Patents by Inventor Tobias Müller

Tobias 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: 20250058160
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a fire extinguishing arrangement having a gas cylinder with a fire extinguishing medium and a triggering device connected thereto, the triggering device is detachably coupled to a cylinder connection, and a piston is in the triggering device, the cylinder pressure of the medium located in the gas cylinder applied to the end faces opposite each other in the axial direction, the piston is arranged due to a spring force of a spring element in a blocked position and on the end face of the spring an outflow channel is fluidly connected to a sensor hose so when fire extinguishing medium flows out on the end face of the spring, the piston is displaced in the axial direction against the spring force, and a control channel is opened through the piston, so the fire extinguishing medium is able to be conducted through the control channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Rafael RODRIGUEZ, Markus PUETZ, Tobias MUELLER, Marko CUTURA
  • Publication number: 20250029395
    Abstract: A method for generating sensor data. The method includes providing first sensor measurement data of at least a first vehicle sensor, calculating virtual object data of a virtual vehicle surroundings model that includes a virtual second vehicle sensor, wherein a sensor acquisition range of the first vehicle sensor and a sensor acquisition range of the second vehicle sensor overlap spatially and/or temporally in the vehicle surroundings model, calculating at least second modeled sensor data of the virtual second vehicle sensor using a trained first sensor data algorithm depending on the virtual object data, wherein the first sensor data algorithm is based on a training process using training data that include selective first sensor measurement data of the first vehicle sensor, outputting a sensor data set that at least includes the first sensor measurement data and the second modeled sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Carsten Brickwedde, Emilie Hincker-Piocelle, Markus Vogelgesang, Tobias Mueller, Vaclav Kocourek
  • Publication number: 20250018178
    Abstract: A medical electrode device for implantation into a patient comprises a carrier element formed from an electrically insulating material, a contact element arranged on the carrier element and comprising a contact portion for coupling to tissue in an implanted state of the medical electrode device, and an electrical supply line connected to the contact element. The contact element comprises first and second fastening sections, the first and second fastening sections arranged at a distance with respect to each other along a length direction, and the electrical supply line connected to the contact element at the first fastening section and the second fastening section such that the electrical supply line is arranged at a distance with respect to the contact portion along a height direction oriented perpendicularly to the length direction. A portion of the carrier element extends through a space in between the contact portion and the electrical supply line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Patrick Willenberg, Dajana Kaiser, Kerstin Taeubert, Tobias Mueller, Thomas Schaarschmidt, Roland Eichberg
  • Patent number: 12177646
    Abstract: An audio bitstream is decoded into audio objects and audio metadata for the audio objects. The audio objects include a specific audio object. The audio metadata specifies frame-level gains that include a first gain and a second gain respectively for a first audio frame and a second audio frame. It is determined, based on the first and second gains, whether sub-frame gains are to be generated for the specific audio object. If so, a ramp length is determined for a ramp used to generate the sub-frame gains for the specific audio object. The ramp of the ramp length is used to generate the sub-frame gains for the specific audio object. A sound field represented by the audio objects with the sub-frame gains is rendered by audio speakers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: DOLBY INTERNATIONAL AB
    Inventors: Jens Popp, Claus-Christian Spenger, Celine Merpillat, Tobias Mueller, Holger Hoerich
  • Publication number: 20240327354
    Abstract: The present invention concerns novel Gram-negative bacteria efflux pump inhibitors. It further relates to the use of Gram-negative bacteria efflux pump inhibitors to prevent and/or treat antibiotic resistance by potentiating the activity of antibiotics. Infections by multidrug resistant (MDR) Gram-negative bacteria are a major threat to global healthcare. The inventors have discovered a novel class of Resistance Nodulation cell Division-efflux pump inhibitors. The inventors tested the effects of these inhibitors on growth inhibition of different bacteria as well as their impact on the boosting of antibiotic activity in different bacteria. Particularly, the inventors tested the effects of these inhibitors on E. coli, A. baumamnii, K. pneumoniae and P. aeruginosa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Anaïs VIEIRA DA CRUZ, Coline PLÉ, Marion FLIPO, Nina COMPAGNE, Nicolas WILLAND, Heng-Keat TAM, Juan Carlos JIMÉNEZ CASTELLANOS, Klaas Martinus POS, Ruben Christiaan HARTKOORN, Reinke Tobias MÜLLER
  • Publication number: 20240305131
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a system diagnosis method in an energy management system for electrical energy and at least one additional form of energy. The method includes acquiring actual values of one or more operating parameters; comparing the actual values with target values of the operating parameters in order to obtain a deviation; determining whether the deviation of the actual values of the operating parameters from the target values of the operating parameters exceeds a deviation threshold value; determining existence of a malfunction and where it is occurring when the deviation exceeds the deviation threshold value; assigning the malfunction to predefined malfunction groups based on the deviation; and producing a notification signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventor: Tobias Müller
  • Patent number: 12023485
    Abstract: An electrode contact for an electrode lead for neurostimulation comprises a contact body including a contact surface for contacting human or animal neural tissue. The electrode contact furthermore comprises an arm section for contacting at least one electrical supply lead, wherein the arm section, originating from the contact body, extends laterally in a first spatial direction which runs parallel to a main extension plane of the contact surface. The arm section includes at least one cut-out for guiding through the at least one electrical supply lead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Patrick Willenberg, Dajana Kaiser, Kerstin Taeubert, Tobias Mueller, Thomas Schaarschmidt, Roland Eichberg
  • Publication number: 20240188484
    Abstract: A method for operating an autonomous mobile green space processing robot, wherein the green space processing robot includes a drive system for propulsion of the green space processing robot. The method includes: a) monitoring whether a sticking presumption criterion is met, wherein the sticking presumption criterion is characteristic of suspected sticking of the green space processing robot; b) if the sticking presumption criterion is met, operating the drive system for a movement change of the green space processing robot and monitoring whether a sticking confirmation criterion is met, wherein the sticking confirmation criterion is that the movement change does not occur; and c) if the sticking confirmation criterion is met, initiating a sticking countermeasure of the green space processing robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Christian HORNGACHER, Philip WOLF, Alexander BIECHL, Alexander RIEGER, Christoph STEINLECHNER, Peter RITZER, Michael REITTER, Tobias MUELLER
  • Publication number: 20240162690
    Abstract: A solid state power switch assembly of an aircraft solid state power controller includes a circuit board, at least one solid state power switch, and a busbar. The at least one solid state power switch has a first side and an opposing second side. A power switch electric contact surface is formed on the first side and the at least one solid state power switch is arranged on the circuit board with the second side facing the circuit board and the first side facing away from the circuit board. The busbar comprises at least one busbar contact portion configured for electrically contacting the power switch electric contact surface and at least one busbar mounting portion, which is configured for be mounted to the circuit board, so that the at least one solid state power switch is sandwiched between the at least one busbar contact portion and the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: David GROSS, Stefan SCHREITMÜLLER, Tobias MÜLLER, Alois WÜNSCH, Robert EIGNER, Thomas GIETZOLD
  • Patent number: 11938683
    Abstract: A shaped article, a method for making it, and its use. The shaped article is formed from flat fiber material and has a bottom (2), a body (4), and an opening, which is surrounded by a circumferential flange (6). The shaped article (1) comprises a flange stabilizer (10) attached to the second flat side (18) of the flange (6) facing the bottom (2). The flange stabilizer (10) is disc-shaped and has an inner contour (12) corresponding to the desired cross-sectional shape of the shaped article (1) in the region of the opening and can be slipped over the body (4) in the region of the bottom (2) and up to the flange (6). The flat sides (16, 18) of the flange stabilizer (10) extend essentially parallel to the flange (6), defining and stabilizing the cross-sectional shape of the body (4) in the region of the opening and the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Technische Universität Dresden
    Inventor: Tobias Müller
  • Patent number: 11919544
    Abstract: A method and a device for operating an automated vehicle. The method includes a step of detecting surroundings data values, a step of determining positions and/or predicted movements of objects in the surroundings of the automated vehicle, a step of carrying out a first comparison of the surroundings data values and/or of the positions and/or of the predicted movements using an external server, a step of determining a driving strategy for the automated vehicle as a function of the positions and/or predicted movements of the objects and as a function of the first comparison, a step of carrying out a second comparison of the driving strategy using the external server, and a step of operating the automated vehicle as a function of the driving strategy and as a function of the second comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Ruediger-Walter Henn, Tobias Mueller
  • Patent number: 11859683
    Abstract: A component of a brake for a vehicle, having a metallic base body with a surface provided with a coating which includes an intermediate layer lying on the base body and a covering layer lying on the intermediate layer. The covering layer is formed from a stainless steel matrix with hard material particles embedded therein. The hard material particles embedded in the stainless steel matrix have an average grain diameter of 10-125 ?m and have a non-melted core region consisting of uninfluenced material of the hard material particles, which core region is surrounded at least in sections by a mixing zone formed from material of the stainless steel matrix and material of the respective hard material particle, via which mixing zone the hard material particles are in each case materially bonded to the stainless steel matrix. Also, a method by which a component coated in this way is produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Fritz Winter Eisengiesserei GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Sven Riehl, Tobias Müller, Axel Weiser
  • Publication number: 20230398519
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel catalyst for LTS processes, the method of its preparation and LTS process by use of this catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Tobias MUELLER, Stephan J. REITMEIER, Hongyi C. HOU, Claus G. LUGMAIR
  • Patent number: 11813980
    Abstract: A motor vehicle component with a lighting function includes a laminate component having a first fiber-reinforced composite material and a second fiber-reinforced composite material, the first fiber-reinforced composite material being electrically insulating and the second fiber-reinforced composite material being electrically conductive. The motor vehicle component also includes a light source which is at least partially embedded in the first fiber-reinforced composite material. The light source is electrically conductively connected to the second fiber-reinforced composite material, and the second fiber-reinforced composite material has a light exit region from which light emitted by the light source can exit so that it can be seen from outside the motor vehicle component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Nicolas Behrens, Sandro Cifaldi, Tobias Mueller-Kambeitz
  • Patent number: 11801710
    Abstract: A fiber-composite ventilation flap for a vehicle is made of a laminate formed by at least two individual tiers. At least one of the individual tiers has respective unidirectionally oriented fibers, and wherein the at least two individual tiers are arranged in the laminate in such a way that the fibers thereof are oriented at least predominantly differently to one another. The fibers of the at least two individual tiers are oriented differently to one another in such a way that at least one region of the fiber-composite ventilation flap curves about a predefined primary axis under the influence of heat and is thereby in an open state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Niklas Bartneck, Tobias Mueller-Kambeitz, Hubert Scholz
  • Publication number: 20230341027
    Abstract: A transmission unit, a vehicle powertrain and a vehicle are provided. The transmission unit comprises a first transmission shaft forming an input shaft of the transmission unit, and a second transmission shaft comprising a first shaft portion and a second shaft portion. The first shaft portion is rotatably connected to the first transmission shaft via a first gear wheel pair. The transmission unit further comprises a third transmission shaft rotatably connectable to the first shaft portion via a second gear wheel pair and rotatably connectable to the second shaft portion via a third gear wheel pair. The second and third gear wheel pairs are arranged at a distance from each other in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the second transmission shaft such that, when the transmission unit is arranged in the vehicle powertrain, an electrical machine may be arranged therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Stefan KARLSSON, Jörgen FORSBERG, Tomas LÖFWALL, Per ARNELÖF, Tobias MÜLLER
  • Publication number: 20230339314
    Abstract: A transmission unit, a vehicle powertrain comprising the transmission unit and a vehicle are disclosed. The transmission unit comprises a first transmission shaft comprising a first gear wheel, and a second transmission shaft comprising a second gear wheel and a third gear wheel. The second gear wheel is arranged to cooperate with the first gear wheel. The transmission unit further comprises a third transmission shaft comprising a fourth gear wheel, the fourth gear wheel being arranged to cooperate with the third gear wheel. The third transmission shaft further comprises a fifth gear wheel arranged to be selectively connectable to the third transmission shaft for rotation therewith. The fifth gear wheel is arranged to cooperate with the second gear wheel. The transmission unit may be incorporated in a transmission arrangement further comprising a planetary gearbox unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Stefan KARLSSON, Jörgen FORSBERG, Tomas LÖFWALL, Per ARNELÖF, Tobias MÜLLER
  • Patent number: 11761848
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for determining mechanical robustness of an overhead stowage bin for an aircraft includes repeatedly effecting an impact of a test body against an impact surface of the overhead stowage bin with a predefined impact force by a robotic arm of a manipulator, and investigating damage parameters of the overhead stowage bin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GmbH
    Inventors: Johann Kim, Ludger Merz, Tobias Müller, Ulrich Meier-Noe, Maik Simon, Franz Krause
  • Publication number: 20230247382
    Abstract: An audio bitstream is decoded into audio objects and audio metadata for the audio objects. The audio objects include a specific audio object. The audio metadata specifies frame-level gains that include a first gain and a second gain respectively for a first audio frame and a second audio frame. It is determined, based on the first and second gains, whether sub-frame gains are to be generated for the specific audio object. If so, a ramp length is determined for a ramp used to generate the sub-frame gains for the specific audio object. The ramp of the ramp length is used to generate the sub-frame gains for the specific audio object. A sound field represented by the audio objects with the sub-frame gains is rendered by audio speakers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: DOLBY INTERNATIONAL AB
    Inventors: Jens POPP, Claus-Christian SPENGER, Celine MERPILLAT, Tobias MUELLER, Holger HOERICH
  • Publication number: 20230193967
    Abstract: A component of a brake for a vehicle, having a metallic base body with a surface provided with a coating which includes an intermediate layer lying on the base body and a covering layer lying on the intermediate layer. The covering layer is formed from a stainless steel matrix with hard material particles embedded therein. The hard material particles embedded in the stainless steel matrix have an average grain diameter of 10-125 ?m and have a non-melted core region consisting of uninfluenced material of the hard material particles, which core region is surrounded at least in sections by a mixing zone formed from material of the stainless steel matrix and material of the respective hard material particle, via which mixing zone the hard material particles are in each case materially bonded to the stainless steel matrix. Also, a method by which a component coated in this way is produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Sven Riehl, Tobias Müller, Axel Weiser