Patents by Inventor Jochen Mueller

Jochen 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).

  • Patent number: 10672664
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method includes forming at least one trench in non-device regions of a first surface of a semiconductor wafer, the non-device regions being arranged between component positions, the component positions including device regions and a first metallization structure, applying a first polymer layer to the first surface of a semiconductor wafer such that the trenches and edge regions of the component positions are covered with the first polymer layer and such that at least a portion of the first metallization structure is uncovered by the first polymer layer, removing portions of a second surface of the semiconductor wafer, the second surface opposing the first surface, revealing portions of the first polymer layer in the non-device regions and producing a worked second surface and inserting a separation line through the first polymer layer in the non-device regions to form a plurality of separate semiconductor dies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Paul Ganitzer, Carsten von Koblinski, Thomas Feil, Gerald Lackner, Jochen Mueller, Martin Poelzl, Tobias Polster
  • Patent number: 10672250
    Abstract: A method ascertains a state of a product in a plurality of time periods using a detection unit associated with the product. The method including the following for each of the time periods: setting a configuration of the detection unit at a beginning of the respective time period, the configuration different than a configuration available beforehand, and detecting at least one measured value using the detection unit in the respective time period on the basis of the set configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Rueppel, Adrien Mouaffo Tiadjio, Christoph Maier, Jochen Mueller, Patric Brand, Peter Rehbein, Roman Ritter, Sebastian Vornwald, Thomas Inderwies
  • Publication number: 20200134935
    Abstract: A method, for capturing a state of a product using a capture unit associated with the product, includes receiving with the capture unit at least one of an identification of the product and an identification of the capture unit. The identification is stored in a memory of the capture unit. At least one measured value is recorded using at least one sensor of the capture unit, and stored in the memory of the capture unit. An output signal including at least the identification and the at least one measured value is outputted to a reading unit using the capture unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Sebastian Vornwald, Adrien Mouaffo Tiadjio, Christoph Maier, Jochen Mueller, Patric Brand, Peter Rehbein, Roman Ritter, Thomas Inderwies, Wolfgang Rueppel
  • Patent number: 10633999
    Abstract: An adjustment ring of a variable turbine geometry of an exhaust gas turbocharger is disclosed. The adjustment ring may include at least a first ring segment and a second ring segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: BMTS TECHNOLOGY GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Joerg Jennes, Robert Jost, Dirk Lummer, Jochen Mueller
  • Publication number: 20200086564
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a nozzle for a 3D printing system. The nozzle may include a flowpath with a material inlet and a material outlet. The nozzle may further include a valve in fluid communication with the flowpath between the material inlet and the material outlet, where the valve includes a closed state and an open state, where in the closed state the valve obstructs the flowpath between the material inlet and the material outlet, and where in the open state the material inlet is in fluid communication with the material outlet. The nozzle may further include a compensator in fluid communication with the flowpath, where the compensator includes a contracted state associated with the open state of the valve and an expanded state associated with the closed state of the valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Jennifer A. Lewis, Mark Andrew Skylar-Scott, Jochen Mueller
  • Publication number: 20200070402
    Abstract: A 3D printed core-shell filament comprises an elongated core radially surrounded by an outer shell with a barrier layer in between, where the elongated core comprises a ductile polymer and the outer shell comprises a stiff polymer having a Young's modulus higher than that of the ductile polymer. A lightweight lattice structure may comprise a plurality of the 3D printed core-shell filaments deposited in layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)
    Inventors: Jennifer A. Lewis, Jochen Mueller, Jordan R. Raney, Kristina Shea
  • Publication number: 20200062005
    Abstract: A method determines wearing of a printing apparatus. The method includes: controlling a motor of a label paper driving mechanism of the printing apparatus using motor control data; determining a label start indicator; determining a label end indicator; determining a label length indicator corresponding to a length covered by a rotation of the label paper driving mechanism of an unweared printing apparatus between the label start indicator and the label end indicator based on the motor control data; storing the label length indicator; and determining a wearing indicator of the printing apparatus based on stored label length indicators, including the label length indicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Jochen Mueller, Urs-Michael Schaudt, Gerd Kammerer, Helmut Pfau, Markus Uber
  • Publication number: 20200061910
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a nozzle for 3-D printing. The nozzle may include a first nozzle tip defining a first outlet, where the first nozzle tip includes a first channel extending therethrough. The nozzle may further include a second nozzle tip defining a second outlet, where the second nozzle tip includes a second channel extending therethrough, and where the first channel surrounds the second outlet. The second nozzle tip may be retracted longitudinally with respect to the first nozzle tip such that the second outlet of the second nozzle tip is located in the first channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicants: President and Fellows of Harvard College, ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)
    Inventors: Jennifer A. Lewis, Jochen Mueller, Jordan R. Raney, Kristina Shea
  • Publication number: 20190374884
    Abstract: An apparatus for filtering a liquid includes a filter housing, at least one filter element arranged in the filter housing, and at least one sensor unit. The at least one sensor unit includes at least one sensor and a radio module. The at least one sensor is configured to detect an operating parameter representative of a state of at least the at least one filter element or the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Patric Brand, Adrien Mouaffo Tiadjio, Jochen Mueller, Peter Rehbein, Peter Stachnik, Sebastian Vornwald, Thomas Inderwies
  • Publication number: 20190242785
    Abstract: A method for monitoring an installation having at least one component includes providing a data set including a plurality of possible installation types, and detecting a plurality of measurement variables. Each of the measurement variables is respectively associated with at least one of the components of the installation. The method further includes determining the installation type of the monitored installation by comparing the detected measurement variables with the plurality of possible installation types in the data set. The method also includes determining a state of at least one of the components of the installation depending on the detected measurement variables and the determined installation type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas Inderwies, Adrien Mouaffo Tiadjio, Christoph Maier, Jochen Mueller, Patric Brand, Peter Rehbein, Roman Ritter, Sebastian Vornwald, Wolfgang Rueppel
  • Publication number: 20190215677
    Abstract: A method for identifying an electronic component includes receiving an activity signal output by the electronic component when a light intensity incident on the electronic component exceeds a predeterminable threshold. The activity signal is assignable to the electronic component. The method further includes outputting the identification of the electronic component based on the received activity signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Adrien Mouaffo Tiadjio, Christoph Maier, Jochen Mueller, Patric Brand, Peter Rehbein, Roman Ritter, Sebastian Vornwald, Stephan Wiesmann, Thomas Inderwies, Wolfgang Rueppel
  • Patent number: 10315634
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for adapting a control strategy of a slip-control system of a brake system of a vehicle in a ?-split situation, in which different wheel-specific brake pressures, are set at opposite wheels of a vehicle axle. The resulting brake pressure difference is limited. In some examples, to generate a brake pressure request, a maximum pressure difference value deviating from a reference pressure difference with a predefined tolerance value is determined on a wheel-specific basis for the wheels lying opposite one another. The reference pressure difference corresponds to the value of the current low-pass-filtered brake pressure difference, and the brake pressure request for each wheel is determined as a minimum of the wheel-specific brake pressure determined from the control strategy of the slip-control system, and from the sum of the average brake pressure of the wheel lying opposite and the wheel-specific maximum pressure difference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Henning Kerber, Mario Roszyk, Jochen Müller, Arne Cornils, Dieter Burkhard
  • Publication number: 20190155592
    Abstract: A method for configuring an electronic component includes identifying the electronic component, identifying at least one operating component which is assigned to the electronic component in such a manner that a state of the at least one operating component can be captured using the electronic component, and transmitting at least one configuration signal to the identified electronic component based on the identified at least one operating component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Sebastian Vornwald, Adrien Mouaffo Tiadjio, Christoph Maier, Jochen Mueller, Patric Brand, Peter Rehbein, Roman Ritter, Thomas Inderwies, Wolfgang Rueppel
  • Publication number: 20190156648
    Abstract: A method ascertains a state of a product in a plurality of time periods using a detection unit associated with the product. The method including the following for each of the time periods: setting a configuration of the detection unit at a beginning of the respective time period, the configuration different than a configuration available beforehand, and detecting at least one measured value using the detection unit in the respective time period on the basis of the set configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Wolfgang Rueppel, Adrien Mouaffo Tiadjio, Christoph Maier, Jochen Mueller, Patric Brand, Peter Rehbein, Roman Ritter, Sebastian Vornwald, Thomas Inderwies
  • Patent number: 10293797
    Abstract: A method for avoiding false excitations of a slip control system comprises monitoring of a wheel speed signal for a predefined first monitoring time period for the start of a negative half-wave of an oscillation applied to a vehicle wheel, when a brake pressure gradient initiated by a brake start rises above a predetermined threshold. A ruck signal is derived from the wheel speed signal. An acceration signal is derived from the wheel speed signal during a predetermined second monitoring period. The wheel speed signal is monitored for a turning point of the ruck signal and a start of the acceleration signal. The oscillation imposed on the vehicle wheel is identified as a braking-induced vibration, and slip control is not carried out when the turning point of the ruck signal and the re-acceleration of the wheel are detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG
    Inventors: Manuel Kasten, Henning Kerber, Jochen Müller, Mario Roszyk
  • Publication number: 20190137364
    Abstract: A method for monitoring operation of a plant via a plurality of sensors includes: a) determining respective temporal waveforms of measurement values recordable with the sensors during normal operation of the plant, b) determining dependencies between the determined temporal waveforms of the measurement values, c) recording respective temporal waveforms of measurement values with the sensors during the operating mode to be monitored of the plant, and d) deciding whether a fault is present in the operating mode to be monitored of the plant by evaluating the recorded temporal waveforms on the basis of the determined dependencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Sebastian Vornwald, Adrien Mouaffo Tiadjio, Christoph Maier, Jochen Mueller, Patric Brand, Peter Rehbein, Roman Ritter, Thomas Inderwies, Wolfgang Rueppel
  • Publication number: 20190121403
    Abstract: A method for activating an electronic subassembly includes receiving at least one activation signal using a reception module of the electronic subassembly. The electronic subassembly is transferred from an idle state to an active state using the at least one activation signal. The electronic subassembly is intermittently supplied with electric power via the at least one activation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Sebastian Vornwald, Adrien Mouaffo Tiadjio, Christoph Maier, Jochen Mueller, Patrick Brand, Peter Rehbein, Roman Ritter, Thomas Inderwies, Wolfgang Rueppel
  • Publication number: 20190123785
    Abstract: An electronic part includes at least one near-field communication module, and at least one electronic component. The at least one electronic component is connected to the at least one near-field communication module such that the at least one electronic component is configured to be supplied with electrical energy via the at least one near-field communication module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Sebastian Vornwald, Adrien Mouaffo Tiadjio, Christoph Maier, Jochen Mueller, Patric Brand, Peter Rehbein, Roman Ritter, Thomas Inderwies, Wolfgang Rueppel
  • Publication number: 20190088550
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method includes forming at least one trench in non-device regions of a first surface of a semiconductor wafer, the non-device regions being arranged between component positions, the component positions including device regions and a first metallization structure, applying a first polymer layer to the first surface of a semiconductor wafer such that the trenches and edge regions of the component positions are covered with the first polymer layer and such that at least a portion of the first metallization structure is uncovered by the first polymer layer, removing portions of a second surface of the semiconductor wafer, the second surface opposing the first surface, revealing portions of the first polymer layer in the non-device regions and producing a worked second surface and inserting a separation line through the first polymer layer in the non-device regions to form a plurality of separate semiconductor dies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Paul Ganitzer, Carsten von Koblinski, Thomas Feil, Gerald Lackner, Jochen Mueller, Martin Poelzl, Tobias Polster
  • Publication number: 20190070786
    Abstract: A present disclosure relates to a system for automatic design and manufacturing of 3D printing units and 3D products. The system is configured to obtain specification of a target structure corresponding to a 3D product; automatically determine a design and a printing path of a 3D printing unit based on the specification of the target structure, wherein the 3D printing unit is a micronozzle unit configured to print the target structure of the 3D product; automatically determine a manufacturing procedure to print the 3D printing unit based on the specification of the target structure; and instruct a 3D printer to print the 3D printing unit according to the manufacturing procedure and the printing path of the 3D printing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Jennifer A. Lewis, Mark Andrew Skylar-Scott, Jochen Mueller, David Kolesky