Patents by Inventor Michael Brand

Michael Brand 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).

  • Patent number: 11946394
    Abstract: A method for producing a cam phaser for a cam shaft of an internal combustion engine, the cam phaser including a rotor, a stator and at least one cover, the method including arranging the at least one cover at the stator wherein the at least one cover is a flat circular piece of sheet metal and the stator including internal vanes and external drive teeth is integrally provided from one piece of metal; sealing the at least one cover at the stator by applying a ground axial face of the at least one cover to a ground contact surface of the stator; and after the sealing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: ECO Holding 1 GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Brand, Stephan Wanner
  • Patent number: 11938097
    Abstract: A bottle comprises a body having an opening in an upper end for receiving fluid; a membrane provided to seal across the opening; and a receptacle sealingly secured to a surface of the membrane within the body. Separation of the membrane from the opening in the receptacle releases the receptacle such that the contents of the receptacle are released into the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: BOTTLE GO PTY LTD
    Inventors: Brendan Paul James Richard Clark, Adam Brand, Michael Barton Longman, Edward Joseph Khoury
  • Patent number: 11926198
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a support structure. The vehicle also includes a side door operable to move relative to the support structure between an open position and a closed position. In the open position of the side door, access to a vehicle interior of the vehicle is provided. In the closed position of the side door, the side door extends across a longitudinal centerline of the vehicle. The vehicle further includes a plurality of pivot members, each pivotably coupled to the support structure at a first end and pivotably coupled to the side door at a second end. The side door is movable between the open and closed positions via pivotal movement of each of the plurality of pivot members relative to the support structure and pivotal movement of the side door relative to each of the plurality of pivot members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jesse Rene Diephuis, Michael John Harmon, Andrew Brand, Ryan Wayne Warner, Andrew Smith
  • Patent number: 11883977
    Abstract: A method for producing a shaped article comprising: a) providing a binder, which has been produced by a process of: (i) mixing (A) fungi or glucan and (B) starch with an alkaline agent to form an alkaline composition; and mixing the alkaline composition with an acidic agent to form the binder; or (ii) mixing (A) fungi or glucan and (B) starch with an acidic agent to form an acidic composition; and mixing the acidic composition with an alkaline agent to form the binder; (b) forming a binder composition by mixing the binder with filler material; (c) shaping the binder composition into a three-dimensional shape; and (d) curing the binder composition to form a shaped article having said three-dimensional shape, wherein steps c) and d) can be carried out simultaneously or separately, and wherein during one or both of steps c) and d) pressure is applied to the binder composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Materialize.X Limited
    Inventors: Haidin Farmin Rashid, Fabio Fiorelli, Adrien Stephane Hitz, Michael Brand
  • Publication number: 20230296171
    Abstract: A method is for calibrating a pivot angle sensor of a hydraulic machine of a propulsion or working machine. A control device is configured to operationally control the hydraulic machine. The control device is also configured to process a sensor signal from the pivot angle sensor. The pivot angle sensor is calibrated, preferably in an automated manner, via the control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Ximing Wang, Marcel Golde, Michael Brand, Salih Tetik, Daniel Geiger, Benedikt Schrodi
  • Publication number: 20230191715
    Abstract: A component bond out of an additively manufactured component out of metal or plastic material having an inner receiving space that is open on at least one side on a component opening, which is accessible from a component side and is configured fungiform in an axial cross section. The receiving space includes at least one widened molding section facing the component opening and at least one cylinder shaped support section facing away from the component opening, wherein a blind rivet nut or a blind rivet bolt are fastened in the receiving space by a compression bead of the blind rivet nut or of the blind rivet bolt extending into the molding section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Torsten Draht, Michael Brand, Jörg Moehring, Franz Ferdinand Menne, Thorben Schiemann, Rami Hasso
  • Publication number: 20230093252
    Abstract: Additive manufacturing method of a component with a thread opening and an insert thread at its radial inner wall, for a wire thread insert to form a standard thread. A 3D component drawing includes the thread opening and the insert thread arranged in there, which is defined by D H ? C ? D HC ? min = d + 0 . 7 ? 5 × P tan ? ( ? 2 ) D 1 ? H ? C ? D 1 ? HC ? min = d + 0 . 1 ? 2 ? 5 × P tan ? ( ? 2 ) D 1 ? H ? C ? D 1 ? HC ? max = d + 0 . 1 ? 2 ? 5 × P tan ? ( ? 2 ) + 0 . 3 ? 7 ? 3 × P - 0 . 1 ? 9 ? 2 × P 1 . 2 ? 1 P H ? C = ( D HC ? min - D 1 ? HC ? min ) × 1 .
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Torsten Draht, Joerg Moehring, Michael Brand, Dorte Trienens
  • Publication number: 20230076034
    Abstract: A method for producing a shaped article comprising: a) providing a binder, which has been produced by a process of: (i) mixing (A) fungi or glucan and (B) starch with an alkaline agent to form an alkaline composition; and mixing the alkaline composition with an acidic agent to form the binder; or (ii) mixing (A) fungi or glucan and (B) starch with an acidic agent to form an acidic composition; and mixing the acidic composition with an alkaline agent to form the binder; (b) forming a binder composition by mixing the binder with filler material; (c) shaping the binder composition into a three-dimensional shape; and (d) curing the binder composition to form a shaped article having said three-dimensional shape, wherein steps c) and d) can be carried out simultaneously or separately, and wherein during one or both of steps c) and d) pressure is applied to the binder composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: Materialize.X Limited
    Inventors: Haidin Farmin Rashid, Fabio Fiorelli, Adrien Stephane Hitz, Michael Brand
  • Publication number: 20230032780
    Abstract: A hydrostatic traction drive has a steering function, which is implemented via two laterally acting secondary units (traction motors), which are supplied by a common primary unit (pump) in the open circuit. The primary unit is pressure-controlled. The two secondary units are torque-controlled. The affected vehicle is steerable as a function of a steering command by different torque specifications for the two secondary units. Furthermore, a hydrostatic drive for a mobile work machine has working hydraulics in addition to the traction drive. The working hydraulics are also supplied by the primary unit in parallel to the two secondary units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Diego Cornolti, Erguen Goekce, Giovanni Belloni, Karl-Heinz Vogl, Michael Brand
  • Patent number: 11511456
    Abstract: A method for producing a shaped article comprising: a) providing a binder, which has been produced by a process of: (i) mixing (A) fungi or glucan and (B) starch with an alkaline agent to form an alkaline composition; and mixing the alkaline composition with an acidic agent to form the binder; or (ii) mixing (A) fungi or glucan and (B) starch with an acidic agent to form an acidic composition; and mixing the acidic composition with an alkaline agent to form the binder; (b) forming a binder composition by mixing the binder with filler material; (c) shaping the binder composition into a three-dimensional shape; and (d) curing the binder composition to form a shaped article having said three-dimensional shape, wherein steps c) and d) can be carried out simultaneously or separately, and wherein during one or both of steps c) and d) pressure is applied to the binder composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Materialize.X Limited
    Inventors: Haidin Farmin Rashid, Fabio Fiorelli, Adrien Stephane Hitz, Michael Brand
  • Publication number: 20220333511
    Abstract: A method for producing a cam phaser for a cam shaft of an internal combustion engine, the cam phaser including a rotor, a stator and at least one cover, the method including arranging the at least one cover at the stator wherein the at least one cover is a flat circular piece of sheet metal and the stator including internal vanes and external drive tooth is integrally provided from one piece of metal; sealing the at least one cover at the stator by applying a ground axial face of the at least one cover to a ground contact surface of the stator; and after the sealing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Brand, Stephan Wanner
  • Patent number: 11473454
    Abstract: A method for producing a cam phaser for a cam shaft of an internal combustion engine, the cam phaser including a rotor, a stator and at least one cover, the method including arranging the at least one cover at the stator; and welding the at least one cover with the stator, wherein a first weld, a second weld and a third weld are formed at least on a large radius or on a small radius during the welding, and wherein the small radius is smaller than the large radius. The invention furthermore relates to a cam phaser for a cam shaft of an internal combustion engine, the cam phaser including a rotor; a stator and at least one cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: ECO Holding 1 GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Brand, Stephan Wanner
  • Patent number: 11343156
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for routing events of an event stream in a stream processing system. One of the methods includes receiving, by a router, an event stream of events; identifying, for each event, by the router, a respective partition of context data that includes context data related to the event and providing the event to a respective local modeler that stores the partition of context data identified for the event in operational memory of the local modeler; processing, by each local modeler, events received from the router and aggregating information associated with each event to generate aggregated information; providing, by one or more of the local modelers, to a central modeler, the respective aggregated information; and determining, by the central modeler, a plurality of parameters of a machine learning model using the received aggregated information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Pivotal Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Brand, Lyndon John Adams, David Russell Brown, Kee Siong Ng
  • Patent number: 11261829
    Abstract: A method for controlling a control valve, the control valve controlling a volume flow of a fluid along a line, the method including at least the following steps: (a) performing a closing operation of the control valve; (b) measuring a pressure profile upstream of the control valve; and (c) determining a density of the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Michael Brand, Silke Weddig, Björn Fröhlich, Jens Wodausch, Christian Arenz
  • Patent number: 11220804
    Abstract: A hydraulic pressurizing medium supply assembly has an adjustable axial piston machine. An actuating cylinder is controlled by way of a pilot valve. The pilot valve is actuated by a control installation. The control installation, as input variables, has an actual pressure and/or an actual swivel angle of the adjustable axial piston machine. One or a plurality of the input variables are compared with a matching nominal value and a control value is emitted, or in each case a control value is emitted. The controlling of the input variables is part of a first closed-loop control circuit. An underlying second closed-loop control circuit has an input variable which is based on the control variable or the control variables and serves as a nominal variable. A further input variable of the second closed-loop control circuit is an actual delivery-volume adjustment rate of the axial piston machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Muehlbauer, Michael Brand, Minha An, Salih Tetik, Ximing Wang
  • Patent number: 11156239
    Abstract: A hydraulic pressurizing medium supply assembly having a hydro machine for supplying pressurizing medium of at least one hydraulic consumer, includes a hydraulic control block for controlling the at least one consumer, a first control module, and a second control module. The control block, by way of the first control module, is able to be controlled by at least one actuating signal. A data interface is included between the control modules. The first control module, by way of the data interface, as a further actuating signal transfers to the second control module as input variable/variables a nominal outlet pressure for the hydro machine and/or a nominal delivery volume for the hydro machine. The second control module by way of the nominal outlet pressure and/or by way of the nominal delivery volume controls an adjusting mechanism of the hydro machine by way of a valve actuating signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Geiger, Florian Muehlbauer, Marcel Golde, Michael Brand, Minha An, Salih Tetik, Ximing Wang
  • Patent number: 11098664
    Abstract: A method for operating an internal combustion engine is provided, which has a combustion unit, including a combustion chamber; a fresh gas tract; an exhaust tract, including an exhaust gas sensor integrated therein; and a fuel tank system. During an operation of the internal combustion engine, while purge gas is conducted via a purge gas line a hydrocarbon content of the purge gas is ascertained with the aid of the HC sensor, and the mass flow of the purge gas is also ascertained, and a fuel mass flow introduced into the fresh gas tract is ascertained from these values in combination and a quantity of fuel introduced into the combustion chamber and/or into the fresh gas tract with the aid of at least one fuel injector is adapted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Lindlau, Michael Brand
  • Publication number: 20210079859
    Abstract: A method for operating an internal combustion engine is provided, which has a combustion unit, including a combustion chamber; a fresh gas tract; an exhaust tract, including an exhaust gas sensor integrated therein; and a fuel tank system. During an operation of the internal combustion engine, while purge gas is conducted via a purge gas line a hydrocarbon content of the purge gas is ascertained with the aid of the HC sensor, and the mass flow of the purge gas is also ascertained, and a fuel mass flow introduced into the fresh gas tract is ascertained from these values in combination and a quantity of fuel introduced into the combustion chamber and/or into the fresh gas tract with the aid of at least one fuel injector is adapted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael LINDLAU, Michael BRAND
  • Publication number: 20210025374
    Abstract: A hydraulic pressurizing medium supply assembly includes a hydro machine which has an adjustable swash plate. An angle of the swash plate is able to be adjusted by way of a pilot valve. The pilot valve is able to be adjusted by a control. When the pilot valve is actuated by a neutral current, a valve slide of the pilot valve assumes a central position in which the swash plate does not perform any movement. In order for the pilot valve to be controlled it is provided that the control emits a control variable. The control variable, at the outlet side of the control, is linked and adapted to a preliminary control variable for the neutral current, in order for the neutral current to be pre-controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Florian Muehlbauer, Michael Brand, Minha An, Salih Tetik, Ximing Wang
  • Publication number: 20210025138
    Abstract: A hydraulic pressurizing medium supply assembly has an adjustable axial piston machine. An actuating cylinder is controlled by way of a pilot valve. The pilot valve is actuated by a control installation. The control installation, as input variables, has an actual pressure and/or an actual swivel angle of the adjustable axial piston machine. One or a plurality of the input variables are compared with a matching nominal value and a control value is emitted, or in each case a control value is emitted. The controlling of the input variables is part of a first closed-loop control circuit. An underlying second closed-loop control circuit has an input variable which is based on the control variable or the control variables and serves as a nominal variable. A further input variable of the second closed-loop control circuit is an actual delivery-volume adjustment rate of the axial piston machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Florian Muehlbauer, Michael Brand, Minha An, Salih Tetik, Ximing Wang