Patents by Inventor Fred Buttner

Fred Buttner 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).

  • Method for storing data of at least one component of a printing press that comprises a plurality of components and at least one communications network
    Patent number: 7940417
    Abstract: Data of at least one component of a printing machine, that comprises several components and at least one communications network, is stored. Data from one of these components, and which characterizes that component, is stored in a memory unit which belongs to that component, and which memory unit is linked to the communications network. The printing machine may have at least two different control levels that are hierarchically organized. The data from the at least one component may be provided on a lower-order control level. It is transmitted from its memory unit to at least one of the printing machine components on a higher-order control network. The data so transmitted is linked, during its transmission, to the next higher-order control level, with local information regarding the arrangement of the components transmitting data in their respective control levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Stefan Birkenfeld, Fred Buttner
  • Method for Storing Data in a Printing Machine Comprising a Communication Network
    Publication number: 20090150408
    Abstract: Data of at least one component of a printing machine, that comprises several components and at least one communications network, is stored. Data from one of these components, and which characterizes that component, is stored in a memory unit which belongs to that component, and which memory unit is linked to the communications network. The printing machine may have at least two different control levels that are hierarchically organized. The data from the at least one component may be provided on a lower-order control level. It is transmitted from its memory unit to at least one of the printing machine components on a higher-order control network. The data so transmitted is linked, during its transmission, to the next higher-order control level, with local information regarding the arrangement of the components transmitting data in their respective control levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Andreas Stefan Birkenfeld, Fred Buttner