Patents by Inventor Christoph FRÖHLICH
Christoph FRÖHLICH 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).
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Patent number: 11953876Abstract: A modular wire processing center comprises a plurality of individual processing modules that are controlled by a central control unit. The plurality of processing modules includes an automatic crimper and at least two further processing modules selected from the group of an automatic cutter, a marking system, a stripping unit, a terminal feeding device, a wire feeding unit and a wire discharging/bundling unit. The processing modules are designed as independently operable individual processing units and are positioned with the control unit on a mobile platform.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2019Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignees: ZOLLER & FRÖHLICH GMBH, WEIDMÜLLER INTERFACE GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Christoph Fröhlich, Hans Leupolz, Michael Mennig, Lars Brakemeier, Farhad Sarrafzadegan, Faysal Dogan, Daniel Weingart
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Patent number: 11942745Abstract: A crimping machine includes a storage arrangement having a plurality of feeding bowls for separated contact elements. The crimping machine further includes a device for transporting the contact elements to a crimp head. At least some of the feeding bowls are designed with a common vibration driver and can be driven via a common control unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2019Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: ZOLLER & FRÖHLICH GMBHInventors: Christoph Fröhlich, Hans Leupolz, Steffen Hartinger, Michael Mennig, Richard Buchner
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Publication number: 20240004038Abstract: A laser scanner includes a laser head for emitting a measurement beam of a rotating deflection unit driven for deflecting the measurement beam in the direction of a measuring object. The scanner further includes a detector module for detecting the reception/measurement beam reflected by the measuring object, and a control and evaluation unit for signal processing. The deflection unit has a hollow spindle, which carries a beam guide to which a deflection mirror is associated for deflecting the reception/measurement beam in the direction of or from an outlet window held on a rotor housing. At least one pocket is formed on the beam guide, which is aligned in such a way that the deflection mirror is fixed to the beam guide or to the hollow spindle.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Markus Mettenleiter, Christoph Fröhlich
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Publication number: 20230417875Abstract: A 2D laser scanner measures 360° profiles. The scanner has a housing on which a rotor head is retained and in which a reference module is protected against environmental influences. A housing bottom part has a hollow spindle which supports the rotating rotor head with a deflection unit. The beam path is formed in the interior of the spindle. A laser head is arranged oriented to the axis of rotation, via which the measurement beam is coupled into the laser head in the direction of the deflection unit. A receiver/detector module detects the measurement beam reflected from the measurement object. A PC/motor board, a measurement system and a connector board are received in the housing bottom part. The reference module is configured with a reference plate between the laser head and the deflection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2021Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Christoph Fröhlich, Markus Mettenleiter
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Publication number: 20230366987Abstract: A laser scanner includes a laser head for emitting a measurement beam of a rotating deflection unit driven by a drive for deflecting the measurement beam in the direction of a measuring object. The laser scanner further includes a detector module for detecting the reception/measurement beam reflected by the measuring object, and a control and evaluation unit for signal processing. The deflection unit has a hollow spindle, which carries a beam guide to which a deflection mirror is associated for deflecting the reception/measurement beam in the direction of or from an outlet window held on a rotor housing. The laser scanner includes at least one pocket formed on the beam guide, which is aligned in such a way that stray light reflected by the protective glass is deflected by the mirror in the direction of the pocket.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2021Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: Christoph Fröhlich, Markus Mettenleiter
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Publication number: 20230291162Abstract: A wire processing center includes a plurality of processing modules located on or at a rotary table. The processing modules are driven via a common control and are configured to assemble cables with different cross-sections and/or to provide cable ends with contacts or the like and have a storage for cable cross-sections to be processed and/or the assembled cables. The processing modules are positioned on a rotary table which is provided with a driver in order to orient one processing module at a time with respect to at least one processing station arranged in the circumferential region of the rotary table.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2021Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventors: Christoph Fröhlich, Michael Mennig, Hans Leupolz, Steffen Hartinger
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Publication number: 20230251089Abstract: A mobile scanning assembly and a method for driving such a scanning assembly allow a very flexible execution of a measuring procedure in a SLAM rotation mode, an MMS profile mode and/or using a static scan and an evaluation via an onboard PC to optimize the trajectory and the resulting 3D cloud of points.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2021Publication date: August 10, 2023Applicant: Zoller & Fröhlich GmbHInventors: Christoph Fröhlich, Christoph Held, Markus Mettenleiter
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Patent number: 11398709Abstract: Disclosed is a crimping machine for crimping contact elements comprising a conveying device via which a separated wire ferrule is guided from a transport unit towards a crimping head.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2018Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: ZOLLER & FRÖHLICH GMBHInventors: Christoph Fröhlich, Hans Leupolz
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Publication number: 20210311176Abstract: A method is disclosed for determining and compensating a proportion of stray light of a measuring beam of a 3D laser scanner by which a 3D point cloud of an object to be detected can be generated via phase-based distance measurement including a first sequence by which first parameters of a proportion of stray light can be determined independently of the 3D point cloud and/or a second sequence by which second parameters of the proportion of stray light dependent on the generated 3D point cloud and a step can be determined. The proportion of stray light can be compensated as a function of the first parameters and/or the second parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2021Publication date: October 7, 2021Inventors: Christoph Fröhlich, Markus Mettenleiter
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Patent number: 11121516Abstract: A crimping machine having a multiplicity of magazines for contact elements which are transportable to a transfer position via a conveyor device. A component to be crimped is then brought from the transfer position into a crimping position by means of a transport device. This transport device is assigned to all of the storage arrangements.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2016Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: ZOLLER & FRÖHLICH GMBHInventors: Christoph Fröhlich, Steffen Hartinger, Hans Leupolz
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Publication number: 20210210918Abstract: A crimping machine includes a storage arrangement having a plurality of feeding bowls for separated contact elements. The crimping machine further includes a device for transporting the contact elements to a crimp head. At least some of the feeding bowls are designed with a common vibration driver and can be driven via a common control unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2019Publication date: July 8, 2021Applicant: ZOLLER & FRÖHLICH GMBHInventors: Christoph FRÖHLICH, Hans LEUPOLZ, Steffen HARTINGER, Michael MENNIG, Richard BUCHNER
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Publication number: 20210181704Abstract: A modular wire processing center comprises a plurality of individual processing modules that are controlled by a central control unit. The plurality of processing modules includes an automatic crimper and at least two further processing modules selected from the group of an automatic cutter, a marking system, a stripping unit, a terminal feeding device, a wire feeding unit and a wire discharging/bundling unit. The processing modules are designed as independently operable individual processing units and are positioned with the control unit on a mobile platform.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2019Publication date: June 17, 2021Inventors: Christoph Fröhlich, Hans Leupolz, Michael Mennig, Lars Brakemeier, Farhad Sarrafzadegan, Faysal Dogan, Daniel Weingart
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Patent number: 10983214Abstract: A laser scanner in which scanning data and logging data are only stored in an internal data memory which can be exchanged in a simple manner.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2017Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: ZOLLER & FRÖHLICH GMBHInventors: Christoph Fröhlich, Markus Mettenleiter
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Patent number: 10901088Abstract: A laser scanner having a rotor that is rotatably held on a housing which in turn is rotatable about an axis of rotation, wherein a lens system is arranged in the rotor in order to direct a measuring beam emitted by a transmitter onto a measurement object or to direct a beam reflected by the measurement object onto a detector, wherein a camera for acquiring image information of the measurement object is arranged in the rotor. Also, a lighting unit, by which an image field of the camera can be illuminated depending on a camera position.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2017Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: ZOLLER & FRÖHLICH GMBHInventors: Christoph Fröhlich, Markus Mettenleiter
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Publication number: 20200241116Abstract: A laser scanner in which scanning data and logging data are only stored in an internal data memory which can be exchanged in a simple manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2017Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: ZOLLER & FRÖHLICH GMBHInventors: Christoph FRÖHLICH, Markus METTENLEITER
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Publication number: 20200174125Abstract: A laser scanner having a rotor that is rotatably held on a housing which in turn is rotatable about an axis of rotation, wherein a lens system is arranged in the rotor in order to direct a measuring beam emitted by a transmitter onto a measurement object or to direct a beam reflected by the measurement object onto a detector, wherein a camera for acquiring image information of the measurement object is arranged in the rotor. Also, a lighting unit, by which an image field of the camera can be illuminated depending on a camera position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2017Publication date: June 4, 2020Applicant: ZOLLER & FRÖHLICH GMBHInventors: Christoph FRÖHLICH, Markus METTENLEITER
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Publication number: 20200169053Abstract: Disclosed is a crimping machine for crimping contact elements comprising a conveying device via which a separated wire ferrule is guided from a transport unit towards a crimping head.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2018Publication date: May 28, 2020Inventors: Christoph Fröhlich, Hans Leupolz
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Patent number: 10393513Abstract: A laser scanner is designed to include a GPS signal-independent navigation unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2016Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: ZOLLER + FRÖHLICH GMBHInventors: Christoph Fröhlich, Markus Mettenleiter
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Publication number: 20180038684Abstract: A laser scanner is designed to include a GPS signal-independent navigation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2016Publication date: February 8, 2018Applicant: ZOLLER + FRÖHLICH GMBHInventors: Christoph FRÖHLICH, Markus METTENLEITER
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Publication number: 20180034225Abstract: A crimping machine having a multiplicity of magazines for contact elements which are transportable to a transfer position via a conveyor device. A component to be crimped is then brought from the transfer position into a crimping position by means of a transport device. This transport device is assigned to all of the storage arrangements.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2016Publication date: February 1, 2018Applicant: Zoller & Fröhlich GmbHInventors: Christoph FRÖHLICH, Steffen HARTINGER, Hans LEUPOLZ