Patents by Inventor Rolf Müller

Rolf 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).

  • Publication number: 20180326750
    Abstract: A digital printing machine includes a first cylinder for transporting sheets, a second cylinder for transferring the sheets directly to the first cylinder, a third cylinder for transferring the sheets directly to the second cylinder, and at least one inkjet print head directed towards the first cylinder for printing on the sheets disposed thereon. At least one first sensor measures the temperature of the first cylinder, a second sensor measures the temperature of the sheets while being transported by the second cylinder or by the third cylinder, and at least one temperature control device controls the temperature of the sheets prior to their transfer to the first cylinder. A control element adapts the temperature of the sheets to the temperature of the first cylinder. The first sensor, the second sensor and the temperature control device are connected to the control element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: PETER HACHMANN, ROLF MUELLER, THOMAS SCHMIDT, MICHAEL PRITSCHOW, PETER THOMA, KAI OSKAR MUELLER, MICHAEL GIESER, TIMO ERBEN
  • Publication number: 20180281487
    Abstract: A method for setting up and carrying out a print job on an inkjet printing machine having print heads and a thermal dryer includes printing onto a substrate using water-based black and chromatic inks. First test prints of a first test chart with different area coverage test patches are generated on the substrate using black ink, thermally drying the first test prints at different temperatures and evaluating dried first test prints to determine a dryer operating temperature during the print job. A second test print of a second test chart with different ink amount test patches is generated on the substrate using chromatic inks, thermally drying the second test print at the temperature, and evaluating the dried second test print to determine a total ink amount for operating the print heads during the print job. The machine receives temperature and total ink amount and prints the print job.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: AXEL HAUCK, SABINE ROEHL, MICHAEL KAISER, ROLF MUELLER, NIKOLAUS PFEIFFER
  • Patent number: 10089883
    Abstract: The invention relates to a monitoring system for monitoring a watercraft or several watercrafts, having an identification device and a first hydrophone, which is configured such that acoustic signals that are emitted by watercrafts are determined as underwater sound information therein, whereby the identification device has a first memory for storing the underwater sound information and a second memory for storing watercraft information, whereby the first and second memories are interconnected, characterized in that the first hydrophone is arranged in a stationary and fixed manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: ATLAS ELEKTRONIK GMBH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Dorsch, Rolf Müller, Heiko Schmidt
  • Patent number: 9937734
    Abstract: A method for the indirect application of printing liquid onto a printing material provides an intermediate carrier, preferably a circulating belt, a liquid conditioning medium including a first substance applied onto the intermediate carrier and a printing liquid, in particular an inkjet ink, including a second substance applied onto the conditioning medium on the intermediate carrier. The printing liquid is situated as droplets or a layer substantially on the conditioning medium and the droplets or the layer form a contact region on their underside with the conditioning medium. The printing liquid is heated, preferably by way of a dryer and the printing liquid is transferred from the intermediate carrier onto the printing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Bernard Beier, Martin Greive, Peter Hachmann, Axel Hauck, Rolf Kuendgen, Albert Maul, Rolf Mueller, Heiner Pitz, Achim Scheurer, Matthias Schloerholz, Michael Schwandt
  • Patent number: 9938880
    Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly may include an intercooler and a housing which encloses said intercooler. The housing may be part of a charge air line. The housing may include a charge air inlet, a charge air outlet and an opening through which the intercooler can be inserted into the housing from one side. The housing may also include a recess on the side opposite the opening, into which recess the intercooler engages. The heat exchanger assembly may include an elastic seal arranged in the region of the recess between the intercooler and the housing. The seal may be configured to at least one of bridge the deformation of the housing occurring during pressure pulsations, bridge relative movements between the intercooler and the housing, and tightly connect the intercooler to the housing in all operating states preventing an undesirable bypass flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignees: Mahle International GmbH, Behr GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Veit Bruggesser, Andreas Eilemann, Uwe Grass, Rolf Mueller, Hubert Pomin, Christian Saumweber, Juergen Stehlig
  • Publication number: 20180066580
    Abstract: A turbine arrangement for a turbine may include a turbine wheel and a magnetic coupling having a first rotor and a second rotor, each of which may be rotationally movable about a common axis of rotation defining an axial direction. The first rotor maybe connected to the turbine wheel in a rotationally fixed manner, and may be magnetically coupled with the second rotor in the axial direction. At least one of the first rotor and the second rotor may include a base part, at least one magnetic element, and a holder on an end face of the base part facing the other rotor and in which the magnetic element may be retained. The holder may be designed as a retaining collar projecting axially from the second base part to the other rotor, and into which the magnetic element may be inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Oliver Fritz, Rolf Mueller, Thomas Riemay, Hans C. Uibeleisen, Peter Wieske
  • Patent number: 9841093
    Abstract: A torque converter, including an axis of rotation, a cover arranged to receive torque, an impeller including an impeller shell non-rotatably connected to the cover and, at least one impeller blade fixedly connected to the impeller shell, a turbine including a turbine shell and at least one turbine blade fixedly connected to the turbine shell, a stator axially disposed between the impeller and turbine shells and including at least one stator blade and a first core ring fixedly secured to the at least one impeller blade and, including at least one first flat annular surface facing the at least one turbine blade or a second core ring fixedly secured to the at least one turbine blade and, including at least one second flat annular surface facing the at least one impeller blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Larry Chad Boigegrain, Rolf Mueller, Jeremy Jewell, Jasmina Subotic, Trent Hendershot, Michael Resh
  • Patent number: 9840811
    Abstract: A starch-based coating compound for packaging materials, in particular for paper, pasteboard or cardboard, wherein the starch has a molecular weight in the range of 800,000 to 50,000,000 g/mol, preferably in the range of 800,000 to 20,000,000 g/mol. The coating compound is used for surface-sealing packaging materials, to prevent the passage of mineral oil contaminants from the packaging material into packaged goods. The subject disclosure furthermore relates to a multi-layer packaging material, which is produced using the coating compound, and to a method for producing said packaging material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Innogel AG
    Inventors: Rolf Müller, Federico Innerebner
  • Publication number: 20170350487
    Abstract: A core ring for an impeller or turbine of a torque converter is provided. The core ring includes an annular base portion including a convex blade side surface portion and a concave stator side surface portion and a wrapped outer diameter portion including an outwardly extending lip protruding radially outward from the annular base portion. A method of forming a torque core ring for an impeller or turbine of a torque converter is also provided. The method includes forming a wrapped outer diameter portion including an outwardly extending protrusion protruding radially outward from an annular base portion including a convex blade side surface portion and a concave stator side surface portion. A torque converter including the core ring is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Rolf MÜLLER, Trent HENDERSHOT
  • Publication number: 20170327458
    Abstract: The present invention provides cystobactamides of formula (I) and the use thereof for the treatment or prophylaxis of bacterial infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM FÜR INFEKTIONSFORSCHUNG GMBH
    Inventors: Sascha Baumann, Jennifer Herrmann, Kathrin Mohr, Heinrich Steinmetz, Klaus Gerth, Ritesh Raju, Rolf Müller, Rolf Hartmann, Mostafa Hamed, Walid A. M. Elgaher, Maria Moreno, Franziska Gille, Liang Liang Wang, Andreas Kirschning, Stephan Hüttel
  • Patent number: 9815296
    Abstract: A method for controlling the temperature of a sheet in a printing machine includes measuring initial temperatures in zones on the sheet. Segments of an emitter are actuated in different ways as a function of the measured initial temperatures for irradiating cooler zones to a greater extent and warmer zones to a lesser extent or not at all. A common final temperature or at least a homogenization of the temperature is therefore achieved in the zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Andreas Mueller, Alexander Knabe, Rolf Mueller, Kai Oskar Mueller, Peter Hachmann, Michael Gieser, Wolfgang Dolz, Thomas Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20170317573
    Abstract: A device for transmitting rotational motions without contact may include an inner rotor with at least one inner-rotor magnet and an outer rotor with at least one outer-rotor magnet. The inner rotor and the outer rotor are magnetically coupled to one another and rotatable along a rotation direction about a common axis of rotation. The at least one inner-rotor magnet and/or the at least one outer-rotor magnet may have a magnetization that is at least one of diametric, radial, and lateral. The at least one inner-rotor magnet may have a different type of magnetization than the at least one outer-rotor magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Rolf Mueller, Thomas Riemay, Peter Wieske
  • Publication number: 20170271971
    Abstract: A magnetic coupling may include a stator having a first axial portion which merges with a second axial portion along an axial direction, the second axial portion being adjustable relative to the first axial portion along a circumferential direction. The magnetic coupling may also include a first rotor and a second rotor each rotationally adjustable relative to the stator about a rotational axis which runs along an axial direction, the second rotor arranged concentrically with respect to the first rotor. The first axial portion, the second axial portion, and the first and second rotors may each include respective magnet elements arranged in pairs having alternating magnetic polarity along the circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas Riemay, Rolf Mueller
  • Publication number: 20170199367
    Abstract: A method for autofocusing a microscope at a correct autofocus position in a sample includes the steps: generating a reference pattern by an autofocus light device, projecting the reference pattern towards a sample, whereby the reference pattern is backscattered by at least two interfaces being located at or close to the sample, projecting the backscattered reference pattern towards a detector which provides spatial resolution, obtaining a superposition of a number of detection patterns, each detection pattern related to one of the interfaces, on the detector, analyzing the superposition of detection patterns to identify at least one autofocus detection pattern related to at least one of the interfaces, and analyzing the at least one autofocus detection pattern to determine the direction and/or magnitude of deviation of the microscope's current focus position from the correct focus position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventor: Jürgen Rolf MÜLLER
  • Publication number: 20170136794
    Abstract: A method for controlling the temperature of a sheet in a printing machine includes measuring initial temperatures in zones on the sheet. Segments of an emitter are actuated in different ways as a function of the measured initial temperatures for irradiating cooler zones to a greater extent and warmer zones to a lesser extent or not at all. A common final temperature or at least a homogenization of the temperature is therefore achieved in the zones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: ANDREAS MUELLER, ALEXANDER KNABE, ROLF MUELLER, KAI OSKAR MUELLER, PETER HACHMANN, MICHAEL GIESER, WOLFGANG DOLZ, THOMAS SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20170132936
    Abstract: The invention relates to a monitoring system for monitoring a watercraft or several watercrafts, having an identification device and a first hydrophone, which is configured such that acoustic signals that are emitted by watercrafts are determined as underwater sound information therein, whereby the identification device has a first memory for storing the underwater sound information and a second memory for storing watercraft information, whereby the first and second memories are interconnected, characterized in that the first hydrophone is arranged in a stationary and fixed manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Wolfgang DORSCH, Rolf MÜLLER, Heiko SCHMIDT
  • Patent number: 9580717
    Abstract: This invention is related to bacterial engineering and the heterologous expression of useful compounds. In particular, the invention relates to a heterologous host that has been engineered for expression of a gene which is capable of polyketide or non-ribosomal peptide synthesis. Methods of treating cancer are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Gene Bridges GmbH
    Inventors: Youming Zhang, Jun Fu, Xiaoying Bian, Adrian Francis Stewart, Rolf Müller
  • Patent number: 9574215
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing one or more polyunsaturated fatty acids by means of heterologous gene expression comprising the steps of providing a production organism which comprises a heterologous gene cluster encoding a polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthetic pathway encompassing a subsequence ER encoding an enoylreductase and a subsequence AT encoding an acyltransferase, growing the production organism in the presence of a fermentable carbon source whereby one or more polyunsaturated fatty acids are produced, and optionally recovering the one or more polyunsaturated fatty acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Universitat des Saarlandes
    Inventors: Silke Wenzel, Shwan Rachid, Katja Gemperlein, Rolf Mueller
  • Publication number: 20170030450
    Abstract: A torque converter, including an axis of rotation, a cover arranged to receive torque, an impeller including an impeller shell non-rotatably connected to the cover and, at least one impeller blade fixedly connected to the impeller shell, a turbine including a turbine shell and at least one turbine blade fixedly connected to the turbine shell, a stator axially disposed between the impeller and turbine shells and including at least one stator blade and a first core ring fixedly secured to the at least one impeller blade and, including at least one first flat annular surface facing the at least one turbine blade or a second core ring fixedly secured to the at least one turbine blade and, including at least one second flat annular surface facing the at least one impeller blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Larry Chad Boigegrain, Rolf Mueller, Jeremy Jewell, Jasmina Subotic, Trent Hendershot, Michael Resh
  • Publication number: 20170029436
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds according to general formula (I); to compositions, including a pharmaceutical formulation and a combination preparation comprising one or more of the compound (s); to a process for their preparation; to uses thereof, including the use in the treatment or prevention of a viral infection or a Th17-associated inflammatory and/or autoimmune disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicants: Helmoltz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung GmbH, TWINCORE Zentrum für klinische Infektionsforschung GmbH, TWINCORE Zentrum für klinische Infektionsforschung GmbH
    Inventors: Rolf Mueller, Jochen Huehn, Heinrich Steinmetz, Matthias Keck, Kirsten Harmrolfs, Tim Sparwasser, Matthias Lochner, Amrita Nandan, George Koutsoudakis, Andreas Meyerhans, Juana Diez, Javier Martinez, Mark Brönstrup