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: 9080042
    Abstract: A rubber blend, particularly for pneumatic vehicle tires, harnesses, straps and hoses. The rubber blend includes at least one rubber blend A of a solid styrene-butadiene rubber with an average molecular weight Mn of 100,000 to 5,000,000 g/mol and a liquid butadiene rubber with an average molecular weight Mn of 500 to 9000 g/mol, wherein the styrene-butadiene rubber is solution-polymerized or emulsion-polymerized, as well as 30 to 300 phr of at least one silicic acid and further blend components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Viktoria Pavon Sierra, Juergen Wagemann, Casper Van de Pol, Norbert Kendziorra, Katharina Herzog, Carla Recker, Norbert Mueller
  • Publication number: 20150126748
    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: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Sergii Pazenok, Norbert Lui, Thomas Norbert Mueller
  • Patent number: 8975448
    Abstract: Process for preparing 2,2-difluoroethanol, comprising the following steps: reacting 1-chloro-2,2-difluoroethane with an alkali metal salt of formic acid or acetic acid in a suitable solvent to give the corresponding 2,2-difluoroethyl formate or 2,2-difluoroethyl acetate, and transesterifying the 2,2-difluoroethyl formate or 2,2-difluoroethyl acetate from step (i) in the presence of an alcohol and optionally of a base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Norbert Müller, Norbert Lui, Stefan Moczarski
  • Publication number: 20150019109
    Abstract: In a method for controlling the stopping behavior of an internal combustion engine, after a stop request, an air metering device initially reduces the volume of air supplied to the internal combustion engine during the stop and subsequently increases this volume of air again at an opening crankshaft angle (KWopen), the opening crankshaft angle (KWopen) being oriented to an undercut crankshaft angle (KWlow), at which a speed (n) of the internal combustion engine when stopping drops below a predefinable speed threshold value (ns). The time characteristic of the speed (n) of the internal combustion engine after the stop request is influenced in such a way that the internal combustion engine comes to a halt in a predefinable target crankshaft angle range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander TROFIMOV, Martin FRIEDRICH, Matthias WEINMANN, Norbert MUELLER, Karthik RAI, Jason SCHWANKE
  • Patent number: 8898904
    Abstract: A method for coating a steering wheel and a corresponding steering wheel having a steering wheel rim comprising a steering wheel skeleton having a foam layer applied thereto and intended to be encompassed by a cover layer made of leather or plastic are provided. In order to simplify production, the cover layer is positioned on the steering wheel rim as a strip and is fixed to the foam layer on one end. The cover layer strip is then glued onto the foam layer and the lateral edges of the cover layer strip are sewed together in a known manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Takata-Petri AG
    Inventors: Norbert Müller, Christian Haart, Martin Sauer, Jürgen Kolb, Daniel Henning, Albert Schlechter, Abdullah Yanginci
  • Publication number: 20140265647
    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: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
    Inventor: Norbert Müller
  • Patent number: 8821200
    Abstract: A gondola drive for a floating device has an underwater housing circulated around by water. The gondola drive contains a drive module which has a drive module housing and a shaft disposed therein, a transmission module with a transmission module housing and a transmission disposed therein and a propeller. The drive module and the transmission module are each configured as separate components connected to one another such that the drive module housing and the transmission module housing form at least a part of the underwater housing and that the shaft is coupled to the transmission for driving the propeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengsellschaft
    Inventors: Ernst-Christoph Krackhardt, Christian Norbert Mueller, Jan Pellinghoff, Dierk Schroeder, Michael Wycisk, Robin De Ruiter
  • Publication number: 20140243561
    Abstract: Process for preparing 2,2-difluoroethanol, comprising the following steps: reacting 1-chloro-2,2-difluoroethane with an alkali metal salt of formic acid or acetic acid in a suitable solvent to give the corresponding 2,2-difluoroethyl formate or 2,2-difluoroethyl acetate, and transesterifying the 2,2-difluoroethyl formate or 2,2-difluoroethyl acetate from step (i) in the presence of an alcohol and optionally of a base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Norbert Mueller, Norbert Lui, Stefan Moczarski
  • Patent number: 8766012
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of 2,2-difluoroethylamine of the formula (I) CHF2CH2NH2??(I) comprising the stages (i) and (ii): stage (i): reaction of 2,2-difluoro-1-haloethane of the formula (II) CHF2—CH2Hal??(II) in which Hal is chlorine, bromine or iodine, with prop-2-en-1-amine of the formula (III) to give N-(2,2-difluoroethyl)prop-2-en-1-amine of the formula (IV) preferably in the presence of an acid scavenger, and stage (ii): removal of the allyl group from the N-(2,2-difluoroethyl)prop-2-en-1-amine of the formula (IV) obtained in stage (i) to give 2,2-difluoroethylamine of the formula (I) or a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Bayer Cropscience AG
    Inventors: Norbert Lui, Christian Funke, Jens-Dietmar Heinrich, Thomas Norbert Müller
  • Publication number: 20140148611
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing 2-amino-5-cyano-N,3-dimethylbenzamide of formula (1) by reacting 2-amino-5-cyano-3-methylbenzoic esters or diesters with methylamine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: 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: 8660776
    Abstract: A method for starting an internal combustion engine, in which a control unit starts at least one function at a specific crankshaft angle, the function being shifted from the start of the internal combustion engine until a final condition is reached by a relative angle to a later crankshaft angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Mueller, Ruediger Weiss, Tobias Leutwein, Matthias Walz, Elmar Pietsch, Harry Friedmann
  • Publication number: 20130336811
    Abstract: A rotor apparatus is provided. In another aspect, a woven and/or stacked fiber rotor or impeller is used for a water turbine. A further aspect provides a woven and/or stacked fiber rotor or impeller used for a wind turbine. In still another aspect, a woven and/or stacked fiber rotor or impeller is used for a natural gas compressor. In another aspect, a woven and/or stacked fiber rotor or impeller is used for a geothermal noncondensable gas compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Norbert Müller, Janusz Piechna
  • Publication number: 20130327010
    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: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
    Inventors: Norbert Müller, Janusz Piechna, Guangwei Sun, Pablo-Francisco Parraga
  • Publication number: 20130289197
    Abstract: A rubber blend, particularly for pneumatic vehicle tires, harnesses, straps and hoses. The rubber blend includes at least one rubber blend A of a solid styrene-butadiene rubber with an average molecular weight Mn of 100,000 to 5,000,000 g/mol and a liquid butadiene rubber with an average molecular weight Mn of 500 to 9000 g/mol, wherein the styrene-butadiene rubber is solution-polymerized or emulsion-polymerized, as well as 30 to 300 phr of at least one silicic acid and further blend components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Viktoria Pavon Sierra, Juergen Wagemann, Casper Van de Pol, Norbert Kendziorra, Katharina Herzog, Carla Recker, Norbert Mueller
  • Publication number: 20130231849
    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: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Inventors: Karthik Rai, Norbert Mueller
  • Patent number: 8506254
    Abstract: An impeller is provided that may be used in compressors or turbines. In another aspect of the present invention, a fiber or a bundle of fibers is woven to form at least two blades of an impeller. Yet another aspect of the present invention employs a peripheral component woven around impeller blades. An additional conductive fiber or bundle of fibers is woven into the impeller in a further aspect of the present invention. Moreover, an aspect of the present invention provides a chilling system that includes at least one compressor, at least one wave rotor, and a refrigerant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
    Inventor: Norbert Müller
  • Publication number: 20130179054
    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: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GmbH
    Inventors: Elias Calva, Karthik Rai, Norbert Mueller, Ruediger Weiss, Manfred Dietrich
  • Publication number: 20130166177
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for stopping an internal combustion engine, wherein an amount of air which is supplied via an air metering device of the internal combustion engine, in particular a throttle flap (100), is reduced after a stopping order has been detected. According to the invention, the amount of air which is supplied via the air metering device of the internal combustion engine is again increased when the detected speed (n) of the internal combustion engine falls below a predefinable speed threshold value (ns), wherein an intake cylinder (ZYL2) to which the amount of air is supplied does not enter any working cycle after the amount of supplied air has been increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Elias Calva, Karthik Rai, Norbert Mueller, Ruediger Weiss, Manfred Dietrich
  • Publication number: 20130149486
    Abstract: A method and a device for thinly coating a component on all sides are provided. A single layer is applied onto the component by casting in a casting mold, wherein during the casting process the material to be applied moves as laminar flow in the region of the decorative element. For this purpose, a casting mold consisting of a lower and an upper part is provided, in which proceeding from at least one sprue in the upper part to the side of the component to be coated a runner extends in direction of the component to be coated for filling the casting material into the casting mold, wherein in the runner in the vicinity of the component to be coated a retaining groove is provided for distributing the casting material across the width, and wherein the runner has a reduced passage subsequent to the retaining groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Inventors: Norbert Müller, Andreas Hans, Bernhard Kempf, Martin Sauer, Achim Hartlaub
  • Patent number: RE45396
    Abstract: A wave rotor apparatus is provided. In another aspect of the present invention, a radial wave rotor includes fluid passageways oriented in a direction offset from its rotational axis. A further aspect of the present invention employs stacked layers of generally radial channels in a wave rotor. Moreover, turbomachinery is located internal to a wave rotor in yet another aspect of the present invention. In yet another aspect of the present invention, a radial wave rotor has an igniter and fuel injector. Correctional passages are employed in still another aspect of the present invention wave rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
    Inventors: Norbert Müller, Pejman Akbari, Janusz Piechna, Florin Iancu