Patents by Inventor Bastian Grondinger

Bastian Grondinger 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: 11866210
    Abstract: A sealing station for sealing packaging units comprises a lower tool with at least one receptacle for a packaging unit and an upper tool. The lower tool and the upper tool are arranged to be movable relative to one another. The sealing station further comprises an edge extractor with at least one extraction opening for subjecting an interior of the packaging unit to a vacuum and/or a gas, and the lower tool comprises a lifting element for lifting a film cover of the packaging unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Multivac Sepp Haggenmueller SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Bastian Grondinger, Christoph Zettler, Markus Weiland
  • Patent number: 11667413
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a deep-drawing packaging machine comprising, in a direction of production, a forming station for producing trays in a film web, a loading stretch for filling the trays with a product, a sealing device for sealing the trays with a top film, as well as a cutting device for separating finished packagings. The sealing device comprises a first sealing tool for a first sealing cycle and a second sealing tool for a second sealing cycle. The first sealing tool comprises at least one first pair of impulse sealing bars oriented in a first orientation relative to the direction of production for producing first sealing seam sections, and the second sealing tool comprises at least one second pair of impulse sealing bars oriented in a second orientation relative to the direction of production for producing second sealing seam sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: MULTIVAC SEPP HAGGENMUELLER SE & CO. KG
    Inventors: Michael Raedler, Bastian Grondinger, Florian Felch
  • Patent number: 10633133
    Abstract: A forming station for a thermoform packaging machine, wherein the forming station comprises a forming tool upper part and a forming tool lower part that are each configured for cooperating so as to thermoform a film positioned between the forming tool lower part and the forming tool upper part. The forming station includes a first change bar that is adapted to be releasably attached to a reception area of the forming tool lower part and the first change bar carries a plurality of punches or blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Multivac Sepp Haggenmüller SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Hans-Christian Schiche, Bastian Grondinger
  • Publication number: 20170197746
    Abstract: A forming station for a thermoform packaging machine, wherein the forming station comprises a forming tool upper part and a forming tool lower part that are each configured for cooperating so as to thermoform a film positioned between the forming tool lower part and the forming tool upper part. The forming station includes a first change bar that is adapted to be releasably attached to a reception area of the forming tool lower part and the first change bar carries a plurality of punches or blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Hans-Christian Schiche, Bastian Grondinger