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).

  • Patent number: 9528395
    Abstract: A heat recovery system for an internal combustion engine may include a heat exchanger, through which a fluid heat-transfer medium flows, for transferring heat from an exhaust gas system to the heat-transfer medium. A heat engine, through which the heat-transfer medium flows, may be included for converting the heat transferred to the heat-transfer medium into mechanical output work. A cyclically closed line system may be included for connecting the heat exchanger to the heat engine. The system may include a positive displacement pump for conveying the heat-transfer medium through the line system in a predefined flow direction via mechanical drive work. The system may include a drive, which is hermetically sealed off from the heat-transfer medium, for feeding the drive work to the positive displacement pump, and an output, which is hermetically sealed off from the heat-transfer medium, for discharging the output work from the heat engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Mahle International GmbH
    Inventors: Alfred Elsaesser, Christian Maisch, Rolf Mueller, Peter Wieske
  • Patent number: 9453553
    Abstract: A spring retainer for a torsional vibration damper, including: first and second oppositely facing sides; at least one curved portion forming at least part of a radially outermost portion of the spring retainer and including: at least a portion of the first side enclosing at least one space and including at least one indentation extending in a circumferential direction; and at least a portion of the second side including at least one protrusion extending in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co.
    Inventors: Frank Wolf, Rolf Mueller
  • Patent number: 9422566
    Abstract: The present invention refers to the gene cluster and genes comprised by the gene cluster which are involved in the biosynthesis of griselimycin and methylgriselimycin and to the use of the gene cluster, genes comprised thereby and proteins encoded thereby for the production of antibiotic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: SANOFI
    Inventors: Mark Broenstrup, Claudia Koenig, Luigi Toti, Joachim Wink, Wulf Leuschner, Johann Gassenhuber, Rolf Müller, Silke Wenzel, Tina Binz, Carsten Volz
  • Publication number: 20160230342
    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: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: INNOGEL AG
    Inventors: Rolf Müller, Federico Innerebner
  • Publication number: 20160222592
    Abstract: A packaging material includes a starch-based barrier coating. After deducting an optional filler component, the barrier coating has 30 to 90% by weight of starch, wherein at least >20% of the starch has an average molecular weight of at least 500,000 g/mol, and >20% by weight of the starch are present in the barrier coating in the form of gelatinized starch particles. A content of 0-70% by weight of plasticizer in the barrier coating and a surface weight in the range of 3 to 80 g/m2, make it possible to produce a mechanically stable barrier coating, which effectively prevents the diffusion of nonpolar hydrocarbons and hydrocarbon derivatives, for example on the inside of cardboard packaging, and thus protects the packaged food against contaminations. The packaging material can be produced easily and cost-effectively at high process speeds and can be recycled without restrictions and meets possible food regulations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: INNOGEL AG
    Inventors: Rolf Müller, Federico Innerebner
  • Publication number: 20160160750
    Abstract: A waste heat device for an exhaust gas system may include a hermetically sealed separation sealing off an area against fluid loss. A drive coupling may drivingly connect in a contactless manner a drive to a device configured to receive the drive work. The drive coupling may include a magnetic clutch arrangement having an inlet side arranged within the separation and an outlet side arranged outside the separation. The outlet side may include an outer rotor and the inlet side may include an inner rotor. The outer rotor and the inner rotor may be separated from one another via a sealing cap having an intermediate wall disposed concentric to the rotors. The intermediate wall may form part of the hermetic separation. A plurality of pole bars of a magnetisable material may be arranged on the intermediate wall and be spaced apart in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Rolf Mueller, Andreas Neubauer, Thomas Riemay, Peter Wieske
  • Publication number: 20160159110
    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: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: BERNARD BEIER, MARTIN GREIVE, PETER HACHMANN, AXEL HAUCK, ROLF KUENDGEN, ALBERT MAUL, ROLF MUELLER, HEINER PITZ, ACHIM SCHEURER, MATTHIAS SCHLOERHOLZ, MICHAEL SCHWANDT
  • Publication number: 20160145304
    Abstract: The present invention provides cystobactamides of formula (I) and the use thereof for the treatment or prophylaxis of bacterial infections:
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    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
  • Patent number: 9347717
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a circuit having a heat accumulator, having a coolant circuit, having a heat accumulator in a line of the circuit and having at least one valve and one pump, wherein, when the valve is open, the heat accumulator can be charged with coolant from the coolant circuit by means of the pump, or coolant can be discharged from the heat accumulator into the coolant circuit, wherein the charging or discharging of the heat accumulator takes place in an open-loop-controlled or closed-loop-controlled manner as a function of a temperature difference of a temperature of the coolant in the circuit and a temperature of the coolant in the heat accumulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: MAHLE International GmbH
    Inventors: Wilhelm Baruschke, Thomas Strauss, Rolf Müller
  • Publication number: 20160040636
    Abstract: An air supply system for supplying fresh air to at least one combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine may include a housing having a fresh air path and a lateral introduction opening. A charge-air cooler may be instertable into the housing via the introduction opening along an introduction direction. The charge-air cooler may be arranged in the housing and the fresh air path may extend through the charge air cooler. The charge air cooler may include an outer end region closing the introduction opening. The outer end region of the charge-air cooler may be secured to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Applicants: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH, MAHLE BEHR GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Veit Bruggesser, Andreas Eilemann, Uwe Grass, Rolf Mueller, Hubert Pomin, Christian Saumweber, Juergen Stehlig
  • Publication number: 20160017388
    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: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Silke WENZEL, Shwan RACHID, Katja GEMPERLEIN, Rolf MUELLER
  • Patent number: 9217169
    Abstract: The invention provides the amino acid sequences comprised in or constituting the synthetic pathway enzymes participating in the production of Argyrins, as well as the nucleic acid sequences encoding the synthetic pathway enzymes participating in the production of Argyrins, as well as genetically manipulated microorganisms containing nucleic acid sequences encoding the synthetic pathway enzymes for the production of Argyrins, e.g. for inserting one or more of these coding sequences, mutating in a targeted manner one or more of these nucleic acid sequences, in a wild type producer micro-organism or in a heterologous micro-organism, for the production of Argyrins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Helmholtz-Zentrum fuer Infektionsforschung GmbH
    Inventors: Rolf Mueller, Silke Wenzel, Ronald Garcia
  • Publication number: 20150291658
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel chondramide derivatives of formula (I) which can be used for the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Rolf Müller, Stephan Hüttel, Jennifer Herrmann, Uli Kazmaier, Dominic Becker
  • Publication number: 20150267210
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of preparing electrocompetent cells from Gram-negative bacteria characterized in that the bacteria are prepared under room temperature. Also provided are electrocompetent Gram-negative bacteria and kits which comprise the electrocompetent bacteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Rolf Mueller, Qiang Tu, Youming Zhang, Francis Stewart, Jun Fu
  • Patent number: 9127298
    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: May 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Universitaet des Saarlandes
    Inventors: Silke Wenzel, Shwan Rachid, Katja Gemperlein, Rolf Mueller
  • Patent number: 9107432
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel Mogul procedure for manufacturing sweets, in particular starch-based gummi candies, which have a comparable texture to gelatin-based gummi candies, with at least one portion of the starch not being completely dissolved until after the pouring into the form of the confection article. In comparison to previous Mogul technology, the casting mass is poured at a comparatively low temperature, and the gelling and/or settling occurs at a comparatively high temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: InnoGEL AG
    Inventors: Rolf Müller, Federico Innerebner
  • Patent number: 9103268
    Abstract: Disclosed is an intake pipe for a combustion engine, comprising a housing (1) with a supply duct (2) for especially compressed air, a heat exchanger (8) which is disposed within a main duct (4) in the housing (1) and through which the air can flow in order to exchange heat with a fluid, and a bypass duct (5) that is separated from the main duct (4) in at least some sections and is fitted with at least one positioning element (7) to allow the fed air to adjustably bypass the heat exchanger (8). An end of the bypass duct (5) on the engine side is placed at a still flow-relevant short distance from an opening (11) of an intake valve (10) of the combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: MAHLE Behr GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rolf Mueller, Eberhard Pantow, Michael Spieth
  • Patent number: 9102335
    Abstract: A vehicle has at least one movement system which can influence the movement of the vehicle and which can operate in a normal mode or in at least one emergency mode. An availability coordinator is coupled to each movement system. A control system controls an autonomous driving process. The availability coordinator is coupled to the control system and is designed such that said coordinator monitors the availability of each movement system. The availability coordinator specifies whether each movement system is to operate in the normal mode or in one of the emergency modes dependent on at least one of the availabilities; and activates or deactivates the control system dependent on at least one of the availabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Rolf Mueller
  • Publication number: 20150176428
    Abstract: A turbomachine may include a turbine arranged in a housing and configured to be acted on with a hot working medium. The turbomachine may include at least one bypass channel for heating the housing through the working medium. The bypass channel may extend completely within the housing and be configured to bypass the turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Sebastian Ewert, Rolf Mueller, Holger Oechslen, Peter Wieske
  • Publication number: 20150111298
    Abstract: The present invention provides a tomaymycin biosynthetic gene cluster of Streptomyces species FH6421, and its use for producing 11-de-O-methyltomaymycin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: Sanofi
    Inventors: Claus Lattemann, Mark Broenstrup, Stefan Werner, Rolf Müller, Kirsten Harmrols