Patents by Inventor Stefan Wulf

Stefan Wulf 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: 20240116297
    Abstract: A laser marking system (200) comprising first and second laser marking heads (201, 202) configured to mark a product (221, 222). The laser marking system comprises a first controller (231) associated with the first laser marking head (201) and a second controller (232) associated with the second laser marking head (202). The first and second controllers (231, 232) are configurable to receive data (205) indicating information to be marked on the product (221, 222), generate laser marking vectors based upon the received data, and control their associated laser marking head (201, 202) based on the laser marking vectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Christian Wulf, Matthias Fechner, Andreas Luechow, Christian Seuthe, Till Franitza, Peter J Kueckendahl, Stefan Sixel, Stefan Grossmann, Christian Kerker
  • Patent number: 11865831
    Abstract: A cylinder sleeve, comprising a cylinder base sleeve consisting of cylindrical base layers arranged on top of each other, wherein said cylindrical base layers comprise one or more cylindrical polyurethane layers, wherein, independently of each other, at least 50 weight-% of each of said cylindrical polyurethane layers consist of polyurethane, and wherein the outermost cylindrical base layer is a cylindrical polyurethane layer; and one or more cylindrical layers, arranged on top of each other, wherein the innermost cylindrical layer is applied on the lateral surface of the cylinder base sleeve according to (a) and wherein the outermost layer of said one or more cylindrical layers is an adhesive layer for attaching a printing plate thereto, wherein the cylinder base sleeve according to (a) exhibits a carbon dioxide release coefficient RCO2 in the range of from 0 to 9.5 ppmv cm?3 d?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: tesa SE
    Inventors: Stefan Wulf, Alexander Engel, Steffen Fichtelmann, Joerg Lang
  • Publication number: 20230191772
    Abstract: A plate cylinder for multiple mounting of flexographic printing plates is provided. The plate cylinder has an outer circumferential surface and a longitudinal axis. It comprises an adhesion layer attached to the plate cylinder, the adhesion layer comprising a carrier sheet with a mounting surface side facing the plate cylinder and an adhesion surface side facing radially outwards in relation to the longitudinal axis; and a plurality of adhesion elements. Each of these adhesion elements includes an elongated body extending radially outwards in relation to the longitudinal axis and an end face for attaching the printing plate by an adhesive bond, wherein the end faces of the adhesion elements form the adhesion surface side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: tesa SE
    Inventors: Stefan Wulf, Norbert Grittner
  • Publication number: 20230052373
    Abstract: A cylinder sleeve, comprising a cylinder base sleeve consisting of cylindrical base layers arranged on top of each other, wherein said cylindrical base layers comprise one or more cylindrical polyurethane layers, wherein, independently of each other, at least 50 weight-% of each of said cylindrical polyurethane layers consist of polyurethane, and wherein the outermost cylindrical base layer is a cylindrical polyurethane layer; and one or more cylindrical layers, arranged on top of each other, wherein the innermost cylindrical layer is applied on the lateral surface of the cylinder base sleeve according to (a) and wherein the outermost layer of said one or more cylindrical layers is an adhesive layer for attaching a printing plate thereto, wherein the cylinder base sleeve according to (a) exhibits a carbon dioxide release coefficient RCO2 in the range of from 0 to 9.5 ppmv cm?3 d?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: tesa SE
    Inventors: Stefan Wulf, Alexander Engel, Steffen Fichtelmann, Joerg Lang
  • Publication number: 20210325899
    Abstract: A system includes one or more processors configured to determine a discharge rate associated with discharging material from a hauling machine. In some examples, the system receives sensor data associated with a crushing machine configured to receive the material. Based on the sensor data, the system determines the discharge rate, to optimize the efficiency of the crushing machine. In some examples, the system determines the discharge rate based on input by an operator via a user interface. In some examples, the system determines an angular rate at which to raise a bed of the hauling machine to cause the material to be discharged at the discharge rate. Based on a determination to discharge material, the system causes the bed to be raised at the angular rate to discharge material. In some examples, the system may update the discharge rate based on additional sensor data and/or an additional operator input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Franklin Grambihler, James Wilber Landes, Harry Paul Newton, Joseph E. Tabor, Brad Robert Van De Veer, Stefan Wulf
  • Patent number: 9988558
    Abstract: The invention relates to a repulpable adhesive comprising orthophosphoric acid, to adhesive tapes comprising at least one layer of such an adhesive, and to the use of adhesive tapes of this kind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: tesa SE
    Inventors: Kai Ellringmann, Stefan Wulf, Kristin Kerber
  • Patent number: 9365377
    Abstract: A splicing tape and a method of using such tape to equip a wound roll for flying splice. The tape includes a first and second carrier and two strips of laminating composition disposed between them, each strip joining the first carrier to the second carrier. The carriers have a first and a second layer of pressure-sensitive, laminating composition and a first and a second layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive. The strips of laminating composition are disposed such that they are not in direct contact with one another. They form a predetermined breakage point. The splicing tape is adhered to the roll such that part of the first layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive forms a first bonding area, the end region of the uppermost ply of the wound roll, and the second layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive forms a second bonding area to the roll, which is located partly below the first bonding area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: tesa SE
    Inventors: Christoph Nagel, Niels Czerwonatis, Stefan Wulf, Jens Nootbaar
  • Publication number: 20150298666
    Abstract: Wheel slippage of a machine may be controlled using brake control and engine torque control. In some examples, the present disclosure describes a method of controlling a wheel. Example methods may include sensing a rotational speed of the wheel, and sensing an acceleration of the machine. The method may also include estimating a target speed of the wheel based at least in part on the rotational speed of the wheel and the acceleration of the machine. The method may continue with calculating a speed error, the speed error being a difference between the rotational speed and the target speed. The method may also include controlling a brake of the wheel based on the speed error and/or a torque of an engine of the machine based on the speed error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Yun Liu, Gerry McCann, Stefan Wulf, Ry Whittington
  • Patent number: 8354152
    Abstract: An adhesive tape for flying splice, having a left and right boundary edge, at least one main carrier and a first layer of self-adhesive on the obverse of the main carrier, the reverse of the main carrier bearing a parting system suitable for effecting an adhesive bond to a substrate that can be parted again in such a way that sticky residues are left neither on the reverse of the main carrier nor on the substrate in the region of the parted bond, the parting system being constructed in the form of a multiply interrupted stripe having a plurality of segments that extends in the longitudinal direction of the adhesive tape, the individual segments having less of an extent in the longitudinal direction of the adhesive tape than the adhesive tape itself, and the parting system being suitable for effecting the parting process without the main carrier being damaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: tesa SE
    Inventors: Kerstin Götz, Stefan Wulf, Christoph Nagel
  • Patent number: 8343605
    Abstract: An adhesive tape for flying splice, having a left and right boundary edge, at least one main carrier and a first layer of self-adhesive on the obverse of the main carrier, the reverse of the main carrier bearing a parting system which is suitable for effecting an adhesive bond to a substrate that can be parted again in such a way that sticky residues are left neither on the reverse of the main carrier nor on the substrate in the region of the parted bond, the parting system being constructed in a particular form as described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: tesa SE
    Inventors: Kerstin Götz, Stefan Wulf, Christoph Nagel
  • Patent number: 8268442
    Abstract: Adhesive tape suitable for flying splice of flat web material having non-polar surfaces which has been wound to form rolls, the adhesive tape comprising an upper self-adhesive composition (1, 11), a splittable carrier (2, 12) and a lower self-adhesive composition (3, 13) on the bottom face of the splittable carrier (2, 12), wherein as upper self-adhesive composition (1, 11) a silicone-free self-adhesive composition is used which has a bond strength to a polyethylene substrate of 1.5 N/cm or more (measurement method tesa test A) and an initial tack corresponding to a rolling distance of 200 mm or less (measurement method tesa test D), and as lower self-adhesive composition (3, 13) a self-adhesive composition is used which has a bond strength to a polyethylene substrate of 1.5 N/cm or more (measurement method tesa test A) and a complex viscosity of 10,000 Pa·s or more at 1 rad/s and 40° C. (measurement method tesa test F).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: TESA SE
    Inventors: Kai Ellringmann, Stephan Zöllner, Thorsten Krawinkel, Stefan Wulf
  • Patent number: 8173252
    Abstract: The invention relates to pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes for flying splice of flat web materials, having at least one splittable carrier and two layers of adhesive, at least one of the adhesives being a silicone PSA, more particularly an electron-beam-crosslinked silicone PSA, and also to a method of producing them. The silicone PSA advantageously has at least one polydiorganosiloxane having the structure —Si(R2)—O—[Si(R2)—O]n—Si(R2)—, where the 2n+4 substituents R independently of one another are monovalent hydrocarbon radicals and n is an integer, and also at least one resin (“MQ resin”) constructed from (R2)3SiO1/2— units (“M units”) and SiO4/2 units (“Q units”), the substituents R2 of the M units being independently of one another alkyl groups, alkenyl groups, alkylsilyl groups, hydroxyl groups or hydrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: tesa SE
    Inventors: Kai Ellringmann, Stefan Wulf, Stephan Zöllner, Nils Utesch, Christoph Nagel
  • Publication number: 20110132539
    Abstract: A splicing tape and a method of using such tape to equip a wound roll for flying splice. The tape includes a first and second carrier and two strips of laminating composition disposed between them, each strip joining the first carrier to the second carrier. The carriers have a first and a second layer of pressure-sensitive, laminating composition and a first and a second layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive. The strips of laminating composition are disposed such that they are not in direct contact with one another. They form a predetermined breakage point. The splicing tape is adhered to the roll such that part of the first layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive forms a first bonding area, the end region of the uppermost ply of the wound roll, and the second layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive forms a second bonding area to the roll, which is located partly below the first bonding area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: tesa SE
    Inventors: Christoph Nagel, Niels Czerwonatis, Stefan Wulf, Jens Nootbaar
  • Patent number: 7705080
    Abstract: The invention relates to an adhesive according to a conventional formulation, comprising additives capable of binding metal ions in the sense of chemical interactions, electrochemical interactions and/or physical interactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: tesa SE
    Inventors: Kai Ellringmann, Stefan Wulf, Philipp Preuβ
  • Publication number: 20100065207
    Abstract: The invention relates to a repulpable adhesive comprising orthophosphoric acid, to adhesive tapes comprising at least one layer of such an adhesive, and to the use of adhesive tapes of this kind.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: TESA SE
    Inventors: Kai ELLRINGMANN, Stefan Wulf, Kristin Kerber
  • Publication number: 20090294029
    Abstract: An adhesive tape for flying splice, having a left and right boundary edge, at least one main carrier and a first layer of self-adhesive on the obverse of the main carrier, the reverse of the main carrier bearing a parting system suitable for effecting an adhesive bond to a substrate that can be parted again in such a way that sticky residues are left neither on the reverse of the main carrier nor on the substrate in the region of the parted bond, the parting system being constructed in the form of a multiply interrupted stripe having a plurality of segments that extends in the longitudinal direction of the adhesive tape, the individual segments having less of an extent in the longitudinal direction of the adhesive tape than the adhesive tape itself, and the parting system being suitable for effecting the parting process without the main carrier being damaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: tesa SE
    Inventors: Kerstin Gotz, Stefan Wulf, Christoph Nagel
  • Publication number: 20090294054
    Abstract: An adhesive tape for flying splice, having a left and right boundary edge, at least one main carrier and a first layer of self-adhesive on the obverse of the main carrier, the reverse of the main carrier bearing a parting system which is suitable for effecting an adhesive bond to a substrate that can be parted again in such a way that sticky residues are left neither on the reverse of the main carrier nor on the substrate in the region of the parted bond, the parting system being constructed in a particular form as described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: tesa SE
    Inventors: KERSTIN GOTZ, Stefan Wulf, Christoph Nagel
  • Publication number: 20090266475
    Abstract: Adhesive tape for the roll change of flat-web materials, having an extensively splittable carrier, at least one layer of adhesive disposed above the splittable carrier, and a layer of adhesive disposed below the splittable carrier, wherein at least between the splittable carrier and the layer of adhesive below the splittable carrier there is a first barrier layer which is impervious to calcium ions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: tesa SE
    Inventors: Stefan Wulf, Gerhard Bir, Christoph Nagel, Imke Schwarz
  • Publication number: 20090117310
    Abstract: The invention relates to pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes for flying splice of flat web materials, having at least one splittable carrier and two layers of adhesive, at least one of the adhesives being a silicone PSA, more particularly an electron-beam-crosslinked silicone PSA, and also to a method of producing them. The silicone PSA advantageously has at least one polydiorganosiloxane having the structure —Si(R2)—O—[Si(R2)—O]n—Si(R2)—, where the 2n+4 substituents R independently of one another are monovalent hydrocarbon radicals and n is an integer, and also at least one resin (“MQ resin”) constructed from (R2)3SiO1/2— units (“M units”) and SiO4/2 units (“Q units”), the substituents R2 of the M units being independently of one another alkyl groups, alkenyl groups, alkylsilyl groups, hydroxyl groups or hydrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: tesa AG
    Inventors: KAI ELLRINGMANN, Stefan Wulf, Stephan Zollner, Nils Utesch, Christoph Nagel
  • Publication number: 20080153951
    Abstract: The invention relates to an adhesive according to a conventional formulation, comprising additives capable of binding metal ions in the sense of chemical interactions, electrochemical interactions and/or physical interactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: TESA AG
    Inventors: KAI ELLRINGMANN, STEFAN WULF, PHILIPP PREUSS