Patents by Inventor Martin Becker

Martin Becker 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: 11938824
    Abstract: A hybrid transmission for a vehicle includes a transmission input shaft extending in a transverse direction, at least one countershaft arranged parallel to the transmission input shaft, a clutch device arranged coaxially with respect to the transmission input shaft and which has at least one clutch, and a differential having a differential input gear. A rotational axis of the differential input gear is arranged parallel to the transmission input shaft. The transmission also includes an electric machine having a rotor with a rotor rotational axis arranged parallel to the transmission input shaft and a transmission control device. As viewed in a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the transverse direction, the differential input gear, the transmission input shaft, and a transmission controller including the transmission control device are arranged in succession in the sequence specified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
    Inventors: Martin Dengler, Benjamin Bauer, Jan Becker, Markus Brandenburg, Andreas Ertel, Peter Hahn, Tobias Haerter, Elmar Mueller, Jörg Weigold, Timo Maurer, Preetam Birje
  • Patent number: 11926220
    Abstract: A hybrid transmission for a vehicle includes a transmission input shaft extending in a transverse direction, at least one countershaft arranged parallel to the transmission input shaft, a clutch device arranged coaxially with respect to the transmission input shaft and which has at least one clutch, and a differential having a differential input gear. A rotational axis of the differential input gear is arranged parallel to the transmission input shaft. The transmission also includes an electric machine having a rotor with a rotor rotational axis arranged parallel to the transmission input shaft and a transmission control device. As viewed in a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the transverse direction, the differential input gear, the transmission input shaft, and a transmission controller including the transmission control device are arranged in succession in the sequence specified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
    Inventors: Martin Dengler, Benjamin Bauer, Jan Becker, Markus Brandenburg, Andreas Ertel, Peter Hahn, Tobias Haerter, Elmar Mueller, Jörg Weigold, Timo Maurer, Preetam Birje
  • Patent number: 11918011
    Abstract: Described are compositions and methods relate to stable, high-payload, non-porous enzyme-containing coated granules with improved resistance to activity loss during steam pelleting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: DANISCO US INC.
    Inventors: Samuel A. Maurer, Nathaniel T. Becker, Douglas A. Dale, Peyman Moslemy, Michael Reichman, Alan Martin Allgeier
  • Patent number: 11912132
    Abstract: A hybrid transmission for a vehicle includes a transmission input shaft extending in a transverse direction, at least one countershaft arranged parallel to the transmission input shaft, a clutch device arranged coaxially with respect to the transmission input shaft and which has at least one clutch, and a differential having a differential input gear. A rotational axis of the differential input gear is arranged parallel to the transmission input shaft. The transmission also includes an electric machine having a rotor with a rotor rotational axis arranged parallel to the transmission input shaft and a transmission control device. As viewed in a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the transverse direction, the differential input gear, the transmission input shaft, and a transmission controller including the transmission control device are arranged in succession in the sequence specified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
    Inventors: Martin Dengler, Benjamin Bauer, Jan Becker, Markus Brandenburg, Andreas Ertel, Peter Hahn, Tobias Haerter, Elmar Mueller, Jörg Weigold, Timo Maurer, Preetam Birje
  • Publication number: 20240035407
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an exhaust gas treatment system for treating an exhaust gas stream exiting a diesel engine, wherein said exhaust gas treatment system comprises a first catalyst having an inlet end and an outlet end and comprising a coating disposed on a substrate, wherein the coating comprises palladium supported on an oxidic material comprising zirconium and further comprises one or more of a vanadium oxide and a zeolitic material comprising one or more of copper and iron; a second catalyst having an inlet end and an outlet end and comprising a coating disposed on a substrate, wherein the coating comprises one or more of a vanadium oxide and a zeolitic material comprising one or more of copper and iron, wherein at most 0.0001 weight-% of the coating of the second catalyst consists of platinum group metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Dorner, Tobias Paul, Edgar Viktor Huennekes, Jan Martin Becker, Kevin Beard
  • Publication number: 20240001354
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst for the oxidation of hydrocarbon and the selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides, the catalyst comprising a substrate comprising an inlet end, an outlet end, a substrate axial length extending from the inlet end to the outlet end and a plurality of passages defined by internal walls of the substrate extending therethrough; and a coating disposed on the surface of the internal walls of the substrate, wherein the surface de-fines the interface between the passages and the internal walls, wherein the coating comprises a platinum group metal component supported on a first oxidic material and further comprises a mixed oxide of vanadium and one or more of iron, erbium, bismuth, cerium, europium, gadolinium, holmium, lanthanum, lutetium, neodymium, praseodymium, promethium, samarium, scandium, terbium, thulium, ytterbium, yttrium, molybdenum, tungsten, manganese, cobalt, nickel, copper, aluminum and antimony, wherein the mixed oxide is supported on a second oxidic
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin BEARD, Joseph A. PATCHETT, Edgar Viktor NEKES, Jan Martin BECKER, John K. HOCHMUTH
  • Publication number: 20230309782
    Abstract: A household dishwasher includes a dishwasher cavity for receiving items to be washed for treatment, and a structural unit sized to extend over at least half of a width of the household dishwasher. The structural unit includes an air outlet for blowing air out of the dishwasher cavity, an extensive slotted blow-out opening in an upper region of the structural unit, and a collecting tank in a lower region of the structural unit for collecting condensate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Burggraf, Klaus Steinle, Alexander Almus, Stephan Lutz, Armin Klaiber, Martin Becker
  • Publication number: 20230278735
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for packaging substantially plate-shaped or cuboid-shaped products in the food industry in a packaging material film, the apparatus having feeding devices for feeding products to a packaging station; guiding devices for feeding a blank of the packaging material film to the packaging station, wherein the product is inserted into the blank such that the packaging material film substantially wraps around the product; discharge devices for discharging the product from the packaging station in a wrapped state; and holding devices being movably configured and arranged to move with the product through the packaging station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Markus Saffer, Martin Becker, Alexander Backes
  • Publication number: 20230143338
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst for the oxidation of NO, for the oxidation of ammonia and for the selective catalytic reduction of NOx, comprising a substrate, a first coating comprising one or more of a vanadium oxide and a zeolitic material comprising one or more of copper and iron; and a second coating comprising a platinum group metal component supported on a non-zeolitic oxidic material, wherein the second coating further comprises a zeolitic material comprising one or more of copper and iron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Kevin BEARD, Edgar Viktor HUENNEKES, Jan Martin BECKER, Ruediger WOLFF, Petra CORDES
  • Publication number: 20230141207
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst for the selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxide, the catalyst comprising a first coating comprising a 12-membered ring pore zeolitic material comprising a first metal which is one or more of copper and iron, and a second coating comprising an 8-membered ring pore zeolitic material comprising a second metal which is one or more of copper and iron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Edgar Viktor HUENNEKES, Petra CORDES, Jan Martin BECKER, Kevin BEARD, Nicholas MCGUIRE, Jaya L LAKSHMI, John K HOCHMUTH, Joseph A PATCHETT, Kenneth E VOSS
  • Publication number: 20230129815
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing a catalyst for the selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxide comprising, among other steps, preparing a second aqueous mixture comprising water and an iron salt; and disposing the second mixture on the substrate obtained according to (ii), comprising a coating comprising a zeolitic material comprising copper, over y % of the substrate axial length from the inlet end to the outlet end of the substrate, wherein y is in the range of from 10 to x, obtaining a substrate comprising, in a first zone, the coating comprising a zeolitic material comprising copper and over y % of the substrate axial length an iron salt; and, if x > y, in a second zone extending from y % to x % of the substrate axial length from the inlet end to the outlet end, the coating comprising a zeolitic material comprising copper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Edgar Viktor HUENNEKES, Nicholas MCGUIRE, Petra CORDES, Kevin BEARD, Jan Martin BECKER, John K HOCHMUTH, Kenneth E VOSS, Joseph A PATCHETT, Andreas R MUNDING
  • Publication number: 20230114396
    Abstract: A power module (2) including a rigid insulated substrate (10) mounted on a baseplate (4) is disclosed. An additional circuit carrier (6, 8) is mounted on the baseplate (4) adjacent to the rigid insulated substrate (10). The additional circuit carrier (6, 8) has a rigidity which is less than that of the rigid insulated substrate (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Ole MÜHLFELD, Klaus OLESEN, Matthias BECK, Holger ULRICH, Martin BECKER
  • Patent number: 11497375
    Abstract: A dishwasher cavity for a household dishwasher includes a bottom panel having a bottom portion, and a U-shaped dishwasher cavity jacket arranged on the bottom panel and fixedly connected thereto, with the bottom panel and the dishwasher cavity jacket configured to form an attachment flange that encircles the dishwasher cavity. A back panel is attached to the bottom panel and to the dishwasher cavity jacket via the attachment flange. The bottom panel includes a stamped step, which faces in a direction of a top panel of the dishwasher cavity jacket and protrudes out of the bottom portion of the bottom panel, with the attachment flange having a part formed on the stamped step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Hotz, Alaimo Angelelli, Johann Schabert, Martin Becker, Manfred Herb
  • Publication number: 20220323011
    Abstract: An analyte sensor applicator for applying a wearable analyte monitoring device includes a housing that holds an analyte sensor assembly, a cam assembly for delivering the analyte sensor assembly, and a skin piercing for inserting a sensor, wherein the skin piercing device is retracted within the housing top after insertion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Troy M. Bremer, Guy Montgomery Heaton, Neil Martin Becker
  • Publication number: 20220302073
    Abstract: Semiconductor module having a first substrate, a second substrate and a spacer distancing the substrates from each other, wherein the spacer is formed by at least one elastic shaped metal body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Martin Becker, André Bastos Abibe, Ronald Eisele, Jacek Rudzki, Frank Osterwald, David Benning
  • Publication number: 20220302072
    Abstract: Semiconductor module including a semiconductor and including a shaped metal body that is electrically contacted by the semiconductor, for forming a contact surface for an electrical conductor, wherein the shaped metal body is bent or folded. A method is also described for establishing electrical contacting of an electrical conductor on a semiconductor, said method including the steps of: fastening a bent or folded shaped metal body of a constant thickness to the semiconductor by means of a first fastening method and then fastening the electrical conductor to the shaped metal body by means of a second fastening method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: André Bastos Abibe, Frank Osterwald, Jacek Rudzki, Martin Becker, Ronald Eisele, David Benning
  • Publication number: 20220288563
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous suspension comprising water, a source of one or more of a vanadium oxide and a tungsten oxide, and particles of an oxidic support; wherein the particles of the aqueous suspension exhibit a polymodal particle size distribution characterized by a particle size distribution curve comprising a first peak with a maximum M(I) in the range of from 0.5 to 15 micrometers and a second peak with a maximum M(II) in the range of from 1 to 40 micrometers, wherein (M(I)/?m):(M(II)/?m)<1:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Edgar Viktor HUENNEKES, Petra CORDES, Jan Martin BECKER, Ruediger WOLFF, Joseph A. PATCHETT, Nicholas MCGUIRE, Edith SCHNEIDER, Kevin BEARD
  • Patent number: 11400514
    Abstract: Sintering tool (10) with a cradle for receiving an electronic subassembly (BG) to be sintered, characterized by at least one support bracket (20), arranged at two locations opposite the cradle, for fixing a protective film (30) covering the electronic subassembly (BG).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Danfoss Silicon Power GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Osterwald, Martin Becker, Lars Paulsen, Jacek Rudzki, Holger Ulrich, Ronald Eisele
  • Publication number: 20220195907
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst for the oxidation of NO, for the oxidation of ammonia and for the selective catalytic reduction of NOx, the catalyst comprising a flow-through substrate, a first coating comprising one or more of a vanadium oxide and a zeolitic material comprising one or more of copper and iron, a second coating comprising a platinum group metal component supported on a non-zeolitic oxidic material and further comprising one or more of a vanadium oxide and a zeolitic material comprising one or more of copper and iron and a third coating comprising a platinum group metal component supported on an oxidic material. The present invention further relates to an exhaust gas treatment system comprising said catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Kevin BEARD, Robert DORNER, Jan Martin BECKER
  • Publication number: 20220157773
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electronic component by a pressure-assisted low-temperature sintering process, by using a pressure sintering device having an upper die and a lower die is disclosed. The upper the die and/or the lower die is provided with a first pressure pad, wherein the method includes the following steps: placing a first sinterable component on a first sintering layer provided on a top layer of a first substrate; joining the sinterable component and the top layer of the first substrate to form a first electronic component by pressing the upper die and the lower die towards each other, wherein the sintering device is simultaneously heated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Martin Becker, Dirk Dittmann