Patents by Inventor Martin Heining
Martin Heining 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).
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Patent number: 11976253Abstract: The current invention relates to a method of separating lipids from a lipids containing biomass by demulsification under mild conditions, to an oil and to a delipidated biomass as obtained by such a method.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2019Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignees: Evonik Operations GmbH, DSM IP Assets B.V.Inventors: Annika Heining, Martin Heining
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Patent number: 11666062Abstract: The present invention relates to an oil comprising at least one polyunsaturated fatty acid having at least 20 carbon atoms (LC-PUFA). It is found that LC-PUFA-containing oil are susceptible to gelling by formation of microscopic crystals during storage ultimately resulting in unfavorable quality and handling properties. This problem has been particularly observed with a microbial oil comprising at least about 25% by weight LC-PUFA and a moisture content of 0.2 to 5% by weight. Surprisingly, it has been found that a LC-PUFA-containing oil as described above is effectively stable and does not show gelling properties under conventional storage conditions, if the oil composition as such contains less than about 8% preferably less than about 5% by weight of free fatty acid in the residual moisture of the oil.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2018Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignees: DSM IP ASSETS B.V., EVONIK OPERATIONS GMBHInventors: Martin Heining, Vinod Tarwade, Viktor Stefan Wallimann
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Patent number: 11542220Abstract: The current invention relates to a method of isolating polyunsaturated fatty acids containing lipids from a lipids containing biomass. The method involves providing a suspension of cells with a PUFAs-containing lipid; optionally lysing the cells; concentrating the suspension; adding base equivalents to the suspension based on the total dry matter present; feeding a continuous reactor with the suspension; and separating the lipids-containing light phase from the water and cell debris-containing heavy phase.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2018Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignees: EVONIK OPERATIONS GMBH, DSM IP ASSETS B.V.Inventors: Martin Heining, Michael Benjamin Johnson, Jochen Lebert, Holger Pfeifer
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Patent number: 11414621Abstract: The current invention relates to a method of isolating lipids from a lipids containing biomass with aid of hydrophobic silica and to an oil and to a delipidated biomass as obtained by such a method.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2019Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignees: Evonik Operations GmbH, DSM IP Assets B.V.Inventors: Annika Heining, Martin Heining
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Patent number: 11352651Abstract: The invention relates to the isolation of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) from a lipids containing biomass. The main characteristics of the method are that a suspension of cells containing PUFAs is obtained and the cells are optionally lysed. The suspension is concentrated and then incubated for at least an hour at a controlled temperature while adding a specific range of base equivalents to biomass and maintaining a moderate pH. The isolation of lipid may be performed in the absence of organic solvents and without the addition of salt.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2017Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignees: Evonik Operations GmbH, DSM IP Assets B.V.Inventors: Michael Diehl, Xiao Daniel Dong, Annika Hartmann, Martin Heining, Michael Benjamin Johnson, Jochen Lebert, Neil Francis Leininger, Kirt Lyvell Matthews, Sr., Mark Edward Nejako, II, Holger Pfeifer, Christian Rabe, Shannon Elizabeth Ethier Resop, Ginger Marie Shank, Vinod Tarwade, David Allen Tinsley
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Publication number: 20220003194Abstract: A fuel filter may include a housing and a coalescer arranged in the housing. The coalescer may be configured to separate out water contained in a fuel. The coalescer may include a coalescer material suitable for coalescing water. The fuel may be flowable through the coalescer in a throughflow direction. The coalescer material may include a plurality of fibres, which may have a primary orientation that is essentially parallel to the throughflow direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2019Publication date: January 6, 2022Inventors: Martin Hein, Peter Koppi, Maria Kraut, Avinash P. Manian, Frederik Mayer, Birgit Renz, Julia Santer, Sigurd Schober
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Publication number: 20210246851Abstract: A fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine includes a fuel tank and an air supply and venting device for the fuel tank. The air supply and venting device includes a hydrocarbon retention device and an air supply and venting path, structured and arranged to provide a gas exchange between the fuel tank and an environment. The hydrocarbon retention device includes at least one filter membrane that separates hydrocarbons from air. The at least one filter membrane is arranged in the air supply and venting path such that the air supply and venting path is covered by the at least one filter membrane to prevent hydrocarbons from escaping from the fuel tank into the environment through the air supply and venting path. The at least one filter membrane has hydrocarbon nanotubes.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2019Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Thomas Ehlert, Martin Hein, Markus Preissinger, Simon Streng
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Publication number: 20210039961Abstract: The present disclosure describes a filter device, e.g., a filter cartridge, for cleaning coolant water for an internal combustion engine. The filter device includes a filter housing defining a housing interior space through which coolant water can flow. An untreated water inlet and a clean water outlet are arranged in the filter housing. A water-permeable separating device divides the housing interior space into a first filtration zone and into a second filtration zone. A first packing material containing activated charcoal for removing dirt particles from the coolant water is present in the first filtration zone, and a second packing material containing hydronium cations and hydroxide anions for demineralizing the coolant water is present in the second filtration zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2019Publication date: February 11, 2021Inventors: Sebastian Barthelmes, Eva Boendel, Anna Eichner, Hendrik Frank, Matthias Gaenswein, Martin Hein
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Publication number: 20200386198Abstract: A fuel filter device for an internal combustion engine may include a water separator through which a fuel is flowable. To separate water contained in the fuel, the water separator may include a porous and hydrophilic membrane, which may include or be made of polymeric hollow fibers and which may be formed for cross-flow filtration of the fuel. A material of the hollow fibers may be hydrophilized via polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP). The fuel filter device or the water separator may have a hydrophobic membrane for filtering residual fuel from the water separated via the hydrophilic membrane.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2017Publication date: December 10, 2020Inventors: Martin Hein, Peter Koppi, Maria Kraut, Markus Preissinger, Julia Santer
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Patent number: 10695705Abstract: A multilayer filter material for an interior air filter element of an air conditioning system of a vehicle may include an ion exchange layer including ion exchange particles and a plurality of further layers. The ion exchange layer may directly adjoin at least one of the plurality of further layers. The plurality of further layers may include an active layer including non-impregnated active carbon particles, and an impregnation layer including impregnated active carbon particles. The active layer may be arranged between the ion exchange layer and the impregnation layer. The ion exchange layer may be hygroscopic and may contain ions which form a toxic environment with water. The impregnation layer may include a component of active carbon particles impregnated with potassium iodide and a component of active carbon particles impregnated with potassium carbonate. The component impregnated with potassium iodide may be greater than the component impregnated with potassium carbonate.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2017Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Mahle International GmbHInventors: Martin Hein, Katharina Merz, Birgit Renz
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Publication number: 20190344209Abstract: A multilayer filter material for an interior air filter element of an air conditioning system of a vehicle may include an ion exchange layer including ion exchange particles and a plurality of further layers. The ion exchange layer may directly adjoin at least one of the plurality of further layers. The plurality of further layers may include an active layer including non-impregnated active carbon particles, and an impregnation layer including impregnated active carbon particles. The active layer may be arranged between the ion exchange layer and the impregnation layer. The ion exchange layer may be hygroscopic and may contain ions which form a toxic environment with water. The impregnation layer may include a component of active carbon particles impregnated with potassium iodide and a component of active carbon particles impregnated with potassium carbonate. The component impregnated with potassium iodide may be greater than the component impregnated with potassium carbonate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2017Publication date: November 14, 2019Applicant: Mahle International GmbHInventors: Martin Hein, Katharina Merz, Birgit Renz
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Publication number: 20170305420Abstract: A method for autonomous operation of a vehicle on a driving route ahead permits autonomous operation of the vehicle is only permitted if one or a group of conditions is/are fulfilled for a predetermined route length of the driving route ahead. The conditions include: there is a structural separation on at least one side of a current travel path of the vehicle; a driving lane of the vehicle has a minimum lane width; there are no humps and dips substantially limiting the range of environmental detection sensors; the number of driving lanes does not change; there are no tunnels; there are no buildings on the travel path; there are no motorway junctions; a radius of curvature of the driving lane of the vehicle is larger than a predetermined limit value; there are no traffic disruptions; there are no traffic reports about dangerous situations; and there are no traffic reports about the presence of roadworks.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2015Publication date: October 26, 2017Inventors: Jens DESENS, Martin HEIN, Armin JOOS, Uli KOLBE, Rainer LAUX, Volker OLTMANN
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Publication number: 20170170505Abstract: A blend or blend membrane formed from a hydroxymethylene-oligo-phosphonic acid R-C(P03H2)x(OH)y and a polymer, in which the radical R is any organic radical, x and y are integers, the hydroxymethylene-oligo-phosphonic acid is a product of a reaction involving a carbonic acid, a carbonic acid halide or a carbonic acid anhydride, and the polymer includes a functional group selected from the group consisting of (i) suitable cation exchange groups or their non-ionic precursor and (ii) suitable basic groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2016Publication date: June 15, 2017Inventors: Thomas Häring, Jochen Kerres, Frank Schönberger, Martin Hein
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Patent number: 9566561Abstract: The invention teaches the use of particles (7) capable of light emission in chemical, biochemical, and/or biological reactors (1), wherein the reactor (1) comprises at least one emission element (4) for emitting electromagnetic alternating fields in a reaction chamber (5) of the reactor (1), wherein the particles (7) capable of light emission are suspended in a fluid reaction medium present in the reaction chamber (5), wherein the reaction medium contains photoreactants (6), and wherein the particles (7) capable of light emission are excited by means of supply of energy to the emission element (4), in a wireless manner, to emit light that activates the photoreactants (6), a photoreactor (1) and the uses thereof.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2013Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignees: FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITAET ERLANGEInventors: Rainer Buchholz, Christoph Lindenberger, Paul Manstetten, Martin Heining
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Publication number: 20150251152Abstract: The invention teaches the use of particles (7) capable of light emission in chemical, biochemical, and/or biological reactors (1), wherein the reactor (1) comprises at least one emission element (4) for emitting electromagnetic alternating fields in a reaction chamber (5) of the reactor (1), wherein the particles (7) capable of light emission are suspended in a fluid reaction medium present in the reaction chamber (5), wherein the reaction medium contains photoreactants (6), and wherein the particles (7) capable of light emission are excited by means of supply of energy to the emission element (4), in a wireless manner, to emit light that activates the photoreactants (6), a photoreactor (1) and the uses thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2013Publication date: September 10, 2015Inventors: Rainer Buchholz, Christoph Lindenberger, Paul Manstetten, Martin Heining
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Patent number: 8842267Abstract: A method for measuring particle size distributions of bulk materials such as cereals, cereal milling products, cereal products and the like, which is intended to enable the measurement of particle size distributions which vary by orders of magnitude. A sample of isolated particles is optically detected in an arrangement by at least two measurement methods. Preferably, detection of the contours of the particles and laser diffraction take place at the same time.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2010Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: Bühler AGInventors: Martin Heine, Stefan Manz
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Patent number: 8742021Abstract: Ionomers and ionomer membranes, consisting of a non-fluorinated or partly fluorinated non-, partly or fully-aromatic main chain and a non- or partly-fluorinated side chain with ionic groups or their non-ionic precursors, have a positive impact on the proton conductivity of the ionomers. Various processes produce these polymeric proton conductors.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2011Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Thomas Häring and Rima HäringInventors: Thomas Haring, Jochen Kerres, Martin Hein
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Patent number: 8637174Abstract: Various blends and blend membranes from low-molecular hydroxymethylene-oligo-phosphonic acids R—C(PO3H2)x(OH)y and polymers, the group R representing any organic group, the polymers containing cation exchanger groups or their nonionic precursors of the type SO2X, X being a halogen, OH, OMe, NR1R2, OR1 with Me being any metal cation or ammonium cation, R1, R2 being H or any aryl- or alkyl group, PDX2, COX and/or basic groups such as primary, secondary or tertiary amino groups, imidazole groups, pyridine groups, pyrazole groups etc. and/or OH groups. Such membranes may also include polymers that are modified with the 1-hydroxymethylene-1,1-bisphosphonic acid group.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2007Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Inventors: Thomas Häring, Jochen Kerres, Frank Schönberger, Martin Hein
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Patent number: 8632025Abstract: A stream of ground particles is characterized by irradiating it with electromagnetic radiation and detecting electromagnetic radiation emitted from the irradiated particles. The detecting system includes an imaging system and a color image sensor for imaging the particles by way of the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the particles. The color image sensor has sensor image elements for spectrally selective detection of the electromagnetic radiation.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2009Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: Bühler AGInventors: Dario Pierri, Martin Heine, Urs Dübendorfer
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Patent number: 8629216Abstract: Ionomers and ionomer membranes, consisting of a non-fluorinated or partly fluorinated non-, partly or fully-aromatic main chain and a non- or partly-fluorinated side chain with ionic groups or their non-ionic precursors, have a positive impact on the proton conductivity of the ionomers. Various processes produce these polymeric proton conductors.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2011Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: Thomas Häring and Rima HäringInventors: Thomas Haring, Jochen Kerres, Martin Hein