Patents by Inventor Stephen Sindlinger

Stephen Sindlinger 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).

  • Method and system for determining the thickness of a layer of lacquer
    Patent number: 7825671
    Abstract: The invention relates to electrophoretic immersion lacquering of objects, e.g. the bodies of automotive vehicles, wherein the object which is to be lacquered is immersed into lacquer immersion basin containing a lacquer fluid. An electric field is produced by the object in its capacity as an electrode with at least one counter electrode. In order to determine the thickness of the lacquer layer applied in said manner, the electric charge flowing through the object during the immersion lacquering process and the surface of the object exposed to the lacquer fluid are determined in order to determine the thickness of the lacquer layer therefrom. The thickness of the lacquer coating can thus be determined during the immersion lacquering process, resulting in fewer rejects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Eisenmann Anlagenbau GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Zoltan-Josef Horvath, Martin Kern, Stephen Sindlinger, Juergen Schlecht
  • Method and System For Determining the Thickness of a Layer of Lacquer
    Publication number: 20080169829
    Abstract: The invention relates to electrophoretic immersion lacquering of objects, e.g. the bodies of automotive vehicles (28), wherein the object which is to be lacquered (28) is immersed into lacquer immersion basin (12) containing a lacquer fluid (14). An electric field is produced by the object (28) in its capacity as an electrode with at least one counter electrode (16, 18). In order to determine the thickness of the lacquer layer applied in said manner, the electric charge flowing through the object (28) during the immersion lacquering process and the surface of the object (28) exposed to the lacquer fluid are determined in order to determine the thickness of the lacquer layer therefrom. The thickness of the lacquer coating can thus be determined during the immersion lacquering process, resulting in fewer rejects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2004
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Inventors: Zoltan-Josef Horvath, Martin Kern, Stephen Sindlinger, Jurgen Schlecht