Patents by Inventor Manfred Muller

Manfred 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).

  • Joining system head, joining system, and method of feeding and joining elements
    Publication number: 20040037634
    Abstract: A joining system head (22) is proposed for fixation to a movable frame (12), in particular to a robot (12), having
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventors: Manfred Muller, Wolfgang Obermann, Michael Krengel, Klaus Gisbert Schmitt
  • Process for preparing coatings on porous and/or absorbent materials
    Publication number: 20040018318
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for process for preparing a coating by
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Inventors: Jan Weikard, Wolfgang Fischer, Manfred Muller
  • Method for producing polymers
    Publication number: 20030198948
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing polymers, in particular synthetic nucleic acid double strands of optional sequence, comprising the steps:
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2003
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Inventors: Peer F. Stahler, Cord F. Stahler, Manfred Muller
  • Process for preparing coatings on porous and/or absorbent materials
    Patent number: 6635699
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for process for preparing a coating by a) applying to a porous and/or absorbent substrate a liquid coating composition containing at least one component having (meth)acryloyl groups and a dynamic viscosity of less than 2000 mPa.s and 0.1 to 10 wt. %, based on the non-volatile content of the coating composition, of an additive selected from polyamides, oligomeric fatty acid amides and polymeric fatty acid amides and b) polymerizing the composition with radiation. The present invention also relates to the resulting coated substrates and to the coating compositions used in the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jan Weikard, Wolfgang Fischer, Manfred Müller
  • Piston pump
    Publication number: 20030180159
    Abstract: In a piston pump for providing high-pressure fuel in a common-rail fuel injection system including a camshaft (2), which is mounted rotatably in a pump housing (1) and which has at least one eccentric cam 93) for operating a pump piston (4, 14) in an approximately radial direction with respect to the camshaft (2), in order to reduce the wear of the piston pump, a piston-rod element (6, 16, 26, 36, 46) is arranged between each pump piston (4, 14) and the eccentric cam (3) so as to transmit the stroke movement (5) and the force from the eccentric cam of the camshaft (2) to the pump piston (4, 14) by a rolling movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: Gerd Blessing, Sven Fleisch, Karl-Heinz Hoffmann, Manfred Muller, Claus Stenger, Bernd Wiemann
  • Method of producing a thin-film system
    Patent number: 6605312
    Abstract: Production of a thin-film system containing at least one ultra-thin film, preferentially in the film thickness range from 1 to 10 nm, which is deposited by plasma-aided chemical or physical vapor-phase deposition using magnetron discharges. The method is characterized in that in the course of deposition of the ultra-thin film the power output is introduced into the plasma in the form of a controlled number of power pulses and that the average power output during the pulse-on time is set higher by a factor of at least 3 than the averaged power output over the entire coating time during deposition of the ultra-thin film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignees: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaftt zur Forderung der Angewandten Forschung e.V., International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Torsten Winkler, Ralf Blüthner, Klaus Goedicke, Michael Junghähnel, Hans Buchberger, Manfred Müller, Arno Hebgen, Hans-Hermann Schneider
  • Dynamic determination of analytes
    Publication number: 20030138789
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the determination of analytes using carrier chips comprising arrays of different receptors in immobilized form on the surface of said chips. The method is performed dynamically in several cycles. Information obtained in a previous cycle on the modification or alteration of said receptors is used in the following cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventors: Peer Stahler, Cord F. Stahler, Andrea Schlamersbach, Manfred Muller, Michael Baum, Markus Beier
  • Dynamic sequencing by hybridization
    Publication number: 20030138790
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for sequencing nucleic acids using carrier chips that contain polymer probes, which are constructed of nucleotides and/or nucleotide analogs and which permit a specific binding with nucleic acids present in the sample. The method is dynamically carried out in a number of cycles, whereby the sequence information obtained from a preceding cycle is used for modifying carrier-bound probes in the subsequent cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventors: Andrea Schlauersbach, Cord F. Stahler, Peer F. Stahler, Michael Baum, Manfred Muller
  • Method for producing polymers
    Patent number: 6586211
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing polymers, in particular synthetic nucleic acid double strands of optional sequence, comprising the steps: (a) provision of a support having a surface area which contains a plurality of individual reaction areas, (b) location-resolved synthesis of nucleic acid fragments having in each case different base sequences in several of the individual reaction areas, and (c) detachment of the nucleic acid fragments from individual reaction areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: FeBit Ferrarius Biotechnology GmbH
    Inventors: Peer F. Stähler, Cord F. Stähler, Manfred Müller
  • Radiation-hardening coating compositions
    Publication number: 20030050390
    Abstract: The invention relates to new, low viscosity radiation-hardenable urethane acrylates prepared from oxalkylated polyols with 25 to 75 mole % of a polyol having a degree of oxalkylation between 3 and 5 and 75 to 25 mole % of a polyol having a degree of oxalkylation between 8 and 25, the resulting coatings having improved abrasion resistance, as well as their use as coating compositions, in particular for flooring materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2002
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventors: Jan Weikard, Wolfgang Fischer, Manfred Muller, Thomas Facke, Herbert Witossek
  • Arrangement for determining the complex transmission function of a measuring device
    Patent number: 6529012
    Abstract: With a view to determining the complex transfer function of a measuring instrument, a line spectrum is fed in from a pulse generator which, for example, is constituted by a step-recovery diode, and the digitized output signal arising at the output of the measuring instrument is evaluated in a computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Hermann Boss, Alexander Roth, Manfred Müller
  • Use of hydroxyflavanones for masking bitter taste
    Publication number: 20020188019
    Abstract: The invention relates to hydroxyflavanones, their salts and stereoisomers and their mixtures for suppressing or reducing the bitter and/or metallic taste impression. In addition, the invention relates to nutritional, nutritive or consumable preparations or oral pharmaceutical compositions, characterized in that these have an active content of hydroxyflavanones, their salts and stereoisomers or their mixtures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2002
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Inventors: Jakob Peter Ley, Gerhard Krammer, Gunter Kindel, Ian-Lucas Gatfield, Manfred Muller
  • Compositions containing unsaturated polyester resins and their use for the production of coatings
    Patent number: 6476094
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions that may be cured under the action of UV radiation and contain A) 40 to 80 parts by weight of a polyester resin component containing one or more ethylenically unsaturated polyester resins prepared from a carboxylic acid component containing a 1,2-alkenyl dicarboxylic acid monodicyclopentenyl ester and fumaric acid, maleic acid and/or maleic anhydride and an alcohol component containing a dyhydric alcohol, B) 20 to 60 parts by weight of a copolymerizable monomer such as styrene and C) 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of a photoinitiator. The present invention also relates to coated substrates, in particular wood or imitation wood, prepared from these compositions at an application viscosity of less than 60 seconds measured at 23° C. in a DIN 4 cup to DIN 53211 under the action of UV radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jürgen Meixner, Wolfgang Fischer, Manfred Müller, Claudio Rebuscini
  • Method of triggering a gas generator for an air bag in a motor vehicle
    Publication number: 20020153716
    Abstract: A method for triggering a gas generator for an air bag in a motor vehicle having acceleration sensors, air bags, and gas generators uses an air bag control unit for evaluating an impact. Evaluation of the impact takes place by using the signals of the acceleration sensors for triggering a gas generator. The gas generator has a triggerable valve which can be controlled into at least two conditions with a different passage cross-section. The air bag control unit controls the gas generator as a function of the seriousness of an accident such that the position of the valve of the gas generator alternates several times successively between two conditions in order to adapt the inflating operation to the collision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2002
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: Manfred Muller, Harald Rudolf
  • Control element arrangement for controlling the longitudinal movement and/or the lateral movement of a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 6446747
    Abstract: A control element arrangement is disclosed for controlling a motor vehicle without conventional pedals and steering wheel. Two control elements are provided which can be operated independently of one another, in which case at least the longitudinal speed and/or at least the steering angle can be controlled optionally by operating one or the other control element. As a result, with respect to the longitudinal and/or the lateral dynamic control, on the one hand, a redundancy is created which increases the operating reliability and, on the other hand, the control-comfort-increasing possibility is created of being able to guide the vehicle alternated by means of one or the other control element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Manfred Müller, Werner Reichelt, Peter Frank, Christopher Rhoades
  • Process for preparing coatings on porous and/or absorbent materials
    Publication number: 20020106524
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for process for preparing a coating by
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2001
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Inventors: Jan Weikard, Wolfgang Fischer, Manfred Muller
  • Method of producing a thin-film system
    Publication number: 20020063053
    Abstract: Production of a thin-film system containing at least one ultra-thin film, preferentially in the film thickness range from 1 to 10 nm, which is separated by plasma-aided chemical or physical vapor-phase deposition using magnetron discharges. The method is characterized in that in the course of deposition of the ultra-thin film the power output is introduced into the plasma in the form of a controlled number of power pulses and that the average power output during the pulse-on time is set higher by a factor of at least 3 than the averaged power output over the entire coating time during deposition of the ultra-thin film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Torsten Winkler, Ralf Bluthner, Klaus Goedicke, Michael Junghahnel, Hans Buchberger, Manfred Muller, Arno Hebgen, Hans-Hermann Schneider
  • Vehicle seat having a seat face element and adjustable backrest element
    Patent number: 6345840
    Abstract: Vehicle seat having a seat face element and adjustable backrest element. A vehicle seat having a seat face element with a pressure-sensitive seat occupation sensor system, and having a backrest element which can be adjusted between a backrest function position and a lowered position resting on the seat face element. A backrest position sensor system is provided which detects whether the backrest element assumes the lowered position, and in this case outputs a lowered position information item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2002
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Michael Meyer, Frank Schink, Manfred Muller
  • UV-curable binders and their use for production of high gloss coatings
    Patent number: 6323254
    Abstract: The present invention relates to binders, which can be cured by free-radical polymerization initiated by UV light, and contain a) 10 to 90 parts by wt. of a polymer which contains, in chemically bound form, both ethylenically unsaturated groups and the reaction product of a resin containing abietic acid with not more than 50% of the OH groups of a polyfunctional alcohol having a molecular weight of less than 500, b) 10 to 90 parts by wt. of one or more mono- di-or oligoesters of (meth)acrylic acid having a molecular weight of less than 800 and c) optionally 0.1 to 10 parts by wt. of a photoinitiator component for the free-radical polymerization wherein the weights of a) and b) add up to 100. The present invention also relates to coating compositions containing these binders which are suitable for the production high-gloss coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jan Weikard, Wolfgang Fischer, Manfred Müller
  • Control device for a high-pressure injection nozzle for liquid injection media
    Patent number: 6305355
    Abstract: In a control device for a high pressure injection nozzle including a housing, an actuating magnet structure disposed in the housing and including a magnetic coil, an armature movable relative to the coil, and a valve actuating bolt engaged by the armature and being spring-biased to a seated position in which the injection nozzle is closed, the armature is movably mounted on the armature bolt and a mass body is resiliently supported adjacent the armature so that, upon de-energization of the magnet coil when the armature and the spring biased bolt are released and the bolt reaches the seated position, the armature is free to continue to move for engagement with the mass body to which the mass impulse forces of the armature are transferred, whereby the mass forces generated by the bolt when being seated are reduced and the movement of the armature is damped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Kal-Heinz Hoffmann, Olav Krenz, Manfred Müller, Claus Stenger