Patents by Inventor Johann Schunn

Johann Schunn 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: 7478807
    Abstract: A method for conveying a sheet includes guiding an electrically charged sheet pneumatically along a desired path, continuously detecting a charge distribution on the sheet, and reducing a positional deviation of the sheet from the desired path by actuating at least one actuating element influencing the position in dependence on the charge distribution. An apparatus for conveying a sheet includes a control device for the position of the sheet and a sensor connected to the control device for detecting an electric field present on the sheet. The method and apparatus permit the sheet to be guided with small deviations from the desired path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Andreas Detloff, Bernhard Falk, Michael Füner, Peter Hachmann, Johann Schunn, Peter Thoma
  • Publication number: 20070063428
    Abstract: A method for conveying a sheet includes guiding an electrically charged sheet pneumatically along a desired path, continuously detecting a charge distribution on the sheet, and reducing a positional deviation of the sheet from the desired path by actuating at least one actuating element influencing the position in dependence on the charge distribution. An apparatus for conveying a sheet includes a control device for the position of the sheet and a sensor connected to the control device for detecting an electric field present on the sheet. The method and apparatus permit the sheet to be guided with small deviations from the desired path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventors: Andreas Detloff, Bernhard Falk, Michael Funer, Peter Hachmann, Johann Schunn, Peter Thoma
  • Patent number: 6600664
    Abstract: A housing of a switchgear cabinet for a printing machine, with housing elements formed of electrically conductive material having an electrically insulating surface layer, includes at least one door, one body and one electrically conductive elastic seal disposed therebetween, respective mutually allocated elements of the housing elements having corresponding electrically conductive contact locations at electrically conductive strip material connected to the conductive material of the housing elements; each of the contact locations being covered by a protective layer which is removable during assembly of the cabinet, for the purpose of electrically conductively connecting the housing elements and the seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Dürr, Georg Glaunsinger, Johann Schunn
  • Patent number: 6600279
    Abstract: The system provides for the commutation of a brushless direct-current motor. A virtual star is provided that is analogous to the motor. The virtual star is formed of resistors. A comparison device continuously comparing the voltages of the two star center points of the motor star and the virtual star in all phases. The comparison results are used to generate a signal for controlling the commutation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Helmut Meyer, Josef Reiter, Johann Schunn, Reiner Villhauer
  • Publication number: 20020070695
    Abstract: The system provides for the commutation of a brushless direct-current motor. A virtual star is provided that is analogous to the motor. The virtual star is formed of resistors. A comparison device continuously comparing the voltages of the two star center points of the motor star and the virtual star in all phases. The comparison results are used to generate a signal for controlling the commutation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2001
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Inventors: Helmut Meyer, Josef Reiter, Johann Schunn, Reiner Villhauer
  • Patent number: 6364712
    Abstract: A filter device for at least one electrical line connectable externally to a housing includes at least one contact pin for connecting the externally connectable electrical line to a multilayer printed circuit board having at least one support layer and at least one conductor layer, the contact pin having a part thereof located at a side of the filter device and being affixed to the printed circuit board, at least one outer layer of the printed circuit board being formed as either a holohedral or a grid-shaped shielding layer, respectively, the shielding layer being in an electrically conductive contact-connection with the housing. A contact pin of a conductor path of the conductor layer conductable to the outside is connected to the printed circuit board, the contact pin being arranged without electrical connection to the shielding layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Dürr, Johann Schunn, Manfred Streit
  • Publication number: 20010043466
    Abstract: A housing of a switchgear cabinet for a printing machine, with housing elements formed of electrically conductive material having an electrically insulating surface layer, includes at least one door, one body and one electrically conductive elastic seal disposed therebetween, respective mutually allocated elements of the housing elements having corresponding electrically conductive contact locations at electrically conductive strip material connected to the conductive material of the housing elements; each of the contact locations being covered by a protective layer which is removable during assembly of the cabinet, for the purpose of electrically conductively connecting the housing elements and the seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventors: Wolfgang Durr, Georg Glaunsinger, Johann Schunn
  • Publication number: 20010009816
    Abstract: A filter device for at least one electrical line connectable externally to a housing includes at least one contact pin for connecting the externally connectable electrical line to a multilayer printed circuit board having at least one support layer and at least one conductor layer, the contact pin having a part thereof located at a side of the filter device and being affixed to the printed circuit board, at least one outer layer of the printed circuit board being formed as either a holohedral or a grid-shaped shielding layer, respectively, the shielding layer being in an electrically conductive contact-connection with the housing. A contact pin of a conductor path of the conductor layer conductable to the outside is connected to the printed circuit board, the contact pin being arranged without electrical connection to the shielding layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2001
    Publication date: July 26, 2001
    Inventors: Wolfgang Durr, Johann Schunn, Manfred Streit
  • Patent number: 6043456
    Abstract: A method for regulating the temperature in a printing plate imaging unit of a printing press, particularly an offset printing press, the imaging unit being operable with laser light generated by a laser diode unit which is switched on and off in accordance with an image pattern to be produced on the printing plate, includes operating, alternatively with the laser diode unit, a heat source arranged near the laser diode unit so that the temperature of the laser diode unit is as constant as possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druchmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Helmut Meyer, Johann Schunn
  • Patent number: 5579216
    Abstract: Circuit arrangement for an inductive load with a rotor and at least one winding, a DC-voltage intermediate circuit and at least one switchable semiconductor rectifier of a power stage connected to the winding for passing a current therethrough, and a current regulator subject to hysteresis for regulating the current, includes control electronics connected to the current regulator for prescribing the hysteresis and the frequency of the current regulator, respectively, as a function of the current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Helmut Meyer, Johann Schunn