Patents by Inventor Michael Krapp

Michael Krapp 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: 9863678
    Abstract: A refrigeration appliance has a supply pipe for connecting the refrigeration appliance to a water supply connection and has a controllable safety valve in the supply pipe of the refrigeration appliance for shutting off the water supply connection. The refrigeration appliance further contains a leak detection device for detecting a leak in a water circuit, which leak detection device contains a micro-switch for interrupting a current supply to the safety valve when a leak is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Elmar Faehnle, Eugen Gaplikow, Hans Gerd Keller, Michael Krapp, Karl-Friedrich Laible, Vitaliy Rimkevich, Hans Peter Werner
  • Patent number: 9826739
    Abstract: The present invention relates to active compound concentrates having herbicidal action, comprising a) from 10 to 100 g/l of at least one 4-benzoyl-substituted pyrazole compound of the formula I in which R1, R3 independently of one another are hydrogen, halogen, methyl, halomethyl, methoxy, halomethoxy, methylthio, methylsulfinyl or methylsulfonyl; R2 is a 5-membered heterocyclic radical which is unsubstituted or carries 1, 2, 3 or 4 substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C1-C4-haloalkoxy and C1-C4-alkylthio; R4 is hydrogen, halogen or methyl; R5 is C1-C6-alkyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl or C3-C6-cycloalkylmethyl; and R6 is hydrogen or C1-C4-alkyl; or one of its agriculturally useful salts, b) from 200 to 700 g/l of 2-chloro-N-(2,4-dimethyl-3-thienyl)-N-(2-methoxy-1-methylethyl)acetamide, and c) from 10 to 200 g/l of at least one surfactant S selected from a mixture of at least one anionic surfactant and at least one nonionic surfactant, wh
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Michael Krapp, Rainer Berghaus, Matthias Bratz, Elmar Kibler, Herve R. Vantieghem
  • Patent number: 9723834
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a pyripyropene pesticide of the formula (I) or (II) as defined below and a base. The present invention relates also to methods of preparing and applying such compositions, as well as several uses thereof, and finally seeds, comprising said composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Cedric Dieleman, Torsten Knieriem, Michael Krapp, Paul Ch. Kierkus, Wen Xu, Kara Benton
  • Patent number: 9668470
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a liquid non-aqueous emulsifiable formulation comprising a pyripyropene pesticide of the formula (I) as defined below which is dissolved in an aromatic hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture containing surfactants, which stabilize the emulsion upon dilution with water, which method comprises the steps i) and ii) as described hereinafter: i) dissolving the at least one surfactant and the compound of formula (I) in the organic solvent or solvent mixture to obtain a clear solution of the at least one surfactant and the compound of the formula (I); ii) heating the solution to a temperature of at least 40° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Wen Xu, Ralph Paulini, Michael Krapp, Kara Benton
  • Patent number: 9561948
    Abstract: A multifunctional module for a refrigerating apparatus with a module housing, includes a controllable function valve arranged for dispensing water from a water circuit. The module housing includes a leak detection device for detecting water leakage inside the module housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: BSH HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
    Inventors: Elmar Fahnle, Eugen Gaplikow, Hans Gerd Keller, Michael Krapp, Karl-Friedrich Laible, Vitaliy Rimkevich, Hans Peter Werner
  • Patent number: 9545104
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid suspension concentrate formulations for plant protection comprising: 2-chloro-5-[3,6-dihydro-3-methyl-2,6-dioxo-4-(trifluoromethyl)-1-(2H)pyrimidinyl]-4-fluoro-N-[[methyl(1-methylethy)amino]sulfonyl]benzamide in the form of the anhydrate; N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine in the form of its free acid, in the form of the ammonium salt or a substituted ammonium salt or a mixture thereof; at least one diluent selected from: hydrocarbon solvents having a boiling point of at least 100° C.; and —C1-C8-alkyl esters of C8-C26-fatty acids, mono- and di-C1-C4-alkyl amides of C8-C26-fatty acids; optionally at least one diluent that differs from diluents c) and that is selected from organic solvents having at least one oxygen atom; at least one non-ionic surfactant comprising a polyalkoxylate moiety; and at least one anionic surfactant containing a sulfonate group or a sulfate group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Michael Krapp, Wolfgang Gregori, Sven Adam, Klaus Kolb, Jürgen Jakob, Bernd Sievernich, Jörg Steuerwald, Steven Bowe, Joseph Zawierucha, Rex Liebl
  • Patent number: 9497961
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel composition for improving the effectiveness of herbicides, to the use of this composition for improving the effectiveness of herbicides, to a herbicidal agent which comprises this composition and at least one herbicide, and to the use of this herbicidal agent for controlling undesired plant growth. The composition comprises: (a) at least one C1-C4-alkyl ester of at least one aliphatic C14-C22-carboxylic acid, where the at least one carboxylic acid consists to at least 70% by weight of aliphatic carboxylic acids having 18 carbon atoms; (b) at least one anionic surfactant which is selected from the esterification products of monohydroxy-functional alkyl polyethers with inorganic polyprotonic acids; (c) at least one aliphatic C14-C22-carboxylic acid; (d) optionally at least one antifoam; and (e) at least one aromatic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Michael Krapp, Rainer Berghaus, Markus Becker, Bernd Sievernich, Herve R. Vantieghem
  • Publication number: 20160305704
    Abstract: The invention relates to a domestic refrigeration appliance (1) having a housing (2), in which is arranged an inner container which bounds an interior (3, 4) for accommodating foods, and having a machinery chamber (12), which is separated from the interior (3, 4) and in which components (7 to 11) of a refrigeration circuit of the domestic refrigeration appliance (1) are arranged, wherein the machinery chamber (12) has a boundary wall (13), on which 7 is arranged a cable-bushing box (17) for leading at least one cable (18a, 18b, 18c) through into the machinery chamber (12) from outside the machinery chamber (12), and the box (17) has an accommodating receptacle (19) and a cover (20) for closing the accommodating receptacle (19), and the cover (20) is connected in one piece to the accommodating receptacle (19).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Elmar FÄHNLE, Michael KRAPP, Selcuk YILMAZ
  • Publication number: 20160305703
    Abstract: The invention relates to a domestic refrigeration device (1), comprising a housing (2), in which an inner container is arranged, which inner container bounds an interior (3, 4) for accommodating foods, and comprising a machine chamber (12) separated from the interior (3, 4), in which machine chamber at least components (6 to 11) of a refrigeration circuit of the domestic refrigeration device (1) are arranged, wherein a carrier shell (11) is arranged in the machine chamber (12), on which carrier shell at least one further part (6, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48) is retained in such a way that the at least one further part is connected by at least one snap connection (49) and/or at least one plug-in connection (50, 53) and/or a locking connection (59) without any additional fastening elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Elmar FÄHNLE, Michael KRAPP
  • Patent number: 9366473
    Abstract: The invention relates to a refrigeration unit having a refrigeration compartment in which a container is arranged, wherein a cover which can be seated in a guide contour is assigned to the container. According to the invention, the guide contour is integrated in an interior container wall of the refrigeration unit bordering the refrigeration compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: BSH HAUSGERÄTE GMBH
    Inventors: Marietta Bormann, Herbert Cizik, Jürgen Fink, Bernd Illenberger, Thomas Kinzler, Michael Krapp, Markus Mayer, Robert Stahl
  • Patent number: 9345139
    Abstract: The use of a control module having at least one housing part and a multi-layer printed circuit board as the electrical connection between the inner space of the housing and components that are situated outside of the housing part is described. The multi-layer printed circuit board is the carrier for the electrical components of an electronic circuit, and is at the same time the thermal contacting to a housing part and/or a cooling element, particularly a hydraulic plate of the transmission, for a transmission control installed in an automatic transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Rolf Becker, Christian Lammers, Juergen Jerg, Joachim Wolff, Volker Hochholzer, Ulrich Trescher, Helmut Bubeck, Klaus Voigtlaender, Jan Benzler, Thomas Raica, Willi Kuehn, Thomas Wiesa, Michael Krapp
  • Publication number: 20160085245
    Abstract: A refrigeration appliance includes a supply pipe for water and a controllable safety valve in the supply pipe which shuts off a water supply connection. A controllable functional valve in a water circuit of the refrigeration appliance distributes water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: ELMAR FAEHNLE, EUGEN GAPLIKOW, HANS GERD KELLER, MICHAEL KRAPP, KARL-FRIEDRICH LAIBLE, VITALIY RIMKEVICH, HANS PETER WERNER
  • Publication number: 20160076801
    Abstract: A refrigeration appliance has a supply pipe for connecting the refrigeration appliance to a water supply connection and has a controllable safety valve in the supply pipe of the refrigeration appliance for shutting off the water supply connection. The refrigeration appliance further contains a leak detection device for detecting a leak in a water circuit, which leak detection device contains a micro-switch for interrupting a current supply to the safety valve when a leak is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: ELMAR FAEHNLE, EUGEN GAPLIKOW, HANS GERD KELLER, MICHAEL KRAPP, KARL-FRIEDRICH LAIBLE, VITALIY RIMKEVICH, HANS PETER WERNER
  • Publication number: 20160054048
    Abstract: A refrigeration appliance includes a water pipe inside the refrigeration appliance. A collecting tray collects leakage water and an empty conduit conducts the leakage water from the water pipe inside the empty conduit to the collecting tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: BSH HAUSGERAETE GMBH
    Inventors: ELMAR FAEHNLE, EUGEN GAPLIKOW, HANS GERD KELLER, MICHAEL KRAPP, KARL-FRIEDRICH LAIBLE, VITALIY RIMKEVICH, HANS PETER WERNER
  • Patent number: 9265250
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a concentrate, comprising: a) 100 to 400 g/l of a dinitroaniline; b) 5 to 100 g/l of an imidazolinone ammonium salt or substituted ammonium salt; c) 20 to 100 g/l of water; d) 15 to 150 g/l of an anionic surface-active substance which has at least one sulfonic acid group; e) 5 to 100 g/l of a polymeric, nonionic surface-active substance which has at least one polyethylene oxide group and at least one radical selected from poly-C3-C4-alkylene oxide groups; f) 50 to 250 g/l of a nonionic surface-active substance selected from ethoxylated fatty acid esters of polyhydroxyl compounds, alkyl polyglucosides, ethoxylated C4-C16-alkylphenols and ethoxylated C8-C22-alkanols; g) a hydrocarbon solvent ad 1 l; where the quantitative data of components a) to f) in g/l are based on the total volume of the active ingredient concentrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Michael Krapp, Klaus Kolb, Graham Seaman
  • Publication number: 20150369530
    Abstract: The invention relates to a refrigeration unit having a refrigeration compartment in which a container is arranged, wherein a cover which can be seated in a guide contour is assigned to the container. According to the invention, the guide contour is integrated in an interior container wall of the refrigeration unit bordering the refrigeration compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Marietta BORMANN, Herbert CIZIK, Jürgen FINK, Bernd ILLENBERGER, Thomas KINZLER, Michael KRAPP, Markus MAYER, Robert STAHL
  • Publication number: 20150366184
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing an aqueous suspension concentrate formulation and novel suspension concentrate formulations of the compound of formula I. The method comprises the steps a) to d) as described hereinafter: a) providing an aqueous slurry of the compound of the formula I containing the compound of formula I in the form of coarse particles dispersed in a solution of the at least one surfactant in water; b) comminuting the coarse particles in the slurry of the compound of formula I to obtain an aqueous suspension of the compound of the formula I, wherein the particles of the compound of the formula I have an volume average particle size in the rage from 3 to 10 ?m, as determined by light scattering; c) keeping the suspension of step b) at a temperature in the range of 20 to 95° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Wen Xu, Ralph Paulini, Michael Krapp, Kara Benton
  • Publication number: 20150351382
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a liquid non-aqueous emulsifiable formulation comprising a pyripyropene pesticide of the formula (I) as defined below which is dissolved in an aromatic hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture containing surfactants, which stabilize the emulsion upon dilution with water, which method comprises the steps i) and ii) as described hereinafter: i) dissolving the at least one surfactant and the compound of formula (I) in the organic solvent or solvent mixture to obtain a clear solution of the at least one surfactant and the compound of the formula (I); ii) heating the solution to a temperature of at least 40° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Wen XU, Ralph PAULINI, Michael KRAPP, Kara BENTON
  • Publication number: 20150121924
    Abstract: A refrigeration appliance includes a water-conducting conduit system which has a connector for connecting to a domestic water supply system. A monitoring device is configured to detect water leaks in the water-conducting conduit system of the refrigeration appliance. A monitoring device for installation into a refrigeration appliance and a monitoring device housing for such a monitoring device are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Elmar Faehnle, Eugen Gaplikow, Michael Krapp
  • Publication number: 20150027153
    Abstract: A multifunctional module for a refrigerating apparatus with a module housing, includes a controllable function valve arranged for dispensing water from a water circuit. The module housing includes a leak detection device for detecting water leakage inside the module housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBH
    Inventors: Elmar FAHNLE, Eugen GAPLIKOW, Hans Gerd KELLER, Michael KRAPP, Karl-Friedrich LAIBLE, Vitaliy RIMKEVICH, Hans Peter WERNER