Patents by Inventor Thomas Benke

Thomas Benke 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: 11549586
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sealing element for an ink chamber of a rotary printing press, wherein the sealing element has a sealing surface that rests against a roller body during operation of the rotary printing press. In order to reduce wear on the sealing element, the sealing surface has at least one flow outlet opening, at which an overpressure of a fluid may be built up during operation of the rotary printing press, in such a way that the fluid between the sealing surface and roller body forms a sealing flow film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Windmöller & Hölscher KG
    Inventors: Alexander Elbers-Schrichten, Jörg Prigge, Andreas Ihme, Thomas Benke
  • Patent number: 11289992
    Abstract: In an UPS system, following components are arranged in a machine cabinet: an AC-to-DC converter connected to a DC voltage link on its output side, a DC-to-AC converter connected to the DC voltage link on its input side; a motor/generator electrically connected to the DC voltage link and having a flywheel coupled to its rotor; a bypass to the AC-to-DC converter and the DC-to-AC converter connected in series, a bypass switch being arranged in the bypass; a controller; and a blower which draws air out of the surroundings through air filters, blows the air in the machine cabinet through a heat exchanger, and ejects the air again. The heat exchanger is arranged in a coolant circuit together with a coolant pump, cooling bodies for the power output stages, and coolant channels which include stator channels running through a stator of the motor/generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: PILLER GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Joachim Huntgeburth, Thomas Benke, Norbert Ueffing
  • Publication number: 20200032906
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sealing element for an ink chamber of a rotary printing press, wherein the sealing element has a sealing surface that rests against a roller body during operation of the rotary printing press. In order to reduce wear on the sealing element, the sealing surface has at least one flow outlet opening, at which an overpressure of a fluid may be built up during operation of the rotary printing press, in such a way that the fluid between the sealing surface and roller body forms a sealing flow film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Alexander Elbers-Schrichten, Jörg Prigge, Andreas Ihme, Thomas Benke
  • Publication number: 20190379269
    Abstract: The invention relates to a UPS system in which the following components are arranged in a machine cabinet: an AC-to-DC converter connected to a DC voltage link on its output side, a DC-to-AC converter connected to the DC voltage link on its input side; a motor/generator electrically connected to the DC voltage link and having a flywheel coupled to its rotor; a bypass to the AC-to-DC converter and the DC-to-AC converter connected in series, a bypass switch being arranged in the bypass; a controller; and a blower which draws air out of the surroundings through air filters, blows the air in the machine cabinet through a heat exchanger, and ejects the air again. The heat exchanger is arranged in a coolant circuit together with a coolant pump, cooling bodies for the power output stages, and coolant channels which include stator channels running through a stator of the motor/generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Joachim Huntgeburth, Thomas Benke, Norbert Ueffing