Patents by Inventor Michael Müller

Michael Müller 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: 20240131985
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a central light control unit and a plurality of interior light modules, each of which includes a single light source or a plurality of light sources. The motor vehicle also includes a data bus via which the central light control unit and the interior light modules are coupled to one another. The central light control unit is configured to transmit control commands to the interior light modules in order to trigger motor vehicle interior lighting effects, wherein control information, which is included in the control commands and includes at least one color value and one brightness value for the interior light modules, is created based on runtime-variable input data. The runtime-variable input data is based on current ambient conditions of the motor vehicle and/or variable data sources of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Felix CONRAD, Michael MUELLER, Sebastian MUELLER, Jens VEDDELER
  • Patent number: 11966497
    Abstract: A portable communication device, method, and system enable temporary access to private user information by a venue communication system. The temporary access to the private information is based on a registration that includes user selectable privacy thresholds and predetermined venue conditions. The temporary access by the venue communication system can be adjusted and limited by the portable communication device. The usage of the private data by the venue communication system may be limited to anonymous analytics and/or extended to non-anonymous analytics and notifications based on user input to the communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Maryam Eneim, Joseph Namm, Karl F Mueller, Lee Michael Proctor, Peter H Mills
  • Patent number: 11966420
    Abstract: A method for publishing a data message to shared storage includes receiving an action targeting a user associated with a distributed network having a plurality of service providers. Each service provider includes a private storage system and has access to a shared storage system. The method also includes parsing data elements of the action into a first set of data elements and a second set of data elements. The method further includes classifying the first set of data elements into categories of a data taxonomy. The method additionally includes generating a message for the action where the message includes the first set of data elements. The method also includes publishing the message to the shared storage system using a first identifier indicating the user and a second identifier that indicates that a respective service provider associated with the action has authority to publish the message to the shared storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Evernorth Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Harshil Patel, Remik Mueller, Jonathan Clark, Prashant M. Damania, Michael Chen
  • Patent number: 11964273
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to reversible sealing of a microfluidic chip used for thermal incubation of an aqueous sample suspected to contain a target nucleic acid. The microfluidic chip contains a flow channel and a plurality of reaction compartments, into which the sample and a displacement fluid are introduced through an inlet port sealable by means of a sealing agent having a melting point above room temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Glauser, Daniel Müller, Michael Zeder, Uta Schaffner
  • Patent number: 11965370
    Abstract: A driver element for a motor vehicle window lifter, which element can be connected to a window pane to be moved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft
    Inventors: Jörg Müller, Michael Trautmann
  • Publication number: 20240123418
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for analyzing reaction systems with a liquid phase (13) and a gas phase (15), the apparatus (1) comprising at least two tank reactors (3), a common feed line (5), a common drain line (25) for the liquid phase and a common drain line (21) for the gas phase, each tank reactor (3) being connected to the common feed line (5) by a supply line (7), to the common drain line (25) for the liquid phase by a liquid withdrawal line (27) and to the common drain line (21) for the gas phase by a gas withdrawal line (23), wherein the pressure in each tank reactor (3) is controlled by one of: (a) a pressure control (31) in the common feed line (5); (b) a pressure line (29) which is connected to the gas space of each tank reactor (3); (c) a pressure control (31) in the common drain line (21) for the gas phase and a flow restrictor (33) in the common drain line (25) for the liquid phase or a pressure control (31) in the common drain line (25) for the liquid phase and a flow restrictor (3
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Andreas Mueller, Peter Kolb, Michael Dejmek, Max Christoph Schmid
  • Publication number: 20240128048
    Abstract: A method for operating a multi-beam particle microscope which operates using a plurality of individual charged particle beams, wherein the method includes the following steps: measuring the beam current; determining a deviation of the measured beam current from a nominal beam current; decomposing the determined deviation into a drift component and into a high-frequency component; and controlling the high-frequency component of the beam current via a first closed-loop beam current control mechanism and/or compensating an effect of the high-frequency component on a recording quality of the multi-beam particle microscope using different mechanism than a closed-loop beam current control mechanism. An electrostatic control lens arranged in the beam generating system between extractor and anode can be used as first closed-loop beam current control mechanism. Adapting an extractor voltage of the beam generating system can be avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Ingo Mueller, Nicolas Kaufmann, Michael Behnke, Hans Fritz
  • Patent number: 11958810
    Abstract: Preparation of optionally substituted dihydroisoquinolines. The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of optionally substituted dihydroi-soquinolines of the formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Bernd Mueller, Michael Rack, Michael Seet, Ana Escribano Cuesta, Jan Klaas Lohmann, Georg Christoph Rudolf, Markus Nett, Rainer Hoffmann
  • Publication number: 20240115810
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to medicament injection devices. An injection device includes: a movable dosage programming component comprising a rotary encoder system having a predefined angular periodicity, a sensor arrangement including a first optical sensor configured to detect movement of the movable dosage programming component relative to the sensor arrangement during dosing of a medicament, wherein the first optical sensor is configured to operate in a strobe-sampling mode at a first frequency, a second optical sensor configured to detect movement of the rotary encoder system relative to the second optical sensor wherein the second optical sensor is configured to operate in a strobe-sampling mode at a second frequency lower than the first frequency, and a processor arrangement configured to, based on the detected movement, determine a medicament dosage administered by the injection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Schabbach, Anthony Paul Morris, Ronald Antony Smith, Brian Charles Molyneux, Paul Richard Draper, Craig Ashley Mason, Oliver Charles Gazeley, Daniel Edward Clark, David Aubrey Plumptre, Aidan Michael O'Hare, Richard James Thomas, Felix Kramer, Beat Wyss, Philipp Müller
  • Patent number: 11953888
    Abstract: A production cell includes: at least one robot arranged to handle products; at least one buffer area for intermediate storage of products inside the production cell; a vision system with cameras arranged to determine, based on images from the cameras, the identity and the location of objects in the production cell a plurality of production modules, each production module comprising at least one Hardware Module configured to process products; and a plurality of module attachment locations, each module attachment location being configured to connect with an interface section of a production module through at least a physical connection and a power connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Festo SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Alfons Riek, Curt-Michael Stoll, Hans Klingel, Marcel Aeschlimann, Samuel Malzach, Christian Schmid, Christoph Berger, Judith Wimmer, Ivo Aschwanden, Kilian Iannucci, Alexandra Krause, Markus Andreas Müller, Martin Helmer, Peter Barmettler
  • Publication number: 20240108510
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an ophthalmological laser treatment system for treatment of tissue of an eye comprising an ophthalmological laser treatment device comprising a base station having a treatment laser source configured to generate a treatment laser beam, an arm and an application head, wherein the ophthalmological laser treatment system further comprises an ophthalmological patient interface with a cornea contacting element, and a sclera contacting element, wherein the cornea contacting element and the sclera contacting element define a rotationally asymmetric contact surface configured to contact the eye, wherein the ophthalmological patient interface comprises a through opening, which is configured to enable the treatment laser beam from the application head to pass through the ophthalmological patient interface to penetrate a target volume of tissue of the eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Werner Bernau, Fabian Müller, Christian Rathjen, Michael Steinlechner, Thomas Studer
  • Publication number: 20240108509
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an ophthalmological patient interface for application to an eye of a person, the ophthalmological patient interface comprising a coupling portion configured to be arranged on an application head of an ophthalmological laser treatment system, wherein the ophthalmological patient interface further comprises an eye fixation portion configured to be arranged on the eye, wherein the eye fixation portion comprises a cornea contacting element, configured to contact at least partially the cornea of the eye, and a sclera contacting element, configured to contact at least partially the sclera of the eye, wherein the cornea contacting element and the sclera contacting element define a rotationally asymmetric contact surface configured to contact the eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Werner Bernau, Fabian Müller, Christian Rathjen, Michael Steinlechner, Thomas Studer
  • Publication number: 20240113506
    Abstract: An optoelectronic device includes a substrate carrier and a light source arranged thereon, which has a main radiation direction. A cap with an optical element is arranged above the light source and connected to the substrate carrier. This is arranged in the main radiation direction of the light source. Furthermore, a sensor device is provided, which is designed to emit a wireless signal between the cap and the substrate carrier for detecting damage to the cap. For this purpose, the cap is designed to interact with the emitted wireless signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Zeljko PAJKIC, Michael MUELLER, Simon JEREBIC
  • Publication number: 20240103231
    Abstract: Female fiber optic connectors having a weatherproofing collar disposed rearward of a connection port opening that receives a fiber optic plug along with cable assemblies comprising the female fiber optic connector and with methods of making the same. The female fiber optic connectors comprise an actuator such as a rocker latch arm or the like disposed under the weatherproofing collar used for releasing or securing an external fiber optic plug that may be received in the connection port. The weatherproofing collar protects the actuator such as the rocker arm latch and surrounding area from dirt, debris, moisture and the like from ingress into the connector. One or more end caps may be used with the weatherproofing collar. The weatherproofing collar allows for a ruggedized fiber optic connector having a quick connect and release mechanism for the external fiber optic plug connector mated to the female fiber optic connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Stephen Paul Cappannari, Michael De Jong, Ashley Wesley Jones, Przemyslaw Andrzej Kukian, Jun Ma, Gordon Mueller-Schlomka, Shane Chad Woody
  • Publication number: 20240100760
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, systems, and techniques relate to an extruder unit for producing preforms with a tube-like wall from a polymer melt and an associated extrusion process. The extruder unit has a receptacle for an exchangeable dispensing tool, it furthermore comprises at least two different and alternately usable profiling devices. These profiling devices have outlet-side fastening structures, which correspond in the various profiling devices and form the receptacle for the exchangeable dispensing tool, so that the profiling devices can be connected alternately to the same dispensing tool. In this way, any dispensing tool, depending on the wish of the customer, can be operated with different profiling devices, in particular, on the one hand, to carry out profiling by mandrel body movement or profiling by nozzle body movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Maurice MIELKE, Michael MÜLLER
  • Publication number: 20240097528
    Abstract: A stator segment of a stator of a generator for a wind turbine has at least one stator laminated core which has at least two stator lamination stacks, wherein adjacent stator lamination stacks of the at least two stator lamination stacks are in each case spaced parallel to one another in an axial direction and forming in each case one stator cooling duct with a stator cooling duct width through which a cooling medium can be guided, in particular in a radial direction. A rotor segment of a rotor for a wind turbine has two or a plurality of magnet units are disposed spaced apart from one another in an axial direction, wherein the magnet units disposed adjacently in the axial direction define a circumferential gap with a gap width for feeding and distributing a cooling medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Müller, Wilko Gudewer, Andreas Recktenwald, Tobias Muik, Stephan Jöckel, Manuel Feith, Wojciech Giengiel
  • Publication number: 20240092009
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, systems, and techniques relate to a tube-forming device for an extruder unit or an extrusion device and a tube-forming process. The tube-forming device comprises at least one shaping sleeve, which is designed to shape a supplied stream of polymer melt from a substantially strand-like cross section into a tubular cross section. The shaping sleeve has a guiding passage embedded in the sleeve wall, such that the guiding passage is a cavity which lies within the sleeve wall and, in the radial direction of the shaping sleeve, is enclosed in a sealed manner with respect to the outer surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Maurice MIELKE, Michael MÜLLER
  • Patent number: 11933258
    Abstract: A generator module for a vehicle includes a housing with a first conical surface, a rotor assembly with a second conical surface, aligned with the first conical surface, and a spring arranged to push the second conical surface into contact with the first conical surface. In an example embodiment, the first conical surface or the second conical surface includes a plastic surface or a friction paper surface. In an example embodiment, the rotor assembly is axially displaceable within the housing to compress the spring and move the second conical surface away from the first conical surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: John Ramsey, Matthew Payne, Michael Condo, Aaron Mueller
  • Patent number: 11932108
    Abstract: A display panel with a first panel side and a second panel side is included in a display device. The display panel displays at least one graphic display object. The display panel includes a first layer which is a pixel matrix and a second layer which includes a plurality of predetermined primary subareas. The display device includes control circuitry to enable the displaying of the graphic display object based on a predefined display alignment in one of a first orientation and a second orientation. The control circuitry adjusts a respective light transmission to a predetermined individual degree for each of the predetermined primary subareas independent of each other based on a physical environment condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Jacques Helot, Ulrich Mueller, Immo Redeker, Joris Mertens, Michael Herter, André Georgi
  • Publication number: 20240083770
    Abstract: A method for operating an on-board water supply and distribution system of an aircraft for supplying water includes a central tank, consumer assemblies with a supply device and a buffer tank, pump operable in a supply mode and reverse mode, filter device, and high-pressure conduit system. The central tank connects to the pump's upstream side. The conduit system connects the downstream side and consumer assemblies. The pump in supply mode delivers water from the downstream side to the buffer tank. In reverse mode, the pump can convey water from the downstream side to the upstream side. The method includes operating the pump in supply mode so water from the central tank goes to a consumer assembly in a first time interval to fill the buffer tank, and operating the pump in reverse mode in a second time interval so water from the buffer tank passes through the filter device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Frank Schneider, Hannes Müller, Axel Schreiner, Tim Lübbert, Frederik Albers, Michael Rempe