Patents by Inventor Thomas Holzhauer

Thomas Holzhauer 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: 11504755
    Abstract: A device for producing strip material, such as a hot strip. The device includes lateral guide elements which are arranged on both sides of the strip material and, in particular, along a roller table having several rollers, and at least one rotating wear body on each side guide element. In order to minimize the wear of guide elements when transporting the strip material over a roller conveyor, a speed control device regulates a rate of speed of the at least one wear element. Further, a position control device is provided for setting an extended position of the at least one wear element. The position control device sends control signals to a positioning drive for extending the at least one wear body to an extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: SMS GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Holzhauer, Ulrich Cramer, Andreas Kastner, Magnus Treude
  • Publication number: 20210291245
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for producing strip material, in particular hot strip, comprising: lateral guide elements (5) which are arranged on both sides of the strip material (4), in particular along a roller table (1) with several rollers (2), at least one rotating wear body (6) on each side guide element (5). In order to further minimize the wear of guide elements when transporting hot strip over a roller conveyor, the invention proposes a speed control device (7) for setting a speed of the at least one wear element, a position control device (9) for setting an extended position of the at least one wear element and a positioning drive (13) for extending the at least one wear body to an extended position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas HOLZHAUER, Ulrich CRAMER, Andreas KASTNER, Magnus TREUDE
  • Patent number: 10906078
    Abstract: An apparatus for winding up a metal strip into a coil. A frame in which a second counter-bending roller is mounted in a rotatable manner. The frame is movable with the aid of a second setting device between a coiler shaft position and a roller bed position. In the roller bed position, the second counter-bending roller alongside a first counter-bending roller acts as the roller bed roller of a roller bed which is arranged above the coiling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: SMS group GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Cramer, Thomas Holzhauer, Andreas Kastner, Heinz-Adolf Müller, Christian Mengel, Janina Weber
  • Patent number: 10500622
    Abstract: The invention relates to a coil transport pallet (8) for transporting a wound coil (6), with a support device (35) for temporarily supporting the wound coil (6), with a coupling unit (40) for coupling to a coil transport vehicle (11) and/or with rolling and/or sliding surfaces (29) for interaction with a ground conveyor device (15), wherein the coil transport pallet (8) has a through-opening (50) for guiding a pressing element (51) of a pressing mechanism (52) therethrough, for pressing at least one winding layer (49) and/or winding layer end (78) against the wound coil (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: SMS Group GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Fuchs, Helmut Hoefer, Andreas Kastner, Carsten Heide, Martin Luebke, Thomas Holzhauer
  • Publication number: 20180354010
    Abstract: The invention relates to a coil transport pallet (8) for transporting a wound coil (6), with a support device (35) for temporarily supporting the wound coil (6), with a coupling unit (40) for coupling to a coil transport vehicle (11) and/or with rolling and/or sliding surfaces (29) for interaction with a ground conveyor device (15), wherein the coil transport pallet (8) has a through-opening (50) for guiding a pressing element (51) of a pressing mechanism (52) therethrough, for pressing at least one winding layer (49) and/or winding layer end (78) against the wound coil (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Wolfgang Fuchs, Helmut Hoefer, Andreas Kastner, Carsten Heide, Martin Luebke, Thomas Holzhauer
  • Publication number: 20170348747
    Abstract: An apparatus for winding up a metal strip into a coil. A frame in which a second counter-bending roller is mounted in a rotatable manner. The frame is movable with the aid of a second setting device between a coiler shaft position and a roller bed position. In the roller bed position, the second counter-bending roller alongside a first counter-bending roller acts as the roller bed roller of a roller bed which is arranged above the coiling device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: SMS group GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich CRAMER, Thomas HOLZHAUER, Andreas KASTNER, Heinz-Adolf MÜLLER, Christian MENGEL, Janina WEBER
  • Patent number: 9357931
    Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to medical systems and methods. In one aspect of the invention, a method includes determining a fluorescent light intensity at one or more points on each of multiple recorded images, and producing an image based on the determined fluorescent light intensity at the one or more points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventors: Werner Nahm, Roland Guckler, Thomas Holzhauer
  • Patent number: 9351644
    Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to medical systems and methods. In one aspect of the invention, a method includes determining a fluorescent light intensity at one or more points on each of multiple recorded images, and producing an image based on the determined fluorescent light intensity at the one or more points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventors: Werner Nahm, Roland Guckler, Thomas Holzhauer
  • Patent number: 9346090
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for depositing a metal coil (200) on two stationary support points (110-1; 110-2). In order to be able to deposit even metal coils that have high internal residual stress in a stable manner on the two support points, according to the invention, a third support point (140) is pivoted against the outer circumference of the metal coil (200) if needed).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: SMS Group GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Cramer, Thomas Holzhauer, Wolfgang Fuchs, Andreas Kastner, Christian Mengel, Heinz-Adolf Mueller, Carsten Heide, Karl Robert Hofmann
  • Patent number: 9320438
    Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to medical systems and methods. In one aspect of the invention, a method includes determining a fluorescent light intensity at one or more points on each of multiple recorded images, and producing an image based on the determined fluorescent light intensity at the one or more points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventors: Werner Nahm, Roland Guckler, Thomas Holzhauer
  • Patent number: 9289809
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for handling a metal strip. The device comprises a coiling device (110) with a coiling mandrel (112) for winding the metal strip to form a coil (200) on the coiling mandrel and a coil stripper car (120) with supports (124) for receiving the coil (200) from the coiling mandrel and removing the coil from the coiling device (110). In order to additionally secure the metal strip in the coiling device during the transfer from the coiling mandrel onto the coil stripper care and during a transport by means of the coil stripper car, a first hold-down arm (130) is provided for exerting a first hold-down force (F1) onto the outer circumference of the coil (200) in order to press the coil onto the supports of the coil stripper car.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: SMS GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Ulrich Cramer, Thomas Holzhauer, Wolfgang Fuchs, Andreas Kastner, Christian Mengel, Heinz-Adolf Mueller, Carsten Heide, Karl Robert Hofmann
  • Patent number: 9129366
    Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to medical systems and methods. In one aspect of the invention, a method includes determining a fluorescent light intensity at one or more points on each of multiple recorded images, and producing an image based on the determined fluorescent light intensity at the one or more points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventors: Werner Nahm, Roland Guckler, Thomas Holzhauer
  • Publication number: 20150230710
    Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to medical systems and methods. In one aspect of the invention, a method includes determining a fluorescent light intensity at one or more points on each of multiple recorded images, and producing an image based on the determined fluorescent light intensity at the one or more points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Werner Nahm, Roland Guckler, Thomas Holzhauer
  • Publication number: 20150230711
    Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to medical systems and methods. In one aspect of the invention, a method includes determining a fluorescent light intensity at one or more points on each of multiple recorded images, and producing an image based on the determined fluorescent light intensity at the one or more points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Werner Nahm, Roland Guckler, Thomas Holzhauer
  • Publication number: 20150230715
    Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to medical systems and methods. In one aspect of the invention, a method includes determining a fluorescent light intensity at one or more points on each of multiple recorded images, and producing an image based on the determined fluorescent light intensity at the one or more points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Werner Nahm, Roland Guckler, Thomas Holzhauer
  • Patent number: 9027743
    Abstract: A device for changing a pallet car in a plant for the treatment of bulk materials where pallet cars that are continuously conveyed using a lifting wheel and a lowering wheel on an outer rail and an inner rail in an endless chain includes, in regions of a bottom and top strand of the lifting wheel, first and second outer curve links of the outer rail that are openable such that the pallet car is removable from the chain and another pallet car is insertable into the chain. A removal switch is disposed in the region of the bottom strand of the lifting wheel, via which the pallet car is movable out from the chain, and a supply switch is disposed in the region of the top strand of the lifting wheel, via which the pallet car is insertable into the chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Outotec Oyj
    Inventors: Andrej Schulakow-Klass, Juergen Emmel, Thomas Holzhauer
  • Publication number: 20150125800
    Abstract: A grate carriage for receiving bulk material includes a plurality of grate bars arranged, parallel to each other from a first side to a second side of the grate carriage. The grate bars are movably held in lateral receptacles of the grate carriage and a gap is provided between each adjacent pair of the grate bars. A force application device is arranged on each of the first and second sides of the grate carriage and configured to elastically press the grate bars against each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Andrej Schulakow-Klass, Thomas Holzhauer, Sergej Ekkert
  • Publication number: 20140021016
    Abstract: A device for changing a pallet car in a plant for the treatment of bulk materials where pallet cars that are continuously conveyed by means of a lifting wheel and a lowering wheel on an outer rail and an inner rail in an endless chain includes, in a regions of a bottom and top strand of the lifting wheel, first and second outer curve links of the outer rail openable such that the pallet car is removable from the chain and another pallet car is insertable into the chain. The device includes a removal switch disposed in the region of the bottom strand of the lifting wheel, via which the pallet car is movable out from the chain, and a supply switch disposed in the region of the top strand of the lifting wheel, via which the pallet car is insertable into the chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: OUTOTEC OYJ
    Inventors: Andrej Schulakow- Klass, Juergen Emmel, Thomas Holzhauer
  • Patent number: 8555476
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for depositing a metal coil (200) on two support points (110-1; 110-2). In order to avoid risks, in particular instability, while depositing metal coils having high residual stress, according to the invention the risk of an unstable position of equilibrium is checked, if a change in the relative position of the two support points (110-1; 110-2) with respect to one another is foreseeable, it is carried out such that the metal coil (200) comes to rest on both support points at least approximately in a stable position of equilibrium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: SMS Siemag Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Cramer, Thomas Holzhauer, Wolfgang Fuchs, Andreas Kastner, Christian Mengel, Heinz-Adolf Mueller, Carsten Heide, Karl Robert Hofmann
  • Publication number: 20130256439
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for handling a metal strip. The device comprises a coiling device (110) with a coiling mandrel (112) for winding the metal strip to form a coil (200) on the coiling mandrel and a coil stripper car (120) with supports (124) for receiving the coil (200) from the coiling mandrel and removing the coil from the coiling device (110). In order to additionally secure the metal strip in the coiling device during the transfer from the coiling mandrel onto the coil stripper care and during a transport by means of the coil stripper car, a first hold-down arm (130) is provided for exerting a first hold-down force (F1) onto the outer circumference of the coil (200) in order to press the coil onto the supports of the coil stripper car.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: SMS SIEMAG AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Ulrich Cramer, Thomas Holzhauer, Wolfgang Fuchs, Andreas Kastner, Christian Mengel, Heinz-Adolf Mueller, Carsten Heide, Karl Robert Hofmann