Patents by Inventor Frank SCHIEBER

Frank SCHIEBER 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 and device for laser cutting a sheet metal blank from a continuously conveyed sheet metal strip
    Patent number: 11911851
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for cutting a sheet metal blank from a sheet metal strip (1) continuously conveyed in a transport direction (T), by means of at least one laser cutting device (3), having the following steps: providing a laser cutting device (3) with at least one laser cutting head (5) which has a cutting nozzle (7) and which can be moved along a cutting path (S1, S2, S1?, S2?) specified so as to correspond to the geometry of the sheet metal blank by means of a controller (6), incrementally measuring the distance between the cutting nozzle (7) and the surface of the sheet metal strip (1) at at least one radially outer position (P1, P2) relative to the cutting nozzle (7) by means of a first distance measuring device (8), controlling the movement of the laser cutting head such that the first distance measuring device (8, 9) constantly remains overlapping the sheet metal strip (1), into a second position, in which the cutting nozzle is overlapping the sheet metal strip (1), wherein the height
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Schuler Pressen GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Schieber, Karsten Klinker, Jan-Peter Grosse, Alexander Seitz
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LASER CUTTING A SHEET METAL BLANK FROM A CONTINUOUSLY CONVEYED SHEET METAL STRIP
    Publication number: 20210323096
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for cutting a sheet metal blank from a sheet metal strip (1) continuously conveyed in a transport direction (T), by means of at least one laser cutting device (3), having the following steps: providing a laser cutting device (3) with at least one laser cutting head (5) which has a cutting nozzle (7) and which can be moved along a cutting path (S1, S2, S1?, S2?) specified so as to correspond to the geometry of the sheet metal blank by means of a controller (6), incrementally measuring the distance between the cutting nozzle (7) and the surface of the sheet metal strip (1) at at least one radially outer position (P1, P2) relative to the cutting nozzle (7) by means of a first distance measuring device (8), controlling the movement of the laser cutting head such that the first distance measuring device (8, 9) constantly remains overlapping the sheet metal strip (1), into a second position, in which the cutting nozzle is overlapping the sheet metal strip (1), wherein the height o
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Frank SCHIEBER, Karsten KLINKER, Jan-Peter GROSSE, Alexander SEITZ