Patents by Inventor Carsten Krenz

Carsten Krenz 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: 11662533
    Abstract: An optical cable includes an optical fiber having a fiber core and a fiber cladding, and an output coupling plug at an output coupling-side fiber end of the optical fiber. The output coupling plug comprises at least one cladding light sensor arranged behind the output coupling-side fiber end and configured to measure cladding light that exits frontally from the fiber cladding at the output coupling-side fiber end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: TRUMPF LASER GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Fuchs, Carsten Krenz, Dominik Maier, Wolfgang Naue
  • Patent number: 11426819
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for predicting the tilt inclination of a workpiece part that is being cut free from a remaining workpiece using a machine tool during a machining process, and that rests on one or more supports, said method comprising the following steps: determining one or more possible tilt edges about which the workpiece part being cut free might tilt. For at least one potential tilt edge, particularly for each potential tilt edge, determining tilt moments that act on the workpiece part in different states of the machine tool, and on the basis of the determined tilt moments, determining whether the workpiece part would tilt about a tilt edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Jens Ottnad, Carsten Krenz
  • Patent number: 11420292
    Abstract: A method for cutting a workpiece includes cutting the workpiece along a predefined cutting contour to separate a workpiece part from a scrap part, and checking whether the workpiece part has been fully separated from the scrap part during the cutting. The workpiece is re-cut along an additional cutting contour laterally offset from the predefined cutting contour if it is found during the checking that the workpiece part has not been fully separated from the scrap part. The disclosure also relates to an associated machine for cutting a workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Uwe Mienhardt, Martin Spiess, Guido Schoenhardt, Michael Krutzke, Dennis Wolf, Carsten Krenz
  • Publication number: 20210096308
    Abstract: An optical cable includes an optical fiber having a fiber core and a fiber cladding, and an output coupling plug at an output coupling-side fiber end of the optical fiber. The output coupling plug comprises at least one cladding light sensor arranged behind the output coupling-side fiber end and configured to measure cladding light that exits frontally from the fiber cladding at the output coupling-side fiber end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Stefan Fuchs, Carsten Krenz, Dominik Maier, Wolfgang Naue
  • Publication number: 20210078110
    Abstract: A method for cutting a workpiece includes cutting the workpiece along a predefined cutting contour to separate a workpiece part from a scrap part, and checking whether the workpiece part has been fully separated from the scrap part during the cutting. The workpiece is re-cut along an additional cutting contour laterally offset from the predefined cutting contour if it is found during the checking that the workpiece part has not been fully separated from the scrap part. The disclosure also relates to an associated machine for cutting a workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Uwe Mienhardt, Martin Spiess, Guido Schoenhardt, Michael Krutzke, Dennis Wolf, Carsten Krenz
  • Patent number: 10843296
    Abstract: A method for cutting a workpiece includes cutting the workpiece along a predefined cutting contour to separate a workpiece part from a scrap part, and checking whether the workpiece part has been fully separated from the scrap part during the cutting. The workpiece is re-cut along an additional cutting contour laterally offset from the predefined cutting contour if it is found during the checking that the workpiece part has not been fully separated from the scrap part. The disclosure also relates to an associated machine for cutting a workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Uwe Mienhardt, Martin Spiess, Guido Schoenhardt, Michael Krutzke, Dennis Wolf, Carsten Krenz
  • Publication number: 20190247960
    Abstract: A method for cutting a workpiece includes cutting the workpiece along a predefined cutting contour to separate a workpiece part from a scrap part, and checking whether the workpiece part has been fully separated from the scrap part during the cutting. The workpiece is re-cut along an additional cutting contour laterally offset from the predefined cutting contour if it is found during the checking that the workpiece part has not been fully separated from the scrap part. The disclosure also relates to an associated machine for cutting a workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Uwe Mienhardt, Martin Spiess, Guido Schoenhardt, Michael Krutzke, Dennis Wolf, Carsten Krenz
  • Publication number: 20190247961
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for predicting the tilt inclination of a workpiece part that is being cut free from a remaining workpiece using a machine tool during a machining process, and that rests on one or more supports, said method comprising the following steps: determining one or more possible tilt edges about which the workpiece part being cut free might tilt. For at least one potential tilt edge, particularly for each potential tilt edge, determining tilt moments that act on the workpiece part in different states of the machine tool, and on the basis of the determined tilt moments, determining whether the workpiece part would tilt about a tilt edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Jens Ottnad, Carsten Krenz