Patents by Inventor Benjamin MUELLER

Benjamin 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: 20250019361
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the compounds of formula (I), wherein the variables are defined as given in the description and claims. The invention further relates to their use and composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Wassilios Grammenos, Bernd Mueller, Philipp Georg Werner Seeberger, Benjamin Juergen Merget, Tim Alexander Stoesser, Ronan Le Vezouet, Jan Klaas Lohmann, Dorothee Sophia Ziegler, Amin Minakar, Nadine Riediger, Andreas Koch
  • Publication number: 20240310525
    Abstract: A laser scanner and a system with a laser scanner for measuring an environment. The laser scanner includes an optical distance measuring device, a support, a beam steering unit rotatably fixed to the support which rotates around a beam axis of rotation. The beam steering unit includes a mirrored surface which deflects radiation used in the optical distance measurement and an angle encoder for recording angle data. The optical distance measurement is performed by a progressive rotation of the beam steering unit about the beam axis of rotation and the continuous emission of a distance measurement radiation, the emission being made through an outlet area arranged in the direction of the mirrored surface on the support, the receiving optics for receiving radiation are 10 arranged on the support, and wherein the outlet area has a lateral offset with respect to the optical axis of the receiving optics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Simon MARK, Klaus BEREUTER, Benjamin MÜLLER, Roman STEFFEN, Burkhard BÖCKEM, Jürgen DOLD, Jochen SCHEJA, Lukas HEINZLE, Charles Leopold Elisabeth DUMOULIN
  • Patent number: 12055634
    Abstract: A laser scanner and a system with a laser scanner for measuring an environment. The laser scanner includes an optical distance measuring device, a support, a beam steering unit rotatably fixed to the support which rotates around a beam axis of rotation. The beam steering unit includes a mirrored surface which deflects radiation used in the optical distance measurement and an angle encoder for recording angle data. The optical distance measurement is performed by a progressive rotation of the beam steering unit about the beam axis of rotation and the continuous emission of a distance measurement radiation, the emission being made through an outlet area arranged in the direction of the mirrored surface on the support, the receiving optics for receiving radiation are arranged on the support, and wherein the outlet area has a lateral offset with respect to the optical axis of the receiving optics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Simon Mark, Klaus Bereuter, Benjamin Müller, Roman Steffen, Burkhard Böckem, Jürgen Dold, Jochen Scheja, Lukas Heinzle, Charles Leopold Elisabeth Dumoulin
  • Patent number: 12018942
    Abstract: A geodetic surveying instrument to move a measurement light beam into a desired measurement direction in space, comprising at least one movement axis which is motorized, providing a positioning of the measurement direction of the geodetic surveying instrument, and an instrument-encoder at the movement axis configured for deriving the measurement direction as a measurement value of the geodetic surveying instrument. The geodetic surveying instrument comprises a transmission link of the movement axis of the geodetic surveying instrument to a motor axis of a stepper motor, which transmission link is configured with a gear reduction and a slipping clutch arrangement, and wherein the stepper motor comprises a rotational motor-encoder on its motor-axis and is driven by a motor controller that provides a field oriented control of phase currents of the stepper motor, which field orientation is derived based on the rotational motor-encoder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Benjamin Müller, Thomas Lienhard Schmitt, Christoph Herbst, Hannes Martin Wachter
  • Publication number: 20240128099
    Abstract: The substrates supported in substrate holders are carried on holder carriers in a manner, that their extended surfaces are exposed to the surrounding atmosphere along an extended surface of the holder carriers. The holder carriers include an axis traverse to their extended surface. The substrates on a holder carrier are vacuum treated in a vacuum treatment chamber. This chamber communicates via a gate valve with a transfer vacuum chamber. A holder carrier with substrates in the vacuum treatment chamber is exchanged with a holder carrier carrying untreated substrates from the transfer vacuum chamber 23 by means of an exchange robot. During treatment in the vacuum treatment chamber, holder carriers with treated substrates and holder carriers with untreated substrates are exchanged in the transfer vacuum chamber through a gate valve. The transfer vacuum chamber acts as a load-lock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Marco STUPAN, Lukas EPPRECHT, Alexander GABATHULER, Stefan HUGGENBERGER, Benjamin MÜLLER
  • Publication number: 20230415389
    Abstract: A method for producing a fibrous composite material component, in particular for a vehicle. According to the method, at least one dry woven fabric layer is initially provided, wherein the woven fabric layer includes carbon fibers. A binder is then applied to the woven fabric layer. Further, the woven fabric layer is reshaped into a preform layer, wherein the binder is activated during the reshaping and the woven fabric is stabilized in the reshaped shape. The preform layer is then applied to further woven fabric layers in order to strengthen the shape. The connection of the preform layer and the further woven fabric layers thus results in a preform, which is inserted into a molding tool for carrying out an RTM process. Then, the RTM process is carried out in order to obtain a fibrous composite material component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thiemo Erb, Benjamin Müller
  • Publication number: 20230314616
    Abstract: A laser scanner and a system with a laser scanner for measuring an environment. The laser scanner includes an optical distance measuring device, a support, a beam steering unit rotatably fixed to the support which rotates around a beam axis of rotation. The beam steering unit includes a mirrored surface which deflects radiation used in the optical distance measurement and an angle encoder for recording angle data. The optical distance measurement is performed by a progressive rotation of the beam steering unit about the beam axis of rotation and the continuous emission of a distance measurement radiation, the emission being made through an outlet area arranged in the direction of the mirrored surface on the support, the receiving optics for receiving radiation are arranged on the support, and wherein the outlet area has a lateral offset with respect to the optical axis of the receiving optics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Simon MARK, Klaus BEREUTER, Benjamin MÜLLER, Roman STEFFEN, Burkhard BÖCKEM, Jürgen DOLD, Jochen SCHEJA, Lukas HEINZLE, Charles Leopold Elisabeth DUMOULIN
  • Publication number: 20230305158
    Abstract: A laser scanner and a system with a laser scanner for measuring an environment. The laser scanner includes an optical distance measuring device, a support, a beam steering unit rotatably fixed to the support which rotates around a beam axis of rotation. The beam steering unit includes a mirrored surface which deflects radiation used in the optical distance measurement and an angle encoder for recording angle data. The optical distance measurement is performed by a progressive rotation of the beam steering unit about the beam axis of rotation and the continuous emission of a distance measurement radiation, the emission being made through an outlet area arranged in the direction of the mirrored surface on the support, the receiving optics for receiving radiation are arranged on the support, and wherein the outlet area has a lateral offset with respect to the optical axis of the receiving optics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Simon MARK, Klaus BEREUTER, Benjamin MÜLLER, Roman STEFFEN, Burkhard BÖCKEM, Jürgen DOLD, Jochen SCHEJA, Lukas HEINZLE, Charles Leopold Elisabeth DUMOULIN
  • Publication number: 20230305157
    Abstract: A laser scanner and a system with a laser scanner for measuring an environment. The laser scanner includes an optical distance measuring device, a support, a beam steering unit rotatably fixed to the support which rotates around a beam axis of rotation. The beam steering unit includes a mirrored surface which deflects radiation used in the optical distance measurement and an angle encoder for recording angle data. The optical distance measurement is performed by a progressive rotation of the beam steering unit about the beam axis of rotation and the continuous emission of a distance measurement radiation, the emission being made through an outlet area arranged in the direction of the mirrored surface on the support, the receiving optics for receiving radiation are arranged on the support, and wherein the outlet area has a lateral offset with respect to the optical axis of the receiving optics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Simon MARK, Klaus BEREUTER, Benjamin MÜLLER, Roman STEFFEN, Burkhard BÖCKEM, Jürgen DOLD, Jochen SCHEJA, Lukas HEINZLE, Charles Leopold Elisabeth DUMOULIN
  • Publication number: 20230296777
    Abstract: A laser scanner and a system with a laser scanner for measuring an environment. The laser scanner includes an optical distance measuring device, a support, a beam steering unit rotatably fixed to the support which rotates around a beam axis of rotation. The beam steering unit includes a mirrored surface which deflects radiation used in the optical distance measurement and an angle encoder for recording angle data. The optical distance measurement is performed by a progressive rotation of the beam steering unit about the beam axis of rotation and the continuous emission of a distance measurement radiation, the emission being made through an outlet area arranged in the direction of the mirrored surface on the support, the receiving optics for receiving radiation are arranged on the support, and wherein the outlet area has a lateral offset with respect to the optical axis of the receiving optics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Simon MARK, Klaus BEREUTER, Benjamin MÜLLER, Roman STEFFEN, Burkhard BÖCKEM, Jürgen DOLD, Jochen SCHEJA, Lukas HEINZLE, Charles Leopold Elisabeth DUMOULIN
  • Publication number: 20230296778
    Abstract: A laser scanner and a system with a laser scanner for measuring an environment. The laser scanner includes an optical distance measuring device, a support, a beam steering unit rotatably fixed to the support which rotates around a beam axis of rotation. The beam steering unit includes a mirrored surface which deflects radiation used in the optical distance measurement and an angle encoder for recording angle data. The optical distance measurement is performed by a progressive rotation of the beam steering unit about the beam axis of rotation and the continuous emission of a distance measurement radiation, the emission being made through an outlet area arranged in the direction of the mirrored surface on the support, the receiving optics for receiving radiation are arranged on the support, and wherein the outlet area has a lateral offset with respect to the optical axis of the receiving optics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Simon MARK, Klaus BEREUTER, Benjamin MÜLLER, Roman STEFFEN, Burkhard BÖCKEM, Jürgen DOLD, Jochen SCHEJA, Lukas HEINZLE, Charles Leopold Elisabeth DUMOULIN
  • Publication number: 20230296779
    Abstract: A laser scanner and a system with a laser scanner for measuring an environment. The laser scanner includes an optical distance measuring device, a support, a beam steering unit rotatably fixed to the support which rotates around a beam axis of rotation. The beam steering unit includes a mirrored surface which deflects radiation used in the optical distance measurement and an angle encoder for recording angle data. The optical distance measurement is performed by a progressive rotation of the beam steering unit about the beam axis of rotation and the continuous emission of a distance measurement radiation, the emission being made through an outlet area arranged in the direction of the mirrored surface on the support, the receiving optics for receiving radiation are arranged on the support, and wherein the outlet area has a lateral offset with respect to the optical axis of the receiving optics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Simon MARK, Klaus BEREUTER, Benjamin MÜLLER, Roman STEFFEN, Burkhard BÖCKEM, Jürgen DOLD, Jochen SCHEJA, Lukas HEINZLE, Charles Leopold Elisabeth DUMOULIN
  • Patent number: 11703597
    Abstract: A laser scanner and a system with a laser scanner for measuring an environment. The laser scanner includes an optical distance measuring device, a support, a beam steering unit rotatably fixed to the support which rotates around a beam axis of rotation. The beam steering unit includes a mirrored surface which deflects radiation used in the optical distance measurement and an angle encoder for recording angle data. The optical distance measurement is performed by a progressive rotation of the beam steering unit about the beam axis of rotation and the continuous emission of a distance measurement radiation, the emission being made through an outlet area arranged in the direction of the mirrored surface on the support, the receiving optics for receiving radiation are arranged on the support, and wherein the outlet area has a lateral offset with respect to the optical axis of the receiving optics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Simon Mark, Klaus Bereuter, Benjamin Müller, Roman Steffen, Burkhard Böckem, Jürgen Dold, Jochen Scheja, Lukas Heinzle, Charles Leopold Elisabeth Dumoulin
  • Patent number: 11655914
    Abstract: A method of reducing the pressure of a liquid includes the steps of providing a conduit containing a packing material, such that a large number of small passages are formed in the packing material, and passing the liquid through the conduit and the packing material. The amount of packing material through which the liquid flows can be varied to vary the pressure drop experienced by the liquid passing through the packing material. The reduction in pressure achieved may be stepwise (discrete) or continuous. The method may be used to reduce the pressure of an aqueous polymer solution for use in a polymer flood technique for oil extraction, and allows the pressure to be reduced without damage to the polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Equinor Energy AS
    Inventors: Christian Rosenkilde, Patrick Benjamin Müller
  • Publication number: 20220301843
    Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus for increasing a number concentration of molecules of an analyte of interest in real time from a sample gas flow containing ionised molecules of the analyte, aerosol particles and other molecules, the apparatus comprising: an ion-concentrating chamber having: an inlet for receiving the sample gas flow; an ion outlet; and at least one other outlet; the ion-concentrating chamber being connected or connectable to a gas flow generating and controlling device for establishing a gas flow velocity field within the ion-concentrating chamber to direct the aerosol particles and other molecules of the sample gas flow to the at least one other outlet; and one or more electrodes arranged in an axially spaced apart manner along the ion-concentrating chamber for creating an electric field within the ion-concentrating chamber to direct the ionised analyte molecules in the sample gas flow to the ion outlet, wherein the electrodes are configured such that an absolute value of the stren
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: ANCON TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Boris Zachar GORBUNOV, Michael Douglas BURTON, David Benjamin MÜLLER
  • Patent number: 11315777
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and apparatus subjecting an analyte in an ion concentrating chamber to an electric and velocity field to concentrate analyte ions into a smaller space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: ANCON TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Boris Zachar Gorbunov, Michael Douglas Burton, David Benjamin Müller
  • Publication number: 20210222796
    Abstract: A method of reducing the pressure of a liquid includes the steps of providing a conduit containing a packing material, such that a large number of small passages are formed in the packing material, and passing the liquid through the conduit and the packing material. The amount of packing material through which the liquid flows can be varied to vary the pressure drop experienced by the liquid passing through the packing material. The reduction in pressure achieved may be stepwise (discrete) or continuous. The method may be used to reduce the pressure of an aqueous polymer solution for use in a polymer flood technique for oil extraction, and allows the pressure to be reduced without damage to the polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: Equinor Energy AS
    Inventors: Christian Rosenkilde, Patrick Benjamin Müller
  • Publication number: 20210183633
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for increasing the number concentration of molecules of an analyte of interest in real time from a sample gas flow containing the analyte and other molecules; the method comprising: (a) when the analyte molecules of interest in the sample gas flow are non-ionised or are not ionised to a desired extent, exposing the sample gas flow to an ionising entity to bring about formation of ions of the analyte and then passing the sample gas flow through an ion-concentrating chamber; or (b) when the analyte molecules of interest in the sample gas flow are already ionised, passing the sample gas flow through an ion-concentrating chamber without first exposing the sample gas flow to an ionising entity; whereby, in the ion-concentrating chamber, analyte ions and other molecules are subjected to an electric field and a velocity field such that analyte ions are concentrated by the combined effects of the electric field and velocity field into a smaller space; wherein the ion-concentrating c
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: ANCON TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Boris Zachar GORBUNOV, Michael Douglas BURTON, David Benjamin MÜLLER
  • Patent number: 10981337
    Abstract: A process for producing a component from a fiber-reinforced plastic with a thermoset matrix. The process includes the steps providing a first and second thermoset prepreg layer, producing a cutout in the first thermoset prepreg layer, providing a thermoplastic layer in the semifinished product between the first and the second thermoset prepreg layer in the region of the cutout, and manufacturing the component with a first and second thermoset layer and a thermoplastic layer in the region of the cutout, where the thermoplastic layer is locked between the two thermoset layers. The component may be used in a vehicle, where the component has been produced from a fiber-reinforced plastic with a thermoset matrix by the abovementioned process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Inventors: Ing. Thiemo Erb, Markus Brunner, Benjamin Müller, Kersten Hauschildt
  • Patent number: D939367
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: FARO TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Axel Ruhland, Jonas Bader, Benjamin Müller, Matthias Gramenz