Michael Keller
Michael Keller, Heidelberg DE
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20100156501 | Adjustable integrator using a single capacitance - An integrating amplifier on an IC, which comprises a feedback loop using an external device as an integrating capacitor, has added a second feedback loop that provides an additional current to the input of the amplifier, which current can be used to increase the input range of the charge that can be measured without needing another external capacitor or pad. | 06-24-2010 |
20100289590 | Self-trim and self-test of on-chip values - A self-trim circuit provides a technique to trim a CUT (circuit under trim) using a LSB offset to determine the best digital value to trim the CUT. The self-trim circuit is also used to self-test the digital and analog portions of the self-trim circuitry, whereby the existence of a digital stuck at fault condition is detected. A state machine controls a digital stack to couple digital trim data to the CUT and read the output of a comparator circuit that signifies when a proper digital trim value has been used. Thereafter the proper digital trim value is stored into a nonvolatile memory. | 11-18-2010 |
Michael Keller, Gauting DE
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20100222921 | DENTAL MATERIAL PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION MTHOD, AND SYSTEM - The present invention relates to the mixing of dental materials in a container and/or to the dispensing of a dental material or a mixture of dental materials from a container. In particular, the present invention relates to a dental material processing device such as a mixer and/or dispenser for mixing and/or dispensing dental material(s) from a container or in a container, respectively, a method of communication between a dental material processing device for mixing and/or dispensing dental material(s) and at least one separable information device, an information device for use in mixing and/or dispensing dental material(s) with a dental material processing device, and a system comprising a dental material processing device and at least one information device. | 09-02-2010 |
20120097702 | DISPENSER AND METHOD FOR DISPENSING DENTAL MATERIAL - The present invention is preferably directed to a dispenser of the type sold by 3M ESPE under the trade name Pentamix and as also described above. Such a dispenser preferably comprises at least a first and a second compartment for a first reservoir and a second reservoir, respectively, the first and the second reservoirs containing a first and a second component for the dental material, respectively. It further preferably comprises a first and a second plunger driven by a first drive for advancing the first and the second components from the first and the second reservoirs, respectively. Moreover, a dynamic mixer driven by a second drive for automatically mixing the first and second components to form the dental material from the first and second components is provided. Such a dispenser further preferably has a dispensing portion or mixing tip for dispensing the mixed dental material. The present invention is more particularly directed to a dispenser or method adapted for advancing and mixing at least one dental material, comprising at least one drive which is operated on a predetermined, non-uniform drive speed profile. Preferably an advancing speed profile is provided for advancing the components and/or a mixing speed profile is provided for mixing the components, and either profile may be a “drive speed profile” as that term is used herein. More preferably both profiles are provided. | 04-26-2012 |
Michael Keller, Freudenberg DE
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20100024925 | Steel Sheet Product Provided with an Anticorrosion Coating and Process for Producing It - A flat steel product, and a method for its production, which is formed from a steel substrate, such as strip or sheet steel, and a zinc-based corrosion protection coating, applied to at least one side of the steel substrate, which contains (in wt. %) Mg: 0.25 to 2.5%, Al: 0.2 to 3.0%, Fe: ≦4.0%, and optionally in total up to 0.8% of one or more elements of the group Pb, Bi, Cd, Ti, B, Si, Cu, Ni, Co, Cr, Mn, Sn and rare earths, remainder zinc and unavoidable impurities are described. The corrosion protection coating has an Al content of maximum 0.5 wt. % in an intermediate layer extending between a surface layer directly adjacent to the surface of the flat steel product and a border layer adjacent to the steel substrate and with a thickness amounting to at least 20% of the total thickness of the corrosion protection coating. | 02-04-2010 |
20100055344 | Process for Producing a Sheet Steel Product Coated with an Anticorrosion System - Economic production of highly corrosion-resistant flat steel products with a corrosion protection system, which are at the same time easy to process further, is described. The following work steps are applied: preheating the steel substrate to a strip temperature under inert gas atmosphere; cooling the steel substrate to the strip inlet temperature; hot dip coating of the steel substrate in a zinc bath so that a metallic corrosion protection coating is formed on the steel substrate which has an Al content of max 0.5 wt. % in an intermediate layer; adjusting the thickness of the metallic corrosion protection coating applied to the steel substrate in the melt bath to values of 3 to 20 μm per side by scraping away excess coating material; cooling the steel substrate with the metallic corrosion protection coating; and applying the organic coating to the metallic corrosion protection coating of the steel substrate. | 03-04-2010 |
Michael Keller, Traisen DE
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20120056471 | Braking System for a Land Vehicle with Regenerative Braking Functionality - A brake unit for a hydraulic, single- or multi-circuit brake system of a land vehicle with electric drive for carrying out regenerative braking by means of at least one electrical machine in or at the drive train of the vehicle and braking by means of at least one friction brake, wherein a brake pedal and at least one sensor for detecting a braking request of the driver is provided, a master cylinder for feeding pressurized hydraulic fluid into at least one brake circuit in accordance with the braking request, wherein a dividing cylinder is provided, which has a first hydraulic chamber and a second hydraulic chamber divided from the first by a dividing piston, wherein the first hydraulic chamber has a first port, which is connected to the master cylinder, and a second port, which is connected by a simulation valve to a line leading to the wheel brakes, and the second hydraulic chamber is connected by a shut-off valve to the low-pressure storage chamber, and an orifice is disposed in a connection line between the simulation valve and the low-pressure storage chamber. | 03-08-2012 |
20140129108 | Technique for Redundant Registration of an Actuation of a Motor-Vehicle Braking System - A technique is described for the redundant registering of an actuation of a motor-vehicle brake system. A device which is provided for this purpose comprises a first sensor for generating a first sensor signal which indicates a movement of a mechanical input component of the brake system, and a second sensor for generating a second sensor signal which indicates a hydraulic pressure in the brake system. A processing device which is coupled to the two sensors is configured for selectively outputting an actuation signal which is generated on the basis of the first sensor signal or an actuation signal which is generated on the basis of the second sensor signal. The actuation signal indicates an actuation of the brake system. | 05-08-2014 |
Michael Keller, Menomonee Falls, WI US
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20120110489 | DYNAMIC LOADING OF DEVICE FEATURE SPECIFIC GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE PRESENTATIONS - A device in a machine automation environment is controlled by executing a primary software application to generate a primary graphical view of controls for the device, executing a secondary software application to generate a secondary graphical view of controls for the device, and displaying an integrated graphical view comprising the secondary graphical view integrated with the primary graphical view. | 05-03-2012 |
20130024542 | SOFTWARE, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MOBILE VISUALIZATION OF INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION ENVIRONMENTS - Systems, methods, and software for operating a mobile device to control industrial automation equipment are provided herein. In a first example, a mobile device application comprising program instructions executable by a mobile device is provided. When executed by the mobile device, the program instructions direct the mobile device to obtain industrial device information corresponding to an industrial device within an automation environment, and display the industrial device information on a display of the mobile device. | 01-24-2013 |
Michael Keller, Nuerlingen DE
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20120270480 | Electric Handheld Tool Having an Adjustable Safety Guard - An electric handheld tool having a safety guard which is rotatably adjustably mounted thereto, and which further has a resilient latching means; a counter latching means borne by the electric handheld tool, and which cooperates with the latching means; and a stop means moveable between first and second portions and which cooperates with the latching means such that latching means, and counter latching means are either, on the one hand, held in engagement, or are released from engagement so as to permit selective movement of the safety guard. | 10-25-2012 |
Michael Keller, Haifa IL
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20130054911 | FAST SNAPSHOTS - Exemplary method, system, and computer program product embodiments for performing a snapshot for monitoring usage of one or more data units are provided. In one embodiment, by way of example only, a fast snapshot is configured to store a state of a computing environment at a point in time. The fast snapshot operation is performed by avoiding reference counts of one or more data units associated with the snapshot from being updated at a creation and a deletion time. Additional system and computer program product embodiments are disclosed and provide related advantages. | 02-28-2013 |
20130173551 | FAST SNAPSHOTS - A fast snapshot is configured to store a state of a computing environment at a point in time. The fast snapshot operation is performed by avoiding reference counts of one or more data units associated with the snapshot from being updated at a creation and a deletion time. | 07-04-2013 |
Michael Keller, Berlin DE
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20130095354 | BATTERY HAVING PASSIVE CORROSION PROTECTION - A battery has two or more individual cells that are connected in series and which, for contacting purposes, each has at least one contact electrode to the positive electrode (cathode) and at least one contact electrode to the negative electrode (anode). The two are made of metals that differ from each other. The contact electrodes to the anode and the cathode have passive corrosion protection at least in the respective contacting region of the contact electrodes. | 04-18-2013 |
20130095368 | ENERGY STORAGE CELL - An energy storage cell has a cell body with an areal expansion in an extension plane, with four side faces bounding a circumference of the area of extent and having each two of the side faces parallel to one another. A conductor electrode and a second electrode are disposed on one of the side faces symmetrically in the direction of the circumference of the extension plane relative to a center of the corresponding side face. A line from a contact point between an inward facing edge of the electrodes to a center point of the extension plane encloses an angle λ of 10°<λ<36° with the corresponding side face. The center of the side face and/or a contact point of an outward facing edge of the electrodes forms an angle β about the center point of the extension plane of 8°<β<45° with the corresponding side face with said center. | 04-18-2013 |
20130122398 | ELECTROCHEMICAL OR ELECTRIC LAYER SYSTEM, METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION AND USE THEREOF - An electrochemical or electric layer system, having at least two electrode layers and at least one ion-conducting layer disposed between two electrode layers. The ion-conducting layer has at least one ion-conducting solid electrolyte and at least one binder at grain boundaries of the at least one ion-conducting solid electrolyte for improving the ion conductivity over the grain boundaries and the adhesion of the layers. | 05-16-2013 |
20130196198 | Method and Device for Determining the Ageing of a Battery - The invention relates to a battery holder ( | 08-01-2013 |
Michael Keller, Tel Aviv IL
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20130185376 | EFFICIENT STATE TRACKING FOR CLUSTERS - Exemplary system and computer program product embodiments for efficient state tracking for clusters are provided. In one embodiment, by way of example only, in a distributed shared memory architecture, an asynchronous calculation of deltas and the views is performed while concurrently receiving client requests and concurrently tracking the client requests times. The results of the asynchronous calculation may be applied to each of the client requests that are competing for data of the same concurrency during a certain period with currently executing client requests. Additional system and computer program product embodiments are disclosed and provide related advantages. | 07-18-2013 |
20130185379 | EFFICIENT STATE TRACKING FOR CLUSTERS - Exemplary method, system, and computer program product embodiments for efficient state tracking for clusters are provided. In one embodiment, by way of example only, in a distributed shared memory architecture, an asynchronous calculation of deltas and the views is performed while concurrently receiving client requests and concurrently tracking the client requests times. The results of the asynchronous calculation may be applied to each of the client requests that are competing for data of the same concurrency during a certain period with currently executing client requests. Additional system and computer program product embodiments are disclosed and provide related advantages. | 07-18-2013 |
Michael Keller, Tallmadge, OH US
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20130209964 | Concurrent Treatment of Oral and Systemic Maladies Using Direct Current Electricity - A method and apparatus for the concurrent treatment of multiple oral diseases and defects while promoting general oral hygiene utilizing direct current electricity. Electrodes are used to deliver a direct current to the gingival tissues of a mouth in order to achieve a number of therapeutic, prophylactic, and regenerative benefits. These benefits include killing oral microbes, increasing oral vasodilation, reducing oral biofilm, improving oral blood circulation, reversing oral bone resorption, promoting oral osteogenesis, treating gum recession, and fostering gingival regeneration. Other benefits include the treatment of gingivitis, periodontitis, and oral malodor, and other systemic diseases correlated with oral pathogens. | 08-15-2013 |
Michael Keller, Hohen Neuendorf DE
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20140134926 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SETTING A PREDETERMINED RADIAL GAP WIDTH FOR ROTOR BLADES OF A TURBOMACHINE - A method and device for setting a predetermined radial gap width for rotor blades arranged in a housing of a turbomachine is provided. The method includes removing a housing part and at least partially exposing the rotor blades which are to be machined, arranging a grinding device in the region of a rotor blade which is to be machined such that the tip of the rotor blade is machined using a grinding disk of the grinding device, screening off the machining region by arranging a screening device which is formed so as to counter a release of grinding dust from the screen off machining region, providing a suction extraction such that it extracts grinding dust from the screened-off machining region and grinding the tip of the rotor blade in situ producing the radial gap width. | 05-15-2014 |
Michael Keller, Alexandria, VA US
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20140209057 | METHOD FOR MODIFYING COMBUSTION CHAMBER IN A RECIPROCATING PISTON INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND RESULTING ENGINE - A method for improving combustion in a main combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine and a resulting engine are disclosed. The engine includes a main combustion chamber arranged between a head and a reciprocating piston. A heat retaining element is provided between the head and the main combustion chamber. The heat retaining element is configured to reduce heat transfer from the main combustion chamber into the engine head. A precombustion chamber is provided having a reaction chamber. The reaction chamber is configured to be provided with a secondary charge of air/fuel and a first spark igniter. | 07-31-2014 |
20140209058 | THERMALLY STRATIFIED REGENERATIVE COMBUSTION CHAMBER - A method for improving combustion in a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, a heat retaining element, and an internal combustion engine are provided. The internal combustion engine includes a main combustion chamber arranged between a head and a reciprocating piston, and a heat retaining element provided between the head and the main combustion chamber. The heat retaining element is a self-supporting structure coupled to the head that is configured to reduce heat transfer from the main combustion chamber into the engine head. The heat retaining element includes a head-facing portion substantially corresponding in shape to a portion of the head facing the main combustion chamber. The heat retaining element is provided such that a gap is provided between the head-facing portion of the heat retaining element and the portion of the head facing the main combustion chamber. | 07-31-2014 |
Michael Keller, Napa, CA US
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20140373605 | Liquid Sampling Valve - A liquid sampling system includes a liquid sampling valve for transferring a liquid sample from a primary stream to a secondary stream. The liquid sampling valve includes a rotor having a movable shuttle that is in selective fluid communication with the primary stream or the secondary stream. The rotor shuttle passes through a discharge station prior to completion of the valve cycle to discharge contaminants prior to re-exposure to the primary stream. | 12-25-2014 |
Michael Keller, Ingolstadt DE
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20150213712 | DETECTING TRAFFIC AND ACCIDENT DATA AT ROAD JUNCTIONS - In a method for detecting traffic and/or accident data at a road junction by means of a vehicle which has a control unit which is coupled to at least one sensor of the vehicle, in a first step, the sensor detects traffic crossing the vehicle; and in a second step, the data which represents the crossing traffic is transmitted from the control unit of the vehicle to at least one receiver external to the vehicle. The method for detecting traffic and accident data at road junctions represents a significant improvement for avoiding accidents and/or traffic congestions. | 07-30-2015 |