Patents by Inventor Michael Kessler

Michael Kessler 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: 20230208115
    Abstract: A cooling system for a medium voltage switchgear includes a conductor, a fluid conduit, and an insulator, wherein, the conductor extends in a longitudinal axis, wherein, the conductor is configured to carry electrical current in the longitudinal axis direction, wherein a first part of the fluid conduit is located around an outer surface of the conductor and extends around the longitudinal axis, wherein, a second part of the fluid conduit is connected to the first part of the fluid conduit and extends substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis, wherein the insulator is located around the conductor at the position of the fluid conduit and covers the first part of the fluid conduit, and wherein the cooling system is configured such that a fluid can flow into the second part of the fluid conduit and from the second part of the fluid conduit into the first part of the fluid conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Michael Kessler, Adrian Stadnicki, Oleksandr Sologubenko, Andrzej Rybak, Robby Zitzmann
  • Publication number: 20230178804
    Abstract: A process for producing high purity lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl) imide includes contacting bis(fluorosulfonyl) imide with a lithium salt, followed by purification and drying of lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl) imide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Potrawa, Jessica Maurer, Michael Kessler, Christian Werner, Anke Zenker
  • Publication number: 20230160153
    Abstract: A method for providing landscaping materials wherein a predetermined layer of a rubber mulch is placed on a predetermined area of soil and the rubber mulch layer is sprayed with a urethane binder material. Also, there is a method for providing landscaping materials wherein a predetermined area of soil is prepared for treatment and then treated with a weed barrier. Then, a predetermined layer of rubber mulch is applied to the weed barrier treated soil and the rubber mulch layer is sprayed with a urethane binder material. Additional layers of particulate material and binder layer can be applied to the top binder layer in each method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventor: Michael Kessler
  • Publication number: 20230113866
    Abstract: Methods of treating subjects having clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP) with lymphocyte antigen 75 (LY75), Cluster of Differentiation 164 (CD164), or Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase 1 (PARP1) inhibitors, and methods of identifying subjects having an increased risk of developing CHIP are provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Eric Jorgenson, Michael Kessler, Amy Damask, Sean O'Keeffe, Ryan White, David Glass
  • Publication number: 20230016750
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods of treating subjects having skin cancer or at risk of developing skin cancer, and methods of identifying subjects having an increased risk of developing skin cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Manuel Allen Revez Ferreira, Joshua Backman, Alexander Li, Michael Kessler, Eric Jorgenson, Aris Baras, Goncalo Abecasis
  • Publication number: 20230018694
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus for a medium voltage switchgear includes an evaporator section; a fluid conduit; and a condenser section. The evaporator section surrounds a current carrying contact and is configured such that fluid within the evaporator section can contact an outer surface of the current carrying contact. The evaporator section is fluidly connected to the fluid conduit. At least part of the evaporator section is electrically insulating and is connected to the fluid conduit. The fluid conduit is fluidly connected to the condenser section. In use, a working fluid in the evaporator section is heated to a vapor state, the vapor is transferred by the fluid conduit to the condenser section, and the vapor in the condenser section is condensed to the working fluid. The working fluid is passively returned to the evaporator section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Michael Kessler, Adrian Stadnicki, Oleksandr Sologubenko, Olaf Fussbahn, Oliver Claus
  • Publication number: 20220411569
    Abstract: A method for producing an object comprises the step of producing the object by means of an additive manufacturing process from a construction material. The construction material comprises a first polyurethane polymer which has: a weight percentage ratio of O to N of ?2 to ?2.5, determined by elementary analysis; a weight percentage ratio of N to C of ?0.1 to ?0.25, determined by elementary analysis; a full-width at half maximum of the melting peak of ?20 K, determined by dynamic differential scanning calorimetry DSC (2nd heating at heating rate 20 k/min); and a difference between the melting temperature and the recrystallisation temperature of ?5 K and ?100 K, determined by dynamic differential scanning calorimetry DSC (2nd heating) at a heating and cooling rate of 20 K/min.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Dirk ACHTEN, Thomas BUESGEN, Mathias MATNER, Bettina METTMANN, Bernd GARSKA, Michael KESSLER, Peter REICHERT, Roland WAGNER, Thomas PRENVEILLE
  • Patent number: 11527873
    Abstract: An inner compartment for medium voltage gas insulated switchgears includes: at least one inner compartment; and a housing. The inner compartment, or in case of several inner compartments, an inner of the inner compartment, or one of the inner compartments, is provided on an inner wall surface thereof at least partially with an insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Dietmar Gentsch, Michael Kessler, Dalibor Kopp, Christian Reuber
  • Publication number: 20220362991
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for modifying an object comprising the step of: I) providing an object which is made at least partially of a construction material comprising a thermoplastic polyurethane. The method also comprises the following steps: II) contacting, at least in part, the construction material, for a first predetermined period of time, with a first liquid comprising ?80% by weight, based on the total weight of the first liquid, of a polar aprotic solvent; III) contacting, for a second predetermined period of time, the areas of the construction material that were in contact with the liquid in step II) with a second liquid comprising ?80% by weight, based on the total weight of the second liquid, of a polar protic solvent. Preferably, the first liquid is DMSO or acetone and the second liquid is water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Bettina Mettmann, Thomas Buesgen, Michael Kessler
  • Patent number: 11472101
    Abstract: A process is described for producing a three dimensional structure, the process including the following steps a) applying of at least a first material M1 onto a substrate to build a first layer L1 on the substrate; b) layering of at least one further layer Ly of the first material M1 or of a further material Mx onto the first layer L1, wherein the at least one further layer Ly covers the first layer L1 and/or previous layer Ly?1 at least partially to build a precursor of the three dimensional structure; c) curing the precursor to achieve the three dimensional structure; wherein at least one of the materials M1 or Mx provides a Mooney viscosity of >10 ME at 60° C. and of <200 ME at 100° C. before curing and wherein at least one of the first material Mi or of the further material Mx is a powder. Also, a three dimensional structure is described which is available according to the process according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Covestro Deutschland AG
    Inventors: Dirk Achten, Thomas Büsgen, Dirk Dijkstra, Bettina Mettmann, Levent Akbas, Roland Wagner, Michael Kessler
  • Patent number: 11458671
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an object, comprising the step of producing the object from a construction material by means of an additive manufacturing process, wherein the construction material comprises a plurality of thermoplastic polyurethane materials. The materials differ by at least one mechanical property such as the shore hardness or the elongation at break. The invention also relates to an object obtained according to said method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Covestro Deutschland AG
    Inventors: Dirk Achten, Thomas Büsgen, Michael Kessler, Peter Reichert, Roland Wagner, Nicolas Degiorgio, Jonas Kuenzel, Ting Liu
  • Publication number: 20220260132
    Abstract: A torsional vibration damper includes a common axis of rotation extending along an axial direction, an input part, an output part, rotatable relative to the input part in a limited manner with torque transmission, and a ramp system. The ramp system includes an axially displaceable component, a plurality of rolling elements for converting rotation of the input part relative to the output part into an axial shifting of the axially displaceable component, and a plurality of energy storage elements. The plurality of energy storage elements are arranged distributed along a circumferential direction, extend along the axial direction, and are elastically deformable in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Alain Rusch, Martin Häßler, Michael Kessler, Laurent Theriot
  • Patent number: 11400646
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing an object, comprising the step of producing the object according to an additive production process from a construction material, wherein the construction material comprises a mixture of a plurality of powdery thermoplastic materials which are different from one another due to at least one mechanical property and at least one thermoplastic material is a thermoplastic polyurethane material. The invention also relates to an object obtained according to said method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: COVESTRO DEUTSCHLAND AG
    Inventors: Dirk Achten, Thomas Büsgen, Bettina Mettmann, Michael Kessler, Peter Reichert, Roland Wagner
  • Patent number: 11403854
    Abstract: An operating assistance method for a working device or for a vehicle. Object boxes for an object in a field of view of the working device are obtained at consecutive times. From object boxes of a given object, for images recorded in succession or direct succession, an instantaneous change of scale of an object box for the specific object, and an instantaneous lateral change of position of the object box for the specific object, are determined. An object box predicted in the future is determined from the current change of scale, and from the instantaneous lateral change in position for an object box for a specific object. The position of the predicted object box and/or the ratio of a lateral extension of the predicted object box to a lateral extension of a covered field of view and/or of the recorded images are determined and evaluated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Roeder, Michael Kessler, Patrick Koegel, Steffen Brueggert
  • Publication number: 20220193820
    Abstract: A method for fusion welding of one or more steel sheets (1, 2) made of press-hardened steel, preferably manganese-boron steel is disclosed. At least one of the steel sheets has a metallic coating (4) which contains aluminum, and the fusion welding is performed while filler material (11) is being fed into the molten bath (9). In order to improve the hardenability of the weld seam (14), irrespective of whether the steel sheets to be welded together are steel sheets of the same or different material grades and/or steel sheets of different sheet thicknesses, a single laser focal spot (16) with different energy distribution is generated on the molten bath by means of one or more optical elements such that the laser focal spot (16) has a smaller laser focal spot area (16.1) and a larger laser focal spot area (16.2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Jana von der Heydt, Christian Both, Michael Kessler
  • Publication number: 20220163090
    Abstract: A torsional vibration damper includes an input side for receiving a torque, an output side for dispensing the torque, an intermediate element arranged for torque transmission between the input side and the output side, an energy storage element supporting the intermediate element such that it can vibrate relative to the input side and the output side, and a roll body. The intermediate element has a transmission path for the roll body. The input side or the output side forms a path side with a counter path that is complementary to the transmission path, and the other of the input side or the output side forms a force side. The roll body is guided in a rotatable manner between the transmission path and the counter path, and the energy storage element connects the force side to the intermediate element for torque transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Martin Häßler, Alain Rusch, Laurent Theriot, Michael Kessler
  • Publication number: 20220145960
    Abstract: A torsional vibration damper includes an input side and an output side, first and second rolling bodies, an intermediate element for torque transmission between the input and output sides, and an energy storage element for supporting the intermediate element in an oscillating manner. The intermediate element has a first transmission path for rolling the first rolling body, and a second transmission path for rolling the second rolling body. The input side has a first counter path complementary to the first transmission path. The output side has a second counter path complementary to the second transmission path. The first rolling body is guided between the first transmission path and the first counter path, and the second rolling body is guided between the second transmission path and the second counter path. The energy storage element is arranged with a vector component that acts circumferentially on the intermediate element in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Martin Häßler, Alain Rusch, Laurent Theriot, Michael Kessler
  • Patent number: 11326018
    Abstract: A method for the production of polyoxazolidinone compounds, comprising the step of reacting an isocyanate compound (A) with an epoxide compound (B) in the presence of a catalyst (C), wherein the isocyanate compound (A) comprises a isocyanate compound (A1) wherein the a isocyanate compound (A1) comprising at least two isocyanate groups (I1?2), preferred two isocyanate groups (I1=2), wherein the epoxide compound (B) comprises a epoxide compound (B1) and an epoxide compound (B2), wherein the epoxide compound (B2) is different from the epoxide compound (B1) wherein the epoxide compound (B1) comprising at least two terminal epoxide groups (F1?2), preferred two terminal epoxide groups (F1=2), linked together by a linking group (L1) and the epoxide compound (B2) comprising at least two terminal epoxide groups (F2?2)), preferred two terminal epoxide groups (F2=2), linked together by a linking group (L2), wherein the linking group (L2) comprises acyclic and covalent bonds to each other free of conjugated multiple bond
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Covestro Deutschland AG
    Inventors: Anna Weber, Claudine Rangheard, Michael Kessler, Walter Leitner, Christoph Gürtler, Carsten Koopmans, Thomas Ernst Müller
  • Publication number: 20220074672
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus for a medium voltage or high voltage switchgear includes an evaporator, a fluid conduit, and a condenser. The evaporator is configured to surround at least part of a current carrying contact. The fluid conduit fluidly connects the evaporator to the condenser. A section of the fluid conduit is formed within the evaporator and is electrically insulating and is configured such that fluid can contact an outer surface of the current carrying contact. The cooling apparatus is configured such that in use a working fluid in the evaporator is heated to a vapour state, and the vapour is transferred by the fluid conduit to the condenser. The vapour in the condenser is condensed to the working fluid. The condensed working fluid is passively returned via the fluid conduit to the evaporator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Kessler, Oleksandr Sologubenko, Jaroslav Hemrle, Andrzej Rybak, Adam Michalik
  • Publication number: 20210284785
    Abstract: A method for the production of polyoxazolidinone compounds, comprising the step of reacting an isocyanate compound (A) with an epoxide compound (B) in the presence of a catalyst (C), wherein the isocyanate compound (A) comprises a isocyanate compound (A1) wherein the a isocyanate compound (A1) comprising at least two isocyanate groups (I1?2), preferred two isocyanate groups (I1=2), wherein the epoxide compound (B) comprises a epoxide compound (B1) and an epoxide compound (B2), wherein the epoxide compound (B2) is different from the epoxide compound (B1) wherein the epoxide compound (B1) comprising at least two terminal epoxide groups (F1?2), preferred two terminal epoxide groups (F1=2), linked together by a linking group (L1) and the epoxide compound (B2) comprising at least two terminal epoxide groups (F2?2)), preferred two terminal epoxide groups (F2=2), linked together by a linking group (L2), wherein the linking group (L2) comprises acyclic and covalent bonds to each other free of conjugated multiple bond
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Anna WEBER, Claudine RANGHEARD, Michael KESSLER, Walter LEITNER, Christoph GÜRTLER, Carsten KOOPMANS, Thomas Ernst MÜLLER