Patents by Inventor Heinz-Martin Munch

Heinz-Martin Munch 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).

  • Toolholder for coupling a tool to a handling device
    Patent number: 7002102
    Abstract: The invention relates to a toolholder (10) for coupling a welding torch to an industrial robot (14), comprising a first fixing device (16) for fixing the welding torch (12) to the toolholder (10) and comprising a second fixing device (18) for fixing the toolholder (10) to the industrial robot (14). The first and second fixing devices (16, 18) can be displaced or repositioned with regard to one another counter to the action of spring elements (22, 24). The toolholder also comprises a protective circuit (26) for deactivating the welding torch (12) when predetermined displacements or repositionings are exceeded. A component (28) connected to the first fixing device (16) can be repositioned in the Z-direction (30) (toolholder longitudinal axis) and can be displaced in the X-direction and/or Y-direction (32, 34) with regard to the second fixing device (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Alexander Binzel Schweisstechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Heinz-Martin Münch, Jörg Schwarz
  • Toolholder for coupling a tool to a handling device
    Publication number: 20040175227
    Abstract: The invention relates to a toolholder (10) for coupling a welding torch to an industrial robot (14), comprising a first fixing device (16) for fixing the welding torch (12) to the toolholder (10) and comprising a second fixing device (18) for fixing the toolholder (10) to the industrial robot (14). The first and second fixing devices (16, 18) can be displaced or repositioned with regard to one another counter to the action of spring elements (22, 24). The toolholder also comprises a protective circuit (26) for deactivating the welding torch (12) when predetermined displacements or repositionings are exceeded. A component (28) connected to the first fixing device (16) can be repositioned in the Z-direction (30) (toolholder longitudinal axis) and can be displaced in the X-direction and/or Y-direction (32, 34) with regard to the second fixing device (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2003
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Inventors: Heinz-Martin Munch, Jorg Schwarz