Patents by Inventor Oliver FASSLER

Oliver FASSLER 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).

  • Self-optimizing, adaptive industrial chocolate production system, and corresponding method thereof
    Patent number: 11641861
    Abstract: Proposed is a self-optimizing, adaptive industrial chocolate production system (1), and method thereof. The system comprising a chocolate mass processing line (11) with at least dosing means (2), one or more mixers (3), one or more refiners (4), one or more conches (5), and liquefying and tempering means (6). Appropriate inter-dependent operational parameters of the various devices (2/3/4/5/6) are measured by real-time measuring devices and transmitted to a controller device 12. The measured inter-dependent operational parameters are mutually optimized and dynamically adjusted providing an optimal operation at least in terms of the characteristics of the end chocolate mass 7 and/or throughputs of the chocolate production line 11 and/or other operation conditions as energy consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: BÜHLER AG
    Inventors: Manuel Höhener, Fabian Dintheer, Cornelia Koller, Armin Metzger, Frank Barthel, Bernd Schmidt, Tobias Nüssle, Daniel Egli, Oliver Fässler
  • SELF-OPTIMIZING, ADAPTIVE INDUSTRIAL CHOCOLATE PRODUCTION SYSTEM, AND CORRESPONDING METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20210127701
    Abstract: Proposed is a self-optimizing, adaptive industrial chocolate production system (1), and method thereof. The system comprising a chocolate mass processing line (11) with at least dosing means (2), one or more mixers (3), one or more refiners (4), one or more conches (5), and liquefying and tempering means (6). Appropriate inter-dependent operational parameters of the various devices (2/3/4/5/6) are measured by real-time measuring devices and transmitted to a controller device 12. The measured inter-dependent operational parameters are mutually optimized and dynamically adjusted providing an optimal operation at least in terms of the characteristics of the end chocolate mass 7 and/or throughputs of the chocolate production line 11 and/or other operation conditions as energy consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: Bühler AG
    Inventors: Manuel HÖHENER, Fabian DINTHEER, Cornelia KOLLER, Armin METZGER, Frank BARTHEL, Bernd SCHMIDT, Tobias NÜSSLE, Daniel EGLI, Oliver FASSLER