Patents by Inventor Johannes BIX

Johannes BIX 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).

  • Robot tool for setting sealing plugs
    Patent number: 10486310
    Abstract: A robot tool is provided for setting sealing plugs in openings in a vehicle body component by way of a placing installation, in which a plug magazine having a plurality of plugs is accommodated, which can be set into the respective openings in direct succession by the placing installation without reloading. A method is provided for securely setting the plugs, wherein a peripheral elastic lip is provided at an outlet of the setting device, which lip retains the plugs in the plug magazine and can be elastically bent by an axial motion of the plugs in the axial direction of the robot tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Max Kossmann, Johannes Bix, Ingo Schmiedel
  • Robot Tool for Setting Sealing Plugs
    Publication number: 20180021953
    Abstract: A robot tool is provided for setting sealing plugs in openings in a vehicle body component by way of a placing installation, in which a plug magazine having a plurality of plugs is accommodated, which can be set into the respective openings in direct succession by the placing installation without reloading. A method is provided for securely setting the plugs, wherein a peripheral elastic lip is provided at an outlet of the setting device, which lip retains the plugs in the plug magazine and can be elastically bent by an axial motion of the plugs in the axial direction of the robot tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Max KOSSMANN, Johannes BIX, Ingo SCHMIEDEL
  • Robotic end effector for plug installation
    Patent number: 9656391
    Abstract: A robot tool is provided for the placing of closing plugs in openings in a vehicle body component. The robot tool includes a placing device in which a plug magazine with a plurality of plugs is accommodated, which plugs can be placed by way of the placing device without reloading directly behind one another in the respective openings. A method is provided for the secure placing of the plugs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Max Kossmann, Johannes Bix, Steve Williams, III, Braden Ross Nichols, Caitlin Elizabeth Browning, Amelia Faith Campbell
  • Robotic End Effector for Plug Installation
    Publication number: 20160052134
    Abstract: A robot tool is provided for the placing of closing plugs in openings in a vehicle body component. The robot tool includes a placing device in which a plug magazine with a plurality of plugs is accommodated, which plugs can be placed by way of the placing device without reloading directly behind one another in the respective openings. A method is provided for the secure placing of the plugs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Max KOSSMANN, Johannes BIX, Steve Williams, III, Braden Ross Nichols, Caitlin Elizabeth Browning, Amelia Faith Campbell