Patents by Inventor Sören Wehler

Sören Wehler 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: 12564858
    Abstract: Treatment system (100), having a treatment region for receiving workpieces (102) to be treated, and one or more operating devices (130) for performing one or more operations on the workpieces (102) to be treated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: Dürr Systems AG
    Inventors: Sören Wehler, Frank Herre, Dietmar Wieland, Elias-Joshua Nanninga, Daniel Ackermann, Uwe Ludwig
  • Patent number: 12523992
    Abstract: In order to provide a checking facility for checking workpieces and also a treatment facility for treating workpieces, which enable efficient and reliable quality optimisation, it is proposed that workpiece parameters are detected, for example by means of an automatic checking station, and a workpiece-specific data set is created on this basis and/or from facility parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2026
    Assignee: Dürr Systems AG
    Inventors: Frank Herre, Michael Zabel, Dietmar Wieland, Sören Wehler
  • Patent number: 12465944
    Abstract: Treatment system (100) for treating workpieces (102), having a treatment region (108) for receiving workpieces (102) to be treated, and a plurality of operating devices (130) for performing one or more operations on the workpieces (102) to be treated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2025
    Assignee: Dürr Systems AG
    Inventors: Sören Wehler, Frank Herre, Dietmar Wieland, Elias-Joshua Nanninga, Daniel Ackermann, Uwe Ludwig
  • Publication number: 20250325999
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a treatment plant (100) for treating workpieces, in particular for coating vehicle bodies, wherein the treatment plant (100) comprises the following: —a plurality of treatment levels (104, 106) which are arranged at different heights, in particular one above another; and/or—one or more treatment lines (110) which are arranged in particular parallel to one another and comprise a plurality of treatment regions (112, 114) arranged on one or more treatment levels (104, 106); wherein each treatment region (112, 114) has one or more treatment stations (118, 120, 122, 124, 126, 128, 136, 138, 140) for carrying out one or more treatment steps in each case, and wherein each treatment line (110) has one or at least two transfer conveying devices (142, 144, 152, 154), by means of which the workpieces are transferable between the treatment regions (112, 114).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: October 23, 2025
    Inventors: Sören WEHLER, Michael JUST, Meinhard LUTSCH
  • Patent number: 12397309
    Abstract: In order to provide a workpiece treatment plant that has a simple design and can be used flexibly, the treatment plant comprises multiple treatment zones, each of which includes one or more treatment stations for carrying out one or more treatment steps each, and one or more temporary storage units for temporarily storing the workpieces between two treatment steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2025
    Assignee: Dürr Systems AG
    Inventors: Christoph Haist, Corinna Maier, Dietmar Wieland, Sören Wehler
  • Publication number: 20250018416
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a coating device for coating components with a coating agent. The coating device according to the disclosure comprises a coating booth and at least one separate maintenance cabin for carrying out maintenance measures within the maintenance cabin. The disclosure provides special access protection for the maintenance cabin. The disclosure further includes a corresponding operating method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Frank Tietze, Susanne Beeh, Heiko Friese, Tobias Conte, Sven Bitzer, Emrah Yilmaz, Andreas Dürr, Rainer Melcher, Sandra Berndt, Sören Wehler, Michael Just, Daniel Tino Ackermann
  • Publication number: 20240401879
    Abstract: The invention relates to a treatment system having a treatment line which comprises a single-part or multi-part drying chamber for drying and/or curing coated workpieces, optionally vehicle bodies. An at least two-part drying conveyor device is provided which extends along an at least two-part drying conveyor portion, the drying conveyor portion having at least two conveyor sub-portions, the first conveyor sub-portion having a first conveyor sub-device which is designed as a longitudinal conveyor device, and the second conveyor portion having a second conveyor sub-portion which is designed as a transverse conveyor device. The invention further relates to a treatment method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Heiko DIETER, Sören WEHLER, Kevin WOLL, Jonas WEIDMANN
  • Publication number: 20240342734
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an operating method for an atomizer for painting components (e.g. motor vehicle body components) with a paint, with the following a) Painting with the atomizer with an attachment component mounted on it (e.g. charging ring for exterior painting, protective cover, handling tool), b) replacing the attachment component on the atomizer with another attachment component (e.g. charging ring for the interior painting, protective cover, handling tool). The disclosure further comprises a painting system for carrying out the operating method according to the disclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Frank Herre, Michael Baumann, Thomas Buck, Manfred Michelfelder, Sören Wehler, Sandra Berndt, Sascha Hermann, Rainer Melcher, Daniel Tino Ackermann, Patrick Häussermann, Johannes Höchsmann
  • Publication number: 20240024906
    Abstract: In order to provide a workpiece treatment plant that has a simple design and can be used flexibly, the treatment plant comprises multiple treatment zones, each of which includes one or more treatment stations for carrying out one or more treatment steps each, and one or more temporary storage units for temporarily storing the workpieces between two treatment steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Christoph HAIST, Corinna MAIER, Dietmar WIELAND, Sören WEHLER
  • Publication number: 20230338980
    Abstract: Treatment system (100), having a treatment region for receiving workpieces (102) to be treated, and one or more operating devices (130) for performing one or more operations on the workpieces (102) to be treated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Sören Wehler, Frank Herre, Dietmar Wieland, Elias-Joshua Nanninga, Daniel Ackermann, Uwe Ludwig
  • Publication number: 20220339665
    Abstract: Treatment system (100) for treating workpieces (102), having a treatment region (108) for receiving workpieces (102) to be treated, and a plurality of operating devices (130) for performing one or more operations on the workpieces (102) to be treated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Sören Wehler, Frank Herre, Dietmar Wieland, Elias-Joshua Nanninga, Daniel Ackermann, Uwe Ludwig
  • Publication number: 20220214670
    Abstract: In order to provide a checking facility for checking workpieces and also a treatment facility for treating workpieces, which enable efficient and reliable quality optimisation, it is proposed that workpiece parameters are detected, for example by means of an automatic checking station, and a workpiece-specific data set is created on this basis and/or from facility parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Frank Herre, Michael Zabel, Dietmar Wieland, Sören Wehler