Patents by Inventor Andreas Muller
Andreas Muller 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).
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Publication number: 20250146123Abstract: A vapor source for depositing an evaporated material on a substrate is provided. The vapor source includes a vapor distribution pipe with a plurality of nozzles, wherein at least one nozzle of the plurality of nozzles includes a nozzle body with a nozzle channel extending along a nozzle axis for releasing evaporated material through a nozzle orifice; and a shielding portion connected to and in thermal contact with the nozzle body, the shielding portion having an aperture for passage of a low-angle part of the evaporated material toward a substrate. At least one lateral opening is provided between the shielding portion and the nozzle body for passage of a high-angle part of the evaporated material, particularly toward a wall of a material collector. Further described are a nozzle for a vapor source and a method of depositing an evaporated material on a substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2022Publication date: May 8, 2025Inventors: Julian AULBACH, Andreas MÜLLER, Andreas LOPP
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Patent number: 12286015Abstract: Powertrain, including an inverter unit, inverter housing, electric motor, electric motor housing, and a reducing gear. The inverter unit having an inverter configured for converting direct current to alternating current. The inverter housing defining an inverter housing interior volume accommodating the inverter. The reducing gear unit has a reducing gear and a reducing gear cover surrounding the reducing gear. The reducing gear defines an output reducing gear axis that is parallel to the motor axis. The reducing gear cover and the inverter housing are arranged at opposite ends of the electric motor with respect to the motor axis. The inverter housing includes a cut-out that defines a cut-out region fully contained within a convex hull of the inverter housing, wherein the cut-out region is disjoint from the inverter housing interior volume. The output reducing gear axis passes through the cut-out region without passing through the inverter housing interior volume.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2023Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: Brusa Elektronik AGInventors: Axel Krause, Pascal Haltner, Simon Islinger, Nikola Ivancic, Andreas Müller, Martin Breu, Lukas Böhler, Konrad Zegula
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Publication number: 20250118028Abstract: Example embodiments described herein relate to an augmented-reality system to generate and cause display of interactive augmented reality content at a client device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2024Publication date: April 10, 2025Inventors: David Li, Piers George Cowburn, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik, Qi Pan
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Patent number: 12272516Abstract: The disclosure relates, inter alia, to a rotary anode bearing assembly for an X-ray tube comprising at least one bearing outer ring and rolling elements arranged within the at least one bearing outer ring, which rolling elements roll on the at least one bearing outer ring and enclose a radially inner receiving space for receiving a rotor of an X-ray tube; comprising a bearing housing in which the at least one bearing outer ring is mounted, wherein the bearing housing circumferentially surrounds the at least one bearing outer ring. The rotary anode bearing assembly according to the disclosure includes an end face of at least one bearing outer ring or of a caulking ring axially adjoining the bearing outer ring is caulked to an end face of the bearing housing by plastic deformation of material of the bearing housing and/or of the bearing outer ring and/or of the caulking ring.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2022Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.Inventors: Florian Weber, Peter Andreas Muller, Alfred Sipple
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Publication number: 20250109959Abstract: Example embodiments described herein therefore relate to an AR guidance system to perform operations that include: detecting a client device at a location within a geo-fenced area, wherein the geo-fenced area may include within it, a destination of interest; determining a route to the destination of interest from the location of the client device within the geo-fenced area; causing display of a presentation of an environment within an AR interface at the client device; detecting a display of real-world signage within the presentation of the environment; generating a media item in response to the detecting the display of the signage within the presentation of the environment, wherein the media item is based on the route to the destination of interest; and causing display of the media item within the AR interface based on the position of the signage within the presentation of the environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2024Publication date: April 3, 2025Inventors: Piers George Cowburn, David Li, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik, Qi Pan
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Patent number: 12266062Abstract: An augmented reality system to generate and cause display of a presentation of a space at a first client device, receive one or more selections of points within the presentation of the space at the first client device, and render graphical elements at the one or more points within the presentation of the space at the first client device. The augmented reality system is further configured to receive a display request to display the space at a second client device, and in response, may render a second presentation of the space at the second client device, wherein the second presentation of the space includes the graphical elements at the one or more points.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2023Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Piers George Cowburn, Qi Pan, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik
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Publication number: 20250095309Abstract: A crowd-sourced modeling system to perform operations that include: receiving image data that comprises image attributes; accessing a 3D model based on at least the image attributes of the image data, wherein the 3D model comprises a plurality of parts that collectively depict an object or environment; identifying a change in the object or environment based on a comparison of the image data with the plurality of parts of the 3D model, the change corresponding to a part of the 3D model from among the plurality of parts; and generating an update to the part of the 3D model based on the image attributes of the image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Inventors: Piers Cowburn, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik, Qi Pan, David Li
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Publication number: 20250095203Abstract: Method for creating marker-based shared augmented reality (AR) session starts with initializing a shared AR session by a first device and by a second device. The first device displays on a display a marker. The second device detects the marker using a camera included in the second device and captures an image of the marker using the camera. The second device determines a transformation between the first device and the second device using the image of the marker. A common coordinate frame is then determined using the transformation, the shared AR session is generated using the common coordinate frame, and the shared AR session is caused to be displayed by the first device and by the second device. Other embodiments are described herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Inventors: Piers Cowburn, David Li, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik, Qi Pan, Matan Zohar
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Patent number: 12248873Abstract: A computer-implemented method for generating a synthetic training data set for training a machine learning computer vision model for performing at least one user defined computer vision task, in which spatially resolved sensor data are processed and evaluated with respect to at least one user defined object of interest, including receiving at least one model of a user defined object of interest; determining at least one render parameter and multiple render parameters; generating a set of training images by rendering the at least one model of the object of interest based on the at least one render parameter; generating annotation data for the set of training images with respect to the at least one object of interest; and providing a training data set including the set of training images and the annotation data for being output to the user and/or for training the computer vision model.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2022Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Pooja Rangarajan, Nikhil Gupta, Andre Breitenfeld, Andreas Müller, Sebastian Schulz, Sheng Ling, Thomas Kammerlocher, Fabian Baier
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Publication number: 20250052346Abstract: The invention relates to a pipe connector for tightly connecting a first pipe end to a second pipe end, with a sleeve-like base body which has a first receptacle for inserting a first pipe end and a second receptacle for inserting a second pipe end, with first retaining elements in the area of the first receptacle, which are designed to fixate a first pipe end inserted into the first receptacle in the first receptacle after the pipe connector has been pressed, and with second retaining elements in the area of the second receptacle, which are designed to fixate a second pipe end inserted into the first receptacle after the pipe connector has been pressed, wherein the base body is formed from a plurality of base body segments arranged next to one another in the circumferential direction. The invention further relates to a use of the pipe connector and to a method for tightly connecting a first pipe end to a second pipe end.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2024Publication date: February 13, 2025Inventors: Andreas Müller, Klaus Schröder, Nadine Riili, Karsten Bohr, Natascha Kaufmann
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Publication number: 20250052345Abstract: A pipe connector for tightly connecting a first pipe end to a second pipe end, with a sleeve-like base body which has a first receptacle for inserting a first pipe end and a second receptacle for inserting a second pipe end, with first retaining elements in the area of the first receptacle, which are designed to fixate a first pipe end inserted into the first receptacle in the first receptacle after the pipe connector has been pressed. The second retaining elements in the area of the second receptacle, which are designed to fixate a second pipe end inserted into the first receptacle after the pipe connector has been pressed. One or more bridge retaining elements are provided, wherein a bridge retaining element extends in each case from the area of the first receptacle to the area of the second receptacle and forms at least one of the first retaining elements and at least one of the second retaining elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2024Publication date: February 13, 2025Inventors: Andreas Müller, Klaus Schröder, Nadine Riili, Karsten Bohr, Natascha Kaufmann
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Patent number: 12211157Abstract: A crowd-sourced modeling system to perform operations that include: receiving image data that comprises image attributes; accessing a 3D model based on at least the image attributes of the image data, wherein the 3D model comprises a plurality of parts that collectively depict an object or environment; identifying a change in the object or environment based on a comparison of the image data with the plurality of parts of the 3D model, the change corresponding to a part of the 3D model from among the plurality of parts; and generating an update to the part of the 3D model based on the image attributes of the image data.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2023Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Piers Cowburn, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik, Qi Pan, David Li
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Patent number: 12211148Abstract: Example embodiments described herein relate to an augmented-reality system to generate and cause display of interactive augmented reality content at a client device.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2023Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: David Li, Piers Cowburn, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik, Qi Pan
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Patent number: 12203768Abstract: Example embodiments described herein therefore relate to an AR guidance system to perform operations that include: detecting a client device at a location within a geo-fenced area, wherein the geo-fenced area may include within it, a destination of interest; determining a route to the destination of interest from the location of the client device within the geo-fenced area; causing display of a presentation of an environment within an AR interface at the client device; detecting a display of real-world signage within the presentation of the environment; generating a media item in response to the detecting the display of the signage within the presentation of the environment, wherein the media item is based on the route to the destination of interest; and causing display of the media item within the AR interface based on the position of the signage within the presentation of the environment.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2022Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Piers Cowburn, David Li, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik, Qi Pan
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Patent number: 12193655Abstract: A suture anchor includes a material having thermoplastic properties and is fixated in a hard tissue opening by liquefying at least part of this material and letting it penetrate into walls of the hard tissue opening. During the named fixation and preferably towards the end of it, the suture being held in a distal suture conduit is locked relative to the hard tissue by being clamped between the suture anchor and the wall of the hard tissue opening or by being clamped or braked through collapse of the suture conduit.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2021Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: SPORTWELDING GMBHInventors: Jörg Mayer, Andrea Müller, Mario Lehmann, Stephanie Goebel-Mehl, Milica Berra, Andreas Wenger
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Patent number: 12198376Abstract: Method for creating marker-based shared augmented reality (AR) session starts with initializing a shared AR session by a first device and by a second device. The first device displays on a display a marker. The second device detects the marker using a camera included in the second device and captures an image of the marker using the camera. The second device determines a transformation between the first device and the second device using the image of the marker. A common coordinate frame is then determined using the transformation, the shared AR session is generated using the common coordinate frame, and the shared AR session is caused to be displayed by the first device and by the second device. Other embodiments are described herein.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2023Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Piers Cowburn, David Li, Isac Andreas Müller Sandvik, Qi Pan, Matan Zohar
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Patent number: 12178480Abstract: A system for establishing an anchorage or augmentation in hard tissue with the aid of a material having thermoplastic properties, which is brought to the site of the anchorage or reinforcement in a solid state, is liquefied in situ, and, in a liquefied state, is displaced to contact the object. The system includes a housing with a proximal housing part and mounted therein, a transmitting piece possibly coupled to an energy source and a driver spring, a distal housing part releasably coupled to the proximal housing part, a permeable sleeve couplable to the distal housing part, and a thermoplastic element positionable in the permeable sleeve. The two housing parts, the transmitting piece, the driver spring and the permeable sleeve form a closed load frame in which the thermoplastic element is compressed between the transmitting piece and the permeable sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2019Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: WOODWELDING AGInventors: Andrea Müller, Andrè Schwery, Philipp Bernhard, Mario Weiss
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Patent number: 12161528Abstract: An approach for attaching a superstructure, such as a crown, to an abutment by an approach that includes causing thermoplastic material to become flowable due to mechanical energy input, and to flow relative to an attachment structure to secure the superstructure and crown together.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2019Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: WOODWELDING AGInventors: Andrea Müller, Jörg Mayer
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Patent number: 12137930Abstract: A system to be used for transmitting ultrasonic vibration, the system including a sonotrode designed to vibrate in a stationary wave having at least one node position between the distal end and the proximal end of the sonotrode, and a guide shaft with a through opening. During operation the sonotrode extends through the through opening of the guide shaft and the distal end of the guide shaft is situated on a distal side of the most distal node position of the sonotrode. The sonotrode and the guide shaft are adapted to each other for radial clearance between the sonotrode and the guide shaft to be a minimum for a sonotrode portion comprising the most distal node position.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2019Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: WOODWELDING AGInventors: Andrea Müller, Andrè Schwery
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Patent number: 12138939Abstract: A device for adjusting a printing head includes a step-by-step switching mechanism, an actuator for shifting the step-by-step switching mechanism, and a locking disk supported for rotation. A first shifting tongue is provided for incrementally rotating the locking disk in a first direction of rotation. The first shifting tongue has two elongated holes for guidance purposes, one of which has a lateral recess. It is thus possible to adjust printing heads with a high degree of accuracy while saving time and costs. The device is preferably implemented in industrial inkjet printing.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2024Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AGInventor: Andreas Müller