Patents by Inventor Gerd Gauggel

Gerd Gauggel 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 facility for assembling components of a vehicle body
    Patent number: 7854361
    Abstract: The assembly of body components using a geometry box (1) and clamping frames (7, 8) is described. At least for the larger components (9, 10), in particular the side wall parts of the body, a multipart clamping frame (8a, 8b) is used. The component (9, 10) is grasped and fed to the geometry box (1) using one clamping frame part, while the other clamping frame part is fed empty. Using both clamping frame parts, the component (9, 10) is then fixed precisely in position using positioning and fixing units acting between the geometry box (1) and the clamping frame (7, 8) in such a way that the components (6, 9, 10) to be connected to one another may be connected to one another, in particular welded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: ThyssenKrupp Drauz Nothelfer GmbH
    Inventor: Gerd Gauggel
  • METHOD AND FACILITY FOR ASSEMBLING COMPONENTS OF A VEHICLE BODY
    Publication number: 20090050679
    Abstract: The assembly of body components using a geometry box (1) and clamping frames (7, 8) is described. At least for the larger components (9, 10), in particular the side wall parts of the body, a multipart clamping frame (8a, 8b) is used. The component (9, 10) is grasped and fed to the geometry box (1) using one clamping frame part, while the other clamping frame part is fed empty. Using both clamping frame parts, the component (9, 10) is then fixed precisely in position using positioning and fixing units acting between the geometry box (1) and the clamping frame (7, 8) in such a way that the components (6, 9, 10) to be connected to one another may be connected to one another, in particular welded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2006
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: ThyssenKrupp Drauz Nothelfer GmbH
    Inventor: Gerd Gauggel