Patents by Inventor Norbert Heimann

Norbert Heimann 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).

  • Publication number: 20260195835
    Abstract: A system and a determination device for the technical configuration of a track-bound vehicle, and a production method for producing a track-bound vehicle, as well as a computer program, and a device for providing the computer program. In order to improve the configuration of the track-bound vehicle, requirement information, which represents requirements placed on the desired track-bound vehicle, is provided. Furthermore, platform information, which represents features of a vehicle platform, is provided and solution information, which represents a vehicle solution for at least partially meeting the requirements, is determined. The solution information is determined using the platform information on the basis of the requirement information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: July 9, 2026
    Inventors: Wolfgang Rössler, Norbert Heimann, Andreas Winzen
  • Patent number: 11572215
    Abstract: Labelling machine for labelling containers, having at least one docking station for a labelling apparatus and a machine control system, wherein the docking station comprises at least one network access for establishing a network connection between the machine control system and a docked labelling apparatus, wherein the network connection is designed to transmit security-relevant data and/or time-critical data, and wherein the network access is connected to a manageable Ethernet network switch of the machine control system with a DHCP server, wherein the DHCP server is adapted to assign a preset IP address determined by the DHCP server to a labelling apparatus connected to the network access.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: KRONES AG
    Inventor: Norbert Heimann
  • Publication number: 20220017252
    Abstract: Labelling machine for labelling containers, having at least one docking station for a label-ling apparatus, and a machine control system, wherein the docking station comprises at least one network access for establishing a network connection between the machine control system and a docked labelling apparatus, wherein the network connection is de-signed to transmit security-relevant data and/or time-critical data, and wherein the net-work access is connected to a manageable Ethernet network switch of the machine control system with a DHCP server, wherein the DHCP server is adapted to assign a pre-set IP address determined by the DHCP server to a labelling apparatus connected to the network access.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventor: Norbert HEIMANN
  • Patent number: 8651260
    Abstract: A method and a device for handling containers is described, wherein the containers are transported along a predetermined transport path and combined with at least one other product, the amount of which can be determined, in such a way that the product is fed to each individual container in a predetermined feed area of the transport path, wherein the other product is routed along a feed path to the feed area. At least one characterizing state is determined in a detection area disposed upstream relative to the feed area in a direction of transport of the containers, the state being characteristic of a number of containers fed, and a residual amount for the product that remains to be fed to the predetermined feed area until the product is switched is determined as a function of this characteristic state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Krones AG
    Inventors: Uwe Hasler, Josef Mayer, Markus Zoelfl, Norbert Heimann, Josef Raith