Patents by Inventor Henning Berg

Henning Berg 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: 11745237
    Abstract: A cooling group for a laminar cooling device, including at least one cooling unit arranged above and below a strip to be cooled in order to supply the strip with a cooling liquid, including a central inlet via which cooling liquid is supplied, a distributing tube supplied with cooling liquid by the central inlet, and a number of supplying units supplied with cooling liquid from the distributing tube. Each supplying unit has a number of cooling nozzles via which cooling liquid is discharged onto the strip. In order to minimize the influence of the number of supplying units which are switched on or switched off, and thus have as little expenditure as possible, a volumetric flow rate regulating valve is arranged in or in front of the central inlet. The regulating valve is used to conduct a defined volume of cooling liquid through the central inlet per unit of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SMS GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Johannes Alken, Henning Berg, Jens Kiessling-Romanus, August Sprock
  • Patent number: 11534809
    Abstract: A device and a method for cooling metal strips or sheets conveyed on a conveyor line, in particular hot-rolled strips in the outlet of a rolling train. For these purposes, the device includes at least one cooling beam extending across the width of the conveyor line, and the cooling beam features a connection point to which a supply tube for cooling liquid can be connected, and a number of discharge openings arranged along a longitudinal axis of the cooling beam, such that cooling liquid can be discharged through the discharge openings in the direction of the metal strip or sheet that is to be cooled. Associated with each of the individual discharge openings is a respectively adjusted flow area, such that the flow areas of the respective discharge openings decrease in a direction leading away from the connecting point along the longitudinal axis of the cooling beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: SMS group GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Hassel, Thomas Heimann, Heinz-Jürgen Oudehinken, Henning Berg, Johannes Alken
  • Publication number: 20210379637
    Abstract: A cooling group for a laminar cooling device, including at least one cooling unit arranged above and below a strip to be cooled in order to supply the strip with a cooling liquid, including a central inlet via which cooling liquid is supplied, a distributing tube supplied with cooling liquid by the central inlet, and a number of supplying units supplied with cooling liquid from the distributing tube. Each supplying unit has a number of cooling nozzles via which cooling liquid is discharged onto the strip. In order to minimize the influence of the number of supplying units which are switched on or switched off, and thus have as little expenditure as possible, a volumetric flow rate regulating valve is arranged in or in front of the central inlet. The regulating valve is used to conduct a defined volume of cooling liquid through the central inlet per unit of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Johannes ALKEN, Henning BERG, Jens KIESSLING-ROMANUS, August SPROCK
  • Publication number: 20200122209
    Abstract: A device and a method for cooling metal strips or sheets conveyed on a conveyor line, in particular hot-rolled strips in the outlet of a rolling train. For these purposes, the device includes at least one cooling beam extending across the width of the conveyor line, and the cooling beam features a connection point to which a supply tube for cooling liquid can be connected, and a number of discharge openings arranged along a longitudinal axis of the cooling beam, such that cooling liquid can be discharged through the discharge openings in the direction of the metal strip or sheet that is to be cooled. Associated with each of the individual discharge openings is a respectively adjusted flow area, such that the flow areas of the respective discharge openings decrease in a direction leading away from the connecting point along the longitudinal axis of the cooling beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: SMS group GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph HASSEL, Thomas HEIMANN, Heinz-Jürgen OUDEHINKEN, Henning BERG, Johannes ALKEN
  • Publication number: 20110132054
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to reduce structural and strength differences over the width of the rolling stock and to minimize the losses of the rolling stock caused by trimming. The object of the invention is achieved, according to the invention, by guiding the rolling stock (5) longitudinally and on opposite sides of a laminar cooling region (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Wolfgang Fuchs, Henning Berg