Patents by Inventor Peter Muller

Peter Muller 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).

  • METHOD FOR MOUNTING FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS IN A LENS
    Publication number: 20230278301
    Abstract: A method for mounting functional elements in a lens includes mounting the functional elements on a foil, applying a closed contour alignment surface of an alignment tool having a central opening surrounded by the closed contour on the foil portion opposite to the mounted function elements, applying underpressure on the central opening to maintain the foil portion with the mounted functional elements on the alignment tool, cutting a flap including the foil portion and supporting the functional elements out of the foil, positioning and aligning the flap through actuator, fixing the position of the flap against the adjacent foil surface, embedding the foil with the mounted functional elements in a predetermined distance to the front surface of a mould, and casting and curing the lens with the embedded foil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Lutz Korner, Peter Hess, Alexander Greber, Urs Buttiker, Reto Muller, Anders Hoglund, Daniel Ljunggren
  • HEAT TREATABLE COATED ARTICLE HAVING ANTIREFLECTIVE COATING(S) ON SUBSTRATE
    Publication number: 20230258844
    Abstract: A coated article including a first antireflective (AR) coating supported by a glass substrate, wherein the first coating may include, moving away from the glass substrate: a dielectric first high index layer; a dielectric first low index layer; a dielectric second high index layer; a dielectric second low index layer comprising an oxide of silicon; a dielectric third high index layer comprising an oxide of niobium; a dielectric first medium index layer, wherein the third high index layer comprising the oxide of niobium is located between and directly contacting the second low index layer comprising the oxide of silicon and the first medium index layer; a dielectric third low index layer; and an overcoat layer; wherein the first coating contains no IR reflecting layer based on silver and/or gold; wherein, from the perspective of a viewer of the coated article, the first coating may be configured so that the coated article has a film side reflective ?E* value of no greater than 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Jens-Peter MÜLLER, Richard VERNHES, Istvan SZIRBIK, Nikolett HEGEDUS, Allen CHU, Jochen BUTZ
  • SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ELECTRIC VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20230241986
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for charging and for holding a battery-powered vehicle (20, 30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Per-Simon Saal, Andre Müller, Peter Bredemeier, Claus-Martin Mündel, Stefan Honerkamp
  • Network Architecture, Methods, and Devices for a Wireless Communications Network
    Publication number: 20230224059
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus in a fifth-generation wireless communications, including an example method, in a wireless device, that includes receiving a downlink signal comprising an uplink access configuration index, using the uplink access configuration index to identify an uplink access configuration from among a predetermined plurality of uplink access configurations, and transmitting to the wireless communications network according to the identified uplink access configuration. The example method further includes, in the same wireless device, receiving, in a first subframe, a first Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) transmission formatted according to a first numerology and receiving, in a second subframe, a second OFDM transmission formatted according to a second numerology, the second numerology differing from the first numerology. Variants of this method, corresponding apparatuses, and corresponding network-side methods and apparatuses are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Stefan Parkvall, Janne Peisa, Gunnar Mildh, Robert Baldemair, Stefan Wager, Jonas Kronander, Karl Werner, Richard Abrahamsson, Ismet Aktas, Peter Alriksson, Junaid Ansari, Shehzad Ali Ashraf, Henrik Asplund, Fredrik Athley, Håkan Axelsson, Joakim Axmon, Johan Axnäs, Kumar Balachandran, Gunnar Bark, Jan-Erik Berg, Andreas Bergström, Håkan Björkegren, Nadia Brahmi, Cagatay Capar, Anders Carlsson, Andreas Cedergren, Mikael Coldrey, Icaro L. J. da Silva, Erik Dahlman, Ali El Essaili, Ulrika Engström, Mårten Ericson, Erik Eriksson, Mikael Fallgren, Rui Fan, Gabor Fodor, Pål Frenger, Jonas Fridén, Jonas Fröberg Olsson, Anders Furuskär, Johan Furuskog, Virgile Garcia, Ather Gattami, Fredrik Gunnarsson, Ulf Gustavsson, Bo Hagerman, Fredrik Harrysson, Ning He, Martin Hessler, Kimmo Hiltunen, Songnam Hong, Dennis Hui, Jörg Huschke, Tim Irnich, Sven Jacobsson, Niklas Jaldén, Simon Järmyr, Zhiyuan Jiang, Martin Johansson, Niklas Johansson, Du Ho Kang, Eleftherios Karipidis, Patrik Karlsson, Ali S. Khayrallah, Caner Kilinc, Göran N. Klang, Sara Landström, Christina Larsson, Gen Li, Lars Lindbom, Robert Lindgren, Bengt Lindoff, Fredrik Lindqvist, Jinhua Liu, Thorsten Lohmar, Qianxi Lu, Lars Manholm, Ivana Maric, Jonas Medbo, Qingyu Miao, Reza Moosavi, Walter Müller, Elena Myhre, Karl Norrman, Bengt-Erik Olsson, Torgny Palenius, Sven Petersson, Jose Luis Pradas, Mikael Prytz, Olav Queseth, Pradeepa Ramachandra, Edgar Ramos, Andres Reial, Thomas Rimhagen, Emil Ringh, Patrik Rugeland, Johan Rune, Joachim Sachs, Henrik Sahlin, Vidit Saxena, Nima Seifi, Yngve Selén, Eliane Semaan, Sachin Sharma, Cong Shi, Johan Sköld, Magnus Stattin, Anders Stjernman, Dennis Sundman, Lars Sundström, Miurel Isabel Tercero Vargas, Claes Tidestav, Sibel Tombaz, Johan Torsner, Hugo Tullberg, Jari Vikberg, Peter von Wrycza, Thomas Walldeen, Pontus Wallentin, Hai Wang, Ke Wang Helmersson, Jianfeng Wang, Yi-Pin Eric Wang, Niclas Wiberg, Emma Wittenmark, Osman Nuri Can Yilmaz, Ali Zaidi, Zhan Zhang, Zhang Zhang, Yanli Zheng
  • PACKAGING APPARATUS, HEAT SEALER AND HEAT SEALER MODULE
    Publication number: 20230219707
    Abstract: A heat sealer module for a heat-sealing station of a packaging apparatus has a sealing belt for contacting a terminal portion of semi-sealed packages and for guiding the terminal portion of the semi-sealed packages along a main movement direction; the heat sealer module also has a first driving belt and a second driving belt to assist in accompanying the packages in proper position for sealing. A heat sealer having opposed heat sealer modules. A packaging apparatus for heat sealing packages having a vacuum chamber with an elongated opening and a conveyor for receiving semi-sealed packages and for moving the semi-sealed packages relative to the vacuum chamber is disclosed. The packaging apparatus includes evacuation means for evacuating gas present in the semi-sealed packages and forming evacuated semi-sealed packages. The packaging apparatus includes the heat sealer for heat sealing the terminal portion of each evacuated semi-sealed package thereby forming heat sealed packages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Stefan Landolt, Peter Schnurrenberger, Peter Müller
  • CONSTANT VELOCITY BALL JOINT
    Publication number: 20230193960
    Abstract: Constant-velocity ball joint, having at least a joint outer part with an axis of rotation and with outer ball tracks and with outer center lines, a joint inner part with inner ball tracks and inner center lines, and a large number of torque-transmitting balls which are each guided in mutually associated outer ball tracks and inner ball tracks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventor: Peter Müller
  • Exhaust gas heat exchanger
    Patent number: 11655745
    Abstract: An exhaust gas heat exchanger may include a tube bundle and a housing through which a coolant is flowable. The tube bundle may include a plurality of exhaust gas-conducting tubes held in a first tube base and a second tube base. The housing may enclose the tube bundle and may have face ends delimited by the first tube base and the second tube base. The housing may include a coolant inlet arranged in a region of the second tube base and a coolant outlet arranged in a region of the first tube base such that the coolant flows in counter flow relative to the exhaust gas. A plurality of coolant bypass passages may be arranged between the tube bundle and the housing. At least a subset of the plurality of coolant bypass passages may be at least partly blocked by an inlay structured and arranged to steer a coolant flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Inventors: Peter Geskes, Harald Müller, Daniel Schwaderer, Dirk Stadelhofer
  • Housing With Venting Sleeve And Measuring Device, And Pressure Measuring Device For Process Measuring, Comprising Such A Housing
    Publication number: 20230088421
    Abstract: The invention relates to a housing comprising a venting device (10) which is arranged on the housing (2) and which allows an ambient pressure to be supplied to the interior of the housing (2). The venting device (10) is made of a sleeve-like protective cap (11) with lateral openings (12) and a liquid-repellant membrane, and a cavity for receiving the membrane is formed in the interior of the venting device (10). The membrane is arranged such that an opening, which is provided for the pressure supply, in the wall of the housing (2) is covered. In order to prevent the so-called teapot effect and therefore allow a light dripping of a liquid on the venting device (10), the sleeve-like protective cap (11) has a narrow circumferential expansion (14) in the region of the lateral surface of the protective cap such that a defined dripping edge is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: IFM Electronic GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-peter Müller, Robert Mönnig
  • Reduced sodium food products
    Patent number: 11540539
    Abstract: Naturally-derived compounds having various structures elicit the perception of salty taste or enhance the perception of salty taste of a salt. Food products may include such salty compounds, which may be used to reduce the sodium content, while parting a similar level of saltiness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: General Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernhard H. Van Lengerich, Olaf Gruess, Joachim Hans, Lars Ole Haustedt, Andreas Hochheimer, Michael Krohn, Jens-Peter Muller, Christine M. Nowakowski, Suzanne Denise Pecore, Candace Michelle Rathjen-Nowak, Lia Scarabottolo, Karsten Siems
  • Range hood installation system
    Patent number: 11519611
    Abstract: A mounting bracket mountable to the underside of the cabinet prior to the range hood and configured to engage and support the range hood as the range hood is secured to the cabinet. The mounting bracket having a support feature engagable to the range hood to hold the range hood proximate the cabinet while fasteners are sunk to secure the range hood to the cabinet. The mounting brackets are pre-positioned on the cabinet such that range hood is aligned with the cabinet when the range hood is supported by the support feature. The smaller mounting brackets can be more easily mounted in the proper position on the cabinet then the larger range 10 hood speeding the installation process and reducing errors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventors: Benoit Gauthier, Richard R. Sinur, Brian R. Wellnitz, Jonathan Houde, Remi Cossette, Yannick Morin, Mark Kurth, Peter Muller, Timothy Payne, David Wylen, Phil Anthony, Aaron Eiger, Scott Rote
  • RANGE HOOD INSTALLATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220282872
    Abstract: A mounting bracket mountable to the underside of the cabinet prior to the range hood and configured to engage and support the range hood as the range hood is secured to the cabinet. The mounting bracket having a support feature engagable to the range hood to hold the range hood proximate the cabinet while fasteners are sunk to secure the range hood to the cabinet. The mounting brackets are pre-positioned on the cabinet such that range hood is aligned with the cabinet when the range hood is supported by the support feature. The smaller mounting brackets can be more easily mounted in the proper position on the cabinet then the larger range 10 hood speeding the installation process and reducing errors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Benoit Gauthier, Richard R. Sinur, Brian R. Wellnitz, Jonathan Houde, Remi Cossette, Yannick Morin, Mark Kurth, Peter Muller, Timothy Payne, David Wylen, Phil Anthony, Aaron Eiger, Scott Rote
  • Method for monitoring an IOT device and using it as battery protection watchdog for IOT devices
    Patent number: 11360841
    Abstract: A method of monitoring an Internet-of-Things (IoT) device. An objective is to provide can detection of device malfunction issues, help to prevent hacking attacks and increase the reliability of IoT devices and IoT networks will be solved by monitoring functional behavior of the device; verifying the functional behavior and comparing the functional behavior with defined configuration functional behavior limits of the device; initiating an action by a watchdog associated with the IoT device based on the comparison between the functional behavior and the defined configuration functional behavior limits of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Peter Müller
  • Moving system and gear-cutting machine
    Patent number: 11331736
    Abstract: The invention relates to a moving system (100) for moving workpieces that are provided for gear cutting on a workpiece spindle (200) and have a workpiece axis of rotation, from a first position (A), taken up while they are being fed, into a third position (C) that differs from the first position by at least a smaller distance between the workpiece axis of rotation and the workpiece spindle axis, having a first movement unit (36, 32, 34) which moves a workpiece from the first position into a second position (B), different from the first and the third position, along a first movement path (AB), and a second movement unit (35) which moves the workpiece from the second position into the third position along a second movement path (BC), wherein the moving system is also designed to move machined workpieces back out of the third position and to hold and move more than one workpiece at the same time, wherein, while it is being moved on the first and on the second movement path, the workpiece is held by one and the s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: GLEASON-PFAUTER MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH
    Inventors: Matthias Philippin, Uwe Rusch, Daniel Staiger, Peter Müller, Sabrina Gressler, Andreas Gross, Dietmar Kohler
  • ELASTIC SHEET MATERIAL, BANDAGE MADE THEREOF AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAID MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20220054321
    Abstract: The invention relates to an elastic sheet material having a front side, a rear side opposite the front side and at least one functional element, which is arranged on the front side and is connected to the sheet material. A limiting element for limiting the elasticity of the sheet material is arranged on the rear side of the sheet material opposite the functional element and/or on the front side underneath the functional element or within the sheet material underneath the functional element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: Ottobock SE & Co. KGAA
    Inventors: Helle HORMES, Olaf Kroll-Orywahl, Marcel Jung, Mario Koppe, Hans-Peter Müller, Christoph Schulz, Christopher Lee Lübbers
  • SENSOR FOR DETECTING A POSITION
    Publication number: 20220057235
    Abstract: A sensor for detecting a position on a path extending in a path direction, includes a transmitter element having at least one centrally arranged magnet and two magnets arranged at the edge in front of and behind the centrally arranged magnet. The magnetic poles of the magnets are aligned transversely with respect to the path direction to emit a magnetic field which varies in the path direction. The sensor includes a measurement transducer arranged to output a measurement signal dependent on the magnetic field. The transmitter element and the measurement transducer are movable with respect to one another. The sensor includes an evaluation device set up to output, based on the measurement signal, a sensor signal dependent on the relative position between the measurement transducer and the transmitter element. The centrally arranged magnet is arranged to excite a greater magnetic flux than the magnets arranged at the edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventor: Peter Müller
  • CONTACT ADHESIVES
    Publication number: 20220033692
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer latex composition, a method to prepare polymer latex compositions and an article comprising said polymer latex compositions. In particular but not exclusively, the invention relates also to a one-part aqueous contact adhesive comprising said polymer latex compositions. Furthermore, the present invention refers to a method to coagulate said polymer latex compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Peter MULLER, Olaf KOPKE, Danny ANTES
  • Bun separation
    Patent number: 11140906
    Abstract: A bun separator separates pre-sliced buns into portions. A bun feeder receives a pre-sliced bun having a plurality of portions and moves the pre-sliced bun along a first feed path. An obstruction is arranged relative to the first feed path and engages at least one portion of the plurality of portions of the pre-sliced bun. An actuator operates to selectively engage at least one portion of the plurality of portions of the pre-sliced bun against the obstruction to separate the least one portion of the pre-sliced bun and transfer the at least one portion to a second feed path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Marmon Foodservice Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Bauer, Nathan Wicker, David Wylen, Peter Muller, Glenn Schackmuth, Thomas Tyrawa, Marcus Frio, Steve Shei, Scott Rote, Quinton Ford, Tyler Greek
  • Joint prosthesis with removal device
    Patent number: 11096800
    Abstract: Joint prosthesis (100) with removal device comprising a first portion (10) suitable to be implanted in a bone structure and suitable to couple with a second portion (50), characterised in that said second portion (50) houses within it a removal element (70) suitable to interact with at least one of said first and second portions (10, 50) and in that said removal element (70), is configured to be operated in translation with respect to the second portion (50), and to generate a detachment force such as to uncouple the first portion (10) from the second portion (50) of the joint prosthesis (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: MEDACTA INTERNATIONAL SA
    Inventors: Wade Harper, Ralph Hertel, Volkmar Jansson, Bernhard Jost, Christophe Monnin, Peter Müller, Matthew D. Saltzman, Anup Shah, Matthias A. Zumstein, Francesco Siccardi, Massimiliano Bernardoni, Andrea Rosa
  • HYDRAULIC COMPONENT, HYDRAULIC ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH A HYDRAULIC COMPONENT, AND VEHICLE COMPRISING SUCH A HYDRAULIC ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210254640
    Abstract: A hydraulic component for vehicles, such as for maritime applications, is a hydraulic cylinder-piston unit. The piston of the hydraulic component has a piston rod with a measurement section. A magnetic rod in the piston rod extends over the measurement section. The magnetic rod has a helically varied magnetic field direction. The hydraulic component includes a sensor device having a scanning region measuring the field direction. The sensor device is arranged such that, over the entire stroke path of the piston, at least a part of the magnetic rod is located in the scanning region. The sensor device has a sensor unit configured to transmit measurement results for the field direction to a processing unit, configured to process and output the measurement results. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a hydraulic adjustment system having at least one hydraulic component and a vehicle having at least one hydraulic adjustment system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Jurgen Osterried, Florian Mayr, Peter Roider, Paul Franz, Peter Muller
  • Wheel rim
    Patent number: D940042
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Brabus GmbH
    Inventor: Peter Müller