Patents by Inventor Jörg HÄNTZSCHEL

Jörg HÄNTZSCHEL 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 tool, assembly device and assembly method
    Patent number: 10500736
    Abstract: A joining tool (7), a joining device (2) equipped therewith and a joining method for joining stringers (9) to flexible workpieces (8) are provided. A plurality of industrial robots (3 to 6) are equipped with the joining tools (7) and handle and join the stringer (9) jointly. The joining tools (7) are heated and grip the stringer (9) via a gripper tool (25) on the upper face (30) of the structural unit, using a controlled suction gripper (26), a heated counter-holder (29), which is arranged next to the gripper tool, likewise acting upon the upper face (30) of the structural unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: KUKA SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Jörg Häntzschel, Norbert Strobl
  • ASSEMBLY TOOL, ASSEMBLY DEVICE AND ASSEMBLY METHOD
    Publication number: 20170066143
    Abstract: A joining tool (7), a joining device (2) equipped therewith and a joining method for joining stringers (9) to flexible workpieces (8) are provided. A plurality of industrial robots (3 to 6) are equipped with the joining tools (7) and handle and join the stringer (9) jointly. The joining tools (7) are heated and grip the stringer (9) via a gripper tool (25) on the upper face (30) of the structural unit, using a controlled suction gripper (26), a heated counter-holder (29), which is arranged next to the gripper tool, likewise acting upon the upper face (30) of the structural unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Jörg HÄNTZSCHEL, Norbert STROBL