (11) for a hydraulic line, having an outlet opening (18a) for hydraulic fluid, an inlet opening (18) for hydraulic fluid and a differential pressure regulator (17) for the pressure independent provision of a constant volumetric flow of the hydraulic fluid, and having a setting part (15a) for setting the control behavior of the differential pressure regulator (17), the setting part (15a) having an operating section (27) which is provided so as to be accessible outside the hydraulic line for setting the setting part (15a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: Schaeffler KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Bauer, Bettina Rudy
  • Functionalized Beta 1,6 Glucosamine Disaccharides and Process for Their Preparation
    Publication number: 20100168054
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel process for the chemical synthesis of ?-(1->6)-linked glucosamine disaccharides of the formula (1) and (intermediate) compounds relating to the process. According to further aspects the invention relates to compositions comprising the compounds and the use of the compounds in the synthesis of disaccharides and medicine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: OM PHARMA
    Inventors: Stephane Moutel, Jacques Bauer, Carlo Chiavaroli
  • Variable Reflectance Mirrors and Windows
    Publication number: 20100165437
    Abstract: Various structures for variable reflectance rearview mirrors and variable transmittance windows are disclosed. One embodiment pertains to the provision of a polarized reflector in a rearview mirror. Another embodiment pertains to the provision of a switchable cholesteric liquid crystal element in a window. Yet another embodiment pertains to the provision of a plurality of apertures in a reflector layer of a rearview mirror where the apertures are sized and positioned in alignment with light emitting areas of a display positioned behind the reflector layer. In another embodiment, a moveable display or mirror element is attached to a rearview mirror housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: Gentex Corporation
    Inventors: William L. Tonar, Frederick T. Bauer, Alan R. Watson
  • FUNCTIONALIZED NANOPARTICLES
    Publication number: 20100162494
    Abstract: Functionalized nanoparticles, which are obtainable by combining in a first step a functionalized dyestuff, a silicon-based spacer and a catalyst, and in a second step reacting the product obtained in the first step with a co-reactive organic silicon, aluminum, zirconium or titanium compound. Optionally, the thus obtained functionalized nanoparticles can be combined or encapsulated with a polymer. The functionalized nanoparticles are useful as colorants and fluorescents in plastics, paints, inks, electronic materials, cosmetic articles, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: CIBA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Martin Müller, Didier Bauer, Thomas Ruch, Leonhard Feiler, Wolfgang Schlenker, Christian Cremer
  • TIRE MANIPULATOR AND PERSONNEL SAFETY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20100166531
    Abstract: A tire manipulator includes a base, first and second extensions coupled to the base and configured to support a tire, each of the first and second extensions including a first end coupled to the base and a second end configured to support the tire, and first and second supports movably coupled to the first and second extensions, respectively, the first and second supports being disposed between the first and second end of each of the first and second extensions. The first and second supports may be positionable to prevent the tire from rotating relative to the first and second extensions toward the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Karl James Bauer, Bradley Gayle Ethington
  • Imidazole derivatives for the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders
    Patent number: 7745474
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel imidazole derivatives having a positive allosteric GABAB receptor (GBR) modulator effect, methods for the preparation of said compounds and to their use, optionally in combination with a GABAB agonist, for the inhibition of transient lower esophageal sphincter relaxations, for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease, as well as for the treatment of functional gastrointestinal disorders and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The compounds are represented by the general formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3 and Y are as defined in the description. For example, R1 may be phenyl, R2 may be dimethylamino, R3 may be alkoxy and Y may be a thioylamino- or methyl eneamino- linked substitutuent containing an aryl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Udo Bauer, Wayne Brailsford, Linda Gustafsson, Tor Svensson, Maria Saxin
  • Alkyl aromatic isomerization process using a catalyst comprising a UZM-8HS composition
    Patent number: 7745678
    Abstract: A process for isomerizing alkyl aromatic hydrocarbons using a catalyst comprising a zeolite and a platinum group metal component is described. The zeolite comprises a new family of zeolites designated UZM-8HS which are derived from UZM-8 zeolites by treating the UZM-8 with a fluoro-silicate salt, an acid, etc. The UZM-8HS zeolites have unique x-ray diffraction patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Deng-Yang Jan, Mathias P. Koljack, John E. Bauer, Paula L. Bogdan, Gregory J. Lewis, Susan C. Koster, Michael G. Gatter, Jaime G. Moscoso
  • Aromatic isomerization catalyst and isomerization process
    Patent number: 7745677
    Abstract: One exemplary embodiment can be an extruded C8 alkylaromatic isomerization catalyst. The extruded catalyst can include: about 2-about 20%, by weight, of an MTW zeolite; about 80-about 98%, by weight, of a binder including an alumina; about 0.01-about 2.00%, by weight, of a noble group metal calculated on an elemental basis; and about 100 ppm-less than about 1000 ppm, by weight, of at least one alkali metal calculated on an elemental basis. Generally, the weight percents of the MTW zeolite, the binder, the noble group metal, and the at least one alkali metal are based on a weight of the extruded catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Patrick C. Whitchurch, Paula L. Bogdan, John E. Bauer
  • 2?-terminator related pyrophosphorolysis activated polymerization
    Patent number: 7745125
    Abstract: The present invention provides reaction mixtures that include blocked oligonucleotides comprising 2?-terminator nucleotides. The blocked oligonucleotides are rendered extendible when the 2?-terminator nucleotides are removed from the oligonucleotides, e.g., via pyrophosphorolysis. The reaction mixtures can be used in various nucleic acid polymerization and/or amplification assays, among many other applications. In addition to reaction mixtures, the invention also provides related methods and reaction mixtures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David H. Gelfand, Keith A. Bauer, Amar P. Gupta, Veeraiah Bodepudi, John Niemiec
  • Grab bar
    Patent number: D618774
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Moen Incorporated
    Inventors: Alan M. Bauer, Christopher Jon Gilbert, Julie A. Stankovich
  • Stand-up food tray
    Patent number: D618998
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Associated Packaging Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: William B. Pendergrass, Russell L. Bauer