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: 20180029208
    Abstract: A tool for inserting and removing components, in particular bearings, bushes or the like, particularly in the automotive sector, has a spindle, a first sleeve body having a first ramp-form outer circumferential surface and a through-hole, through which the spindle can be axially guided, a second sleeve body having a second ramp-form outer circumferential surface and a through-hole, through which the spindle can be axially guided, and also a first pressure body and a second pressure body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventor: Michael MUELLER
  • Publication number: 20180018370
    Abstract: Technologies are described for facilitating querying a data set formed from a version of primary data and secondary data. First and second versions of primary data are stored in a primary data version store. Secondary data is received. The secondary data is stored in a secondary data store. A query language statement is received. The query language statement is executed by selecting query results from a data set that includes the secondary data and elements of the first version of primary data not inconsistent with the secondary data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: SAP SE
    Inventors: Frank Feiks, Thomas Gross-Boelting, Michael Mueller, Armin Weidenschlager, Anton Forstreuter, Xiaomeng Wang, Florian Roeger, Jordan Tchorbadjiyski, Ruadhan MacFadden
  • Patent number: 9852890
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for pulsed RF power delivery to a plasma load for plasma processing of a substrate. In order to maximize power delivery, a calibration phase using a dummy substrate or no substrate in the chamber, is used to ascertain a preferred fixed initial RF frequency for each pulse. This fixed initial RF frequency is then used at the start of each pulse during a processing phase, where a real substrate is used and processed in the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Mueller, Myeong Yeol Choi
  • Patent number: 9835068
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mixer device for distributing and evaporating a liquid introduced into a gas flow, in particular into an exhaust-gas flow, wherein the mixer device comprises at least one mixer vane (14a) which influences the flow direction of the gas flow. The mixer vane has a first vane (14a?) portion and a second vane portion (14a?) which are arranged in series in the flow direction of the gas flow, which vane portions are designed so that the first vane portion diverts the gas flow approaching the mixer device such that said gas flow has a first swirl component imparted thereto, and so that the second vane portion subsequently diverts the gas flow such that said gas flow has a second swirl component imparted thereto, wherein the first swirl component and the second swirl component oppose one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: FRIEDRICH BOYSEN GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Michael Mueller
  • Publication number: 20170335966
    Abstract: The invention relates to a shaft seal arrangement, comprising a first seal, a second seal and a third seal which are arranged in series between a product side to be sealed and an atmosphere side, wherein the second seal is arranged between the first seal and the third seal, wherein a first pressure is present in a space adjacent to the second seal in the direction towards the product side, and a second pressure is present in a space adjacent to the second seal in the direction towards the atmosphere side, wherein the space that is adjacent to the atmosphere side is connected to a pressure supply line via which a pressure medium can be supplied into the space, and wherein the first pressure is equal or substantially equal to the second pressure, so that the second seal can be operated with a pressure difference of zero between the first pressure and the second pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: EagleBurgmann Germany GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ferdinand Werdecker, Michael Müller
  • Patent number: 9815943
    Abstract: Silicon (Si) based materials and methods of making those materials. More specifically, methods and materials having silicon, oxygen and carbon that form filled and unfilled plastic materials and filled and unfilled ceramics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Melior Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter Sherwood, Mark Land, Brian Benac, Michael Mueller, George Keith, Oliver Wilding, Jr., Douglas Dukes
  • Patent number: 9783630
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of comb polymers comprising, in the main chain, repeat units which are derived from polyolefin-based macromonomers, and repeat units which are derived from low molecular weight monomers selected from the group consisting of styrene monomers having 8 to 17 carbon atoms, alkyl (meth)acrylates having 1 to 10 carbon atoms in the alcohol group, vinyl esters having 1 to 11 carbon atoms in the acyl group, vinyl ethers having 1 to 10 carbon atoms in the alcohol group, (di)alkyl fumarates having 1 to 10 carbon atoms in the alcohol group, (di)alkyl maleates having 1 to 10 carbon atoms in the alcohol group and mixtures of these monomers, where the molar degree of branching is in the range of 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Evonik Oil Additives GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Stoehr, Dieter Janssen, Juergen Schnabel, Boris Eisenberg, Hans Goerlitzer, Michael Mueller
  • Patent number: 9771298
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for producing a reliable breaking line for the industrial cutting to length of glass sheets by means of a cutting wheel running on a float glass line under pressure imposed from above, with the following features: a) the location of the beginning of a breaking line is determined and a cutting wheel holder (20) with a cutting wheel (2) is brought into position, b) the cutting wheel holder (20) is lowered and the cutting wheel (2) is lowered onto the glass sheet (1) concerned with the desired pressing pressure, wherein the pressing pressure is set by means of a swing arm (3) and is monitored by means of a strain gauge (4) secured thereto, c) a change in the height of the glass sheet (1) prompts a control signal for an actuating motor (12) to be derived from the change in the resistance of the strain gauge (4), and the actuating motor brings about a corresponding change in the pressing pressure of the cutting wheel (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: GRENZEBACH MASCHINENBAU GMBH
    Inventors: Winhold Linnhoff, Klaus Schönheits, Michael Müller
  • Patent number: 9764393
    Abstract: Implementations of key blank carriers or key blanks with a standard reference features may include alignment features on a key blank head, key blank tip, a key blank carrier coupled to a key blank sleeve and/or a key blank sleeve, and any feature directly attached to any portion of the key that may be used for referencing in the key duplication system, or any combination of these. The standard reference features may allow any key blank brand model to interface with the machine so as to consistently align each key, regardless of its make and model, for cutting in a universally configured key blank clamp that is clamped to reduce the movement of the key blank during duplication cutting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: The Hillman Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Mueller, George Lynn Hagen, Scott Basham, Mark Tarter, Ryan Hamblin, Carl Ito, Kenneth C. Booth
  • Patent number: 9750319
    Abstract: A single sheet template for folding to form a wallet with at least two card pockets. The template comprises: a) first and second pocket forming fold lines (16a, 16b) foldable in a z-fold to form inner and outer sheet portions of each of inner and outer card pockets and a bottom for each of the inner and outer card pockets, the bottom joining said inner and outer sheet portions; b) pocket side forming means (18a, 18c) foldable to form a first side of each of the inner and outer card pockets; c) a wallet edge fold line (18b) transverse to the first and second pocket forming fold lines and along which first and second segments (20a, 20b) of the template are foldable to form a second side of each of the inner and outer card pockets; and d) securing means (24a, 24b) for preventing unfolding along the wallet edge fold line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: FOLDAGE LIMITED
    Inventor: Michael Mueller-Heumann
  • Publication number: 20170229288
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for pulsed RF power delivery to a plasma load for plasma processing of a substrate. In order to maximize power delivery, a calibration phase using a dummy substrate or no substrate in the chamber, is used to ascertain a preferred fixed initial RF frequency for each pulse. This fixed initial RF frequency is then used at the start of each pulse during a processing phase, where a real substrate is used and processed in the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Mueller, Myeong Yeol Choi
  • Patent number: 9711331
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for pulsed RF power delivery to a plasma load for plasma processing of a substrate. In order to maximize power delivery, a calibration phase using a dummy substrate or no substrate in the chamber, is used to ascertain a preferred fixed initial RF frequency for each pulse. This fixed initial RF frequency is then used at the start of each pulse during a processing phase, where a real substrate is used and processed in the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Mueller, Myeong Yeol Choi
  • Publication number: 20170144233
    Abstract: Implementations of key blank carriers or key blanks with a standard reference features may include alignment features on a key blank head, key blank tip, a key blank carrier coupled to a key blank sleeve and/or a key blank sleeve, and any feature directly attached to any portion of the key that may be used for referencing in the key duplication system, or any combination of these. The standard reference features may allow any key blank brand model to interface with the machine so as to consistently align each key, regardless of its make and model, for cutting in a universally configured key blank clamp that is clamped to reduce the movement of the key blank during duplication cutting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Michael A. Mueller, George Lynn Hagen, Scott Basham, Mark Tarter, Ryan Hamblin, Carl Ito, Kenneth C. Booth
  • Publication number: 20170133203
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for pulsed RF power delivery to a plasma load for plasma processing of a substrate. In order to maximize power delivery, a calibration phase using a dummy substrate or no substrate in the chamber, is used to ascertain a preferred fixed initial RF frequency for each pulse. This fixed initial RF frequency is then used at the start of each pulse during a processing phase, where a real substrate is used and processed in the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Mueller, Myeong Yeol Choi
  • Patent number: 9642672
    Abstract: A surgical instrument includes a housing and an elongated shaft extending distally therefrom. The elongated shaft includes a proximal portion, a distal portion and a flexible portion supported therebetween. The flexible portion permits pivotal movement of the distal portion of the elongated shaft and an end effector supported thereon. A locking mechanism is operatively associated with the flexible portion of the elongated shaft to selectively impede pivotal motion of the distal portion. The locking mechanism includes a fluid chamber defined within the flexible portion in which a variable viscosity fluid disposed. The variable viscosity fluid is responsive to the application of an electromagnetic field to exhibit increased rigidity in the presence of the electromagnetic field and reduced rigidity in the absence of the electromagnetic field. An electrical coil is arranged such that the electromagnetic field may be selectively induced by the delivery of electrical energy from a power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventor: Peter Michael Mueller
  • Publication number: 20170103516
    Abstract: A key identification system that includes a key identification system housing, a key clamp, a key ring support tray, and two digital identifiers is disclosed. The key identification system housing may include a key receiving aperture extending through housing and sized to receive at least some of a key blade of a key. The key clamp is positioned adjacent to the key receiving aperture and allows the system to maintain the key blade in a fixed position within the key identification system housing when the key is inserted into the key receiving aperture. The key ring support tray is typically coupled to the key identification system housing below the key receiving aperture. The two digital identifiers are positioned within the key identification system housing and designed to capture key blade information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Michael A. Mueller, George Lynn Hagen, Scott Basham, Ryan Hamblin, Carl Ito, Kenneth C. Booth
  • Publication number: 20170100785
    Abstract: A key model identification and feedback system includes a key identification housing, a master key receiving aperture, a master key identifier, a processor in communication with the master key identifier, and a feedback module. The processor is configured to access a database defining a plurality of known key models, compare the physical characteristics of the master key with physical characteristics of the known key models in the database to identify a model of the master key, and communicate the model of the master key to the feedback module coupled to the key identification housing. The feedback module, responsive to the communication from the processor, outputs an indication of the model of the master key and directions to a location remote from the key identification housing where a key blank having the same model of the master key is available for duplicating the master key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: George Lynn Hagen, Michael Mueller, Mark Yeary, Kenneth C. Booth
  • Patent number: 9617495
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transmission lubricant comprising at least 30% by weight of polyalkyl (meth)acrylate. The present invention further describes polyalkyl (meth)acrylates for use in lubricants and also processes for preparing them and their use. The present lubricants can be used particularly in wind turbine transmissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Evonik Oil Additives GmbH
    Inventors: Reza Ghahary, Juergen Gebhardt, Thilo Krapfl, Michael Mueller, Thomas Schimmel, Roland Schweder, Torsten Stoehr, Christoph Wincierz
  • Publication number: 20170090429
    Abstract: For controlling a target system, e.g. a gas or wind turbine or another technical system, a pool of control policies is provided. The pool of control policies comprising a plurality of control policies and weights for weighting each of the plurality of control policies are received. The plurality of control policies is weighted by the weights to provide a weighted aggregated control policy. With that, the target system is controlled using the weighted aggregated control policy, and performance data relating to a performance of the controlled target system are received. Furthermore, the weights are adjusted on the basis of the received performance data to improve the performance of the controlled target system. With that, the plurality of control policies is reweighted by the adjusted weights to adjust the weighted aggregated control policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Hany F. Bassily, Siegmund Düll, Michael Müller, Clemens Otte, Steffen Udluft
  • Patent number: 9586272
    Abstract: Implementations of key blank carriers or key blanks with a standard reference features may include alignment features on a key blank head, key blank tip, a key blank carrier coupled to a key blank sleeve and/or a key blank sleeve, and any feature directly attached to any portion of the key that may be used for referencing in the key duplication system, or any combination of these. The standard reference features may allow any key blank brand model to interface with the machine so as to consistently align each key, regardless of its make and model, for cutting in a universally configured key blank clamp that is clamped to reduce the movement of the key blank during duplication cutting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: The Hillman Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Mueller, George Lynn Hagen, Scott Basham, Mark Tarter, Ryan Hamblin, Carl Ito, Kenneth C. Booth