Patents by Inventor Fritz Birkle

Fritz Birkle 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: 20040210330
    Abstract: A control method and to an industrial production installation (1) is provided, especially for manufacturing parts of unfinished vehicle bodies. The production installation (1) has one or more intelligent application components (3), especially multiple-axle robots (4), welding, gluing or chucking installations or comparable treatment installations, and at least one installation control (10). The installation control (10) controls the intelligent application components (3) by a web control system (2) by a Fast Ethernet data network (16). The intelligent application components (3) are provided with a respective web server (13) with at least one individual homepage (17) according to internet standard. Web control can also take place within the application components (3), the control elements (25) and the associated device elements (26) of the intelligent application components being interlinked via a web control system (2) and a Fast Ethernet data network (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Applicant: KUKA SCHWEISSANLAGEN GMBH
    Inventor: Fritz Birkle
  • Publication number: 20030023333
    Abstract: The invention relates to a control method and to an industrial production installation (1), especially for manufacturing parts of unfinished vehicle bodies. The production installation (1) comprises one or more intelligent application components (3), especially multiple-axle robots (4), welding, gluing or chucking installations or comparable treatment installations, and at least one installation control (10). Said installation control (10) controls the intelligent application components (3) by a web control system (2) by means of a Fast Ethernet data network (16). The intelligent application components (3) are provided with a respective web server (13) with at least one individual homepage (17) according to internet standard, web control can also take place within the application components (3), the control elements (25) and the associated device elements (26) of the intelligent application components being interlinked via a web control system (2) and a Fast Ethernet data network (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventor: Fritz Birkle