Patents by Inventor Walter Mayer
Walter Mayer 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).
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Publication number: 20260096550Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of precision agriculture. The invention relates to a method and a system for accurate application of a liquid in a field for crop plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2023Publication date: April 9, 2026Inventors: Matthias TEMPEL, Walter MAYER
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Publication number: 20260026492Abstract: The present invention relates to the application of plant protection agents, fertilisers and/or pesticides by means of a (preferably portable) sprayer or a small appliance (such as, for example, a bicycle tyre sealant injector). The present invention relates to a monitoring module with which existing sprayers can be equipped in order to control, track and/or document the spraying process. The present invention further relates to a method, a system and a computer program product for monitoring spraying processes.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2025Publication date: January 29, 2026Applicant: Discovery Purchaser CorporationInventors: Volker GUTSMANN, Walter MAYER
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Patent number: 12520835Abstract: The present invention relates to the application of plant protection agents, fertilisers and/or pesticides by means of a (preferably portable) sprayer or a small appliance (such as, for example, a bicycle tyre sealant injector). The present invention relates to a monitoring module with which existing sprayers can be equipped in order to control, track and/or document the spraying process. The present invention further relates to a method, a system and a computer program product for monitoring spraying processes.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2020Date of Patent: January 13, 2026Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Volker Gutsmann, Walter Mayer
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Publication number: 20230063444Abstract: The invention relates to a spray unit comprising an axle (10), a disc (20), a liquid applicator (40) and a spray direction assembly (50). The disc is configured to spin about the axle centred on the centre of the disc. The liquid applicator is configured to apply liquid to a surface of the disc. The spray direction assembly partially surrounds the disc. The inner surface of the spray direction assembly is configured to modify the trajectory of all liquid that leaves the outer edge of the disc.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2021Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventors: Malcolm FAERS, Andrew Charles CHAPPLE, Walter MAYER
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Patent number: 11583877Abstract: The invention relates to a device and method for applying a spraying means using a portable spraying device.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2017Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Bayer CropScience AktiengesellschaftInventors: Walter Mayer, Christof Backhaus, Jule Vorholzer, Burak Yardim, Juan Carlos Lagonera
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Publication number: 20220304296Abstract: The present invention relates to spray application device(s) for application of an active ingredient(s) to agricultural crops, to vehicle(s) comprising spray application device(s), to method(s) of spray application by the spray application device(s), to computer program element(s) for controlling the spray application device(s), and for computer program element(s) for controlling vehicle(s) comprising spray application device(s).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2020Publication date: September 29, 2022Applicant: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Andrew Charles CHAPPLE, Walter MAYER
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Publication number: 20220022444Abstract: The present invention relates to the application of a concentrate in diluted form. Subject matters of the present invention are a device and a method for application of a concentrate in diluted form. A further subject matter of the present invention is use of the device according to the invention in the area of agriculture, in particular for treating cultivated plants with plant protection agents and/or nutrients.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2021Publication date: January 27, 2022Inventors: Mirwaes WAHABZADA, Ole JANSSEN, Walter MAYER, Bernhard GRIMMIG
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Patent number: 11140891Abstract: The present invention relates to the application of a concentrate in diluted form. Subject matters of the present invention are a device and a method for application of a concentrate in diluted form. A further subject matter of the present invention is use of the device according to the invention in the area of agriculture, in particular for treating cultivated plants with plant protection agents and/or nutrients.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2017Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: BASF Agro Trademarks GmbHInventors: Mirwaes Wahabzada, Ole Peters, Walter Mayer, Bernhard Grimmig
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Patent number: 10744857Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating an air conditioning system for a vehicle including the steps of: calculating a water collection quantity in an evaporator during the operating period of a cooling mode of the air conditioning system, calculating a quantity of drainage water from the evaporator, determining a quantity of water present in the evaporator at a certain point in time, and comparing the determined quantity of water in the evaporator with a predetermined limit value at the point in time of starting the vehicle or at the point in time of starting the ventilation mode of the air conditioning system. The cooling mode of the air conditioning system is activated if the limit value is exceeded and otherwise the ventilation mode of the air conditioning system is activated.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2015Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Walter Mayer, Markus Markowitz, Dietmar Fischer
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Patent number: 10696136Abstract: A method for climate control for an interior of a motor vehicle includes acquiring climatically relevant data of the interior and/or surroundings of the vehicle, creating a thermodynamic model of a vehicle climate system, the model including at least one of a first thermal capacity of the interior and a first heat loss of the interior, introducing into the interior a quantity of air having a temperature different from an existing interior temperature, calculating at least one of a second thermal capacity of the interior and a second heat loss of the interior existing after the air quantity is introduced into the interior, and adapting the thermodynamic model to include at least one the second thermal capacity and the second heat loss.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2017Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Ford Global TEchnologies, LLCInventors: Markus Markowitz, Dietmar Fischer, Walter Mayer
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Publication number: 20200060254Abstract: The present invention relates to the application of a concentrate in diluted form. Subject matters of the present invention are a device and a method for application of a concentrate in diluted form. A further subject matter of the present invention is use of the device according to the invention in the area of agriculture, in particular for treating cultivated plants with plant protection agents and/or nutrients.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2017Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventors: Mirwaes WAHABZADA, Ole PETERS, Walter MAYER, Bernhard GRIMMING
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Publication number: 20190351438Abstract: The invention relates to a device and method for applying a spraying means using a portable spraying device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2017Publication date: November 21, 2019Applicant: Bayer CropScience AktiengesellschaftInventors: Walter MAYER, Christof BACKHAUS, Jule VORHOLZER, Burak YARDIM, Juan Carlos LAGONERA
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Patent number: 10039168Abstract: An LED arrangement comprising at least one LED, which receives an LED illumination voltage in accordance with a square-wave signal, wherein the brightness of the LED is dependent on the ambient luminosity, which is measured by means of the LED, which is switched in a non-illuminated state as a light sensor. The at least one LED is arranged together with a first and a second transistor in a bridge circuit such that the first transistor applies the LED illumination voltage to the LED in accordance with the square-wave signal, and the second transistor applies a voltage having inverted polarity as the LED illumination voltage to the LED in intervals of the turned-off times of the LED, wherein the duty cycle of the square-wave signal is dependent on the strength of a photocurrent, which flows through the LED when the voltage having inverted polarity is applied thereto.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2017Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Walter Mayer, Rubin Wittenberg, Heiner Boehm
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Patent number: 9975401Abstract: An apparatus for avoiding windowpane misting in a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, by activating an anti-misting mode on the basis of measured values of the air humidity and air temperature in the interior of the vehicle and the outside temperature in the environment of the vehicle, a dew or frost point being determined from the measured values. The determination of the dew or frost point is based on variables which are the measured values of the air humidity and the air temperature plus their respective tolerances.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2016Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventor: Walter Mayer
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Publication number: 20170318642Abstract: An LED arrangement comprising at least one LED, which receives an LED illumination voltage in accordance with a square-wave signal, wherein the brightness of the LED is dependent on the ambient luminosity, which is measured by means of the LED, which is switched in a non-illuminated state as a light sensor. The at least one LED is arranged together with a first and a second transistor in a bridge circuit such that the first transistor applies the LED illumination voltage to the LED in accordance with the square-wave signal, and the second transistor applies a voltage having inverted polarity as the LED illumination voltage to the LED in intervals of the turned-off times of the LED, wherein the duty cycle of the square-wave signal is dependent on the strength of a photocurrent, which flows through the LED when the voltage having inverted polarity is applied thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Inventors: Walter Mayer, Rubin Wittenberg, Heiner Boehm
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Publication number: 20170144505Abstract: A method for climate control for an interior of a motor vehicle includes acquiring climatically relevant data of the interior and/or surroundings of the vehicle, creating a thermodynamic model of a vehicle climate system, the model including at least one of a first thermal capacity of the interior and a first heat loss of the interior, introducing into the interior a quantity of air having a temperature different from an existing interior temperature, calculating at least one of a second thermal capacity of the interior and a second heat loss of the interior existing after the air quantity is introduced into the interior, and adapting the thermodynamic model to include at least one the second thermal capacity and the second heat loss.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2017Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Markus Markowitz, Dietmar Fischer, Walter Mayer
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Patent number: 9586459Abstract: A method for climate control for an interior of a motor vehicle includes acquiring climatically relevant data of the interior and/or surroundings of the vehicle, creating a thermodynamic model of a vehicle climate system, the model including at least one of a first thermal capacity of the interior and a first heat loss of the interior, introducing into the interior a quantity of air having a temperature different from an existing interior temperature, calculating at least one of a second thermal capacity of the interior and a second heat loss of the interior existing after the air quantity is introduced into the interior, and adapting the thermodynamic model to include at least one the second thermal capacity and the second heat loss.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2011Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Ford Global Technolgies, LLCInventors: Markus Markowitz, Dietmar Fischer, Walter Mayer
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Publication number: 20160361973Abstract: An apparatus for avoiding windowpane misting in a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, by activating an anti-misting mode on the basis of measured values of the air humidity and air temperature in the interior of the vehicle and the outside temperature in the environment of the vehicle, a dew or frost point being determined from the measured values. The determination of the dew or frost point is based on variables which are the measured values of the air humidity and the air temperature plus their respective tolerances.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2016Publication date: December 15, 2016Inventor: Walter Mayer
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Patent number: 9328467Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotor hood for a milling apparatus, with a front hood part, a rear hood part and two side hood parts, the front and the rear hood part enclosing together with the two side hood parts a working space that is open at the bottom, further comprising a stripping device which is mounted on the rotor hood and which forms the rear lower edge of the rotor hood in the working direction. The present invention further relates to a construction machine with a milling apparatus and such a rotor hood and a method for operating a milling apparatus with a rotor hood.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2011Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: BOMAG GmbHInventors: Johannes Forster, Peter Erdmann, Walter Mayer, Udo Lohse, Siegfried Schwarz
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Publication number: 20160114651Abstract: A method for determining relative humidity in ambient air of a motor vehicle with an air-conditioning system is provided. That method includes determining, from measurement values of ambient air temperature and the air outlet temperature of an evaporator of the air-conditioning system, the ambient air humidity. Further, that method includes measuring the air outlet temperature of the evaporator at a time at which the compressor of the air-conditioning system was switched on and then has been switched off while the air-conditioning system remains in fan mode, and also after waiting until the evaporator contains no further liquid refrigerant of the air-conditioning system but is still damp.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2015Publication date: April 28, 2016Inventors: Walter Mayer, Dietmar Fischer, Markus Markowitz