Patents by Inventor Axel Spering

Axel Spering 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: 11549632
    Abstract: A device for mapping an inlet into a tubular pipe, the device including a pipe robot including a base unit including a chassis configured for driving in the tubular pipe, a pivot arm arranged at the base unit, an indicator arranged at the pivot arm, a camera arranged at the pivot arm with a viewing direction towards the indicator, a control device; and a conductor arranged between the control device and the base unit and configured to transmit control signals of the control unit for positioning the base unit in the pipe, for pivoting the pivot arm about a longitudinal axis of the base unit and for pivoting the indicator relative to the inlet and to transmit an original image of the indicator that is captured by the camera to the control device. The invention also relates to a method for using the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Inventor: Axel Spering
  • Patent number: 11064692
    Abstract: A bait box including a housing; a feeding location arranged in the housing and configured for a poison bait, wherein the feeding location is arranged in an air cushion in the housing so that the feeding location is accessible for a rodent from an outside of the bait box through an entry arranged at a lower end of the housing; and a separation element which defines a liquid space with a liquid within the housing when the liquid rises outside of the housing above a threshold level above which accessibility of the feeding location is not provided to the rodent any more, wherein the liquid space extends from the threshold level to the separation element and separates the feeding location from the liquid space, wherein the housing is closed air tight besides the entry so that the air cushion is captured in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Inventors: Sylvia Michalski, Bjorn Saemann, Axel Spering
  • Publication number: 20200263826
    Abstract: A device for mapping an inlet into a tubular pipe, the device including a pipe robot including a base unit including a chassis configured for driving in the tubular pipe, a pivot arm arranged at the base unit, an indicator arranged at the pivot arm, a camera arranged at the pivot arm with a viewing direction towards the indicator, a control device; and a conductor arranged between the control device and the base unit and configured to transmit control signals of the control unit for positioning the base unit in the pipe, for pivoting the pivot arm about a longitudinal axis of the base unit and for pivoting the indicator relative to the inlet and to transmit an original image of the indicator that is captured by the camera to the control device. The invention also relates to a method for using the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventor: Axel Spering
  • Publication number: 20170295773
    Abstract: A bait box including a housing; a feeding location arranged in the housing and configured for a poison bait, wherein the feeding location is arranged in an air cushion in the housing so that the feeding location is accessible for a rodent from an outside of the bait box through an entry arranged at a lower end of the housing; and a separation element which defines a liquid space with a liquid within the housing when the liquid rises outside of the housing above a threshold level above which accessibility of the feeding location is not provided to the rodent any more, wherein the liquid space extends from the threshold level to the separation element and separates the feeding location from the liquid space, wherein the housing is closed air tight besides the entry so that the air cushion is captured in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Sylvia Michalski, Bjorn Saemann, Axel Spering
  • Patent number: 9255806
    Abstract: A method for visualizing a position of a vehicle configured for navigating a pipe within the pipe on a display device wherein the visualization on the display device is at least partially performed based on a virtual representation and the pipe is graphically represented at least in sections and preferably in a form of lines defining its enveloping surfaces on the display device, wherein the vehicle and preferably its movement is also represented on the display device thus within the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Spering Micro-Systems
    Inventor: Axel Spering
  • Patent number: 9016322
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for renovating a pipe, the latter being provided with at least one opening arranged in the wall of the pipe, said device (1) having a base unit (2) that can be introduced into the pipe, a clearing unit (3) that is movable relative to the base unit (2), and an electronic sensor arrangement for detecting the instantaneous position of the clearing unit (3) relative to the base unit (2). To make available a novel device (1) for renovating a pipe provided with at least one opening arranged in the wall of the pipe, which device permits reliable and inexpensive repair of the pipe, the invention proposes that at least one electronic inclination sensor is arranged on the base unit (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: I.S.T. Innovation Sewer Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Jörg Vogt, Tim Nieding, Axel Spering
  • Publication number: 20140142844
    Abstract: A method for visualizing a position of a vehicle configured for navigating a pipe within the pipe on a display device wherein the visualization on the display device is at least partially performed based on a virtual representation and the pipe is graphically represented at least in sections and preferably in a form of lines defining its enveloping surfaces on the display device, wherein the vehicle and preferably its movement is also represented on the display device thus within the pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Spering Micro-Systems
    Inventor: Axel Spering
  • Publication number: 20130219640
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for renovating a pipe, the latter being provided with at least one opening arranged in the wall of the pipe, said device (1) having a base unit (2) that can be introduced into the pipe, a clearing unit (3) that is movable relative to the base unit (2), and an electronic sensor arrangement for detecting the instantaneous position of the clearing unit (3) relative to the base unit (2). To make available a novel device (1) for renovating a pipe provided with at least one opening arranged in the wail of the pipe, which device permits reliable and inexpensive repair of the pipe, the invention proposes that at least one electronic inclination sensor is arranged on the base unit (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: I.S.T. Innovative Sewer Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Jörg Vogt, Tim Nieding, Axel Spering