Patents by Inventor Frank Plate

Frank Plate 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: 20240229276
    Abstract: An electroplating method and a system for electrolytically coating a steel strip, in particular for the automotive sector, with a coating based on zinc and/or a zinc alloy utilizes pulse technology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: SMS group GmbH
    Inventors: Henry GÖRTZ, Thomas DAUBE, Frank PLATE, Walter TIMMERBEUL
  • Publication number: 20230023539
    Abstract: A method for generating hydrogen and oxygen using an electrolyzer, including at least one anode chamber having an anode and at least one cathode chamber having a cathode, wherein the at least one anode and the at least one cathode are energized by a modulated current and the generation of hydrogen and oxygen takes place within the electrolyzer using a defined pulse pattern sequence, which is formed from at least one pulse pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Henry GÖRTZ, Frank PLATE, Walter TIMMERBEUL, Christian GEERKENS
  • Publication number: 20220275530
    Abstract: An electroplating method and a system for electrolytically coating a steel strip, in particular for the automotive sector, with a coating based on zinc and/or a zinc alloy utilizes pulse technology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: SMS group GmbH
    Inventors: Henry GÖRTZ, Thomas DAUBE, Frank PLATE, Walter TIMMERBEUL
  • Publication number: 20210129198
    Abstract: Device for handling a strip-shaped metal material in metal working, wherein the device comprises: at least one roller element, preferably a roller, a roll or a winch, which is provided for changing the cross-section, for transporting, storing, tension build-up and/or tension release in the strip-shaped metal material, and a drive, which has an electric motor, preferably a torque motor or a synchronous motor, with a stator and a rotor, wherein the device further has a frame, the rotor is connected to the roller element, by which the rotation of the rotor is transmitted to the roller element, and the stator is mounted directly on the frame and/or the rotor is connected directly to the roller element or a shaft of the roller element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: SMS group GmbH
    Inventors: Peter de Kock, Walter Timmerbeul, Frank Plate