Patents by Inventor Axel SCHONHARDT

Axel SCHONHARDT 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: 11738460
    Abstract: A system having a sensor system comprising distance sensors for monitoring a hazardous zone at a movable machine part having at least one protected zone, wherein a tool is arranged at the movable machine part, wherein the distance sensors are arranged at a holder at the movable machine part, wherein a plurality of distance sensors are arranged, with the detection beams of the distance sensors forming a protected field shell, wherein the holder has the distance sensors, with the holder having a disk-shaped housing, with the disk-shaped housing having round surfaces and not having any corners at the outer surfaces, with the system comprising a fastening system, the fastening system comprises one of a first fastening adapter and a second fastening adapter at which the holder is respectively arranged for fastening the holder to the movable machine part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SICK AG
    Inventors: Christoph Hoffmann, Patrick Erlewein, Axel Schonhardt
  • Publication number: 20210276193
    Abstract: A system having a sensor system comprising distance sensors for monitoring a hazardous zone at a movable machine part having at least one protected zone, wherein a tool is arranged at the movable machine part, wherein the distance sensors are arranged at a holder at the movable machine part, wherein a plurality of distance sensors are arranged, with the detection beams of the distance sensors forming a protected field shell, wherein the holder has the distance sensors, with the holder having a disk-shaped housing, with the disk-shaped housing having round surfaces and not having any corners at the outer surfaces, with the system comprising a fastening system, the fastening system comprises one of a first fastening adapter and a second fastening adapter at which the holder is respectively arranged for fastening the holder to the movable machine part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Christoph HOFFMANN, Patrick ERLEWEIN, Axel SCHONHARDT