Patents by Inventor Stephan Kuhne

Stephan Kuhne 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).

  • Transfer station for an electrographic printer or copier
    Patent number: 7466948
    Abstract: A transfer printing station is provided with a transfer roller for transfer of a toner image generated on an intermediate carrier onto at least one recording medium in a transfer printing region of the transfer printing station. A drive unit causes the transfer roller to move towards the intermediate carrier as an ON position or away from the intermediate carrier as an OFF position, the drive unit being designed such that it is position-controlled when moving towards the ON position, and is torque controlled in the ON position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Oce Printing Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Brecht, Friedrich Meschenmoser, Christian Kürmeier, Stephan Kühne
  • Transfer station for an electrographic printer or copier
    Publication number: 20070081836
    Abstract: A transfer printing station is provided comprising a transfer roller for transfer of a toner image generated on an intermediate carrier onto at least one recording medium in a transfer printing region of the transfer printing station. A drive unit causes the transfer roller to move towards the intermediate carrier as an ON position or away from the intermediate carrier as an OFF position, the drive unit being designed such that it is positioned-controlled when moving towards the ON position, and is torque controlled in the ON position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2004
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Applicant: OCE PRINTING SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Brecht, Friedrich Meschenmoser, Christian Kurmeier, Stephan Kuhne
  • Line gauge
    Patent number: D598792
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Oce Printing Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Kühne, Gerhard Lödermann, Christian Meier, Walter Young