Patents by Inventor Benno Dunkmann
Benno Dunkmann 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).
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Patent number: 10870600Abstract: A bending tool for bending at least one glass pane by suction, includes a frame-like convex contact surface and a cover having a peripheral air guide plate that surrounds the contact surface at least in regions is described. The bending tool is suitable for generating a first, reduced pressure in a first pressure region between the air guide plate and the contact surface; a second reduced pressure in a second pressure region. The second pressure is less than the first pressure; and a third pressure in a third pressure region, wherein the third pressure is greater than the first pressure.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2020Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Michael Balduin, Jean-Marie Le Ny, Dang Cuong Phan, Arthur Palmantier, Benno Dunkmann
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Publication number: 20200189953Abstract: A bending tool for bending at least one glass pane by suction, includes a frame-like convex contact surface and a cover having a peripheral air guide plate that surrounds the contact surface at least in regions is described. The bending tool is suitable for generating a first, reduced pressure in a first pressure region between the air guide plate and the contact surface; a second reduced pressure in a second pressure region. The second pressure is less than the first pressure; and a third pressure in a third pressure region, wherein the third pressure is greater than the first pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2020Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: Michael BALDUIN, Jean-Marie LE NY, Dang Cuong PHAN, Arthur PALMANTIER, Benno DUNKMANN
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Patent number: 10662105Abstract: A device for heating objects and a method that has recourse to the device, particularly for heating and/or bending one or more glass panes positioned one on top of the other, covering each other. The device includes a furnace line, plural supports, particularly transport molds that transport and/or bend the objects, the objects being placed on the supports positioned on transport carriages, a drive device that progresses the transport carriages through the furnace line and plural heating elements provided above the objects in the furnace line. In the device the heating elements are positioned on the whole above the entire furnace line and the heating elements can be operated and regulated so as to form heating zones suited to dimensions of the objects.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2007Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Michael Balduin, Benno Dunkmann, Michael Labrot, Karl-Josef Ollfisch
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Patent number: 10597320Abstract: A bending tool for bending at least one glass pane by means of suction, comprising a frame-like convex contact surface and a cover having a peripheral air guide plate that surrounds the contact surface at least in regions is described. The bending tool is suitable for generating a first, reduced pressure in a first pressure region between the air guide plate and the contact surface; a second reduced pressure in a second pressure region. The second pressure is less than the first pressure; and a third pressure in a third pressure region, wherein the third pressure is greater than the first pressure.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2015Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Michael Balduin, Jean-Marie Le Ny, Dang Cuong Phan, Arthur Palmantier, Benno Dunkmann
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Publication number: 20170210663Abstract: A bending tool for bending at least one glass pane by means of suction, comprising a frame-like convex contact surface and a cover having a peripheral air guide plate that surrounds the contact surface at least in regions is described. The bending tool is suitable for generating a first, reduced pressure in a first pressure region between the air guide plate and the contact surface; a second reduced pressure in a second pressure region. The second pressure is less than the first pressure; and a third pressure in a third pressure region, wherein the third pressure is greater than the first pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2015Publication date: July 27, 2017Inventors: Michael BALDUIN, Jean-Marie LE NY, Dang Cuong PHAN, Arthur PALMANTIER, Benno DUNKMANN
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Patent number: 9694563Abstract: A transparent laminated glass is described. The transparent laminated glass can comprise a transparent outer pane, at least one polymer layer, and a transparent inner pane. Uses of the transparent laminated glass are also described.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Volkmar Offermann, Benno Dunkmann
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Patent number: 9694653Abstract: A transparent laminated glass is described. The transparent laminated glass can comprise a transparent outer pane, at least one polymer layer, and a transparent inner pane. Uses of the transparent laminated glass are also described.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Volkmar Offermann, Benno Dunkmann
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Patent number: 9656537Abstract: A vehicle glazing is described. The vehicle glazing has at least one windowpane having a height from 900 mm to 1650 mm, a top upper edge, a side edge of a pillar, a body edge, and two rectangular surfaces A and B. The surface A has an extent of 800 mm*800 mm and the surface B has an extent of 1000 mm*700 mm. Surface A and surface B are centrally bounded by the lowest contact point of the at least one windowpane with the body edge horizontally with respect to the ground, and the lowest contact point and the point of the top upper edge at the shortest distance from the contact point form a Y0 axis and the points at the furthest distance with respect to the width of the windowpane form a Z0 axis.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2011Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: SAINT GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Benno Dunkmann, Jean-Marie Le Ny, Michael Balduin
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Patent number: 9650279Abstract: A device for bending panes is described. The device has a pre-bending ring, a movable bending ring holder, a final bending ring, a preheating region for preheating at least one pane, a pre-bending region for a further bending of the at least one pane, a heating region for a final bending of an edge of the at least one pane and for a surface pre-bending of the at least one pane, a second bending region for a further surface bending of the at least one pane and a cooling region.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2013Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Michael Balduin, Benno Dunkmann, Jean-Marie Le Ny, Lothar Schmidt, Herbert Radermacher
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Patent number: 9452662Abstract: A method for bending a sheet is described. The method includes the following steps: a) at least one sheet is inserted into a pre-bending ring with a movable bending ring holder, the at least one sheet is heated at least to an approximately softening temperature, and the at least one sheet is prebent in the pre-bending ring to 5% to 50% of a final edge bending, b) the pre-bent sheet is lifted out of the pre-bending ring by means of a suction device and is bent further, beyond a bending obtained in the pre-bending ring, c) the at least one sheet is laid down by means of the suction device in a final-bending ring on the movable bending ring holder and the at least one sheet is bent to a final bending, and d) the at least one sheet is cooled down in the final-bending ring and the at least one sheet is bent by means of the suction device to 100% to 130% of an overall final edge bending.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2011Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Michael Balduin, Benno Dunkmann, Jean-Marie Le Ny
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Publication number: 20150239215Abstract: A transparent laminated glass is described. The transparent laminated glass can comprise a transparent outer pane, at least one polymer layer, and a transparent inner pane. Uses of the transparent laminated glass are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2015Publication date: August 27, 2015Inventors: Volkmar OFFERMANN, Benno DUNKMANN
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Publication number: 20150231949Abstract: A transparent laminated glass is described. The transparent laminated glass can comprise a transparent outer pane, at least one polymer layer, and a transparent inner pane. Uses of the transparent laminated glass are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2015Publication date: August 20, 2015Inventors: Volkmar OFFERMANN, Benno DUNKMANN
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Patent number: 9044919Abstract: A transparent laminated glass is described. The transparent laminated glass can comprise a transparent outer pane, at least one polymer layer, and a transparent inner pane. Uses of the transparent laminated glass are also described.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2010Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Volkmar Offermann, Benno Dunkmann
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Patent number: 8978418Abstract: A method for bending a sheet is described. The method includes the following steps: a) at least one sheet is inserted into a pre-bending ring with a movable bending ring holder, the movable bending ring holder is moved into a furnace and the at least one sheet is heated to softening temperature and is pre-bent to 5% to 50% of a final edge bending, b) the at least one sheet is lifted by means of a suction device and is bent further, beyond the bending obtained in the pre-bending ring, c) the at least one sheet is laid down by means of the suction device in a final-bending ring on the movable bending ring holder and is bent to the final edge bending, and an area pre-bending of the at least one sheet is performed by means of thermal irradiation, d) the at least one sheet is lifted out of the final-bending ring by means of a second suction device, pressed against an opposing mould and bent, and the at least one sheet is laid down on the final-bending ring and the at least one sheet is cooled down.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2011Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass FranceInventors: Michael Balduin, Benno Dunkmann, Jean-Marie Le Ny, Lothar Schmidt, Herbert Radermacher
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Patent number: 8964279Abstract: An electrode is produced on a rigid or flexible support substrate, including a grid network of very fine electrically-conductive lines with nodes and links, to produce a diffraction pattern, as much as possible in an arc shape, in the light transmitted and that results in an absence of high-level optical impacts. The grid network may in addition be produced without preferential direction with a number of three lines joining up at each node and/or with conductive sections extending in the shape of an arc or in wave form between the nodes.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2007Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass FranceInventors: Martin Melcher, Michael Labrot, Benno Dunkmann, Philippe Letocart, Bernhard Reul, Karl-Josef Ollfisch, Marc Maurer
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Publication number: 20140011000Abstract: A vehicle glazing is described. The vehicle glazing has at least one windowpane having a height from 900 mm to 1650 mm, a top upper edge, a side edge of a pillar, a body edge, and two rectangular surfaces A and B. The surface A has an extent of 800 mm*800 mm and the surface B has an extent of 1000 mm*700 mm. Surface A and surface B are centrally bounded by the lowest contact point of the at least one windowpane with the body edge horizontally with respect to the ground, and the lowest contact point and the point of the top upper edge at the shortest distance from the contact point form a Y0 axis and the points at the furthest distance with respect to the width of the windowpane form a Z0 axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2011Publication date: January 9, 2014Inventors: Benno Dunkmann, Jean-Marie Le Ny, Michael Balduin
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Publication number: 20130340479Abstract: A device for bending panes is described. The device has a pre-bending ring, a movable bending ring holder, a final bending ring, a preheating region for preheating at least one pane, a pre-bending region for a further bending of the at least one pane, a heating region for a final bending of an edge of the at least one pane and for a surface pre-bending of the at least one pane, a second bending region for a further surface bending of the at least one pane and a cooling region.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Michael BALDUIN, Benno DUNKMANN, Jean-Marie LE NY, Lothar SCHMIDT, Herbert RADERMACHER
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Publication number: 20130313852Abstract: A method for bending a sheet is described. The method includes the following steps: a) at least one sheet is inserted into a pre-bending ring with a movable bending ring holder, the movable bending ring holder is moved into a furnace and the at least one sheet is heated to softening temperature and is pre-bent to 5% to 50% of a final edge bending, b) the at least one sheet is lifted by means of a suction device and is bent further, beyond the bending obtained in the pre-bending ring, c) the at least one sheet is laid down by means of the suction device in a final-bending ring on the movable bending ring holder and is bent to the final edge bending, and an area pre-bending of the at least one sheet is performed by means of thermal irradiation, d) the at least one sheet is lifted out of the final-bending ring by means of a second suction device, pressed against an opposing mould and bent, and the at least one sheet is laid down on the final-bending ring and the at least one sheet is cooled down.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2011Publication date: November 28, 2013Inventors: Michael Balduin, Benno Dunkmann, Jean-Marie Le Ny, Lothar Schmidt, Herbert Radermacher
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Publication number: 20130307286Abstract: A method for bending a sheet is described. The method includes the following steps: a) at least one sheet is inserted into a pre-bending ring with a movable bending ring holder, the at least one sheet is heated at least to an approximately softening temperature, and the at least one sheet is prebent in the pre-bending ring to 5% to 50% of a final edge bending, b) the pre-bent sheet is lifted out of the pre-bending ring by means of a suction device and is bent further, beyond a bending obtained in the pre-bending ring, c) the at least one sheet is laid down by means of the suction device in a final-bending ring on the movable bending ring holder and the at least one sheet is bent to a final bending, and d) the at least one sheet is cooled down in the final-bending ring and the at least one sheet is bent by means of the suction device to 100% to 130% of an overall final edge bending.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2011Publication date: November 21, 2013Inventors: Michael Balduin, Benno Dunkmann, Jean-Marie Le Ny
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Publication number: 20120025559Abstract: the present invention relates to a transparent laminated glass comprising a transparent outer pane (1) with a thickness of 1.45 mm to 1.8 mm, at least one polymer layer (2) with a thickness of 0.5 mm to 4.0 mm and a transparent inner pane (3) with a thickness of 1.0 mm to 1.4 mm, wherein the at least one polymer layer contains ethylene vinyl acetates, plasticized polyvinyl butyrals, polyurethanes, polycarbonates, polyethylene terephthalates, and/or ionomers as wet as copolymers and/or combinations thereof, and the ratio of the thickness of the transparent outer pane (1) to the sum of the thickness of the transparent outer pane (1) and the transparent inner pane (3) is 0.509 to 0.643.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2010Publication date: February 2, 2012Inventors: Volkmar Offermann, Benno Dunkmann