Patents by Inventor Dries VIS

Dries VIS 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).

  • CRANE ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS FOR ERECTING TOWERS AND WIND TURBINES
    Publication number: 20240262658
    Abstract: A crane assembly for erecting a tower from a plurality of tower sections includes a first telescopic mast connected to a second telescopic mast. A crane is mounted on top of the first telescopic mast. The first telescopic mast is configured to increase in length from a retracted state in a first direction and includes a first clamp assembly that selectively grips portions of the tower. The second telescopic mast is configured to increase in length from a retracted state in a second direction opposite to the first direction and includes a second clamp assembly that selectively grips portions of the tower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel GOMEZ MORA, Joel FRAX CERVERA, Cornelis Josephus Andreas VAN SON, Louweris Rémon KALTER, Lance Lambertus Peter BAKKER, Aris Jan van EGDOM, Frank ROZEBOOM, Dries Vis VIS, Willem Haje BOER
  • Apparatus for making tyres and method for joining or cutting tire components
    Patent number: 10899035
    Abstract: Disclosed is a tire building apparatus and a method for joining or cutting tire components. The tire building apparatus includes a rocking member that is movable in a rocking plane in a rocking motion along a rocking line, a translation guide extending parallel to the rocking line and a carriage that is displaceable along the translation guide, wherein the rocking member has a convex edge that defines a minor arc of a circle and extends up to a rotation center, wherein the rocking member is supported by the carriage at the rotation center and is angularly displaceable with respect to the carriage about a rotation axis extending through the rotation center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Inventors: Gerardus Johannes Catharina Van Laar, Gerrit Roy Nijland, Cornelis-Jan Otto, Dries Vis
  • APPARATUS FOR MAKING TYRES AND METHOD FOR JOINING OR CUTTING TIRE COMPONENTS
    Publication number: 20200316808
    Abstract: Disclosed is a tire building apparatus and a method for joining or cutting tire components. The tire building apparatus includes a rocking member that is movable in a rocking plane in a rocking motion along a rocking line, a translation guide extending parallel to the rocking line and a carriage that is displaceable along the translation guide, wherein the rocking member has a convex edge that defines a minor arc of a circle and extends up to a rotation center, wherein the rocking member is supported by the carriage at the rotation center and is angularly displaceable with respect to the carriage about a rotation axis extending through the rotation center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Gerardus Johannes Catharina VAN LAAR, Gerrit Roy NIJLAND, Cornelis-Jan OTTO, Dries VIS