Patents by Inventor Alexander Mueller

Alexander 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).

  • ANCILLARY UNIT
    Publication number: 20200022868
    Abstract: An ancillary unit of a motor vehicle, which may particularly be a massage device for a vehicle seat, includes an electrically conductive housing and a planar printed circuit board. A narrow side of the printed circuit board has an electrically conductive section, which is brought into electrical contact with the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT, BAMBERG
    Inventors: Peter HORN, Thomas WEINGAERTNER, Alexander MUELLER
  • METHOD FOR DETERMINING TREATMENT PARAMETERS VIA AN INFORMATION CARRIER
    Publication number: 20200002874
    Abstract: A method performed by one or more devices includes determining an information item indicative of at least one parameter affecting the treatment of a textile with the information item being detected by an information carrier of the textile (220) and/or a cleaning device (230), or a cleaning agent (210) and the textile (220), or the cleaning agent (210) and the cleaning device, or the cleaning agent (210) and the textile (220) and the cleaning device and the information carrier comprises a package, a label, an NFC chip or a combination thereof, determining at least one treatment parameter of the textile based at least in part on the determined information item, and outputting or triggering the outputting of the at least one determined treatment parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: ARND KESSLER, CHRISTIAN NITSCH, LARS ZUECHNER, GEORG WAWER, ALEXANDER MUELLER, CLEMENS ARTH
  • DOSING METHOD FOR A DISPENSING MODULE
    Publication number: 20190387952
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method including capturing and/or obtaining a reservoir information item at a dispensing module for a detergent and/or cleaning agent, with the reservoir information item representative of at least one property of a reservoir for the detergent and/or cleaning agent, an application specification for the detergent and/or cleaning agent contained in the reservoir, and/or a property of the detergent and/or cleaning agent contained in the reservoir, and the reservoir is connected or connectable to the dispensing module. The method further includes determining and/or causing the determination of a dispensing control information item depending at least in part on the reservoir information item, with the dispensing control information item configured to at least partly control the dispensing of the detergent and/or cleaning agent by the dispensing module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: ARND KESSLER, THOMAS WEBER, JOHANNES ZIPFEL, CHRISTIAN NITSCH, LARS ZUECHNER, NADINE FRANKE, GEORG WAWER, ALEXANDER MUELLER
  • 3D printer
    Patent number: 10507592
    Abstract: A 3D printer is described which is configured to build up a three-dimensional component in layers by forming layers of particulate construction material lying one upon the other and by selectively solidifying a partial region of the respective construction material layer. The 3D printer is configured to build up one or more first three-dimensional components in a first construction space and simultaneously one or more second three-dimensional components in a second construction space which is arranged adjacent to the first construction space. The 3D printer has a coating device arrangement which is displaceable across the first and the second construction space and a printing device which is displaceable across the first and the second construction space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: ExOne GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Höchsmann, Alexander Müller, Sven Klaua
  • Burner-lance unit
    Patent number: 10508315
    Abstract: A burner-lance unit (1) includes at least two gas connections (2a, 2b, 2c), a burner tube (3), and a lance tube (4) that is placed concentrically in the burner tube (3). The burner tube (3) and the lance tube (4) both have a gas inlet end and a gas outlet end (15). The lance tube (4) has a de Laval nozzle (4a) at the gas outlet end thereof. The de Laval nozzle (4a) is releasably connected to the lance tube (4). The burner tube (3) has a burner nozzle (3a) which is releasably connected to the burner tube (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Abel, Hannes Beile, Markus Dorndorf, Alexander Müller, Ralf Pitz
  • METHODS FOR PARAMETRIC MULTI-CHANNEL ENCODING
    Publication number: 20190348052
    Abstract: The present document relates to audio coding systems. In particular, the present document relates to efficient methods and systems for parametric multi-channel audio coding. An audio encoding system configured to generate a bitstream indicative of a downmix signal and spatial metadata for generating a multi-channel upmix signal from the downmix signal is described. The system comprises a downmix processing unit configured to generate the downmix signal from a multi-channel input signal; wherein the downmix signal comprises m channels and wherein the multi-channel input signal comprises n channels; n, m being integers with m<n. Furthermore, the system comprises a parameter processing unit configured to determine the spatial metadata from the multi-channel input signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: DOLBY INTERNATIONAL AB
    Inventors: TOBIAS FRIEDRICH, ALEXANDER MUELLER, KARSTEN LINZMEIER, CLAUS-CHRISTIAN SPENGER, TOBIAS R. WAGENBLASS
  • METHOD FOR THE DOSING OF CLEANING AGENTS
    Publication number: 20190310612
    Abstract: A method for the dosing of cleaning agents in cleaning machines includes the steps: receiving the control information items; wherein the control information items are dependent on an information item about a cleaning machine; determining the progress of a cleaning operation; dosing of cleaning agent depending on the received control information items and the determined progress of the cleaning operation; wherein the information item about the cleaning machine can be manually input via a user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: ARND KESSLER, THOMAS WEBER, JOHANNES ZIPFEL, CHRISTIAN NITSCH, LARS ZUECHNER, NADINE FRANKE, GEORG WAWER, ALEXANDER MUELLER, THOMAS JUCKEL, CLEMENS ARTH
  • FLUSHING COMPARTMENT FOR STORAGE MONITORING
    Publication number: 20190301074
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates in particular to a device comprising a flushing device (10) and a sensor device (20), wherein the flushing device (10) is designed to receive or contain a cleaning agent, and wherein the flushing device (10) and the sensor device (20) are or can be integrated into a cleaning device (1). According to the present disclosure, the sensor device (20) is designed to determine a quantity information that is representative of the amount of cleaning agent filled into the flushing device (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Arnd Kessler, Christian Nitsch, Lars Zuechner, Georg Wawer, Alexander Mueller
  • METHOD FOR ASCERTAINING TREATMENT PARAMETERS OF A TEXTILE BY MEANS OF STRUCTURAL INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20190302091
    Abstract: The present disclosure especially relates to a method, carried out by one or more devices, said method comprising: non-destructively determining structural information that is characteristic of at least part of the structure of a textile (202); ascertaining at least one treatment parameter of the textile (202) at least partly on the basis of said structural information; and outputting or initiating output of the at least one treatment parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Arnd Kessler, Christian Nitsch, Lars Zuechner, Georg Wawer, Alexander Mueller
  • CLEANING AGENT IDENTIFICATION
    Publication number: 20190301073
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method carried out by at least one device, the method comprising: acquiring (410) an identification characteristic of a cleaning agent (26), and checking (460), at least partially based upon the obtained identification characteristic of the cleaning agent (26), whether an initiation of a cleaning operation of a cleaning device (10) by the cleaning agent (26) is permissible. The present disclosure further relates to a device for carrying out the method, and to a corresponding computer program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Arnd Kessler, Christian Nitsch, Lars Zuechner, Georg Wawer, Alexander Mueller
  • PRODUCTION OF POROUS MATERIALS BY THE EXPANSION OF POLYMER GELS
    Publication number: 20190292344
    Abstract: A method produces porous materials by expansion of polymer gels. The porous materials can be a micro- or nano-porous polymer materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Reinhard STREY, Roland OBERHOFFER, Alexander MÜLLER
  • CHECKING FOR POTENTIALLY UNDESIRABLE ITEMS OF LAUNDRY
    Publication number: 20190264372
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates inter alia to a method which is carried out by at least one device, the method comprising: illuminating (510) at least some of the items of laundry which are located in a laundry container (302) of a washing machine (300) and are to be subjected to a washing process; determining (520) color information indicative of one or more colors of at least some of the illuminated items of laundry (320) which are located in the laundry container (302) of the washing machine (300); and checking (530), at least partially based upon the determined color information, whether a potentially undesirable item of laundry (322) is located in the laundry container (302) of the washing machine (300).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Arnd Kessler, Christian Nitsch, Lars Zuechner, Georg Wawer, Alexander Mueller
  • 3D printer
    Publication number: 20190255733
    Abstract: A 3D printer is described which is configured to build up a three-dimensional component in layers by forming layers of particulate construction material lying one upon the other and by selectively solidifying a partial region of the respective construction material layer. The 3D printer is configured to build up one or more first three-dimensional components in a first construction space and simultaneously one or more second three-dimensional components in a second construction space which is arranged adjacent to the first construction space. The 3D printer has a coating device arrangement which is displaceable across the first and the second construction space and a printing device which is displaceable across the first and the second construction space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Rainer Höchsmann, Alexander Müller, Sven Klaua
  • TOOTHED WHEEL
    Publication number: 20190242468
    Abstract: A toothed wheel has a hub part, a web part and a toothed crown, wherein at least one transition region having a rounding is formed in the web part and the transition region has a height h in an axial direction of the toothed wheel and a length L in a radial direction, and wherein the toothed crown of the toothed wheel has a maximum width A and the web part has a minimum width B, each in the axial direction of the toothed wheel, wherein the maximum width A is larger than the minimum width B. The rounding is situated within a band that is calculated from the formula y=L*(K6*(K7*x)6+K5*(K7*x)5+K4*(K7*x)4+K3*(K7*x)3+K2*(K7*x)2+K1*(K7*x)1)+h and a bandwidth of ±50% of the height h, wherein: h=0.375*(A?B), L=2*h, K1=?3.5855/L, K2=5.4612/L, K3=?4.8237/L, K4=2.2556/L, K5=?0.5227/L, K6=0.0473/L, K7=3.36/L.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: Miba Sinter Austria GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang SCHIMPL, Markus SCHAUER, Alexander MUELLER
  • SUGAR-FREE HARD DRAGEE
    Publication number: 20190230953
    Abstract: The subject matter of the invention is a sugar-free hard dragee consisting of a compressed core and a hard coating completely surrounding the compressed core, wherein the hard dragee is sugar-free. The compressed core contains a mixture of erythritol. D-sorbitol and steviol whereas the hard coating contains a mixture of D-maltitol, erythritol and stevia/steviol. The hard dragees according to the invention surprisingly have a good compatibility in spite off the combination of sugar replacement substances and non-sugar sweeteners. Moreover, the compressed cores of the hard dragees according to the invention have a very good compressibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: ALEXANDER MÜLLER-VIVIL
  • Methods for parametric multi-channel encoding
    Patent number: 10360919
    Abstract: The present document relates to audio coding systems. In particular, the present document relates to efficient methods and systems for parametric multi-channel audio coding. An audio encoding system configured to generate a bitstream indicative of a downmix signal and spatial metadata for generating a multi-channel upmix signal from the downmix signal is described. The system comprises a downmix processing unit configured to generate the downmix signal from a multi-channel input signal; wherein the downmix signal comprises m channels and wherein the multi-channel input signal comprises n channels; n, m being integers with m<n. Furthermore, the system comprises a parameter processing unit configured to determine the spatial metadata from the multi-channel input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Dolby International AB
    Inventors: Tobias Friedrich, Alexander Mueller, Karsten Linzmeier, Claus-Christian Spenger, Tobias Wagenblass
  • 3D printer 3D printer, arrangement and additive manufacturing process
    Patent number: 10286571
    Abstract: A 3D printer 100 is described, which is configured to build up a three-dimensional component in layers by forming layers of particulate construction material lying one upon each other and by selectively solidifying a partial region of the respective construction material layer. The 3D printer 100 is configured to simultaneously build up one or more first three-dimensional components in a first construction space B1, which is arranged in the 3D printer, and one or more second three-dimensional components in a second construction space B2 which is arranged adjacent to the first construction space at a horizontal distance therefrom in the 3D printer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: ExOne GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Höchsmann, Alexander Müller, Sven Klaua
  • 3D Printer Having a Coating Device and a Coating Device Cleaning Device
    Publication number: 20190134907
    Abstract: The invention relates to a 3D printer (10) having a coater (30) and a coater-cleaning device (50). The coater (30) has a container (32), which defines an inner hollow space (34) for receiving particulate building material, and a discharge region (36) for discharging the particulate building material, said coater being movable into a cleaning position in which the coater is arranged above the coater-cleaning device (50). The coater-cleaning device (50) has a wiper element (52) for wiping the discharge region (36), said wiper element being formed from an absorbent material which is configured to receive a liquid cleaning agent inside the material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Rainer Hoechsmann, Helmut Ortmeier, Alexander Mueller, Peter Soehnel
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING A VALVE SEAT RING BY POWDER METALLURGY
    Publication number: 20190105714
    Abstract: A method for producing a valve seat ring via powder metallurgy may include compacting a powder mixture including 4% by weight to 16% by weight particles of cobalt to form the valve seat ring. The method may also include sintering the powder mixture after compacting the powder mixture. Before compacting the powder mixture, 80% of the particles of cobalt may have a particle diameter of approximately 4.4 ?m to 17.5 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Heiko Heckendorn, Alexander Mueller, Roland Scholl, Klaus Wintrich
  • Production of porous materials by the expansion of polymer gels
    Patent number: 10246568
    Abstract: A method for producing porous materials is disclosed. The porous materials can be produced by expansion of polymer gels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: SUMTEQ GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhard Strey, Roland Oberhoffer, Alexander Müller