Patents Assigned to Zoller & Froehlich GmbH
  • Patent number: 12259500
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for determining and compensating a proportion of stray light of a measuring beam of a 3D laser scanner by which a 3D point cloud of an object to be detected can be generated via phase-based distance measurement including a first sequence by which first parameters of a proportion of stray light can be determined independently of the 3D point cloud and/or a second sequence by which second parameters of the proportion of stray light dependent on the generated 3D point cloud and a step can be determined. The proportion of stray light can be compensated as a function of the first parameters and/or the second parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: ZOLLER & FRÖHLICH GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph Fröhlich, Markus Mettenleiter
  • Publication number: 20240396278
    Abstract: A pneumatic crimping tool has a crimping axis, along which a contact and a cable end can be introduced into a crimping opening, wherein a plurality of punches can be introduced into the crimping opening radially to the crimping axis. An adjusting wheel is provided, which surrounds the crimping axis, the radial crimping depth being adjustable by rotating the adjusting wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: ZOLLER & FRÖHLICH GMBH
    Inventors: Florian STRUPP, Christoph Fröhlich, Steffen HARTINGER
  • Publication number: 20240388050
    Abstract: A transport unit conveys a belt strip with wire ferrules into a crimping machine. The transport unit has a base body with a ferrule channel through which the belt strip can be moved incrementally by a transport nose. The transport nose is formed on a transport pawl. The transport slider is guided parallel to the ferrule channel and can be driven in an oscillating manner. The transport nose is forced between two respective wire ferrules by a force transverse to the advancing direction and to the ferrule channel. The belt strip can be supported by means of two holding noses in a retracting direction. The two holding noses are formed on holding pawls, the respective pivot bearings of which are fixed to the base body. The two holding noses are forced between two respective wire ferrules by a respective force transverse to the advancing direction and to the ferrule channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: ZOLLER & FRÖHLICH GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph Fröhlich, Steffen HARTINGER, Armin FISCHER, Bernhard GRAF
  • Patent number: 11953876
    Abstract: A modular wire processing center comprises a plurality of individual processing modules that are controlled by a central control unit. The plurality of processing modules includes an automatic crimper and at least two further processing modules selected from the group of an automatic cutter, a marking system, a stripping unit, a terminal feeding device, a wire feeding unit and a wire discharging/bundling unit. The processing modules are designed as independently operable individual processing units and are positioned with the control unit on a mobile platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: ZOLLER & FRÖHLICH GMBH, WEIDMÜLLER INTERFACE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Christoph Fröhlich, Hans Leupolz, Michael Mennig, Lars Brakemeier, Farhad Sarrafzadegan, Faysal Dogan, Daniel Weingart
  • Patent number: 11942745
    Abstract: A crimping machine includes a storage arrangement having a plurality of feeding bowls for separated contact elements. The crimping machine further includes a device for transporting the contact elements to a crimp head. At least some of the feeding bowls are designed with a common vibration driver and can be driven via a common control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: ZOLLER & FRÖHLICH GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph Fröhlich, Hans Leupolz, Steffen Hartinger, Michael Mennig, Richard Buchner
  • Publication number: 20230318269
    Abstract: An automatic cutting machine includes a feed for cables and a transport device for feeding a cable according to a predetermined cable length and a cutting device for cutting a cable to length. The automatic cutting machine has a multiple infeed which is designed to feed different cable cross-sections or cable types. The multiple infeed has a plurality of tubes which are each associated with a cable cross-section/a cable type and which are tiltably mounted on an adjusting slide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: ZOLLER & FRÖHLICH GMBH
    Inventors: Michael MENNIG, Marius Lang, Gregor KOCH, Hans Leupolz
  • Publication number: 20230251089
    Abstract: A mobile scanning assembly and a method for driving such a scanning assembly allow a very flexible execution of a measuring procedure in a SLAM rotation mode, an MMS profile mode and/or using a static scan and an evaluation via an onboard PC to optimize the trajectory and the resulting 3D cloud of points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: Zoller & Fröhlich GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Fröhlich, Christoph Held, Markus Mettenleiter
  • Patent number: 11398709
    Abstract: Disclosed is a crimping machine for crimping contact elements comprising a conveying device via which a separated wire ferrule is guided from a transport unit towards a crimping head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: ZOLLER & FRÖHLICH GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph Fröhlich, Hans Leupolz
  • Patent number: 11121516
    Abstract: A crimping machine having a multiplicity of magazines for contact elements which are transportable to a transfer position via a conveyor device. A component to be crimped is then brought from the transfer position into a crimping position by means of a transport device. This transport device is assigned to all of the storage arrangements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: ZOLLER & FRÖHLICH GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph Fröhlich, Steffen Hartinger, Hans Leupolz
  • Publication number: 20210210918
    Abstract: A crimping machine includes a storage arrangement having a plurality of feeding bowls for separated contact elements. The crimping machine further includes a device for transporting the contact elements to a crimp head. At least some of the feeding bowls are designed with a common vibration driver and can be driven via a common control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: ZOLLER & FRÖHLICH GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph FRÖHLICH, Hans LEUPOLZ, Steffen HARTINGER, Michael MENNIG, Richard BUCHNER
  • Patent number: 10983214
    Abstract: A laser scanner in which scanning data and logging data are only stored in an internal data memory which can be exchanged in a simple manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: ZOLLER & FRÖHLICH GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph Fröhlich, Markus Mettenleiter
  • Patent number: 10901088
    Abstract: A laser scanner having a rotor that is rotatably held on a housing which in turn is rotatable about an axis of rotation, wherein a lens system is arranged in the rotor in order to direct a measuring beam emitted by a transmitter onto a measurement object or to direct a beam reflected by the measurement object onto a detector, wherein a camera for acquiring image information of the measurement object is arranged in the rotor. Also, a lighting unit, by which an image field of the camera can be illuminated depending on a camera position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: ZOLLER & FRÖHLICH GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph Fröhlich, Markus Mettenleiter
  • Publication number: 20200241116
    Abstract: A laser scanner in which scanning data and logging data are only stored in an internal data memory which can be exchanged in a simple manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: ZOLLER & FRÖHLICH GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph FRÖHLICH, Markus METTENLEITER
  • Publication number: 20200174125
    Abstract: A laser scanner having a rotor that is rotatably held on a housing which in turn is rotatable about an axis of rotation, wherein a lens system is arranged in the rotor in order to direct a measuring beam emitted by a transmitter onto a measurement object or to direct a beam reflected by the measurement object onto a detector, wherein a camera for acquiring image information of the measurement object is arranged in the rotor. Also, a lighting unit, by which an image field of the camera can be illuminated depending on a camera position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: ZOLLER & FRÖHLICH GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph FRÖHLICH, Markus METTENLEITER
  • Patent number: 10393513
    Abstract: A laser scanner is designed to include a GPS signal-independent navigation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: ZOLLER + FRÖHLICH GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph Fröhlich, Markus Mettenleiter
  • Patent number: 10365369
    Abstract: Disclosed is a laser scanner designed to include a thermographic camera. Also disclosed is a method for capturing thermographic data using a laser scanner of this type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: ZOLLER + FRÖHLICH GMBH
    Inventors: Franz Härtl, Markus Mettenleiter, Patrick Müller, Andreas Wagner
  • Publication number: 20180038684
    Abstract: A laser scanner is designed to include a GPS signal-independent navigation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: ZOLLER + FRÖHLICH GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph FRÖHLICH, Markus METTENLEITER
  • Publication number: 20180034225
    Abstract: A crimping machine having a multiplicity of magazines for contact elements which are transportable to a transfer position via a conveyor device. A component to be crimped is then brought from the transfer position into a crimping position by means of a transport device. This transport device is assigned to all of the storage arrangements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: Zoller & Fröhlich GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph FRÖHLICH, Steffen HARTINGER, Hans LEUPOLZ
  • Publication number: 20170067995
    Abstract: Disclosed is a laser scanner designed to include a thermographic camera. Also disclosed is a method for capturing thermographic data using a laser scanner of this type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: ZOLLER + FRÖHLICH GMBH
    Inventors: Franz HÄRTL, Markus METTENLEITER, Patrick MÜLLER, Andreas WAGNER
  • Publication number: 20140125997
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and to a device for calibrating the direction of a polar measurement device, in particular of a laser scanner, which includes a reference element which can be or is rotationally fixed to a holding device of a polar measurement device, in particular to a stand, by means of which element a reference direction is defined in a horizontal plane, and which includes a rotating element which is rotationally fixed to the polar measurement device and which can rotate together with the polar measurement device relative to the reference element about a vertical axle, and at least one optical measurement device is provided, by means of which the agreement between an orientation of the rotating element and the reference direction of the reference element can be measured, and in particular signaled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: ZOLLER + FRÖHLICH GMBH
    Inventor: Rudolf Staiger