Patents by Inventor Andreas Steinbach

Andreas Steinbach 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: 11960956
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and to an assembly for writing software and/or firmware onto at least one programmable integrated circuit. According to the invention, the software and/or firmware is written wirelessly by means of RFID data transmission, the at least one programmable integrated circuit being coupled to an RFID front end by means of a wired near-field interface, the RFID front end having an RFID antenna device, and the software and/or firmware to be written being sent wirelessly from an external RFID unit to the RFID antenna device and being written onto the programmable integrated circuit by means of the RFID front end and the near-field interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: GERA-IDENT GMBH, FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
    Inventors: Andreas Weder, Andreas Heinig, Peter Steinbach, Sören Göhler, Ramin Hassan
  • Patent number: 10118805
    Abstract: Battery gripper (12), for attracting by suction and handling starter batteries (26) of, in particular, motor vehicles, having a housing (56), in which a vacuum chamber which can be loaded with vacuum is provided and which has suction openings (84, 84) on the suction side thereof (54) which faces the starter battery to be attracted by suction, wherein the suction side is assigned a flexible lining (82) for contact with the starter battery, wherein the housing has a T-shaped cross section which runs parallel to the suction side, wherein the cross section has a bar section (64) and a web section (66) which extends transversely from the bar section, in such a way that the web section extends between the battery poles (68, 70) of the starter battery when the starter battery is attracted by suction to the battery gripper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: J. Schmalz GmbH
    Inventors: Benedikt Mueller, Andreas Steinbach, Norman Paul
  • Publication number: 20170297875
    Abstract: Battery gripper (12), for attracting by suction and handling starter batteries (26) of, in particular, motor vehicles, having a housing (56), in which a vacuum chamber which can be loaded with vacuum is provided and which has suction openings (84, 84) on the suction side thereof (54) which faces the starter battery to be attracted by suction, wherein the suction side is assigned a flexible lining (82) for contact with the starter battery, wherein the housing has a T-shaped cross section which runs parallel to the suction side, wherein the cross section has a bar section (64) and a web section (66) which extends transversely from the bar section, in such a way that the web section extends between the battery poles (68, 70) of the starter battery when the starter battery is attracted by suction to the battery gripper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: J. Schmalz GmbH
    Inventors: Benedikt Mueller, Andreas Steinbach, Norman Paul
  • Publication number: 20170203939
    Abstract: A winch for winding and unwinding of a tension line, with a winding drum that is rotational around its central axis so that the tension line is windable and unwindable in windings running around the winding drum, and with a rotating actuator for driving a rotation of the winding drum, wherein the winding drum is arranged in a longitudinally movable manner along its central axis with respect to a base of the winch. It is a threaded rod extending in the central axis and having an external thread, wherein the winding drum is arranged rotationally around the threaded rod by means of a counter-thread that engages in the external thread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: J. Schmalz GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Hamann, Jonas Mast, Andreas Steinbach
  • Patent number: D798021
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: J. Schmalz GmbH
    Inventors: Benedikt Mueller, Andreas Steinbach, Norman Paul