Patents by Inventor Andre HAEFELFINGER

Andre HAEFELFINGER 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).

  • Publication number: 20220195752
    Abstract: A door for a laboratory workstation is disclosed. The laboratory workstation has a horizontally extending work surface for providing a working area. The door is movable in relation to the work surface in a vertical direction perpendicular to the work surface between a safety position, in which the door closes the working area for manual access of a user, an access position in which the working area is open for manual access of a user, and a loading position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: TECAN TRADING AG
    Inventors: Roland FISCHER, Andre HAEFELFINGER, Antono DJOJOATMODJO
  • Publication number: 20220176571
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement of a gripper finger and a clamp for use in an automated parallel gripper comprising first and second gripper fingers that are moveable in a direction of translation (y), whereby the clamp is connected to the gripper finger at an underside thereof, so as to be rotational about a vertical axis of rotation (135). The clamp has a front face with a contact surface for engagement with a lateral edge of an item to be gripped and has a default orientation in which the front face is parallel to a lateral direction (x) that is perpendicular to the direction of translation (y) and to the vertical rotation axis (135). The arrangement is additionally provided with a self-alignment feature which comprises first and second biasing mechanisms arranged at either side of the rotation axis (135) in lateral direction (x).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Mirco BRENNWALD, André HÄFELFINGER, Marcel ASCHWANDEN