Patents by Inventor Norbert Müller

Norbert 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).

  • Patent number: 10273351
    Abstract: Disclosed are sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixtures that can be incorporated into treads of vehicle tires, and vehicle tires comprising the disclosed sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixtures. The rubber mixtures comprise: at least one diene rubber, at least one silica, at least one hydrocarbon resin, and 1 to 40 phr of at least one liquid polybutadiene having terminal organosilicon modification and having a weight-average molecular weight Mw by GPC of 500 to 12 000 g/mol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Viktoria Pavon Sierra, Norbert Mueller, Catarina Sá, Thorsten Torbruegge, Christoph Vatterott, Anette Stark
  • Patent number: 10214635
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture, in particular for treads of vehicle tires, and to a vehicle tire. The rubber mixture contains at least the following components: at least one diene rubber and 10 to 200 phr of at least one silicic acid and 2 to 20 phf of at least one silane having general empirical formula I) [(R1)3Si—X]mSn(R2)2-m, wherein the residues R1 within a molecule can be the same or different and are alkoxy groups having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or cyclic dialkoxy groups having 2 to 10 carbon atoms or cycloalkoxy groups having 4 to 10 carbon atoms or phenoxy groups or aryl groups having 6 to 20 carbon atoms or alkyl groups having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or alkenyl groups having 2 to 20 carbon atoms or aralkyl groups having 7 to 20 carbon atoms or halides and wherein X is a polar organic group containing urea and wherein m assumes the value 1 or 2 and wherein n is an integer from 1 to 8 and wherein R2 is a hydrogen atom or an acyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Kirsten Schwekendiek, Norbert Müller, Carla Recker, Julia Schoeffel
  • Patent number: 10193430
    Abstract: An electromagnetic device includes discrete wires for its poles or teeth. In another aspect, an electromagnetic device includes a stator unit and an adjacent movable unit, at least one of which includes magnetic flux-carrying poles, with a majority of each pole including multiple discrete wires. In another aspect, the movable unit is an electric motor rotor, a linear electric motor armature, a solenoid armature, or an electric generator rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
    Inventor: Norbert Müller
  • Publication number: 20180244621
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel catalytic hydrogenation of substituted 2-methyl cyanopyridyl derivatives, in particular 3-chloro-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyridin-2-yl]acetonitrile [=Py-CN] to substituted 2-ethylaminopyridine derivatives, in particular 2-[3-chloro-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyridin-2-yl]ethanamine [=Py-ethanamine] or salts thereof in the presence of metal catalysts, in particular palladium catalysts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Wahed Ahmed Moradi, Thomas Himmler, Thomas Norbert Müller, Albert Schnatterer, Günter Schlegel
  • Patent number: 9988353
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel catalytic hydrogenation of substituted 2-methyl cyanopyridyl derivatives, in particular 3-chloro-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyridin-2-yl]acetonitrile [=Py-CN] to substituted 2-ethylaminopyridine derivatives, in particular 2-[3-chloro-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyridin-2-yl]ethanamine [=Py-ethanamine] or salts thereof in the presence of metal catalysts, in particular palladium catalysts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Wahed Ahmed Moradi, Thomas Himmler, Thomas Norbert Mueller, Albert Schnatterer, Guenter Schlegel
  • Publication number: 20180100058
    Abstract: Disclosed are sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixtures that can be incorporated into treads of vehicle tires, and vehicle tires comprising the disclosed sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixtures. The rubber mixtures comprise: at least one diene rubber, at least one silica, at least one hydrocarbon resin, and 1 to 40 phr of at least one liquid polybutadiene having terminal organosilicon modification and having a weight-average molecular weight Mw by GPC of 500 to 12 000 g/mol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Viktoria Pavon Sierra, Norbert Mueller, Catarina Sá, Thorsten Torbruegge, Christoph Vatterott, Anette Stark
  • Publication number: 20180029312
    Abstract: A method for the production of plastic parts, in particular of composite parts, utilizes at least two components to be mixed in a mixing chamber and a cavity formed between a first and a second mold half of a molding tool. The cavity comprises a mold part section and a sprue section, and the sprue section or the mold part section is used as mixing chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Lorenz REITH, Manuel WEISSINGER, Norbert MUELLER, Gerhard SPERNEDER, Gerald SCHOEFER
  • Patent number: 9856368
    Abstract: A sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture, in particular for pneumatic vehicle tires, straps, belts, and hoses, is disclosed which exhibits, among other things, improved rolling resistance behavior. The rubber mixture contains at least the following constituents: 5 to 95 phr of at least one styrene-butadiene rubber, which is functionalized with phthalocyanine groups and/or hydroxy groups and/or epoxy groups and/or silane-sulfide groups and the styrene content of which is 0 to 12 wt % and which has a glass transition temperature (Tg) according to DSC of ?75 to ?120° C. in the unvulcanized state, 5 to 95 phr of at least one further rubber, and 20 to 300 phr of at least one silica.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Katharina Herzog, Carla Recker, Viktoria Pavon Sierra, Norbert Kendziorra, Thomas Kramer, Thorsten Torbruegge, Norbert Mueller
  • Patent number: 9856791
    Abstract: A wave disc engine apparatus is provided. A further aspect employs a constricted nozzle in a wave rotor channel. A further aspect provides a sharp bend between an inlet and an outlet in a fluid pathway of a wave rotor, with the bend being spaced away from a peripheral edge of the wave rotor. A radial wave rotor for generating electricity in an automotive vehicle is disclosed in yet another aspect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
    Inventors: Norbert Müller, Janusz Piechna, Guangwei Sun, Pablo-Francisco Parraga
  • Patent number: 9624849
    Abstract: In a method for stopping an internal combustion engine, a quantity of air supplied to the internal combustion engine via an air-metering device, e.g., a throttle valve, is reduced after a stop request has been determined, and the quantity of air supplied to the internal combustion engine via the air-metering device is increased again when a detected speed of the internal combustion engine falls below a predefinable speed threshold value. The predefinable speed threshold value is increased when, after the metered quantity of air is increased up to stopping of the internal combustion engine, an intake cylinder no longer passes through a bottom dead center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Karthik Rai, Norbert Mueller
  • Publication number: 20170073508
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture, in particular for treads of vehicle tires, and to a vehicle tire. The rubber mixture contains at least the following components: at least one diene rubber and 10 to 200 phr of at least one silicic acid and 2 to 20 phf of at least one silane having general empirical formula I) [(R1)3Si—X]mSn(R2)2-m, wherein the residues R1 within a molecule can be the same or different and are alkoxy groups having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or cyclic dialkoxy groups having 2 to 10 carbon atoms or cycloalkoxy groups having 4 to 10 carbon atoms or phenoxy groups or aryl groups having 6 to 20 carbon atoms or alkyl groups having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or alkenyl groups having 2 to 20 carbon atoms or aralkyl groups having 7 to 20 carbon atoms or halides and wherein X is a polar organic group containing urea and wherein m assumes the value 1 or 2 and wherein n is an integer from 1 to 8 and wherein R2 is a hydrogen atom or an acyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Kirsten Schwekendiek, Norbert Müller, Carla Recker, Julia Schoeffel
  • Patent number: 9476311
    Abstract: In the case of a variable-pitch propeller or repeller according to the invention, the pitch-adjusting device is arranged in the hub and formed in such a way that it allows only a numerically limited number of different blade pitches, preferably just two blade pitches, for which purpose the pitch-adjusting device comprises an electrical drive device, for moving the blades from a first blade pitch to a second of the numerically limited number of blade pitches, and an electrically actuable locking device, for locking the blades in the numerically limited number of different blade pitches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Ernst-Christoph Krackhardt, Christian Norbert Müller, Dierk Schröder
  • Publication number: 20160280648
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel catalytic hydrogenation of substituted 2-methyl cyanopyridyl derivatives, in particular 3-chloro-5-(trifluorometyl)pyridin-2-yl]acetonitrile [=Py-CN] to substituted 2-ethylaminopyridine derivatives, in particular 2-[3-chloro-5-(trifluorometyl)pyridin-2-yl]ethanamine [=Py-ethanamine] or salts thereof in the presence of metal catalysts, in particular palladium catalysts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Wahed Ahmed MORADI, Thomas HIMMLER, Thomas Norbert MUELLER, Albert SCHNATTERER, Guenter SCHLEGEL
  • Publication number: 20160194485
    Abstract: A sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture, in particular for pneumatic vehicle tires, straps, belts, and hoses, is disclosed which exhibits, among other things, improved rolling resistance behavior. The rubber mixture contains at least the following constituents: 5 to 95 phr of at least one styrene-butadiene rubber, which is functionalized with phthalocyanine groups and/or hydroxy groups and/or epoxy groups and/or silane-sulfide groups and the styrene content of which is 0 to 12 wt % and which has a glass transition temperature (Tg) according to DSC of ?75 to ?120° C. in the unvulcanized state, 5 to 95 phr of at least one further rubber, and 20 to 300 phr of at least one silica.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Katharina Herzog, Carla Recker, Viktoria Pavon Sierra, Norbert Kendziorra, Thomas Kramer, Thorsten Torbruegge, Norbert Mueller
  • Publication number: 20160160014
    Abstract: A sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixture for pneumatic tires is disclosed. The rubber mixture includes at least one diene rubber and 10 to 200 phr of at least one silica and 2 to 20 phf of at least one silane having the general empirical formula (I) [(R1)3Si—X]mSn(R2)2-m. The R1 radicals within a molecule may be the same or different and are alkoxy groups having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or cyclic dialkoxy groups having 2 to 10 carbon atoms or cycloalkoxy groups having 4 to 10 carbon atoms or phenoxy groups or halides, and where m assumes the value of 1 or 2 and where n is an integer from 1 to 8 and where R2 is a hydrogen atom or an acyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms and where X is an organic spacer group having 3 to 30 carbon atoms and containing at least one organic radical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Kirsten Schwekendiek, Carla Recker, Norbert Mueller
  • Publication number: 20160016435
    Abstract: A pneumatic vehicle tire for passenger cars, vans or the like has a radial carcass, a multi-ply belt, and a profiled tread that, as viewed in the axial direction, has a central portion and two shoulder portions. The shoulder portions include a rubber mixture that has a lower dynamic modulus of elasticity E? (at 55° C. and 8% elongation according to DIN 53513) than the central portion. The central portion has extensions at the base thereof, running laterally substantially parallel to the tread substructure and radially inside and across the width of the shoulder portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Heiner Volk, Christian Struebel, Norbert Mueller
  • Publication number: 20160001807
    Abstract: A motor vehicle steering wheel with at least one gripping portion for gripping the steering wheel by a driver and with a central steering wheel region which is connected with the gripping portion is provided. The central steering wheel region—based on the state of the steering wheel properly mounted in a motor vehicle—forms a cover surface facing the driver, wherein behind the cover surface a receptacle for a gas bag is arranged and the cover surface defines an outlet opening through which the gas bag can be deployed for the protection of the driver. The steering wheel furthermore comprises an electronic display device with a screen. The screen is provided beside the outlet opening on the cover surface of the central steering wheel region, and the surface of the screen amounts to at least 60% of the opening cross-section of the outlet opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicants: TAKATA AG, AUDIO MOBIL ELEKTRONIK GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas HANS, Norbert MÜLLER, Heiko RUCK, Thomas STOTTAN, Martin GRADINGER
  • Patent number: 9206753
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for restarting an internal combustion engine, in which a first cylinder (ZYL1) has a low air level and a second cylinder (ZYL2) has a high air level, and wherein a predefined speed threshold value (ns) is selected as a function of said air levels. A method for the restart is selected and carried out as a function of a comparison of the determined speed (n) of the internal combustion engine with the predefined speed threshold value (ns).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Elias Calva, Karthik Rai, Norbert Mueller, Ruediger Weiss, Manfred Dietrich
  • Patent number: 9169198
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing 2-amino-5-cyano-N,3-dimethylbenzamide of formula (I) by reacting 2-amino-5-cyano-3-methylbenzoic esters or diesters with methylamine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH
    Inventors: Frank Volz, Thomas Himmler, Thomas Norbert Müller, Sandra Lehmann, Sascha Von Morgenstern, Wahed Ahmed Moradi, Sergii Pazenok, Norbert Lui
  • Patent number: 9145369
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel method for preparing 1-alkyl-3-fluoroalkyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carbonyl chlorides, a useful precursor for the preparation of fungicides, by means of reductive dehalogenation, starting from N-alkyl-3-haloalkyl-5-halopyrazolecarbaldehyde.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG
    Inventors: Sergii Pazenok, Norbert Lui, Thomas Norbert Mueller