Patents by Inventor Birgit ZIMMER

Birgit ZIMMER 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).

  • Method for operating a transport system in the form of a long-stator linear motor
    Patent number: 11772912
    Abstract: A transport system in the form of a long-stator linear motor and method for operating a transport system in the form of a long-stator linear motor including a stator on which a plurality of magnetic-field-generating units is arranged and a plurality of transport units which are moved along the stator simultaneously. In an event of a system error in a part of the transport system, the method includes defining an error area on the stator that includes only a part of the stator with a defective part of the transport system, and transferring the magnetic-field-generating units within the defined error area to a specified error state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Flixeder, Benjamin Reichenwallner, Michael Hauer, Birgit Zimmer
  • METHOD FOR OPERATING A TRANSPORT SYSTEM IN THE FORM OF A LONG-STATOR LINEAR MOTOR
    Publication number: 20220306406
    Abstract: A transport system in the form of a long-stator linear motor and method for operating a transport system in the form of a long-stator linear motor including a stator on which a plurality of magnetic-field-generating units is arranged and a plurality of transport units which are moved along the stator simultaneously. In an event of a system error in a part of the transport system, the method includes defining an error area on the stator that includes only a part of the stator with a defective part of the transport system, and transferring the magnetic-field-generating units within the defined error area to a specified error state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan FLIXEDER, Benjamin REICHENWALLNER, Michael HAUER, Birgit ZIMMER