Patents by Inventor Ralf Mueller

Ralf Mueller 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: 12270324
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an exhaust gas treatment unit comprising a housing wall comprising at least one first exhaust gas passage opening and at least one heating element for heating an exhaust gas flow, the heating element being placed upstream or downstream of the exhaust gas passage opening, wherein a hood is provided which serves to be placed in front of the exhaust gas passage opening, the heating element being arranged inside the hood and placed in front of the exhaust gas passage opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Tenneco GmbH
    Inventors: Nils Lendle, Ralf Mueller
  • Publication number: 20250065529
    Abstract: A method for shredding a scrap skeleton produced as a machining product of separating machining of a plate-like workpiece and having a scrap skeleton main plane is provided. The method includes creating an incomplete joint having a course along a separating line running in a longitudinal direction. The scrap skeleton is machined for separation along the separating line. A breakable residual connection arranged along the separating line is established between a first scrap skeleton part and a second scrap skeleton part. The method further includes, after the incomplete joint is created, deflecting the first scrap skeleton part and the second scrap skeleton part relative to one another perpendicularly to the scrap skeleton main plane so that the residual connection between the first scrap skeleton part and the second scrap skeleton part breaks, thereby separating the first scrap skeleton part and the second scrap skeleton part from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Patrick Wowtscherk, Andreas Schmidt, Ralf Mueller, Eduard Pfeiffer
  • Publication number: 20240218819
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an exhaust gas treatment unit comprising a housing wall comprising at least one first exhaust gas passage opening and at least one heating element for heating an exhaust gas flow, the heating element being placed upstream or downstream of the exhaust gas passage opening, wherein a hood is provided which serves to be placed in front of the exhaust gas passage opening, the heating element being arranged inside the hood and placed in front of the exhaust gas passage opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Nils LENDLE, Ralf MUELLER
  • Publication number: 20240033687
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wall flow filter for removing particulate matter from the exhaust of internal combustion engines, comprising a wall flow filter substrate having a length L, and different coatings Z and F, the wall flow filter substrate being provided with channels E and A which run parallel between a first end and a second end of the wall flow filter substrate, are separated by porous walls, and form surfaces OE and OA, respectively; channels E are closed at the second end, and channels A are closed at the first end; coating Z is disposed in the porous walls and/or on surfaces OA, but not on surfaces OE, and contains palladium and/or rhodium and a cerium/zirconium mixed oxide; coating F is disposed mainly on surfaces OE, but not on surfaces OA, and comprises a membrane and no precious metal. The wall flow filter is characterized in that the mass ratio of coating Z to coating F ranges from 0.1 to 25.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jan SCHOENHABER, Carolin BRAUN, Birgit FRIEDRICH, Ralf MUELLER, Sebastian ELLENBRAND, Ronja BRADE, Norbert KLOSE, Christian BRAND, Massimo COLOMBO, Meike Antonia GOTTHARDT
  • Patent number: 11833981
    Abstract: A support element fastens an interior lining part to a structural part of a vehicle, wherein the interior lining part is fastenable to the structural part via the support element. The support element has at least one deformation region which is of meandering design in at least one plane and is deformable under the application of a force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Harald Distler, Sascha Engel, Ralf Mueller, Andreas Petermann, Wolfgang Witek
  • Publication number: 20230225743
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hemostasis band, comprising a band, preferably made from an elastic material, a pressure focusing element for focusing pressure generated by the band to hold a cannula in place at a cannulation point, wherein the band can be arranged in a loop and the size of the loop formed by the band is adjustable to at least one defined size by means of an external tool, such as a torque driver. Another aspect of the invention relates to a system of a hemostasis band and an external tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicants: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE AG & CO. KGAA, FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Pascal KOPPERSCHMIDT, Min HU, Ralf MUELLER, Pia DANIEL, David HANNES, Karen Granger BUTLER, Nadine KUBAT, Pari DATTA, Ben KUBLER
  • Publication number: 20230207107
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a medical treatment system with a reading device programmed for - preferably contactless - gathering of information which serves to identify a healthcare professional and programmed to provide the gathered information to an authorization device. Furthermore, the medical treatment system comprises an apparatus of a group of items consisting of one or more treatment apparatuses for treating a patient, one or more diagnostic apparatuses for examining the patient and one or more further clinic apparatuses, e.g., for the logistical running of the clinic or practice operation. Furthermore, the medical treatment system comprises an authorization device for allowing or prohibiting one or more activities with or on the apparatus from the group and/or one or more movements of the healthcare professional in the vicinity of the apparatus from the group depending on the information provided by the reading device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Carsten Mueller, Michael Thorwarth, Timo Speth, Karin Helga Trauner, Ralf Mueller, Qingsong Miao
  • Publication number: 20230122802
    Abstract: The invention relates to a respiratory air purifier device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Juergen HAECKER, Ralf MUELLER, Andreas ROESE, Alexander HEIDE, Markus KOEHLER, Benedict GLASER, Gerome NEWPORT FISCHER
  • Patent number: 11461091
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for use with a cloud computing environment, for creating or updating tenant artifacts using microservices. A multi-tenant cloud service provides a loosely-coupled and distributed approach for consistently creating or updating tenant artifacts through the use of multiple independent microservice's lifecycle containers, each having their own requirements during the creation or update of a tenant instance. The development and packaging of lifecycle containers is simplified by managing the software code responsible for artifact creation or update within a microservice code repository. The system can use a deployment approach of loosely-coupled microservice lifecycle containers together with an infrastructure lifecycle service that coordinates tenant artifact creation/update across multiple microservices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Arif Iqbal, Lokesh Madan, Ralf Mueller
  • Patent number: 11436208
    Abstract: A computer system may create version records in a versioned database that stores data from transaction documents. Each version record may include a timestamp that represents a time from which the data stored in the version record is valid. The timestamp may represent the time of creation of particular version of the transaction document. The version records may be accessed to perform a valuation for a specified time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Volker Barth, Ralf Mueller, Andy Peichl, Michael Goll, Harald Schlueter, Manfred Crumbach, Anuj Dham
  • Publication number: 20220244949
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for use with a cloud computing environment, for creating or updating tenant artifacts using microservices. A multi-tenant cloud service provides a loosely-coupled and distributed approach for consistently creating or updating tenant artifacts through the use of multiple independent microservice's lifecycle containers, each having their own requirements during the creation or update of a tenant instance. The development and packaging of lifecycle containers is simplified by managing the software code responsible for artifact creation or update within a microservice code repository. The system can use a deployment approach of loosely-coupled microservice lifecycle containers together with an infrastructure lifecycle service that coordinates tenant artifact creation/update across multiple microservices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Arif Iqbal, Lokesh Madan, Ralf Mueller
  • Patent number: 11400515
    Abstract: The production of engine parts with a complex geometrical structure. More particularly, a method for producing a complex part, comprising making available a first component, having a thermal expansion coefficient of the first component; a first joining surface; and a first bearing surface; making available a second component, having a thermal expansion coefficient of the second component; a second joining surface; a second bearing surface; and making available a jacket element, having a thermal expansion coefficient of the jacket element; and a jacket-element bearing surface; and heating the first component, the second component and the jacket element from a first temperature to a second temperature in order to carry out a joining process on the first component and the second component. Furthermore, a part, in particular for a gas turbine engine for an aircraft, and to a gas turbine engine of this kind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG
    Inventors: Ralf Mueller, Enrico Daenicke
  • Publication number: 20220218975
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a reinfusion tube system that includes a reinfusion fluid tubing with a pre-pump loop section, a post-pump loop section, and a pump loop section; and one of a check valve positioned at an end or between the ends of the reinfusion fluid tubing such that it is provided to block fluid flow through the check valve in a direction from the post-pump loop section to the pre-pump loop section, and a check valve adapter including a check valve. The check valve adapter can be configured to be connected to an end or to be positioned between the ends of the reinfusion fluid tubing such that the check valve is provided to block fluid flow through the check valve in a direction from the post-pump loop section to the pre-pump loop section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Juergen Haecker, Joachim Manke, Ralf Mueller, Edoardo Davico
  • Publication number: 20220130036
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus having circuitry which performs object recognition on image data in order to recognize individual fruits and determines a harvest point of time for each recognized individual fruit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander GATTO, Ralf MUELLER, Hironori MORI, Piergiorgio SARTOR
  • Patent number: 11261536
    Abstract: A bulk SiC single crystal is produced by placing an SiC seed crystal in a crystal growth region of a growth crucible, and introducing SiC source material into an SiC reservoir region, and the bulk SiC single crystal is grown on from an SiC growth gas phase by deposition. The growth crucible is surrounded by an insulation that extends rotationally symmetrically and axially towards the central middle longitudinal axis. The insulation has mutually concentric insulation cylinder components and the insulation is notionally divided into insulation ring segments that are in turn notionally divided into volume elements. The insulation cylinder components are selected and positioned relative to one another such that every volume element of the insulation ring segment in question has a volume element density varying by not more than 10% from an average insulation ring segment density of the insulation ring segment in question.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: SiCrystal GmbH
    Inventors: Bernhard Ecker, Ralf Mueller, Matthias Stockmeier, Michael Vogel, Arnd-Dietrich Weber
  • Patent number: 11154645
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for dosing a substituate produced by a blood treatment apparatus. Dosing for the present disclosure is via a hydraulic system of the blood treatment apparatus, the hydraulic system having at least one dialysis liquid supply line which leads into a dialyzer and at least one substituate line. Regulating or controlling the size of the share which passes through the second filtration stage is performed by affecting at least one conveying apparatus and/or at least one flow limitation device and/or a flow divider valve, which are each located or which each operate in the dialysis liquid supply line and/or the substituate line and/or in the branch line which connects the dialysis liquid Supply line with the substituate line. The present disclosure further relates to a control device, a blood treatment apparatus, and a medical functional apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Soeren Gronau, Juergen Haecker, Ralf Mueller
  • Publication number: 20210146857
    Abstract: A support element fastens an interior lining part to a structural part of a vehicle, wherein the interior lining part is fastenable to the structural part via the support element. The support element has at least one deformation region which is of meandering design in at least one plane and is deformable under the application of a force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Harald DISTLER, Sascha ENGEL, Ralf MUELLER, Andreas PETERMANN, Wolfgang WITEK
  • Patent number: 10758656
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dialysis machine having a hydraulic system that is intended for providing a dialysis solution or an element of the dialysis solution, wherein the hydraulic system has a degassing pump for degassing the dialysis solution or an element of the dialysis solution, and having a pneumatic system in which a vacuum is present at least at times for operating a component of the dialysis machine, wherein there is a connection line between the suction side of the degassing pump and the pneumatic system for a vacuum generation in the pneumatic system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Ralf Mueller, Soeren Gronau
  • Publication number: 20200263318
    Abstract: A bulk SiC single crystal is produced by placing an SiC seed crystal in a crystal growth region of a growth crucible, and introducing SiC source material into an SiC reservoir region, and the bulk SiC single crystal is grown on from an SiC growth gas phase by deposition. The growth crucible is surrounded by an insulation that extends rotationally symmetrically and axially towards the central middle longitudinal axis. The insulation has mutually concentric insulation cylinder components and the insulation is notionally divided into insulation ring segments that are in turn notionally divided into volume elements. The insulation cylinder components are selected and positioned relative to one another such that every volume element of the insulation ring segment in question has a volume element density varying by not more than 10% from an average insulation ring segment density of the insulation ring segment in question.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: BERNHARD ECKER, RALF MUELLER, MATTHIAS STOCKMEIER, MICHAEL VOGEL, ARND-DIETRICH WEBER
  • Patent number: 10578976
    Abstract: A catadioptric projection objective for images an object field onto an image field via imaging radiation. The projection objective includes at least one reflective optical component and a measuring device. The reflective optical component, during the operation of the projection objective, reflects a first part of the imaging radiation and transmits a second part of the imaging radiation. The reflected, first part of the imaging radiation at least partly contributes to the imaging of the object field. The transmitted, second part of the imaging radiation is at least partly fed to a measuring device. This allows a simultaneous exposure of the photosensitive layer at the location of the image field with the imaging radiation and monitoring of the imaging radiation with the aid of the measuring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
    Inventors: Sascha Bleidistel, Toralf Gruner, Christoph Zaczek, Ralf Mueller