Patents by Inventor Thorsten Muller

Thorsten 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: 20060289209
    Abstract: An electromotive drive module for installation in a housing between an internal combustion engine and a transmission of a motor vehicle power train. The drive module includes an electric machine with a stator and a rotor and first and second clutch devices, by means of which the rotor can be connected when desired to the internal combustion engine and/or to the transmission for the transmission of torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Inventors: Wolfgang Grosspietsch, Jorg Sudau, Rudiger Herbst, Christoph Kleuker, Manfred Zimmer, Thomas Busold, Steffen Matschas, Thorsten Muller
  • Publication number: 20060249347
    Abstract: A clutch disk arrangement for a multi-disk clutch has a hub rotatable about an axis of rotation and a plurality of friction lining assemblies connected to the hub by a torsional vibration damper arrangement. The torsional vibration damper arrangement includes a central disk element on the hub and a cover disk element on each side of the central element, where the cover disk elements are permanently connected to each other and are also connected by a damper element arrangement to the central disk element for transmitting torque. A driver formation is provided on at least one of the cover disk elements and an opposing driver formation is arranged on at least one of the friction lining assemblies. The driver formation engages the opposing driver formation so that the at least one of the friction lining assemblies is fixed with respect to rotation relative to the cover disks and is axially displaceable in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2006
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventors: Gerald Buer, Winfried Bokisch, Michael Kuhner, Thorsten Muller, Andreas Orlamunder
  • Patent number: 7005582
    Abstract: A splice protection sleeve flange includes means for clamping a cable, a seal interposed between two rings, one of which can move along the cable, and a frustoconical threaded part which is screwed into the flange and acts both on the moveable ring and on the clamping means. In another aspect, a device for clamping a cable includes a ring on which fingers are each mounted in the form of a hinge, the free end of each finger terminating in a claw turned inwardly towards the axis YY? of the ring and, on the side of the plane where the fingers do not lie, there is provided a means which, by shape complementarity, is intended to cooperate with another clamping device of the same shape but having a ring diameter greater or smaller than a value equal to the largest radial dimension of the fingers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: CCS Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Thorsten Muller, Jean-Louis Delatouche, Yannick Schreiber, Alberto Rodrigues
  • Publication number: 20060006040
    Abstract: A friction clutch is configured with a pressure plate arrangement having: a housing rotatably fixed to an abutment arrangement for joint rotation about an axis of rotation; a plate arrangement having at least one intermediate plate and a pressure plate, at least one of the intermediate and pressure plates being mounted in the housing and operative to axially move relative thereto and to rotate about the axis of rotation; an energy storage device coupled to the housing and operative to generate a elastic restoring force exerted on the plate arrangement, the energy storage device being coupled to the pressure plate; a releasing spring arrangement located between the housing and plate arrangement and coupled thereto, the releasing spring arrangement being tensioned to generate an elastic restoring force exerted at least on the pressure plate in a second direction opposite to the first direction in response to the elastic restoring force; and a clutch disk arrangement clamped between the abutment arrangement and
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Inventors: Andreas Orlamunder, Thorsten Muller, Michael Kuhner, Winfried Bokisch, Sebastian Vogt, Waldemar Mensch
  • Publication number: 20050238841
    Abstract: A ring for use in a splice protection sleeve flange includes a collar and means for putting the collar around a cable without slipping the collar over the cable. The collar comprises a base body, the inner and outer circumferential lateral faces of which include a male part and a female part, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Alberto Rodrigues, Thorsten Muller, Jean-Louis Delatouche, Yannick Schreiber
  • Patent number: 6944388
    Abstract: A splice protection sleeve includes two half-shells provided with means for assembling them into a shell and at least two end flanges, each of them consisting of sub-flanges assembled by assembling means so as to form an opening for the passage of a cable, the assembling means including two dovetail bars and a wedge joining the two bars together. Furthermore, in a splice protection sleeve according to the invention, the half-shell includes, on the inner face, a cam which extends in the circumferential direction and is followed in this direction by a housing and the flange includes a stub intended to push the cam back before entering the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: CCS Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Alberto Rodrigues, Thorsten Muller, Jean-Louis Delatouche, Yannick Schreiber
  • Publication number: 20050014282
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for parallel and automated evaluation of the blushing of n samples of dispersion films, which comprises (a) providing an illuminated array of n spatially separated samples of the dispersion films, (b) imaging the array of n samples by means of a CCD camera at m+1 different times t0 to tm and digitizing the images, (c) automatically determining multiple brightnesses B(k, ti) for each sample at different times ti selected from t0 to tm from the m+1 different digitized images for at least a portion of the n samples, where B(k, ti) is the brightness of the kth of n samples at the respective time ti and is a measure for the blushing of this sample at this time, (d) determining values P(k) of a parameter characteristic of the kinetics of the blushing from the different brightnesses B(k, ti) for each sample for at least a portion of the n samples, where P(k) is the value of the characteristic parameter for the kth of the n samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2003
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventors: Wolfgang Schrof, Thorsten Muller, Alexander Centner, Stephan Lehmann, Joachim Hadeler
  • Publication number: 20050000274
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the combinatorial investigation of the hardening of hardenable liquid or viscous formulations (a) in which n hardenable formulations are prepared in parallel in n containers, and (b) the degree of hardening is determined at least once on each of the n formulations by inserting a measurement tip into the formulation with a certain force and measuring the maximum penetration depth achieved as a measure of the degree of hardening of this formulation, and (c) for in each case one composition of the formulations, one or more parameters that are characteristic of the kinetics of hardening are determined from the measurement values for the penetration depth at various times after preparation of the formulations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Inventors: Wolfgang Schrof, Thorsten Muller, Sebastian Koltzenburg, Matthias Kroner, Stephan Lehmann, Joachim Hadeler
  • Publication number: 20040231881
    Abstract: A splice protection sleeve flange includes means for clamping a cable, a seal interposed between two rings, one of which can move along the cable, and a frustoconical threaded part which is screwed into the flange and acts both on the moveable ring and on the clamping means. In another aspect, a device for clamping a cable includes a ring on which fingers are each mounted in the form of a hinge, the free end of each finger terminating in a claw turned inwardly towards the axis YY′ of the ring and, on the side of the plane where the fingers do not lie, there is provided a means which, by shape complementarity, is intended to cooperate with another clamping device of the same shape but having a ring diameter greater or smaller than a value equal to the largest radial dimension of the fingers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Thorsten Muller, Jean-Louis Detatouche, Yannick Schreiber, Alberto Rodrigues
  • Patent number: 6810193
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cassette (KA) or cassette base plate (KG) for receiving optical wave guides with over-lengths. Additional elements for entries, pivoting elements and fixing elements which can be removed if needed, respectively, are located on said cassette base plate (KG). This ensures that the cassettes (K) or cassette base plates (KG) are universally usable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: CCS Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Thorsten Müller
  • Publication number: 20040208467
    Abstract: A splice protection sleeve includes two half-shells provided with means for assembling them into a shell and at least two end flanges, each of them consisting of sub-flanges assembled by assembling means so as to form an opening for the passage of a cable, the assembling means including two dovetail bars and a wedge joining the two bars together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Alberto Rodrigues, Thorsten Muller, Jean-Louis Delatouche, Yannick Schrieber
  • Patent number: 6802512
    Abstract: The inventive sealing body (DK) is comprised of a number of segments (DS1, DS2, DS3) in whose sealing chambers (DKAA, DKAM) a sealing block (DBAS, DBMS) is arranged that is made of an easily deformable, in particular, gel-like substance. Tabs (ZE) which conically extend toward one another serve to center the cable which is inserted into the sealing body (DK) and held therein. Wedges (K) which can be actuated from the outside act upon assigned pressure elements (DE), which deform the corresponding sealing block (DBAS, DBMS) thus displacing the gel-like substance in a radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: CCS Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Thorsten Muller, Rainer M. Zimmer
  • Patent number: 6793264
    Abstract: Closing device, in particular for a body part on a motor vehicle, the body part being mounted pivotably on a base part, includes a spring element having a piston rod which is axially moveable within a cylinder to exert a closing force on the body part via a cable device, which engages on the body part. The spring element has, on its piston rod, a deflection pulley over which the cable device is guided, the end of the cable device being fixed with respect to the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Stabilus GmbH
    Inventors: Thorsten Müller, Bernd Rosenstein, Colin Rich
  • Patent number: 6751394
    Abstract: A sleeve insert for guiding optical waveguide elements and for accommodating a splicing device, comprising a profiled body being adapted to the dimension of the respective sleeve. The sleeve insert provides for clear and secure arrangement of the optical waveguide elements, that is to say of the multifiber buffers and ribbon fibers and for the accommodation of splicing devices in one sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: CCS Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Thorsten Müller, Rainer Zimmer
  • Patent number: 6730846
    Abstract: A universal cable fitting for a wide variety of applications includes a longitudinally slit sleeve tube (MR) and sealing bodies (DKG, DK, DKDP, DKS, DKO) on the ends of the sleeve tube. A sealing system is formed along the longitudinal edges of the sleeve tube by a sealing groove (DN), a sealing tongue (DF) and a wedge-shaped closure rail (LVS) that subjects a longitudinal seal (LD) to pressing during closure. Each sealing body is provided with a sealing groove (DU) for receiving an encircling seal (UD) having a corrugated profile. The sealing groove is provided in the direction of the encircling seal with a cutout into which an extension (AS) of the longitudinal seal penetrates. The cutout and the extension in the longitudinal seal produce direct contact with the encircling seal located in the sealing groove of the sealing body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: CCS Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Thorsten Müller
  • Patent number: 6648541
    Abstract: The invention relates to a joining element (VE), consisting of a fixing component (FT) and a closing component (VT), for the ends (DE1, DE2) of a divided seal (D) in sealing systems in cable fittings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: CCS Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Thorsten Müller, Rainer Zimmer
  • Publication number: 20030039460
    Abstract: A sleeve insert for guiding optical waveguide elements and for accommodating a splicing device, comprising a profiled body being adapted to the dimension of the respective sleeve. The sleeve insert provides for clear and secure arrangement of the optical waveguide elements, that is to say of the multifiber buffers and ribbon fibers and for the accommodation of splicing devices in one sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Thorsten Muller, Rainer Zimmer
  • Publication number: 20020180163
    Abstract: The inventive sealing body (DK) is comprised of a number of segments (DS1, DS2, DS3) in whose sealing chambers (DKAA, DKAM) a sealing block (DBAS, DBMS) is arranged that is made of an easily deformable, in particular, gel-like substance. Tabs (ZE) which conically extend toward one another serve to center the cable which is inserted into the sealing body (DK) and held therein. Wedges (K) which can be actuated from the outside act upon assigned pressure elements (DE), which deform the corresponding sealing block (DBAS, DBMS) thus displacing the gel-like substance in a radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventors: Thorsten Muller, Rainer M Zimmer
  • Patent number: 6149789
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for manipulating microscopic dielectric particles in which particles are exposed to an electric field. In disadvantaged processes the particles are exposed to inhomogeneous electric field and are polarized by them. The polarized particles are moved in the direction of higher field strength. These processes permit no reversal of the traveling direction of the particles. The particles are enriched at the electrode so that they cannot be retained in free space. In the invented process the particles are exposed to high-frequency field traveling in one or more prescribed direction, by which the particles are subject to a force which sets them in a motion that is strongly synchronous to the field. With the aid of a device for carrying out the invented process, the particles can be manipulated very flexibly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung e.v.
    Inventors: Wolfgang Benecke, Bernd Wagner, Gunter Fuhr, Rolf Hagedorn, Thorsten Muller