Patents by Inventor Michael Gierlings

Michael Gierlings 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: 12134257
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for adhesively bonding substrates in film form, wherein one of the substrates has a thermoplastic surface which is converted into a softened state prior to adhesive bonding, and wherein the surface of this substrate that is opposite to the thermoplastic surface is cooled using a cooling roller. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a device for carrying out the method according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Hans-Georg Kinzelmann, Michael Gierlings
  • Patent number: 11628658
    Abstract: A device for laminating a substrate with a thermoplastic coating material has an IR heating device for melting a surface of the coating material, an opposite cooling apparatus which actively cools the opposite surface of the coating material, and at least one press-roller assembly, which presses together the substrate web and the coating material to produce a hot-melt adhesive bond. In order to prevent any irregularities in the finished product, the cooling apparatus is designed as a rotatably driven cooling roller, over the circumference of which the following are arranged in succession: a feed apparatus for the thermoplastic coating material, one or more IR radiant heaters for heating the surface of the thermoplastic coating material resting on the cooling roller, a feed apparatus for the substrate web, one or more press rollers for pressing the substrate web against the coating material, and a removal apparatus for the laminated product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Klomfass Gierlings & Partner GbR (vertretungsberechtigter Gesellschafter Michael Gierlings...)
    Inventors: Michael Gierlings, Thorsten-Derrick Klomfass
  • Publication number: 20220063258
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for adhesively bonding substrates in film form, wherein one of the substrates has a thermoplastic surface which is converted into a softened state prior to adhesive bonding, and wherein the surface of this substrate that is opposite to the thermoplastic surface is cooled using a cooling roller. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a device for carrying out the method according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Hans-Georg Kinzelmann, Michael Gierlings
  • Publication number: 20210372885
    Abstract: An arrangement is provided including at least one sound transducer and at least one component. The component is configured to be moved relative to the sound transducer. A gap is provided between the component and the sound transducer, and the gap is filled or is configured to be filled with a liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Georg Tenckhoff, Michael Gierling
  • Patent number: 10983028
    Abstract: In a planetary gear arrangement with a planetary gear which includes a rotating part and a non-rotating part, and with a sensor module for sensing properties of the planetary gear, the sensor module includes a sensor as well as a first sending/receiving unit and a second sending/receiving unit, wherein the sensor and the first sending/receiving unit are coupled and arranged at the rotating part, and wherein the second sending/receiving unit is arranged at the non-rotating part, wherein the first sending/receiving unit and the second sending/receiving unit are configured for being inductively coupled, wherein the first sending/receiving unit includes an energy storage, wherein the energy storage is configured for being charged during each turn of the rotating part for powering the sensor via the first sending/receiving unit in order to perform measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Michael Eller, Luk Geens, Michael Gierling, Jens Graf, Charlotte Olivier, Johannes Schaefer, Kris Smolders, Georg Tenckhoff, Andre Tubbesing
  • Patent number: 10934458
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for adhering flexible substrates, the connecting adhesive layer being formed in a thin manner. The invention further relates to a composite substrate, wherein the two substrates are connected by a thin flexible adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Hans-Georg Kinzelmann, Michael Gierlings
  • Publication number: 20200384751
    Abstract: A device for laminating a substrate with a thermoplastic coating material has an IR heating device for melting a surface of the coating material, an opposite cooling apparatus which actively cools the opposite surface of the coating material, and at least one press-roller assembly, which presses together the substrate web and the coating material to produce a hot-melt adhesive bond. In order to prevent any irregularities in the finished product, the cooling apparatus is designed as a rotatably driven cooling roller, over the circumference of which the following are arranged in succession: a feed apparatus for the thermoplastic coating material, one or more IR radiant heaters for heating the surface of the thermoplastic coating material resting on the cooling roller, a feed apparatus for the substrate web, one or more press rollers for pressing the substrate web against the coating material, and a removal apparatus for the laminated product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: Klomfass Gierlings & Partner GbR (vertretungsberechtigter Gesellschafter Michael Gierlings, Marderwe
    Inventors: Michael GIERLINGS, Thorsten-Derrick KLOMFASS
  • Patent number: 10668914
    Abstract: A method for operating a drive-train (1) of a motor vehicle having an internal combustion engine, a transmission connected between the internal combustion engine and a drive output, and a brake assembly. While the motor vehicle is traveling, if a manual command is given or if defined operating conditions exist, the drive-train (1) is operated in a coasting mode, in which the drive-train (1) is disengaged and the internal combustion engine is turned off. If the internal combustion engine, turned off for the coasting mode, fails to restart despite the existence of a signal to restart the internal combustion engine, a braking process is initiated automatically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventor: Michael Gierling
  • Publication number: 20190226942
    Abstract: In a planetary gear arrangement with a planetary gear which includes a rotating part and a non-rotating part, and with a sensor module for sensing properties of the planetary gear, the sensor module includes a sensor as well as a first sending/receiving unit and a second sending/receiving unit, wherein the sensor and the first sending/receiving unit are coupled and arranged at the rotating part, and wherein the second sending/receiving unit is arranged at the non-rotating part, wherein the first sending/receiving unit and the second sending/receiving unit are configured for being inductively coupled, wherein the first sending/receiving unit includes an energy storage, wherein the energy storage is configured for being charged during each turn of the rotating part for powering the sensor via the first sending/receiving unit in order to perform measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicants: Aktiebolaget SKF, ZF Friedrichshafen AG, ZF Wind Power Antwerpen NV
    Inventors: Michael Eller, Luk Greens, Michael Gierling, Jens Graf, Charlotte Olivier, Johannes Schaefer, Kris Smolders, Georg Tenckhoff, Andre Tubbesing
  • Patent number: 10350855
    Abstract: The invention relates to: a method for adhesively bonding two substrates, in which a first substrate, which contains a thermoplastic, is transported by way of at least one supporting conveyor belt through a heating zone in which the surface of said substrate is softened, and then the second substrate, which has an adhesive layer, is laminated onto the softened surface of the first substrate and pressed together therewith; a composite body obtainable in this manner, in which the two substrates are bonded by a flexible, thin adhesive layer; and a device for adhesively bonding these two substrates by means of the described method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: HENKEL AG & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Hans-Georg Kinzelmann, Michael Gierlings
  • Publication number: 20190184962
    Abstract: A method for operating a drive-train (1) of a motor vehicle having an internal combustion engine, a transmission connected between the internal combustion engine and a drive output, and a brake assembly. While the motor vehicle is traveling, if a manual command is given or if defined operating conditions exist, the drive-train (1) is operated in a coasting mode, in which the drive-train (1) is disengaged and the internal combustion engine is turned off. If the internal combustion engine, turned off for the coasting mode, fails to restart despite the existence of a signal to restart the internal combustion engine, a braking process is initiated automatically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventor: Michael GIERLING
  • Publication number: 20190184961
    Abstract: A method for operating a drive-train (1) of a motor vehicle, wherein the drive-train (1) comprises an internal combustion engine, a transmission connected between the internal combustion engine and a drive output, and a compressed aft system of a brake unit. While the motor vehicle is traveling, if a manual command is issued or if defined operating conditions are satisfied, the drive-train (1) is operated in a coasting mode in which the drive-train (1) is disengaged and the internal combustion engine is turned off. In order to achieve the coasting mode, a pressure in the compressed air system of the brake unit is increased before the internal combustion engine is turned off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventor: Michael GIERLING
  • Publication number: 20190184960
    Abstract: A method for operating a drive-train (1) of a motor vehicle. The drive-train (1) has an internal combustion engine, a transmission connected between the internal combustion engine and a drive output, and a compressed air system of a brake unit. While the motor vehicle is travelling, if a manual command is issued or if defined operating conditions are satisfied, the drive-train (1) is operated in a coasting mode in which the drive-train (1) is disengaged and the internal combustion engine is turned off. During the coasting mode, a pressure in a compressed air system of the brake unit is determined, and if the determined pressure reaches or falls below a predefined first pressure value, the pressure in the compressed air system of the brake unit is automatically increased, via a pressure-generator, to a predefined second pressure value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventor: Michael GIERLING
  • Publication number: 20170203543
    Abstract: The invention relates to: a method for adhesively bonding two substrates, in which a first substrate, which contains a thermoplastic, is transported by way of at least one supporting conveyor belt through a heating zone in which the surface of said substrate is softened, and then the second substrate, which has an adhesive layer, is laminated onto the softened surface of the first substrate and pressed together therewith; a composite body obtainable in this manner, in which the two substrates are bonded by a flexible, thin adhesive layer; and a device for adhesively bonding these two substrates by means of the described method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Hans-Georg Kinzelmann, Michael Gierlings
  • Publication number: 20150140307
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for adhering flexible substrates, the connecting adhesive layer being formed in a thin manner. The invention further relates to a composite substrate, wherein the two substrates are connected by a thin flexible adhesive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Hans-Georg Kinzelmann, Michael Gierlings