Patents by Inventor Johann Dieter Bierl

Johann Dieter Bierl 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: 7411164
    Abstract: An image fixing device inductively injects thermal energy into a rotating printing form of a press for fixing an image formed on the rotating printing form by means of a digital imaging system. The fixing device has at least one inductor with at least one induction loop, a high-frequency part that forms a tuned circuit with the inductor, and a supply part that can be coupled to the inductor by means of supply lines suitable for high frequency. The inductor loop is in an elongated form aligned parallel to the circumferential direction of the rotating printing form, with the effect that the zone of energy transfer and therefore the heating zone can be configured specifically in terms of its spread in the printing form, so that a high flux density can be introduced zonally into the printing form at the point which is to be heated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Michael Wagner, Thomas Kothmayr, Franz Peter Weissgärber, Johann Dieter Bierl