Patents by Inventor Thomas Eckstein

Thomas Eckstein 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: 20250256426
    Abstract: In a method for producing a three-dimensionally flexurally deformable surface element (3D surface element) from wood or wood composite material, a workpiece made of wood, layered wood or a composite of wood and one or more further surface materials is used, its thickness being greater, in particular at least 5% greater, than the thickness of the 3D surface element to be produced. Narrow grooves spaced apart from one another are introduced into the workpiece, wherein the groove depth is in each case greater than or equal to the thickness of the 3D surface element and less than the thickness of the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: August 14, 2025
    Inventors: Thomas ECKSTEIN, Johannes GRÄSSER
  • Patent number: 11208806
    Abstract: A lightweight building board element, wherein the element has the shape of a first spatially extending wave, wherein the upper side of said element has at least one wave peak and the lower side of said element has at least one wave trough, wherein the first wave expands transversally or radially, and wherein the at least one wave peak and the at least one wave trough exist in the form of a second wave, and wherein the lightweight building board element contains or consists of bonded wood fibers or bonded wood shavings or bonded wood fibers and wood shavings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Wood Innovations Ltd.
    Inventors: Achim Möller, Thomas Eckstein
  • Publication number: 20210039750
    Abstract: A core layer suitable for a multilayer composite including at least one surface layer and one core layer, the surface layer arranged to at least partially cover the core layer and be fixedly connected thereto, wherein the core layer has elements composed of wood, which elements have plate-like regions arranged in zig-zag-shaped fashion, wherein a plate-like zig region of an element with an adjoining plate-like zag region of the element form a common edge between them, in such a way that the wood element of zig-zag-shaped form is formed, wherein elements of zig-zag-shaped form are arranged in the core layer such that two such edges of two different elements cross one another at a non-zero angle, and wherein the two elements are fixedly connected to one another at the crossing point. In one embodiment, a wood element of zig-zag-shaped form may be adhesively bonded to a planar wood element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: WOOD INNOVATIONS LTD
    Inventors: Thomas ECKSTEIN, Achim MOELLER, Hans-Joachim DANZER
  • Patent number: 10814936
    Abstract: A core layer suitable for a multilayer composite including at least one surface layer and one core layer, the surface layer arranged to at least partially cover the core layer and be fixedly connected thereto, wherein the core layer has elements composed of wood, which elements have plate-like regions arranged in zig-zag-shaped fashion, wherein a plate-like zig region of an element with an adjoining plate-like zag region of the element form a common edge between them, in such a way that the wood element of zig-zag-shaped form is formed, wherein elements of zig-zag-shaped form are arranged in the core layer such that two such edges of two different elements cross one another at a non-zero angle, and wherein the two elements are fixedly connected to one another at the crossing point. In one embodiment, a wood element of zig-zag-shaped form may be adhesively bonded to a planar wood element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: WOOD INNOVATIONS LTD
    Inventors: Thomas Eckstein, Achim Moeller, Hans-Joachim Danzer
  • Patent number: 10668699
    Abstract: A core layer is provided which is suitable for a multilayer composite that includes at least one cover layer and the core layer. The cover layer is arranged so as to at least partially cover the core layer and be fixedly connected thereto. The multilayer composite includes the core layer, the core layer having layers which have corrugated wooden elements. The corrugated wooden elements are arranged in an oriented manner in at least one layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Wood Innovations Ltd.
    Inventors: Achim Moller, Thomas Eckstein, Hans-Joachim Danzer
  • Publication number: 20190153729
    Abstract: A lightweight building board element, wherein the element has the shape of a first spatially extending wave, wherein the upper side of said element has at least one wave peak and the lower side of said element has at least one wave trough, wherein the first wave expands transversally or radially, and wherein the at least one wave peak and the at least one wave trough exist in the form of a second wave, and wherein the lightweight building board element contains or consists of bonded wood fibers or bonded wood shavings or bonded wood fibers and wood shavings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Achim MÖLLER, Thomas ECKSTEIN
  • Publication number: 20190143650
    Abstract: A core layer is provided which is suitable for a multilayer composite that includes at least one cover layer and the core layer. The cover layer is arranged so as to at least partially cover the core layer and be fixedly connected thereto. The multilayer composite includes the core layer, the core layer having layers which have corrugated wooden elements. The corrugated wooden elements are arranged in an oriented manner in at least one layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Achim Moller, Thomas Eckstein, Hans-Joachim Danzer
  • Publication number: 20190009862
    Abstract: A core layer suitable for a multilayer composite including at least one surface layer and one core layer, the surface layer arranged to at least partially cover the core layer and be fixedly connected thereto, wherein the core layer has elements composed of wood, which elements have plate-like regions arranged in zig-zag-shaped fashion, wherein a plate-like zig region of an element with an adjoining plate-like zag region of the element form a common edge between them, in such a way that the wood element of zig-zag-shaped form is formed, wherein elements of zig-zag-shaped form are arranged in the core layer such that two such edges of two different elements cross one another at a non-zero angle, and wherein the two elements are fixedly connected to one another at the crossing point. In one embodiment, a wood element of zig-zag-shaped form may be adhesively bonded to a planar wood element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: WOOD INNOVATIONS LTD
    Inventors: Thomas ECKSTEIN, Achim MOELLER, Hans-Joachim DANZER
  • Patent number: 10053191
    Abstract: A core layer suitable for a multilayer composite including at least one surface layer and one core layer, the surface layer arranged to at least partially cover the core layer and be fixedly connected thereto, wherein the core layer has elements composed of wood, which elements have plate-like regions arranged in zig-zag-shaped fashion, wherein a plate-like zig region of an element with an adjoining plate-like zag region of the element form a common edge between them, in such a way that the wood element of zig-zag-shaped form is formed, wherein elements of zig-zag-shaped form are arranged in the core layer such that two such edges of two different elements cross one another at a non-zero angle, and wherein the two elements are fixedly connected to one another at the crossing point. In one embodiment, a wood element of zig-zag-shaped form may be adhesively bonded to a planar wood element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: WOOD INNOVATIONS LTD
    Inventors: Thomas Eckstein, Achim Moeller, Hans-Joachim Danzer
  • Publication number: 20170151688
    Abstract: Method of making a wavy wood element (B) from a wood element •(A), wherein the method comprises at least steps (H1) to (H4): •(H1) providing a wood element (A), which comprises fibers and lignin on or between said fibers; •(H2) heating the wood element (A) to a temperature which is sufficient to soften or melt at least a part of the lignin; •(H3) deforming the wood element heated in step (H2) such that a wavy wood element (B) is formed; •(H4) cooling the wood element deformed in step (H3); characterized in that the deforming in step (H3) is performed such that the ratio of the wave height to the thickness of the wavy wood element (B) equals or is more than 2:1; wherein the term “thickness” signifies the shortest distance between an upper side and the respective lower side of the wavy wood element (B), and the term “wave height” signifies the shortest distance between two imaginary planes which run in parallel to one another between which the wavy wood element (B) may be arranged such that the waves are positi
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: Wood Innovations Ltd.
    Inventors: Thomas Eckstein, Achim Moeller
  • Publication number: 20160288880
    Abstract: A core layer which is suitable for a multilayer composite which has at least one surface layer and one core layer, wherein the surface layer is arranged so as to at least partially cover the core layer and be fixedly connected thereto, wherein the core layer has elements composed of wood, which elements have plate-like regions which are arranged in zig-zag-shaped fashion, wherein a plate-like zig region of an element with an adjoining plate-like zag region of the element form a common edge between them, in such a way that the wood element of zig-zag-shaped form is formed, wherein elements of zig-zag-shaped form are arranged in the core layer such that two such edges of two different elements cross one another at a non-zero angle, and wherein the two elements are fixedly connected to one another at the crossing point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas ECKSTEIN, Achim MOELLER, Hans-Joachim DANZER
  • Publication number: 20130316125
    Abstract: A core layer, a multilayer composite, and methods of making and using the same are provided. The core layer includes wooden zigzag-shaped elements and is suitable for producing a multilayer composite, or for use in a multilayer composite. The multilayer composite includes at least one cover layer and a core layer, and the cover layer is arranged such that it at least partially covers the core layer and is fixedly connected to the core layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: PADANA AG
    Inventors: Achim Moeller, Thomas Eckstein, Johannes Graesser
  • Publication number: 20130316126
    Abstract: A core layer, a multi-layered composite, and methods of producing the same are provided. The core layer includes a first layer having first stick-like elements and a second layer having second stick-like elements. In each layer the stick-like elements are spaced apart and separated from each other by a cavity. A first stick-like element in the first layer and a second stick-like element in the second layer include an angle with each other which is different from zero, and the first layer and the second layer are fixedly interconnected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: PADANA AG
    Inventors: Achim Moeller, Thomas Eckstein