Patents by Inventor Torsten Muller

Torsten 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: 20200204039
    Abstract: A metallurgical device, in particular a casting installation, rolling mill or strip processing installation, including at least one machine part rotating about an axis, wherein an energy consumer that is in electrical connection with an energy source is arranged in the machine part. To supply the energy consumer with energy on a sustained basis in spite of adverse ambient conditions, the energy source is designed as a generator which is in connection with the rotating machine part for rotation therewith, wherein the generator is otherwise free of any mechanical connection with the metallurgical device and wherein the generator has a housing element, on which at least one eccentric mass arranged at a location that is at a distance radially from the axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Johannes ALKEN, Torsten MÜLLER, Peter SUDAU
  • Publication number: 20180169724
    Abstract: A method and a device for controlling a parameter, for example the profile or the flatness, of a rolled stock in strip form. A cooling jacket that can be brought up to the roll and is designed to be variable in its effective length b in the circumferential direction of the roll is used as a final controlling element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: SMS group GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias KIPPING, Ralf SEIDEL, Johannes ALKEN, Torsten MÜLLER, Magnus TREUDE
  • Patent number: 9901964
    Abstract: A device for cooling a roll for rolling materials, including a cooling shell opposite a sub-region of the roll surface circumference, for forming a cooling gap, through which a cooling fluid can flow, between the sub-region and the cooling shell. The device further includes a first lever which can be pivoted about a suspension point, which can be pivoted toward the roll surface, and which is rotatably connected to a first end region of the cooling shell, when viewed in the circumferential direction of the roll, and a second lever which can be pivoted about another suspension point, which can be pivoted toward the roll surface, and which is rotatably connected to the second end region of the cooling shell, when viewed in the circumferential direction of the roll, such that the cooling gap can be selectively reduced or increased by pivoting the levers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: SMS GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Matthias Kipping, Johannes Alken, Ralf Seidel, Torsten Müller
  • Patent number: 9149813
    Abstract: Methods and devices for the separation of particles (20, 21, 22) in a compartment (30) of a fluidic microsystem (100) are described, in which the movement of a liquid (10) in which particles (20, 21, 22) are suspended with a predetermined direction of flow through the compartment (30), and the generation of a deflecting potential in which at least a part of the particles (20, 21, 22) is moved relative to the liquid in a direction of deflection are envisaged, whereby further at least one focusing potential is generated, so that at least a part of the particles is moved opposite to the direction of deflection relative to the liquid by dielectrophoresis under the effect of high-frequency electrical fields, and guiding of particles with different electrical, magnetic or geometric properties into different flow areas (11, 12) in the liquid takes place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: PERKINELMER CELLULAR TECHNOLOGIES GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Torsten Müller, Thomas Schnelle, Rolf Hagedorn
  • Patent number: 9044734
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a layered diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) comprising: a) a carrier substrate; b) a diesel oxidation catalytic material comprising b1) a first layer located on the carrier substrate, the first layer comprising palladium impregnated on a support material comprising ceria in an amount of at least 45 weight-% based on the total weight of the support material, and optionally comprising platinum; b2) a second layer located on the first layer, the second layer comprising palladium and platinum each impregnated on a support material comprising a metal oxide; wherein the platinum to palladium weight ratio of the first layer is lower than the platinum to palladium weight ratio of the second layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignees: BASF SE, BASF CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gerd Grubert, Torsten Neubauer, Alfred Punke, Marcus Hilgendorff, Torsten Müller-Stach, Olga Gerlach, Xinyi Wei, Jeffrey Hoke, Shiang Sung, Stanley Roth
  • Publication number: 20150135792
    Abstract: A device for cooling a roll for rolling materials, including a cooling shell opposite a sub-region of the roll surface circumference, for forming a cooling gap, through which a cooling fluid can flow, between the sub-region and the cooling shell. The device further includes a first lever which can be pivoted about a suspension point, which can be pivoted toward the roll surface, and which is rotatably connected to a first end region of the cooling shell, when viewed in the circumferential direction of the roll, and a second lever which can be pivoted about another suspension point, which can be pivoted toward the roll surface, and which is rotatably connected to the second end region of the cooling shell, when viewed in the circumferential direction of the roll, such that the cooling gap can be selectively reduced or increased by pivoting the levers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Matthias Kipping, Johannes Alken, Ralf Seidel, Torsten Müller
  • Patent number: 8898809
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the combined analysis of a sample with objects to be analyzed, in particular a sample with biological objects, in which measurement results for one or more of the objects to be analyzed in the sample are obtained by analyzing the one or more objects to be analyzed by an imaging method of measurement, probe-microscopic measurement results are obtained for the one or more objects to be analyzed by analyzing the one or more objects to be analyzed by a probe-microscopic method of measurement, and the measurement results and the probe-microscopic measurement results are assigned to one another, after optional prior intermediate processing. Furthermore, the invention relates to an apparatus for carrying out combined analysis of a sample with objects to be investigated, in particular a sample with biological objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: JPK Instruments AG
    Inventors: Torsten Müller, Kathryn Anne Poole, Detlef Knebel, Torsten Jähnke
  • Patent number: 8858904
    Abstract: Described is a catalyzed soot filter wherein the inlet coating of the filter comprises an oxidation catalyst comprising platinum (Pt) and optionally palladium (Pd), wherein the outlet coating of the filter comprises an oxidation catalyst comprising Pd and optionally Pt, wherein the Pt concentration in the outlet coating is lower than the Pt concentration in the inlet coating and wherein the weight ratio of Pt:Pd in the outlet coating is in the range of from 0:1 to 2:1; and wherein the inlet coating and the outlet coating are present on the wall flow substrate at a coating loading ratio in the range of from 0.5 to 1.5, calculated as ratio of the loading of the inlet coating (in g/inch3 (g/(2.54 cm)3)):loading of the outlet coating (in g/inch3 (g/(2.54 cm)3)). Systems include such catalyzed soot filters, methods of diesel engine exhaust gas treatment and methods of manufacturing catalyzed soot filters are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Alfred Helmut Punke, Gerd Grubert, Yuejin Li, Ruediger Wolff, Stanley Roth, Torsten Müller-Stach, Attilio Siani, Kenneth Voss, Torsten Neubauer
  • Patent number: 8803113
    Abstract: A scraper for an applicator to be used in electron radiation therapy includes a three layer arrangement. A first layer of the three layer arrangement faces an incident direction of electrons and consists of a first material of a first atomic number. The first atomic number is smaller than a second atomic number of a second material of a second layer of the three layer arrangement, The second atomic number is smaller than a third atomic number of a third material of a third layer of the three layer arrangement. The third layer faces away from the incident direction of the electrons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gisela Anton, Björn Kreisler, Torsten Müller, Ina Ritter, Gabriele Suft
  • Patent number: 8524182
    Abstract: Disclosed is a catalyzed soot filter with layered design wherein the first coating of the filter comprises an oxidation catalyst comprising platinum (Pt) and optionally palladium (Pd), wherein the second coating of the filter comprises an oxidation catalyst comprising Pd and optionally Pt, wherein the Pt concentration in the second coating is lower than the Pt concentration in the first coating, and wherein the weight ratio of Pt:Pd in the second coating is in the range of from 1:1 to 0:1; and wherein the first coating and the second coating are present on the wall flow substrate at a coating loading ratio in the range of from 0.25 to 3, calculated as ratio of the loading of the first coating (in g/inch3 (g/(2.54 cm)3)): loading of the second coating (in g/inch3 (g/(2.54 cm)3)).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignees: BASF SE, BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Gerd Grubert, Alfred Punke, Torsten Neubauer, Ruediger Wolff, Stanley Roth, Yuejin Li, Torsten Müller-Stach, Marcus Hilgendorff
  • Patent number: 8505109
    Abstract: The invention relates to a measuring probe device for a probe microscope, in particular a scanning probe microscope, with a measuring probe holder and a measuring probe arranged on the measuring probe holder, which is set up for a probe microscopic investigation of a sample, wherein on the measuring probe holder, a measuring probe chamber is formed, which receives the measuring probe at least partially and is open on a side away from the measuring probe holder, and is configured to receive a liquid surrounding the measuring probe. The invention also relates to a measuring cell for receiving a liquid sample for a probe microscope, a scanning probe microscope with a measuring probe device and a scanning probe microscope with a measuring cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: JPK Instruments AG
    Inventors: Torsten Jähnke, Torsten Müller, Kathryn Anne Poole, Detlef Knebel
  • Publication number: 20120305398
    Abstract: Methods and devices for the separation of particles (20, 21, 22) in a compartment (30) of a fluidic microsystem (100) are described, in which the movement of a liquid (10) in which particles (20, 21, 22) are suspended with a predetermined direction of flow through the compartment (30), and the generation of a deflecting potential in which at least a part of the particles (20, 21, 22) is moved relative to the liquid in a direction of deflection are envisaged, whereby further at least one focusing potential is generated, so that at least a part of the particles is moved opposite to the direction of deflection relative to the liquid by dielectrophoresis under the effect of high-frequency electrical fields, and guiding of particles with different electrical, magnetic or geometric properties into different flow areas (11, 12) in the liquid takes place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: PerkinElmer Cellular Technologies Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Müller, Thomas Schnelle, Rolf Hagedorn
  • Publication number: 20120292538
    Abstract: A scraper for an applicator to be used in electron radiation therapy includes a three layer arrangement. A first layer of the three layer arrangement faces an incident direction of electrons and consists of a first material of a first atomic number. The first atomic number is smaller than a second atomic number of a second material of a second layer of the three layer arrangement, The second atomic number is smaller than a third atomic number of a third material of a third layer of the three layer arrangement. The third layer faces away from the incident direction of the electrons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gisela Anton, Björn Kreisler, Torsten Müller, Ina Ritter, Gabriele Suft
  • Publication number: 20120288427
    Abstract: Disclosed is a catalyzed soot filter with layered design wherein the first coating of the filter comprises an oxidation catalyst comprising platinum (Pt) and optionally palladium (Pd), wherein the second coating of the filter comprises an oxidation catalyst comprising Pd and optionally Pt, wherein the Pt concentration in the second coating is lower than the Pt concentration in the first coating, and wherein the weight ratio of Pt:Pd in the second coating is in the range of from 1:1 to 0:1; and wherein the first coating and the second coating are present on the wall flow substrate at a coating loading ratio in the range of from 0.25 to 3, calculated as ratio of the loading of the first coating (in g/inch3 (g/(2.54 cm)3)): loading of the second coating (in g/inch3 (g/(2.54 cm)3)).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicants: BASF Corporation, BASF SE
    Inventors: Gerd Grubert, Alfred Punke, Torsten Neubauer, Ruediger Wolff, Stanley Roth, Yuejin Li, Torsten Müller-Stach, Marcus Hilgendorff
  • Patent number: 8262883
    Abstract: Methods and devices for the separation of particles (20, 21, 22) in a compartment (30) of a fluidic microsystem (100) are described, in which the movement of a liquid (10) in which particles (20, 21, 22) are suspended with a predetermined direction of flow through the compartment (30), and the generation of a deflecting potential in which at least a part of the particles (20, 21, 22) is moved relative to the liquid in a direction of deflection are envisaged, whereby further at least one focusing potential is generated, so that at least a part of the particles is moved opposite to the direction of deflection relative to the liquid by dielectrophoresis under the effect of high-frequency electrical fields, and guiding of particles with different electrical, magnetic or geometric properties into different flow areas (11, 12) in the liquid takes place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: PerkinElmer Cellular Technologies Germany, GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Müller, Thomas Schnelle, Rolf Hagedorn
  • Publication number: 20120077669
    Abstract: Described is a process for the preparation of a catalyst comprising the steps of: (i) providing one or more support materials; (ii) providing one or more polymers on the support material; and (iii) providing one or more metals on the one or more supported polymers; wherein in step (ii) the one or more polymers do not comprise cross-linked polymers and/or polymers which have been reacted with a cross-linking agent. Also described is a catalyst obtained or obtainable according to said process, as well as the use of the catalyst, in particular in a method for the treatment of automobile engine exhaust gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicants: BASF Corporation, BASF SE
    Inventors: Torsten Müller-Stach, Attilio Siani, Torsten Neubauer, Xinyi Wei
  • Patent number: 8128797
    Abstract: The invention relates to an operating method for a microfluidic system, including the following steps: feeding of a carrier flow with particles (5) of a first particle type suspended therein into the microfluidic system; charging of a plurality of electrical field cages (1?, 1?) in the microfluidic system with the supplied particles (5) of the first particle type; the supplying of a carrier flow with particles (6) of a second particle type suspended therein into the microfluidic system; and charging the field cages (1?, 1?) in the microfluidic system with the supplied particles (6) of the second particle type in such a manner that a particle (5) of the first particle type and a particle (6) of the second particle type is present in at least one of the field cages (1?, 1?). The invention also relates to a corresponding microfluidic system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: PerkinElmer Cellular Technologies Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Müller, Thomas Schnelle
  • Publication number: 20110305612
    Abstract: Described is a nitrogen oxide storage catalyst comprising: a substrate; a first washcoat layer provided on the substrate, the first washcoat layer comprising a nitrogen oxide storage material, a second washcoat layer provided on the first washcoat layer, the second washcoat layer comprising a hydrocarbon trap material, wherein the hydrocarbon trap material comprises substantially no element or compound in a state in which it is capable of catalyzing selective catalytic reduction, preferably wherein the hydrocarbon trap material comprises substantially no element or compound in a state in which it is capable of catalyzing a reaction wherein nitrogen oxide is reduced to N2, said catalyst further comprising a nitrogen oxide conversion material which is either comprised in the second washcoat layer and/or in a washcoat layer provided between the first washcoat layer and the second washcoat layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Torsten Müller-Stach, Susanne Stiebels, Edith Schneider, Torsten Neubauer
  • Patent number: 7971266
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for providing a measuring probe (1, 1a, 2) for a probe microscopic examination of a sample in a probe microscope, in particular a scanning probe microscope, in which the measuring probe (1), which has a probe base (1a) and a probe extension (2) formed thereon, is held on a carrier device and the measuring probe (1) is processed before or after a measurement by detaching a section of the probe extension (2). The invention further relates to an arrangement having a probe microscope for the probe microscopic examination of a sample, in particular a scanning probe microscope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: JPK Instruments AG
    Inventors: Torsten Jähnke, Torsten Müller, Detlef Knebel, Kathryn Poole
  • Publication number: 20110083961
    Abstract: The invention relates to an operating method for a microfluidic system, including the following steps: feeding of a carrier flow with particles (5) of a first particle type suspended therein into the microfluidic system; charging of a plurality of electrical field cages (1?, 1?) in the microfluidic system with the supplied particles (5) of the first particle type; the supplying of a carrier flow with particles (6) of a second particle type suspended therein into the microfluidic system; and charging the field cages (1?, 1?) in the microfluidic system with the supplied particles (6) of the second particle type in such a manner that a particle (5) of the first particle type and a particle (6) of the second particle type is present in at least one of the field cages (1?, 1?). The invention also relates to a corresponding microfluidic system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2007
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: PERKINELMER CELLULAR TECHNOLOGIES GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Torsten Müller, Thomas Schnelle