Patents by Inventor Stefan Michael

Stefan Michael 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: 8245689
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a control loop or a regulating loop in a system, in particular in an engine system in a motor vehicle, is described. A characteristic value is ascertained from a preset value and a system variable of the regulating loop or the control loop during one or more state changes, and an error is detected as a function of the ascertained characteristic value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Horst Wagner, Daniel Kuhn, Stefan Michael, Wilhelm Blumendeller
  • Publication number: 20120095042
    Abstract: Provided are compounds of formula (I) wherein m is 0, 1 or 2; RI is a mono- or bicyclic heterocyclic ring system including one, two or three heteroatoms selected from nitrogen, sulphur and oxygen; R2 is selected from hydrogen, methyl and ethyl; I) R3 is hydrogen, methyl, or ethyl; and R4 and R5 are independently selected from ethyl and isopropyl; and R3, R4 and R5 together have at least 6 carbon atoms: or II) any two or all of R3, R4 and R5 form together with the carbon atom to which they are attached 3-para-menthyl, bornyl, or adamantyl; having cooling properties, their use as cooling agent and compositions including them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventor: Stefan Michael Furrer
  • Publication number: 20120012390
    Abstract: The invention relates to a drilling device and a drilling method for drilling inside a casing tube, wherein the drilling apparatus has a supporting frame with a fastening means for fixation with respect to the casing tube and a drilling tool, which is driven in a rotating manner via a telescopic rod by means of a drill drive arranged on the supporting frame. An emptying station for attachment to the upper end of the casing tube is provided, wherein the supporting frame of the drilling apparatus can be fastened on the emptying station. For emptying the drilling tool of drill cuttings the emptying station has an unloading means, which is adjustable for receiving the drill cuttings. The unloading means is designed for conveying the drill cuttings away from the emptying station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: BAUER MASCHINEN GMBH
    Inventor: Stefan Michael FINKENZELLER
  • Publication number: 20110272194
    Abstract: The invention relates to an underwater drilling arrangement for introducing a tubular foundation element into the bed of a body of water comprising at least one rotary drill drive, whereby a drill rod running inside the foundation element can be set into rotation by means of the rotary drill drive. The invention is characterized, among other things, in that a submersible working platform for placement onto the bed of a body of water is provided, whereby on the working platform at least one holding means for securing the foundation element in a rotationally fixed manner on the working platform is arranged and in that at least one mounting part for placement onto the foundation element is provided, whereby the mounting part has a clamping means for securing the mounting part on the foundation element, and the rotary drill drive is arranged on the mounting part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: BAUER MASCHINEN GMBH
    Inventor: Stefan Michael FINKENZELLER
  • Patent number: 8002051
    Abstract: A connection device for forming a fluid supply to a rotating tool, in which is provided a rotary feedthrough which has a rotor and a stator, the rotor being supported in a rotating manner relative to the stator. Furthermore, a torque support is provided, which is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the stator and has at least one contact element. The at least one contact element can be displaced between a retracted position and a protruding position, in which the contact element is extended compared to the retracted position for the purpose of torque support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Bauer Maschinen GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Michael Finkenzeller
  • Publication number: 20110182833
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) wherein R1-R5, n and m have the same meaning as given in the description, having cooling properties are disclosed. Furthermore a process of their production and consumer products comprising them are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventors: Stefan Michael Furrer, Thomas Scott McCluskey
  • Publication number: 20110143938
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of selectively controlling weeds at a locus comprising crop plants and weeds, wherein the method comprises application to the locus of a weed controlling amount of an aqueous spray composition comprising a compound of formula (I) wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of C1-C6alkyl, C2-C6alkenyl, C2-C6haloalkenyl, C2-C6alkynyl, C2-C6haloalkynyl, C3-C6cycloalkyl, C1-C6haloalkyl, C1-C4alkoxy-C1-C4alkyl and C1-C4alkoxy-C1-C4alkoxy-C1-C4alkyl; and R2 is C1-C6haloalkyl; or an agriculturally acceptable salt therefore; wherein in the pH of the spray composition is from about 5 to about 9. The invention further relates to a liquid substantially non-aqueous herbicide composition comprising a compound of formula (I) as defined above and a pH adjuster, and to the use of a pH adjuster to reduce the phytotoxicity of a compound of formula (I) in crop plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicants: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC., SYNGENTA LIMITED, SYNGENTA PARTICIPATIONS AG
    Inventors: Jeffrey David Fowler, Gavin John Hall, Carl Andrew Formstone, Stefan Michael Haas
  • Patent number: 7959958
    Abstract: A cooling composition comprising at least one compound of the Formula I in which R is selected from the group of moieties consisting of (CH2)nCOOR?; (CH2)nCONMe2; (CH2)nOR?; and CHNH2CH3; where n is 1-3 and R? is independently selected from hydrogen, methyl and ethyl; and R? is selected from the group consisting of the moieties fenchyl, D-bornyl, L-bornyl, exo-norbornyl, 2-methylisobornyl, 2-ethylfenchyl, 2-methylbornyl, cis-pinan-2-yl, verbanyl and isobornyl. The compositions are useful in providing cooling sensations to the skin or mucous membranes of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Givaudan, S.A.
    Inventors: Stefan Michael Furrer, Gregory Lee Yep, Eric Flamme
  • Publication number: 20110105483
    Abstract: The present invention relates to substituted triazole compounds and compositions comprising substituted triazole compounds. The invention further relates to the use of a substituted triazole compound of the invention, or a composition comprising such a compound in the preparation of a medicament for preventing or treating hyperprolif erative disorders, such as cancer, in a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Dinesh U. Chimmanamada, Joseph A. Burlison, Weiwen Ying, Lijun Sun, Stefan Michael Schweizer, Shijie Zhang, Zachary Demko, David James, Teresa Przewloka
  • Patent number: 7935848
    Abstract: Cooling compounds of formula (I) wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methyl, C1-C3 alkoxy, phenyl, C1-C3 alkylphenyl, C1-C3 alkoxyphenyl, thienyl, pyridyl, furyl, and indoyl; R2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and hydroxyl, or R2 forms together with the carbon atom to which it is attached a carbonyl group; and R3 is selected from the group consisting of 2,4-dimethylpent-3-yl, 2,3,4-trimethylpent-3-yl, adamantyl and 2-isopropyl-5-methyl-cyclohexyl-1-yl; and, product compositions comprising them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Givaudan S.A.
    Inventors: Stefan Michael Furrer, David Max Dastrup, Thomas Scott McCluskey
  • Publication number: 20110091531
    Abstract: A liquid cooling composition, which is a mixture of at least one primary cooling compound, at least one different secondary cooling compound and at least one ingestible non-polar solvent for the primary cooling compound, the weight ratios of primary cooling compound:secondary cooling compound:solvent being 1:1.5-2.25:2-4.4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: GIV AUDAN SA
    Inventors: Stefan Michael Furrer, Karen Ann Bell, Fabio Campanile, Aloysius Lambertus Doorn, Joshua Andrew Hagen
  • Publication number: 20110048804
    Abstract: The invention relates to a drilling device and a drilling method for drilling inside a casing tube with a drilling apparatus, which has a supporting frame with a fastening means for fixation with respect to the casing tube and a drilling tool, which is driven in a rotating manner via a telescopic rod by means of a drill drive arranged on the supporting frame. At the upper end of the casing tube a receiving part is arranged in accordance with the invention, onto which the supporting frame can be fastened. The receiving part is adjustably supported between a drilling position and an offset position, in which the receiving part is laterally offset with respect to the casing tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: BAUER MASCHINEN GMBH
    Inventors: Leonhard WEIXLER, Stefan Michael FINKENZELLER
  • Patent number: 7893110
    Abstract: The present invention refers to cooling compounds of formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, X, Y, Z, and m have the same meaning as given in the specification. The present invention refers furthermore to a process for their production and to product compositions comprising them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Givaudan S.A.
    Inventors: Christophe C. Galopin, Stefan Michael Furrer, Lori W. Tigani, Jay Patrick Slack, Pablo Victor Krawec, Lucienne Cole
  • Patent number: 7880011
    Abstract: A method of making a compound of formula II comprising the reaction of a compound of formula RCONH2 with a compound of formula III R being a moiety having between 1 and 15 carbon atoms and optionally from 1 to 5 heteroatoms independently selected from oxygen, nitrogen and sulfur, and X and Y being independently selected front the group consisting of H, methyl, ethyl, OMe, OEt, and mixtures thereof; the reaction being performed in a solvent in the presence of a base. The method is useful for the inexpensive manufacture of certain commercially-valuable compounds, including some that have desirable cooling properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Givandan, S.A.
    Inventors: Stefan Michael Furrer, David C. Bom, David Max Dastrup, Ioana Maria Ungureanu
  • Patent number: 7881858
    Abstract: A method for the diagnosis of an exhaust gas recirculation system in an internal combustion engine, including providing a pressure difference reading, which gives a pressure difference in an air supply section of the internal combustion engine or a pressure difference over the exhaust gas recirculation system; determining a pressure difference reference value as a function of one or more operating variables of the internal combustion engine; and detecting a fault in the exhaust gas recirculation system as a function of the pressure difference reading and of the pressure difference reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Kress, Stefan Michael, Wilhelm Blumendeller, Horst Mueller
  • Patent number: 7868004
    Abstract: A compound of the formula I in which X and Y are selected as follows: (i) X is H and Y is selected from the group consisting of (ii) X and Y together form a bivalent radical selected from the group consisting of —O—CH2—O—, —N?CH—O— and —N?CH—S— thus forming together with the carbon atoms to which the radical is attached a 5-membered ring. The compounds have cooling properties and are useful in, for example, foodstuffs, dentifrices and cosmetics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Givaudan S.A.
    Inventors: Lucienne Cole, Stefan Michael Furrer, Christophe C. Galopin, Pablo Victor Krawec, Adam Mazur, Jay Patrick Slack
  • Publication number: 20100311830
    Abstract: A method of producing in a composition adapted to be applied to the mucous membranes, the physiological effects of menthol at a reduced menthol concentration, by the partial replacement of menthol by a cooling and flavour blend, including (a) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of lactoyl ethanolamide, nonanoic acid vanillyl amide and menthyl lactate; and (b) at least one compound of the Formula I in which the dotted line represents an optional single bond, the moieties R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 being independently selected from H, CH3 and OH, three moieties being H, one CH3 and one OH, such that (i) when the optional single bond is absent, one of R1 and R5 is OH only when R3 is H; and (ii) when the optional single bond is present, R3 is CH3 and one of R1 and R5 is OH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: Givaudan S.A.
    Inventors: Marco DE JONGE, Cornelis Winkel, Sarah Barrie Machover, Stefan Michael Furrer, Alexander P. Tondeur
  • Publication number: 20100297038
    Abstract: The present invention refers to compounds with cooling properties, the compound are of formula (I), wherein R1 is selected from the list consisting of C1-C3 alkyl, —SCH3, and —NH2, and —CHR?OR? wherein R? and R? are independently selected from hydrogen, methyl and ethyl; R2 is selected from the list consisting of hydrogen, C1-C3 alkyl, and a halide; and I) A is wherein R is selected from hydrogen, —OR11 wherein R11 is selected from hydrogen, and C1-C3 alkyl; halide; —NO2; —CN; —C(O)NH2; and —C(O)OR12 wherein R12 is selected from hydrogen, and C1-C3 alkyl; and X is selected from the list consisting of —CH2—, —C(O)—, and —C(O)NHCH2—; or II) A is wherein n is 0 or 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: Givaudan S.A.
    Inventors: Stefan Michael Furrer, Thomas Scott McCluskey
  • Publication number: 20100291275
    Abstract: A method of providing a flavour or a fragrance to a composition, which includes adding to the composition a compound of the formula I in which R1 and R3 are independently selected from at least one of H, C1-C10 straight chain alkyl or branched chain alkyl, and R2 and R4 are independently selected from at least one of C1-C10 straight chain alkyl or branched chain alkyl. Flavored and fragranced products including a compound of the Formula I are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventors: Stefan Michael Furrer, Peter Schieberle, Andrea Burdack-Freitag
  • Patent number: D638698
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Inventors: Steven Andrew Sprinkmann, Stefan Michael Behling, Dale Selsor Di Iulio, Scott Howard Micoley