Patents by Inventor Stefan Lucke

Stefan Lucke 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: 11572299
    Abstract: A device for picking up, shaping, and placing a thin glass pane, includes a frame with an upper side and a lower side, which is suitable to be directed at a glass pane with a thickness of less than 1 mm, and which is provided with a plurality of picking up pins that are arranged substantially parallel to one another and whose end directed at the glass pane is equipped with a suction cup, wherein the picking up pins are movable along their direction of extension independent of one another in order to adapt the arrangement of the suction cups to an intended shape of the glass pane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Stephan Gier, Nikolai Borchmann, Stefan Lücke
  • Patent number: 11511526
    Abstract: A method for producing laminated glass or a precursor thereof using a first glass pane with a thickness of at least 1.4 mm and a second glass pane with a thickness of not more than 1.0 mm, the first and second glass panes differing in curvature and/or locally in shape, includes aligning an arrangement including the first and second glass panes and a laminating film by positioning a side edge of the arrangement against a stop element; pre-fixing the aligned arrangement at at least two locations on the positioned side edge of the arrangement by one or more fixing elements and heating, after which the fixing element or elements are removed again; and forming a fixed arrangement by passing the pre-fixed arrangement through a roller arrangement with the pre-fixed side edge of the arrangement ahead. The arrangement is heated in sections during passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Nikolai Borchmann, Stefan Lücke, Simon Breuer, Nino Tings
  • Patent number: 11267229
    Abstract: A method for producing a laminated glass pane that includes a first pane, a first laminating film, a polymer film, a second laminating film, and a second pane, in this order, wherein the polymer film is bonded to the two laminating films, in which method the starting material for the first and the second laminating film is in each case a laminating film in roll form, which, before being used to form the laminated glass pane, is subjected to a pretreatment, in which the laminating film is relaxed by a heat treatment in a non-tensioned state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Marcel Klein, Stefan Lücke, Uwe Van Der Meulen
  • Patent number: 11207868
    Abstract: A method for producing a laminated pane, wherein a first laminating film, a carrier film, and a second laminating film are provided and joined to form a pre-laminate, wherein the first laminating film, the carrier film, and the second laminating film have the same film thickness, a compensating film and the pre-laminate are arranged to form a layer stack between a first pane and a second pane, wherein, parallel to two side edges of the layer stack, in each case a strip-shaped peripheral film is arranged and the compensating film is provided to compensate an offset between the pre-laminate and the peripheral films, and the layer stack including the first pane, the pre-laminate, the compensating film with peripheral films, and the second pane is laminated to form a laminated pane, wherein the first laminating film and the second laminating film have a plasticizer content of less than 15 wt.-%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Uwe Van Der Meulen, Stephan Gier, Richard Brocker, Robert Besler, Rene Bischof, Stefan Lücke
  • Patent number: 11192341
    Abstract: A method for producing a composite glass pane, includes placing a first glass pane having a thickness less than or equal to 1 mm on a support mould, wherein the first glass pane is curved into a shape determined by the support mould; placing at least one thermoplastic film on the first glass pane; placing a curved second glass pane having a thickness greater than or equal to 1.5 mm on the thermoplastic film; and joining the first glass pane to the second glass pane via the thermoplastic film to form a composite glass pane by lamination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Stephan Gier, Stefan Lücke, Uwe Van Der Meulen, Ingo Von Der Weiden, Richard Brocker
  • Publication number: 20200376816
    Abstract: A vacuum ring for deaerating a stack sequence includes a vacuum-stable flexible hose, which can be connected to a vacuum pump, has the shape of a closed ring, and has an opening to the interior such that the ring can hold an outer side edge of a stack sequence in order to form a deaeration channel along the side edge, wherein the vacuum ring has at least one electric heating element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Stefan LÜCKE, Raphaela KANNENGIESSER, Stephan GIER, Bernhard REUL
  • Publication number: 20200338864
    Abstract: A method for producing a laminated pane, wherein a first laminating film, a carrier film, and a second laminating film are provided and joined to form a pre-laminate, wherein the first laminating film, the carrier film, and the second laminating film have the same film thickness, a compensating film and the pre-laminate are arranged to form a layer stack between a first pane and a second pane, wherein, parallel to two side edges of the layer stack, in each case a strip-shaped peripheral film is arranged and the compensating film is provided to compensate an offset between the pre-laminate and the peripheral films, and the layer stack including the first pane, the pre-laminate, the compensating film with peripheral films, and the second pane is laminated to form a laminated pane, wherein the first laminating film and the second laminating film have a plasticizer content of less than 15 wt.-%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Uwe VAN DER MEULEN, Stephan GIER, Richard BROCKER, Robert BESLER, Rene BISCHOF, Stefan LÜCKE
  • Patent number: 10773586
    Abstract: A motor vehicle with a cooling system, comprising an electric traction motor, an ambient heat exchanger, a bypass to the ambient heat exchanger, a traction battery, a coolant heater, a coolant-refrigerant heat exchanger of an air conditioner, a first coolant pump, and a second coolant pump that are directly or indirectly connected or connectable to one another via coolant lines and a distribution system, characterized in that, in a first functional position of the distribution system, coolant is conveyable, by means of the first coolant pump, in a first coolant circuit that includes the traction motor, the bypass to the ambient heat exchanger, and the coolant-refrigerant heat exchanger, and coolant is conveyable, by means of the second coolant pump, in a second coolant circuit, separate from the first coolant circuit, that includes the traction battery and the coolant heater, and in a second functional position of the distribution system, coolant is conveyable, by means of the first coolant pump, in a third c
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Stefan Lucke, Tobias Schulze, Robert Stelzner, Ulf Reuters
  • Publication number: 20200247093
    Abstract: A method for producing laminated glass or a precursor thereof using a first glass pane with a thickness of at least 1.4 mm and a second glass pane with a thickness of not more than 1.0 mm, the first and second glass panes differing in curvature and/or locally in shape, includes aligning an arrangement including the first and second glass panes and a laminating film by positioning a side edge of the arrangement against a stop element; pre-fixing the aligned arrangement at at least two locations on the positioned side edge of the arrangement by one or more fixing elements and heating, after which the fixing element or elements are removed again; and forming a fixed arrangement by passing the pre-fixed arrangement through a roller arrangement with the pre-fixed side edge of the arrangement ahead. The arrangement is heated in sections during passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Nikolai BORCHMANN, Stefan LÜCKE, Simon BREUER, Nino TINGS
  • Publication number: 20200109076
    Abstract: A device for picking up, shaping, and placing a thin glass pane, includes a frame with an upper side and a lower side, which is suitable to be directed at a glass pane with a thickness of less than 1 mm, and which is provided with a plurality of picking up pins that are arranged substantially parallel to one another and whose end directed at the glass pane is equipped with a suction cup, wherein the picking up pins are movable along their direction of extension independent of one another in order to adapt the arrangement of the suction cups to an intended shape of the glass pane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Stephan GIER, Nikolai BORCHMANN, Stefan LÜCKE
  • Publication number: 20200047464
    Abstract: A method for producing a laminated glass pane that includes a first pane, a first laminating film, a polymer film, a second laminating film, and a second pane, in this order, wherein the polymer film is bonded to the two laminating films, in which method the starting material for the first and the second laminating film is in each case a laminating film in roll form, which, before being used to form the laminated glass pane, is subjected to a pretreatment, in which the laminating film is relaxed by a heat treatment in a non-tensioned state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Marcel KLEIN, Stefan LÜCKE, Uwe VAN DER MEULEN
  • Publication number: 20190389180
    Abstract: A method for producing a composite glass pane, includes placing a first glass pane having a thickness less than or equal to 1 mm on a support mould, wherein the first glass pane is curved into a shape determined by the support mould; placing at least one thermoplastic film on the first glass pane; placing a curved second glass pane having a thickness greater than or equal to 1.5 mm on the thermoplastic film; and joining the first glass pane to the second glass pane via the thermoplastic film to form a composite glass pane by lamination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Stephan GIER, Stefan LÜCKE, Uwe VAN DER MEULEN, Ingo VON DER WEIDEN, Richard BROCKER
  • Publication number: 20190070951
    Abstract: A motor vehicle with a cooling system, comprising an electric traction motor, an ambient heat exchanger, a bypass to the ambient heat exchanger, a traction battery, a coolant heater, a coolant-refrigerant heat exchanger of an air conditioner, a first coolant pump, and a second coolant pump that are directly or indirectly connected or connectable to one another via coolant lines and a distribution system, characterized in that, in a first functional position of the distribution system, coolant is conveyable, by means of the first coolant pump, in a first coolant circuit that includes the traction motor, the bypass to the ambient heat exchanger, and the coolant-refrigerant heat exchanger, and coolant is conveyable, by means of the second coolant pump, in a second coolant circuit, separate from the first coolant circuit, that includes the traction battery and the coolant heater, and in a second functional position of the distribution system, coolant is conveyable, by means of the first coolant pump, in a third c
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stefan Lucke, Tobias Schulze, Robert Stelzner, Ulf Reuters