Patents by Inventor Franz Ulrich
Franz Ulrich 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: 11723384Abstract: Granulated animal feed additives having high bulk density were obtained by adding a surface-active substance to a fermentation broth containing amino acid before spray-drying, wherein low residual moisture levels were achieved at high spray rates and low granulator temperatures.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Evonik Operations GmbHInventors: Ansgar Oelmann, Hans Christian Alt, Wilfried Blümke, Franz Ulrich Becker, Christopher John Conrad
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Publication number: 20220104519Abstract: Granulated animal feed additives having high bulk density were obtained by adding a surface-active substance to a fermentation broth containing amino acid before spray-drying, wherein low residual moisture levels were achieved at high spray rates and low granulator temperatures.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Ansgar Oelmann, Hans Christian Alt, Wilfried Blümke, Franz Ulrich Becker, Christopher John Conrad
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Patent number: 11076616Abstract: By substituting biomass with a surface-active substance in a fermentation broth containing amino acid before spray-drying, granulated animal feed additives with improved product specifications were obtained.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2014Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Evonik Operations GmbHInventors: Ansgar Oelmann, Hans Christian Alt, Franz Ulrich Becker, Wilfried Blümke, Wilfried Claes
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Patent number: 10327710Abstract: A system (100) includes a sensor (12A/B/C), a processor (32), and an output module (38). The sensor can have at least one light emitter (16A) and at least one light detector (18A/B). The processor can be coupled to the sensor and have instructions configured to determine a calibration value using light attenuation corresponding to a light path through a tissue associated with a light emitter and a light detector of the sensor. The processor can be configured to calculate oxygen saturation in the tissue using a signal provided by the sensor. The output module can be coupled to the processor and configured to render a compensated oxygen saturation. The compensated oxygen saturation can be determined using the calibration value and the calculated oxygen saturation.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2012Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Nonin Medical, Inc.Inventors: Franz Ulrich, Aaron Alfred Lobbestael
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Patent number: 9700249Abstract: An apparatus includes a sensor body, a circuit board, a cable, at least one light emitting device, and at least one photodetector. The circuit board is enclosed within the sensor body and includes at least one conductive trace and at least one aperture. The cable is coupled to the at least one conductive trace. The cable includes a shield conductor and a signal conductor. The at least one light emitting device is coupled to the circuit board and is configured to emit light into a tissue. The at least one photodetector includes a planar active area coupled to the circuit board and is configured to provide an output signal based on light detected by the active area. The planar active area is aligned with the aperture. The output signal is coupled to the cable.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2009Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Nonin Medical, Inc.Inventors: Timothy L. Johnson, Franz Ulrich, Philip O. Isaacson
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Patent number: 9669686Abstract: A support structure for a motor vehicle with a first connecting section, a second connecting section and a deformation section, which is arranged between the first connecting section and the second connecting section. The deformation section is provided in its lengthwise dimension with a recess formed from a middle web and legs joined to it by connecting regions. The deformation section is fashioned as a single piece and a) the wall thickness in the connecting regions is at least partly along the lengthwise dimension of the deformation section at least 20% larger than the wall thickness of the middle web and/or the legs and/or b) the ends of the legs have a wall thickness which for at least a portion of the lengthwise dimension of the deformation section is at least 20% greater than the wall thickness of the middle web and/or the legs.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2015Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILETECHNIK GMBHInventor: Franz Ulrich Brockhoff
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Patent number: 9649609Abstract: Process for fluidized bed granulation of amino acid-containing fermentation broths comprising the steps Introduction of a drying gas with a temperature of 100° C.-450° C. into the fluidized bed granulation chamber Spraying of the amino acid-containing fermentation broth into the fluidized bed granulation chamber Discharge of the granules granulated in the fluidized bed granulation chamber with the drying gas stream, and drying of the discharged granules in a fluidized bed drying step, wherein the discharged granulated granules are a granule mixture with various particle sizes and contains an oversize fraction, wherein the oversize comprises the particle sizes which lie above a desired particle size, an wherein the oversize fraction is removed from the discharged granule mixture and then comminuted and the comminuted oversize and the granule mixture from which the oversize was separated are fed into the fluidized bed drying step.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2015Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBHInventors: Hans Christian Alt, Ansgar Oelmann, Andreas Höfler, Franz Ulrich Becker, Wilfried Blümke
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Patent number: 9453210Abstract: The invention relates to cells and a method for producing acetone.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2010Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbHInventors: Franz Ulrich Becker, Gerda Grund, Matthias Orschel, Kai Doderer, Gerd Loehden, Gerd Brand, Peter Duerre, Simone Thum, Hubert Johannes Bahl, Ralf-Joerg Fischer, Antje May
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Publication number: 20160255863Abstract: By substituting biomass with a surface-active substance in a fermentation broth containing amino acid before spray-drying, granulated animal feed additives with improved product specifications were obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2014Publication date: September 8, 2016Applicant: Evonik Degussa GmbHInventors: Ansgar Oelmann, Hans Christian Alt, Franz Ulrich Becker, Wilfried Blümke, Wilfried Claes
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Publication number: 20160255862Abstract: Granulated animal feed additives having high bulk density were obtained by adding a surface-active substance to a fermentation broth containing amino acid before spray-drying, wherein low residual moisture levels were achieved at high spray rates and low granulator temperatures.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2014Publication date: September 8, 2016Applicant: Evonik Degussa GmbHInventors: Ansgar Oelmann, Hans Christian Alt, Wilfried Blümke, Franz Ulrich Becker, Christopher John Conrad
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Publication number: 20160121930Abstract: A support structure for a motor vehicle with a first connecting section, a second connecting section and a deformation section, which is arranged between the first connecting section and the second connecting section. The deformation section is provided in its lengthwise dimension with a recess formed from a middle web and legs joined to it by connecting regions. The deformation section is fashioned as a single piece and a) the wall thickness in the connecting regions is at least partly along the lengthwise dimension of the deformation section at least 20% larger than the wall thickness of the middle web and/or the legs and/or b) the ends of the legs have a wall thickness which for at least a portion of the lengthwise dimension of the deformation section is at least 20% greater than the wall thickness of the middle web and/or the legs.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2015Publication date: May 5, 2016Inventor: Franz Ulrich BROCKHOFF
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Publication number: 20150283527Abstract: Process for fluidized bed granulation of amino acid-containing fermentation broths comprising the steps Introduction of a drying gas with a temperature of 100° C.-450° C. into the fluidized bed granulation chamber Spraying of the amino acid-containing fermentation broth into the fluidized bed granulation chamber Discharge of the granules granulated in the fluidized bed granulation chamber with the drying gas stream, and drying of the discharged granules in a fluidized bed drying step, wherein the discharged granulated granules are a granule mixture with various particle sizes and contains an oversize fraction, wherein the oversize comprises the particle sizes which lie above a desired particle size, an wherein the oversize fraction is removed from the discharged granule mixture and then comminuted and the comminuted oversize and the granule mixture from which the oversize was separated are fed into the fluidized bed drying step.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2015Publication date: October 8, 2015Inventors: Hans Christian Alt, Ansgar Oelmann, Andreas Höfler, Franz Ulrich Becker, Wilfried Blümke
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Patent number: 9067864Abstract: Aromatic amines are produced by adiabatic hydrogenation of nitroaromatic compounds in the gas phase on one or more fixed catalysts. The nitroaromatic reactant is passed over the catalyst under pressure and at elevated temperature with hydrogen, water, optionally nitrogen and substantially in the absence of the aromatic amine produced from the nitroaromatic.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2007Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience AGInventors: Knut Sommer, Ido Schwarz, Susanne Buchholz, Franz-Ulrich Von Gehlen, Andre Lago, Karl-Heinz Wilke, Holger Orzesek, Hans-Georg Pirkl, Peter Lehner, Stephan Schubert
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Patent number: 9045173Abstract: A front-end structure of a motor vehicle includes a transverse member and two crash boxes. In addition a transverse reinforcement member is arranged according to the invention, wherein the transverse reinforcement member is supported via coupling beams on a subframe.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2014Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBHInventors: Franz Ulrich Brockhoff, Stefan Grottke, Stefan Schmitz
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Patent number: 8945891Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a low-molecular-weight organic compound, such as acetone, butanol, and ethanol, in a fermentation process. The method contains a step of introducing a gas flow into an aqueous solution containing microorganisms producing the low-molecular-weight organic compound; a step of recovering the gas flow through a compound comprising isophoron; and optionally a step of separating the low-molecular-weight organic compound from the composition comprising isophoron.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2012Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbHInventors: Joerg-Joachim Nitz, Gerda Grund, Franz Ulrich Becker, Patrick Stier
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Patent number: 8857869Abstract: Bumper system for a motor vehicle with a cross member which is arranged cross to longitudinal members and having a top side, a bottom side, a front side and a back side and with at least one means to ensure adequate energy impact into the cross member 2 characterized in that at least one means on the top side and/or on the bottom side of the cross member is arranged in that way that it is pointing away from the cross member wherein air can stream at least partially through a region above and/or beneath the cross member during driving of the motor vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2012Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbHInventors: Franz Ulrich Brockhoff, Frode Paulsen, Havard Sorlie
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Publication number: 20140243632Abstract: A system (100) includes a sensor (12A/B/C), a processor (32), and an output module (38). The sensor can have at least one light emitter (16A) and at least one light detector (18A/B). The processor can be coupled to the sensor and have instructions configured to determine a calibration value using light attenuation corresponding to a light path through a tissue associated with a light emitter and a light detector of the sensor. The processor can be configured to calculate oxygen saturation in the tissue using a signal provided by the sensor. The output module can be coupled to the processor and configured to render a compensated oxygen saturation. The compensated oxygen saturation can be determined using the calibration value and the calculated oxygen saturation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2012Publication date: August 28, 2014Inventors: Franz Ulrich, Aaron Alfred Lobbestael
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Publication number: 20140216839Abstract: A front-end structure of a motor vehicle includes a transverse member and two crash boxes. In addition a transverse reinforcement member is arranged according to the invention, wherein the transverse reinforcement member is supported via coupling beams on a subframe.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: Benteler Automobiletechnik GmbHInventors: Franz Ulrich Brockhoff, Stefan Grottke, Stefan Schmitz
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Patent number: 8733823Abstract: A bumper system for a motor vehicle includes a bumper cross member which is arranged transversely to a travel direction and has two attachment zones for connection to two side rails arranged in parallel relationship to the travel direction. The bumper cross member has a center portion extending between the attachment zones and two end zones to close off the bumper cross member to vehicle sides. A deformation element is arranged behind each of the end zones and constructed to support in the event of a head-on collision with slight overlap the end zone which undergoes a buckling as a result of the head-on collision. At least one belt element at least partly surrounds a circumference of the deformation element and is secured to at least one of the side rails.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2012Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbHInventors: Franz Ulrich Brockhoff, Stefan Grottke, Stefan Schmitz, Holger Diersmann
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Publication number: 20140113341Abstract: The invention relates to a method comprising the following method steps: A) providing an aqueous solution comprising microorganisms producing low-molecular, organic compounds; B) introducing at least one gas or gas mixture into the aqueous solution; C) recovering the gas flow through a compound comprising an isophoron; and optionally D) separating the low-molecular, organic compound from the composition comprising the isophoron.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2012Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: Evonik Degussa GmbHInventors: Joerg-Joachim Nitz, Gerda Grund, Franz Ulrich Becker, Patrick Stier