Patents by Inventor Thomas J. FRAUSCHER

Thomas J. FRAUSCHER 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).

  • TRAJECTORY PLANNING WITH FLEXIBLE REPLANNING FUNCTIONALITY - OBSTACLE
    Publication number: 20230166947
    Abstract: An improved method for controlling a lifting device, which moves a load along a first movement direction and along a second movement direction within a specified working area of the lifting device from a starting point to an end point. Individual movements are planned for the first movement direction and for the second movement direction, by which the load is moved on while avoiding a collision with a changed or newly specified obstacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas STÖGER, Thomas J. FRAUSCHER, Hubert RAMS
  • TRAJECTORY PLANNING WITH FLEXIBLE REPLANNING FUNCTIONALITY - CHANGED END POINT
    Publication number: 20230168681
    Abstract: An improved method for controlling a lifting device, which moves a load along a first movement direction and along a second movement direction within a specified working area of the lifting device from a starting point to an end point. Individual movements are planned for the first movement direction and for the second movement direction, by which the load is moved further along the movement directions and brought to a newly specified end point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas STÖGER, Thomas J. FRAUSCHER, Hubert RAMS
  • Method and oscillation controller for compensating for oscillations of an oscillatable technical system
    Patent number: 11334027
    Abstract: In order to eliminate control problems caused by a manipulated variable limitation in the oscillation control of an oscillatable technical system, a restriction ( d n ? u dt n ? m ? ? i ? ? n , d n ? u dt n ? m ? ? ax ) of at least one time derivative of the manipulated variable (u) in a control law for calculating the manipulated variable (u) is taken into account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Stöger, Thomas J. Frauscher, Ralf Skotschek
  • Method for damping rotational oscillations of a load-handling element of a lifting device
    Patent number: 10676327
    Abstract: A method for damping rotational oscillations of a load-handling element of a lifting device is created, wherein at least one controller parameter is determined by a rotational oscillation model of the load-handling element as a function of the lifting height (lH) and wherein, to damp the rotational oscillation of the load-handling element at any lifting height (lH), the at least one controller parameter is adapted to the lifting height (lH).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Staudecker, Thomas J. Frauscher, Ralf Skotschek
  • METHOD AND OSCILLATION CONTROLLER FOR COMPENSATING FOR OSCILLATIONS OF AN OSCILLATABLE TECHNICAL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200159169
    Abstract: In order to eliminate control problems caused by a manipulated variable limitation in the oscillation control of an oscillatable technical system, a restriction ( d n ? u dt n ? m ? ? i ? ? n , d n ? u dt n ? m ? ? ax ) of at least one time derivative of the manipulated variable (u) in a control law for calculating the manipulated variable (u) is taken into account.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas STOEGER, Thomas J. FRAUSCHER, Ralf SKOTSCHEK
  • METHOD FOR DAMPING ROTATIONAL OSCILLATIONS OF A LOAD-HANDLING ELEMENT OF A LIFTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180339888
    Abstract: A method for damping rotational oscillations of a load-handling element of a lifting device is created, wherein at least one controller parameter is determined by a rotational oscillation model of the load-handling element as a function of the lifting height (lH) and wherein, to damp the rotational oscillation of the load-handling element at any lifting height (lH), the at least one controller parameter is adapted to the lifting height (lH).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBH
    Inventors: Martin STAUDECKER, Thomas J. FRAUSCHER, Ralf SKOTSCHEK