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).

  • Publication number: 20260096550
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 9, 2026
    Inventors: Matthias TEMPEL, Walter MAYER
  • Publication number: 20260026492
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2025
    Publication date: January 29, 2026
    Applicant: Discovery Purchaser Corporation
    Inventors: Volker GUTSMANN, Walter MAYER
  • Patent number: 12520835
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2026
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Volker Gutsmann, Walter Mayer
  • Publication number: 20230063444
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Malcolm FAERS, Andrew Charles CHAPPLE, Walter MAYER
  • Patent number: 11583877
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and method for applying a spraying means using a portable spraying device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Walter Mayer, Christof Backhaus, Jule Vorholzer, Burak Yardim, Juan Carlos Lagonera
  • Publication number: 20220304296
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andrew Charles CHAPPLE, Walter MAYER
  • Publication number: 20220022444
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Mirwaes WAHABZADA, Ole JANSSEN, Walter MAYER, Bernhard GRIMMIG
  • Patent number: 11140891
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: BASF Agro Trademarks GmbH
    Inventors: Mirwaes Wahabzada, Ole Peters, Walter Mayer, Bernhard Grimmig
  • Patent number: 10744857
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Walter Mayer, Markus Markowitz, Dietmar Fischer
  • Patent number: 10696136
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global TEchnologies, LLC
    Inventors: Markus Markowitz, Dietmar Fischer, Walter Mayer
  • Publication number: 20200060254
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Mirwaes WAHABZADA, Ole PETERS, Walter MAYER, Bernhard GRIMMING
  • Publication number: 20190351438
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and method for applying a spraying means using a portable spraying device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: Bayer CropScience Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Walter MAYER, Christof BACKHAUS, Jule VORHOLZER, Burak YARDIM, Juan Carlos LAGONERA
  • Patent number: 10039168
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Walter Mayer, Rubin Wittenberg, Heiner Boehm
  • Patent number: 9975401
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Walter Mayer
  • Publication number: 20170318642
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Walter Mayer, Rubin Wittenberg, Heiner Boehm
  • Publication number: 20170144505
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Markus Markowitz, Dietmar Fischer, Walter Mayer
  • Patent number: 9586459
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technolgies, LLC
    Inventors: Markus Markowitz, Dietmar Fischer, Walter Mayer
  • Publication number: 20160361973
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventor: Walter Mayer
  • Patent number: 9328467
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: BOMAG GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Forster, Peter Erdmann, Walter Mayer, Udo Lohse, Siegfried Schwarz
  • Publication number: 20160114651
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Walter Mayer, Dietmar Fischer, Markus Markowitz