Patents by Inventor MARK ERKELENZ

MARK ERKELENZ 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).

  • Method and device for monitoring a wear structure, in particular a sealing structure
    Patent number: 10392750
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a wear structure including at least one wear element in a machine for generating or processing a fibrous material web, includes providing a time at which the wear element became operational, providing a time at which a defined first wear level of the wear element was reached, providing at least one further characteristic variable, and predicting a remaining operating time of the wear element from the knowledge of the times, in particular from a time difference between the times, as well as from the at least one further characteristic variable, by using a computer system. A device for carrying out the method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Mark Erkelenz, Jochen Honold, Christian Gommeringer, Samee Faraji
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING A WEAR STRUCTURE, IN PARTICULAR A SEALING STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20180119355
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a wear structure including at least one wear element in a machine for generating or processing a fibrous material web, includes providing a time at which the wear element became operational, providing a time at which a defined first wear level of the wear element was reached, providing at least one further characteristic variable, and predicting a remaining operating time of the wear element from the knowledge of the times, in particular from a time difference between the times, as well as from the at least one further characteristic variable, by using a computer system. A device for carrying out the method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: MARK ERKELENZ, JOCHEN HONOLD, CHRISTIAN GOMMERINGER, SAMEE FARAJI