Patents by Inventor Christian Muller

Christian 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).

  • Publication number: 20200331713
    Abstract: A storage apparatus for bulk material, in particular wood chips, is provided, the storage apparatus including a bunker for receiving the bulk material and a conveyor apparatus for transporting the bulk material. The conveyor apparatus is arranged within the bunker. The conveyor apparatus is a belt conveyor for transporting the bulk material. A method of controlling uniform filling of a bunker of a storage apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Jan Woltermann, Christian Muller
  • Publication number: 20200280201
    Abstract: The subject-matter relates to a charging unit having a basic body, a housing at least partially surrounding the basic body, and a display device for displaying a status which is visible at least on the front side of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: innogy SE
    Inventors: Stefan HELNERUS, Jürgen WAFFNER, Christian MÜLLER-WINTERBERG
  • Patent number: 10743674
    Abstract: An electromotive dual drive for adjustment of two different furniture parts of a piece of furniture includes a housing having opposite end sections. Each end section is formed with a shaft holder for receiving a pivot shaft of the piece of furniture. Two drive units are arranged one behind another in the housing in a longitudinal direction, with each drive unit including a drive motor, a transmission, and a spindle drive including a spindle which acts on an output member operably connected to a respective one of the pivot shafts. The spindles and/or the output members of the drive units are sized of different lengths, and the drive motor of one of the drive units and the drive motor of the other one of the drive units are spaced from the shaft holders, respectively, at different distances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: DewertOkin GmbH
    Inventors: Hartmut Klimm, Heinrich Dück, Christian Müller
  • Publication number: 20200227903
    Abstract: The subject-matter relates to a charging box unit, comprising a base body, and a plug connection for the connection of one or more inputs and/or outputs, which is characterized in that the plug connection being arranged on an outwardly directed side of a base body of the charging box unit, wherein the plug connection is formed for connection to a corresponding socket connection of a charging station. Furthermore, the subject-matter relates to a charging station comprising an objective charging box unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Stefan Helnerus, Christian Müller-Winterberg, Jürgen Waffner, Florian Dembeck
  • Patent number: 10679769
    Abstract: A cable comprising a conductor surrounded by at least an inner semiconductive layer, an insulation layer and an outer semiconductive layer, in that order, wherein the insulation layer is not crosslinked or is cross-linked and comprises at least 90 wt % of a polymer composition, said polymer composition comprising: (I) 95.5 to 99.9 wt % of an LDPE; and (II) 0.1 to 4.5 wt % of an HDPE having a density of at least 940 kg/m3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: BOREALIS AG
    Inventors: Per-Ola Hagstrand, Thomas Gkourmpis, Antonios Gitsas, Villgot Englund, Ulf Nilsson, Mattias Andersson, Jonna Hynynen, Christian Müller
  • Patent number: 10679768
    Abstract: A cable having one or more conductors surrounded by at least an inner semiconductive layer, an insulation layer and an outer semiconductive layer, in that order, wherein the insulation layer is not crosslinked and has at least 90 wt % of a polymer composition, said polymer composition having: (I) 85.0 to 99.5 wt % of an LDPE; and (II) 0.5 to 15.0 wt % of an HDPE having a density of at least 940 kg/m3 or 1.5 to 15.0 wt % of an ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene having a Mw of at least 1,000,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: BOREALIS AG
    Inventors: Per-Ola Hagstrand, Villgot Englund, Thomas Gkourmpis, Mattias Andersson, Jonna Hynynen, Christian Müller
  • Publication number: 20200177852
    Abstract: A system for representing a vehicle cabin layout on an original scale comprising a plurality of projectors, a planar projection surface and a control system. The layout is loaded as digital cabin layout data into the control system and the layout comprises a first cabin aisle section extending along a first aisle axis. The projectors comprise vertical projectors spaced along a first projector axis. The control system drives the vertical projectors and processes cabin layout data loaded into the control system to project at least one section of the cabin layout on the planar projection surface on the original scale. That section of the layout which is projected by the vertical projectors comprises the first aisle section, such that the first aisle axis runs with the first projector axis in a first aisle plane extending perpendicular to the planar projection surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Christian MÜLLER-VOGT, Nick WEGNER, Dorothee KARSCHAU, Falk BAJORAT
  • Publication number: 20200165129
    Abstract: The invention relates to a highly reactive, high-purity, free-flowing and dust-free lithium sulfide powder having an average particle size between 250 and 1,500 ?m and BET surface areas between 1 and 100 m2/g. The invention, furthermore, relates to a process for its preparation, wherein in a first step, lithium hydroxide monohydrate is heated in a temperature-controlled unit to a reaction temperature between 150° C. and 450° C. in the absence of air, and an inert gas is passed over or through it, until the residual water of crystallization content of the formed lithium hydroxide is less than 5 wt. % and in a second step, the anhydrous lithium hydroxide formed in the first step is mixed, overflowed or traversed by a gaseous sulfur source from the group consisting of hydrogen sulfide, elemental sulfur, carbon disulfide, mercaptans or sulfur nitrides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Hannes Vitze, Vera Nickel, Sebastian Lang, Marc-Christian Müller, Sebastian Pietzner, Armine Plath
  • Patent number: 10648783
    Abstract: The invention relates to a projectile (1), which has a projectile body (2) featuring a recess (5) for receiving an explosive, wherein the projectile body (2) has a rotation-symmetrical shell surface (7), at least in sections, which is surrounded, at least in sections, by several ring-shaped elements (8) provided with predetermined break points, wherein fragments (12) formed upon breakup of the elements (8) are predefined via the predetermined break points, said fragments (12) being connected to one another in a ring-shaped connecting portion (11) for forming the ring-shaped element (8), and the freely projecting ends (13) of the fragments (12) being at least partially arranged in a common orthogonal plane (13?) to a longitudinal axis (8?) of the ring-shaped element (8), wherein this orthogonal plane (13?) is arranged diverging from an orthogonal plane (11?) defined by the ring-shaped connecting portion (11), as well as to a corresponding ring-shaped element (8) for the projectile (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Hirtenberger Defence Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Pichler, Christian Müller, Martin Emsenhuber, Bernhard Mayer
  • Publication number: 20200136348
    Abstract: A semiconductor laser includes a contact carrier having electrical contact surfaces to electrically contact a semiconductor layer sequence, an electrical connecting line from a main side of the semiconductor layer sequence facing away from the contact carrier and a plurality of capacitors, wherein the connecting line is located on or in the semiconductor layer sequence, at least two of the capacitors are present, the capacitances of which differ by at least a factor of 50, the capacitor having a smaller capacitance is configured to supply the active zone with current immediately after a switch-on operation, and the capacitor having the larger capacitance is configured to a subsequent current supply, the capacitor having the smaller capacitance directly electrically connects to the active zone, and a resistor is arranged between the capacitor having the larger capacitance and the active zone, the resistor having a resistance of at least 100 ?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Roland Heinrich ENZMANN, Andreas WOJCIK, Hubert HALBRITTER, Martin Rudolf BEHRINGER, Josip MARIC, Mariel Grace JAMA, Berthold HAHN, Christian MÜLLER, Isabel OTTO
  • Publication number: 20200091387
    Abstract: A radiation emitting semiconductor chip is disclosed. In an embodiment, a radiation-emitting semiconductor chip includes a carrier including a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface, an n-doped layer and a p-doped layer forming a pn-junction and a vertical region starting from the first main surface and running parallel to side faces of the carrier, wherein the vertical region is n-doped, p-doped or electrically insulating, and wherein the vertical region extends within a boundary region of the carrier and completely encloses a central volume region of the carrier, an epitaxial semiconductor layer sequence having an active zone configured to generate electromagnetic radiation during operation, the epitaxial semiconductor layer sequence being located at the first main surface of the carrier and two electrical contacts disposed on a front side of the semiconductor chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Roland Heinrich Enzmann, Lorenzo Zini, Christian Müller
  • Patent number: 10502462
    Abstract: A magnetocaloric thermal generator having a primary circuit fluidically connecting first and second stages of magnetocaloric elements using a heat transfer primary fluid flowing alternately back and forth. The stages being subjected to variable magnetic field of a magnetic system. The primary system includes a cold side and a hot side to which the magnetocaloric elements of the stages are fluidically connected. At least the cold side of the primary circuit has an outlet point connected to another point of the primary circuit, referred to as the injection point, on the hot side by a bypass pipe allowing the primary fluid to be displaced only from the outlet point towards the injection point. The magnetocaloric thermal generator is used in a method for cooling the secondary fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: COOLTECH APPLICATIONS
    Inventor: Christian Muller
  • Publication number: 20190360789
    Abstract: The invention relates to a projectile (1), which has a projectile body (2) featuring a recess (5) for receiving an explosive, wherein the projectile body (2) has a rotation-symmetrical shell surface (7), at least in sections, which is surrounded, at least in sections, by several ring-shaped elements (8) provided with predetermined break points, wherein fragments (12) formed upon breakup of the elements (8) are predefined via the predetermined break points, said fragments (12) being connected to one another in a ring-shaped connecting portion (11) for forming the ring-shaped element (8), and the freely projecting ends (13) of the fragments (12) being at least partially arranged in a common orthogonal plane (13?) to a longitudinal axis (8?) of the ring-shaped element (8), wherein this orthogonal plane (13?) is arranged diverging from an orthogonal plane (11?) defined by the ring-shaped connecting portion (11), as well as to a corresponding ring-shaped element (8) for the projectile (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: Hirtenberger Defence Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Pichler, Christian Müller, Martin Emsenhuber, Bernhard Mayer
  • Publication number: 20190348723
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for recovering lithium from lithium-sulfur accumulators, wherein the accumulators are discharged, shredded, and pre-cleaned by sieves or screens to separate housing and electricity collector parts, the remaining material is dispersed in an aqueous medium, resulting in formation of a lithium sulfide containing solution from which insoluble components are removed by filtration, and the electrolyte is removed by phase separation, followed by a process for separation of the lithium from the lithium sulfide-containing solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Marc-Christian Müller, Sebastian Pietzner, Hannes Vitze, Vera Nickel, Martin Steinbild, Johannes Willems
  • Publication number: 20190326033
    Abstract: A cable comprising one or more conductors surrounded by at least an inner semiconductive layer, an insulation layer and an outer semiconductive layer, in that order, wherein said insulation layer comprises at least 90 wt % of a polymer composition, said polymer composition comprising (I) 80.0 to 99.9 wt % of an LDPE homopolymer or copolymer; and (II) 0.1 to 20.0 wt % of: (i) an ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene having a Mw of at least 1,000,000; or (ii) a single site catalysed medium density polyethylene (MDPE) having a density of 925 to 940 kg/m3 or a single site catalysed linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) having a density of 910 to 925 kg/m3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Per-Ola Hagstrand, Villgot Englund, Johan Andersson, Virginie Eriksson, Annika Smedberg, Ulf Nilsson, Karl Nielsen, Thomas Gkourmpis, Antonios Gitsas, Mattias Andersson, Christian Müller
  • Patent number: 10451319
    Abstract: A one-piece part based on magnetocaloric material comprising an alloy comprising iron and silicon and a lanthanide, comprises a base in a first plane defined by a first and second direction and N unitary blades secured to the base; the blades having a first and second dimension in the first and second direction, respectively, and a third dimension in a third direction at right angles to the first and second dimensions; an ith blade being separated from an (i+1)th blade by an ith distance; the ratio between the second dimension and first dimension being at least 10; the ratio between the third dimension and first dimension being at least 6; the first dimension being the same order of magnitude as the distance separating an ith blade from an (i+1)th blade. The magnetocaloric material can be rare-earth alloy or a composite material based on polymer binder and rare-earth alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: COOLTECH APPLICATIONS
    Inventors: Christian Muller, Peter Vikner, Alexandra Dubrez
  • Publication number: 20190308899
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a process for producing glass products and to an apparatus suitable for the purpose. In the process, a melting apparatus is provided with a melting tank for producing a glass melt from glass raw materials and a top furnace. Part of the surface of the melting region of the melting apparatus is covered with the glass raw materials and at least a small portion of the surface of the melting region is uncovered. In addition, energy is introduced in such a way that a vertical temperature difference can be established, such that the temperature of the glass melt at the base is greater than the temperature of the atmosphere in the top furnace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Schott AG
    Inventors: Stefan Schmitt, Wolfgang Schmidbauer, Christian Müller, Frank-Thomas Lentes, Michael Hahn, Reinhard Männl, Hildegard Römer, Karin Naumann
  • Patent number: 10415939
    Abstract: The invention relates to a projectile (1), which has a projectile body (2) featuring a recess (5) for receiving an explosive, wherein the projectile body (2) has a rotation-symmetrical shell surface (7), at least in sections, which is surrounded, at least in sections, by several ring-shaped elements (8) provided with predetermined break points, wherein fragments (12) formed upon breakup of the elements (8) are predefined via the predetermined break points, said fragments (12) being connected to one another in a ring-shaped connecting portion (11) for forming the ring-shaped element (8), and the freely projecting ends (13) of the fragments (12) being at least partially arranged in a common orthogonal plane (13?) to a longitudinal axis (8?) of the ring-shaped element (8), wherein this orthogonal plane (13?) is arranged diverging from an orthogonal plane (11?) defined by the ring-shaped connecting portion (11), as well as to a corresponding ring-shaped element (8) for the projectile (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Hirtenberger Defence Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Pichler, Christian Müller, Martin Emsenhuber, Bernhard Mayer
  • Publication number: 20190269530
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liner (16) for a prosthesis, which liner (16) has a proximal opening, for receiving an amputation stump, and a distal end lying opposite the proximal opening, and it is produced from a liner material (4), wherein a longitudinal direction of the liner (16) extends from the proximal opening to the distal end, and a circumferential direction runs perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, wherein the liner (16) has a plurality of fibres (6), which are made from an inelastic material and are arranged in such a way that a lengthening of the liner (16) in the longitudinal direction results in a shortening of the liner (16) in the circumferential direction, and vice versa, wherein the liner (16) has non-slip means (26) which, when the liner (16) is fitted in place, prevent the liner (16) from slipping on the amputation stump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: OTTOBOCK SE & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Luder MOSLER, Christian MULLER, Thomas KETTWIG
  • Patent number: 10400836
    Abstract: In order to further improve a method for producing a carrier body for a friction lining of a disk brake, in such a way that the rigid connection between a friction-lining carrier plate of the carrier body and a first damper mass of the carrier body is more robust, a force directed perpendicularly towards the first pin-shaped project is exerted, according to the invention, by means of pressing until the first pin-shaped projection is compressed to such an extent that the first pin-shaped projection forms, within the first hole, a form closure with an inner wall of the first hole in some regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Bremsbelag GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Müller, Ilhami Karatas