Patents by Inventor Stefan Kuhn

Stefan Kuhn 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: 20240025144
    Abstract: A method for producing coated chipboard (9) having a functional surface, wherein the chipboard (9), in a first step (S1), is covered continuously and simultaneously and on both sides using melamine-impregnated paper (90) and a functional carrier material (91), wherein the melamine-impregnated paper (90) and the functional carrier material (91) are laid continuously and simultaneously by two rolls (10) and (11) in each case on the chipboard (9). A system for carrying out the above method and for producing a coated chipboard (9) includes, for continuously operating the system and for continuously carrying out the method, in each case a suitable functional carrier material and paper unwinding device (1), a suitable cutting device (2), a suitable press (3), and a suitable functional carrier material draw-off device (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Rheinspan GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rosario Ingarao, Stefan Kuhn
  • Patent number: 11052737
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a construction machine, in particular a road construction machine, comprising a machine frame, an operator platform arranged on said machine frame with an operator work-place, an operator platform roof, which is, in particular, height-adjustable, and a vertically extending lateral weather protection device for an operator located on the operator platform. The present invention also relates to a method for adjusting a flexible lateral wall element adjustable between a pull-in position and a pull-out position, which is part of a lateral weather protection device of a construction machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: BOMAG GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Haubrich, Stefan Kuhn
  • Publication number: 20190176598
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a construction machine, in particular a road construction machine, comprising a machine frame, an operator platform arranged on said machine frame with an operator work-place, an operator platform roof, which is, in particular, height-adjustable, and a vertically extending lateral weather protection device for an operator located on the operator platform. The present invention also relates to a method for adjusting a flexible lateral wall element adjustable between a pull-in position and a pull-out position, which is part of a lateral weather protection device of a construction machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas Haubrich, Stefan Kuhn
  • Patent number: 9783056
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an operator platform for a construction machine and to a construction machine, particularly a road construction machine such as a road milling machine or a road paver, with an operator platform. The operator platform comprises an operator platform base, an operating panel and an operator seat, wherein an operating panel mount with a pivoting device is provided, by means of which the operating panel is pivotable about a vertical pivot axis between a first pivoting position and a second pivoting position. The operating panel mount comprises a height adjustment device which is configured such that the operating panel can be locked at different height positions independently of the pivoting positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: BOMAG GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Klein, Stefan Kuhn, Nico Wilhelm, Thorsten Anheier
  • Patent number: 9782531
    Abstract: A medical separation device, its production, and its use are provided, wherein the device has a hollow cylindrical housing sealed at its top and bottom sides, wherein the device has an outer wall, a fluid inlet, and a fluid outlet, and wherein the device has a filling connection for a separation medium arranged tangentially to, and inside of, the cylindrical housing outer wall for filling the device with a separation medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Leinenbach, Franz-Josef Gerner, Stefan Kuhn, Ekkehard Schinzel, Patrick Priesnitz
  • Patent number: 9522835
    Abstract: Furnace for melting batch materials comprising: a tank (3) covered by a crown (4); a combustion zone (5) provided with burners (6); an inlet (8) for charging it with the batch materials; a downstream outlet for the melted materials, the tank containing a melt (7) when the furnace is operating and the batch materials forming a batch blanket (G) that floats on the melt and is progressively melted; the furnace includes, near the charging inlet (8), an intense heating means (B), predominantly covering the width of the batch blanket, for melting a surface layer of the materials introduced and for increasing the emissivity of the batch blanket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: FIVES STEIN
    Inventor: Wolf Stefan Kuhn
  • Patent number: 9314710
    Abstract: A multifunctional device for chromatographic separation, in particular for affinity chromatographic separation of a substance mixture, provides for a uniform fluid distribution on a separation medium and a uniform flow through a stationary phase. The fluid to be separated is passed through a radial inlet line in an upper partial region of the device, to the center of the upper partial region. The radial inlet line is enlarged in the form of a cupola at the center of the upper partial region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Leinenbach, Franz-Josef Gerner, Stefan Kuhn, Patrick Priesnitz
  • Publication number: 20160096554
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an operator platform for a construction machine and to a construction machine, particularly a road construction machine such as a road milling machine or a road paver, with an operator platform. The operator platform comprises an operator platform base, an operating panel and an operator seat, wherein an operating panel mount with a pivoting device is provided, by means of which the operating panel is pivotable about a vertical pivot axis between a first pivoting position and a second pivoting position. The operating panel mount comprises a height adjustment device which is configured such that the operating panel can be locked at different height positions independently of the pivoting positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas Klein, Stefan Kuhn, Nico Wilhelm, Thorsten Anheier
  • Patent number: 9174866
    Abstract: A method for printing a precision structure on the surface of a glass strip advancing continuously at a rate of at least 1 m/min, using an etching roller (27) applying a printing force against the surface to be etched, the structure to be produced including protruding and recessed regions which have radii of curvature, a preliminary thermal conditioning (26 and 32) being performed upstream of the etching roller; the thermal conditioning is designed to ensure a temperature of the strip (J) over the print thickness and a cooling (29) downstream of the etching roller (27) to ensure a controlled fixing of the structure; the method according to the invention making it possible to determine the parameters that are intimately linked for obtaining a particular structure, notably the print temperature, the printing force and the cooling rate, taking into account a degree of creep between the molding radius (R1) and the post-creep radius (R2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: FIVES STEIN
    Inventors: Wolf Stefan Kuhn, François Pahmer
  • Patent number: 9174583
    Abstract: A container for a vehicle interior has a base body in which at least one compartment is formed and a lid for at least partially closing the compartment and movable between a closed position and an open position. An actuator biases the lid into the open position and a latch can retain it in the closed position. A first brake associated with the actuator retards movement of the lid during movement of the lid from the closed into the opened position. A second brake further retards movement of the lid in only a limited end portion of its movement into the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: GRAMMER AG
    Inventor: Stefan Kuhn
  • Patent number: 9139463
    Abstract: Unit for the surface treatment of flat glass, in particular in the form of a ribbon or a sheet, especially by modifying the chemical, optical or mechanical properties, or the deposition of one or more thin films, comprising heating and cooling means for creating a controlled temperature gradient through the thickness of the glass, means for heating that face to be treated, in order for it to always be at the required temperatures and for the times necessary for obtaining effective treatments of the surface thereof and means for cooling the opposite face in order for this opposite face to have a viscosity of between 1013 dPa·s and 2.3×1010 dPa·s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: FIVES STEIN
    Inventor: Wolf Stefan Kuhn
  • Patent number: 9011765
    Abstract: A method and an arrangement for sterilizing, in particular for sterilizing an adsorber, which has an adsorber housing that is to be filled with an adsorbent, are such that, instead of the adsorbent-filled adsorber housing being sterilized, the adsorbent is sterilized in a separate container, which is dimensioned such that the adsorbent spreads out in a thin layer in the container. Together with the adsorber housing, the container for sterilizing the adsorbent forms a closed system, such that the adsorbent can be transferred into the adsorber housing without the need for an aseptic environment. The container for receiving the adsorbent is preferably a bag, in which the adsorbent spreads out in a thin layer when the bag is lying flat on a plane surface. Since the adsorbent in the bag spreads out in a thin layer, the sterilization requires only a relatively small dose of radiation, which cannot damage the adsorbent. The bag is irradiated with high-energy radiation, in particular ionizing radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Rahn, Hans-Peter Leinenbach, Stefan Kuhn, Franz-Josef Gerner
  • Publication number: 20140366583
    Abstract: Glass furnace for heating and melting materials to be vitrified, in which furnace two molten glass recirculation loops are formed in the bath between a hotter central zone of the furnace and, respectively, the inlet (E) and the outlet (Y) which are at a lower temperature; the furnace comprises lateral cooling means (12a), (12b) so as to create or strengthen lateral secondary recirculation rolls (B2La), (B2Lb) of the glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: FIVES STEIN
    Inventors: Wolf Stefan Kuhn, Samir Tabloul
  • Publication number: 20140312084
    Abstract: The invention relates to a receiving device of a vehicle interior, comprising a main part (11) in which at least one receiving compartment (42) is formed and comprising a lid (12) for at least partly closing the receiving compartment (42). The lid (12) can be moved between a closed position and an open position, and the lid (12) is loaded into the open position or into the closed position by a drive device (43). The invention is characterized in that the movement of the lid (12) can be braked in at least one sub-section of the opening movement and/or the closing movement by means of a braking device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventor: Stefan Kuhn
  • Patent number: 8661851
    Abstract: Process for producing a structure on one of the faces of a glass ribbon, carried out continuously using a printing device, in which: the printing device (8) is placed in a zone (A) in which the ribbon (B) is at an average temperature T1 insufficient for printing the pattern of the printing device onto the ribbon according to the nature of the pattern to be printed, to the pressure between the printing device and the ribbon and to the time during which the ribbon is in contact with the printing device; that face to be etched, upstream of the printing device (8), is heated so as to bring a limited and sufficient thickness of the ribbon to a temperature T2>T1 necessary for printing the pattern of the printing device onto the ribbon according to the nature of the pattern to be etched, to the pressure between the printing device and the ribbon and to the time during which the ribbon is in contact with the printing device, while still keeping the rest of the ribbon at a temperature close to T1; the heat flux tra
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Fives Stein
    Inventors: Wolf Stefan Kuhn, Bertrand Strock, Francois Pahmer, Eric Bleuset
  • Patent number: 8663668
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of disinfection and preservation of surfaces of medical devices. The object of the invention is to make available a disinfectant that provides effective decontamination of medical devices while at the same time being toxicologically safe. This object is achieved through the use of solution containing biguanide. Additional advantages of using such solutions include the fact that the active ingredient used for preservation can be completely rinsed out prior to use and does not have a negative effect on the functionality of protein-containing medical devices. The thoroughness of the rinsing operation can be verified by means of a spectroscopically active additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Leinenbach, Stefan Kuhn, Ute Gabsdil
  • Publication number: 20130270198
    Abstract: The invention relates to medical separation devices, methods of producing same and their use, such that the housing of the separation devices has a filling connection at the side for filling it with a separation medium which is mounted tangentially on the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Leinenbach, Franz-Josef Gerner, Stefan Kuhn, Ekkehard Schinzel, Patrick Priesnitz
  • Publication number: 20130220929
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multifunctional device and its use for chromatographic separation, in particular for affinity chromatographic separation of a substance mixture, which allows a uniform fluid distribution on the separation medium and a uniform flow through the stationary phase, in that the fluid to be separated is passed through a radial inlet line in the upper partial region of the device to its center, such that the radial inlet line is enlarged in the form of a cupola at the center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Leinenbach, Franz-Josef Gerner, Stefan Kuhn, Patrick Priesnitz
  • Publication number: 20120282438
    Abstract: A method for printing a precision structure on the surface of a glass strip advancing continuously at a rate of at least 1 m/min, using an etching roller (27) applying a printing force against the surface to be etched, the structure to be produced including protruding and recessed regions which have radii of curvature, a preliminary thermal conditioning (26 and 32) being performed upstream of the etching roller; the thermal conditioning is designed to ensure a temperature of the strip (J) over the print thickness and a cooling (29) downstream of the etching roller (27) to ensure a controlled fixing of the structure; the method according to the invention making it possible to determine the parameters that are intimately linked for obtaining a particular structure, notably the print temperature, the printing force and the cooling rate, taking into account a degree of creep between the molding radius (R1) and the post-creep radius (R2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: FIVES STEIN
    Inventors: Wolf Stefan Kuhn, Francois Pahmer
  • Publication number: 20120180531
    Abstract: The invention relates to a glass furnace for heating and melting materials to be vitrified, in which two loops (B1, B2) for recirculating molten glass are formed in the bath between a hotter central area (I) of the furnace and the entrance and exit at a lower temperature, respectively. The furnace comprises a means (X) for slowing the flow of molten glass in the primary recirculation loop (B1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: Fives Stein
    Inventors: Wolf Stefan Kuhn, Samir Tabloul