Patents by Inventor Gerhard Stephen

Gerhard Stephen 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).

  • Document diverter
    Patent number: 9309083
    Abstract: Embodiments of a document diverter and systems including a document diverter are generally described herein. A document diverter may include a drum, a plurality of document feeders situated around the drum with a document channel between the document feeders and the drum, and a plurality of guiding mechanisms, one guiding mechanism for each of the plurality of document feeders, each of the plurality of guiding mechanisms including a plurality of positions including an first position and a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas Gerhard Stephen Peterek
  • Pressurized wall in aircraft
    Patent number: 4728059
    Abstract: The internal wall such as the rear wall in the passenger compartment of a commercial aircraft, and separating compartments which are under different pressure, is rendered safe by providing a wall capturing net on the low pressure side of the wall and fastening that net to the fuselage proper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1988
    Assignee: MBB GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Stephen, Joachim Wrobel