Patents by Inventor Franz-Xaver HOEHENBERGER

Franz-Xaver HOEHENBERGER 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 for configuring a workpiece-related workpiece holding device for press automation
    Patent number: 11964318
    Abstract: A method configures a workpiece-related workpiece holding device for press automation. At least one workpiece-specific holding element of the workpiece holding device is configurably secured to a support of the workpiece holding device in at least one degree of configuration freedom. The method has the steps of (a) imaging a real image of the at least one workpiece-specific holding element on a display device and (b) outputting configuration information relating to the at least one workpiece-specific holding element on the display device, the configuration information including at least one piece of reference information relating to a relative reference orientation and/or a relative reference position of at least one region of a workpiece-specific holding element relative to the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Franz Buchner, Franz Heilmeier, Franz-Xaver Hoehenberger
  • Method for Configuring a Workpiece-Related Workpiece Holding Device for Press Automation
    Publication number: 20220184686
    Abstract: A method configures a workpiece-related workpiece holding device for press automation. At least one workpiece-specific holding element of the workpiece holding device is configurably secured to a support of the workpiece holding device in at least one degree of configuration freedom. The method has the steps of (a) imaging a real image of the at least one workpiece-specific holding element on a display device and (b) outputting configuration information relating to the at least one workpiece-specific holding element on the display device, the configuration information including at least one piece of reference information relating to a relative reference orientation and/or a relative reference position of at least one region of a workpiece-specific holding element relative to the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Franz BUCHNER, Franz HEILMEIER, Franz-Xaver HOEHENBERGER