Patents by Inventor Ralf Menke

Ralf Menke 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).

  • Sleeve, winding device, and method for repeated, successive winding of webs to form reels of material
    Patent number: 12091271
    Abstract: The invention describes a sleeve for sliding onto and removing from a winding shaft, which comprises a one-piece workpiece defining a cylinder, which workpiece comprises two edge regions each having an edge, the edge regions overlapping one another, the sleeve having a first diameter in a relaxed state, the sleeve in a clamped state having a second diameter which is different from the first diameter, the sleeve in the clamped state experiencing an elastic deformation as compared to the relaxed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Windmöller & Hölscher KG
    Inventors: Fabian Sundermann, Frank Hoffmann, Ralf Menke
  • Sleeve, Winding Device, and Method for Repeated, Successive Winding of Webs to Form Reels of Material
    Publication number: 20210380362
    Abstract: The invention describes a sleeve for sliding onto and removing from a winding shaft, which comprises a one-piece workpiece defining a cylinder, which workpiece comprises two edge regions each having an edge, the edge regions overlapping one another, the sleeve having a first diameter in a relaxed state, the sleeve in a clamped state having a second diameter which is different from the first diameter, the sleeve in the clamped state experiencing an elastic deformation as compared to the relaxed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Fabian Sundermann, Frank Hoffmann, Ralf Menke