Patents by Inventor Michael A. Bauer

Michael A. Bauer 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).

  • Heat Exchanger and Fuel Cell System
    Publication number: 20190013530
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for a fuel cell system, in particular in a vehicle, includes a gas section for at least one gas and one cooling fluid section for cooling the at least one gas, a housing, and a cooler matrix which is arranged in the housing and in which the cooling fluid section is configured, where the cooler matrix forms a multiplicity of cavities which produce the gas section, at least one gas inlet on the housing, at least one partition in the cooler matrix for dividing the gas section into at least two flows, with the result that the two flows can be cooled by way of the same cooling fluid section, and at least two gas outlets on the housing, where each flow opens into a dedicated gas outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Marc BECKER, Michael Bauer, Martin Moser
  • Fuel cell system having a fuel cell stack arranged in a housing, and a measure for ventilating the housing
    Patent number: 10155452
    Abstract: A fuel cell system, in particular for a motor vehicle, has a fuel cell stack arranged in a housing and a measure for ventilating this housing by coupling the ventilation stream to another gas stream. The ventilation stream is fed to an air stream which is conducted through a radiator of the fuel cell system. The radiator is an ambient air heat exchanger. If the ventilation stream is fed in upstream of the radiator, a venting opening in the housing can be placed in such a way that the ventilation stream is entrained to the radiator by the inflow air stream. Alternatively, the ventilation stream can be fed to an exhaust gas stream of the fuel cell stack and the latter can be fed to the outflow stream of the radiator. A sensor for determining the hydrogen content in a gas stream downstream of the point where the ventilation stream is fed may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stephan Friedrich, Martin Scherrer, Michael Bauer, Johannes Schmid, Norbert Frisch
  • Method for Handling a Product Substrate and a Bonded Substrate System
    Publication number: 20180350683
    Abstract: A method for handling a product substrate includes bonding a carrier to the product substrate by: applying a layer of a temporary adhesive having a first coefficient of thermal expansion onto a surface of the carrier; and bonding the carrier to the product substrate using the applied temporary adhesive. A surface of the temporary adhesive is in direct contact to a surface of the product substrate. The temporary adhesive includes or is adjacent a filler material having a second coefficient of thermal expansion which is smaller than the first coefficient of thermal expansion, so that stress occurs inside the temporary adhesive layer or at an interface to the product substrate or the carrier during cooling down of the temporary adhesive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Georg Meyer-Berg, Claus von Waechter, Michael Bauer, Holger Doepke, Dominic Maier, Daniel Porwol, Tobias Schmidt
  • Chip packages, chip arrangements, a circuit board, and methods for manufacturing chip packages
    Patent number: 10128180
    Abstract: A chip package is provided, the chip package including: a chip carrier; a chip disposed over and electrically connected to a chip carrier top side; an electrically insulating material disposed over and at least partially surrounding the chip; one or more electrically conductive contact regions formed over the electrically insulating material and in electrical connection with the chip; a further electrically insulating material disposed over a chip carrier bottom side; wherein an electrically conductive contact region on the chip carrier bottom side is released from the further electrically insulating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Michael Bauer, Alfred Haimerl, Angela Kessler, Wolfgang Schober
  • APPARATUS FOR DE-ICING THE CASING TUBE OF A TENDON AND PREVENTING ICE FORMING ON SAID TUBE, TENDON COMPRISING AN APPARATUS OF THIS TYPE, AND STRUCTURE COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE TENDON OF THIS TYPE
    Publication number: 20180291983
    Abstract: An apparatus for de-icing the surface of a casing tube of a tendon that is exposed to weather influences, or to guard against, if not completely prevent, ice forming on the tube, where the tendon is anchored to a structure by means of an anchoring device is provided. The apparatus includes a power device, one end of which is in force transmitting engagement with the anchoring device or with a part that is connected to the anchoring device in an operationally stable manner, and the other end is in force transmitting engagement with the casing tube or with a part that is connected to the tube in an operationally stable manner. The power device is configured to move the casing tube relative to the anchoring device in the circumferential, radial and/or axial direction in relation to the longitudinal extension direction of the casing tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Werner Brand, Michael Bauer, Marcel Kasper
  • Fuel cell having at least one active surface layer
    Patent number: 10090535
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel cell having an anode/cathode stack, which comprises at least one active surface layer, which is designed having a first channel structure having a plurality of first channels for conducting a first fluid in a first direction over the surface layer, which is designed having a second channel structure having a plurality of second channels for conducting a second fluid in a second direction over the surface layer, wherein the second direction extends substantially perpendicularly to the first direction, which is designed having a first feeding structure for feeding the first fluid into the plurality of first channels, and which is designed having a second feeding structure for feeding the second fluid into the plurality of second channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stefan Haase, Andreas Buchner, Michael Bauer
  • Method for determining an opening delay of a fuel injector
    Patent number: 10060381
    Abstract: A method is described for determining an opening delay of a fuel injector in which by activating a solenoid with the aid of an armature, a valve needle may be opened wherein a mathematical model is used which includes an activation duration of the solenoid as an input variable and a respective opening delay as an output variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Alexander Schenck Zu Schweinsberg, Achim Hirchenhein, Klaus Joos, Markus Amler, Michael Bauer, Werner Hess
  • Method for handling a product substrate, a bonded substrate system and a temporary adhesive
    Patent number: 10056295
    Abstract: A method for handling a product substrate includes bonding a carrier to the product substrate. A layer of a permanent adhesive is applied onto a surface of the carrier. A structured intermediate layer is provided. The applied permanent adhesive bonds the carrier to the product substrate. The structured intermediate layer is arranged between the product substrate and the carrier. A surface of the structured intermediate layer and a surface of the permanent adhesive are in direct contact to a surface of the product substrate. The structured intermediate layer decreases a bonding strength between the product substrate and the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Georg Meyer-Berg, Claus von Waechter, Michael Bauer, Holger Doepke, Dominic Maier, Daniel Porwol, Tobias Schmidt
  • LINEAR DAMPER WITH AXIALLY OFFSET FRICTION PAD
    Publication number: 20180231089
    Abstract: A damper includes a housing with at least one axially offset longitudinally extending guide channel for receiving a plunger of a piston assembly. The plunger is axially offset from a control rod extending through the housing and the piston assembly. A coil spring surrounds the housing and extends between a hemispherical cap of the housing and the piston. The plunger includes a friction pad which engages the guide channel of the housing to provide frictional inter-engagement for the damper. In one embodiment, the housing includes a pair of axially offset guide channels and the piston assembly includes a pair of axially offset plungers which extend within a pair of guides of the housing. One of the plungers includes a linear sensor which provides signal information for use by a washer control circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Bauer, Michael Weder, Andreas Pelczer, D. Stuart Atwater, James Lee Vander Zanden, Jonathan David Bruin
  • System and method for flowing a mixture of coolants to a charge air cooler
    Patent number: 10030575
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for flowing a first coolant and a second coolant to a charge air cooler. In one example, a method may include flowing only a first coolant, flowing only a second coolant, or flowing a mixture of the first and the second coolants to the charge air cooler based on engine operating conditions. Further, the method may include adjusting additional engine operating parameters based on a ratio of the first coolant to second coolant flowing to the charge air cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Eric Matthew Kurtz, Paul Joseph Tennison, Daniel Joseph Styles, Curtis Michael Bauer
  • Engine system and method for controlling turbine operation
    Patent number: 10006347
    Abstract: A method for operating an engine system is provided. The method includes during a first condition, flowing exhaust gas from a first exhaust gas conduit to a first turbine inlet of a turbine and flowing exhaust gas from a second exhaust gas conduit to a turbine bypass conduit and during a second condition, flowing exhaust gas from the first exhaust gas conduit to the first turbine inlet and exhaust gas from the second exhaust gas conduit to a second turbine inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Joseph Tennison, Daniel William Kantrow, Curtis Michael Bauer, Sr.
  • Protease Variants and Polynucleotides Encoding Same
    Publication number: 20180171319
    Abstract: The present invention relates to protease variants and methods for obtaining protease variants. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Frank Winther Rasmussen, Rolf Thomas Lenhard, Miguel Duarte Guilherme Perreira Toscano, Esben Peter Friis, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Jurgen Carsten Franz Knotzel, Michael Bauer
  • FRICTION DEVICE AND FRICTION DAMPER COMPRISING A FRICTION DEVICE OF THIS TYPE
    Publication number: 20180163808
    Abstract: A frictional device for a frictional damper comprises a friction lining carrier, at least one adjustable friction lining arranged on the friction lining carrier and an adjustment element for adjustably arranging the at least one friction lining on the friction lining carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Bauer, Michael Weder
  • CONTROL SURFACE COMPONENT FOR A HIGH-LIFT DEVICE OF AN AIRCRAFT AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20180148163
    Abstract: A control surface component for reducing a noise level generated by the flow around the control surface component, in particular flap component, for a high-lift device of a wing of an aircraft, having a lift body, which is designed or configured to generate lift and which comprises a lift body end region, a lift body suction side and a lift body pressure side, wherein a foam body, which can be mounted adjoining the lift body end region, is formed separately from the lift body as an integral element and is exposed, is designed or configured to provide, in the mounted state, a plurality of flow paths which fluidically connect the lift body suction side and the lift body pressure side to compensate for a pressure difference prevailing between the lift body suction side and the lift body pressure side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Bauer, Johann Reichenberger
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ASCERTAINING A CORRECTION VALUE FOR A FUEL INJECTION QUANTITY
    Publication number: 20180106208
    Abstract: A method for ascertaining a correction value for a fuel metering of a fuel injector of an internal combustion engine, in which fuel is injected from a high pressure accumulator into a combustion chamber with the aid of the fuel injector, a value which is representative for a static flow rate through the fuel injector being ascertained by way of ascertaining, during at least one injection process of the fuel injector, a ratio of a pressure difference occurring in the high pressure accumulator as a result of the injection process and an associated duration which is characteristic for the injection process, and the correction value being ascertained on the basis of a comparison of the representative value with a comparative value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Achim Hirchenhein, Alexander Schenck Zuschweinsberg, Klaus Joos, Michael Bauer, Werner Hess
  • Chip package and method of forming a chip package
    Patent number: 9941181
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a chip package is provided. The chip package may include a chip including a chip metal surface, a metal contact structure electrically contacting the chip metal surface, and packaging material including a contact layer being in physical contact with the chip metal surface and/or with the metal contact structure; wherein at least in the contact layer of the packaging material, a summed concentration of chemically reactive sulfur, chemically reactive selenium and chemically reactive tellurium is less than 10 atomic parts per million.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Heinrich Koerner, Michael Bauer, Reimund Engl, Michael Huettinger, Werner Kanert, Joachim Mahler, Brigitte Ruehle
  • CHIP PACKAGES, CHIP ARRANGEMENTS, A CIRCUIT BOARD, AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING CHIP PACKAGES
    Publication number: 20180096924
    Abstract: A chip package is provided, the chip package including: a chip carrier; a chip disposed over and electrically connected to a chip carrier top side; an electrically insulating material disposed over and at least partially surrounding the chip; one or more electrically conductive contact regions formed over the electrically insulating material and in electrical connection with the chip; a further electrically insulating material disposed over a chip carrier bottom side; wherein an electrically conductive contact region on the chip carrier bottom side is released from the further electrically insulating material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Bauer, Alfred Haimerl, Angela Kessler, Wolfgang Schober
  • Protease variants and polynucleotides encoding same
    Patent number: 9926550
    Abstract: The present invention relates to protease variants and methods for obtaining protease variants. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Frank Winther Rasmussen, Rolf Thomas Lenhard, Miguel Duarte Guilherme Perreira Toscano, Esben Peter Friis, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Jurgen Carsten Franz Knotzel, Michael Bauer
  • FRICTIONAL DAMPER
    Publication number: 20180073589
    Abstract: A frictional damper comprises a housing which has a longitudinal axis, a plunger which can be moved along the longitudinal axis, a frictional unit for generating a frictional force on the plunger, the frictional unit comprising at least one friction lining for bearing rubbingly against the plunger, and a friction lining carrier, on which the at least one friction lining is held, the friction lining carrier being arranged such that it can be moved relative to the plunger in the housing between a pulled-out position and a pushed-in position, and a pulled-out friction acting in the pulled-out position, which pulled-out friction is different from the pushed-in friction which acts in the pushed-in position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Michael WEDER, Michael BAUER
  • Transmitter for a synchronising assembly of a manual transmission and a method for producing a transmitter
    Patent number: 9909628
    Abstract: A transmitter for a synchronizing assembly of a manual transmission has a transmitter disk and at least one clutch disk which is arranged on a side surface of the transmitter disk. The clutch disk and the transmitter disk are fixedly connected together by local welding points. A method for producing a transmitter for a synchronizing assembly of a manual transmission consists of providing a clutch disk and a transmitter disk. Then, the clutch disk and the transmitter disk are fastened together by means of projection welding. Finally, the thus formed assembly is hardened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: HOERBIGER Antriebstechnik Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Bauer, Juergen Binder, Berthold Negele, Georg Ruprecht