Patents by Inventor Horst Scharfenberger

Horst Scharfenberger 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 for the laser alignment of guide rails
    Patent number: 11458578
    Abstract: A method includes producing a preform of a guide rail from steel, putting the preform in a holding device so that the preform is held fixed in position, analyzing the preform held in the holding device, a deviation from a straight shape being measured at a plurality of locations along the longitudinal axis. The method further includes irradiating the preform held in the holding device with a laser beam, a surface section being irradiated with the laser beam along the longitudinal axis at a plurality of locations, respectively on one of two side surfaces facing in opposite directions in relation to the first transverse axis, in such a way that it is heated into the plastic range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Haas, Horst Scharfenberger, Sascha Fuhrmann
  • Method for the Laser Alignment of Guide Rails
    Publication number: 20210031314
    Abstract: A method includes producing a preform of a guide rail from steel, putting the preform in a holding device so that the preform is held fixed in position, analyzing the preform held in the holding device, a deviation from a straight shape being measured at a plurality of locations along the longitudinal axis. The method further includes irradiating the preform held in the holding device with a laser beam, a surface section being irradiated with the laser beam along the longitudinal axis at a plurality of locations, respectively on one of two side surfaces facing in opposite directions in relation to the first transverse axis, in such a way that it is heated into the plastic range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas Haas, Horst Scharfenberger, Sascha Fuhrmann