Patents by Inventor Alexander Handfest

Alexander Handfest 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: 11584001
    Abstract: A bearing assembly includes a bearing flange and a flange receptacle having a longitudinal axis, which comprise a mutual axial stop and a fixing for securing the mutual stop position. The fixing is designed as a wedge-type clamp which can be actuated transversely, in particular radially, to the longitudinal axis. The wedge-type clamp clamps the bearing flange and the flange receptacle axially into the mutual stop position. The bearing assembly may be, for example, provided for a robot and its rotary body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: KUKA Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Alexander Handfest
  • Patent number: 11318603
    Abstract: A delta robot includes a robot base, an end effector carrier that can be positioned in space, and three parallelogram articulated couplings which connect the end effector carrier to the robot base and are designed to connect the end effector carrier in a displaceable manner while maintaining its orientation in space relative to the robot base. Each parallelogram articulated coupling can be displaced, driven by a motor, to automatically move the end effector carrier, wherein each motor can be braked by means of a brake in order to automatically stop the end effector carrier and/or to hold the end effector carrier in its present position. The end effector carrier comprises at least one input device connected to the brakes by control technology and designed to release the brakes in an actuated switching state of the input device such that the end effector carrier is manually displaceable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: KUKA Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Handfest, Victor Klein
  • Publication number: 20210339384
    Abstract: A bearing assembly includes a bearing flange and a flange receptacle having a longitudinal axis, which comprise a mutual axial stop and a fixing for securing the mutual stop position. The fixing is designed as a wedge-type clamp which can be actuated transversely, in particular radially, to the longitudinal axis. The wedge-type clamp clamps the bearing flange and the flange receptacle axially into the mutual stop position. The bearing assembly may be, for example, provided for a robot and its rotary body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventor: Alexander Handfest
  • Publication number: 20200338719
    Abstract: A delta robot includes a robot base, an end effector carrier that can be positioned in space, and three parallelogram articulated couplings which connect the end effector carrier to the robot base and are designed to connect the end effector carrier in a displaceable manner while maintaining its orientation in space relative to the robot base. Each parallelogram articulated coupling can be displaced, driven by a motor, to automatically move the end effector carrier, wherein each motor can be braked by means of a brake in order to automatically stop the end effector carrier and/or to hold the end effector carrier in its present position. The end effector carrier comprises at least one input device connected to the brakes by control technology and designed to release the brakes in an actuated switching state of the input device such that the end effector carrier is manually displaceable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Alexander Handfest, Victor Klein