Patents by Inventor Gerhard KIRCHMAYR

Gerhard KIRCHMAYR 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).

  • Patent number: 11945666
    Abstract: A manufacturing device has a manufacturing cell for processing workpieces, with a laterally circumferential safety partition, in which a lock is formed for performing a loading operation of the workpieces, wherein a first light barrier arrangement is formed at the lock, and with a driverless conveyor with a load receiver for conveying the workpieces. For performing the loading operation, a second light barrier arrangement and a third light barrier arrangement are formed between the conveyor and the lock, so that the load receiver and the workpieces are laterally bounded on opposite sides by the second light barrier arrangement and by the third light barrier arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: TRUMPF Maschinen Austria GmbH & Co. KG.
    Inventor: Gerhard Kirchmayr
  • Patent number: 11717871
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bending tool storage device (1) for storing bending tools (2), comprising: a preferably shelf-type rack (3) on which a plurality of storage locations (4) for bending tools (2) are arranged, at least one supply path (10), preferably in the form of a tool guide (11), for issuing and/or retrieving bending tools (2), and at least one first transfer device (5) for transferring bending tools (2) between the storage locations (4) and a transfer point (6), characterized in that the bending tool storage device (1) comprises, between the transfer point (6) and the supply path (10), a rotating installation (7) for rotating the bending tools (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: TRUMPF Maschinen Austria GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Karl Badegruber, Luigi Cavicchia, Egon Danninger, Thomas Denkmeier, Harald Fenzl, Alfred Haselboeck, Michael Kerschbaumer, Gerhard Kirchmayr, Florian Maier, Kabir Secibovic, Andrea Tonda Roch, Roberto Veronese, Giovanni Vidotto, Jochen Wruck
  • Publication number: 20220185601
    Abstract: A manufacturing device has a manufacturing cell for processing workpieces, with a laterally circumferential safety partition, in which a lock is formed for performing a loading operation of the workpieces, wherein a first light barrier arrangement is formed at the lock, and with a driverless conveyor with a load receiver for conveying the workpieces. For performing the loading operation, a second light barrier arrangement and a third light barrier arrangement are formed between the conveyor and the lock, so that the load receiver and the workpieces are laterally bounded on opposite sides by the second light barrier arrangement and by the third light barrier arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: TRUMPF Maschinen Austria GmbH & Co. KG.
    Inventor: Gerhard KIRCHMAYR
  • Publication number: 20200001340
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bending tool storage device (1) for storing bending tools (2), comprising: a preferably shelf-type rack (3) on which a plurality of storage locations (4) for bending tools (2) are arranged, at least one supply path (10), preferably in the form of a tool guide (11), for issuing and/or retrieving bending tools (2), and at least one first transfer device (5) for transferring bending tools (2) between the storage locations (4) and a transfer point (6), characterized in that the bending tool storage device (1) comprises, between the transfer point (6) and the supply path (10), a rotating installation (7) for rotating the bending tools (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: TRUMPF Maschinen Austria GmbH & Co. KG.
    Inventors: Karl BADEGRUBER, Luigi CAVICCHIA, Egon DANNINGER, Thomas DENKMEIER, Harald FENZL, Alfred HASELBOECK, Michael KERSCHBAUMER, Gerhard KIRCHMAYR, Florian MAIER, Kabir SECIBOVIC, Andrea TONDA ROCH, Roberto VERONESE, Giovanni VIDOTTO, Jochen WRUCK