Patents by Inventor Michael Becker

Michael Becker 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: 20110000565
    Abstract: A hydraulic oscillating motor which has at least two working chambers which are coupled via pressure lines to a device for pressure compensation. A first working chamber is connected to a first pressure line and a second working chamber is connected to a second pressure line. The motor further has a device for pressure compensation with a first compensating cylinder and a second compensating cylinder. Each of the compensating cylinders has in each case one compensating volume and in each case one elastic force store for delimiting the respective compensating volume. The compensating volume of the first compensating cylinder is connected to the first pressure line, and the compensating volume of the second compensating cylinder is connected to the second pressure line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Michael Becker, Reinhard Horn
  • Publication number: 20100312024
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing 1,2-propanediol, in which a glycerol-containing stream, especially a stream obtained on the industrial scale in the production of biodiesel, is subjected to a low pressure hydrogenation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Jochem Henkelmann, Roman Prochazka, Oliver Bey, Stephan Maurer, Jochen Steiner, Heiko Urtel, Gerhard Theis, Peter Wahl, Michael Becker
  • Publication number: 20100313106
    Abstract: An instruction is received to convert a first diagram in the advanced diagram format to a second diagram in a basic diagram format. The advanced diagram format may be configured to restrict user customization. The basic diagram format may be configured to permit the user customization. When the instruction is received to convert the first diagram to the second diagram, the first diagram is converted to the second diagram by transforming shapes, text, and formatting in the first diagram into shapes, text, and formatting in the second diagram.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Adam Spencer Callens, Christopher Michael Becker, Crystal Lynn Hoyer, Matthew Kotler
  • Patent number: 7790937
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of 1,2-propanediol, in which a glycerol-containing stream, in particular a stream obtained on an industrial scale in the production of biodiesel, is subjected to a hydrogenation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Jochem Henkelmann, Michael Becker, Jochen Buerkle, Peter Wahl, Gerhard Theis, Stephen Maurer
  • Patent number: 7780194
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of an air bag, more particularly a one-piece woven (OPW) air bag, comprising single layer and double layer areas, a top and bottom outer surface and a coating in at least certain areas. The invention is characteristic in that the single layer area is sealed in such a way that said areas are substantially impermeable to fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Global Safety Textiles GmbH
    Inventors: Birgit Tröndle, Thomas Eschbach, Michael Becker
  • Patent number: 7767852
    Abstract: Process for preparing aminodihalophosphines, diaminohalophosphines, triaminophosphines, phosphorous ester diamides, aminophosphines, diaminophosphines, phosphorous ester amide halides and aminophosphine halides with elimination of an acid in the presence of an auxiliary base, wherein the auxiliary base b) and the acid form a salt which is liquid at temperatures at which the desired product is not significantly decomposed during the process of separating off the liquid salt and c) the salt of the auxiliary base forms two immiscible liquid phases with the desired product or the solution of the desired product in a suitable solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Martin Volland, Verena Seitz, Matthias Maase, Miguel Flores, Rainer Papp, Klemens Massonne, Veit Stegmann, Klaus Halbritter, Ralf Noe, Michael Bartsch, Wolfgang Siegel, Michael Becker, Oliver Huttenloch
  • Publication number: 20100163132
    Abstract: The invention relates to an insulating device containing a first machine element, in particular an exhaust gas pipe, and at least one second machine element, in particular an exhaust manifold, that is connected to said first machine element and through which, in particular, a hot medium can flow and being connected to a unit. The insulating device at least partially surrounds the machine element and is connected to the unit. The aim of the invention is to further develop the claimed insulating device with a low amount of production and material expenditure such that mounting and demounting can be carried out in a simple manner and can be adapted in a problem-free manner to various types of units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventor: Michael Becker
  • Publication number: 20100152436
    Abstract: The invention relates to a shell catalyst containing ruthenium as an active metal, alone or together with at least one other metal of the auxiliary group IB, VIIB or VIII of the periodical system of the elements (CAS version), and applied to a carrier containing silicon dioxide as a carrier material. The invention also relates to a method for producing said shell catalyst, and to a method for hydrogenating an organic compound containing hydrogenable groups, preferably for hydrogenating a carbocyclic aromatic group to form the corresponding carbocyclic aliphatic groups or for hydrogenating aldehydes to form the corresponding alcohols, using the inventive shell catalyst. The invention further relates to the use of the inventive shell catalyst for hydrogenating an organic compound containing hydrogenable groups, preferably for hydrogenating a carbocyclic aromatic group to form the corresponding carbocyclic aliphatic groups or for hydrogenating aldehydes to form the corresponding alcohols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Frederik Van Laar, Michael Becker, Ekkehard Schwab, Jochem Henkelmann, Peter Polanek
  • Patent number: 7688197
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system of identifying an unauthorized use of a telematic device or a vehicle equipped with a telematic device. The telematic device includes an identification code, which is transmitted to a service provider. The identification codes of those telematic devices, which have been reported as being used in unauthorized, are stored at the service provider. The identification codes received at the service provider is compared for a match with the stored identification codes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Becker, Dirk Lappe, Arnold Gieseke
  • Publication number: 20100047199
    Abstract: The invention relates to aluminum pigments which are at least partially coated with lubricant, wherein the aluminum pigments have a relative breadth of thickness distribution ?h of from 30% to less than 70%, as determined by a scanning electron microscope thickness count and as calculated on the basis of the corresponding cumulative breakthrough curve of the relative frequencies of occurrence, according to the formula ?h=100×(h90?h10)/h50, and an X-ray diffractogram, measured on pigments in substantially plane-parallel orientation, having one or two main peaks which do not correspond to the [111] reflexes. The invention further relates to a method for the production of said aluminum pigments and to uses thereof and also to nail varnishes and printing inks containing said aluminum pigments of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Stefan Trummer, Michael Becker, Thomas Schlegl
  • Patent number: 7668648
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus to display a geographical picture on a screen (36) of a monitor (30), which is connected over a data bus (3) to a first computer (1). The invention specifies that the first computer (1) furnishes abstract data (a, c, f), determined on a geographical basis, to the data bus (3), and that these data (a, c, f) are processed in a second computer (31) situated in the monitor (30), for the visual display of a picture on the screen (36) of the monitor (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Bähren, Michael Becker, Harald Schöpp
  • Publication number: 20100034984
    Abstract: New and improved microwave plasma assisted reactors, for example chemical vapor deposition (MPCVD) reactors, are disclosed. The disclosed microwave plasma assisted reactors operate at pressures ranging from about 10 Torr to about 760 Torr. The disclosed microwave plasma assisted reactors include a movable lower sliding short and/or a reduced diameter conductive stage in a coaxial cavity of a plasma chamber. For a particular application, the lower sliding short position and/or the conductive stage diameter can be variably selected such that, relative to conventional reactors, the reactors can be tuned to operate over larger substrate areas, operate at higher pressures, and discharge absorbed power densities with increased diamond synthesis rates (carats per hour) and increased deposition uniformity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicants: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, Fraunhofer USA
    Inventors: Jes Asmussen, Timothy Grotjohn, Donnie K. Reinhard, Thomas Schuelke, M. Kagan Yaran, Kadek W. Hemawan, Michael Becker, David King, Yajun Gu, Jing Lu
  • Publication number: 20100036365
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a connection piece for an enteral transfer system and to an enteral transfer system with such a connection piece, and also to an arrangement composed of such a transfer system and of an enteral feed probe. The connection piece according to the present invention comprises a distal attachment piece for attachment of a connection piece of a probe tube of an enteral feed probe, and a proximal attachment piece for attachment of the connection tube of a transfer system. The distal attachment piece of the connection piece is conical or is designed in stepped fashion with several portions of different diameter. The distal attachment piece can therefore be releasably connected to the funnel-shaped connection pieces of different diameter of the probe tubes of the known feed probes. The connection piece according to the present invention can be used universally in this respect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventor: Michael Becker
  • Publication number: 20090305869
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of regenerating a ruthenium catalyst for the hydrogenation of phthalates, which comprises flushing the catalyst with inert gas in a regeneration step until the original activity or part of the original activity has been attained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: BASF
    Inventors: Jochem Henkelmann, Michael Becker, Felix Richter, Thomas Schäfer
  • Publication number: 20090281348
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of regenerating a ruthenium catalyst suitable for hydrogenation, which comprises flushing the catalyst with inert gas in a regeneration step until the original activity or part of the original activity has been attained. The method is particularly useful for ruthenium catalysts which are used for the hydrogenation of aromatics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Jochem Henkelmann, Michael Becker, Daniela Mirk, Felix Richter, Thomas Schäfer
  • Publication number: 20090259083
    Abstract: The present patent application describes a method of regenerating a ruthenium catalyst for the hydrogenation of benzene, which comprises flushing the catalyst with inert gas in a regeneration step until the original activity or part of the original activity has been attained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventors: Jochem Henkelmann, Michael Becker, Michael Schönherr, Wilhelm Ruppel, Ulrike Wegerle, Bianca Stäck
  • Publication number: 20090248439
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system to control and optimize clinical pathways of a plurality of patients within a medical facility as well as across several medical facilities. The method of controlling and optimizing pathways uses real-time localization devices for patients, resources, such as clinical images and employees of the medical facility (e.g. a service technician, a senior consultant or the like). Based on the local position of patients, staff members and/or resources, the system proposes a medical system that generates clinical pathways for patients, is adapted to change clinical pathways and to provide schedules for patients as well as the use of resources. The invention provides further means of real-time information of patients about changes in their schedule. The method provided enables a medical facility to streamline their processes and to increase patient throughput.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2008
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Michael Becker, Sultan Haider, Peter Huber
  • Patent number: 7594360
    Abstract: A movable roof member includes a transport mechanism that is constructed and arranged to permit the roof member to move in a predetermined path with respect to the underlying structure of the supporting edifice. The transport mechanism includes structure for supporting both ends of the roof member, which bridges an otherwise open area of the edifice. In order to permit some flexure and movement of the roof member with respect to the underlying edifice, as will inevitably occur as a result of natural forces such as winds, a lateral release system is provided for maintaining the transport mechanism in a predetermined orientation while simultaneously permitting a limited amount of movement of the roof member in a direction that is nonparallel to the predetermined path of movement. The lateral release system has been found to be most effective when it is provided at but one end of the roof member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: Uni-Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Cyril Silberman, Barton L. Riberich, Lennart Nielsen, Michael Becker, Alan Wilcox, Timothy J. Kline, Neil Tolin, Mark Silvera, Randy Grems
  • Publication number: 20090239078
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a microwave plasma deposition process and apparatus for producing diamond, preferably as single crystal diamond (SCD). The process and apparatus enables the production of multiple layers of the diamond by the use of an extending device to increase the length and the volume of a recess in a holder containing a SCD substrate as layers of diamond are deposited. The diamond is used for abrasives, cutting tools, gems, electronic substrates, heat sinks, electrochemical electrodes, windows for high power radiation and electron beams, and detectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicants: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, Fraunhofer USA
    Inventors: Jes Asmussen, Timothy Grotjohn, Donnie Reinhard, Rahul Ramamurti, M. Kagan Yaran, Thomas Schuelke, Michael Becker, David King
  • Publication number: 20090223140
    Abstract: A retractable wall system for a structure such as a building includes a torque tube and a kinetic wall member that is secured to the torque tube. A shaft that is at least partially positioned within the torque tube is secured to the structure so that rotation with respect to the structure is precluded. A drive mechanism that is at least partially positioned within the torque tube is constructed and arranged to selectively change a rotational position of the shaft with respect to the torque tube so that the wall member may be moved with respect to the structure. An electronic control system may be provided for monitoring and controlling movement of the kinetic wall member with respect to the structure. The electronic control system may be integrated with other control systems of the structure, such as the electronic control system of the structure's HVAC system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2008
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: UNI-SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: MICHAEL BECKER, PETER FERVOY, TIMOTHY J. KLINE, ALEXANDER KRUEGER, DAN KRZMARZICK, LENNART NIELSEN, BARTON L. RIBERICH, CYRIL SILBERMAN