Patents by Inventor Gunter Hofer

Gunter Hofer 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: 7870775
    Abstract: In the case of a drive arrangement for a rolling mill, comprising at least one drive motor (M), a main gear mechanism (HG), a pinion gear mechanism (KWG), a rolling stand (G) with working rolls (AW), and the spindles, couplings and the like which connect these components, the main gear mechanism (HG) is a single-stage one and the drive axis (AN) is spaced apart from the output axis (AB) by an upwardly directed, vertical spacing (vA).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: SMS Siemag Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Günter Höfer, Volker Braas, Michael Lipowski, Heinz-Adolf Müller, Peter Brandenfels, Joachim Hafer, Christof Klein, Christoph Sundermann, Stefan Krämer
  • Publication number: 20090049883
    Abstract: In the case of a drive arrangement for a rolling mill, comprising at least one drive motor (M), a main gear mechanism (HG), a pinion gear mechanism (KWG), a rolling stand (G) with working rolls (AW), and the spindles, couplings and the like which connect these components, the main gear mechanism (HG) is a single-stage one and the drive axis (AN) is spaced apart from the output axis (AB) by an upwardly directed, vertical spacing (vA).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2006
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: Gunter Hofer, Volker Braas, Michael Lipowski, Heinz-Adolf Muller, Peter Brandenfeld, Joachim Hafer, Christof Klein, Christoph Sundermann, Stefen Kramer
  • Patent number: 7369009
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to an oscillator arrangement for carrying out a frequency modulation process, wherein an oscillator (1) with automatic amplitude control (5, 6, 7) is provided. The shift keying is not realized with reconnectable capacitances in the oscillator (1) that determine its oscillator frequency, but rather by suitably influencing (6) the feed current of the oscillator in dependence on the modulation signal (FSK), namely with the aid of the amplitude control (5, 6, 7). Undesirable charge injections do not occur in the proposed oscillator arrangement because reconnectable capacitances are no longer required for achieving the desired frequency deviation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Austriamicrosystems AG
    Inventor: Günter Hofer
  • Publication number: 20060103475
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to an oscillator arrangement for carrying out a frequency modulation process, wherein an oscillator (1) with automatic amplitude control (5, 6, 7) is provided. The shift keying is not realized with reconnectable capacitances in the oscillator (1) that determine its oscillator frequency, but rather by suitably influencing (6) the feed current of the oscillator in dependence on the modulation signal (FSK), namely with the aid of the amplitude control (5, 6, 7). Undesirable charge injections do not occur in the proposed oscillator arrangement because reconnectable capacitances are no longer required for achieving the desired frequency deviation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2003
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Inventor: Gunter Hofer
  • Patent number: 6695569
    Abstract: A process and a device for collecting and palletizing bottles 3 is provided, especially empty plastic bottles, which are fed from a bottle producer 36 or a bottle conveyor 8 in one or more rows one behind the other to a collecting device 4. They are transferred there to one or more intermediate carriers 6, forming bottle layers 25, wherein the loaded intermediate carriers 6 are subsequently conveyed to a palletizing device 7. The intermediate carriers 6 move in a circle in the collecting and palletizing unit 2 and can also be transferred into a storage facility 7 for intermediate storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Certus Maschinenbau GmbH
    Inventor: Gunter Höfer
  • Patent number: 6688839
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for processing bottles, especially empty plastic bottles. The processing device (1) comprises at least one collecting device (4) for receiving bottles (3) delivered to it and for loading several mobile intermediate supports (6) with said bottles, as well as at least one magazine (37) for the intermediate storage of full and/or empty intermediate supports (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Certus Maschinenbau GmbH
    Inventors: Herwig Hirschek, Gunter Höfer
  • Publication number: 20010038792
    Abstract: A process and a device for collecting and palletizing bottles 3 is provided, especially empty plastic bottles, which are fed from a bottle producer 36 or a bottle conveyor 8 in one or more rows one behind the other to a collecting device 4. They are transferred there to one or more intermediate carriers 6, forming bottle layers 25, wherein the loaded intermediate carriers 6 are subsequently conveyed to a palletizing device 7. The intermediate carriers 6 move in a circle in the collecting and palletizing unit 2 and can also be transferred into a storage facility 7 for intermediate storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2001
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Applicant: Certus Maschinenbau GmbH
    Inventor: Gunter Hofer