Patents by Inventor Hermann Kaspar

Hermann Kaspar 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).

  • Assembly station, particularly for working on automotive vehicle bodies
    Patent number: 4951802
    Abstract: An assembly line has an assembly station including tools installed in a work zone of the assembly station and a transporting device having a generally horizontal travel path passing through the assembly station. The transporting device carries a workpiece into and out of the assembly station along the travel path. The work zone and the tools are situated at a level above that of the travel path. A hoist is situated in the assembly station laterally of the travel path for lifting the workpiece into the work zone from the travel path and for lowering the workpiece from the work zone into the travel path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 28, 1990
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Folker Weissgerber, Hermann Kaspar