Patents by Inventor Heiko Strobel
Heiko Strobel 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).
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Patent number: 11839928Abstract: An ultrasonic metal welding device for welding electrical conductors using a compression chamber that is adjustable at least n height and that is delimited on opposite sides by a section of a sonotrode as a first delimiting surface and by at least one section of a counter electrode (156) as a second delimiting surface, wherein for welding, the counter electrode and the sonotrode are displaced relative to one another. The counter electrode used is one that comprises sections (152, 154) of geometrically different working surfaces or is composed of at least two sections that are displaceable relative to one another.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: SCHUNK SONOSYSTEMS GMBHInventors: Sebastian Rühl, Peter Wagner, Udo Wagenbach, Heiko Strobel
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Publication number: 20220402069Abstract: An ultrasonic metal welding device for welding electrical conductors using a compression chamber that is adjustable at least n height and that is delimited on opposite sides by a section of a sonotrode as a first delimiting surface and by at least one section of a counter electrode (156) as a second delimiting surface, wherein for welding, the counter electrode and the sonotrode are displaced relative to one another. The counter electrode used is one that comprises sections (152, 154) of geometrically different working surfaces or is composed of at least two sections that are displaceable relative to one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: SCHUNK SONOSYSTEMS GMBHInventors: Sebastian RÜHL, Peter WAGNER, Udo WAGENBACH, Heiko STROBEL
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Patent number: 11458562Abstract: The invention relates to an ultrasonic metal welding device and a method for welding electrical conductors using a compression chamber that is adjustable at least in height and that is delimited on opposite sides by a section of a sonotrode as a first delimiting surface and by at least one section of a counter electrode (156) as a second delimiting surface, wherein for welding, the counter electrode and the sonotrode are displaced relative to one another. The counter electrode used is one that comprises sections (152, 154) of geometrically different working surfaces or is composed of at least two sections that are displaceable relative to one another.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2018Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: SCHUNK SONOSYSTEMS GMBHInventors: Sebastian Rühl, Peter Wagner, Udo Wagenbach, Heiko Strobel
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Patent number: 11358235Abstract: A device for welding rod-shaped electrical conductors and a sonotrode for such includes a compression space for receiving two connection regions of the conductors to be connected, said connection regions extending in a first axial direction (x-axis), the compression space being defined by a working surface of a sonotrode, which transmits ultrasonic vibrations, and a counterface of an anvil at two opposite sides in a second axial direction (z-axis) and by a boundary surface of a slider element, displaceable in the second axial direction (z-axis), and a boundary surface of a boundary element on two opposite sides in a third axial direction (y-axis). In a special contact zone, which is a section of the working surface of the sonotrode and serves to subject at least one connection region to ultrasonic vibrations, the working surface has a surface configuration that differs from a contact zone formed by the remaining working surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2018Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: SCHUNK SONOSYSTEMS GMBHInventors: Heiko Strobel, Sebastian Ruehl, Manuel Fey, Dennis Tobias Kaemmerer
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Publication number: 20210146470Abstract: The invention relates to a device for welding rod-shaped electrical conductors (28, 29) and to a sonotrode (16) for such a device, comprising a compression space for receiving two connection regions (26, 27) of the conductors (28, 29) to be connected, said connection regions (26, 27) extending in a first axial direction (x-axis), the compression space being defined by a working surface (19) of a sonotrode (16), which transmits ultrasonic vibrations, and a counterface of an anvil at two opposite sides in a second axial direction (z-axis) and by a boundary surface of a slider element, which is displaceable in the second axial direction (z-axis), and a boundary surface of a boundary element on two opposite sides in a third axial direction (y-axis).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2018Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Heiko Strobel, Sebastian Ruehl, Manuel Fey, Dennis Tobias Kaemmerer
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Publication number: 20200171597Abstract: The invention relates to an ultrasonic metal welding device and a method for welding electrical conductors using a compression chamber that is adjustable at least in height and that is delimited on opposite sides by a section of a sonotrode as a first delimiting surface and by at least one section of a counter electrode (156) as a second delimiting surface, wherein for welding, the counter electrode and the sonotrode are displaced relative to one another. The counter electrode used is one that comprises sections (152, 154) of geometrically different working surfaces or is composed of at least two sections that are displaceable relative to one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2018Publication date: June 4, 2020Applicant: SCHUNK SONOSYSTEMS GMBHInventors: Sebastian RÜHL, Peter WAGNER, Udo WAGENBACH, Heiko STROBEL
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Patent number: 10406628Abstract: The invention relates to a device for welding rod-shaped electrical conductors (28, 29) provided with an outer insulating sheath (30), the device comprising a compression space (18) for receiving connecting regions of the conductors to be connected to each other, said compression space comprising at least one guiding element (41, 42) for axially positioning the conductors.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2014Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: SCHUNK SONOSYSTEMS GMBHInventors: Heiko Strobel, Peter Wagner, Dieter Stroh
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Publication number: 20180200827Abstract: The invention relates to a device for welding rod-shaped electrical conductors (28, 29) provided with an outer insulating sheath (30), the device comprising a compression space (18) for receiving connecting regions of the conductors to be connected to each other, said compression space comprising at least one guiding element (41, 42) for axially positioning the conductors.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2014Publication date: July 19, 2018Inventors: Heiko Strobel, Peter Wagner, Dieter Stroh
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Patent number: 9505083Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a node by welding at least one first stranded wire comprising individual wires to at least one second stranded wire comprising individual wires, the stranded wires being of different materials, in a compression chamber with adjustable height and width of an ultrasonic welding device, the width being adjusted by means of at least one lateral slide and the height by changing the distance between a sonotrode and a counter electrode of the ultrasonic welding device, the at least one first stranded wire being welded with a higher specific energy, under a higher pressure or with a greater ultrasonic vibration amplitude than the at least one second stranded.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2014Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: SCHUNK SONOSYSTEMS GMBHInventors: Sabastian Ruhl, Heiko Strobel, Tim Hanika
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Publication number: 20160136753Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a node by welding at least one first stranded wire comprising individual wires to at least one second stranded wire comprising individual wires, the stranded wires being of different materials, in a compression chamber with adjustable height and width of an ultrasonic welding device, the width being adjusted by means of at least one lateral slide and the height by changing the distance between a sonotrode and a counter electrode of the ultrasonic welding device, the at least one first stranded wire being welded with a higher specific energy, under a higher pressure or with a greater ultrasonic vibration amplitude than the at least one second stranded.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2014Publication date: May 19, 2016Inventors: Sabastian RUHL, Heiko STROBEL, Tim HANIKA
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Patent number: 8870052Abstract: A method and apparatus for welding lines having metallic braids or strands to form an end node or transit node by introducing a first portion of each line into a compression space of an ultrasonic welding apparatus, wherein the first portions run along a straight line, wherein at least one line has a component at a distance from the end node or transit node to be welded, and at least the line which has the component is attenuated between the compression space and the contact element in a second portion by a change in profile of the line which is imposed using a deflection device. To this end, the line which has the component is oriented in extension of the straight line.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2011Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Schunk Sonosystems GmbHInventors: Sebastian Ruhl, Heiko Strobel, Sinan Koc, Peter Wagner, Dieter Stroh
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Publication number: 20130146644Abstract: A method and apparatus for welding lines having metallic braids or strands to form an end node or transit node by introducing a first portion of each line into a compression space of an ultrasonic welding apparatus, wherein the first portions run along a straight line, wherein at least one line has a component at a distance from the end node or transit node to be welded, and at least the line which has the component is attenuated between the compression space and the contact element in a second portion by a change in profile of the line which is imposed using a deflection device. To this end, the line which has the component is oriented in extension of the straight line.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2011Publication date: June 13, 2013Inventors: Sebastian Ruhl, Heiko Strobel, Sinan Koc, Peter Wagner, Dieter Stroh