Patents Assigned to NGI A/S
  • Patent number: 11085573
    Abstract: A machine foot with a built-in load cell is provided, the load cell being suspended in an overlying sheath, with the feature that the screws which hold the load cell in place in the lower part of the machine foot pass through a bottom plate and are screwed up into a fastening ring that is separate from the sheath material. A method of production of a machine foot is provided, by which a rubber resin is moulded down into the sheath of the machine foot and is vulcanized thereto, the fastening ring being embedded in the rubber resin in an area that abuts the lower side of the sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: NGI A/S
    Inventor: Tomas Hecht Olsen
  • Patent number: 10738933
    Abstract: A levelling apparatus with an integrated load cell, said levelling apparatus being of the type comprising a spindle for fastening into an apparatus such as a machine, said spindle being connected to a lower part that is adapted for contact with a basis such as a floor, said lower part comprising a housing, in which a load cell with an activation surface is located, and further comprising a load transmitting means that extends through the upper side of the lower part and constitutes the connection between the lower part and the spindle, said load transmitting means comprising a lower end surface that is adapted to come into contact with the activation surface of the load cell, and an upper end surface that is adapted to come into fixed contact with the lower end surface of the spindle, the apparatus comprising a locking means for transport protection, which locking means comprises a nut that partially encloses the lower end of the spindle and is screwed onto an external thread on the lower end and thereby inte
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: NGI A/S
    Inventor: Tomas Hecht Olsen
  • Patent number: 10731788
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the establishment of a signal which is indicative of the pressure-condition of a machine foot (1), as a fixed surface of a rubber-elastic body (5), where a load of the machine foot (1) is transferred from a cap (4) to a substrate (31) through the rubber-elastic body (5), which is pressurised by the increasing load, such that the distance between a free upper surface part (5.1) of the rubber-elastic body (5) and an immobile part (14.1) is determined by an electro-mechanical transducer (6) establishing an electrical signal corresponding to the distance which is used as the measurement for the rubber-elastic body's pressure-condition and thus the machine foot's load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: NGI A/S
    Inventor: Tomas Hecht Olsen
  • Publication number: 20190331287
    Abstract: A levelling apparatus with an integrated load cell, said levelling apparatus being of the type comprising a spindle for fastening into an apparatus such as a machine, said spindle being connected to a lower part that is adapted for contact with a basis such as a floor, said lower part comprising a housing, in which a load cell with an activation surface is located, and further comprising a load transmitting means that extends through the upper side of the lower part and constitutes the connection between the lower part and the spindle, said load transmitting means comprising a lower end surface that is adapted to come into contact with the activation surface of the load cell, and an upper end surface that is adapted to come into fixed contact with the lower end surface of the spindle, the apparatus comprising a locking means for transport protection, which locking means comprises a nut that partially encloses the lower end of the spindle and is screwed onto an external thread on the lower end and thereby inte
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: NGI A/S
    Inventor: Tomas Hecht OLSEN
  • Publication number: 20190226627
    Abstract: A machine foot with a built-in load cell is provided, the load cell being suspended in an overlying sheath, with the feature that the screws which hold the load cell in place in the lower part of the machine foot pass through a bottom plate and are screwed up into a fastening ring that is separate from the sheath material. A method of production of a machine foot is provided, by which a rubber resin is moulded down into the sheath of the machine foot and is vulcanized thereto, the fastening ring being embedded in the rubber resin in an area that abuts the lower side of the sheath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: NGI A/S
    Inventor: Tomas Hecht OLSEN
  • Publication number: 20190178435
    Abstract: A levelling apparatus includes a column which can be mounted in a device such as a machine at an upper end and which is mounted in a foot at a lower end, the levelling apparatus further being provided with a fastening means that by tightening can lock the position of the column in relation to the foot. The lower end of the column is inserted into the foot and fastened thereto by tightening of a bottom nut whose upper end has a shape that is complementary to the contact surface of the foot that the bottom nut will touch by tightening. Furthermore, the levelling apparatus can be used in areas with high risk of earthquakes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: NGI A/S
    Inventor: Tomas Hecht OLSEN
  • Patent number: 10080436
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a levelling device, which includes a top part and a lower part, where there in the top part is included a spindle, which includes a thread and an external cylindrical surface, a stop item and a sleeve, which includes at least one internal stop surface and that the spindle includes at least one track in which the stop item is placed. With the invention it is achieved that it is possible to manufacture a levelling device, where the sleeve, as a result of the stop surface on the sleeve and the stop item, which is mounted in the track on the spindle cannot be screwed so high up that parts of the thread on the spindle are exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: NGI A/S
    Inventor: Lars Von Lillienskjold
  • Patent number: 9835271
    Abstract: A bracket for pipe profiles includes a body with a center hole for enclosing a pipe profile in the center hole where the body includes at least two non-elastic bracket parts with internal surfaces towards the center hole and external surfaces. The bracket parts' internal surfaces include at least two radial spokes with spoke end surfaces for contact against the pipe profile. A ring shaped elastic gasket may be placed around each spoke end surface, which together with the spoke end surfaces has contact against the pipe profile. The invention also includes use of the bracket for mounting pipe profiles. The bracket has a shape, which ensures hygienic tight connection between bracket and pipe profile and the pipe profile is mechanically supported. The bracket can therefore be used in environments with high hygiene requirements, for example in the foodstuff industry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: NGI A/S
    Inventor: Tomas Hecht Olsen
  • Patent number: 9746122
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a machine foot, which includes a top part provided with a lock nut, which is mounted in a thread on a spindle, where the lock nut has an abutment complementary shaped to the housing of the lower part, which abutment forms a section of a sphere, and where there is a first gasket between the spindle and lock nut and where there is a second gasket between housing and lock nut. With the invention is achieved that the lower parts and top parts can be produced and stocked as separate and independent units, which for example are not assembled to a finished product until after order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: NGI A/S
    Inventor: Tomas Hecht Olsen
  • Publication number: 20170146180
    Abstract: The invention relates to a levelling device, which includes a top part and a lower part where there in the top part is included a spindle, which includes a thread and an external cylindrical surface and a sleeve with at least one internal stop surface and that the spindle includes at least one stop surface. According to an exemplary aspect of the invention, it is achieved that it is possible to manufacture a levelling device where the sleeve, as a result of the stop surface on the sleeve and the stop surface on the spindle, cannot be screwed so high up that parts of the thread on the spindle are exposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: NGI A/S
    Inventor: Lars Von LILLIENSKJOLD
  • Patent number: 9347600
    Abstract: The invention relates to a machine foot (1a,1b), which comprises a top part (3a,3b) for attachment in a device such as a machine and a lower part (2) for contacting against a foundation, such as a floor, where the center axis of the top part (3a,3b) is movable a number of degrees (11) in relation to the center axis of the lower part (2), and where the lower part (2) comprises a housing (4), which preferably is made from a metal, and which at the bottom is provided with a polymeric material (5), where the polymeric material (5) is shaped as a ring that surrounds a plug (6), which is attached to the housing (4) by being glued to an annular contact surface (8) at the periphery of the plug (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: NGI A/S
    Inventor: Lars Von Lillienskjold
  • Patent number: D953851
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: NGI A/S
    Inventor: Tomas Hecht Olsen
  • Patent number: D998007
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: NGI A/S
    Inventors: Tomas Hecht Olsen, Bo Nørgaard Klerk