Patents by Inventor Hans-Joachim Leuning

Hans-Joachim Leuning 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 and device for guaranteeing an authorized and process-optimized use of semi-finished pieces in a production unit
    Patent number: 7127318
    Abstract: A method and device for guaranteeing an authorized and process-optimized use of semi-finished pieces for product generation in a production unit are disclosed. In order to guarantee that semi-finished pieces not released for production or similar cannot be processed unknowingly, said method comprises the following steps: reading calibration data for calibration of the production unit to the semi-finished pieces for processing and reading the data on a given maximum number of products to be produced (maximum number) from an external storage medium supplied with the semi-finished product, calibration of the production unit according to the calibration data for the delivered semi-finished products, programming the production unit to the maximum permitted number of products with the best possible calibration, comparison of a number of produced products since an authorized starting point (actual number) with the maximum number and issuing a message on the maximum number being exceeded by the actual number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: SIG Combibloc Systems GmbH
    Inventor: Hans-Joachim Leuning
  • Method and device for guaranteeing an authorised and process-optimised use of semi-finished pieces in a production unit
    Publication number: 20050131566
    Abstract: A method and device for guaranteeing an authorized and process-optimized use of semi-finished pieces for product generation in a production unit are disclosed. In order to guarantee that semi-finished pieces not released for production or similar cannot be processed unknowingly, said method comprises the following steps: reading calibration data for calibration of the production unit to the semi-finished pieces for processing and reading the data on a given maximum number of products to be produced (maximum number) from an external storage medium supplied with the semi-finished product, calibration of the production unit according to the calibration data for the delivered semi-finished products, programming the production unit to the maximum permitted number of products with the best possible calibration, comparison of a number of produced products since an authorized starting point (actual number) with the maximum number and issuing a message on the maximum number being exceeded by the actual number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2003
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Inventor: Hans-Joachim Leuning