Patents by Inventor Eckhard Laible

Eckhard Laible 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: 20240033896
    Abstract: In an automatically operable rack for storing workpieces in ratchet columns with side walls (1.1, 1.2), between which movable ratchets (5) are arranged which serve to hold the workpieces, wherein the ratchets (5) can be brought from a rest position into a working position in which they hold the workpiece, and a locking/unlocking unit is assigned to the last ratchet (5.2), the locking being affected by a rotary movement of the last ratchet (5.2) into its working position, the rotary movement of the last ratchet (5.2) entrains a bolt (9) which is received by a recess (12, 49) when the working position is reached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: MTS MASCHINENBAU GMBH
    Inventor: Eckhard LAIBLE
  • Publication number: 20230246277
    Abstract: In a device for accommodating battery cells stacking columns are to be arranged on the base frame, which stacking columns have rotatable latches which limit a passage for the battery cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: MTS Maschinenbau GmbH
    Inventor: Eckhard LAIBLE
  • Publication number: 20230050064
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a component storage device for workpieces which are mounted in stacking columns on or at pawls one above the other or next to one another characterized in that the stacking columns are arranged on a movable trolley. Also disclosed is a system for presenting workpieces with the component storage device characterized in that a coordinate system is assigned to the carriage. Further disclosed is a stacking column for storing workpieces on or at pawls one above the other or next to one another, the pawls being provided in or at a frame characterized in that the frame comprises at least two parts which are connected to one another in an articulated manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: MTS Maschinenbau GmbH
    Inventor: Eckhard LAIBLE
  • Patent number: 11542099
    Abstract: A manually or robotically operable load carrier with at least one stacking column for storing material on top of or next to each other on ratchet elements, which are at least partially associated with a clamping ratchet element is disclosed. Embodiments include a first ratchet element connected by way of a strip to a second ratchet element arranged above or next to the first ratchet element. With embodiments, the clamping ratchet element is connected, firstly, to the first ratchet element, by way of a short strip, and secondly, to the second ratchet element, by way of a long strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: MTS Maschinenbau GmbH
    Inventor: Eckhard Laible
  • Publication number: 20210362954
    Abstract: A manually or robotically operable load carrier with at least one stacking column for storing material on top of or next to each other on ratchet elements, which are at least partially associated with a clamping ratchet element is disclosed. Embodiments include a first ratchet element connected by way of a strip to a second ratchet element arranged above or next to the first ratchet element. With embodiments, the clamping ratchet element is connected, firstly, to the first ratchet element, by way of a short strip, and secondly, to the second ratchet element, by way of a long strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventor: Eckhard Laible
  • Patent number: 11111078
    Abstract: A manually or robotically operable load carrier with at least one stacking column for storing material on top of or next to each other on ratchet elements, which are at least partially associated with a clamping ratchet element is disclosed. Embodiments include a first ratchet element connected by way of a strip to a second ratchet element arranged above or next to the first ratchet element. With embodiments, the clamping ratchet element is connected, firstly, to the first ratchet element, by way of a short strip, and secondly, to the second ratchet element, by way of a long strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: MTS Maschinenbau GmbH
    Inventor: Eckhard Laible
  • Publication number: 20210061570
    Abstract: A manually or robotically operable load carrier with at least one stacking column for storing material on top of or next to each other on ratchet elements, which are at least partially associated with a clamping ratchet element is disclosed. Embodiments include a first ratchet element connected by way of a strip to a second ratchet element arranged above or next to the first ratchet element. With embodiments, the clamping ratchet element is connected, firstly, to the first ratchet element, by way of a short strip, and secondly, to the second ratchet element, by way of a long strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventor: Eckhard Laible