Patents by Inventor Bernd Wintergerst

Bernd Wintergerst 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: 20250121511
    Abstract: A gripper assembly comprises a main body for attachment to a travel device, a first gripper attached to the main body and a second gripper attached to the main body. The first gripper comprises a first product carrier and a first drive configured to move the first product carrier parallel to a transverse direction between a first release position and a first receiving position. The second gripper comprises a second product carrier and a second drive configured to move the second product carrier parallel to the transverse direction between a second release position and a second receiving position. The first and second grippers are located consecutively along a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the transverse direction, so that the first and second product carriers jointly form at least part of a common product receiving surface when the first and second product carriers are in the first and second receiving positions, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Applicant: MULTIVAC SEPP HAGGENMÜLLER SE & CO. KG
    Inventor: Bernd WINTERGERST
  • Patent number: 11148842
    Abstract: A packaging assembly comprising a feed conveyor, a gripping area and an undergripper, wherein the feed conveyor has a conveying surface and is suitable for conveying on the conveying surface a product support into the gripping area. The undergripper is configured to grip the product support in the gripping area from below. The packaging assembly has, in the gripping area, a support strip for the product support with an inner edge and an upper surface, the upper surface being raised in comparison with the conveying surface of the feed conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: MULTIVAC SEPP HAGGENMUELLER SE & CO. KG
    Inventor: Bernd Wintergerst
  • Publication number: 20200198818
    Abstract: A packaging assembly comprising a feed conveyor, a gripping area and an undergripper, wherein the feed conveyor has a conveying surface and is suitable for conveying on the conveying surface a product support into the gripping area. The undergripper is configured to grip the product support in the gripping area from below. The packaging assembly has, in the gripping area, a support strip for the product support with an inner edge and an upper surface, the upper surface being raised in comparison with the conveying surface of the feed conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: MULTIVAC SEPP HAGGENMUELLER SE & CO. KG
    Inventor: Bernd WINTERGERST
  • Patent number: 10183771
    Abstract: A pick-up device for picking up packages that may include a frame to which a first and a second retaining element are mounted. Each retaining element may comprise a retaining side that is adapted to hold a package or a package section. The first and the second retaining elements may be adapted to be arranged in a starting position, such that the first and the second retaining sides are oriented one next to the other in an aligned manner. Both the first and the second retaining elements are pivotable about a common pivot axis, so that in at least one pivoted position, both the first and the second retaining elements are arranged pivoted by a first and a second angle respectively, wherein the retaining element are pivoted relative to the starting position. In one embodiment, both the first and the second angles are greater than zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: MULTIVAC SEPP HAGGENMÜLLER SE & CO. KG
    Inventor: Bernd Wintergerst
  • Publication number: 20180079541
    Abstract: A pick-up device for picking up packages that may include a frame to which a first and a second retaining element are mounted. Each retaining element may comprise a retaining side that is adapted to hold a package or a package section. The first and the second retaining elements may be adapted to be arranged in a starting position, such that the first and the second retaining sides are oriented one next to the other in an aligned manner. Both the first and the second retaining elements are pivotable about a common pivot axis, so that in at least one pivoted position, both the first and the second retaining elements are arranged pivoted by a first and a second angle respectively, wherein the retaining element are pivoted relative to the starting position. In one embodiment, both the first and the second angles are greater than zero.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventor: Bernd Wintergerst
  • Publication number: 20140057730
    Abstract: A connecting joint for connecting two shafts comprises a drive seat and an output seat, wherein the drive seat and the output seat are connected by a connecting means with one another, which may be provided in an angular way. Therein, the connecting means comprises an element which is at least partially flexible. One or multiple, in particular two, such connecting joints may be used in a connecting shaft for transmitting a rotation from a drive shaft to an output shaft, in particular in a connecting shaft of a drum for a drum set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Inventors: Ruben Steinhauser, Markus Wintergerst, Bernd Wintergerst