Patents by Inventor Johann SODER

Johann SODER 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: 11939198
    Abstract: In a transporting system for transporting a container, and a method for operating a production installation having a transporting system, the transporting system has a vehicle and a transport vehicle, on whose frame two wheel drives are disposed, which are set apart from each other and have a wheel in each case, in particular, the two wheels are disposed so as to touch a floor in order to generate traction force for the transport vehicle, in particular, the wheel axles of the two wheels are aligned parallel to each other. A first and a second shoulder part are situated and/or provided on the frame, and the first shoulder part is situated at a distance from the second shoulder part, and a space region is situated between the wheel drives and between the shoulder parts, into which the vehicle together with the container it accommodates is able to be driven and out of which the vehicle together with the container may be driven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Johann Soder
  • Patent number: 11594914
    Abstract: In a method for producing a system for inductively transmitting energy to a mobile part, and a device for performing the method: a stepped bore is introduced into a floor; a sealing element is introduced into the stepped bore; a ring frame is held in place in the stepped bore with the aid of an alignment unit supported on the surface of the floor, the upper edge of the ring frame in particular being aligned with the height of the floor or with the surface of a floor covering applied to the floor, i.e. the upper edge in particular being brought to the same height position as the surface of the floor or the floor covering; the ring frame is set apart from the floor so that a gap region exists between the ring frame and the floor; casting compound is filled into the gap region; the alignment unit is removed; and a primary part is accommodated in the ring frame, in particular connected with the aid of screws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Johann Soder, Nils-Malte Jahn
  • Publication number: 20210367449
    Abstract: In a method for producing a system for inductively transmitting energy to a mobile part, and a device for performing the method: a stepped bore is introduced into a floor; a sealing element is introduced into the stepped bore; a ring frame is held in place in the stepped bore with the aid of an alignment unit supported on the surface of the floor, the upper edge of the ring frame in particular being aligned with the height of the floor or with the surface of a floor covering applied to the floor, i.e. the upper edge in particular being brought to the same height position as the surface of the floor or the floor covering; the ring frame is set apart from the floor so that a gap region exists between the ring frame and the floor; casting compound is filled into the gap region; the alignment unit is removed; and a primary part is accommodated in the ring frame, in particular connected with the aid of screws.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Johann SODER, Nils-Malte JAHN
  • Patent number: 11101692
    Abstract: In a method for producing a system for inductively transmitting energy to a mobile part: a stepped bore is introduced into a floor; a sealing element is introduced into the stepped bore; a ring frame is held in place in the stepped bore with the aid of an alignment unit supported on the surface of the floor, the upper edge of the ring frame being aligned with the height of the floor or with the surface of a floor covering applied to the floor; the ring frame is set apart from the floor so that a gap region exists between the ring frame and the floor; casting compound is filled into the gap region; the alignment unit is removed; and a primary part is accommodated in the ring frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Johann Soder, Nils-Malte Jahn
  • Publication number: 20210147203
    Abstract: In a transporting system for transporting a container, and a method for operating a production installation having a transporting system, the transporting system has a vehicle and a transport vehicle, on whose frame two wheel drives are disposed, which are set apart from each other and have a wheel in each case, in particular, the two wheels are disposed so as to touch a floor in order to generate traction force for the transport vehicle, in particular, the wheel axles of the two wheels are aligned parallel to each other. A first and a second shoulder part are situated and/or provided on the frame, and the first shoulder part is situated at a distance from the second shoulder part, and a space region is situated between the wheel drives and between the shoulder parts, into which the vehicle together with the container it accommodates is able to be driven and out of which the vehicle together with the container may be driven.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventor: Johann SODER
  • Publication number: 20210091596
    Abstract: In a method for producing a system for inductively transmitting energy to a mobile part, and a device for performing the method: a stepped bore is introduced into a floor; a sealing element is introduced into the stepped bore; a ring frame is held in place in the stepped bore with the aid of an alignment unit supported on the surface of the floor, the upper edge of the ring frame in particular being aligned with the height of the floor or with the surface of a floor covering applied to the floor, i.e. the upper edge in particular being brought to the same height position as the surface of the floor or the floor covering; the ring frame is set apart from the floor so that a gap region exists between the ring frame and the floor; casting compound is filled into the gap region; the alignment unit is removed; and a primary part is accommodated in the ring frame, in particular connected with the aid of screws.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Johann SODER, Nils-Malte JAHN
  • Patent number: 10899591
    Abstract: In a transporting system for transporting a container, and a method for operating a production installation having a transporting system, the transporting system has a vehicle and a transport vehicle, on whose frame two wheel drives are disposed, which are set apart from each other and have a wheel in each case, in particular, the two wheels are disposed so as to touch a floor in order to generate traction force for the transport vehicle, in particular, the wheel axles of the two wheels are aligned parallel to each other. A first and a second shoulder part are situated and/or provided on the frame, and the first shoulder part is situated at a distance from the second shoulder part, and a space region is situated between the wheel drives and between the shoulder parts, into which the vehicle together with the container it accommodates is able to be driven and out of which the vehicle together with the container may be driven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Johann Soder
  • Patent number: 10802506
    Abstract: In a method for operating a production plant, and a production plant, the production plant includes a control device, workstations and vehicles, at least two workstations having a similar configuration. The respective processor of a vehicle determines a driving path that is as short as possible and is a function of the position of the other vehicles, and in an effort to avoid congestion or to shorten the production time, the driving path is determined such that, instead of leading to a first workstation, the driving path leads to an identical second workstation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Johann Soder
  • Patent number: 10730404
    Abstract: In a method for operating a production plant having a vehicle and at least one charging point, and in a production plant having a vehicle for carrying out the method: in a first method step, the vehicle drives to the charging point; in a second method step, the vehicle is rotated, in particular with the aid of the omnidirectional drive or the differential drive; in a third method step, the vehicle moves on; and electrical energy is inductively transmitted from the charging point to the vehicle during the second method step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Johann Soder
  • Publication number: 20190339717
    Abstract: In a method for operating a production plant, and a production plant, the production plant includes a higher-level control, workstations and vehicles, at least two workstations having a similar configuration so that a similarly configured second workstation is available for a first workstation. Each vehicle includes a processor, which is connected to the higher-level control for the data transmission with the aid of a communications channel, and each vehicle includes a position-detection system for detecting the position of the respective vehicle. The higher-level control transmits to the processors of the vehicles the position allocated to a respective workstation that is to be approached by the vehicle for the performance of a production-method step at this particular workstation, and the higher-level control transmits to the respective processor of the vehicles an individual order, which includes the sequence of the workstations to be reached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventor: Johann SODER
  • Publication number: 20190147557
    Abstract: In a method for determining a financial amount for a logistical performance in a production system, and a production system having a vehicle for carrying out the method, an item of order information, in particular an item of driving-order information, is transmitted to a vehicle in the production system; the vehicle approaches the workstations in sequence, and an individual production-method step is performed at the respective workstation on the component transported by the vehicle in each case; the logistical performance is detected in the process, in particular the number of approached workstations, the traveled distance, and/or the number of components transported by the vehicle; and the detected logistical performance is transmitted via an Internet connection to a server, which is located at a position that is geographically at a distance from the production system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Johann SODER
  • Publication number: 20190126778
    Abstract: In a method for operating a production plant having a vehicle and at least one charging point, and in a production plant having a vehicle for carrying out the method: in a first method step, the vehicle drives to the charging point; in a second method step, the vehicle is rotated, in particular with the aid of the omnidirectional drive or the differential drive; in a third method step, the vehicle moves on; and electrical energy is inductively transmitted from the charging point to the vehicle during the second method step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: SEW-EURODRIVE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Johann SODER
  • Publication number: 20190092612
    Abstract: In a transporting system for transporting a container, and a method for operating a production installation having a transporting system, the transporting system has a vehicle and a transport vehicle, on whose frame two wheel drives are disposed, which are set apart from each other and have a wheel in each case, in particular, the two wheels are disposed so as to touch a floor in order to generate traction force for the transport vehicle, in particular, the wheel axles of the two wheels are aligned parallel to each other. A first and a second shoulder part are situated and/or provided on the frame, and the first shoulder part is situated at a distance from the second shoulder part, and a space region is situated between the wheel drives and between the shoulder parts, into which the vehicle together with the container it accommodates is able to be driven and out of which the vehicle together with the container may be driven.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventor: Johann SODER