Patents by Inventor Roger Braun

Roger Braun 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: 12077916
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a color-changeable decorative surface. In order to provide a decorative surface that can be changed in a particularly simple manner in terms of its coloring by the end consumer and which is particularly cost-effective and resistant, it is provided that at least one layer of a coating agent, which enables the absorption of color particles, is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: SWISS KRONO TEC AG
    Inventors: Pius Steinmann, Roger Braun
  • Patent number: 12077966
    Abstract: The invention relates to an acoustic panel (1) for producing a wall and ceiling lining, comprising a front face (2) and a rear face (3) and recesses (4, 6) which extend from the front face (2) and from the rear face (3) into the acoustic panel. In order to provide an acoustic panel which both prevents the ability to see through from the front face to the absorber and also prevents particles from passing from the absorber through the acoustic panel (1), according to the invention at least one front-face recess and one rear-face recess (6) are arranged so as to be partially offset from one another and comprise a through-opening (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: SWISS KRONO TEC AG
    Inventors: Roger Braun, Jonathan Wyss
  • Patent number: 12050254
    Abstract: Described herein is an apparatus for quality control of a superconducting tape including (a) at least two rolls contacting the superconducting tape and being suitable for injecting an electric current into the superconducting tape; (b) at least two measuring contacts contacting the superconducting tape and being suitable for measuring an electric voltage along the superconducting tape; and (c) a cooling section suitable for cooling the superconducting tape below its critical temperature, where the at least two rolls and the at least two measuring contacts are located inside the cooling section, and where the cooling section is suitable for keeping the rolls at a first temperature and the measuring contacts at a second temperature, where the first temperature is lower than the second temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Commonwealth Fusion Systems LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Braun, Ruslan Karabalaev, Michael Baecker, Roger Woerdenweber
  • Patent number: 11951719
    Abstract: A carrier material has a resin layer arranged on a side of the carrier material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SWISS KRONO Tec AG
    Inventors: Roger Braun, Andreas Gier, Dorin Moisch, Pius Steinmann
  • Patent number: 11629505
    Abstract: A mounting clip (1) for the floating mounting of wall and ceiling panels consisting of composite wood materials, said panels being connected to one another without adhesive by corresponding locking profiles to form a wall or ceiling covering and being fastened to a substructure. The mounting clip has a base board (2), a receiving portion (4) formed in one piece with the base board and intended for engaging in a locking profile of a panel, wherein the receiving portion has a distancing piece (5) arranged as far as possible perpendicularly to the plane of the base board, and a contacting piece (6), which adjoins the distancing piece and is arranged as far as possible parallel to the plane of the base board, and a slot (8) is provided in the base board for fastening the mounting clip to a fastening means on the substructure the slot can be at least 1.5-4 cm long and extend transversely with respect to the contacting piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: SWISS KRONO Tec AG
    Inventor: Roger Braun
  • Publication number: 20220349186
    Abstract: The invention relates to an acoustic panel (1) for producing a wall and ceiling lining, comprising a front face (2) and a rear face (3) and recesses (4, 6) which extend from the front face (2) and from the rear face (3) into the acoustic panel. In order to provide an acoustic panel which both prevents the ability to see through from the front face to the absorber and also prevents particles from passing from the absorber through the acoustic panel (1), according to the invention at least one front-face recess and one rear-face recess (6) are arranged so as to be partially offset from one another and comprise a through-opening (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: SWISS KRONO TEC AG
    Inventors: Roger Braun, Jonathan Wyss
  • Patent number: 11472224
    Abstract: A method for the refinement of a panel and an apparatus for the refinement of a panel according to a method of this type. The method for the refinement of a panel includes: unpacking of a panel having a core made from wood material from a transport-safe packaging, a grounding in the form of at least one synthetic resin layer pressed together with the core and, if appropriate, a primer being arranged on a top side of the core, and a coating being arranged on a core underside lying opposite the top side of the core, and connection and locking means being attached to at least two mutually opposite side faces; application of a decorative layer having a decoration to the grounding or primer; and application of at least one wear layer to the decorative layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: FLOORING TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventors: Norbert Kalwa, Roger Braun
  • Publication number: 20220306821
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for coating a planar workpiece. In order to provide a planar workpiece, which is produced from a workpiece having lignocellulose fibers and a proportion of more than 50 wt % binding agent and optionally filler, with improved performance characteristics, a method is provided having the following steps: providing the planar workpiece, which has an upper face and a lower face and a lateral surface, applying a coating, applying a decoration, optionally structuring the coating, at least on a portion of an upper face, a lower face, or a lateral surface, in each case, and optionally curing the coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: SWISS KRONO TEC AG
    Inventors: Roger Braun, Joachim Hasch, Norbert Kalwa, Volker Schwind
  • Publication number: 20220203574
    Abstract: The invention relates to a planar material, comprising lignocellulose fibers and binding agents. In order to provide a planar material that using fibers has reduced swelling, it is provided that the proportion of the binding agent has more than 50 wt % of the planar material. The invention also comprises a method for producing the planar material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: SWISS KRONO TEC AG
    Inventors: Roger Braun, Joachim Hasch, Volker Schwind, Norbert Kalwa
  • Patent number: 11292291
    Abstract: A method for the production of grounded panels and to a panel having a core made from a wood material board. The method includes provision of a wood material board, application of a grounding in the form of a synthetic resin layer to at least one topside of the wood material board, application of a coating to an underside, lying opposite the topside of the wood material board, of the wood material board, pressing of the layer build-up consisting of the wood material board, grounding and coating under the influence of pressure and, if appropriate, temperature, division of the grounded and coated wood material board into individual panels, cutting machining of side faces of the panels for the incorporation of connection and locking means, and transport-safe packaging of the grounded panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: FLOORING TECHNOLOGIES LTD
    Inventors: Roger Braun, Norbert Kalwa
  • Publication number: 20220042317
    Abstract: A mounting clip (1) for the floating mounting of wall and ceiling panels consisting of composite wood materials, said panels being connected to one another without adhesive by corresponding locking profiles to form a wall or ceiling covering and being fastened to a substructure. The mounting clip has a base board (2), a receiving portion (4) formed in one piece with the base board and intended for engaging in a locking profile of a panel, wherein the receiving portion has a distancing piece (5) arranged as far as possible perpendicularly to the plane of the base board, and a contacting piece (6), which adjoins the distancing piece and is arranged as far as possible parallel to the plane of the base board, and a slot (8) is provided in the base board for fastening the mounting clip to a fastening means on the substructure the slot can be at least 1.5-4 cm long and extend transversely with respect to the contacting piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: SWISS KRONO Tec AG
    Inventor: Roger Braun
  • Patent number: 11220130
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for finishing a panel, the method includes a) a relief embossed into the upper side in the form of at least one strip-shaped depression with a depth (T), b) a decorative paper applied to the upper side, c) an overlay paper applied to the decorative paper as an abrasion-resistant layer, d) the lower side provided with a backing layer, e) the structure pressed at a high pressure and temperature, and f) during the pressing, at least one strip-shaped depression again embossed in a second embossing without changing the depth (T). Also, the upper side features a press skin that has a thickness of 0.3 to 0.5 mm, the bulk density of the panel in a top layer is between 950 and 1,000 kg/m3, and an aqueous melamine resin is applied to the upper side as a tempering agent before or after embossing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: FLOORING TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventors: Roger Braun, Frank Oldorff, Ingo Lehnhoff, Norbert Kalwa, RĂ¼diger Klupsch
  • Publication number: 20210323343
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for finishing a panel, the method includes a) a relief embossed into the upper side in the form of at least one strip-shaped depression with a depth (T), b) a decorative paper applied to the upper side, c) an overlay paper applied to the decorative paper as an abrasion-resistant layer, d) the lower side provided with a backing layer, e) the structure pressed at a high pressure and temperature, and f) during the pressing, at least one strip-shaped depression is again embossed in a second embossing without changing the depth (T). Also, the upper side features a press skin that has a thickness of 0.3 to 0.5 mm, the bulk density of the panel in a top layer is between 950 and 1,000 kg/m3, and an aqueous melamine resin is applied to the upper side as a tempering agent before or after embossing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Roger BRAUN, Frank OLDORFF, Ingo LEHNHOFF, Norbert KALWA, RĂ¼diger KLUPSCH
  • Publication number: 20210010203
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a synthetic resin surface or lacquered surface with a variable color, having the steps of providing a support layer with a lower face and an upper face, impregnating the support layer with a liquid impregnant without using a pickling additive and at least drying the impregnated support layer. The aim of the invention is to provide a decorative surface, the coloring of which by the end consumer can be modified in a particularly simple manner and which is particularly inexpensive and resistant. This is achieved in that a layer of coating agent is deposited on the upper face of the support layer and is dried, and the support layer is then connected to a material, wherein the layer is cured in order to form an open-pore layer which is at least as transparent as possible upon drying and/or connecting to the upper face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: SWISS KRONO Tec AG
    Inventors: Roger Braun, Pius Steinmann
  • Publication number: 20210009841
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a color-changeable decorative surface. In order to provide a decorative surface that can be changed in a particularly simple manner in terms of its coloring by the end consumer and which is particularly cost-effective and resistant, it is provided that at least one layer of a coating agent, which enables the absorption of color particles, is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: SWISS KRONO Tec AG
    Inventors: Pius Steinmann, Roger Braun
  • Patent number: 10828874
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composite board composed of wood material, comprising a middle layer composed of plywood, wherein the middle layer is connected to at least one outer layer composed of fiberboard. In order to provide an economically producible composite board having improved strength properties, an artificial resin-impregnated paper according to the invention is arranged between the middle layer and the outer layer. The invention further relates to a method for producing the composite board composed of wood material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: SWISS KRONO TEC AG
    Inventors: Roger Braun, Josef Hofer
  • Patent number: 10661531
    Abstract: The invention relates to an adhesive bond between two elements each having a dried adhesive film (26, 34) of a one-component adhesive applied to it in the factory, wherein the adhesive films (26, 34) have merged into a single adhesive layer, and further including a mechanical draw-out resistance element extending from a first element of the two elements toward a second element of the two elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: SWISS KRONO Tec AG
    Inventors: Roger Braun, Alfred Waldmuller
  • Patent number: 10399377
    Abstract: A method for providing a roller assembly for producing a decorative pattern on a wood material surface, wherein the roller assembly comprises at least one decorative paint roller and at least one structured lacquer application or embossing roller, and the structured lacquer application or embossing roller and the decorative paint roller are matched to create a structured decorative pattern, includes the steps of applying first the decorative paint roller and then the structured lacquer application roller on the wood material surface. The method uses at least two different decorative paint rollers for creating two different decorative patterns are matched with a structured lacquer application or embossing roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Flooring Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ralf Sczepan, Roger Braun
  • Publication number: 20190135027
    Abstract: A method for the refinement of a panel and an apparatus for the refinement of a panel according to a method of this type. The method for the refinement of a panel includes: unpacking of a panel having a core made from wood material from a transport-safe packaging, a grounding in the form of at least one synthetic resin layer pressed together with the core and, if appropriate, a primer being arranged on a top side of the core, and a coating being arranged on a core underside lying opposite the top side of the core, and connection and locking means being attached to at least two mutually opposite side faces; application of a decorative layer having a decoration to the grounding or primer; and application of at least one wear layer to the decorative layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Norbert KALWA, Roger BRAUN
  • Publication number: 20190126600
    Abstract: A carrier material has a resin layer arranged on a side of the carrier material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: SWISS KRONO Tec AG
    Inventors: Roger BRAUN, Andreas GIER, Dorin MOISCH, Pius STEINMANN