Patents by Inventor Bernd Schuler

Bernd Schuler 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: 20070017081
    Abstract: A method for the mounting of an add-on part (3) on a workpiece (1), in particular on a vehicle body, the intention being for the add-on part (3) to be aligned on the workpiece (1) in a precisely positioned manner in relation to a reference region (12, 13). Use is made of a robot-guided mounting tool (5) which is connected fixedly to a sensor system (20). In order to achieve the precisely positioned alignment of the add-on part (3), an iterative control operation is run through, in the course of which first of all an (actual) measured value of the sensor system (20) is produced and is compared with a (desired) measured value produced within the context of a setting-up phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2003
    Publication date: January 25, 2007
    Applicant: DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG
    Inventors: Frauke Becker, Andreas Schreck, Bernd Schuler, Thomas Stahs
  • Publication number: 20060107507
    Abstract: A method for mounting a flap (3) on a workpiece (1) in a precisely positioned fashion, in particular for mounting a vehicle door on a vehicle body. A robot guided gripping tool (5) has a securing device (14) for holding the flap (3) and a sensor system (18) permanently connected to the gripping tool (5). In a first step, the gripping tool (5) is moved, within the scope of a positioning phase (A-2), from a proximity position (37), which is independent of the position of the workpiece (1) in the working space (27) of the robot (7), into a mounting position (29) in which the flap (3) which is held in the securing device (14) is oriented with respect to the workpiece (1) in a precisely positioned fashion. To move into the mounting position (29), an iterative closed-loop control process is run through, in the course of which firstly an (actual) measured value of the sensor system (18) is generated, which value is compared with a (setpoint) measured value which is generated within the scope of a setup phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2003
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Applicant: DaimlerChrysler A G
    Inventors: Volker Brose, Helmut Kraus, Enrico Philipp, Michael Riestenpatt Genannt Richter, Bernd Schuler