Patents by Inventor Andre Mueller

Andre 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).

  • Publication number: 20240123783
    Abstract: A load introduction element (3) for a chassis component (1) of a chassis, having a receiving opening (5) for receiving a joint arrangement (6) and a spline (8) with teeth (9A, 9B) extending substantially axially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the load introduction element (3), The load introduction element (3) is made from a fiber-reinforced plastic semifinished product, and has flat blanks (13, 14, 15) of the plastic semifinished product which are arranged one above the other in layers in an assembly direction (AR) and form a base body (11) of the load introduction element (3), wherein the blanks (13, 14, 15) of the base body (11) have at least two different geometries with different preferential fiber directions (20, 21).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Andre STIEGLITZ, Ingolf MÜLLER, Eva Sophie JURGELEIT, Paul NIEMÖLLER
  • Patent number: 11958797
    Abstract: The application relates to a process for the preparation of a compound of formula (II) by cyclisation of a polyene of formula (I), and to an intermediate of formula (III). The obtained compounds are useful intermediates in the preparation of specific isoprenoids, preferably in the production of vitamin A and derivatives of vitamin A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventors: Fabrice Aquino, Werner Bonrath, Marc-André Mueller, Bettina Wuestenberg
  • Publication number: 20240116139
    Abstract: A production system for producing a medical device from a tube includes a tube positioning device for positioning the tube. The tube positioning device is configured to hold the tube such that a portion of the tube extends from the tube positioning device along a longitudinal direction. A guiding device is used to guide the portion of the tube, and a laser cutting device is used to form the medical device from the portion of the tube. The guiding device comprises a plurality of bearing elements each configured to abut the portion of the tube and each having a convex curvature in a plane spanned by the longitudinal direction and a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Ralf Klemm, André Neckin, Johannes Kuehn, Jens Mueller
  • Publication number: 20240109711
    Abstract: A container has an ophthalmic injector holding an intraocular lens and a first vessel at least partially filled with a fluid. The intraocular lens is surrounded by the fluid and the first vessel is provided with a lid which closes the first vessel in a fluid-tight manner and which is releasably connected to the first vessel. A second vessel is coupled to the first vessel. A fluid-tight closure is provided between the first vessel and the second vessel, wherein the lid is coupled to the closure by a coupler, and, when the lid is released from the first vessel, the closure is configured, via the coupler, to pass from a closed position to an open position, such that the fluid can flow from the first vessel into the second vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Marco Müller, Andre Wolfstein
  • Publication number: 20240100765
    Abstract: A method for producing a structural component part (1, 33) from a fiber-reinforced plastic according to a three-dimensional winding process. A threadlike fiber material (12) is supplied on at least one bobbin (18) and constructed as a towpreg semifinished product is wound around at least one filament carrier (11) in a winding pattern by a computer-controlled winding device. The towpreg semifinished product is a mixture (30) of a thermoset resin, a hardener, an accelerator and plastic fibers (29) embedded in the mixture (30). The fiber material (12) is guided on the filament carrier (11) by a guide element (24) having a circular outlet cross section and arranged at a fiber guide device (25), the fiber material (12) deflected by the guide element (24) when the winding pattern is formed. The fiber material (12) is brought in contact with the guide element (24) during a deflection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Ingolf MÜLLER, Holger BUBLIES, Andre STIEGLITZ
  • Publication number: 20240107214
    Abstract: Switch assemblies and network devices incorporating same. An example playback device includes a housing, one or more microphones, and a switch assembly configured to enable and disable the microphone(s). The switch assembly may include a slider cage coupled to the housing, an electrical actuator, and a sliding switch sub-assembly configured to slide laterally between first and second positions along a path constrained by the slider cage, the sliding switch sub-assembly including an actuator portion that extends through an opening in the housing to an exterior of the playback device and a translation component that converts lateral motion of the sliding switch sub-assembly between the first and second positions into vertical motion that activates the electrical actuator to enable the microphone(s) when the sliding switch sub-assembly is in the first position and deactivates the electrical actuator to disable the microphone(s) when the sliding switch sub-assembly is in the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Mueller, Riley Stenstrom, Charles LaColla, Andres Huertas
  • Publication number: 20240092753
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new process for the production of specific intermediates, which are preferably used in the production of vitamin A, vitamin A acetate, or ?-carotene and derivatives thereof, e.g. canthaxanthin, astaxanthin or zeaxanthin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Werner BONRATH, Jonathan Alan MEDLOCK, Marc-André MUELLER, Bettina WUESTENBERG
  • Patent number: 11932108
    Abstract: A display panel with a first panel side and a second panel side is included in a display device. The display panel displays at least one graphic display object. The display panel includes a first layer which is a pixel matrix and a second layer which includes a plurality of predetermined primary subareas. The display device includes control circuitry to enable the displaying of the graphic display object based on a predefined display alignment in one of a first orientation and a second orientation. The control circuitry adjusts a respective light transmission to a predetermined individual degree for each of the predetermined primary subareas independent of each other based on a physical environment condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Jacques Helot, Ulrich Mueller, Immo Redeker, Joris Mertens, Michael Herter, André Georgi
  • Publication number: 20240077714
    Abstract: A microscopy system includes a tracking camera for pose detection of a marker, a device configured to determine a working distance, a movable optical element, the pose of which can be changed to set a capture region of the tracking camera and/or at least two tracking illumination devices, at least one optical element for beam guidance of the radiation generated by the tracking illumination devices, and a controller configured to control the movable optical element and/or the tracking illumination devices, in which the pose of the movable optical element can be set based on the working distance and/or in which an operating mode and/or an illumination region of the tracking illumination devices can be set based on the working distance. In addition, a method for operating a microscopy system is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas Raab, Jonathan Essig, Stefan Ernsperger, Natalie Krieg, Andrè Müller
  • Publication number: 20230418036
    Abstract: A surgical microscope includes an optical assembly to image an object plane with a microscope main objective system, through which a first stereoscopic partial beam path with a first optical axis and a second stereoscopic partial beam path with a second optical axis pass. An illumination device includes a light source assembly to provide illumination light in a luminous plane, with a radiant field stop, and an illumination optical unit which at least partially images a luminous object arranged in the luminous plane in the illumination beam path into a luminous image plane located in the microscope main objective system or for the vertical distance z of which from the microscope main objective system on the side facing the object region or the side facing away from the object region, in relation to a focal length f of the microscope main objective system, the following applies: z/f<10%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel Kolster, Manuel Steidle, Peter Reimer, André Mueller, Franz Merz
  • Patent number: 11851402
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new dehydrogenation process of specific compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventors: Werner Bonrath, Marc-André Mueller, Bettina Wuestenberg
  • Patent number: 11851404
    Abstract: Processes for synthesizing new compounds that may usefully be employed in organic synthesis, especially in the synthesis of vitamin A or ?-carotene and derivatives thereof, e.g. canthaxanthin, astaxanthin or zeaxanthin are disclosed. The new compounds are especially useful as intermediates (building blocks) in the synthesis of vitamin A or ?-carotene, preferably vitamin A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventors: Raphael Beumer, Werner Bonrath, Marc-André Mueller, Bettina Wüestenberg
  • Publication number: 20230343688
    Abstract: A power semiconductor module includes a first and second insulating substrate, which is arranged parallel to and at a distance from the first insulating substrate. The first insulating substrate and the second insulating substrate each include an insulating layer, an inner metallization layer, and an outer metallization layer. The power semiconductor module also includes a first cooling device, which is arranged thermally conductively on the outer metallization layer of the first insulating substrate, a second cooling device, which is arranged thermally conductively on the outer metallization layer of the second insulating substrate. The power semiconductor module also includes a power semiconductor, arranged between the first insulating substrate and the second insulating substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Maximilian BARKOW, Patrick FUCHS, Timijan VELIC, Bernd ECKARDT, Maximilian HOFMANN, Hubert RAUH, Andre MUELLER, Benjamin BAYER, Jordan SORGE
  • Publication number: 20230297361
    Abstract: A method ascertains a drive clearance after a software update for a set of controllers of a vehicle. The method includes determining a first deviation between the first target state and the first actual state of the software updated. If the first deviation indicates, then a second deviation between the second target state of the set of second target states and the second actual state of the set of second actual states for a first controller is determined. The first controller is linked to a class from a specified controller classification, and one or more properties of controllers are linked to each class of the specified controller classes. If a second deviation indicates, and if a property of the ascertained class of the first controller indicates that the first controller can be downgraded, then the first controller is downgraded after the software update.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Gunther Buecherl, Tobias Kraeker, Andre Mueller
  • Publication number: 20230241986
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for charging and for holding a battery-powered vehicle (20, 30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Per-Simon Saal, Andre Müller, Peter Bredemeier, Claus-Martin Mündel, Stefan Honerkamp
  • Publication number: 20230192605
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new process for the production of specific intermediates, which are preferably used in the production of vitamin A and/or vitamin A acetate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Werner BONRATH, Marc-André MUELLER, Bettina WUESTENBERG
  • Publication number: 20230142429
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new process for the production of new specific intermediates, which are preferably used in the production of vitamin A, vitamin A acetate, or ?-carotene and derivatives thereof, e.g. canthaxanthin, astaxanthin or zeaxanthin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Werner BONRATH, Marc-André MUELLER, Bettina WUESTENBERG, Viktor ZIMMERMANN
  • Publication number: 20230125156
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new process for the production of vitamin A and/or its derivatives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Werner BONRATH, Marc-André MUELLER, Bettina WUESTENBERG, Viktor ZIMMERMANN
  • Publication number: 20230090098
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the functionalisation of specific 1,3-alpha-dienes. These functionalized 1,3-alpha-dienes are important intermediates in organic synthe-sis (especially in the synthesis of carotenoids, vitamin A and/or vitamin A derivatives).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Werner BONRATH, Marc-André MUELLER, Bettina WUESTENBERG
  • Publication number: 20230068017
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new compound and the dehydrogenation of that compound to produce retinal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Werner BONRATH, Marc-André MUELLER, Bettina WUESTENBERG, Viktor ZIMMERMANN