Patents by Inventor Andreas Schaal

Andreas Schaal 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: 8807073
    Abstract: A robot arrangement, for example for a painting booth, and exemplary methods associated with the same, are disclosed. An exemplary robot arrangement may comprise a displacement rail, a plurality of robots, such as painting robots or handling robots, which can be displaced along the displacement rail, and a plurality of energy supply chains. The energy supply chains may supply one of the robots each, and may be associated with said robot, and each of the energy supply chains may run along the displacement rail in a particular track. The energy supply chains which are associated with the robots on the same displacement rail may run in discrete tracks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Durr Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Haas, Michael Baumann, Stefan Esslinger, Marcus Frey, Frank Herre, Thomas Hezel, Alexander Meissner, Hans Schumacher, Salvador Vergara, Detlev Hannig, Einar Endregaard, Richard Ostin, Andreas Schaal
  • Publication number: 20120191243
    Abstract: A robot arrangement, for example for a painting booth, and exemplary methods associated with the same, are disclosed. An exemplary robot arrangement may comprise a displacement rail, a plurality of robots, such as painting robots or handling robots, which can be displaced along the displacement rail, and a plurality of energy supply chains. The energy supply chains may supply one of the robots each, and may be associated with said robot, and each of the energy supply chains may run along the displacement rail in a particular track. The energy supply chains which are associated with the robots on the same displacement rail may run in discrete tracks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: Jürgen Haas, Michael Baumann, Stefan Esslinger, Marcus Frey, Frank Herre, Thomas Hezel, Alexander Meissner, Hans Schumacher, Salvador Vergara, Detlev Hannig, Einar Endregaard, Richard Ostin, Andreas Schaal
  • Publication number: 20050278198
    Abstract: A method for managing a portfolio of insurance products is provided. The method uses a computer system coupled to a database. The database has data relating to insurance products stored therein. The data relates to at least one of premiums, commissions, insurance policies, reinsurance policies, contracts, policy limits, claims, and losses. The method includes analyzing data stored within the database using the computer system including segmenting the insurance products included within the portfolio into predefined risk categories, analyzing market trends for at least a segment of an insurance industry, and recommending a sales indicator for each risk category based on the portfolio analysis and the market trends analysis wherein the sales indicator indicates whether an insurer will increase, decrease, or maintain an amount of business currently being solicited from potential insureds for the corresponding risk category.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2004
    Publication date: December 15, 2005
    Inventors: Darren Huxol, Ajay Gupta, Jennifer Patterman, Andrew Rayner, Andreas Schaal