Patents by Inventor Stephan Muller

Stephan 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).

  • Publication number: 20220372653
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for reducing structural damage to the surface of monocrystalline aluminium-nitride substrates, according to which the substrate undergoes thermal treatment in a crucible in an autoclave, during which treatment the aluminum-nitride substrate is sublimated in the damaged regions of the surface of the substrate and is removed. The method is used to prepare the surface of monocrystalline aluminium-nitride (AlN), in particular the aim of the invention is to eliminate, or at least significantly reduce near-surface structural damage to the monocrystalline material caused by mechanical processing. The invention also relates to aluminium-nitride substrates that are treated in this way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Boris EPELBAUM, Stephan MÜLLER, Elke MEISSNER
  • Patent number: 11505758
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of calcium complex and calcium sulfate complex lubricating grease compositions as lubricants for wire ropes. The invention further relates to a method for producing the wire ropes and to wire ropes provided with the lubricating grease composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: FUCHS PETROLUB SE
    Inventors: Roman Müller, Stephan Müller
  • Publication number: 20220203030
    Abstract: A drive mechanism for a medicament delivery device is presented having a base member with a guide track structure that includes a first track, a second track, a rotator base member having a first guide structure that runs in the first track, a rotator housing coaxially arranged with and configured to engage with the rotator base member, the rotator housing having a second guide structure arranged at a fixed distance from the first guide structure and configured to run in the second track, a rotation device configured to actuate the rotator housing, and a medicament container carrier configured to receive a medicament container, wherein the medicament container carrier is coaxially arranged relative to the rotator base member and the rotator housing, the rotator housing being configured to rotate relative to the medicament container carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventor: Stephan Müller
  • Publication number: 20210364111
    Abstract: The invention relates to a press fitting for a pipe connection, comprising a fitting body for connecting the press fitting to a pipe, a press sleeve fixed to the fitting body and having a substantially cylindrical pressing portion and at least one projecting element which delimits the substantially cylindrical pressing portion in the axial direction, and a tubular banderole which surrounds the substantially cylindrical pressing region of the pressing sleeve, wherein the tubular banderole is arranged rotatably relative to a surface of the pressing sleeve, is held in the cylindrical pressing region by the at least one projecting element and is at least partially destroyed when the pressing sleeve is pressed with a pressing tool. The invention further relates to a method for manufacturing such a press fitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: Uponor Innovation AB
    Inventors: Stephan MÜLLER, Rainer DITTMAR, Jörg CLAUßEN, Maik ALTMANN
  • Publication number: 20210268988
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a belt strap (1) for a safety belt device of a motor vehicle, comprising at least one cavity (5) for receiving electronic components and/or lines (13), wherein the cavity (5) is formed by two fabric layers (6,7) which are connected to one another in the outer edge sections (3,4) by means of one or more weave thread/weave threads (12) running parallel to the longitudinal direction of the belt strap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Tommy WANG, Bob CHEN, Raphael TAO, Willi WELZ, Frank GAN, Kai-Stephan MÜLLER, Chris Van HELVOORT, Victoria DREWS
  • Publication number: 20210178077
    Abstract: A drive mechanism for a medicament delivery device is disclosed having a housing with a proximal end and a distal end, a container carrier arranged within the housing and being axially movable in relation to the housing, and a drive assembly partially arranged within the housing and being axially movable in relation to the housing. The drive assembly has a proximally extended rack arm, a cogwheel arranged within the housing and being rotatable but axially fixed in relation to the housing, wherein the cogwheel is selectively coupled to the rack arm through a tangential engagement with a first set of rack teeth or a second set of rack teeth which are arranged on the rack arm and wherein the first set of rack teeth or the second set of rack teeth forces the cogwheel to rotate when the drive assembly is axially moved towards the proximal end in relation to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventor: Stephan Müller
  • Publication number: 20210113778
    Abstract: An injection device comprising a housing with a receptacle for the product, a dosing mechanism for setting a product dosage to be administered and for displaying the set product dosage and a dispensing mechanism for dispensing the product. The dispensing mechanism may include a piston rod, at least one sleeve rotatable relative to the housing to eject the set product dosage, and a button moveable relative to the housing and relative to the at least one sleeve in the dispensing direction from a dosing position into a dispensing position to eject the set product dosage. The device can further include a first detector for detecting the position of the button relative to the housing or the at least one sleeve, a second detector for detecting rotational movement of the at least one sleeve or a component part coupled to the at least one sleeve and a feedback generator mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Jugl, Maurice Toporek, Stefan Blancke, Stephan Müller-Pathle
  • Publication number: 20210032169
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous suspensions containing 30 to 95 wt.-% metal carbide particles and a dispersant, and to a process for coating substrates using said aqueous suspensions. The invention also relates to the coated substrates that can be produced by the process according to the invention and to the uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E. V.
    Inventors: Stanislaus SCHWANKE, Stephan MÜLLER, Elke MEISSNER, Boris EPELBAUM, Christian REIMANN, Jochen FRIEDRICH, Lucas BECKER
  • Patent number: 10697163
    Abstract: An actuating device for a sanitary fitting comprising a housing (2) having a front side (13) and a rear side (14) and also a detection sensor (3) having a transmitter (4) and a receiver (5) for detecting a user, wherein the detection sensor (3) emits waves via the transmitter (4) and receives them via the receiver (5). The detection sensor (3) is arranged in a cavity (6) that has a radiating region (7a), which is transparent to said waves, in the direction of said waves; and wherein the housing (2) is designed such that it is installable having a gap (7b) in relation to a predefined installation plane (ME) on the structure side, which gap (7b) is located in relation to said radiating region (7a) such that the emitted waves and also the waves to be received are guided through the gap (7b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: GEBERIT INTERNATIONAL AG
    Inventors: Peter Schmid, Rene Elsener, Pascal Brandli, Stephan Muller, Samuel Schüller, Tobias Pluss
  • Patent number: 10518034
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising an optical sensor having a plurality of photosensitive cells arranged in a grid, wherein the optical sensor is configured to capture a first image using a first subset of the photosensitive cells and to capture a second image using a second subset of the photosensitive cells, the second subset not including any of the photosensitive cells in the first subset, wherein the apparatus is configured to process the first and second images using at least one optical character recognition algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventor: Stephan Muller-Pathle
  • Patent number: 10506972
    Abstract: A device for determining and displaying a dose of a medicament to be administered to a user based, at least in part, on a measure of physical activity of the user described herein includes a determining unit configured determine a measure of physical activity of the user using information provided by one or more sensors. The device also includes a computer readable memory storing a set of predefined templates comprising predefined actions, rules, and parameters defining at least an initial medicament dose value, the measure of physical activity of the user, a time elapsed between an instance of physical activity and a current time, and a target blood glucose value, wherein the determining unit is further configured to determine the medicament dose based, at least in part, on the measure of physical activity of the user, by execution of one or more templates from the set of predefined templates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Schabbach, Jörg Heisiep, Stephan Müller-Pathle, Ross MacArthur
  • Publication number: 20190330556
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of calcium complex and calcium sulfate complex lubricating grease compositions as lubricants for wire ropes. The invention further relates to a method for producing the wire ropes and to wire ropes provided with the lubricating grease composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Roman Müller, Stephan Müller
  • Publication number: 20190195404
    Abstract: A hybrid fitting for connecting to pipe end and having a metal base; a connection body for supporting the end of the pipe, the connection body being formed separate from the base body and being made from a plastic material, wherein the connection body has a axial end; the base body comprises an opening for accommodating the axial end; the axial end of the connection body being insertable into the opening such that a form-fitted connection to the base body is formed; a locking element is slid over the connection body to engage with the base body such that the locking element is mechanically locked in an axial direction with respect to the base body; and in the locked state the locking element engages with the inserted connection body such that the inserted connection body is mechanically locked in the axial direction with respect to the base body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Rainer DITTMAR, Stephan Müller
  • Publication number: 20190145087
    Abstract: An actuating device for a sanitary fitting comprising a housing (2) having a front side (13) and a rear side (14) and also a detection sensor (3) having a transmitter (4) and a receiver (5) for detecting a user, wherein the detection sensor (3) emits waves via the transmitter (4) and receives them via the receiver (5). The detection sensor (3) is arranged in a cavity (6) that has a radiating region (7a), which is transparent to said waves, in the direction of said waves; and wherein the housing (2) is designed such that it is installable having a gap (7b) in relation to a predefined installation plane (ME) on the structure side, which gap (7b) is located in relation to said radiating region (7a) such that the emitted waves and also the waves to be received are guided through the gap (7b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: GEBERIT INTERNATIONAL AG
    Inventors: Peter SCHMID, Rene ELSENER, Pascal BRANDLI, Stephan MULLER, Samuel SCHULLER, Tobias PLUSS
  • Publication number: 20190118107
    Abstract: The plastic toy building block is provided with electrical contacts to determine its position. The block has a basic body having recesses extending from top to bottom in its interior. In these are each inserted, combined into packets, several discrete elastically resilient conductor wires clamped between plastic strips. Elastically resilient conductor wires protrude downward into the recess. Contact points protrude from the plastic strips at the top. Several electrical cables are led from each nub to the underside of a nub plate to discrete contact points. Except for the nub surfaces, the nub plate can be covered by a cover plate and hereafter can be placed with the nub plate on the basic body of the toy building block. The lower contact points on the film then make electrical contact with the upper stubs and thus with contact points of the conductor wires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventor: Stephan MÜLLER
  • Publication number: 20190053755
    Abstract: A device for determining and displaying a dose of a medicament to be administered to a user based, at least in part, on a measure of physical activity of the user described herein includes a determining unit configured determine a measure of physical activity of the user using information provided by one or more sensors. The device also includes a computer readable memory storing a set of predefined templates comprising predefined actions, rules, and parameters defining at least an initial medicament dose value, the measure of physical activity of the user, a time elapsed between an instance of physical activity and a current time, and a target blood glucose value, wherein the determining unit is further configured to determine the medicament dose based, at least in part, on the measure of physical activity of the user, by execution of one or more templates from the set of predefined templates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Schabbach, Jörg Heisiep, Stephan Müller-Pathle, Ross MacArthur
  • Patent number: 10105093
    Abstract: A device comprising: means for obtaining a parameter of a sample of body fluid from a user; means for using information provided by one or more sensors to calculate a measure of physical activity of the user; means for calculating a medicament dose using at least in part the measured parameter and the measure of physical activity of the user; and means for indicating the calculated medicament dose to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Schabbach, Jörg Heisiep, Stephan Müller-Pathle, Ross MacArthur
  • Patent number: 9951891
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for making a multilayer composite pipe. The multilayer composite pipe comprises an innermost layer (2) made of plastic. The pipe has a seamless metal layer (4) or a metal layer (4) having an axial, non-overlapping seam. The outer surface of the metal layer is treated for changing its outer appearance. There-after a transparent outermost layer (8) is provided on the outer surface of the metal layer. The structure of the pipe is such that the pipe can be permanently bent to certain angles without significant spring back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Uponor Innovation AB
    Inventors: Ralf Winterstein, Stephan Muller
  • Publication number: 20170151390
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising an optical sensor having a plurality of photosensitive cells arranged in a grid, wherein the optical sensor is configured to capture a first image using a first subset of the photosensitive cells and to capture a second image using a second subset of the photosensitive cells, the second subset not including any of the photosensitive cells in the first subset, wherein the apparatus is configured to process the first and second images using at least one optical character recognition algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Stephan Muller-Pathle
  • Patent number: 9649435
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dosing mechanism for a fluid, comprising an inlet, an outlet, a dosing pipe and two valve groups with an inlet valve and an outlet valve each, wherein the inlet is connected to both inlet valves and the outlet is connected to both outlet valves, wherein the inlet valve of one group is arranged to connect the inlet to a first end of the dosing pipe while the outlet valve of the same group is arranged to connect the outlet to a second end of the dosing pipe, wherein the inlet valve of the other group is arranged to connect the inlet to the second end of the dosing pipe while the outlet valve of the same group is arranged to connect the outlet to the first end of the dosing pipe, wherein control means are arranged to open only the valves of one group at a time thereby allowing the fluid to flow from the inlet through the dosing pipe to the outlet, wherein a dosing object is arranged in the dosing pipe in a manner to be translated from one end towards the other by the fluid, wherein a d
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Stephan Müller-Pathle