Patents by Inventor Peter Michels

Peter Michels 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: 20020129186
    Abstract: A computer system adapted for hot-pluggable components such as memory modules that may be replaced, upgraded and/or added without disturbing normal operation of the computer system. A failing memory module may be replaced by copying its contents to a new memory module in a background operation while the computer system runs its operating system and applications programs. When all contents are copied to the new memory module, the failing memory module may be removed without having to shut down the computer system. Computer system memory may be upgraded or added to by inserting the new memory module(s) into vacant disconnected memory connectors, whereupon the computer system automatically recognizes the new memory module(s), synchronously connects the new memory module(s) to the computer system memory bus, initializes the new memory module(s), and then notifies the operating system that the new memory module(s) is available, all without disturbing normal operation of the computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2002
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Applicant: Compaq Information Technologies Group, L.P.
    Inventors: Theodore F. Emerson, Vincent Nguyen, Steve Clohset, Peter Michels
  • Publication number: 20020111589
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for administering an injectable product, comprising:
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2002
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Inventor: Peter Michel
  • Patent number: 6413242
    Abstract: Injection device (1) for injecting fluid from a fluid container (4) equipped with a piston (5), comprising an actuating device (7) having a rod-shaped driven member (9) having a structured surface, a control button (8) being movable in axial direction, and a hollow cylindrical counter component (11) having a structured internal sleeve and said counter component matching the rod-shaped driven member (9). When twisting the counter component (11) in relation to the driven member (9), the driven member (9) can be shifted freely in axial direction. This allows the free return of the driving member—without the need for additional control elements—only when the patient releases the driven member (9) by turning it, i.e. by a conscious additional operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: Disetronic Licensing AG
    Inventors: Peter Michel, Peter Nydegger, Philipp Weber
  • Patent number: 6383167
    Abstract: The invention relates to an injection device for injecting a selectable dose of a liquid substance from an ampoule, located in an ampoule holder, comprising a piston and a sleeve-shaped mechanism holder, mechanically coupled thereto, in the interior of which a longitudinally shiftable shaft is provided which acts on the ampoule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Disetronic Licensing AG
    Inventors: Fritz Kirchhofer, Peter Michel, Birger Hjertman, Gustav Levander, Olle Ljungquist
  • Patent number: 6310214
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for preparing chlorinated pyridinesulphonic acid chlorides of the general formula I from hydroxypyridine-sulphonic acids of the general formula II The process generally entails a) passing chlorine gas into a mixture of a hydroxypyridine-sulphonic acid and of phosphorus trichloride; b) heating the mixture of a) to temperatures of about 100 to about 120° C.; c) removing any phosphorus oxychloride formed and any excess phosphorus trichloride by distillation; d) taking up the residue with an organic solvent; and e) distilling the liquid phase in a vacuum, thereby obtaining the chlorinated pyridine-sulphonic acid chloride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: Ruetgers Organics GmbH
    Inventors: Bruno Biedenbach, Hans-Peter Michel
  • Publication number: 20010034507
    Abstract: The invention relates to an injection device for injecting a selectable dose of a liquid substance from an ampoule (2), located in an ampoule holder (1), comprising a piston (12) and a sleeve-shaped mechanism holder (3), mechanically coupled thereto, in the interior of which a longitudinally shiftable shaft (4) is provided which acts on the ampoule (2), the shaft (4) being surrounded by an also longitudinally shiftable advancing sleeve (5), mechanically coupled thereto, which in its upper end area is closed by a lid (7). For selecting a dose of the liquid substance to be injected, a dosing sleeve (6) with a stepped member (13) is provided, which is disposed on the mechanism holder (3) in its upper end area, the dose to be respectively administered being adjustable by a rotation of the dosing sleeve (6) with the stepped member (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Publication date: October 25, 2001
    Inventors: Fritz Kirchhofer, Peter Michel, Birger Hjertman, Gustav Levander, Olle Ljungquist
  • Publication number: 20010023556
    Abstract: A driving motor (1) for an actuating drive having improved jamming protection of a closing part, e.g., a window pane (2) of a motor vehicle. The closing part is adjusted via a transmission, e.g., a cable drive drum (3, 4). To avoid over-dimensioning of the driving motor (1), a variable transmission is provided that delivers a substantially constant load on the driving motor (1) over the entire adjustment path of the window pane (2). Thereby, a design of the driving motor (1) to cope with an increased load, which would otherwise be caused when the closing part slides into a closed position, is avoided. In addition, since the closing part approaches the closed position with a lower speed, the closing part is able to brake rapidly, if necessary. This results, e.g., in an improved jamming protection function of the closing part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2000
    Publication date: September 27, 2001
    Inventor: Peter Michel
  • Patent number: 6277101
    Abstract: An injection device for injecting a preselectable dose of a liquid substance from an ampoule (2) with a stopper (12) located in an ampoule-holder (1) has a sleeve-shaped mechanism holder (3) mechanically linked to the stopper (12) and containing a sliding rod (4) which acts on the ampoule (2). The sliding rod (4) is surrounded by a sliding sleeve (5) mechanically coupled to the ampoule (2) and closed at its upper end by a lid (7). A dosing sleeve (13) is provided with a stepped member (13) arranged at the upper end of the mechanism holder (3) to preselect the dose of liquid substance to be injected. The dose to be administered can be adjusted by turning the dosing sleeve (6) provided with the stepped member (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: Disetronic Licensing AG
    Inventors: Fritz Kirchhofer, Peter Michel, Birger Hjertman, Gustav Levander, Olle Ljungquist
  • Patent number: 6106501
    Abstract: An injection device is described which is lockable in its end position in such a manner that the reliability of storing or transporting it with a carpule attached is improved in comparison with devices according to the prior art. It is comprised of fewer components than comparable devices, with these components being easier to manufacture so that production costs are low. The injection device is used for medical purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: Disetronic Licensing AG
    Inventor: Peter Michel
  • Patent number: 6098134
    Abstract: A computer system has a processor bus under control of the microprocessor itself, and this bus communicates with main memory, providing high-performance access for most cache fill operations. In addition, the system includes one or more expansion buses, preferably of the PCI type in the example embodiment. A host-to-PCI bridge is used for coupling the processor bus to the expansion bus. Other buses may be coupled to the PCI bus via PCI-to-(E)ISA bridges, for example. The host-to-PCI bridge contains queues for posted writes and delayed read requests. All transactions are queued going through the bridge, upstream or downstream. According to a feature of the invention, provision is made for split transactions, i.e., a read request which is not satisfied while the processor requesting it is still on the bus, but instead the bus is relinquished and other transactions intervene before the read result is available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: Compaq Computer Corp.
    Inventors: Peter Michels, Christopher J. Pettey, Thomas R. Seeman, Brian S. Hausauer
  • Patent number: 6086567
    Abstract: The invention relates to an injection device for injecting a selectable dose of a liquid substance from an ampoule, located in an ampoule holder, comprising a piston and a sleeve-shaped mechanism holder, in the interior of which a longitudinally shiftable shaft is provided, the shaft being surrounded by an also longitudinally shiftable advancing sleeve coupled thereto. For selecting a dose of the liquid substance to be injected, a dosing sleeve with a stepped member is provided, the dose to be respectively administered being adjustable by a rotation of the dosing sleeve with the stepped member. The adjusted dose is readable via a dose imprint on the dosing sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: Disetronic Licensing AG
    Inventors: Fritz Kirchhofer, Peter Michel
  • Patent number: 6059755
    Abstract: The present invention provides an injection system including a disposable lower part and a reusable upper part wherein the lower part includes an ampoule holder for accommodating a container containing a liquid medicament and having an axially movable plug having a cross-section F for ejecting the liquid medicament from the container and a kinematic device for axially driving the plug forward by a number N of individual steps x, N being a natural number, and the reusable upper part includes a casing detachably connectable to the ampoule holder, and a dosing button for selecting the number N of individual steps x and for actuating the kinematic device of the lower part which thereby effects selectable ejection of a Volume V=NxF of the liquid medicament from the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Disetronic Licensing AG
    Inventor: Peter Michel
  • Patent number: 6002680
    Abstract: The main station (MS) and possibly also the terminal stations (T1, T2, T3) of a telecommunication network is/are provided with memories wherein historical information (TT1, TT2, TT3, TT4, CT1, CT2, CT3), i.e. information with respect to log-in attempts of terminal stations (T1, T2, T3) in the past, is stored. This historical information is frequently updated and is used during a polled log-in method wherein terminals (T1, T2, T3) are polled either individually or in groups, executed for instance after a network crash or power-down, to limit the number of terminals that has to be polled by the main station (MS) so as to speed up the polled log-in procedure. The performance of the log-in of each single terminal further increases significantly if this terminal is located at a substantially fixed location in the network and if power- and delay information for transmitting upstream identification messages during log-in are also contained by the historical information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Alcatel
    Inventors: Christiaan Hendrik Jozef Sierens, Peter Michel Noel Vandenabeele, Harry Franciscus Ludovica VanHoof, Kristiaan Johan Hubert Ghislanus Venken
  • Patent number: 5967661
    Abstract: An apparatus for measuring the temperature of an object within a process chamber is described. The process chamber includes a platform for receiving the object and an energy source for transferring energy to the object. The apparatus includes a shield, and a first and second energy sensor. The shield is positioned in the chamber adjacent the object to create an isothermal cavity in the space between the object and the shield. The shield is designed to receive from the energy source an amount of energy approximating that received by the object. The first energy sensor is positioned between the shield and the platform to measure the temperature of the object. The second energy sensor measures the temperature of the shield.A method for establishing an isothermal condition within the process chamber includes the steps of varying the shield temperature in inverse relationship to the difference between the shield temperature and a target temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Sensarray Corporation
    Inventors: Wayne Glenn Renken, Peter Michel Noel Vandenabeele
  • Patent number: 5930262
    Abstract: The method is used in a system comprising a central station (CS) coupled to each of a plurality of terminal stations (TS1-TSn), wherein the central station (CS) is enabled to transmit downstream frames (DS) to the terminal stations to allow the terminal stations to transfer upstream frames (US) to the central station in time slots assigned thereto by way of of access grant information (TEA1-TEA4) included in the downstream frames. The downstream frame (DS) is a superframe having a matrix structure with rows and columns, and a first portion and a second portion of the matrix structure is an overhead portion (S, TCB) and an information portion (ATM) respectively. The overhead portion includes the access grant information and the size of the overhead portion is flexibly adaptable. The central station and the terminal stations are adapted to send and to interpret the superframe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignee: Alcatel N.V.
    Inventors: Christiaan Hendrik Jozef Sierens, Peter Michel Noel Vandenabeele, Geert Arthur Edith Van Wonterghem
  • Patent number: 5769824
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlled delivery of a liquid consists of a delivery unit which comprises a liquid container (3) having at least one movable wall (12) and a liquid outlet which is provided with a flow restriction, and a power unit which comprises a second container (21) which also has at least one movable wall (29) and wherein a vacuum may be established, and a mechanical coupling (31) between the movable wall (12) of the liquid container(3) and the movable wall (29) of the second container (21). The delivery unit and the power unit are connected together coaxially when the apparatus is prepared for delivery, and in this connecting together, the movable wall (29) of the second container is displaced by means of the mechanical coupling (31) such that the vacuum is established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1998
    Assignee: Pharmacia & Upjohn Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Birger Hjertman, Peter Michel
  • Patent number: 5730880
    Abstract: Process for removing unwanted material from wanted material containing water by bringing an isocyanate-containing prepolymer into contact with the materials, allowing the prepolymer to react with the water to form a flexible foam and removing the foam obtained from the wanted material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1998
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventors: Dirk Gerber, Peter Michel Gerber, Viviane Gertrude Johanna Neyens, Peter Frans Eugeen Maria Stroobants
  • Patent number: 5695623
    Abstract: The device for measuring and displaying the concentration of glucose in the blood comprises a display device (2) into which disposable sensors (1) comprising a biomembrane (9) can be inserted. The display device (2) comprises a built-in computer (3) in whose memory (7) a glucose concentration diagram (5) is stored and which can evaluate the measurement results of the sensors (1). The computer (3) comprises a time measuring device (4) whose zero setting can be correlated in an irreversible manner with the date of manufacture of the disposable sensors (1). Before the device is supplied to the patient, the glucose concentration diagram, which corresponds to the characteristics of the biomembrane (9) of the disposable sensors (1) at the time of manufacture, is irreversibly calibrated. The glucose concentration diagram is automatically and irreversibly corrected, taking into account the time-dependent characteristics of the biomembrane (9) of the disposable sensors (1), by means of the time measuring device (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1997
    Assignee: Disetronic Licensing AG
    Inventors: Peter Michel, Willy Michel
  • Patent number: 5694932
    Abstract: A sensor is used to detect a substance component in an aqueous solution. This sensor has electrically conducting and mutually insulated electrodes (7) which can be connected to a data-recording device. A sensor membrane array responsive to substance components to be detected includes several individual membranes (2) in rows or row-column arrays mounted on a flat support (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1997
    Assignee: Disetronic Licensing AG
    Inventor: Peter Michel
  • Patent number: 5528093
    Abstract: To integrate electronics with a drive unit, given a simple manufacturing or assembly, and a compact type of construction, a printed-circuit board, which accommodates the electronic components and which is designed, at the same time, as a brush-holder plate for the commutator motor, is arranged, together with an electronic housing, parallel to housing flanges of a motor housing, of a gear housing. The printed circuit board of the drive unit, and is covered on its one axial side by the motor housing and the electronic housing, and on its other axial side by the gear housing thereby protecting it from external elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1996
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Adam, Peter Michel, Rudolf Fiedler