Patents by Inventor Michael A. Mueller

Michael A. 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).

  • Publication number: 20240060796
    Abstract: A magnetic sensor package comprising a magnetic multi-turn sensor die and a magnetic single turn sensor die, in which both sensor dies are packaged on the same lead frame. A method of manufacturing the magnetic sensor package is also provided. A magnetic sensor system comprising a rotating magnet and the magnetic sensor package, where the sensor package is arranged so that both sensor dies sit within a homogenous magnetic field, thereby ensuring that the output signal of each sensor is not corrupted by any stray fields.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Aude Richard, Michael Mueller-Aulmann, Peter James Tonge, Monsoon Dutt, Jan Kubik, John O'Dowd, Enda Joseph Nicholl, Stephen O'Brien, Jochen Schmitt, Robert Guyol, Christian Nau, Colin P. Giles, Brian O'Mara, Wenmei Wang
  • Patent number: 11903599
    Abstract: A humerus cutting assembly includes a guide frame having an attachment member adapted to be secured to a humerus adjacent to a humeral head. A cutting guide is releasably connected to the guide frame, the cutting guide configured to guide a tool in altering the humeral head. One or more inertial sensor units is on the cutting guide, the inertial sensor unit tracking an orientation of the cutting guide relative to the humerus based on the releasable connection between the cutting guide and the guide frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: ORTHOSOFT ULC
    Inventors: Joseph Madier-Vigneux, Karine Duval, Andreanne Goyette, Pablo Devanne Langlais, Kevin Miller, Michael Mueller
  • Publication number: 20240043972
    Abstract: In an embodiment a FeCoV alloy is provided with a composition consisting essentially of 30 wt %?Co?55 wt %, 0.4 wt %?V?1.5 wt %, 0. wt %?Nb?0.15 wt %, 0.0 wt %?Ta?0.20 wt %, 0.04 wt %?Nb+0.5·Ta?0.15 wt %, max. 0.02 wt % C, 0.0 wt %?Si?0.50 wt %, 0.0 wt %?Al?0.50 wt %, max. 0.5 wt % Mn, max. 0.5 wt % Cr, max. 0.5 wt % Ni, max. 0.5 wt % W, max. 0.5 wt % Mo, max. 0.5 wt % Zr, the rest Fe and up to 1 wt % of other impurities, and having a phase transition from a ferritic ?-phase region to a mixed ferritic/austenitic ?+?-region that takes place at a transition temperature T(?/?+?), where T(?/?+?)?900° C., preferably ?920° C., preferably ?940° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Niklas Volbers, Michael Müller, Jan Frederik Fohr
  • Publication number: 20240035915
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of monitoring a mechanical seal arrangement (1) comprising the steps of: acquiring operational data of an individual mechanical seal arrangement (1) on a test bench (11), the acquired operational data being defined as the nominal data (17), incorporating the individual mechanical seal arrangement (1) into a sealing system (12), acquiring operational data from the individual mechanical seal arrangement (1) in the condition incorporated into the sealing system (12), the acquired operational data being defined as the actual data (18), and comparing the nominal data (17) with the actual data (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: EagleBurgmann Germany GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ferdinand Werdecker, Michael Müller, Dieter Klusch
  • Patent number: 11877789
    Abstract: An end effector includes a distal clevis, an axle mounted to the distal clevis, a first jaw holder and corresponding first jaw member rotatably mounted to the axle, and second jaw holder and corresponding second jaw member rotatably mounted to the axle. A cylindrical sleeve axle having opposing first and second ends and defining a central passageway extending between the opposing first and second ends, the sleeve axle providing a continuously straight and uninterrupted outer surface extending entirely between the opposing first and second ends. The axle is received within the central passageway and the sleeve axle is rotatable relative to the axle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: Barry Christian Worrell, Joseph Michael Mueller, Rudolph Henry Nobis
  • Patent number: 11878656
    Abstract: A firearm rack assembly for securing at least one firearm that is removably attachable to a vehicle. The rack including a rifle attachment assembly, a pistol attachment assembly, an assembly post assembly wherein the rifle attachment assembly and pistol attachment assembly are removably joined to the assembly post and the assembly post is removably attachable to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Michael Mueller, Alexander Orsi, John Bales
  • Patent number: 11882001
    Abstract: Techniques and solutions are provided for determining changes to networks formed from network objects. Changes to network objects, such as addition or deletion operations are received and associated with timestamps. Last data changes for respective network objects are determined, including a last data change for a particular type associated with a respective networked object, where a networked object may be concurrently associated with a plurality of types. A first network object is removed from a first network, and contributions of the first network object to edges in the first network are removed. A second network object is associated with an addition operation and at least one edge is determined that connects the second network object and a third network object. Sets of disconnected network objects are determined. Network objects are associated with an identifier identifying a network that includes a respective network object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Konstantin Skodinis, Holger Huene, Thomas Gross-Boelting, Michael Mueller
  • Publication number: 20240014628
    Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a package, in particular an injection molded circuit carrier, MID, at least one injection molded cover plate forming a cavity is provided having a cover area and a perimeter defining the cover area; wherein the cover area includes an opening. Two conductive traces having a first portion on a top edge of the surround, a second portion on a side surface of the surround, and a third portion on the cover area are formed, and then an optical element is formed in the opening of the cover area. Finally, a loop-shaped interlock circuit is applied to the optical element in an edge portion between the opening and the cover area, wherein one end of the loop-shaped interlock circuit is connected to each of the first and second conductive paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: ams-OSRAM International GmbH
    Inventors: Zeljko Pajkic, Markus Boss, Michael Müller
  • Publication number: 20230403199
    Abstract: Techniques and solutions are provided for determining changes to networks formed from network objects. Changes to network objects, such as addition or deletion operations are received and associated with timestamps. Last data changes for respective network objects are determined, including a last data change for a particular type associated with a respective networked object, where a networked object may be concurrently associated with a plurality of types. A first network object is removed from a first network, and contributions of the first network object to edges in the first network are removed. A second network object is associated with an addition operation and at least one edge is determined that connects the second network object and a third network object. Sets of disconnected network objects are determined. Network objects are associated with an identifier identifying a network that includes a respective network object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: SAP SE
    Inventors: Konstantin Skodinis, Holger Huene, Thomas Gross-Boelting, Michael Mueller
  • Patent number: 11839338
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser with a pump mechanism that dispenses fluid when activated. A light sensor detects light in or around the fluid dispenser, and a controller controls a function of an electronic component of the fluid dispenser based on detection data received from the light sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: OP-Hygiene IP GMBH
    Inventors: Albrecht Lang, Adrian Senn, Michael Müller
  • Publication number: 20230391067
    Abstract: In some examples, a sheet-fed printing unit is configured as a screen printing unit and includes at least one screen printing forme cylinder and at least one impression cylinder cooperating therewith. A cylinder barrel of the impression cylinder includes a supporting surface for sheets, and which includes at least one impression portion having a constant barrel radius that extends over an angle of at least 170 degrees about the axis of rotation of the impression cylinder. The screen printing forme cylinder has an effective screen radius that is smaller than a barrel radius of the impression cylinder, and the effective screen radius is larger than half the barrel radius.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Michael MÜLLER, Martin PALME
  • Publication number: 20230391066
    Abstract: In some examples, a screen printing unit includes a screen printing forme cylinder, an impression cylinder, and a frame including two frame side walls. The screen printing unit further includes first and second base modules, each comprising two stationary base side walls that each have a one-piece design. Each base module includes four installation areas for rotational transport bodies whose positions coincide in the base modules, and the respective first and second installation areas of each base module form a respective selection group of the base module. An impression cylinder cooperating with the screen printing forme cylinder is in one of the installation areas of the selection group of the first base module, and a respective rotational transport body is arranged in each of the four installation areas of the base modules. A functionally different rotational transport body is arranged in an installation area of the first base module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Michael MÜLLER, Martin PALME, Emmanuel THONY
  • Patent number: 11833523
    Abstract: In consideration of increasing throughput rate of a stable operating process as well as making the process energy-efficient, the aim is to optimise a fluidised bed opposed jet mill and a dedicated process to produce ultrafine particles from a feed material of low bulk density with a housing in vertical design, with a product feed point and a product discharge, with a grinding zone located in the lower area of the housing which has grinding nozzles spaced evenly around the circumference whose jets intersect at one central point and with a classifying device installed in the upper area of the housing. This is achieved by the feed material dosed to the mill from the bottom into the mill sump as a gas-particle mixture, whereby a deflector hood is located above the feed point and below the grinding nozzle level, and the grinding gas nozzles designed to be flush with the walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: HOSOKAWA ALPINE Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Tobias Fuchs, Michael Müller, Bernhard Renner
  • Patent number: 11827961
    Abstract: In an embodiment a FeCoV alloy is provided with a composition consisting essentially of 30 wt %?Co?55 wt %, 0.4 wt %?V?1.5 wt %, 0 wt %?Nb?0.15 wt %, 0.0 wt %?Ta?0.20 wt %, 0.04 wt %?Nb+0.5·Ta?0.15 wt %, max. 0.02 wt % C, 0.0 wt %?Si?0.50 wt %, 0.0 wt %?Al?0.50 wt %, max. 0.5 wt % Mn, max. 0.5 wt % Cr, max. 0.5 wt % Ni, max. 0.5 wt % W, max. 0.5 wt % Mo, max. 0.5 wt % Zr, the rest Fe and up to 1 wt % of other impurities, and having a phase transition from a ferritic ?-phase region to a mixed ferritic/austenitic ?+?-region that takes place at a transition temperature T(?/?+?), where T(?/?+?)?900° C., preferably ?920° C., preferably ?940° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: VACUUMSCHMELZE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Niklas Volbers, Michael Müller, Jan Frederik Fohr
  • Publication number: 20230366468
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of operating a mechanical seal assembly (1) having a mechanical seal (2) with a rotating sliding ring (3) and a stationary sliding ring (4), defining a sealing gap (5) between the sliding surfaces thereof, comprising the steps of: collecting operating data and/or environmental data of the mechanical seal (2), transmitting the collected operating data and/or environmental data to a digital twin (31) of the mechanical seal (2), simulating and monitoring the operation of the mechanical seal (2) using the digital twin (31) based on the transmitted operating data and/or environmental data of the mechanical seal (2), and retransmitting a simulation result and/or data of the digital twin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: EagleBurgmann Germany GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Joachim Otschik, Michael Müller, Klaus Lang, Rolf Johannes, Armin Laxander
  • Patent number: 11811267
    Abstract: A stator plate packet (7, 7a, 7b) for a stator (5) of an electrical machine (1) is described, which comprises several stator plates (6) stacked one against the other and with stator grooves (13) open towards the inside for receiving a stator winding (8), wherein the stator plates (6) are welded together by means of a plurality n of external weld seams (14) or weld seam portions which are evenly distributed over the periphery of the stator plate packet (7, 7a, 7b). The weld seams (14) or weld seam portions each run from a first end face (B) of the stator plate packet (7) to a second end face (C) of the stator plate packet (7) and each extend over an angle (?) with respect to the rotational axis (A) of the electrical machine (1). The angle (?) lies in a range of ??360°/n?10%. Furthermore, an electrical machine (1) with such a stator plate packet (7, 7a, 7b) or stator (4), and a vehicle (15) with such an electrical machine (1), are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Valeo Siemens eAutomotive Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Böhm, Michael Müller
  • Publication number: 20230349728
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method of determining the initialization state of a multi-turn sensor based on the sensor outputs. The method takes a reading of the sensor outputs, and then determines whether the sensor outputs are feasible based on an assumption that the sensor is initialized in one of two states. If the sensor outputs are correct, this initial assumption is taken to also be correct. However, if an incorrect sensor output is read, then it is taken that the assumed initialization state is incorrect. The sensor is therefore taken to be initialized in the alternative state. The method will then determine whether the sensor outputs are feasible based on this second assumption, and if an incorrect sensor output is still being read, then there is a fault in the multi-turn sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Peter James Tonge, Monsoon Dutt, Michael Mueller-Aulmann
  • Patent number: 11767335
    Abstract: Organochlorosilanes are produced by reacting, in a fluidized bed reactor, a chloromethane-containing reactant gas with a particulate contact mass containing silicon and a catalyst, wherein the organochlorosilanes have the general formula (CH3)nHSiCl4-n-m where n=1 to 3 and m=0 or 1, wherein the process is characterized by three dimensions indices K1-K3, which are respectively associated with the reactor, the contact mass, and the reaction conditions, and which are maintained within specified bounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Wacker Chemie AG
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Rimboeck, Michael Mueller, Natalia Sofina
  • Patent number: 11761793
    Abstract: A magnetic sensor package comprising a magnetic multi-turn sensor die and a magnetic single turn sensor die, in which both sensor dies are packaged on the same lead frame. A method of manufacturing the magnetic sensor package is also provided. A magnetic sensor system comprising a rotating magnet and the magnetic sensor package, where the sensor package is arranged so that both sensor dies sit within a homogenous magnetic field, thereby ensuring that the output signal of each sensor is not corrupted by any stray fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
    Inventors: Aude Richard, Michael Mueller-Aulmann, Peter James Tonge, Monsoon Dutt, Jan Kubik, John O'Dowd, Enda Joseph Nicholl, Stephen O'Brien, Jochen Schmitt, Robert Guyol, Christian Nau, Colin P. Giles, Brian O'Mara, Wenmei Wang
  • Publication number: 20230288912
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes identifying, by a controller, a part that is being transported to a workstation. The method further includes capturing a 3D scan of the part using a dynamic machine vision sensor. The method further includes validating the part by comparing the 3D scan of the part with a 3D model of the part. The method further includes, based on a determination that the part is valid, projecting a hologram that includes a sequence of assembly steps associated with the part. The method further includes, upon completion of the sequence of assembly steps, capturing a 3D scan of an item that is assembled using the part. The method further includes validating the item by comparing the 3D scan of the item with a 3D model of the item. The method further includes notifying a validity of the item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Georgios Balatzis, Michael Müller