Patents by Inventor Malte Meyeroltmanns

Malte Meyeroltmanns 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).

  • Device for detecting faulty position and separating fasteners and spacers as well as method
    Patent number: 8022328
    Abstract: A device for detecting the faulty position of and separating fasteners, more particularly blind rivets in a continuously operating conveyor apparatus, by means of which the fasteners are supplied to an automated joining machine, wherein each fastener is followed in the normal case by a spacer. According to the disclosed embodiments the device has at least three detectors, more particularly contactless inductively acting ring initiators with which on the one hand fasteners can be differentiated from spacers and on the other hand fasteners in the correct position can be differentiated from fasteners in the faulty position in the conveyor apparatus, more particularly in a supply tube. As a result of the at least three ring detectors a minimum-wear low-maintenance operation is ensured so that outage times of the rivet setter and automated riveting machine are reduced as a result of the device connected in on the input side. Furthermore a complex breakdown recognition is possible with corresponding evaluation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Rico Scherer, Malte Meyeroltmanns, Tobias Peisker
  • DEVICE FOR DETECTING FAULTY POSITION AND SEPARATING FASTENERS AND SPACERS AS WELL AS METHOD
    Publication number: 20090160455
    Abstract: A device for detecting the faulty position of and separating fasteners, more particularly blind rivets in a continuously operating conveyor apparatus, by means of which the fasteners are supplied to an automated joining machine, wherein each fastener is followed in the normal case by a spacer. According to the disclosed embodiments the device has at least three detectors, more particularly contactless inductively acting ring initiators with which on the one hand fasteners can be differentiated from spacers and on the other hand fasteners in the correct position can be differentiated from fasteners in the faulty position in the conveyor apparatus, more particularly in a supply tube. As a result of the at least three ring detectors a minimum-wear low-maintenance operation is ensured so that outage times of the rivet setter and automated riveting machine are reduced as a result of the device connected in on the input side. Furthermore a complex breakdown recognition is possible with corresponding evaluation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Rico Scherer, Malte Meyeroltmanns, Tobias Peisker