Patents by Inventor Anton OPPERMANN

Anton OPPERMANN 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: 20240003628
    Abstract: A device for aligning a metal blank for a temperature control system which has at least one temperature control unit for heating or cooling the metal blank includes at least two support rollers on which the metal blank can be placed and conveyed through the temperature control system by rotation of the support rollers in the throughput direction and within a conveying plane. The support rollers are arranged spaced apart in the throughput direction. The device further includes a first centering unit having at least one centering finger which is movably arranged within the conveying plane such that the centering finger is movable transversely to the throughput direction in order to align the metal blank in a predetermined orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: EBNER Industrieofenbau GmbH
    Inventors: Robert EBNER, Harald HUMER, Anton OPPERMANN, Daniel SCHATZ
  • Patent number: 11644240
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a temperature-control unit for a furnace device for heat treating a plate, in particular a metal plate. The temperature-control unit has a temperature-control body, which is arrangeable in a furnace chamber of the furnace device. The temperature-control body has a plurality of receiving bores. Furthermore, the temperature-control unit has a plurality of temperature-control pins, wherein the temperature-control pins are mounted in the receiving bores movably relative to the temperature-control body. The temperature-control pins are controllable in such a way that a temperature-control group of the temperature-control pins is extendable from the temperature-control body in the direction towards the plate, so that a thermal contact between the temperature-control group of the temperature-control pins and a predetermined temperature-control zone of the plate is generatable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Ebner Industrieofenbau GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Ebner, Andreas Sauschlager, Anton Oppermann, Daniel Schatz, Günter Kirschner, Lukas Heitzmann, Harald Humer, Mustafa Music
  • Publication number: 20200370833
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a temperature-control unit for a furnace device for heat treating a plate, in particular a metal plate. The temperature-control unit has a temperature-control body, which is arrangeable in a furnace chamber of the furnace device. The temperature-control body has a plurality of receiving bores. Furthermore, the temperature-control unit has a plurality of temperature-control pins, wherein the temperature-control pins are mounted in the receiving bores movably relative to the temperature-control body. The temperature-control pins are controllable in such a way that a temperature-control group of the temperature-control pins is extendable from the temperature-control body in the direction towards the plate, so that a thermal contact between the temperature-control group of the temperature-control pins and a predetermined temperature-control zone of the plate is generatable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Robert EBNER, Andreas SAUSCHLAGER, Anton OPPERMANN, Daniel SCHATZ, Günter KIRSCHNER, Lukas HEITZMANN, Harald HUMER, Mustafa MUSIC