Patents by Inventor Ulrich Muller

Ulrich 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).

  • Patent number: 10150750
    Abstract: A process for the oxidation of an organic carbonyl compound comprising reacting the compound, optionally in the presence of a solvent, with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a catalyst comprising a tin-containing zeolitic material and at least one potassium salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Nicolas Vautravers, Joaquim H. Teles, Andrei-Nicolae Parvulescu, Ulrich Müller
  • Publication number: 20180345245
    Abstract: The invention is related to a process for preparation of a molding composition, the process comprising a1) preparing a mixture, the mixture comprising an at least bidentate organic compound or a salt thereof, a metal salt and a solvent, wherein the solvent comprises 25% to 60% by volume of an alcohol, selected from the group consisting of methanol, ethanol, n-propanol and isopropanol, and 40% to 75% by volume of water, and a2) producing the molding composition, the molding composition comprising at least a metal-organic framework material and the solvent, wherein the at least bidentate organic compound or a salt thereof and the metal salt react to the metal-organic framework material. The invention is further related to a process for production of shaped bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Stefan MAURER, Caroline REINHARDT, Lena ARNOLD, Claus HOFMANN, Milan KOSTUR, Ulrich MÜLLER
  • Patent number: 10146432
    Abstract: A touchpad detects a duration of a touch by an object at a current position and/or a distance traversed by the object. An operator control mode is predefined as a function of the duration and/or the distance. A pressure threshold value is predefined as a function of the operator control mode. The pressure applied to the touchpad is detected and if higher than the predefined pressure threshold value, a function of the motor vehicle which is assigned to the current position is triggered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Müller, Michael Wachinger, Tim Krämer
  • Publication number: 20180333696
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) in form of a homogenous powder, and a process wherein the metal-organic framework is molded into shaped bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Julia BURCKHART, Stefan MARX, Lena ARNOLD, Claus HOFMANN, Ulrich MÜLLER
  • Publication number: 20180328601
    Abstract: The invention relates to a ventilation system (10) with heat recovery adsorber, the ventilation system (10) for being installed in buildings, wherein the ventilation system (10) furthermore comprises at least one exterior intake/outlet opening (11) for an air stream from outside of the building and at least one interior intake/outlet opening (23) for an air stream from inside the building, at least one air fan unit (14) and at least one filter unit (12, 22), wherein the heat recovery adsorber includes a heat exchange material (16) for absorbing and releasing heat from the air streams and a sorption material (18) for at least adsorbing and desorbing at least one sorbate from the air streams, wherein the at least one sorbate is water vapor, said sorption material (18) comprising at least one adsorbent for water vapor exhibiting an s-shaped water adsorption isotherm (30) at room temperature (25° C.+/?10° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Matthias WEICKERT, Stefan MARX, Ulrich MÜLLER, Lena ARNOLD
  • Publication number: 20180292904
    Abstract: A touch-sensitive surface is provided on an operator control device that includes a way to detect a force applied by a user to at least one area of the touch-sensitive surface. An actuator generates haptic feedback to the user when the force applied exceeds a threshold value. An evaluation unit of the operator control device determines a time-related gradient of the force and changes the threshold value of the force according to the time-related gradient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Ulrich MÜLLER, Manuel KÜHNER
  • Patent number: 10073528
    Abstract: A device for generating a haptic moment at an actuator including an unbalance motor, a sensor for sensing activation of the actuator, and a processor for generating an actuation signal for the unbalance motor depending on signals of the sensor, wherein the processor is embodied so that, when activation of the actuator is sensed, the processor generates a first actuation signal and generates a second actuation signal, wherein the first actuation signal is configured so the unbalance motor is accelerated in a first rotational direction without reaching more than two revolutions, and the second actuation signal is configured so the unbalance motor is braked without the unbalance motor starting to move in the second rotational direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignees: Volkswagen AG, Audi AG, ES-TEC GMBH
    Inventors: Dominik Ulrich, Christoph Boese, Peter Look, Ulrich Müller
  • Publication number: 20180239388
    Abstract: A device for generating a haptic moment at an actuator including an unbalance motor, a sensor for sensing activation of the actuator, and a processor for generating an actuation signal for the unbalance motor depending on signals of the sensor, wherein the processor is embodied so that, when activation of the actuator is sensed, the processor generates a first actuation signal and generates a second actuation signal, wherein the first actuation signal is configured so the unbalance motor is accelerated in a first rotational direction without reaching more than two revolutions, and the second actuation signal is configured so the unbalance motor is braked without the unbalance motor starting to move in the second rotational direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Dominik ULRICH, Christoph BOESE, Peter LOOK, Ulrich MÜLLER
  • Publication number: 20180208532
    Abstract: A process for preparing an arylpropene from a diarylpropane by gas phase thermolysis in the presence of boron containing zeolitic material comprising a membered ring (MR) pore system greater than 10 MR.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Andrei-Nicolae PARVULESCU, Ulrich MÜLLER, Thomas FENLON, Sumana CHATURVEDULA, Stefan RÜDENAUER, Andreas LANVER, Ralf PELZER, Klaus EBEL
  • Patent number: 10019098
    Abstract: A touch-sensitive sensor element is mounted movably such that it is movable in a direction of operation of a manual operation. The touch-sensitive sensor element is mechanically coupled to a force sensor element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Manuel Kühner, Michael Wachinger, Ulrich Müller
  • Publication number: 20180170850
    Abstract: A process for preparing 2,6-dimethyl-5-heptenal, comprising oxidizing citral of which more than 50% are present as geranial with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a catalyst comprising a Baeyer-Villiger oxidation catalyst, preferably a tin-containing molecular sieve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Nicolas VAUTRAVERS, Joaquim TELES, Ralf PELZER, Daniel SCHNEIDER, Florian GARLICHS, Andreas KELLER, Andrei-Nicolae PARVULESCU, Ulrich MÜLLER
  • Patent number: 9999878
    Abstract: A process for preparing a tin-containing zeolitic material having a BEA framework structure comprising providing a zeolitic material having a BEA framework structure having vacant tetrahedral framework sites, providing a tin-ion source in solid form, incorporating tin into the zeolitic material via solid-state ion exchange, calcining the zeolitic material, and treating the calcined zeolitic material with an aqueous solution having a pH of at most 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Andrei-Nicolae Parvulescu, Ulrich Müller, Joaquim H. Teles, Nicolas Vautravers, Georg Uhl, Ive Hermans, Patrick Wolf, Ceri Hammond
  • Patent number: 9987624
    Abstract: A process for preparing a tin-containing zeolitic material having an MWW-type framework structure comprising providing a zeolitic material having an MWW-type framework structure having vacant tetrahedral framework sites, providing a tin-ion source in solid form, and incorporating tin into the zeolitic material via solid-state ion exchange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Andrei-Nicolae Parvulescu, Ulrich Müller, Georg Uhl, Joaquim H. Teles, Nicolas Vautravers, Dominic Riedel
  • Publication number: 20180134158
    Abstract: A touchpad detects a duration of a touch by an object at a current position and/or a distance traversed by the object. An operator control mode is predefined as a function of the duration and/or the distance. A pressure threshold value is predefined as a function of the operator control mode. The pressure applied to the touchpad is detected and if higher than the predefined pressure threshold value, a function of the motor vehicle which is assigned to the current position is triggered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2015
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Ulrich MÜLLER, Michael WACHINGER, Tim KRÄMER
  • Patent number: 9932014
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cellular phone (10) for remotely controlling at least one function of a security device (12) of a motor vehicle (11). The cellular phone (10) has a first transceiver unit (14), whereby a connection can be established to a cellular network (16). According to the invention, the cellular phone (10) has a second transceiver unit (18), by means of which a first radio signal (20) can be received. The cellular phone (10) can be switched into an active mode by means of the received first radio signal (20), and a second radio signal (22) with an authorization code (21) can be transmitted by means of the second transceiver unit (18) in the switched active mode in order to control the function of the security device (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: HUF HÜLSBECK & FÜRST GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Ulrich Müller
  • Publication number: 20180087160
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tube product (1) with a base tube (10) made of a steel alloy with an inner circumference surface and an outer circumference surface, wherein the base tube (10) has a coating system (100) on at least part of the circumference surfaces, which has the following layer structure: zinc layer (11) with a predominant zinc portion; passivation layer (12), which is Cr-VI-free; sealing layer (13) characterized in that the zinc layer (11) comprises at least three tiers (110), the sealing layer (13) has organic compounds which are based on plastics and the sealing layer (13) on the passivation layer (12) has a layer thickness between 0.5 and 15 ?m. Furthermore the invention relates to a method for manufacturing such tube product (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventor: Ulrich Müller
  • Patent number: 9895684
    Abstract: Zeolites having CHA framework structure and a composition comprising the molar ratio (n SiO2): X203, wherein X is a trivalent element, and wherein n is at least 10, wherein the crystal size, as determined from Scanning Electron Microscopy, is greater than 1 micrometer and wherein the chabazite framework is phase-pure having an impurity of other zeolitic frameworks, such as RUT 25 as determined by X-ray Diffraction, of less than 5%. The process for the preparation comprises: (i) preparation of an aqueous solution containing at least one source for X203 , wherein X is selected from Al, B, Ga, and a mixture of two or more, and at least one source for SiO2, at least one organic structure directing agent (SDA) other than Tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAOH), acting as a template for the CHA structure, and Tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAOH), wherein the SDA or mixtures thereof are employed in such amounts that the aqueous solution in (i) exhibits a molar ratio of SDA : TMAOH of 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ivor Bull, Ulrich Müller
  • Patent number: 9878965
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas-phase process for the preparation of butadiene comprising (i) providing a gas stream G-1 comprising ethanol; (ii) contacting the gas stream G-1 comprising ethanol with a catalyst, thereby obtaining a gas stream G-2 comprising butadiene, wherein the catalyst comprises a zeolitic material having a framework structure comprising YO2, Y standing for one or more tetravalent elements, wherein at least a portion of Y comprised in the framework structure is isomorphously substituted by one or more elements X, as well as to a zeolitic material having a framework structure comprising YO2, Y standing for one or more tetravalent elements, wherein at least a portion of Y comprised in the framework structure is isomorphously substituted by one or more elements X, wherein the zeolitic material displays a specific X-ray powder diffraction pattern, and to its use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Kirsten Spannhoff, Andrei-Nicolae Parvulescu, Armin Lange de Oliveira, Stefan Marx, Mathias Feyen, Ulrich Müller, Ekkehard Schwab
  • Publication number: 20180000558
    Abstract: A dental instrument comprising a shaft and a working part adjoined thereto, with the working part having a coating in which abrasive bodies are embedded, is proposed. Firstly, the average proportion of the surface of the abrasive bodies which is covered by the coating can be at least 60%, preferably at least 65%, most preferably at least 70%. Secondly, the coating can, moreover, also consist of a nickel alloy which additionally contains at least one element selected from the group consisting of titanium, vanadium, niobium, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, manganese, iron and cobalt. In addition, a process for coating a working part, in particular for producing a dental instrument of this type, and also the use of such a dental instrument for cutting machining of solid bodies are proposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Ralf KOLLEFRATH, Ulrich MÜLLER, Martin SCHLÜTER
  • Publication number: 20170368541
    Abstract: Described is a selective catalytic reduction material comprising a spherical particle including an agglomeration of crystals of a molecular sieve. The catalyst is a crystalline material that is effective to catalyze the selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides in the presence of a reductant at temperatures between 200° C. and 600° C. A method for selectively reducing nitrogen oxides and an exhaust gas treatment system are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Natalia Trukhan, Ulrich Müller, Michael Breen, Barbara Slawski, Qi Fu, Jaya L. Mohanan, Martin W. Kraus, Ahmad Moini, Xiaofan Yang, John K. Hochmuth