Patents by Inventor Jürgen Müller

Jürgen Müller 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).

  • Patent number: 10722197
    Abstract: An arrangement includes a stationary part of a gantry of a computed tomography scanner and a first rotating part of the gantry of the computed tomography scanner. The first rotating part and the stationary part are connectable to one another via a bearing assembly such that the first rotating part is arranged in a bearing position relative to the stationary part and is mounted via the bearing assembly such that it is rotatable about a system axis. The first rotating part and the stationary part are connectable to one another via a holding apparatus such that the first rotating part is arranged in a holding position relative to the stationary part independently of the bearing assembly. In both the bearing position and the holding position, a central opening of the first rotating part and a central opening of the stationary part are arranged about the system axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
    Inventors: Friedrich Distler, Uli Holzermer, Hans-juergen Mueller, Christian Willming
  • Patent number: 10660590
    Abstract: An arrangement includes a tablet computer unit having a tablet computer and a first connection unit and a gantry of a medical imaging device having a casing and a second connection unit. In at least one embodiment, the casing has a recess, in which the tablet computer unit can be positively mounted. Further, the second connection unit is arranged in a region of the recess such that, via the first connection unit and the second connection unit, a connection can be formed, which counteracts removal of the tablet computer unit from the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventor: Hans-Juergen Mueller
  • Publication number: 20200100742
    Abstract: A system with a gantry of a computed tomography device and a docking station and method are for cooling a component of the gantry. In an embodiment, the system includes a gantry of a computed tomography device, the gantry including a chassis and a heat store; and a docking station. The gantry is movable via the chassis relative to the docking station. The gantry and the docking station are detachably connectable to one another such that a detachable coolant-exchange connection for exchanging a coolant and/or a detachable heat-conduction connection for heat conduction is formed between the heat store and the docking station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Juergen MUELLER, Christoph DICKMANN
  • Publication number: 20200016927
    Abstract: An embodiment relates to an omnidirectional chassis for a gantry of a computed tomography device. The omnidirectional chassis includes a first pair of omnidirectional wheels; and a first wheel suspension for the first pair of omnidirectional wheels. The first wheel suspension includes a connecting unit to connect the first wheel suspension to a rack; a swivel unit connected to the connecting unit via a first swivel bearing and swivel-mounted about a first swivel axis relative to the connecting unit; and a tandem unit, connected to the swivel unit via a second swivel bearing and swivel-mounted about a second swivel axis. In an embodiment, the first pair of omnidirectional wheels is coupled to the tandem unit such that, on a swivel movement of the tandem unit about the second swivel axis, one omnidirectional wheel of the first pair of omnidirectional wheels is relatively raised and another omnidirectional wheel is relatively lowered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Florian DIETRICH, Franz DIRAUF, Boban JOVIC, Hans-Juergen MUELLER
  • Patent number: 10443648
    Abstract: A hinge assembly comprises first and second tape spring elements, wherein each of the spring elements is configured to connect a first element of a space structure to a second element of the space structure. Each of the first and the second tape spring elements is movable from a folded state into an unfolded state by releasing stored strain energy, to deploy the first and the second element of the space structure. The first tape spring element is connected to a first direct current source and configured to conduct direct current of a first polarity supplied to the first tape spring element from the first direct current source. The second tape spring element is connected to a second direct current source and configured to conduct direct current of a second polarity, opposite to the first polarity, supplied to the second tape spring element from the second direct current source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: AIRBUS DS GMBH
    Inventors: René Meurer, Claus Zimmermann, Juergen Mueller, Andreas Donner, Andreas Uebner
  • Publication number: 20190298286
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention relates to a cooling system for an imaging apparatus having a gantry for cooling components arranged in the gantry, including a fan and a solid body. The solid body has an inlet opening, and an outlet opening, wherein the inlet opening is larger than the outlet opening. The solid body also has a positive guide, defined by a continuous outer boundary, for a first fluid from the inlet opening to the outlet opening, which continuously transforms the geometry of the inlet opening into the geometry of the outlet opening and defines a flow path for the first fluid, and has a flow channel for a second fluid, which is arranged in heat exchange communication with the flow path, and has an inlet and an outlet for the second fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich KUEHN, Hans-Juergen MUELLER, Marco DEL ANTONIO, Friedrich DISTLER
  • Patent number: 10421135
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a rotary cutting tool is described. The rotary cutting tool defines a central longitudinal axis and includes a shank portion and a cutting portion adjoining the shank portion. The shank portion has a shank end and the cutting portion has a cutting end opposite the shank end. One or more blades are separated by a flute. A main, internal coolant passage extends from the shank end, through the shank portion, and into the cutting portion. The method includes forming at least one secondary coolant passage in fluid communication with the main, internal coolant passage in which the at least one secondary coolant passage is formed by using electro-magnetic radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Thilo Klaus Juergen Mueller, Naveen Kumar Kondameedi
  • Patent number: 10378757
    Abstract: In a method for reducing the oxygen content in the flow volume of tubes of erected and installed tube wall regions or tube wall segments of a steam generator or steam boiler of a power station fired, in particular, with carbon-containing fuel, a solution is to be provided which eliminates or at least diminishes the problem of the incorporation of atmospheric oxygen into the boiler water which arises when tubes of the steam generator wall are being filled with boiler water and/or when boiler water is being discharged from these tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Technology GMBH
    Inventors: Horst Trabhardt, Juergen Mueller, Frank-Udo Leidich
  • Publication number: 20190221495
    Abstract: A thermal electrical (TE) interface comprises a primary fiber thermal interface (FTI) having a first side configured to contact a heatsink, and a second side. The primary fiber thermal interface has a thickness ranging from 0.3 mm to 4 mm. A secondary fiber thermal interface (FTI) has a first side configured to contact the second side of the primary FTI, a second side configured to contact circuit components to dissipate heat from the circuit components through the first side of the primary FTI. The secondary fiber thermal interface has a thickness equal to or greater than the primary FTI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Mysore Purushotham Divakar, Juergen Mueller, Michael Mo
  • Patent number: 10297976
    Abstract: A diode laser bar assembly is formed to exhibit a relatively low thermal resistance, which also providing an increased range of conditions over which the internal stress conditions may be managed. In particular, the submount configuration of the prior art is replaced by a pair of platelets, disposed above and below the diode laser bar so as to form a “sandwich” structure. The bottom platelet is disposed between the heatsink (cooler) and the diode laser bar. Thus, the bottom platelet may be relatively thin, creating a low thermal resistance configuration. The combination of the top and bottom platelets provides the ability to create various configurations and designs that best accommodate stress conditions for a particular situation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: II-VI Laser Enterprise GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Müller, Rainer Bättig, Reinhard Brunner, Stefan Weiss
  • Publication number: 20190134723
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a rotary cutting tool is described. The rotary cutting tool defines a central longitudinal axis and includes a shank portion and a cutting portion adjoining the shank portion. The shank portion has a shank end and the cutting portion has a cutting end opposite the shank end. One or more blades are separated by a flute. A main, internal coolant passage extends from the shank end, through the shank portion, and into the cutting portion. The method includes forming at least one secondary coolant passage in fluid communication with the main, internal coolant passage in which the at least one secondary coolant passage is formed by using electro-magnetic radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: Kennametal Inc.
    Inventors: Thilo Klaus Juergen Mueller, Naveen Kumar Kondameedi
  • Patent number: 10273551
    Abstract: In the case of a method for the heat treatment of erected, preferably large-area tube wall regions or tube wall segments, in particular of a diaphragm wall, of a steam generator, in particular of a power plant, in the installed state, it is sought to provide a solution which permits the use of steel types which are more problematic with regard to power plant operation with elevated steam parameters, in particular the steels T23 and T24, in the erection of steam generators. This is achieved in that the tube wall regions or tube wall segments for heat treatment are subjected, in the installed state in the steam generator, and in particular over a large area, to a stress-relief annealing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Europe GmbH, General Electric Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Müller, Rudolf Thesing, Kurt Busekrus, Carsten Stegemann, Gerhard Weissinger, Michael Heim, Thoralf Berndt
  • Patent number: 10270373
    Abstract: A method for pulse-modulated current control of an inductive load current. A first operating mode is implemented when a change in current setpoint value is effected. An initial duty cycle of the pulse modulation is determined and used to operate the inductive load in a second operating mode. In the first operating mode, a switching state of at least one switching element is set depending on whether a current setpoint value of the load current is higher or lower than a current setpoint value of a directly preceding cycle. The switching state is retained until a current limit value is reached and then switched over. The switching state of the switching element is switched over multiple times to generate a prescribed number of periods, and the duty cycle of the pulse modulation is determined based on at least a portion of the prescribed number of periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Dirk Morschel, Jürgen Müller, Axel Schmitz
  • Publication number: 20190077063
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a bag-shaped package made of plastic, wherein the bag-shaped package is equipped with an anti-adhesion layer on the basis of polydiorganosiloxane which is weldable, and the bag-shaped package is produced by welding or sealing on the side with the anti-adhesion layer, and also to a bag-shaped package that can be produced by the method according to the invention, and to the use of a weldable plastic based on polydiorganosiloxane with anti-adhesion properties for the production of a bag-shaped package by means of welding or sealing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventor: Herbert Jürgen MÜLLER
  • Patent number: 10203072
    Abstract: A light module for providing light includes an excitation radiation source which is adapted to emit excitation radiation, at least one first phosphor which is adapted to at least partially convert the incident excitation radiation into conversion light and to generate with this conversion light a first light path, and a phosphor apparatus having a segmentation which has at least two different types of segments, with the segments of the first type comprising the first phosphor. The light module is designed for a periodic movement between an excitation beam that is coming from the excitation radiation source and is incident on the phosphor apparatus and the segmentation, in which there is at least one phase per period in which more than two segments are at least partially irradiated simultaneously by the excitation radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventor: Juergen Mueller
  • Publication number: 20180342963
    Abstract: The invention describes a method for pulse-width modulated (PWM) current control of a load current (IL) of an inductive load (L) by means of at least one switch element (T1) for switching the load current (IL), wherein a first operating mode (I) is executed for operating the inductive load (L) if a change in the current setpoint value (ISOLL) occurs, wherein an initial duty-cycle (DC) of the pulse-width modulation (PWM) is determined in the first operating mode (I), which is used for operating the inductive load (L) in a second operating mode (II), and a switching state of the switch element (T1) is established in the first operating mode (I) depending on whether a current setpoint value (ISOLL) of the load current (IL) is higher or lower than a current setpoint value (ISOLL,t?1) of a directly preceding cycle, wherein the switching state is maintained until achieving a current limit value (ISOLL,o,I, ISOLL,u,I) and is switched over upon achieving the current limit value (ISOLL,o,I, ISOLL,u,I), wherein multipl
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Dirk Morschel, Jürgen Müller, Axel Schmitz
  • Patent number: 10113251
    Abstract: A sliver guide for guiding a plurality of textile slivers in an entry region of a drawing frame, includes a first guide portion for guiding a first group of textile slivers, and a second guide portion for separately guiding a second group of textile slivers. In a side view of the sliver guide, the first guide portion and the second guide portion are spaced apart from one another. The sliver guide has a third guide portion spaced apart from the first guide portion and from the second guide portion. To at least one of the guide portions, lateral guide elements for laterally guiding textile slivers are assigned, wherein the mutual distance of the guide elements can be adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Rieter Ingolstadt GmbH
    Inventors: Otmar Kovacs, Juergen Mueller, Imadettin Karalar
  • Publication number: 20180279979
    Abstract: An arrangement includes a tablet computer unit having a tablet computer and a first connection unit and a gantry of a medical imaging device having a casing and a second connection unit. In at least one embodiment, the casing has a recess, in which the tablet computer unit can be positively mounted. Further, the second connection unit is arranged in a region of the recess such that, via the first connection unit and the second connection unit, a connection can be formed, which counteracts removal of the tablet computer unit from the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventor: Hans-Juergen MUELLER
  • Patent number: 9921483
    Abstract: A mirror (1) for EUV lithography includes a substrate (2) and a reflective coating (3, 4). The reflective coating has a first group (3) of layers (3a, 3b) and a second group (4) of layers (4a, 4b), wherein the first group and second group of layers (3a, 3b; 4a, 4b) reflect radiation having a used wavelength between 5 nm and 30 nm. The first group of layers is arranged between the substrate and the second group of layers, and a decoupling coating (6) is arranged between the first group and second group of layers, said decoupling coating optically decoupling the second group of layers from the first group of layers by preventing the radiation having the used wavelength from reaching the first group of layers. The reflective coating preferably has a correction layer (5) having a layer thickness variation for correcting the surface form of the mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Dier, Tobias Hackl, Franz-Josef Stickel, Ulrich Loering, Tilmann Assmus, Juergen Mueller, Vladimir Kamenov, Siegfried Rennon
  • Publication number: 20180073703
    Abstract: A light module for providing light includes a plurality of excitation radiation sources, wherein each source is designed to emit an excitation radiation beam at least at times, at least one phosphor designed to convert the excitation radiation impinging on it into conversion light, a phosphor device, which includes the phosphor, and which is designed to re-emit excitation radiation beams impinging on it and at least at times as conversion light beams or unconverted excitation radiation beams, a deflection device having at least one deflection optical unit, which deflection device is designed to direct at least some of the excitation radiation beams coming from the respective excitation radiation sources at times onto different regions of the surface of the phosphor device, and an output, at which at least one of the conversion light beams coming from the different regions of the phosphor device or the unconverted excitation radiation beams can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventor: Juergen Mueller