Patents by Inventor Bernard Favre-Bulle

Bernard Favre-Bulle 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: 7322503
    Abstract: A setting tool for driving fastening elements in a constructional component includes a setting mechanism located in the tool housing (21) and including a drive piston (7) for driving a fastening element (6) in the constructional component (1), a reading device (10) for acquiring information containing in a coding (8) provided on a magazine strip (27) containing the fastening element (6), and control device (15) communicating with the reading device (10) for adjusting setting parameters for a setting process dependent on data acquired by the reading device (10) upon reading out the coding (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Walter Odoni, Ulrich Rosenbaum, Bernard Favre-Bulle
  • Patent number: 7145329
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a manually operated working tool such as an internal combustion operated setting tool for driving in fastening elements such as nails, bolts, pins into a magnetizable substrate, having an inductive metal detector assembly (20) with at least one excitation coil arrangement (21) and evaluation means. A means for generating an alternating current for the excitation coil arrangement (21) having at least two consecutive frequencies fn from a start frequency f0 to an end frequency fmax is provided on the inductive metal detector assembly (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Bernard Favre-Bulle
  • Patent number: 7048164
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a combustion-operated setting device for driving fastening elements such as nails, bolts and pins into a substrate, with a setting mechanism comprising a driving piston (15) which is supported to be displaceable in a guide, and with an electronic monitoring device for monitoring the status of the setting device. At least one sensor array (21, 22) is arranged at the guide for generating a measurement data pattern which can be evaluated by the monitoring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellscaft
    Inventors: Bernard Favre-Bulle, Mario Scalet, Gebhard Gantner
  • Publication number: 20050252945
    Abstract: A setting tool for driving fastening elements in a constructional component includes a setting mechanism located in the tool housing (21) and including a drive piston (7) for driving a fastening element (6) in the constructional component (1), a reading device (10) for acquiring information containing in a coding (8) provided on a magazine strip (27) containing the fastening element (6), and control device (15) communicating with the reading device (10) for adjusting setting parameters for a setting process dependent on data acquired by the reading device (10) upon reading out the coding (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2005
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventors: Walter Odoni, Ulrich Rosenbaum, Bernard Favre-Bulle
  • Patent number: 6843401
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fuel-driven setting tool (10) for driving fastener elements such as nails, bolts, and pins into a substrate. The tool has a setting piston (13) guided in a piston guide (12) and displaceable using the combustion energy of a propellant and having a voltage source for supplying an electrical consumer on the setting tool (10). For improving a setting tool of this type, a generator device (30, 40) can be provided for transforming setting energy from the combustion of the propellant into electrical energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Bernard Favre-Bulle
  • Publication number: 20050000999
    Abstract: A setting tool for driving fastening elements in a constructional component includes a setting mechanism located in the tool housing (21) and including a drive piston (7) for driving a fastening element (6) in the constructional component (1), a reading device (10) for acquiring information containing in a coding (8) provided on a magazine strip (27) containing the fastening element (6), and control device (15) communicating with the reading device (10) for adjusting setting parameters for a setting process dependent on data acquired by the reading device (10) upon reading out the coding (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Inventors: Walter Odoni, Ulrich Rosenbaum, Bernard Favre-Bulle
  • Publication number: 20050001000
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a combustion-operated setting device for driving fastening elements such as nails, bolts and pins into a substrate, with a setting mechanism comprising a driving piston (15) which is supported to be displaceable in a guide, and with an electronic monitoring device for monitoring the status of the setting device. At least one sensor array (21, 22) is arranged at the guide for generating a measurement data pattern which can be evaluated by the monitoring device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2004
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Inventors: Bernard Favre-Bulle, Mario Scalet, Gebhard Gantner
  • Publication number: 20040238587
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a manually operated working tool such as an internal combustion operated setting tool for driving in fastening elements such as nails, bolts, pins into a magnetizable substrate, having an inductive metal detector assembly (20) with at least one excitation coil arrangement (21) and evaluation means. A means for generating an alternating current for the excitation coil arrangement (21) having at least two consecutive frequencies fn from a start frequency f0 to an end frequency fmax is provided on the inductive metal detector assembly (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventor: Bernard Favre-Bulle
  • Publication number: 20040104258
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fuel-driven setting tool (10) for driving fastener elements such as nails, bolts, and pins into a substrate. The tool has a setting piston (13) guided in a piston guide (12) and displaceable using the combustion energy of a propellant and having a voltage source for supplying an electrical consumer on the setting tool (10). For improving a setting tool of this type, a generator device (30, 40) can be provided for transforming setting energy from the combustion of the propellant into electrical energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2003
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Inventor: Bernard Favre-Bulle
  • Publication number: 20040105735
    Abstract: A fastening element, which is designed to be set in a bore of a constructional component formed of a hard material, includes a stem (11) adjoining load application part (13), a metal washer (14) having a recess (16) formed in its end surface (15) adjacent to the free flat end surface (12) of the stem (11), and a deformable, energy dissipation element (17) arranged in the recess (16) of the metal washer (14) and projecting beyond the free flat end surface (15) of the metal washer (14) in an unsetting condition of the fastening element (16) in which the energy dissipation element (17) remains undeformed, with the recess (16) having a free lateral space (26) for accommodating the energy dissipation element (17) in its deformed condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2003
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Inventors: Bernard Favre-Bulle, Mario Grazioli
  • Publication number: 20010024601
    Abstract: A method and a device for hand-operated machine tools, particularly for hammer drills, for optimal cutting of different substrates by energy adaptation, wherein the machine tool, when turned on, is operated initially—preferably in a pre-selectable manner—in a first operating state (I) with reduced power consumption at reduced nominal voltage (e.g., 170 V). After a predetermined time period of 5 seconds, for example, a second operating state (II) with increased power consumption at full nominal voltage of, for example, 230 V, is switched to automatically. In the first operating state with reduced power consumption, the single-blow energy is reduced and/or the hammer rate and rotational speed are decreased. In particular, such a method and device ensures that cutting is carried out without damage in the case of hollow block material and a precise tap-drilling is ensured in the case of solid material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2001
    Publication date: September 27, 2001
    Inventors: Stefan Miescher, Fritz Mark, Bernard Favre Bulle, Thomas Hofbrucker, Steffen Dohm