Patents by Inventor Helmut Muller

Helmut 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: 20140123717
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel mixtures based on sulfur-crosslinked triglyceride, a process for their preparation, and their use as fertilizers, in particular for promoting the growth of plants which require sulfur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: RHEIN CHEMIE RHEINAU GMBH
    Inventor: Helmut Muller
  • Publication number: 20140116370
    Abstract: The invention relates to corona ignition device for igniting fuel in a combustion chamber of an engine by means of a corona discharge, comprising an insulator, a center electrode, which plugs into the insulator and carries an ignition head having a plurality of ignition needles, and a housing, into which the insulator plugs. In accordance with the invention, the ignition needles and the center electrode plug into the ignition head. The invention also relates to a method for producing an ignition head for a corona ignition device, wherein a green compact of the ignition head is produced by injection molding of metal powder, and the green compact is sintered whilst ignition needles and/or a center electrode plug thereinto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Inventors: Timo Stifel, Helmut Müller
  • Publication number: 20140116369
    Abstract: The invention relates to a corona ignition device for igniting fuel in a combustion chamber of an engine by means of a corona discharge, comprising an insulator, a center electrode, which plugs into the insulator and carries an ignition head having a plurality of ignition tips, a coil, which is connected to the center electrode, and a housing, which surrounds the coil and into which the insulator plugs, wherein the ignition head has main body formed from sheet metal. In accordance with the invention, the ignition tips consist of a different material compared to the main body and are fastened to a side face of the main body. The invention also relates to an ignition head for such a corona ignition device and to a method for production thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Inventors: Timo Stifel, Werner Niessner, Helmut Müller
  • Patent number: 8604068
    Abstract: The present invention comprises 2-cyanobenzenesulfonic acid amides of the formula (I) and isomeric forms thereof (I-A) and (I-B) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and A have the aforesaid meaning for the control of animal pests with the use of penetration enhancers and/or ammonium or phosphonium salts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Reiner Fischer, Bernd Alig, Christian Arnold, Rolf Pontzen, Klaus-Helmut Müller
  • Publication number: 20130261141
    Abstract: The present application relates to novel heterocyclic compounds, to processes for preparation thereof and to the use thereof for controlling animal pests, which also include arthropods and especially insects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Bretschneider, Adeline Köhler, Joachim Kluth, Martin Füsslein, Peter Jeschke, Reiner Fischer, Friedrich August Mühlthau, Olga Malsam, Arnd Voerste, Klaus-Helmut Müller, Yoshitaka Sato
  • Patent number: 8513570
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a glow plug comprising a ceramic glow pencil (1), a protective tube (2) enclosing the glow pencil (1), a plug body (3) from which the protective tube (2) projects and a sleeve (4), which encloses the protective tube (2) and which is welded to the protective tube (2), is fitted in the plug body (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Borg Warner BERU Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Haussner, Helmut Müller, Martin Allgaier, Rainer Hain
  • Publication number: 20120198924
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cylinder pressure sensor comprising a housing for clamping into a cylinder head, which carries a sensor element at a front end. According to the invention, the cylinder pressure sensor has a conical seat at the front end thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventors: Bernd Last, Christian Pottiez, Bernd Uwe Stoller, Georg Rixecker, Helmut Müller
  • Patent number: 8220832
    Abstract: The invention relates to an airbag system comprising an airbag module, which has an opening mechanism for the airbag tear seam of a seat cover for the airbag accommodated underneath the cover in a non-visible manner, wherein the opening mechanism is configured such that the deploying force of the airbag tears a hole or holes into the tear seam, which bring(s) about a slight opening of the seam according to the physics of a ‘run,’ wherein a strip, or plurality of strips, or strip ends sewn into the airbag tear seam of the seat cover in more than one locations is/are torn from the seam driven by the deploying force of the airbag. The invention further relates to a vehicle seat comprising such an airbag system, and to a deployment method for such an airbag system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Inova GmbH Technische Entwicklungen
    Inventor: Helmut Müller
  • Publication number: 20120172225
    Abstract: The present invention relates to selective-herbicidal compositions, characterized in that they contain an effective amount of the compound 2-(2-trifluoromethoxy-phenylsulphonylarninocarbonyl)-4-methyl-5-methoxy-2,4-dihydro-3H-1,2,4-triazol-3-one of the formula (I) and/or of salts of the compound of the formula (I), and to the use of these compositions for the selective control of weeds in crops of cereals, in particular crops of wheat, and to methods for the selective control of weeds in crops of cereals by applying the compositions together with surfactants and/or customary extenders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: Arysta LifeScience North America, LLC
    Inventors: Dieter Feucht, Hans-Joachim Santel, Klaus Lürssen, Ingo Wetcholowsky, Peter Dahmen, Klaus-Helmut Müller
  • Patent number: 8173641
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel benzoxathiazine derivatives of the formula (I) in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are each as defined in the description, to several processes for preparation thereof and to the use thereof as insecticides and/or acaricides in combination with further compositions such as penetrants and/or ammonium or phosphonium salts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Bernd Alig, Klaus-Helmut Müller, Eva-Maria Franken, Ulrich Görgens, Arnd Voerste
  • Publication number: 20120055434
    Abstract: An igniter for igniting a fuel-air-mixture in a combustion chamber, in particular in a combustion engine with one or several combustion chambers, by generating a high frequency corona discharge, said ignitiger comprising an assembly comprising an ignition electrode, an outer conductor surrounding the ignition electrode, which has a front end and a rear end, and an electrical insulator arranged between the ignition electrode and the outer conductor, wherein the ignition electrode is part of an electrical high-frequency resonant circuit, protrudes over the front end of the outer conductor, and is connected to an alternate current source or alternate voltage source which feeds the HF-resonant circuit, and delivers a high frequency alternate current or a high frequency alternate voltage, respectively. The ignition electrode is branched into more than four electrode branches extending away from the outer conductor, in different directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: BorgWarner BERU Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas GIFFELS, Timo Stifel, Steffen Bohne, Helmut Müller
  • Publication number: 20120038131
    Abstract: The invention relates to an airbag module (18) with a tear strip (13) for specific opening of a seat cover (20) under which the airbag module (18) is to be mounted, wherein a plurality of tear strips (13) is provided. Furthermore, the invention relates to a seat with one such airbag module and also to a manufacturing apparatus and to an assembly method for one such airbag module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: INOVA GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Müller, Ursula Müller
  • Publication number: 20110236451
    Abstract: Subject of the present invention is a solid ant bait comprising an insecticide and a bait composition. Another subject is a process for the preparation of said ant bait, comprising extruding a mixture, which contains the insecticide and the bait composition. Yet another subject is a method for controlling ants, comprising offering to said ants the ant bait according to the invention. Finally, a subject is a use of the ant bait according to the invention for controlling ants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Claude Taranta, Thomas Bork, Gerhard Schnabel, Helmut Müller, Sarah Thompson, Clark D. Klein, Nigel Armes, Tiffany Hennessey
  • Publication number: 20110195840
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a herbicide combination comprising components (A) and (B), where (A) is one or more herbicides from the group of the compounds of the formula (I) or salts thereof in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8 and A are as defined in claim 1; and (B) is one or more herbicides different from herbicide (A), preferably from the group of compounds consisting of (B1) herbicides which can be employed selectively and which are effective mainly against monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous harmful plants, (B2) herbicides which can be employed selectively and which are effective mainly against dicotyledonous harmful plants and (B3) herbicides which can be employed selectively and which are effective mainly against monocotyledonous harmful plants, (B4) herbicides which can be employed non-selectively and which are effective against monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous harmful plants, for example for use in the non-selective field or in crops which are specifically tolerant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: Bayer CropScience AG
    Inventors: Martin Hills, Erwin Hacker, Hansjörg Krähmer, Christian Waldraff, Hansjörg Dietrich, Klaus Trabold, Dieter Feucht, Klaus-Helmut Müller, Ulrich Philipp
  • Publication number: 20110190365
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 4-phenyl-1H-pyrazoles and their use as insecticides and/or parasiticides and also to processes for their preparation and to compositions comprising such phenylpyrazoles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: Bayer Crop Science AG
    Inventors: Stefan Werner, Klaus-Helmut Müller, Hans-Georg Schwarz, Tetsuya Murata, Klaus Raming, Ulrich Görgens, Angela Becker, Eva-Maria Franken, Elichi Shimojo, Katsuhiko Shibuya, Ulrich Ebbinghaus-Kintscher, Teruyuki Chihara, Masashi Ataka, Olga Malsam, Arnd Voerste
  • Publication number: 20110118240
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel benzoxathiazine derivatives of the formula (I) in which R1, R2, R3, R5 and R6 are each as defined in the description, to several processes for preparation thereof and to the use thereof as insecticides and/or acaricides in combination with further compositions such as penetrants and/or ammonium or phosphonium salts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: Bayer Cropscience AG
    Inventors: Bernd ALIG, Klaus-Helmut MULLER, Eva-Maria FRANKEN, Ulrich GORGENS, Arnd VOERSTE
  • Publication number: 20110071141
    Abstract: Condensed-ring aryl compounds of formula (I) and use of the same as a agrochemical for controlling noxious organisms wherein (X)mQ, A, R1, (Y)n and the grouping —W1—W2—W3—W4— are as defined herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Inventors: Tetsuya Murata, Yasushi Yoneta, Jun Mihara, Kei Domon, Mamoru Hatazawa, Koichi Araki, Eiichi Shimojo, Katsuhiko Shibuya, Teruyuki Ichihara, Ulrich Görgens, Arnd Voerste, Angela Becker, Eva-Maria Franken, Klaus-Helmut Müller
  • Patent number: 7910050
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stopper for a metallurgical melting pot with. Stoppers of this type serve to control the discharge of a molten metal in the area of an outlet of an associated melting pot, for example, a tundish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Refractory Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Manfred Winkelmann, Erika Winkelmann, legal representative, Markus Fauhl, Jürgen Pernot, Helmut Müller
  • Patent number: 7858805
    Abstract: The invention relates to processes for the preparation of compounds of general formula (I) and salts thereof: in which Q1 represents O, Q2 represents O, R1 represents —CH3, R2 represents —CH3, R3 represents —OCH3, and R4 represents —CH3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ernst Rudolf F. Gesing, Joachim Kluth, Klaus-Helmut Müller, Mark Wilhelm Drewes, Peter Dahem, Dieter Feucht, Rolf Pontzen
  • Patent number: 7855166
    Abstract: Sulfonylamino(thio)carbonyl compounds are used to control unwanted plants or to regulate growth in plants. Sulfonylamino(thio)carbonyl compounds are applied to plants, the seed or the area on which the plants are growing to control the growth of such plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Bayer Cropscience GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Waldraff, Hansjörg Dietrich, Heinz Kehne, Martin Hills, Thomas Auler, Klaus-Helmut Müller, Dieter Feucht