Patents by Inventor Bernd Scheufele

Bernd Scheufele 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: 20250033052
    Abstract: A microfluidic device for mechanically splitting, in particular aided by enzymatic cleaving, of three-dimensional agglomerates to individual structures and/or agglomerate fragments is disclosed. The device has a first fluidic connection and a second fluidic connection and a first microfluidic channel which is located between the first and the second fluidic connection and which has at least one narrow portion in which three-dimensional agglomerates can be mechanically split by friction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Michael Stumber, Bernd Scheufele, Tabea Hein, Carina Schuessler
  • Publication number: 20210027756
    Abstract: A sound transducer, which includes a diaphragm cup, a transducer element, and a housing. The diaphragm cup includes a diaphragm and a wall. The diaphragm, the wall of the diaphragm cup, and at least a part of the housing are formed in one piece from a plastic. In at least one first area of the diaphragm cup, the plastic is filled with a first filler. An ultrasonic sensor including the sound transducer is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Andre Gerlach, Bernd Scheufele, Johannes Henneberg, Marko Liebler
  • Publication number: 20200294481
    Abstract: A sound transducer, in particular for an ultrasonic sensor, is described, which includes a housing, at least one decoupling element and a functional group. The functional group includes a diaphragm cup and at least one electroacoustic converter element. The diaphragm cup includes a vibratable diaphragm and a circumferential wall as well as at least one electroacoustic converter element, the converter element being configured to excite the diaphragm to vibrations and/or to convert vibrations of the diaphragm into electrical signals. The diaphragm cup and at least one part of the housing are made from a plastic material. The decoupling element is configured to vibration-mechanically decouple the diaphragm cup and/or the at least one part of the housing from outer surroundings of the sound transducer. The decoupling element is integrated into the diaphragm cup, in particular into the wall of the diaphragm cup, and/or the at least one part of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Andre Gerlach, Bernd Scheufele, Johannes Henneberg, Marko Liebler