Patents by Inventor Alois Oberholzer

Alois Oberholzer 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).

  • Device and method for transferring objects
    Patent number: 7264432
    Abstract: A device for transferring and characterizing objects positions the object on a horizontal work field. The device includes at least one rail extending parallel to the X direction and a displacement unit, movable back and forth in the X direction, having a motorized gripping mechanism for grasping an object. A processor for controlling movements of the displacement unit and actions of the gripping mechanism is distinguished in that the displacement unit includes a carrying device, movable together therewith along the rail, for transferring objects in the X direction. The carrying device is a plate for carrying objects moved onto this carrying plate using the gripping mechanism. According to a method of the invention, objects are moved onto the plate of the carrying device, transferred in the X direction, and deposited again at a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Tecan Trading AG
    Inventors: Markus Wiggli, Hanspeter Romer, Peter Muerset, Gregor Batliner, Fred Schinzel, Alois Oberholzer
  • Device and method for transferring objects
    Publication number: 20050053454
    Abstract: A device for transferring and characterizing objects positions the object on a horizontal work field. The device includes at least one rail extending parallel to the X direction and a displacement unit, movable back and forth in the X direction, having a motorized gripping mechanism for grasping an object. A processor for controlling movements of the displacement unit and actions of the gripping mechanism is distinguished in that the displacement unit includes a carrying device, movable together therewith along the rail, for transferring objects in the X direction. The carrying device is a plate for carrying objects moved onto this carrying plate using the gripping mechanism. According to a method of the invention, objects are moved onto the plate of the carrying device, transferred in the X direction, and deposited again at a second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Inventors: Markus Wiggli, Hanspeter Romer, Peter Muerset, Gregor Batliner, Fred Schinzel, Alois Oberholzer