Patents by Inventor Florian Steinmuller

Florian Steinmuller 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 apparatus for feeding joining elements
    Patent number: 9610632
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for feeding joining elements to a joining tool is presented. The joining tool may be movable by a programmable handling unit, and a magazine for receiving at least one joining element may be mounted on the joining tool. The magazine may be moved to a filling station that has a tubular section with an outlet opening. An inlet opening of the magazine may be oriented in relation to the outlet opening. At least one joining element may be conveyed to the tubular section so that it passes through the tubular section, the outlet opening, the inlet opening, and into the magazine. During the orienting, the magazine may be oriented in relation to the outlet opening such that the magazine is spaced apart from the filling station during the conveying of the at least one joining element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: NEWFREY LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Schug, Florian Steinmuller, Manuel Spiess, Simon Dietz
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FEEDING JOINING ELEMENTS
    Publication number: 20130071209
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for feeding joining elements to a joining tool is presented. The joining tool may be movable by a programmable handling unit, and a magazine for receiving at least one joining element may be mounted on the joining tool. The magazine may be moved to a filling station that has a tubular section with an outlet opening. An inlet opening of the magazine may be oriented in relation to the outlet opening. At least one joining element may be conveyed to the tubular section so that it passes through the tubular section, the outlet opening, the inlet opening, and into the magazine. During the orienting, the magazine may be oriented in relation to the outlet opening such that the magazine is spaced apart from the filling station during the conveying of the at least one joining element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Inventors: Alexander Schug, Florian Steinmuller, Manuel Spiess, Simon Dietz