Patents by Inventor David A. Mueller
David A. 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).
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Patent number: 11966973Abstract: An electronic communication network comprises a server platform and client data processing devices. Each client data processing device is configured to submit electronic messages to the server platform, provided with a timestamp. The server platform is configured to process incoming electronic messages strictly in a sequence corresponding to the timestamp. The electronic communication network comprising at least one switch, wherein the switch is arranged to receive electronic messages from a plurality of the client data processing devices. the switch comprises a buffer and is configured to store the electronic messages produced by the client data processing devices in the buffer, and to transfer the electronic messages in a manner sorted according to the timestamp provided to each electronic message by the time generator of the client data processing device submitting the electronic message, so that the electronic message with the oldest time is transferred first.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2019Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: SWISSTRADINGBOX AGInventors: Anton Gunzinger, Edgar Blum, Hans Burkhard, Rico Piantoni, David Müller, Markus Berner, Samuel Zahnd
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Publication number: 20240115810Abstract: The present disclosure relates to medicament injection devices. An injection device includes: a movable dosage programming component comprising a rotary encoder system having a predefined angular periodicity, a sensor arrangement including a first optical sensor configured to detect movement of the movable dosage programming component relative to the sensor arrangement during dosing of a medicament, wherein the first optical sensor is configured to operate in a strobe-sampling mode at a first frequency, a second optical sensor configured to detect movement of the rotary encoder system relative to the second optical sensor wherein the second optical sensor is configured to operate in a strobe-sampling mode at a second frequency lower than the first frequency, and a processor arrangement configured to, based on the detected movement, determine a medicament dosage administered by the injection device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Michael Schabbach, Anthony Paul Morris, Ronald Antony Smith, Brian Charles Molyneux, Paul Richard Draper, Craig Ashley Mason, Oliver Charles Gazeley, Daniel Edward Clark, David Aubrey Plumptre, Aidan Michael O'Hare, Richard James Thomas, Felix Kramer, Beat Wyss, Philipp Müller
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Patent number: 11945198Abstract: A recyclable, laminated polyolefin-based film structure comprises two or more film plies laminated to each other. Each of the laminated film plies comprises one or more polyolefin-based films. The film structure has an energy-cured coating layer disposed on the outermost outward facing surface of the film structure and a printed ink layer on an interior surface of one of the polyolefin-based polyolefin layers. In certain embodiments, the outermost surface of the laminated polyolefin-based film structure has a melting temperature which is at least 100 degrees Celsius, and more preferably 180 degrees Celsius, higher than a melting temperature of the innermost surface of the laminated polyolefin-based film structure.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2023Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: ProAmpac Holdings Inc.Inventors: Alexander David Jones, Amir Saffar, Patrick Allen Batten, Louann Susan Mueller, Louis Vance Fortenberry, Kylie Noel Diges, Seyed Hesamoddin Tabatabaei
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Patent number: 11942959Abstract: A calibration circuit, including: a signal generator circuit configured to generate a modulated analog input signal, which is based on a digital input word that is modulated; an Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) configured to convert an analog reference signal to a digital calibration word, wherein the analog reference signal is a low-pass-filtered version of the analog input signal generated by the signal generator circuit; and a feedback circuit configured to output the digital input word by adjusting the digital calibration word depending on a digital feedback signal, which is based on a modulated version of the analog reference signal, wherein the signal generator circuit, the ADC, and the feedback circuit are provided on a same chip.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Mihail Jefremow, Stefan Koeck, Ralph Mueller-Eschenbach, Juergen Schaefer, Arndt Voigtlaender, David Zipperstein
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Publication number: 20240082416Abstract: This application relates to amatoxin analogs in which the trans-4-substituent on the proline residue of the amatoxin is an R group other than a hydroxy, constructs comprising such amatoxin analogs coupled to a linker and conjugates comprising such amatoxin analog-linker constructs conjugated to a target moiety. The application also relates to uses of such amatoxin analogs, for example, in treatment of cancer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2021Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: David Perrin, Kaveh Matinkhoo, Francesca Gallo, Alexandra Braun, Torsten Hechler, Christoph Müller, Andreas Pahl
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Patent number: 11781639Abstract: An oil management system for a vehicle includes a differential housing, a transmission housing, a lubricant tank, a suction line, a lubricant pump, and an air suction pump. The transmission housing is connected to the differential housing in an air-tight manner, and a lubricant through-passage is defined between the transmission housing and the differential housing. The lubricant tank is provided in the differential housing and has a lubricant suction opening in a lower region. The lubricant pump conveys lubricant from the lubricant tank through the suction line and conducts the lubricant to the lubrication points in the differential housing and the transmission housing. The air suction pump pumps air from the lubricant tank into the transmission housing so that an excess air pressure is maintained in the transmission housing.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventors: Matthias Lang, David Mueller, Rainer Gugel, Stefan Raisch, Christoph Eisenhardt
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Publication number: 20230272843Abstract: A transmission unit for a drivetrain of an agricultural towing vehicle including a first clutch, a second clutch, a first input shaft, a second input shaft, and an output shaft, wherein the first clutch is connected to the first input shaft and the second clutch is connected to the second input shaft. The transmission unit includes a plurality of gear sets for establishing a plurality of gear ratio stages. Each of the plurality of gear sets including a shift wheel rotatably mounted on the output shaft and a fixed wheel arranged on one of the first and second input shafts. The shift wheels of a second gear set and a third gear set of the plurality of gear sets can be selectively coupled to a shift element such that at least one winding path gear ratio stage can be formed via the second and the third gear sets.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2021Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventors: STEFAN RAISCH, RAINER GUGEL, FRANK BUHRKE, DAVID MUELLER
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Publication number: 20230272842Abstract: A transmission unit for a drivetrain of an agricultural towing vehicle includes a first clutch, a second clutch, a first input shaft, a second input shaft, and an output shaft, wherein the first clutch is connected to the first input shaft and the second clutch is connected to the second input shaft. The transmission includes a plurality of gear sets, wherein a second gear set has the fixed wheel on the first input shaft and the shift wheel on the output shaft, and a third gear set has the fixed wheel on the second input shaft and the shift wheel on the output shaft. The shift wheels of the second and third gear sets can be selectively coupled to a shift element such that at least one winding path gear ratio stage can be formed via the second and the third gear set.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2021Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventors: STEFAN RAISCH, RAINER GUGEL, FRANK BUHRKE, DAVID MUELLER
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Publication number: 20230226901Abstract: A power-split axle drive for an agricultural vehicle including a first additional drive element, a first vehicle axle, a second vehicle axle, and a primary drive element for providing a torque which via a first shaft is able to be transmitted to a primary transmission. The primary transmission is connected to the second vehicle axle, and at least the second vehicle axle via the primary transmission is able to be driven by the torque of the primary drive element. The power-split axle drive includes a power-splitting transmission. The power-splitting transmission via a first gear set is connected to the second vehicle axle and the primary transmission and via a second shaft is connected to the first vehicle axle. The first additional drive element via a first switching element is able to be connected to the power-splitting transmission.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2022Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: RAINER GUGEL, DAVID MUELLER, JENS LETSCHER
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Patent number: 11691497Abstract: A transmission system suitable for operation with a drive machine includes an input shaft for a drive power, at least one output shaft for outputting drive power, a power-split transmission section having at least one variable transmission branch and a mechanical transmission branch, a manual transmission, a transmission system controller, and at least one first and second electric machine for generator and motor operation. The electric machines are electrically connected to one another. The drive power is divided up and conducted by the mechanical and variable transmission branch. An input-coupled, magnetically electric epicyclic gear stage brings together the variable transmission branch and mechanical transmission branch, and is activated by the second electric machine such that the output shaft of the transmission system rotates counter to a direction of rotation at the input shaft to provide a forward and reverse operation of the transmission system.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventors: Matthias Lang, David Mueller, Rainer Gugel
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Patent number: 11629777Abstract: A powershift transmission for an agricultural machine includes a transmission housing, an input shaft unit and an output shaft, wherein the input shaft unit and the output shaft extend at least in sections within the transmission housing. An auxiliary shaft is arranged parallel to but offset between the input shaft unit and the output shaft. The input shaft unit and the auxiliary shaft are connected to one another via a front-mounted range unit, and the auxiliary shaft and the output shaft are connected to one another via a rear-mounted range unit. The front-mounted and rear mounted range units each includes at least two gear wheel pairs, the at least two gear wheel pairs being individually coupled or decoupled. The auxiliary shaft unit includes a first auxiliary shaft and a second auxiliary shaft, where the first and second auxiliary shafts are coupled to one another via a reduction gear unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventors: David Müller, Rainer Gugel, Frank Buhrke, Michael Schumann
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Patent number: 11618317Abstract: A transmission includes at least one primary transmission unit. The at least one primary transmission unit includes an input shaft having a first rotation axis, an output shaft having a second rotation axis, and a first layshaft having a third rotation axis. The input shaft, the output shaft, and the first layshaft are parallel. The first rotation axis lies in a first plane, the second rotation axis lies in a second plane, and the third rotation axis lies in a third plane. The first, the second, and the third planes are parallel. The first, the second and the third planes are orthogonal to a transmission central plane. The first rotation axis is disposed in the transmission central plane. The second plane is between the first and the third planes.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventors: Stefan Raisch, Rainer Gugel, Christoph Eisenhardt, David Mueller
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Patent number: 11592083Abstract: A method is provided for configuring different numbers of gearshift variants in a stepped powershift transmission for an agricultural working machine. The method includes providing a transmission unit, a front-mounted range unit, a gear reduction unit, a rear-mounted range unit, a housing, a drive shaft, a lay shaft, an output shaft, and a hydraulic control arrangement. The same transmission unit is used for all the numbers of gearshift variants while an identical spatial orientation of the shafts is maintained for all the numbers of gearshift variants. The method further includes adapting exclusively the gearshift variants by varying the front-mounted range unit or the rear-mounted range unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2020Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventors: David Müller, Rainer Gugel, Frank Buhrke, Michael Schumann
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Patent number: 11562789Abstract: In an example, a multiplexer is provided. The multiplexer may include one or more first strings controlling access to source-lines of the memory, wherein a first string of the one or more first strings includes a first set of two high voltage transistors and a first plurality of low voltage transistors. The multiplexer may include one or more second strings controlling access to bit-lines of the memory, wherein a second string of the one or more second strings includes a second set of two high voltage transistors and a second plurality of low voltage transistors. A method for operating such multiplexer is provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AGInventors: David Mueller, Wolf Allers, Christian Peters
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Patent number: 11555532Abstract: A powershift transmission for an agricultural machine includes a transmission housing, an input shaft and an output shaft unit. The input shaft and the output shaft unit extend at least at a distance within the transmission housing. The transmission also includes an auxiliary shaft arranged within the transmission housing and offset between the input shaft and the output shaft unit. The input shaft and the auxiliary shaft are connected to one another via a front-mounted range unit, and the auxiliary shaft and the output shaft unit are connected to one another via a rear-mounted range unit. Each range unit includes at least two individual gear wheel pairs which are coupled or decoupled. The output shaft unit includes a main output shaft and an auxiliary output shaft coupled to one another via a reduction gear unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2020Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventors: Rainer Gugel, Frank Buhrke, David Müller, Michael Schumann
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Publication number: 20220343424Abstract: The invention relates to a stock exchange trading platform for a plurality of trader data processing devices that are in communication connection with the trading platform, wherein the trading platform has a trading platform data processing device (“matcher”), which is able to store orders generated by one of the trader data processing devices in an order book, or to fill a matching order that is already recorded in the order book, at least partially, to acknowledge such received orders to the dispatching trader data processing device, and furthermore, to send messages to a plurality of connected trader data processing devices (in the case of a trading system with equally entitled traders, to everybody) in a broadcast mode. The trading platform is in particular characterized in that a unit of the trading data processing device controlling the optional execution or storing of the orders is configured as a dedicated logic circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: Swisstradingbox AGInventors: Anton Gunzinger, Edgar Blum, Hans Burkhard, Rico Piantoni, David Müller, Markus Berner, Samuel Zahnd
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Publication number: 20220243794Abstract: A method controls a power split transmission structure to direct drive power from a drive through at least three interfaces to at least one output to supply connected consumers. The transmission structure has at least two variator paths each comprising a summation gearbox downstream of the interfaces in which drive power is varied via a mechanical and an electrical path. The transmission structure has power electronics or a hydraulic control device including at least three electric or hydraulic machines arranged in parallel with the summation gearbox of each variator path downstream of the interfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Norbert Fritz, Rainer Gugel, David Mueller
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Publication number: 20220247274Abstract: An electric machine includes a housing, a stator assembly within the housing, a rotor assembly within the housing, and a dam assembly including a first dam element. The first dam element is arranged on one end of the electric machine. The first darn element includes an air inlet. The air inlet is configured to receive a supply of pressurized air.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2020Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: Deere & CompanyInventors: Ronald D. BREMNER, Rainer GUGEL, David MUELLER
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Patent number: 11396231Abstract: Overload protection systems and methods are provided for controlling the amount of energy delivered to the drivetrain of work vehicles including axles, transmission, and other components thereof including for vehicles using power boost. A sensor in operative communication with a primary power equipment unit driving a transmission of a work vehicle generates a torque signal representative of torque delivered to the transmission by the primary power equipment unit. The overload protection method and system uses the torque signal to control the torque delivered to the transmission of a work vehicle by the primary power equipment unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2020Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: Deere & CompanyInventors: Roger W. Burjes, Rainer Gugel, David Mueller, Adam J. Faucher, Marcus L. Kuhl, Clayton P. Neumann, Jacob Pence
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Patent number: 11376954Abstract: A method for shifting a PTO transmission includes selecting a PTO output speed from one of a first PTO speed and a second PTO speed of the PTO transmission, operating the PTO transmission in a reduced power mode at the selected PTO speed, the reduced power mode providing lower power to the PTO transmission at the selected PTO speed than a normal operating mode, comparing an instantaneous drive power to a maximum drive power in the reduced power mode, and when the instantaneous drive power exceeds the maximum drive power, automatically shifting the PTO transmission under load from the reduced power mode to the normal operating mode and automatically adjusting a transmission ratio of a vehicle transmission.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2020Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventors: David Müller, Rainer Gugel