Patents by Inventor Steffen HELD

Steffen HELD 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: 11148897
    Abstract: An apparatus and a corresponding method involve storing value documents, in particular bank notes, to a storage device and to a value-document processing system. A stacker wheel is arranged to receive value documents and dispense them one after the other. A transport device is arranged to receive the value documents dispensed one after the other by the stacker wheel and to transport them in such a way that the value documents come to lie on top of each other in a shingled manner. A storage device for storing the value documents lying on top of each other in a shingled manner is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: GIESECKE+DEVRIENT CURRENCY TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventor: Steffen Held
  • Patent number: 10981687
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus are provided for opening value document packages in which value documents are packaged by a packaging material. A region of the packaging material is heated by hot air such that the packaging material opens along a cutting pattern. A system is also provided that includes such an apparatus and a value document package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: GIESECKE+DEVRIENT CURRENCY TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventor: Steffen Held
  • Publication number: 20200035057
    Abstract: An apparatus and a corresponding method involve storing value documents, in particular bank notes, to a storage device and to a value-document processing system. A stacker wheel is arranged to receive value documents and dispense them one after the other. A transport device is arranged to receive the value documents dispensed one after the other by the stacker wheel and to transport them in such a way that the value documents come to lie on top of each other in a shingled manner. A storage device for storing the value documents lying on top of each other in a shingled manner is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventor: Steffen HELD
  • Publication number: 20190185194
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for opening value document packages in which value documents are packaged by means of a packaging material. A region of the packaging material is heated by means of hot air in such a manner that the packaging material opens along a cutting pattern. A system comprises such an apparatus and a value document package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: GIESECKE+DEVRIENT CURRENCY TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventor: Steffen HELD