Patents by Inventor Henrik Bufe

Henrik Bufe 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: 11544485
    Abstract: A device for coding HF transponders moving along a conveyor device. The device includes a first machining station, arranged and designed to identify a respective HF transponder being guided past the first machining station, and a second machining station with an HF antenna. The HF antenna has a transmission region that is arranged and designed to simultaneously detect a plurality of the HF transponders being guided past the second machining station by the conveyor device. The second machining station is additionally designed to select a respective HF transponder detected in the transmission region of the HF antenna for transmission of data and to transmit data to the selected HF transponder, where the transmitted data is ascertained on the basis of the identification of the selected HF transponder by the first machining station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: MUEHLBAUER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Henrik Bufe, Georg Voigtlaender
  • Publication number: 20200401773
    Abstract: A device for coding HF transponders moving along a conveyor device. The device includes a first machining station, arranged and designed to identify a respective HF transponder being guided past the first machining station, and a second machining station with an HF antenna. The HF antenna has a transmission region which is arranged and designed to simultaneously detect a plurality of the HF transponders being guided past the second machining station by means of the conveyor device. The second machining station is additionally designed to select a respective HF transponder detected in the transmission region of the HF antenna for a transmission of data and to transmit data to the selected HF transponder, wherein the transmitted data is ascertained on the basis of the identification of the selected HF transponder by means of the first machining station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Henrik Bufe, Georg Voigtlaender
  • Patent number: 8098139
    Abstract: There is disclosed a test head device for testing the functionality of a large number of RFID chips arranged in smart labels (17) within a smart label production apparatus by means of a data reading and/or data writing process, wherein the smart labels (17), each comprising a first antenna (10a-10e), are placed next to and behind one another on a common continuously moving strip, wherein the test head device comprises a plurality of test systems which function independently of one another, each of said test systems consisting of a write and/or read unit (12a-e), a second antenna (3, 11a-e; 18) connected thereto which is in each case assigned to one of the first antennas (10a-10e) for simultaneously transmitting read and/or write data between the first and second antennas (10a-10e; 3; 11a-e; 18) by means of ultrahigh frequency waves, and a common table unit which can be displaced at least in the height direction, wherein the second antennas (3; 11a-e; 18) are arranged on a common antenna carrier plate (2) orie
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Muehlbauer AG
    Inventor: Henrik Bufe
  • Patent number: 8022828
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for reading and/or writing data from and/or to a multiplicity of RFID chips arranged in smart labels within a smart label production device, wherein the smart labels each comprising a first antenna are applied next to and behind one another on a common continuous film-like strip, wherein each smart label from a selected set of smart labels arranged next to and/or behind one another is respectively assigned a second antenna for the simultaneous transmission of read and/or write data between the first and second antennas by means of ultrahigh frequency waves, wherein the second antennas are arranged in a planar manner within at least one common antenna carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Muehlbauer AG
    Inventors: Volker Brod, Henrik Bufe, Wolfram Kunze
  • Publication number: 20110121083
    Abstract: The invention concerns an RFID transponder device with at least one substrate and at least one RFID chip, with at least one electrically conductive first surface element, which is at a distance from the substrate and connected electrically to the substrate and/or the RFID chip by means of at least one electrically conductive first connecting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: Muhlbauer AG
    Inventors: Rolf Voigtlaender, Henrik Bufe, Hans-Peter Monser, Volker Poenitz
  • Patent number: 7942323
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for testing the reading reliability of smart labels (3), comprising a reader (6), a transport device (2) arranged at a distance from the reader (6) for receiving and transporting the smart labels (3), and a device for adjusting the transmitting power of the reader (6), wherein the reader (6) has a reader antenna (7), the distance (d) of which from the transport device (2) can be varied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Inventors: Volker Brod, Henrik Bufe
  • Publication number: 20090138217
    Abstract: Method for testing a large number of RFID interposers in order to check their functionality by means of a test device (9a-9c, 10, 12). Each interposer includes at least one RFID chip (6) and at least two enlarged connection surfaces (7a, 7b) which are arranged on an interposer substrate (8) and are connected to the RFID chip (6). A capacitive coupling for transmitting data is set up between the test device (9a-9c, 10, 12) and at least one of the interposers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: MUEHLBAUER AG
    Inventor: Henrik Bufe
  • Publication number: 20080272195
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for testing the reading reliability of smart labels (3), comprising a reader (6), a transport device (2) arranged at a distance from the reader (6) for receiving and transporting the smart labels (3), and a device for adjusting the transmitting power of the reader (6), wherein the reader (6) has a reader antenna (7), the distance (d) of which from the transport device (2) can be varied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Applicant: MUEHLBAUER AG
    Inventors: Volker Brod, Henrik Bufe
  • Publication number: 20080266105
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for reading and/or writing data from and/or to a multiplicity of RFID chips arranged in smart labels within a smart label production device, wherein the smart labels each comprising a first antenna are applied next to and behind one another on a common continuous film-like strip, wherein each smart label from a selected set of smart labels arranged next to and/or behind one another is respectively assigned a second antenna for the simultaneous transmission of read and/or write data between the first and second antennas by means of ultrahigh frequency waves, wherein the second antennas are arranged in a planar manner within at least one common antenna carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: MUEHLBAUER AG
    Inventors: Volker Brod, Henrik Bufe, Wolfram Kunze
  • Publication number: 20080246591
    Abstract: There is disclosed a test head device for testing the functionality of a large number of RFID chips arranged in smart labels (17) within a smart label production apparatus by means of a data reading and/or data writing process, wherein the smart labels (17), each comprising a first antenna (10a-10e), are placed next to and behind one another on a common continuously moving strip, wherein the test head device comprises a plurality of test systems which function independently of one another, each of said test systems consisting of a write and/or read unit (12a-e), a second antenna (3, 11a-e; 18) connected thereto which is in each case assigned to one of the first antennas (10a-10e) for simultaneously transmitting read and/or write data between the first and second antennas (10a-10e; 3; 11a-e; 18) by means of ultrahigh frequency waves, and a common table unit which can be displaced at least in the height direction, wherein the second antennas (3; 11a-e; 18) are arranged on a common antenna carrier plate (2) orie
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2006
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: MUEHLBAUER AG
    Inventor: Henrik Bufe
  • Publication number: 20080157976
    Abstract: Transponder having a dipole antenna which transmits and receives an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength ? and an RFID chip. The dipole antenna has at least one two-part conductor section with a total length l=?/2 and the chip is arranged between and connected to the two equal-length parts of the conductor section. Each part is composed of a first region made of a first conductive material which faces towards the RFID chip and has a first length which is proportionately small with regard to the total length, and of a second region made of a second conductive material which faces away from the RFID chip and has a second length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: Muhlbauer AG
    Inventors: Ralf Wolfgang God, Hans-Peter Monser, Henrik Bufe
  • Patent number: D608769
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Muehlbauer AG
    Inventor: Henrik Bufe
  • Patent number: D694737
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: CGP, Inc.
    Inventor: Henrik Bufe