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).

  • Patent number: 11976253
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: Evonik Operations GmbH, DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventors: Annika Heining, Martin Heining
  • Patent number: 11666062
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignees: DSM IP ASSETS B.V., EVONIK OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Heining, Vinod Tarwade, Viktor Stefan Wallimann
  • Patent number: 11542220
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignees: EVONIK OPERATIONS GMBH, DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventors: Martin Heining, Michael Benjamin Johnson, Jochen Lebert, Holger Pfeifer
  • Patent number: 11414621
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignees: Evonik Operations GmbH, DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventors: Annika Heining, Martin Heining
  • Patent number: 11352651
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignees: 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
  • Publication number: 20220003194
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Martin Hein, Peter Koppi, Maria Kraut, Avinash P. Manian, Frederik Mayer, Birgit Renz, Julia Santer, Sigurd Schober
  • Publication number: 20210246851
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas Ehlert, Martin Hein, Markus Preissinger, Simon Streng
  • Publication number: 20210039961
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Sebastian Barthelmes, Eva Boendel, Anna Eichner, Hendrik Frank, Matthias Gaenswein, Martin Hein
  • Publication number: 20200386198
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2017
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Martin Hein, Peter Koppi, Maria Kraut, Markus Preissinger, Julia Santer
  • Patent number: 10695705
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Hein, Katharina Merz, Birgit Renz
  • Publication number: 20190344209
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Hein, Katharina Merz, Birgit Renz
  • Publication number: 20170305420
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Jens DESENS, Martin HEIN, Armin JOOS, Uli KOLBE, Rainer LAUX, Volker OLTMANN
  • Publication number: 20170170505
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas Häring, Jochen Kerres, Frank Schönberger, Martin Hein
  • Patent number: 9566561
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignees: FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITAET ERLANGE
    Inventors: Rainer Buchholz, Christoph Lindenberger, Paul Manstetten, Martin Heining
  • Publication number: 20150251152
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Rainer Buchholz, Christoph Lindenberger, Paul Manstetten, Martin Heining
  • Patent number: 8842267
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Bühler AG
    Inventors: Martin Heine, Stefan Manz
  • Patent number: 8742021
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Thomas Häring and Rima Häring
    Inventors: Thomas Haring, Jochen Kerres, Martin Hein
  • Patent number: 8637174
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Inventors: Thomas Häring, Jochen Kerres, Frank Schönberger, Martin Hein
  • Patent number: 8632025
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Bühler AG
    Inventors: Dario Pierri, Martin Heine, Urs Dübendorfer
  • Patent number: 8629216
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Thomas Häring and Rima Häring
    Inventors: Thomas Haring, Jochen Kerres, Martin Hein