Patents by Inventor Stefan Knipper

Stefan Knipper 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: 20240327125
    Abstract: A sorting terminal for receiving goods to be sorted, in particular of a logistics sorter, including a chute with a first end for receiving goods to be sorted and a second end, a sliding surface extending from the first to the second end, a filler element connected to the second end of the chute, the filler element being pivotable from a first position to a second position, the filler element forming a sliding surface in the first position, so that goods to be sorted can slide from the chute in particular into a package receptacle via the filler element in particular into a packaging bag, the sliding surface of the filler element blocking the second end of the chute in the second position, so that no goods to be sorted can slide from the chute via the filler element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Stefan Knipper, Hillar Loh, Jan Ahnert
  • Patent number: 10555411
    Abstract: A device for generating an atmospheric plasma beam for treating the surface of a workpiece includes a tubular housing with an axis, an inner electrode within the housing, and a nozzle assembly with a nozzle opening for discharging a plasma beam to be generated in the housing. The direction of the nozzle opening runs at an angle relative to the axis, and the nozzle assembly can be rotated about the axis. By the aforementioned device, disadvantages are at least partly eliminated and uniform treatment of the surface is achieved in that a shield surrounds the nozzle assembly, and the shield is designed to change the intensity of the interaction of the plasma beam to be generated with the surface of the workpiece depending on the rotational angle of the nozzle assembly relative to the axis. Also provided are a system and method for treating the surface of a workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: PlasmaTreat GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Buske, Stefan Knipper
  • Publication number: 20180359842
    Abstract: A device for generating an atmospheric plasma beam for treating the surface of a workpiece includes a tubular housing with an axis, an inner electrode within the housing, and a nozzle assembly with a nozzle opening for discharging a plasma beam to be generated in the housing. The direction of the nozzle opening runs at an angle relative to the axis, and the nozzle assembly can be rotated about the axis. By the aforementioned device, disadvantages are at least partly eliminated and uniform treatment of the surface is achieved in that a shield surrounds the nozzle assembly, and the shield is designed to change the intensity of the interaction of the plasma beam to be generated with the surface of the workpiece depending on the rotational angle of the nozzle assembly relative to the axis. Also provided are a system and method for treating the surface of a workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Christian Buske, Stefan Knipper