Patents by Inventor Dieter Stroh

Dieter Stroh 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: 7533791
    Abstract: An arrangement for the welding of cables by means of an ultrasonic welding device with a compression chamber for housing the cables defined by at least sections of a sonotrode transmitting ultrasonic vibrations, a counter electrode and lateral defining elements. In order to guarantee a desired layout for the cables, the components are installed in an insertion space, before closing the compression chamber, the width of which is less than that of the open compression chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Schunk Ultraschalltechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Ernst Steiner, Horst Dieterle, Dieter Stroh, Heiko Stroh, Peter Wagner
  • Publication number: 20080265004
    Abstract: A method for production of a welded connection between at least one first electrical conductor and at least one second electrical conductor, in which the conductors are brought into a compression chamber enclosed by delimitation elements and welded therein by an ultrasound welding device, one of the delimitation elements forming a sonotrode which may be subjected to ultrasound vibration. According to the invention, in order to connect a first conductor in the desired circumference with second conductors, where the total cross-section of the second conductors for connection to the first conductor can optionally be greater than the usual cross-section with the ultrasound device used, the first conductor is welded sequentially with two or more second conductors in the compression chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2006
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: SCHUNK ULTRASCHALLTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventor: Dieter Stroh
  • Patent number: 7392923
    Abstract: An ultrasonic welding machine having a tool in the form of, for example, a sonotrode. In order to allow for an optimal utilization of the working surfaces of the sonotrode, it is proposed to move or mount the sonotrode in a desired position with respect to the element that connects the ultrasonic welding machine to the sonotrode by rotating the sonotrode around its longitudinal axis as well as a transverse axis running perpendicular thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Schunk Ultraschalltechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Stroh, Horst Dieterle, Udo Wagenbach
  • Publication number: 20080128471
    Abstract: An ultrasound welding device for welding metallic conductors for producing a junction point includes two welding surfaces, which are located on opposite sides, and two lateral delimiting surfaces, which extend transverse to the working surfaces and which, together, define a compression space. In order to eliminate longitudinal movement of the conductors during welding, at least one of the lateral delimitation surfaces is additionally structured next to the structured welding surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: SCHUNK ULTRASCHALLTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Jost Eberbach, Dieter Stroh, Horst Dieterle, Heiko Stroh
  • Publication number: 20080032569
    Abstract: A method and an array for ultrasound welding of litz wires with a preferably rectangular support, which are jointly inserted in a compression space, the width of which is set to match that of the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2005
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Applicant: SCHUNK ULTRASCHALLTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Ernst Steiner, Dieter Stroh, Enno Thoms
  • Publication number: 20070257088
    Abstract: An arrangement for the welding of cables by means of an ultrasonic welding device with a compression chamber for housing the cables defined by at least sections of a sonotrode transmitting ultrasonic vibrations, a counter electrode and lateral defining elements. In order to guarantee a desired layout for the cables, the components are installed in an insertion space, before closing the compression chamber, the width of which is less than that of the open compression chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2005
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Inventors: Ernst Steiner, Horst Dieterle, Dieter Stroh, Heiko Stroh, Peter Wagner
  • Publication number: 20070007320
    Abstract: A sonotrode for an ultrasound welding device including at least one working surface and a front surface that extends perpendicularly to the working surface. To avoid or reduce a deviation perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the sonotrode, the front surface has at least one reinforcing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2004
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Inventors: Dieter Stroh, Horst Dieterle
  • Patent number: 7124504
    Abstract: A method and device for making multiple connections between electrical conductors surrounded by external insulators in overlapping flexible cables by ultrasonic welding. Overlapping conductors to be connected are arranged on a surface of a carrier disposed between a sonotrode and an electrode, the sonotrode and electrode are sequentially aligned the with overlapping points to be welded, and the conductors are ultrasonically welded at each of the overlapping points. The carrier either includes the electrode at least in designated areas, or includes penetrations constructed and arranged to receive an electrode in designated areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Schunk Ultraschalltechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Ernst Steiner, Dieter Stroh, Horst Dieterle
  • Publication number: 20050199676
    Abstract: The invention concerns an ultrasonic welding machine having a tool in the form of, for example, a sonotrode (10). In order to allow for an optimal utilization of the working surfaces (34, 36) of the sonotrode (10), it is proposed to move or mount the sonotrode (10) in a desired position with respect to the element that connects the ultrasonic welding machine to the sonotrode by rotating the same around its longitudinal axis (42) as well as the transverse axis (38) running perpendicular thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Inventors: Dieter Stroh, Horst Dieterle, Udo Wagenbach
  • Publication number: 20040038598
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and device for connecting the electrical conductors which are surrounded by outer insulation and associated with overlapping flat conductors (47, 49) by means of a sonotrode (52) producing ultrasonic vibrations and a counter electrode associated therewith. The conductors which are to be connected are to be arranged on a surface (48) of a carrier (50) extending between the sonotrode and the counter electrode. The carrier can be embodied as a counter electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventors: Ernst Steiner, Dieter Stroh, Horst Dieterle
  • Patent number: 6173878
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for connecting metallic materials, in particular electrical conductors such as flexible cables, by means of a transducer (10) which generates ultrasonic oscillations and contains a sonotrode (16) with a sonotrode head (14) as well as a converter (12). In order to be able to embody the transducer compactly, it is provided that the transducer alone is seated in the first oscillation node remote from the sonotrode head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: Schunk Ultraschalltechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Dieter Stroh
  • Patent number: 6079608
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for welding electric conductors employing ultrasound following compaction. The process comprises compaction of the conductors in a compaction area by adjusting height and width up to a preset contact force and ultrasonically welding according to predetermined, stored parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Schunk Ultraschalltechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Ernst Steiner, Dieter Stroh, Heinz Gotz
  • Patent number: 5941443
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for compacting and then welding electric conductors, especially for making through or terminal connections of flexes by means of ultrasound in a compression chamber adapted to the conductor and adjustable for height and width, in which the conductors to be welded are first compacted and then welded. The compression chamber is adjustable to a predetermined height-width ratio regardless of the cross section of the conductors to be welded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Assignee: Schunk Ultraschalltechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Ernst Steiner, Dieter Stroh, Heinz Gotz