Patents by Inventor Helmut Leuter

Helmut Leuter 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).

  • Processing station on a motor vehicle assembly line
    Patent number: 6619466
    Abstract: A processing station in motor vehicle assembly lines has two receiving frames (20), for a motor vehicle part (33), which are mounted on associated columns (2, 3) at mutually spaced locations in a synchronously height-adjustable manner and are synchronously revolvable about mutually aligned horizontal axes of rotation. Each receiving frame (20) is mounted on two said columns (2, 3) arranged on both sides of the axis of rotation and that the mutual distance between the columns (2, 3) is greater than the width of the motor vehicle part (33) or of a transport element (29) for the motor vehicle part (33).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Thyssenkrupp Technologies AG
    Inventors: Kurt Jäck, Helmut Leuter, Berthold Riegger, Anton Brauchle