Patents by Inventor Bernd Rohling

Bernd Rohling 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: 6170732
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method and a device for feeding, clamping, and processing, particularly for geometric welding of automobile body components in a work station. The invention method consists of side-section clamping frames which, after receiving a body side section with the help of portal robots which travel along an elevated four-axle portal in the X-Y axis, are brought into the geometrical welding station, positioned at both sides of the body conveyer system for geometrical welding. The device is characterized in that a four-axle portal (2) is arranged above the geometrical welding station and along which four-axle portal (2), on each side of the body conveyer system (1), at least one portal robot (3), from which side-section clamping frames (9) are hung, can travel in the X-Y axis between a position for receiving the body side sections (8) and a position for clamping and welding the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Thyssen Krupp Industries GmbH
    Inventors: Franz-Josef Vogt, Wolf Dieter Lang, Thomas Ego, Kurt J{umlaut over (a)}ck, Hans Peter Erb, Erich Zimmer, Bernd Röhling, Manfred Wiegand
  • Patent number: 5090520
    Abstract: A pair of caliper guides (56) are arranged at a brake carrier (10) in a manner so as to be protected from contamination by elastic boots (64). A floating caliper (22) is guided on the caliper guides (56) and straddles the brake disc (12) as well as a pair of brake pads (14,16). A tappet (42) is provided for brake actuation and is guided so as to be axially displaceable in the floating caliper (22) at one side of the brake disc (12). Its actuating forces are exerted through a pressure plate (54) on the adjacent brake pad (14). In the range of the caliper guides (56) the pressure plate (54) is formed with a recess (68) each in its edge for the corresponding elastic boot (64). The elastic boots (64) are covered by stiff, cup-shaped caps (66) engaging with radial clearance in a respective one of the recesses (68) formed in the edge of the pressure plate (54). A heat insulation plate (72) is positioned between the pressure plate (54) and the adjacent brake pad (41).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1992
    Assignee: Lucas Industries Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Harald Gockel, Bernd Rohling