Patents by Inventor Christian Gotz

Christian Gotz 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: 11148335
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the rate of flow of a fluid mold material comprising: a manifold, an actuator interconnected to a valve pin, a position sensor that senses position of the valve pin, a controller that controls movement of the actuator according to instructions that instruct the actuator to drive the valve pin upstream at one or more selected intermediate velocities in response to receipt by the controller of a signal from the position sensor that the valve pin is disposed in the one or more intermediate upstream gate open positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Synventive Molding Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Sergio Ribeiro de Oliveira Antunes, Christian Gotz, Juergen Wilhelm Emich
  • Publication number: 20200108537
    Abstract: An injection molding system for implementing a molding process, comprising: a mold, a controller, a position sensor, wherein during an injection cycle, the system feeds the fluid material to one or more nozzles at one or more predetermined times, the controller being configured to receive and process the output signal from the position sensor to determine one or more actual flow rate indicative parameters, a user interface that displays one or more pin positions and one or more flow rate indicative parameters by which a user of the system can track the one or more pin positions and flow rate indicative parameters in real time during the injection cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Sergio Ribeiro de Oliveira Antunes, Christian Gotz, Juergen Wilhelm Emich
  • Publication number: 20190091910
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the rate of flow of a fluid mold material comprising: a manifold, an actuator interconnected to a valve pin, a position sensor that senses position of the valve pin, a controller that controls movement of the actuator according to instructions that instruct the actuator to drive the valve pin upstream at one or more selected intermediate velocities in response to receipt by the controller of a signal from the position sensor that the valve pin is disposed in the one or more intermediate upstream gate open positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Sergio Ribeiro de Oliveira Antunes, Christian Gotz, Juergen Wilhelm Emich
  • Patent number: 10173356
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the rate of flow of a fluid mold material comprising: a manifold, an actuator interconnected to a valve pin, a position sensor that senses position of the valve pin, a controller that controls movement of the actuator according to instructions that instruct the actuator to drive the valve pin upstream at one or more selected intermediate velocities in response to receipt by the controller of a signal from the position sensor that the valve pin is disposed in the one or more intermediate upstream gate open positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Synventive Molding Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Sergio Ribeiro de Oliveira Antunes, Christian Gotz, Juergen Wilhelm Emich
  • Publication number: 20170210048
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the rate of flow of a fluid mold material comprising: a manifold, an actuator interconnected to a valve pin, a position sensor that senses position of the valve pin, a controller that controls movement of the actuator according to instructions that instruct the actuator to drive the valve pin upstream at one or more selected intermediate velocities in response to receipt by the controller of a signal from the position sensor that the valve pin is disposed in the one or more intermediate upstream gate open positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Sergio Ribeiro de Oliveira Antunes, Christian Gotz, Juergen Wilhelm Emich
  • Publication number: 20170190090
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the rate of flow of a fluid mold material comprising: a manifold, an actuator interconnected to a valve pin, a position sensor that senses position of the valve pin, a controller that controls movement of the actuator according to instructions that instruct the actuator to drive the valve pin upstream at one or more selected intermediate velocities in response to receipt by the controller of a signal from the position sensor that the valve pin is disposed in the one or more intermediate upstream gate open positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Sergio Ribeiro de Oliveira Antunes, Christian Gotz, Juergen Wilhelm Emich
  • Patent number: 9636858
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the rate of flow to a mold cavity including a controller instructing a valve system to drive an actuator and a valve pin and including instructions that instruct the valve system to drive an actuator and a valve pin and including instructions that instruct the valve system to move from a start position to one or more intermediate drive rate positions and subsequently from the one or more intermediate drive rate positions to a high drive rate position on receipt by the controller of a signal from a position sensor that is indicative of the valve pin having reached a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Synventive Molding Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Sergio Ribeiro de Oliveira Antunes, Christian Gotz, Juergen Wilhelm Emich
  • Publication number: 20150147256
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing trisilylamine and polysilazanes in the liquid phase, in which ammonia dissolved in an inert solvent is initially introduced in a substoichiometric amount relative to monochlorosilane which is likewise present in an inert solvent. The reaction is carried out in a reactor in which trisilylamine formed according to the following equation 4NH3+3H3SiCl?3NH4Cl+(SiH3)3N and polysilazanes are formed. The reactor is subsequently depressurized and TSA is separated off in gaseous form from the product mixture. The TSA obtained is purified by filtration and distillation and obtained in high or very high purity. Further ammonia dissolved in an inert solvent is subsequently introduced into the reactor, using, together with the previously introduced amount of ammonia, a stoichiometric excess of ammonia relative to the amount of MCS previously present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: Evonik Industries AG
    Inventors: Carl-Friedrich Hoppe, Christian Götz, Hartwig Rauleder, Goswin Uehlenbruck
  • Patent number: 9011736
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the rate of flow to a mold cavity including a controller instructing a valve system to drive an actuator and a valve pin and including instructions that instruct the valve system to drive an actuator and a valve pin and including instructions that instruct the valve system to move from a start position to one or more intermediate drive rate positions and subsequently from the one or more intermediate drive rate positions to a high drive rate position on receipt by the controller of a signal from a position sensor that is indicative of the valve pin having reached a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Synventive Molding Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Sergio Ribeiro de Oliveira Antunes, Christian Götz, Juergen Wilhelm Emich
  • Publication number: 20150091198
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the rate of flow to a mold cavity including a controller instructing a valve system to drive an actuator and a valve pin and including instructions that instruct the valve system to drive an actuator and a valve pin and including instructions that instruct the valve system to move from a start position to one or more intermediate drive rate positions and subsequently from the one or more intermediate drive rate positions to a high drive rate position on receipt by the controller of a signal from a position sensor that is indicative of the valve pin having reached a second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Sergio Ribeiro de Oliveira Antunes, Christian Gotz, Juergen Wilhelm Emich
  • Patent number: 8915998
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pigment granulate which contains 40 to 65% by weight of pigment and at least 10% by weight of a compound of general formula (I) CH3—(CH2)n—CH2—O—[(CH2)p—O]m—H, wherein n=8-18, p=1-4 and m=35-100, the weight ratio of the compound of general formula I to the pigment being ? the STSA surface area of the pigment in m2/g multiplied by 0.0021 g/m2 and the mass-weighted particle size of the pigment granulate being <20 ?m. The pigment granulate can be produced by dispersing the pigment and the compound of formula I in a solvent and then drying the dispersion obtained. The pigments according to the invention can be used for dying and/or the antistatic finishing in water-based paints and lacquer systems, dispersion on paints, printing inks, ink systems and coating systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Evonik Carbon Black GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Götz, Gerd Tauber, Ralph McIntosh, Werner Kalbitz, Frank Stenger, Rüdiger Mertsch, Mandy Mühlbach
  • Patent number: 8349244
    Abstract: In an injection molding apparatus comprising a clamp plate, a heated manifold and a mold, a system for mounting an actuator to the manifold and the clamp plate, the system comprising: a mount comprised of a thermally conductive material having first and second heat conductive surfaces; the first conductive surface being in heat conductive communication with the actuator, the second conductive surface being in heat conductive communication with the clamp plate; the actuator being mounted in thermal communication with the manifold; the mount being adjustably mounted to the actuator such that the second conductive surface can be adjusted in position toward and away from the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Synventive Molding Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Gunter Wernz, Christian Gotz
  • Patent number: 8297836
    Abstract: Apparatus for measuring the temperature of a nozzle having fluid material injected from an injection molding machine through a flow channel in a heated manifold that is coupled to a nozzle that is coupled to the cavity of a mold, the apparatus comprising: a heating device comprising a controllably heatable thermally conductive heating element; the heating element of the heating device being mounted on or around the outer surface of the tube of the nozzle at an end point; a temperature monitor comprising a temperature sensor mounted on or around the nozzle at a selected position along the axis of the bore of the nozzle; and, a thermal insulator disposed along the axis of the nozzle separating the end point of the heating element and the temperature sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Synventive Molding Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: John Peter Kuntz, Sebastiaan Hubertus Franciscus Smits, Michael Lewis Vasapoli, Christian Götz, Vito Galati
  • Publication number: 20120248644
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the rate of flow to a mold cavity including a controller instructing a valve system to drive an actuator and a valve pin and including instructions that instruct the valve system to drive an actuator and a valve pin and including instructions that instruct the valve system to move from a start position to one or more intermediate drive rate positions and subsequently from the one or more intermediate drive rate positions to a high drive rate position on receipt by the controller of a signal from a position sensor that is indicative of the valve pin having reached a second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: Synventive Molding Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Sergio de OLIVEIRA ANTUNES, Christian GOTZ, Juergen Wilhelm EMICH
  • Publication number: 20120231108
    Abstract: In an injection molding apparatus comprising a clamp plate, a heated manifold and a mold, a system for mounting an actuator to the manifold and the clamp plate, the system comprising: a mount comprised of a thermally conductive material having first and second heat conductive surfaces disposed between the clamp plate and the actuator; the first conductive surface being in heat conductive communication with the actuator, the second conductive surface being in heat conductive communication with the clamp plate; the actuator being mounted in thermal communication with the manifold; the mount being adjustably mounted to the actuator such that the second conductive surface can be adjusted in position toward and away from the actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: Synventive Molding Sulutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Gunter Wernz, Christian Gotz
  • Publication number: 20110232531
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pigment granulate which contains 40 to 65% by weight of pigment and at least 10% by weight of a compound of general formula (I) CH3—(CH2)n—CH2—O—[(CH2)p—O]m—H, wherein n=8-18, p=1-4 and m=35-100, the weight ratio of the compound of general formula I to the pigment being ? the STSA surface area of the pigment in m2/g multiplied by 0.0021 g/m2 and the mass-weighted particle size of the pigment granulate being <20 ?m. The pigment granulate can be produced by dispersing the pigment and the compound of formula I in a solvent and then drying the dispersion obtained. The pigments according to the invention can be used for dying and/or the antistatic finishing in water-based paints and lacquer systems, dispersion on paints, printing inks, ink systems and coating systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: Evonik Carbon Black GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Götz, Gerd Tauber, Ralph McIntosh, Werner Kalbitz, Frank Stenger, Rüdiger Mertsch, Mandy Mühlbach
  • Patent number: 7850102
    Abstract: A process for milling amorphous solids using a milling apparatus can result in particles having a median particle diameter d50 of <1.5 ?m. The process includes: operating a mill in a milling phase with an operating medium selected from the group consisting of gas, vapor, steam, a gas containing steam and mixtures thereof, and heating a milling chamber in a heat-up phase before the actual operation with the operating medium in such a way that a temperature in the milling chamber, the mill exit or both, is higher than a dew point of the operating medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Karl Meier, Ulrich Brinkmann, Christian Panz, Doris Misselich, Christian Götz
  • Publication number: 20100091814
    Abstract: Apparatus for measuring the temperature of a nozzle having fluid material injected from an injection molding machine through a flow channel in a heated manifold that is coupled to a nozzle that is coupled to the cavity of a mold, the apparatus comprising: a heating device comprising a controllably heatable thermally conductive heating element; the heating element of the heating device being mounted on or around the outer surface of the tube of the nozzle at an end point; a temperature monitor comprising a temperature sensor mounted on or around the nozzle at a selected position along the axis of the bore of the nozzle; and, a thermal insulator disposed along the axis of the nozzle separating the end point of the heating element and the temperature sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: Synventive Molding Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: John Peter Kuntz, Sebastian Hubertus Franciscus Smits, Michael Lewis Vasapoli, Christian Götz, Vito Galati
  • Patent number: 7612137
    Abstract: The invention relates to surface-modified silica gels, to a process for preparing them, and to their use as matting agents in coating materials. As a result of the nature of the surface modification, the viscosity of 2-component coating materials is increased only slightly, or not at all, after the matting agent has been added.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Degussa AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Brinkmann, Christian Götz, Hans-Dieter Christian
  • Patent number: 7374223
    Abstract: Vehicle seat which effects a sideways movement of the occupant sitting on the vehicle seat during a lateral impact or directly before a lateral impact. The sideways movement takes place away from the side of the vehicle which faces the impact and toward the center of the vehicle, at least one seat cushion being transversely displaceable separately in relation to the seat components and in relation to the seat fixing elements for the sideways movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Markus Däuber, Christian Götz, Christian Mayer