Patents by Inventor Willy Knabe

Willy Knabe 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 device for contactless determination of the thickness of a web of material, including correction of the alignment error
    Patent number: 9046349
    Abstract: A method for the contactless determination of the thickness of a web of material, for example a web of fibrous material using a sensor array including at least two optical measurement units between which the web can be guided. Each of the optical measurement units includes a measurement plate on the side facing the web. The optical measurement units, which are arranged on opposite sides of the web, are used to measure the distance of the measurement units from the web, and an evaluation unit is used to determine the thickness of the web from the determined distances between the optical measurement units and the web and the distance between the optical measurement units arranged on opposite sides of the web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Voith Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Pekka Typpo, Willy Knabe, Jörg Bröckel
  • METHOD FOR CONTACTLESS DETERMINATION OF THE THICKNESS OF A WEB OF MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20130003047
    Abstract: A method for the contactless determination of the thickness of a web of material, for example, a web of fibrous material, with a sensor array including at least two measurement plates includes guiding the web between the at least two measurement plates. An air cushion is generated between each measurement plate and the web so as to keep the measurement plates at a distance from the web. A sensor array is used which includes at least one magnetic sensor as well as optical distance measuring devices, wherein the distance between the measurement plates arranged on opposite sides of the web is magnetically determined, while the distance between a measurement plate and the web is determined using optical distance measuring devices which are located on the measurement plates arranged on opposite sides of the web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Pekka Typpo, Willy Knabe, Jörg Bröckel
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTACTLESS DETERMINATION OF THE THICKNESS OF A WEB OF MATERIAL, INCLUDING CORRECTION OF THE ALIGNMENT ERROR
    Publication number: 20120170059
    Abstract: A method for the contactless determination of the thickness of a web of material, for example a web of fibrous material using a sensor array including at least two optical measurement units between which the web can be guided. Each of the optical measurement units includes a measurement plate on the side facing the web. The optical measurement units, which are arranged on opposite sides of the web, are used to measure the distance of the measurement units from the web, and an evaluation unit is used to determine the thickness of the web from the determined distances between the optical measurement units and the web and the distance between the optical measurement units arranged on opposite sides of the web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Pekka Typpo, Willy Knabe, Jörg Bröckel
  • Method of producing an anode for a capacitor
    Publication number: 20040136857
    Abstract: A method of producing an anode for a capacitor, which includes the steps of molding a continuously deformable material onto a flat anode conductor and simultaneously externally shaping the material, and solidifying the material to form an anode body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Applicant: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Helge Clasen, Willy Knabe, Klaus Gnann, Josef Gerblinger, Dieter Hahn
  • Method of producing an anode for a capacitor
    Patent number: 6699431
    Abstract: A method of producing an anode for a capacitor, which includes the steps of molding a continuously deformable material onto a flat anode conductor and simultaneously externally shaping the material, and solidifying the material to form an anode body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Epcos AG
    Inventors: Helge Clasen, Willy Knabe, Klaus Gnann, Josef Gerblinger, Dieter Hahn
  • Anode for electrolytic capacitors, electrolytic capacitor, and method of producing the anode
    Patent number: 6493213
    Abstract: The anode for a capacitor has a flat anode conductor with a large-area connection to an anode body. That end of the anode conductor which leads out of the anode body is bent to form a terminal connector. Three different processes for working with a paste, a green film, and a powder are proposed for the production of the anode body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: Epcos AG
    Inventors: Helge Clasen, Willy Knabe, Klaus Gnann, Josef Gerblinger, Dieter Hahn
  • Method of producing an anode for a capacitor
    Publication number: 20020075628
    Abstract: A method of producing an anode for a capacitor, which includes the steps of molding a continuously deformable material onto a flat anode conductor and simultaneously externally shaping the material, and solidifying the material to form an anode body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2002
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Applicant: EPCOS AG
    Inventors: Helge Clasen, Willy Knabe, Klaus Gnann, Josef Gerblinger, Dieter Hahn