Patents by Inventor Kai Wolter

Kai Wolter 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: 12237494
    Abstract: A system for manufacturing a dry electrode for an energy storage device are disclosed. The system includes a first dry electrode material delivery system configured to deliver a dry electrode material, a first calendering roll, a second calendering roll, and a controller. The second calendering roll is configured to form a first nip between the first calendering roll and the second calendering roll. The first nip is configured to receive the dry electrode material from the first dry electrode material delivery system, and form a dry electrode film from the dry electrode material. The controller is configured to control a rotational velocity of the second calendering roll to be greater than a rotational velocity of the first calendering roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Matthews International Corporation
    Inventors: Frank Bogenstahl, Rene Wolters, Christoph Lansing, Kay Wolters, Thomas Hackfort, Jörg Gottszky
  • Patent number: 12136727
    Abstract: A system and methods for manufacturing a dry electrode for an energy storage device are disclosed. The system includes a first dry electrode material delivery system configured to deliver a dry electrode material, a first calendering roll, a second calendering roll, and a controller. The second calendering roll is configured to form a first nip between the first calendering roll and the second calendering roll. The first nip is configured to receive the dry electrode material from the first dry electrode material delivery system, and form a dry electrode film from the dry electrode material. The controller is configured to control a rotational velocity of the second calendering roll to be greater than a rotational velocity of the first calendering roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Matthews International Corporation
    Inventors: Frank Bogenstahl, Rene Wolters, Christoph Lansing, Kay Wolters, Thomas Hackfort, Jörg Gottszky
  • Patent number: 11821460
    Abstract: A roller arrangement includes at least three parallel-axis rollers with a respective nip formed between adjacent rollers. Each of the rollers having a journal at both axial ends and is pivot-mounted via the respective roller journals. At least two bearings being arranged axially adjacent to one another at least on both of a first roller journal of a first, second and third adjacent rollers. A compressive stress is generated between an inner bearing on the first roller journal of the first roller and an outer bearing on the first roller journal of the second roller and a tensile stress is generated between an outer bearing on the first roller journal of the first roller and an inner bearing on the first roller journal of the second roller or vice versa. Similarly, compressive and tensile stresses are generated between the bearings on respective journals of the second and third adjacent rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas Hackfort, Frank Bogenstahl, Christoph Lansing, René Wolters, Harald Bartsch, Carsten Kleingries, Kay Wolters, Jörg Gottszky
  • Publication number: 20230071761
    Abstract: A method for operating a discharge lamp by modulating a current signal is presented. The discharge lamp is operated with at least two different frequencies. At first a probability distribution function for a first number of first frequency periods and a second number of second frequency periods is defined. Next, the first number of first frequency periods and the second number of second frequency periods are determined depending on the probability distribution function by at least one random number. The current signal is modulated by applying the first number of first frequency periods and the second number of second frequency periods to the current signal for operating the discharge lamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Michael HEISE, Bernd KOCH, Sascha PILTZ, Kai WOLTER
  • Publication number: 20230063322
    Abstract: The invention describes a method for operating a discharge lamp by adapting a current signal. A distribution function is defined for gathering several time span values that define several different time spans. The several time span values are determined depending on the distribution function by one or more random numbers. The current signal is commutated at every instant of time according to an expiry of each of the several time spans. A light apparatus is provided with a control unit to perform any method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Bernd KOCH, Michael HEISE, Sascha PILTZ, Kai WOLTER
  • Publication number: 20220072612
    Abstract: A system and methods for manufacturing a dry electrode for an energy storage device are disclosed. The system includes a first dry electrode material delivery system configured to deliver a dry electrode material, a first calendering roll, a second calendering roll, and a controller. The second calendering roll is configured to form a first nip between the first calendering roll and the second calendering roll. The first nip is configured to receive the dry electrode material from the first dry electrode material delivery system, and form a dry electrode film from the dry electrode material. The controller is configured to control a rotational velocity of the second calendering roll to be greater than a rotational velocity of the first calendering roll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Porter Mitchell, Frank Bogenstahl, René Wolters, Christoph Lansing, Jörg Gottszky, Kay Wolters, Thomas Hackfort
  • Publication number: 20200227722
    Abstract: A system and methods for manufacturing a dry electrode for an energy storage device are disclosed. The system includes a first dry electrode material delivery system configured to deliver a dry electrode material, a first calendering roll, a second calendering roll, and a controller. The second calendering roll is configured to form a first nip between the first calendering roll and the second calendering roll. The first nip us configured to receive the dry electrode material from the first dry electrode material delivery system, and form a dry electrode film from the dry electrode material. The controller is configured to control a rotational velocity of the second calendering roll to be greater than a rotational velocity of the first calendering roll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Frank Bogenstahl, Rene Wolters, Christoph Lansing, Kay Wolters, Thomas Hackfort, Jorg Gottszky
  • Patent number: 9320123
    Abstract: A method for operating a high-pressure discharge lamp with a variable power is disclosed. Said method utilizing at least the following steps: (a) providing high-pressure discharge lamp, which has a nominal operating power; (b) operating the lamp with an instantaneous power, where the instantaneous power lies within relative lower and upper power limits, respectively, and said limits may depend on an average power, and said instantaneous power may lie within a predetermined absolute lower and upper power limit; (c) determining the average power from a one-sided moving average value of the instantaneous power or the exponential smoothing of the instantaneous power of a time segment of predefined length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: OSRAM GMBH
    Inventors: Kai Wolter, Markus Baier
  • Patent number: 9253861
    Abstract: Various embodiments may relate to a circuit arrangement for operating at least one discharge lamp having a commutation device and a control device which is coupled to the commutation device. A first measuring device is used to determine in each case first measurement values, which represent a measure of the magnitude of electrode peaks of the discharge lamp, within a test operating phase in which the first electrode and the second electrode are supplied with energy in an asymmetrical manner. A second measuring device is used to determine a second measurement value which is correlated with the current through the discharge lamp at least during the test operating phase. The control device is designed to actuate the commutation device at least as a function of the determined first measurement values and second measurement values. Various embodiments further relate to a corresponding method for operating at least one discharge lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventors: Kai Wolter, Norbert Magg
  • Patent number: 9156071
    Abstract: A compact roll arrangement has a device and method for regulating the roll nip so that intermittently coated films may be calendared precisely. A bearing block is arranged in a bearing jewel, and first lever arms of the clamping latch of the upper roll and the lower roll are connected rigidly to one another. Bearing jewels which lie opposite to one another, of the upper roll and the lower roll are connected to one another via a second actuating element. A controller acts on first and second actuating elements, so that the first actuating elements are moved to adjust the roll nip according to a predetermined thrust and a predetermined linear load, and the second actuating elements are moved to maintain the bearing jewels in a relative rest position which is defined by specified densification of a material web passing the roll nip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: SAUERESSIG GMBH + CO. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Hackfort, Kay Wolters, Heinz Wittebrock, Joerg Gottszky
  • Publication number: 20150084539
    Abstract: A method for operating a high-pressure discharge lamp with a variable power is disclosed. Said method utilizing at least the following steps: (a) providing high-pressure discharge lamp, which has a nominal operating power; (b) operating the lamp with an instantaneous power, where the instantaneous power lies within relative lower and upper power limits, respectively, and said limits may depend on an average power, and said instantaneous power may lie within a predetermined absolute lower and upper power limit; (c) determining the average power from a one-sided moving average value of the instantaneous power or the exponential smoothing of the instantaneous power of a time segment of predefined length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: OSRAM GMBH
    Inventors: Kai Wolter, Markus Baier
  • Publication number: 20150077018
    Abstract: Various embodiments may relate to a circuit arrangement for operating at least one discharge lamp having a commutation device and a control device which is coupled to the commutation device. A first measuring device is used to determine in each case first measurement values, which represent a measure of the magnitude of electrode peaks of the discharge lamp, within a test operating phase in which the first electrode and the second electrode are supplied with energy in an asymmetrical manner. A second measuring device is used to determine a second measurement value which is correlated with the current through the discharge lamp at least during the test operating phase. The control device is designed to actuate the commutation device at least as a function of the determined first measurement values and second measurement values. Various embodiments further relate to a corresponding method for operating at least one discharge lamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Kai Wolter, Norbert Magg
  • Publication number: 20140109642
    Abstract: A roll arrangement having a device for regulating the roll nip, comprising a roll pair which consists of an upper roll and a lower roll, between which a roll nip is formed, wherein each roll is provided with two roll journals which lie axially diametrically opposite one another; at least two bearing blocks for each roll journal, wherein one or more bearings are received in a bearing block; and a bearing block, which lies in each case on the outside on the roll journal, in a clamping latch which has a first lever arm and a second lever arm, wherein the second lever arm of the respective clamping latch of the upper roll and the second lever arm of the respective clamping latch of the lower roll are connected to one another via a first actuating element; mutually corresponding bearing jewels and clamping latches of the upper roll and the lower roll lie opposite one another; and a controller which acts on the first and the second actuating element, is characterized in that the bearing block which lies in each cas
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: SAUERESSIG GMBH + CO. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Hackfort, Kay Wolters, Heinz Wittebrock, Joerg Gottszky
  • Patent number: 8602566
    Abstract: A method for operating a gas discharge lamp featuring a gas discharge lamp burner and a first and a second electrode, wherein the electrodes have a nominal electrode separation in the gas discharge lamp burner before their first activation and said nominal separation is correlated to the lamp voltage. The method may include checking whether the off-time, corresponding to the time duration between two DC voltage phases, has expired; and if the off-time has expired, omitting commutations or applying pseudo-commutations for a predefined time duration which depends on the lamp voltage in such a way that a time duration of the omission of at least one of commutations and application of pseudo-commutations is predefined for each lamp voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: OSRAM AG
    Inventors: Markus Baier, Martin Brueckel, Bärbel Dierks, Peter Flesch, Josef Kroell, Oskar Schallmoser, Kai Wolter
  • Patent number: 8188675
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for operating an illumination system, which illumination system has a high pressure discharge lamp driven with a commutating lamp current (IL), and a color filter system for filtering the light of the high pressure discharge lamp in a plurality of sequential color segments (A, B, D, E, G, H). The invention further relates to an illumination system for embodying the inventive method, and to a computer program product which can be loaded into an inventive illumination system in order to configure said illumination system in accordance with the inventive method. According to the invention, prior to a commutation in an intermediate phase (ZP), the lamp current (IL) passes through an intermediate phase pulse (DP), during which the light of the illumination system is suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Osram AG
    Inventor: Kai Wolter
  • Patent number: 8154213
    Abstract: A circuit arrangement (10) for operation of a high-pressure discharge lamp having a commutation device (K), which has an input (E1, E2) for coupling to a DC voltage source and has an output (A1, A2) for coupling to the high-pressure discharge lamp (EL). A control apparatus (12) is configured to commutate the polarity with which the voltage (UZW), which is applied to the input (E1, E2) of the commutation device (K), is coupled to the output (A1, A2) of the commutation device (K). A synchronization apparatus (14) is configured to provide a synchronization signal (Sy) at its output (A1, A2). A timer apparatus (16) is configured to produce a commutation initiation signal (KA) at its output (A1, A2), which commutation initiation signal (KA) is synchronized with a predeterminable operating frequency of the high-pressure discharge lamp (EL).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: OSRAM AG
    Inventors: Christian Breuer, Kai Wolter
  • Publication number: 20110317133
    Abstract: A method for operating a gas discharge lamp featuring a gas discharge lamp burner and a first and a second electrode, wherein the electrodes have a nominal electrode separation in the gas discharge lamp burner before their first activation and said nominal separation is correlated to the lamp voltage. The method may include checking whether the off-time, corresponding to the time duration between two DC voltage phases, has expired; and if the off-time has expired, omitting commutations or applying pseudo-commutations for a predefined time duration which depends on the lamp voltage in such a way that a time duration of the omission of at least one of commutations and application of pseudo-commutations is predefined for each lamp voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: OSRAM GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRAENKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Martin Brueckel, Bärbel Dierks, Peter Flesch, Josef Kroell, Markus Baier, Oskar Schallmoser, Kai Wolter
  • Publication number: 20100079735
    Abstract: A circuit arrangement (10) for operation of a high-pressure discharge lamp having a commutation device (K), which has an input (E1, E2) for coupling to a DC voltage source and has an output (A1, A2) for coupling to the high-pressure discharge lamp (EL). The commutation device (K) is configured to couple the voltage (UZW) which is applied to the input (E1, E2) to its output (A1, A2). A control apparatus (12) is configured to commutate the polarity with which the voltage (UZW), which is applied to the input (E1, E2) of the commutation device (K), is coupled to the output (A1, A2) of the commutation device (K). A synchronization apparatus (14) is configured to provide a synchronization signal (Sy) at its output (A1, A2). A timer apparatus (16) is configured to produce a commutation initiation signal (KA) at its output (A1, A2), which commutation initiation signal (KA) is synchronized with a predeterminable operating frequency of the high-pressure discharge lamp (EL).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Christian Breuer, Kai Wolter
  • Publication number: 20090195181
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for operating an illumination system, which illumination system has a high pressure discharge lamp driven with a commutating lamp current (IL), and a color filter system for filtering the light of the high pressure discharge lamp in a plurality of sequential color segments (A, B, D, E, G, H). The invention further relates to an illumination system for embodying the inventive method, and to a computer program product which can be loaded into an inventive illumination system in order to configure said illumination system in accordance with the inventive method. According to the invention, prior to a commutation in an intermediate phase (ZP), the lamp current (IL) passes through an intermediate phase pulse (DP), during which the light of the illumination system is suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventor: Kai Wolter
  • Patent number: 7560878
    Abstract: High-pressure discharge lamps may explode at the end of their life. In order to be able to predict an explosion, the gradient of the operating voltage is evaluated. If a risk of explosion is detected, the lamp operation is interrupted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft fur elektrische
    Inventors: Franz Bernitz, Christian Breuer, Andreas Huber, Kai Wolter