Patents by Inventor Frank Bluemm

Frank Bluemm 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).

  • Guide carriage with a sensory layer on the raceway insert
    Patent number: 10151654
    Abstract: A guide carriage for use with a guide rail includes a main body and a separate raceway insert. A first carriage raceway that extends parallel to a longitudinal axis is disposed on the raceway insert. The first carriage raceway is assigned a first lateral face, which is disposed on that side of the raceway insert that is opposite the first carriage raceway. The first carriage raceway is assigned a row of rolling bodies capable of being brought into rolling engagement with the first carriage raceway and an assigned first rail raceway on the guide rail. The raceway insert is supported in a force-transmitting manner on the main body by way of the first lateral face. The raceway insert has a sensory layer which in the direction of the longitudinal axis extends across at least 80% of the length of the raceway insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Bluemm, Christoph Janssen, Marco Stock
  • Guide Carriage with a Sensory Layer on the Raceway Insert
    Publication number: 20170356817
    Abstract: A guide carriage for use with a guide rail includes a main body and a separate raceway insert. A first carriage raceway that extends parallel to a longitudinal axis is disposed on the raceway insert. The first carriage raceway is assigned a first lateral face, which is disposed on that side of the raceway insert that is opposite the first carriage raceway. The first carriage raceway is assigned a row of rolling bodies capable of being brought into rolling engagement with the first carriage raceway and an assigned first rail raceway on the guide rail. The raceway insert is supported in a force-transmitting manner on the main body by way of the first lateral face. The raceway insert has a sensory layer which in the direction of the longitudinal axis extends across at least 80% of the length of the raceway insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Frank Bluemm, Christoph Janssen, Marco Stock