Patents by Inventor Jürgen Maass
Jürgen Maass 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).
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Patent number: 11078077Abstract: A method for producing synthesis gas may involve introducing a hydrocarbon-containing coke-oven gas and a carbon dioxide-containing converter gas into a first reaction zone where hydrogen present in the hydrocarbon-containing coke-oven gas reacts at least partly with carbon dioxide to form water, which reacts thermally with hydrocarbon to form synthesis gas containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen. The method may further involve introducing an oxygen-containing gas in a second reaction zone, and using the oxygen-containing gas and some hydrogen from the first reaction zone to produce thermal energy. Still further, the method may involve supplying the thermal energy produced in the second reaction zone to the first reaction zone.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2016Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS AG, THYSSENKRUPP AGInventors: Hans-Jürgen Maass, Volker Göke, Otto Machhammer, Andreas Bode, Grigorios Kolios, Karsten Büker
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Patent number: 10351422Abstract: The invention relates to a method of carrying out heat-consuming processes, wherein the total energy required averaged over a year for the heat-consuming process originates from at least two different energy sources, where one of the energy sources is an electric energy source whose power varies in the range from 0 to 100% of the total power required, and three different energy modes can individually provide the total power required for the heat-consuming process: (i) exclusively electric energy, (ii) a mixture of electric energy and at least one further nonelectric energy source or (iii) exclusively nonelectric energy, where the changeover time in which the change from one energy mode to another energy mode is completed is not more than 30 minutes.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2013Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignees: BASF SE, Linde AGInventors: Otto Machhammer, Wolfgang Alois Hormuth, Christian Schneider, Andreas Bode, Volker Goeke, Hans-Juergen Maass, Matthias Kern, Dirk Klingler, Rene Koenig, Philipp Brueggemann, Jens Bernnat, Grigorios Kolios
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Patent number: 10233078Abstract: The invention relates to a process for utilizing a hydrocarbon-comprising and/or carbon dioxide-comprising coproduct gas, accompanying gas and/or biogas, wherein hydrocarbon-comprising and/or carbon dioxide-comprising coproduct gas, accompanying gas and/or biogas is introduced into a reaction space and the multicomponent mixture comprised in the coproduct gas, accompanying gas and/or biogas is converted in a high-temperature zone at temperatures of more than 1000° C. and in the presence of a carrier into a product gas mixture which comprises more than 95% by volume of CO, CO2, H2, H2O, CH4 and N2 and optionally into a carbon-comprising solid which is deposited to an extent of at least 75% by weight, based on the total mass of the carbon-comprising solid, on the carrier where the flow velocity of the gas mixture of coproduct gas, accompanying gas and/or biogas in the reaction zone is less than 20 m/s.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2013Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignees: BASF SE, Linde AG, ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions AGInventors: Christian Schneider, Andreas Bode, Dirk Klingler, Otto Machhammer, Philipp Brueggemann, Matthias Kern, Wolfgang Alois Hormuth, Marcus Guzmann, Rene Koenig, Jens Bernnat, Grigorios Kolios, Volker Goeke, Hans-Juergen Maass, Karsten Bueker
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Patent number: 10099923Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing synthesis gas (5) in which hydrocarbon (2) is decomposed thermally in a first reaction zone (11) to hydrogen and carbon, and hydrogen formed is passed from the first reaction zone (Z1) into a second action zone (Z2) in order to be reacted therein with carbon dioxide (4) to give water and carbon monoxide. The characteristic feature here is that energy required for the thermal decomposition of the hydrocarbon is supplied to the first reaction zone (Z1) from the second reaction zone (Z2).Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2015Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Otto Machhammer, Grigorios Kolios, Andreas Bode, Hans-Juergen Maass
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Publication number: 20180273380Abstract: A method for producing synthesis gas may involve introducing a hydrocarbon-containing coke-oven gas and a carbon dioxide-containing converter gas into a first reaction zone where hydrogen present in the hydrocarbon-containing coke-oven gas reacts at least partly with carbon dioxide to form water, which reacts thermally with hydrocarbon to form synthesis gas containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen. The method may further involve introducing an oxygen-containing gas in a second reaction zone, and using the oxygen-containing gas and some hydrogen from the first reaction zone to produce thermal energy. Still further, the method may involve supplying the thermal energy produced in the second reaction zone to the first reaction zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2016Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicants: THYSSENKRUPP INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS AG, thyssenkrupp AGInventors: Hans-Jürgen MAASS, Volker GÖKE, Otto MACHHAMMER, Andreas BODE, Grigorios KOLIOS, Karsten BÜKER
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Publication number: 20170275161Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing synthesis gas (5) in which hydrocarbon (2) is decomposed thermally in, a first reaction zone (11) to hydrogen and carbon, and hydrogen formed is passed from the first reaction zone (Z1) into a second action zone (Z2) in order to be reacted therein with carbon dioxide (4) to give water and carbon monoxide. The characteristic feature here is that energy required for the thermal decomposition of the hydrocarbon is supplied to the first reaction zone (Z1) from the second reaction zone (Z2).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2015Publication date: September 28, 2017Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Otto MACHHAMMER, Grigorios KOLIOS, Andreas Bode, Hans-Juergen MAASS
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Patent number: 9359200Abstract: The invention relates to a process for parallel preparation of hydrogen and one or more carbonaceous products, in which hydrocarbons are introduced into a reaction space (R) and decomposed thermally to carbon and hydrogen in the presence of carbon-rich pellets (W). It is a feature of the invention that at least a portion of the thermal energy required for the hydrocarbon decomposition is introduced into the reaction space (R) by means of a gaseous heat carrier.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2012Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignees: BASF SE, Linde AktiengesellschaftInventors: Hans-Juergen Maass, Volker Goeke, Otto Machhammer, Marcus Guzmann, Christian Schneider, Wolfgang Alois Hormuth, Andreas Bode, Dirk Klingler, Matthias Kern, Grigorios Kolios
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Publication number: 20160068390Abstract: The invention relates to a process for utilizing a hydrocarbon-comprising and/or carbon dioxide-comprising coproduct gas, accompanying gas and/or biogas, wherein hydrocarbon-comprising and/or carbon dioxide-comprising coproduct gas, accompanying gas and/or biogas is introduced into a reaction space and the multicomponent mixture comprised in the coproduct gas, accompanying gas and/or biogas is converted in a high-temperature zone at temperatures of more than 1000° C. and in the presence of a carrier into a product gas mixture which comprises more than 95% by volume of CO, CO2, H2, H2O, CH4 and N2 and optionally into a carbon-comprising solid which is deposited to an extent of at least 75% by weight, based on the total mass of the carbon-comprising solid, on the carrier where the flow velocity of the gas mixture of coproduct gas, accompanying gas and/or biogas in the reaction zone is less than 20 m/s.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2013Publication date: March 10, 2016Applicants: BASF SE, Linde AG, ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions AGInventors: Christian SCHNEIDER, Andreas BODE, Dirk KLINGLER, Otto MACHHAMMER, Philipp BRUEGGEMANN, Matthias KERN, Wolfgang Alois HORMUTH, Marcus GUZMANN, Rene KOENIG, Jens BERNNAT, Grigorios KOLIOS, Volker GOEKE, Hans-Juergen MAASS, Karsten BUEKER
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Publication number: 20140127121Abstract: The invention relates to a process for parallel preparation of hydrogen and one or more carbonaceous products, in which hydrocarbons are introduced into a reaction space (R) and decomposed thermally to carbon and hydrogen in the presence of carbon-rich pellets (W). It is a feature of the invention that at least a portion of the thermal energy required for the hydrocarbon decomposition is introduced into the reaction space (R) by means of a gaseous heat carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2012Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicants: Linde Aktinegesellschaft, BASF SEInventors: Hans-Juergen Maass, Volker Goeke, Otto Machhammer, Marcus Guzmann, Christian Schneider, Wolfgang Alois Hormuth, Andreas Bode, Drik Klingler, Matthias Kern, Grigorios Kolios
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Patent number: 8687207Abstract: A method for determining the optimum procedure for a job change on a printing-material processing machine (10) with at least one control computer. The data of a first machine job is compared to the data of a subsequent machine job using a control computer, and the comparison is used to establish an order of the operations to be carried out during the job change. Also provided is a device for determining the optimum procedure for a job change on a printing-material processing machine (10) with at least one control computer. The control computer is intended to compare the data of a first machine job to the data of a subsequent machine job, and to use the comparison to establish an order of the operations to be carried out during the job change.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2003Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AGInventors: Christopher Berti, Bernhard Buck, Holger Faulhammer, Michael Krueger, Juergen Maass, Sven Mader, Stefan Maier, Kai Oskar Mueller, Matthias Noell, Martin Riese, Bernhard Roskosch
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Patent number: 7121545Abstract: A device and a method for lateral alignment of a sheet (5, 6) in a sheet processing machine, in which the sheet (5, 6) is movable essentially across its direction of transport (7) into an alignment position (4); a side pull lay device is used for moving the sheet (5, 6) into the alignment position (4). The side pull lay device has at least two side pull lays (1, 2) which are activatable independently of one another for transporting a sheet (5, 6) toward the alignment position (4). The method includes that at least two side pull lays (1, 2) of the side pull lay device are activated independently of one another for transporting a sheet (5, 6) toward the alignment position (4).Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2003Date of Patent: October 17, 2006Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AGInventors: Sven Baumgarten, Jens Kloss, Michael Krueger, Juergen Maass, Volker Mueller, Thomas Schaeffer
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Patent number: 6877430Abstract: A gripper device in a sheet-processing machine includes a gripper, a gripper pad associated with the gripper and a first drive for moving the gripper out of an opened position thereof into a closed position thereof. The gripper is cooperatively engageable with the gripper pad for producing a clamping force for holding sheets being processed. A second drive is separately operable from the first drive during a production printing operation of the sheet-processing machine. The first and second drives are operable for positioning the gripper and/or the gripper pad so that clamping faces of one of the gripper and/or the gripper pad are movable by the second drive perpendicularly to clamping faces of the other of the gripper and/or the gripper pad.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2003Date of Patent: April 12, 2005Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AGInventors: Volker Müller, Hendrik Frank, Manfred Gross, Karl-Heinz Helmstädter, Hans-Peter Hiltwein, Michael Krüger, Siegfried Kurtzer, Jürgen Maass, Thomas Schaeffer, Rolf Spilger, Norbert Thünker
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Patent number: 6805053Abstract: A method and device for suppressing vibrations in a printing press includes placing, on at least one element of the press, a mass that vibrates freely with one degree of freedom, determining the rotational speed of the press and feeding the speed to a control device, and, in the control device, utilizing the rotational speed, determining an actuating variable and feeding the actuating variable to at least one actuator, at least one vibration parameter of the mass being changed in accordance with the rotational speed by the actuator.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2002Date of Patent: October 19, 2004Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AGInventors: Christopher Berti, Bernhard Buck, Holger Faulhammer, Michael Krüger, Jürgen Maass, Sven Mader, Stefan Maier, Kai Oskar Müller, Matthias Nöll, Martin Riese, Bernhard Roskosch
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Publication number: 20040090645Abstract: A method for determining the optimum procedure for a job change on a printing-material processing machine (10) with at least one control computer. The data of a first machine job is compared to the data of a subsequent machine job using a control computer, and the comparison is used to establish an order of the operations to be carried out during the job change. Also provided is a device for determining the optimum procedure for a job change on a printing-material processing machine (10) with at least one control computer. The control computer is intended to compare the data of a first machine job to the data of a subsequent machine job, and to use the comparison to establish an order of the operations to be carried out during the job change.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2003Publication date: May 13, 2004Applicant: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AGInventors: Christopher Berti, Bernhard Buck, Holger Faulhammer, Michael Krueger, Juergen Maass, Sven Mader, Stefan Maier, Kai Oskar Mueller, Matthias Noell, Martin Riese, Bernhard Roskosch
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Patent number: 6725780Abstract: A method of driving a machine related to printing technology, wherein movable elements forming a kinematic chain are coupled with one another via at least one gear mechanism, includes infeeding torque components by a respective motor of at least one group of two motors, respectively located at least at two elements associated with one another. The torque components are of equal amplitude but have opposite directions of rotation, for suppressing disruptive oscillations at least at the one group of two motors. The amplitude of the torque components is proportional to relative rotation of the two elements associated with one another. Rotary encoders are provided to obtain signals for reproducing rotational positions of the elements.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2002Date of Patent: April 27, 2004Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AGInventors: Christopher Berti, Bernhard Buck, Holger Faulhammer, Michael Krüger, Jürgen Maass, Sven Mader, Stefan Maier, Kai Oskar Müller, Matthias Nöll, Martin Riese, Bernhard Roskosch
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Publication number: 20040065995Abstract: A device and a method for lateral alignment of a sheet (5, 6) in a sheet processing machine, in which the sheet (5, 6) is movable essentially across its direction of transport (7) into an alignment position (4); a side pull lay device is used for moving the sheet (5, 6) into the alignment position (4). The side pull lay device has at least two side pull lays (1, 2) which are activatable independently of one another for transporting a sheet (5, 6) toward the alignment position (4). The method includes that at least two side pull lays (1, 2) of the side pull lay device are activated independently of one another for transporting a sheet (5, 6) toward the alignment position (4).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2003Publication date: April 8, 2004Applicant: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AGInventors: Sven Baumgarten, Jens Kloss, Michael Krueger, Juergen Maass, Volker Mueller, Thomas Schaeffer
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Patent number: 6676125Abstract: A pre-gripper driving device for a pre-gripper cyclically driven oscillatingly and serving for transporting individual sheets in a sheet-processing machine, includes sheet grippers disposed at a free end of a rocking lever pivotable about a pivot pin fixed to a frame, the sheet grippers being movable relative to a gripper support about a gripper shaft aligned parallel to the pivot pin, for closing and opening the sheet grippers, and an activatable and regulatable drive for producing the movement of the grippers, the drive, on one hand, being connected to the sheet grippers and, on the other hand, being supported on one of the rocking lever and the frame; and a printing unit, a digital printing unit, a rotary printing machine and a multicolor rotary printing machine, respectively including the pre-gripper driving device.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2001Date of Patent: January 13, 2004Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AGInventors: Norbert Thünker, Jürgen Maass, Volker Müller, Thomas Schaeffer
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Patent number: 6634293Abstract: An ink metering system in a printing press is described. The printing press has a roller that is divided into a plurality of ink zones, whereby each of the ink zones has an associated piezoelectrical actuating drive. An ink metering system is characterized by a control device containing the actuating drive and a sensor.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2001Date of Patent: October 21, 2003Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AGInventors: Walter Hofheinz, Jürgen Maass, Hubert Scheib
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Patent number: 6505831Abstract: A method for the register-true alignment of sheets (1) before the transfer to a sheet-processing machine with the assistance of a carrier (7,9) that is movable in the machine cycle and is driven as a function of a signal, in order to feed the sheets individually to an aligning stop. To permit exact and reliable alignment even at high machine speeds with an uncomplicated mechanism, the signal is generated when a sheet edge (12) to be fed passes a predetermined location between the carrier (7,9) and aligning stop (5), and in response to the signal, the carrier performs a preset movement, identical from sheet to sheet, by which the carried-along sheet (1) is fed to the aligning stop with a speed greater than zero, but substantially less than the maximum sheet speed during the feeding movement. The method is particularly suitable for side-edge alignment, but is also suitable for leading-edge alignment.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 1998Date of Patent: January 14, 2003Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AGInventors: Andreas Henn, Bernhard Wagensommer, Juergen Maass, Burkhard Maass
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Publication number: 20020003333Abstract: A method for the register-true alignment of sheets (1) before the transfer to a sheet-processing machine with the assistance of a carrier (7,9) that is movable in the machine cycle and is driven as a function of a signal, in order to feed the sheets individually to an aligning stop. To permit exact and reliable alignment even at high machine speeds with an uncomplicated mechanism, the signal is generated when a sheet edge (12) to be fed passes a predetermined location between the carrier (7,9) and aligning stop (5), and in response to the signal, the carrier performs a preset movement, identical from sheet to sheet, by which the carried-along sheet (1) is fed to the aligning stop with a speed greater than zero, but substantially less than the maximum sheet speed during the feeding movement. The method is particularly suitable for side-edge alignment, but is also suitable for leading-edge alignment.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 1998Publication date: January 10, 2002Inventors: ANDREAS HENN, BERNHARD WAGENSOMMER, JUERGEN MAASS, BURKHARD MAASS