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).

  • Patent number: 11839928
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: SCHUNK SONOSYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Sebastian Rühl, Peter Wagner, Udo Wagenbach, Heiko Strobel
  • Publication number: 20220402069
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: SCHUNK SONOSYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Sebastian RÜHL, Peter WAGNER, Udo WAGENBACH, Heiko STROBEL
  • Patent number: 11458562
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SCHUNK SONOSYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Sebastian Rühl, Peter Wagner, Udo Wagenbach, Heiko Strobel
  • Patent number: 11358235
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SCHUNK SONOSYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Heiko Strobel, Sebastian Ruehl, Manuel Fey, Dennis Tobias Kaemmerer
  • Publication number: 20210146470
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Heiko Strobel, Sebastian Ruehl, Manuel Fey, Dennis Tobias Kaemmerer
  • Publication number: 20200171597
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: SCHUNK SONOSYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Sebastian RÜHL, Peter WAGNER, Udo WAGENBACH, Heiko STROBEL
  • Patent number: 10406628
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: SCHUNK SONOSYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Heiko Strobel, Peter Wagner, Dieter Stroh
  • Publication number: 20180200827
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Heiko Strobel, Peter Wagner, Dieter Stroh
  • Patent number: 9505083
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: SCHUNK SONOSYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Sabastian Ruhl, Heiko Strobel, Tim Hanika
  • Publication number: 20160136753
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Sabastian RUHL, Heiko STROBEL, Tim HANIKA
  • Patent number: 8870052
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Schunk Sonosystems GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian Ruhl, Heiko Strobel, Sinan Koc, Peter Wagner, Dieter Stroh
  • Publication number: 20130146644
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Inventors: Sebastian Ruhl, Heiko Strobel, Sinan Koc, Peter Wagner, Dieter Stroh