Patents by Inventor Michael SCHELLER

Michael SCHELLER 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: 12280441
    Abstract: A consumable cartridge for a plasma arc torch includes a cartridge frame having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the first and second ends defining a longitudinal axis, the second end including a plurality of discrete retaining features. The consumable cartridge includes an electrically conductive contact element secured to the cartridge frame by the plurality of discrete retaining features and translatable up to a predetermined distance within the cartridge frame along the longitudinal axis at the second end, the contact element having a core, a proximal surface, and a distal surface. The proximal surface is shaped to contact a torch plunger of the plasma arc torch upon installation into the plasma arc torch and the distal surface is shaped to contact an electrode of the plasma arc torch during an operation of the plasma arc torch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Hypertherm, Inc.
    Inventors: Yu Zhang, Jesse A. Roberts, Zheng Duan, Michael Scheller, David Agan, Steven Moody, Stephen T. Eickhoff, Garrett K. Quillia
  • Patent number: 11166556
    Abstract: A chair has a seat with a seat shell. A frame for supporting the seat has, on its side facing the seat, a mounting strut running parallel to the plane of the seat shell. An underside of the seat shell if formed with a receiving profile for the mounting strut. The receiving profile has a fastening section extending from a circumferential edge of the seat shell parallel to a plane of the seat shell into the interior of the seat shell and having an access opening at the circumferential edge of the seat shell. A clamping strip is provided for clamping the mounting strut in the fastening section. The clamping strip is slid from the access opening in a direction parallel to a longitudinal direction of the fastening section and is fixed in its end position in the fastening section perpendicular to the plane of the seat shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: VS Vereinigte Spezialmoebelfabriken GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Freisleben, Jens Heller, Walter Richter, Michael Scheller
  • Patent number: 11072164
    Abstract: Devices are provided for aligning magnetic or magnetizable particles, which particles are contained in a coating that is applied on one side of a substrate, which substrate is in the form of a web or sheet. The device has a magnet cylinder, which is arranged in a transport path of the substrate to be conveyed and, in a region of the outer circumference of the magnet cylinder, the device has a plurality of devices for effecting a magnetic field, or magnet devices for short. Some or all of the magnet devices comprise a magnet which is rotatable by an associated motor. The magnet cylinder is rotatably arranged in frame walls of a frame. At least one transducer for contactless transfer of electrical energy or control signals from the outside is provided in or on the rotating magnet cylinder, which comprises a first transducer part fixed to the frame and a second transducer part fixed to the cylinder during operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: KOENIG & BAUER AG
    Inventors: Andreas Jantsch, Edwin Kreps, Michael Scheller
  • Publication number: 20210136905
    Abstract: A consumable cartridge for a plasma arc torch includes a cartridge frame having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the first and second ends defining a longitudinal axis, the second end including a plurality of discrete retaining features. The consumable cartridge includes an electrically conductive contact element secured to the cartridge frame by the plurality of discrete retaining features and translatable up to a predetermined distance within the cartridge frame along the longitudinal axis at the second end, the contact element having a core, a proximal surface, and a distal surface. The proximal surface is shaped to contact a torch plunger of the plasma arc torch upon installation into the plasma arc torch and the distal surface is shaped to contact an electrode of the plasma arc torch during an operation of the plasma arc torch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Yu Zhang, Jesse A. Roberts, Zheng Duan, Michael Scheller, David Agan, Steven Moody, Stephen T. Eickhoff, Garrett K. Quillia
  • Publication number: 20210053339
    Abstract: Devices are provided for aligning magnetic or magnetizable particles, which particles are contained in a coating that is applied on one side of a substrate, which substrate is in the form of a web or sheet. The device has a magnet cylinder, which is arranged in a transport path of the substrate to be conveyed and, in a region of the outer circumference of the magnet cylinder, the device has a plurality of devices for effecting a magnetic field, or magnet devices for short. Some or all of the magnet devices comprise a magnet which is rotatable by an associated motor. The magnet cylinder is rotatably arranged in frame walls of a frame. At least one transducer for contactless transfer of electrical energy or control signals from the outside is provided in or on the rotating magnet cylinder, which comprises a first transducer part fixed to the frame and a second transducer part fixed to the cylinder during operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Andreas JANTSCH, Edwin KREPS, Michael SCHELLER
  • Patent number: 10912183
    Abstract: A consumable cartridge for a plasma arc torch includes a cartridge frame having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the first and second ends defining a longitudinal axis, the second end including a plurality of discrete retaining features. The consumable cartridge includes an electrically conductive contact element secured to the cartridge frame by the plurality of discrete retaining features and translatable up to a predetermined distance within the cartridge frame along the longitudinal axis at the second end, the contact element having a core, a proximal surface, and a distal surface. The proximal surface is shaped to contact a torch plunger of the plasma arc torch upon installation into the plasma arc torch and the distal surface is shaped to contact an electrode of the plasma arc torch during an operation of the plasma arc torch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Hypertherm, Inc.
    Inventors: Yu Zhang, Jesse A. Roberts, Zheng Duan, Michael Scheller, David Agan, Steven Moody, Stephen T. Eickhoff, Garrett K. Quillia
  • Patent number: 10821716
    Abstract: A laminating machine comprises at least one material source, configured as a sheet feeder, for sheets of a material to be laminated. The laminating machine further comprises at least one laminating unit. The laminating machine also comprises at least two lamination sources, each for at least one web-type laminating material. The laminating machine additionally comprises at least one laminating unit for producing a material web, which is laminated on both sides, from the sheets and the respective at least one laminating material. At least one lamination control device is disposed downstream of a laminating region of the laminating unit, along a transportation path provided for the transporting of the laminated material web. The control device monitors a control region, lying outside a transport region that is occupied by the transportation path provided for the laminated material web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: KOENIG & BAUER AG
    Inventors: Philipp Meckelein, Michael Scheller
  • Patent number: 10772427
    Abstract: A seating furniture includes a seat with a seat surface, a pedestal and a tilt mechanism. The tilt mechanism is disposed between the pedestal and the seat and permits an inclination of the seat surface of the seat relative to the horizontal. In addition, the tilt mechanism has a lower bearing block mounted to the pedestal, and an upper bearing block fixedly connected to the seat. The lower bearing block has a convexly curved lower bearing surface on its upper side facing the upper bearing block, and the upper bearing block has a concavely curved upper bearing surface on its lower side facing the lower bearing block. The lower and upper bearing surfaces have substantially corresponding radii of curvature, so that the upper bearing block can be moved relative to the lower bearing block along the upper bearing surface. A tilt mechanism for seating furniture is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: VS Vereinigte Spezialmoebelfabriken GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Schuppler, Michael Scheller, Jens Heller
  • Patent number: 10736204
    Abstract: A hand-held plasma power tool is provided, which includes a hand-held housing, a plasma delivery tip section at least partially disposed within the housing for delivering a plasma arc to a workpiece, an air compressor disposed within the housing for providing a gas to the plasma delivery tip section, and a power source disposed within the housing for providing a current to at least one of the air compressor or the plasma delivery tip section. The hand-held plasma power tool further comprises a handle section defined by at least a portion of the housing. The handle section is configured to enable an operator to manipulate the plasma power tool by hand while delivering the plasma arc to the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Hypertherm, Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse A. Roberts, Michael Scheller, Michael Hoffa
  • Patent number: 10717258
    Abstract: A laminating machine has at least one material source, configured as a sheet feeder, for sheets of a material to be laminated. The laminating machine also has at least one imbricating device for arranging un-laminated sheets in an imbricated manner with respect to one another. The laminating machine further has at least one laminating unit for producing a laminated material web from the sheets. At least one thickness control device is arranged in a transport path which is provided for the laminated material web downstream of the at least one laminating unit. A control region of the thickness control device intersects, at least partially, with the transport path which is provided for the laminated material web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: KOENIG & BAUER AG
    Inventors: Philipp Meckelein, Michael Scheller
  • Publication number: 20200163459
    Abstract: A chair has a seat with a seat shell. A frame for supporting the seat has, on its side facing the seat, a mounting strut running parallel to the plane of the seat shell. An underside of the seat shell if formed with a receiving profile for the mounting strut. The receiving profile has a fastening section extending from a circumferential edge of the seat shell parallel to a plane of the seat shell into the interior of the seat shell and having an access opening at the circumferential edge of the seat shell. A clamping strip is provided for clamping the mounting strut in the fastening section. The clamping strip is slid from the access opening in a direction parallel to a longitudinal direction of the fastening section and is fixed in its end position in the fastening section perpendicular to the plane of the seat shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: MARKUS FREISLEBEN, JENS HELLER, WALTER RICHTER, MICHAEL SCHELLER
  • Publication number: 20200047479
    Abstract: A laminating machine has at least one material source, configured as a sheet feeder, for sheets of a material to be laminated. The laminating machine also has at least one imbricating device for arranging un-laminated sheets in an imbricated manner with respect to one another. The laminating machine further has at least one laminating unit for producing a laminated material web from the sheets. At least one thickness control device is arranged in a transport path which is provided for the laminated material web downstream of the at least one laminating unit. A control region of the thickness control device intersects, at least partially, with the transport path which is provided for the laminated material web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Philipp MECKELEIN, Michael SCHELLER
  • Publication number: 20200009848
    Abstract: A laminating machine comprises at least one material source, configured as a sheet feeder, for sheets of a material to be laminated. The laminating machine further comprises at least one laminating unit. The laminating machine also comprises at least two lamination sources, each for at least one web-type laminating material. The laminating machine additionally comprises at least one laminating unit for producing a material web, which is laminated on both sides, from the sheets and the respective at least one laminating material. At least one lamination control device is disposed downstream of a laminating region of the laminating unit, along a transportation path provided for the transporting of the laminated material web. The control device monitors a control region, lying outside a transport region that is occupied by the transportation path provided for the laminated material web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Philipp MECKELEIN, Michael SCHELLER
  • Publication number: 20200000231
    Abstract: A seating furniture includes a seat with a seat surface, a pedestal and a tilt mechanism. The tilt mechanism is disposed between the pedestal and the seat and permits an inclination of the seat surface of the seat relative to the horizontal. In addition, the tilt mechanism has a lower bearing block mounted to the pedestal, and an upper bearing block fixedly connected to the seat. The lower bearing block has a convexly curved lower bearing surface on its upper side facing the upper bearing block, and the upper bearing block has a concavely curved upper bearing surface on its lower side facing the lower bearing block. The lower and upper bearing surfaces have substantially corresponding radii of curvature, so that the upper bearing block can be moved relative to the lower bearing block along the upper bearing surface. A tilt mechanism for seating furniture is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: MARKUS SCHUPPLER, MICHAEL SCHELLER, JENS HELLER
  • Patent number: 10442183
    Abstract: A method is provided for configuring a drying device in a printing machine, in particular in a value document printing machine. The printing machine has at least one printing unit which comprises an imaging cylinder having a plurality of imaging printing elements or groups of imaging printing elements which are arranged in rows and columns on its circumference. A drying device has a dryer, by which print material, passing through the dryer, is subject to radiation. The drying device is configured for ongoing or upcoming production in such a way that the print material passing through the dryer, in order to be dried, is subjected to radiation in a plurality of tracks spaced from each other by non-irradiated tracks according to the same switch-on and switch-off sequence extending over cycle length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Koenig & Bauer AG
    Inventors: Sebastian Franz, Michael Scheller
  • Patent number: 10335888
    Abstract: A swirl ring for a plasma arc torch includes a body configured to at least partially surround and slidingly engage an electrode of the plasma arc torch. The body includes a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the first and second ends defining a longitudinal axis, and at least one protuberance extending from the second end in a direction of the longitudinal axis. The at least one protuberance is configured to engage a switch of the plasma arc torch for sensing a presence of a swirl ring in the plasma arc torch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Hypertherm, Inc.
    Inventors: Yu Zhang, Jesse A. Roberts, Zheng Duan, Michael Scheller, David Agan, Steven Moody, Stephen T. Eickhoff, Garrett K. Quillia
  • Patent number: 10265944
    Abstract: A value-document printing machine includes, in the path of the printed material, at least a first printing site, at which first printing site a printing material passing through that first printing site can be printed, in segments, on at least a first of the two sides of that first printing material in a cycle at a print image width with a cycle length that is fixed in relation to the advancing of the printing material at the printing site, with print images of a print material length that is shorter than the cycle length. A second printing site follows next downstream that first printing site and through which the printing material passing through the printing site can likewise be printed with print images on at least a second of the sides of the printing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Koenig & Bauer AG
    Inventors: Sebastian Franz, Michael Scheller
  • Patent number: D921393
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: VS Vereinigte Spezialmoebelfabriken GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jean Nouvel, Thomas Mueller, Walter Richter, Markus Freisleben, Michael Scheller, Jens Heller
  • Patent number: D939851
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: VS Vereinigte Spezialmoebelfabriken GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jean Nouvel, Thomas Mueller, Walter Richter, Markus Freisleben, Michael Scheller, Jens Heller
  • Patent number: D977261
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: VS Vereinigte Spezialmoebelfabriken GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jean Nouvel, Thomas Mueller, Walter Richter, Markus Freisleben, Michael Scheller, Jens Heller