Patents by Inventor Matthias Mueller

Matthias 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).

  • Modular surgical training system
    Patent number: 10607508
    Abstract: A modular surgical training system for training in surgical interventions with real surgical instruments includes a reusable, energy supplying base module, and a regenerable training module which reproduces or has anatomical structures and can hold at least one consumable medium (for example, bodily fluids). The training module and the base module are detachably connected to one another via a combination interface, and pneumatic and/or mechanical and/or electric energy can be transmitted from the base module to the training module and/or electric signals can be transmitted between base module and training module via the combination interface. The base module and training module include conveying elements detachably connected via the combination interface, and at least one consumable medium can be conveyed into the anatomical structures by the conveying elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: FORSCHUNGS- UND TRANSFERZENTRUM LEIPZIG E.V. AN DER HOCHSCHULE FÜR TECHNIK, WIRTSCHAFT UND KULTUR LEIPZIG
    Inventors: Ben Andrack, Matthias Mueller, Jochen Handwerk, Ingo Lorber, Christian Koehler, Werner Korb, Luis Enrique Bernal Vera, Tobias Pilic
  • Piston having a multi-part construction for a brake caliper of a disk brake
    Patent number: 10570973
    Abstract: A thin-walled piston having a multi-part construction for a brake caliper, the piston having a one-piece design with the form of a pot, which is open on one side, a longitudinal axis, a wall and a piston floor, and which can be applied in the region of the piston floor with an axial contact surface to a brake lining, wherein a tubular insert with a cone is fixed in the interior of the piston, the insert forming a bearing for a bushing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignees: Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG, Erdrich Umformtechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Leidecker, Norman Muth, Matthias Müller, Matthias Würz, Uwe Zeibig
  • Conduit system for connecting a plurality
    Patent number: 10541396
    Abstract: In order to enable a connection between measuring points of an electro-chemical device and a monitoring unit of the electro-chemical device to be easily and rapidly established, there is proposed a conduit system for connecting a plurality of voltage tapping points and/or temperature measuring points of an electro-chemical device to a monitoring unit of the electro-chemical device which comprises a plurality of voltage tapping lines and/or temperature measuring lines and a stiffening structure in which and/or on which the plurality of voltage tapping lines and/or temperature measuring lines are arranged at least in sections thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: ElringKlinger AG
    Inventors: Mark Laderer, Armin Diez, Jan Groshert, Michael Kohnle, Wolfgang Fritz, Christoph Tamegger, Matthias Müller
  • Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Device Having a Metal Adhesion and Barrier Structure and a Method of Forming Such a Semiconductor Device
    Publication number: 20200013722
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of a semiconductor device, the semiconductor devices includes a metal structure electrically connected to a silicon carbide semiconductor body and a metal adhesion and barrier structure between the metal structure and the silicon carbide semiconductor body. The metal adhesion and barrier structure includes a layer comprising titanium and tungsten.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Frank Hille, Ravi Keshav Joshi, Michael Fugger, Oliver Humbel, Thomas Laska, Matthias Müller, Roman Roth, Carsten Schaeffer, Hans-Joachim Schulze, Holger Schulze, Juergen Steinbrenner, Frank Umbach
  • Hydrostatic Axial Piston Pump for a Hydrostatic Traction Drive
    Publication number: 20200003206
    Abstract: A hydrostatic axial piston pump for a hydrostatic traction drive has an adjusting unit for adjusting the stroke volume. The adjusting unit has an actuating cylinder with two counteracting actuating pressure chambers. An actuating pressure can be set in each actuating pressure chamber via a separate pressure reducing valve, the said actuating pressure depending on and preferably being proportional to a current intensity on a respective solenoid of the respective pressure reducing valve. The two current intensities can be calculated via an electronic control unit on a model basis as a function of a speed and of an operating pressure of the axial piston pump and as a function of an operating element for a driver's request, e.g. an accelerator pedal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Matthias Mueller, Ronny Herrmann, Steffen Mutschler, Ulrich Lenzgeiger
  • Hydrostatic Travel Drive and Method for Controlling the Hydrostatic Travel Drive
    Publication number: 20200003301
    Abstract: A hydrostatic travel drive includes a hydraulic pump for the purpose of supplying pressure medium to a hydraulic motor of the travel drive that can be coupled to an output, which pump can be coupled to a drive machine. The hydraulic pump has an actuating cylinder with at least one cylinder chamber and a swept volume which can be adjusted via the actuating cylinder, and at least one electrically activatable pressure valve via which the cylinder chamber can be charged with an adjustingly active actuating pressure. The travel drive further includes device via which a pressure of the hydraulic pump can be limited by means of influencing the actuating pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Matthias Mueller, Michael Frasch, Steffen Mutschler, Ulrich Lenzgeiger
  • Hydrostatic Traction Drive with a Pressure Cutoff and Method for Calibrating the Pressure Cutoff
    Publication number: 20200003303
    Abstract: A hydrostatic traction drive includes a hydraulic pump for supplying pressure medium to a hydraulic motor of the traction drive. The hydraulic pump has an actuation cylinder with at least one cylinder space and a swept volume which can be adjusted thereby. At least one electrically actuable pressure valve is provided, by means of which an actuation pressure which has an adjusting effect can be applied to the cylinder space. In addition, the traction drive has a device by means of which a pressure of the hydraulic pump can be limited by influencing the actuation pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Franz Werner, Matthias Mueller, Michael Frasch, Ronny Herrmann, Ulrich Lenzgeiger
  • Wheel Drive Assembly for a Hydrostatic Traction Drive and Hydrostatic Traction Drive
    Publication number: 20200003302
    Abstract: In a hydraulic motor and a hydrostatic traction drive with such a hydraulic motor, the regulating of the displacement of the hydraulic motor is done via a pilot-operated pressure regulator. The feedforward controller calculates an estimated motor displacement and relays this to the pressure regulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Ronny Herrmann, Matthias Mueller, Peer Mumcu
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPUTER SIMULATION OF DETAILED WAVES FOR LARGE-SCALE WATER SIMULATION
    Publication number: 20190362035
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a novel method and discretization for animating water waves. The approaches disclosed combine the flexibility of a numerical approach to wave simulation with the stability and visual detail provided by a spectrum-based approach to provide Eulerian methods for simulating large-scale oceans with highly detailed wave features. A graphics processing unit stores a one-dimensional texture referred to as a wave profile buffer that stores pre-computed results at a number of discrete sample points for performing wave height evaluation. The water surface is rendered according to water height values computed using the wave profile, accounting for advection, spatial diffusion, angular diffusion, boundary reflections, and dissipation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Stefan Jeschke, Matthias Mueller-Fischer, Nuttapong Chentanez, Miles Macklin
  • Semiconductor device having a metal adhesion and barrier structure and a method of forming such a semiconductor device
    Patent number: 10475743
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of a semiconductor device, the semiconductor devices includes a metal structure electrically connected to a semiconductor body and a metal adhesion and barrier structure between the metal structure and the semiconductor body. The metal adhesion and barrier structure includes a first layer having titanium and tungsten, and a second layer having titanium, tungsten, and nitrogen on the first layer having titanium and tungsten.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Frank Hille, Ravi Keshav Joshi, Michael Fugger, Oliver Humbel, Thomas Laska, Matthias Mueller, Roman Roth, Carsten Schaeffer, Hans-Joachim Schulze, Holger Schulze, Juergen Steinbrenner, Frank Umbach
  • Sensor and Controller for Wind Instruments
    Publication number: 20190341008
    Abstract: This invention involves the field of tactile control of electronic devices using a sensor that transduces both air pressure and device positional orientation into a set of digitally encoded commands. The invention involves using as input the physical action taken on a musical instrument and generating control information using that input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventor: Matthias Mueller
  • Capacitive force sensor having improved attachment
    Patent number: 10444087
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a capacitive force sensor. The capacitive force sensor includes a planar base body, a supported membrane body, two spacers disposed spaced apart to each other, where the membrane body abuts the planar base body via the spacers, and wherein a cavity is formed between the membrane body and the planar base body to allow displacement or deflection of the membrane body under a force onto the membrane body in the area between the spacers. The membrane body forms a first electrode and, a second electrode is provided on the planar base body, wherein the first and second electrode define a first precision capacitor with changing measuring capacity depending on the force. An electrical bracket extends from each of the spacers for electrically contacting the first electrode and forms a bend between each of the associated spacer and a bottom of the base body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: PREH GMBH
    Inventors: Benedikt Schmidt, Thomas Zirkelbach, Harald Ment, Jürgen Nauth, Thilo Schultheis, Sara Hofmann, Matthias Müller
  • Skinning a cluster based simulation with a visual mesh using interpolated orientation and position
    Patent number: 10410431
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for simulating deformable solids undergoing large plastic deformation and topological changes using shape matching. Positional information for particles and orientation information from clusters is used to simulate deformable solids represented by particles. Each visual vertex stores references to particles that influence the vertex, and stores the local position of the particles. A two-step method interpolates orientation from clusters to particles, and uses the orientation and position of particles to skin the visual mesh vertices. This results in a fast method that can reproduce rotation and does not require the visual mesh vertex to be located within a convex hull of particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Nvidia Corporation
    Inventors: Nuttapong Chentanez, Matthias Mueller-Fischer, Miles Macklin
  • Sensor and controller for wind instruments
    Patent number: 10403247
    Abstract: This invention involves the field of tactile control of electronic devices using a sensor that transduces both air pressure and device positional orientation into a set of digitally encoded commands. The invention involves using as input the physical action taken on a musical instrument and generating control information using that input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Inventor: Matthias Mueller
  • Illumination optic for EUV projection lithography
    Patent number: 10379444
    Abstract: An illumination optical unit for EUV projection lithography illuminates an object field with illumination light. The illumination optical unit has a first facet mirror including a plurality of first facets on a first mirror carrier. Disposed downstream of the first facet mirror is a second facet mirror including a plurality of second facets arranged on a second mirror carrier around a facet arrangement center. Partial beams of the illumination light are guided superposed on one another into the object field, respectively via illumination channels which have one of the first facets and one of the second facets. Second maximum angle facets are arranged at the edge of the second mirror carrier. The second maximum angle facets predetermine maximum illumination angles of the illumination light which deviate maximally from a chief ray incidence on the object field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Mueller, Thomas Fischer, Stefan Seitz
  • Electrolyte fluid metering device for lithium cells
    Patent number: 10374212
    Abstract: A battery system includes at least one lithium cell with an electrolyte having at least one polymer which is configured to be impregnated with an electrolyte fluid. In order to increase the capacity, the life and the safety of the battery system, the battery system further includes at least one electrolyte fluid metering device, by which at least one component of the electrolyte fluid can be supplied to the lithium cell and/or by which electrolyte fluid can be discharged from the lithium cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Marcus Wegner, Matthias Mueller, Martin Tenzer
  • Inhibitors for inhibiting tumor metastasis
    Patent number: 10344053
    Abstract: The present invention relates to chemical compounds that can in particular be used as structural mimetics of proline-rich peptides. The compounds of the present invention are capable of selectively inhibiting ena/VASP-EVH1-mediated protein-protein interactions. The invention further relates to the use of said compounds as pharmaceutical agents and to the use of the pharmaceutical agents to treat tumor diseases. The chemical compounds of the present invention can significantly inhibit the chemotaxis and motility of invasive tumor cells and can therefore be used in the treatment and/or prevention of tumor metastases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignees: FORSCHUNGSVERBUND BERLIN E.V., UNIVERSITÄT ZU KÖLN
    Inventors: Ronald Kühne, Hans-Günther Schmalz, Matthias Müller, Cedric Reuter, Arne Soicke, Robert Opitz, Matthias Barone, Hartmut Oschkinat
  • STEEL BRAKE PISTON FOR A HYDRAULIC BRAKE
    Publication number: 20190178379
    Abstract: A pot-shaped, cold-formed steel brake piston as a pot which is open on one side includes a base and a wall including inner and outer walls, a radially inwardly configured groove is open in a radially outward direction and forms, radially at the inside, a groove bead projection. The open side of the pot ends as a bearing for a friction pad backplate. Interfaces integrated at the inside on the end side serve a) for the fixing between friction pad and steel brake piston and b) as support bearing for spring mounting the friction pad. An aspect is a further improved steel brake piston of the new generation. The minimum inner diameter dimin is axially set back in the direction of the base by a multiple of the length of a wall thickness s, and the minimum piston inner diameter dimin is formed by the groove bead projection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Tobias Schmidt, Matthias Würz, Norbert Leidecker, Martin Klacik, Matthias Müller, Uwe Zeibig, Ulrich Lorenz, Rico Bauersfield
  • METHOD FOR OPERATING AN APPARATUS FOR TINNITUS CHARACTERIZATION AND CORRESPONDING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20190163952
    Abstract: A method operates an apparatus for tinnitus characterization, in which, in a first step, a broadband test signal having a number of signal frequencies is generated and compared with a tinnitus noise. The respective test signal is stored with an associated comparison result. A probability correlation for determining the tinnitus noise is established based on the stored test signals and comparison results. In a second step, the amplitudes of the individual signal frequencies of the test signal are varied. The first and second steps are performed repeatedly until the probability correlation reaches or exceeds a first threshold value. In a third step, the amplitudes of the individual signal frequencies of the test signal are varied with reference to the probability correlation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventor: MATTHIAS MUELLER-WEHLAU
  • ELASTIC NEURAL ELECTRODE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20190143101
    Abstract: An elastic neural electrode is provided, having at least one planar metal layer which comprises conductive material and which is placed on an elastomer layer (PDMS), wherein, for reinforcement of the electrode, a high-tensile-strength polymer layer, in particular parylene layer is applied directly onto the at least one metal layer, the high-tensile-strength polymer layer, in particular parylene layer being the outermost layer of the electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Christian HENLE, Martin SCHUETTLER, Fabian KOHLER, Miguel ULLOA, Juan Sebastian ORDONEZ, Matthias MUELLER