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: 20230286259
    Abstract: In some examples, a screen printing unit includes a screen printing forme cylinder, an impression cylinder, and at least one further rotational transport body. A fixing element of the impression cylinder includes inner and outer contact surfaces for clamping sheets. The inner contact surface has a base radius as a distance from an axis of rotation of the impression cylinder. A cylinder barrel of the impression cylinder has a supporting surface for sheets that includes an impression portion having a constant barrel radius, which extends over at least 170° about the axis of rotation of the impression cylinder and the barrel radius is larger than the base radius. A fixing element of the further rotational transport body includes an inner and an outer contact surface for clamping sheets. The inner contact surface includes the base radius as a distance from an axis of rotation of the further rotational transport body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Michael MÜLLER, Martin PALME
  • Publication number: 20230284532
    Abstract: An alloy is provided that consists essentially of wherein 0.06?×? 0.24, 0.01 ?y ?0.06, 0/08?z?0.4, 0.9 ?(a, b) ? 1.1, 0?c? 0.05, 0?d ? 0.05 and 0 ? e ? 0.1 and A is one or more of the elements in the group consisting of Zr, Hf, Sc, Y, La, and up to 5 atom % impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventor: Michael Müller
  • Patent number: 11732863
    Abstract: An illumination device for a motor vehicle includes at least one light source and an elongated waveguide which is delimited along the length thereof by a lateral surface. The waveguide is configured to guide light from the at least one light source along a light propagation direction in a totally reflective manner, the light propagation direction corresponding to the length of the waveguide. The light of the at least one light source can be coupled into the waveguide via a coupling surface at an end face of the waveguide, and a decoupling structure is provided in the lateral surface of the waveguide for decoupling light, which exits the waveguide via an exit region of the lateral surface along the light propagation direction, thereby overriding the total reflection condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Mueller, Daniel Niebler, Mohamed Rabeh, Harald Schaffler
  • Publication number: 20230260223
    Abstract: An example method includes generating a graphical representation of a point cloud of an environment overlaid on a video stream of the environment. The method further includes receiving a first selection of a first point pair, the first point pair including a first virtual point of the point cloud and a first real point of the environment, the first real point corresponding to the first virtual point. The method further includes receiving a second selection of a second point pair, the second point pair including a second virtual point of the point cloud and a second real point of the environment, the second real point corresponding to the second virtual point. The method further includes aligning the point cloud to the environment based at least in part on the first point pair and the second point pair and updating the graphical representation based at least in part on the aligning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: John Chan, Daniel Korgel, Angelo Wostal, Michael Müller, Udo Haedicke
  • Publication number: 20230260030
    Abstract: Methods, systems and devices for the creation, management and retirement of a carbon-linked security within a distributed ledger system. In an example, a method for administering at least one carbon-linked security product includes receiving a carbon footprint associated with an issuer and a confirmation of a deposit of an underlying security associated with the issuer, calculating a carbon offset amount from a ratio derived from at least the carbon footprint or an issuance of the underlying security, linking the carbon offset amount to the underlying security to create at least one carbon-linked security product, receiving a notification of a corporate action by the issuer, determining that the corporate action has an impact on the ratio, and automatically updating, based on the corporate action and the determining, the carbon offset amount in the distributed ledger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Jean-Andre Corpuz, Edward Loughran, Peter Jacaruso, Michael Mueller, Thorsten Peisl
  • Publication number: 20230262904
    Abstract: A method for closing a channel-shaped opening with a cross-sectional area and a passage length, more particularly through-bores or plated through-holes in printed circuit boards, using a liquid curable or curing filler material. The opening is closed by a digitally controlled application method with two discharge heads arranged opposite one another, preferably in an inkjet method with two discharge heads designed as print heads and arranged opposite one another. The two discharge heads are controlled such that the opening is filled with the filler material from both sides through the two ends simultaneously. The filler material is discharged by the two discharge heads such that the quantities of discharged filler material meet inside the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Ralf SCHWARTZ, Michael MÜLLER, Johannes TEKATH
  • Publication number: 20230250067
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds of formula I, compositions comprising the compounds and method of treating various diseases with the compounds and compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Alfred P. Spada, Robert J. Temansky, Michael Mueller
  • Patent number: 11717386
    Abstract: The invention relates to a computer program for specifying a material color of a dental restoration for which the desired tooth color is entered as a target tooth color (56) by the user, said target tooth color being the tooth color of a neighboring tooth, wherein upon specification of the material color of the dental restoration starting from the target tooth color (56) the material color of the dental restoration material is changed based on parameters such as the color of a stump and/or an abutment, the layer thickness of the dental restoration, the type of the dental restoration as well as the processing technique, wherein the specification of the material color of the dental restoration is controlled by the computer program, and wherein, once a parameter is selected, the next parameter is offered automatically, wherein the selection is limited based on parameters which are dependent on one another, such as the layer thickness, the restoration type, that is to say the indication, and the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Tobias Specht, Oliver Voigt, Michael Mueller, Harald Kerschbaumer
  • Publication number: 20230192396
    Abstract: Elastically bendable elongate material with two free ends for stretching an opening edge of an opening of a flexible container. The elongate material, through elastic bending, is brought from a non-use position, in which it is not stretching the opening edge, into an insertion position, in which it is pretensioned and seeks to adopt the non-use position. In the insertion position it is inserted into the opening where it is brought into a use position in which it is pretensioned and seeks to adopt the non-use position such that the opening edge is stretched in a dimensionally stable manner, the free ends of the elongate material are at a distance from each other and between them hold a portion of the opening edge tensioned in a straight line, and a dimensionally stable stretching occurs only in the region of the opening while the rest of the container remains flexible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventor: Michael MÜLLER
  • Patent number: 11680644
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gas-lubricated mechanical seal arrangement (1) comprising a first mechanical seal (2) having a first rotating slide ring (21) and a first slide ring (22) defining a first sealing gap (23) between sealing surfaces (21a, 22a), the first slide ring (22) having a passageway (25) for supplying a barrier fluid to the first sealing gap (23), wherein the passageway (25) extends from a rear surface (22b) to the sliding surface (22a) of the first stationary slide ring (22), and wherein on the first rotating slide ring (21) a first secondary seal (4) for sealing and a centering device (5) for centering of the first rotating slide ring (21) are arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: EagleBurgmann Germany GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ferdinand Werdecker, Andreas Fesl, Michael Müller, Josef Strobl, Johannes Strohmeier, Benjamin Hellmig
  • Publication number: 20230186437
    Abstract: Examples described herein provide a method for denoising data. The method includes receiving an image pair, a disparity map associated with the image pair, and a scanned point cloud associated with the image pair. The method includes generating, using a machine learning model, a predicted point cloud based at least in part on the image pair and the disparity map. The method includes comparing the scanned point cloud to the predicted point cloud to identify noise in the scanned point cloud. The method includes generating a new point cloud without at least some of the noise based at least in part on comparing the scanned point cloud to the predicted point cloud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Georgios BALATZIS, Michael MÜLLER
  • Publication number: 20230180985
    Abstract: A floor cleaning machine is provided, including a base, a rocker which is arranged at the base via a first pivot bearing for pivotal movement about a first pivot axis, a sweeping roller which is arranged at the rocker via a rotary bearing for rotational movement about a rotary axis, a motor device for rotatably driving the sweeping roller, and a traction drive having a traction member for transmitting torque from the motor device to the sweeping roller, wherein the traction member includes a load-side section, wherein a lever is arranged at the base via a second pivot bearing for pivotal movement about a second pivot axis, wherein the lever is articulated to the rocker, and wherein a deflection element for the traction member is arranged at the lever, wherein the traction member is guided on the deflection element in the load-side section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Ulrich BAUER, Michael MUELLER
  • Patent number: 11677212
    Abstract: The invention relates to a semiconductor laser diode (1) comprising: —a semiconductor layer sequence (2) having an active region (20) provided for generating radiation; —a radiation decoupling surface (10) which extends perpendicular to a main extension plane of the active region; —a main surface (11) which delimits the semiconductor layer sequence in the vertical direction; —a contact layer (3) which adjoins the main surface; and —a heat-dissipating layer (4), regions of which are arranged on a side of the contact layer facing away from the active region, wherein the contact layer is exposed in places for external electrical contact of the semiconductor laser diode. The invention also relates to a semiconductor component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Alexander Bachmann, Roland Heinrich Enzmann, Michael Müller
  • Patent number: 11656043
    Abstract: A weapon system that includes a breechblock, which is formed at least by a breechblock carrier and a breechblock head, the breechblock carrier being designed so as to carry the breechblock head. To achieve the fact that forces acting upon the breechblock drive during the unlocking of the breechblock and the withdrawal of a cartridge casing are minimized or even eliminated, the breechblock head is freely movable relative to the breechblock carrier. To separate the breechblock with a breechblock drive of the weapon system during the recoil of the recoiling masses of the weapon system, a device is designed in such a way that a mechanical separation takes place between the breechblock and the breechblock drive during the recoil of the recoiling masses of the weapon system. During the forward motion of the recoiling masses, the mechanical connection between the breechblock drive and the breechblock is reestablished via the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Mueller, Klaus-Peter Eggert
  • Patent number: 11643330
    Abstract: Chlorosilanes are produced in exalted yield in a fluidized bed process when the reactor hydraulic diameter, Sauter particle diameter, and superficial gas velocity are used to define a parameter space as a function of Reynolds number and Archimedes number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: WACKER CHEMIE AG
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Rimboeck, Karone Aseervatham, Michael Mueller, Natalia Sofina
  • Publication number: 20230134469
    Abstract: An illumination device for a motor vehicle includes at least one light source and an elongated waveguide which is delimited along the length thereof by a lateral surface. The waveguide is configured to guide light from the at least one light source along a light propagation direction in a totally reflective manner, the light propagation direction corresponding to the length of the waveguide. The light of the at least one light source can be coupled into the waveguide via a coupling surface at an end face of the waveguide, and a decoupling structure is provided in the lateral surface of the waveguide for decoupling light, which exits the waveguide via an exit region of the lateral surface along the light propagation direction, thereby overriding the total reflection condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Michael MUELLER, Daniel NIEBLER, Mohamed RABEH, Harald SCHAFFLER
  • Publication number: 20230139755
    Abstract: A power supply system controls the source impedance of a generator in real time utilizing two amplifiers having asymmetrical power profiles in reference to a nominal load impedance that are diametrically opposite in reference to the nominal load impedance. Variations in power profiles may be achieved by using different topologies for each of the amplifiers or implementing a phase delay network. The output power from the first and second amplifiers may be combined using a combiner circuit or device and the output power from the combiner is transmitted to a plasma load. The output power of each amplifier may be independently controlled to alter one or more characteristics of the output power signal provided by the individual amplifiers. By changing the ratio of the output power of the first amplifier to the output power of the second amplified, the source impedance of the generators may be varied in real time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Gennady G. Gurov, Michael Mueller, Zebulun Whitman Benham
  • Publication number: 20230122415
    Abstract: A generator, in particular a generator for a wind power installation, the generator having: an air supply duct and a separate exhaust air chamber, in particular two or a plurality of exhaust air chambers, which are fluidically connected to the upstream air supply duct, a stator segment having a stator active unit and a rotor segment which is disposed so as to be rotatable relative to the stator segment about a rotation axis and has a rotor active unit, the rotor active unit and the stator active unit being disposed so as to be mutually spaced apart by an air gap by way of which the exhaust air chamber is fluidically connected to the upstream air supply duct, wherein an air-conveying device is disposed downstream of the exhaust air chamber that is configured for cooling the rotor active unit and the stator active unit, the air-conveying device for cooling the rotor active unit and the stator active unit supplying cooling air to the air gap by way of the air supply duct, and discharging from the air gap cooling
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Kai Enskonatus, Michael Müller, Alexander Philipp
  • Publication number: 20230110610
    Abstract: A transmission assembly may include a transmission housing; and a receiving space for receiving an electrical functional unit. The receiving space may be formed by at least one wall in the transmission housing and a lid unit, the receiving space may be sealable from an exterior environment via a seal in a contact region on the transmission housing and the lid unit. The lid unit may be connectable to the transmission housing by a screw, where the lid unit includes a channel through which at least part of the screw passes, and where the channel has an inner thread section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Linus Eschenbeck, Florian Pöhnlein, Daniel Haase, Michael Mueller, Christof Röck, Nikolaus Taschner, Jens Hereth, Paul Kister
  • Patent number: 11616183
    Abstract: An alloy is provided that consists essentially of (TixTayVzAcNb1-x-y-z-c)(Fe1-dMnd)a(Sb1-eSne)b, wherein 0.06?x?0.24, 0.01?y?0.06, 0/08?z?0.4, 0.9?(a, b)?1.1, 0?c?0.05, 0?d?0.05 and 0?e?0.1 and A is one or more of the elements in the group consisting of Zr, Hf, Sc, Y, La, and up to 5 atom % impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: VACUUMSCHMELZE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Michael Müller