Patents by Inventor Bernd Haesler

Bernd Haesler 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: 20240139855
    Abstract: An apparatus of a setting welding device for an auxiliary joining part with a head and a shaft, includes a linear drive fastenable at the setting device and including an element nest at a movable end, in which an auxiliary joining part is releasably receivable from a transfer unit. The element nest is movable by the linear drive in a first direction. The element nest is supported in a floating manner, and is positionable via a mechanical stop alignment in abutment with an electrode punch in the joining direction below the electrode punch. And/or the element nest is connected with the linear drive via a mechanical direction-changing coupling component so that the element nest is movable by the linear drive in a second direction so that the auxiliary joining part is positionable at the joining location, wherein the second direction is not parallel to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Dennis Schröder, Bernd Haesler, Kilian Doedtmann, Stefan Rehling, Sergej Hartwig-Biglau, Wilhelm Westermann, Oliver Schienstock
  • Patent number: 11883900
    Abstract: An apparatus of a setting welding device for an auxiliary joining part with a head and a shaft, includes a linear drive fastenable at the setting device and including an element nest at a movable end, in which an auxiliary joining part is releasably receivable from a transfer unit. The element nest is movable by the linear drive in a first direction. The element nest is supported in a floating manner, and is positionable via a mechanical stop alignment in abutment with an electrode punch in the joining direction below the electrode punch. And/or the element nest is connected with the linear drive via a mechanical direction-changing coupling component so that the element nest is movable by the linear drive in a second direction so that the auxiliary joining part is positionable at the joining location, wherein the second direction is not parallel to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Dennis Schröder, Bernd Haesler, Kilian Doedtmann, Stefan Rehling, Sergej Hartwig-Biglau, Wilhelm Westermann, Oliver Schienstock
  • Patent number: 11833578
    Abstract: A setting head for a joining device, such as a press or a setting device, which setting head comprises the following features: a punch which is movable in a longitudinal direction such that a joining element can be joined into a component by means of a punch face arranged at a working end of the punch; a hollow cylindrical receiving sleeve which has a through-passage and which, with the punch in the through-passage, is guided adjacent to the working end of the punch concentrically and axially movably thereon; and two mutually opposite holding arms arranged on the receiving sleeve outside the through-passage each provide at least one laterally inwardly projecting holding end, with the result that the at least two holding ends allow the joining element to be releasably positionable adjacent to a punch-remote outlet opening of the through-passage and by the axially movable working end of the punch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Nils Oleff, Bernd Haesler, Dennis Schröder
  • Patent number: 11511333
    Abstract: A spring arm sleeve, with which a joining element of a joining device is positionable and which comprises the following features: a tubular section which is formed by a circumferential or all-round wall, the circumferential wall comprises in the circumferential direction a plurality of U-shaped apertures regularly spaced apart from one another, which form a plurality of one-sidedly fastened spring arms which are inclined radially inwards into the tubular section and extend from a fixed end in a first longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Jan Robert Ziebart, Bernd Haesler
  • Publication number: 20220184689
    Abstract: A setting head for a joining device, such as a press or a setting device, which setting head comprises the following features: a punch which is movable in a longitudinal direction such that a joining element can be joined into a component by means of a punch face arranged at a working end of the punch; a hollow cylindrical receiving sleeve which has a through-passage and which, with the punch in the through-passage, is guided adjacent to the working end of the punch concentrically and axially movably thereon; and two mutually opposite holding arms arranged on the receiving sleeve outside the through-passage each provide at least one laterally inwardly projecting holding end, with the result that the at least two holding ends allow the joining element to be releasably positionable adjacent to a punch-remote outlet opening of the through-passage and by the axially movable working end of the punch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Nils Oleff, Bernd Haesler, Dennis Schröder
  • Publication number: 20210394255
    Abstract: A spring arm sleeve, with which a joining element of a joining device is positionable and which comprises the following features: a tubular section which is formed by a circumferential or all-round wall, the circumferential wall comprises in the circumferential direction a plurality of U-shaped apertures regularly spaced apart from one another, which form a plurality of one-sidedly fastened spring arms which are inclined radially inwards into the tubular section and extend from a fixed end in a first longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Jan Robert Ziebart, Bernd Haesler
  • Publication number: 20210252631
    Abstract: An apparatus of a setting welding device for an auxiliary joining part with a head and a shaft, includes a linear drive fastenable at the setting device and including an element nest at a movable end, in which an auxiliary joining part is releasably receivable from a transfer unit. The element nest is movable by the linear drive in a first direction. The element nest is supported in a floating manner, and is positionable via a mechanical stop alignment in abutment with an electrode punch in the joining direction below the electrode punch. And/or the element nest is connected with the linear drive via a mechanical direction-changing coupling component so that the element nest is movable by the linear drive in a second direction so that the auxiliary joining part is positionable at the joining location, wherein the second direction is not parallel to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Dennis Schröder, Bernd Haesler, Kilian Doedtmann, Stefan Rehling, Sergej Hartwig-Biglau, Wilhelm Westermann, Oliver Schienstock
  • Patent number: 9149863
    Abstract: A setting device for connecting at least two components includes a first lever arm having a first working end, and a second lever arm having a second working end, that are pivotably connected to each other like pliers. A first linear drive is connected to the first and the second lever arm so that, by changing of the length of the linear drive, the first and second working ends can move relative to each other. A punch is arranged at a first working end that is connected to a supply module for joining elements, and/or a hold-down module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Bollhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Draht, Berthold Huhn, Bernd Haesler, Marion Keiser
  • Patent number: 8777080
    Abstract: The invention relates to a setting device for an auxiliary joining part, particularly a setting fastener or a punch rivet, including a driven punch which for a setting movement can be moved in a joining channel to which the auxiliary joining part can be loosely fed. The setting device includes a head piece in which a part of the joining channel runs, further including a plurality of compressed air ducts ending in the joining channel, and an exhaust air channel. The exhaust air channel ends adjacent to the front side of the punch moving the auxiliary joining part into the joining channel of the setting device such that an airflow can be generated in the joining channel in the direction of the front of the punch moving the auxiliary joining part by way of an overpressure which can be generated in the plurality of compressed air channels compared to the atmospheric pressure and by which the auxiliary joining part can be positioned on the front side of the punch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Draht, Bernd Haesler, Carsten Löschner, Iris Spiller-Bohnenkamp, Marc Steinig
  • Patent number: 8690037
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a magazine of a setting device for storing and feeding a plurality of joining elements, particularly of joining elements, such as setting fasteners, to a provisioning module for joining elements and a setting device in combination with the joining elements. The magazine has a base element within the setting device including a storage groove, in which the joining elements can be received in an aligned and jointly moveable manner and one end of the base element ends in a head piece of the setting device. The magazine further includes an advancing mechanism, by which the joining elements can be moved within the storage groove towards the head piece of the setting device, as well as a dispensing mechanism, by which the joining elements can be fed individually from the storage groove to the head piece of the setting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Wenzel, Mathias Krause, Bernd Haesler, Iris Spiller-Bohnenkamp, Torsten Draht
  • Publication number: 20120260491
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a setting device for connecting at least two components and comprises the following features: A first lever arm having a first working end, and a second lever arm having a second working end, that are pivotably connected to each other like pliers, a first linear drive connected to the first and the second lever arm so that, by changing of the length of the linear drive, the first and second working ends can move relative to each other, and a punch arranged at a first working end that is connected to a supply module for joining elements, and/or a hold-down module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: Bollhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Draht, Berthold Huhn, Bernd Haesler, Marion Keiser
  • Patent number: 8141761
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a feed apparatus, a feed channel and a setting device, that is used in connection with these specific apparatuses. The feed apparatus uses either a strip magazine or a rotary magazine. The feeding of the fastening elements proceeds stepwise using a movable slide, where with use of the rotary magazine a simultaneous loading and unloading of the rotary magazine at different positions is guaranteed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Bollhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Draht, Bernd Haesler, Hans-Jorg Lang, Iris Spiller-Bohnenkamp
  • Publication number: 20110290848
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a magazine of a setting device for storing and feeding a plurality of joining elements, particularly of joining elements, such as setting fasteners, to a provisioning module for joining elements and a setting device in combination with the joining elements. The magazine has a base element within the setting device including a storage groove, in which the joining elements can be received in an aligned and jointly moveable manner and one end of the base element ends in a head piece of the setting device. The magazine further includes an advancing mechanism, by which the joining elements can be moved within the storage groove towards the head piece of the setting device, as well as a dispensing mechanism, by which the joining elements can be fed individually from the storage groove to the head piece of the setting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2009
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: Bollhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Wenzel, Mathias Krause, Bernd Haesler, Iris Spiller-Bohnenkamp, Torsten Draht
  • Publication number: 20110290847
    Abstract: The invention relates to a setting device for an auxiliary joining part, particularly a setting fastener or a punch rivet, including a driven punch which for a setting movement can be moved in a joining channel to which the auxiliary joining part can be loosely fed. The setting device includes a head piece in which a part of the joining channel runs, further including a plurality of compressed air ducts ending in the joining channel, and an exhaust air channel. The exhaust air channel ends adjacent to the front side of the punch moving the auxiliary joining part into the joining channel of the setting device such that an airflow can be generated in the joining channel in the direction of the front of the punch moving the auxiliary joining part by way of an overpressure which can be generated in the plurality of compressed air channels compared to the atmospheric pressure and by which the auxiliary joining part can be positioned on the front side of the punch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2009
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: BÖLLHOFF VERBINDUNGSTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Torsten Drant, Bernd Haesler, Carsten Löschner, Iris Spiller-Bohnenkamp, Marc Steinig