Patents by Inventor Hans-Peter Kientz

Hans-Peter Kientz 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: 10287540
    Abstract: A construction method of a fermenter, which has a fermenter cage and a fermenter shell made of metal, for use in a biogas plant, wherein the fermenter shell surrounds the fermenter cage making the fermenter shell gas-tight. The fermenter cage is formed by a plurality of cage rings, wherein each cage ring is supported on at least one cage-retaining device having at least one rolling device in such a way that the entire fermenter cage is rotatably supported about a longitudinal axis, wherein the fermenter cage is lined with a plurality of rows of shell plates by way of rotation about the longitudinal axis and the shell plates are permanently fastened to the inner surfaces of the plurality of cage rings and thus the fermenter shell is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: HITACHI ZOSEN INOVA AG
    Inventor: Hans-Peter Kientz
  • Publication number: 20160130544
    Abstract: A construction method of a fermenter, which has a fermenter cage and a fermenter shell made of metal, for use in a biogas plant, wherein the fermenter shell surrounds the fermenter cage making the fermenter shell gas-tight. The fermenter cage is formed by a plurality of cage rings, wherein each cage ring is supported on at least one cage-retaining device having at least one rolling device in such a way that the entire fermenter cage is rotatably supported about a longitudinal axis, wherein the fermenter cage is lined with a plurality of rows of shell plates by way of rotation about the longitudinal axis and the shell plates are permanently fastened to the inner surfaces of the plurality of cage rings and thus the fermenter shell is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: HITACHI ZOSEN INOVA AG
    Inventor: Hans-Peter KIENTZ
  • Publication number: 20160121277
    Abstract: In the case of an agitator shaft of a fermenter of a biogas plant, including agitator brackets, which are arranged on a shaft wall and on which at least one agitating arm, including an agitating arm fastening portion and a blade carrier can be connected to the agitator brackets by fastening two agitating arm fastening plates of the agitating arm, it is intended to provide a method that achieves easier and quicker assembly of an agitator shaft and integration in a fermenter in situ, whereby a considerable cost saving in the setting up of a fermenter is achieved. This is achieved by cutting out fastening holes in the agitator brackets and cutting out through-holes in the agitating arm fastening plates in such a way that a plurality of retaining ring bolts can be arranged so as to pass completely through the fastening holes and the through-holes and can be riveted therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Florian MÜLLER, Hans-Peter KIENTZ
  • Patent number: 8718816
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for moving piece goods from at least one piece goods conveyor (12) running in a transport direction (x) into placement positions of at least one placement position conveyor (14, 16) running in the same or opposite transport direction (+x?, ?x?) as the transport direction (x) of the piece good conveyor(s) (12) in a robot processing line, having robots (18) disposed at least on one side of a centerline (m) of the piece goods conveyor (12) of a width, wherein the piece goods are picked from the piece goods conveyor(s) by means of the robots (18) and placed in placement positions on the placement position conveyors (14, 16). At least part of the piece goods are transported transverse to the transport direction (x) of the piece goods conveyor(s) (12) when transiting the robot line (10) at a location of the robot line (10) into the pick region of the robots (18) disposed on the other side of the longitudinal centerline (m) of the piece goods conveyor(s) (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Lukas Sutter, Hans-Peter Kientz, Andreas Baechle
  • Publication number: 20120209423
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for moving piece goods from at least one piece goods conveyor (12) miming in a transport direction (x) into placement positions of at least one placement position conveyor (14, 16) running in the same or opposite transport direction (+x?, ?x?) as the transport direction (x) of the piece good conveyor(s) (12) in a robot processing line, having robots (18) disposed at least on one side of a centerline (m) of the piece goods conveyor (12) of a width, wherein the piece goods are picked from the piece goods conveyor(s) by means of the robots (18) and placed in placement positions on the placement position conveyors (14, 16). At least part of the piece goods are transported transverse to the transport direction (x) of the piece goods conveyor(s) (12) when transiting the robot line (10) at a location of the robot line (10) into the pick region of the robots (18) disposed on the other side of the longitudinal centerline (m) of the piece goods conveyor(s) (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Lukas Sutter, Hans-Peter Kientz, Andreas Baechle