Patents by Inventor Josef Kipping
Josef Kipping 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).
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Patent number: 8152148Abstract: A device for positioning components, in particular for use in bodymaking of the motor vehicle industry, is provided with a rotatable receiving plate (1) for the components and a drive device for turning the receiving plate (1) about an axis of rotation (18), preferably arranged perpendicularly in relation to the plane of the receiving plate (1). A drive device is provided with a toggle clamping device (5) known per se, wherein a linear drive (6) is connected via a toggle lever to a swivel pin (16). The swivel pin (16) is positively and/or non-positively connected via a receptacle (15) to the receiving plate (1) and provides an adjustable swivelling movement of the receiving plate (1) into a locked, advanced end position.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2007Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: ThyssenKrupp Drauz Nothelfer GmbHInventors: Josef Kipping, Rüdiger Schütz
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Patent number: 8132306Abstract: A device for machining components, in particular of a vehicle body has a transport and positioning unit for the component and several machining stations, which are arranged around said unit and to which the component held by a component holder of the transport and positioning unit can be fed in a position ready for machining. To transport the component from one machining station to the other machining stations while taking up the smallest possible surface area, the transport and positioning unit includes a rotor and a pivoting arm that is mounted eccentrically on said rotor, driven in opposition to the latter and supports the component holder. The drives of the rotor and the pivoting arm are synchronized in such a way that the component holder is displaced along a closed curved path comprising spaces between the neighboring apexes of said path.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2007Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: ThyssenKrupp Drauz Nothelfer GmbHInventors: Josef Kipping, Thomas Klemm
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Patent number: 8127415Abstract: A device for machining components, in particular of a vehicle body has a transport and positioning unit for the component and several machining stations, which are arranged around said unit and to which the component held by a component holder of the transport and positioning unit can be fed in a position ready for machining. To transport the component from one machining station to the other machining stations while taking up the smallest possible surface area, the transport and positioning unit includes a rotor and a pivoting arm that is mounted eccentrically on said rotor, driven in opposition to the latter and supports the component holder. The drives of the rotor and the pivoting arm are synchronized in such a way that the component holder is displaced along a closed curved path comprising spaces between the neighboring apexes of said path.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2007Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: ThyssenKrupp Drauz Nothelfer GmbHInventors: Josef Kipping, Thomas Klemm
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Patent number: 8061748Abstract: A handling for components having a similar shape, particularly motor vehicle body parts, wherein a gripper on an arm of a robot can grip the component and its similarly-shaped other components with one and the same clamp device without re-tooling, is equipped with two gripper chucks on each clamp device. However, only one gripper chuck can be steered into the grab positions in each case, while the other gripper chuck is then located in the parking position outside a grab area on the component.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2006Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: ThyssenKrupp Drauz Nothelfer GmbHInventors: Tino Kipping, Josef Kipping, Ulrich Knapp
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Patent number: 8011647Abstract: A kit is provided for assembling a modular bracket (1) used, in particular for placing gripping and clamping devices or clamping components, in particular metal sheets on an assembly line. The kit has a base part (3) fixable on a solid support or a carrier, a tube (4) fixable to the base part (3) and a head part (5) which is fixable to the tube (4). The head part includes connecting surfaces for fixing the gripper on the clamping device. According to the invention, the head part (5) is continuously height-adjustable with respect to the tube (4), is pivotable about the central longitudinal axis thereof and, afterwards, frictionally and form-fittingly connectable to the tube (4).Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2005Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: ThyssenKrupp Drauz Nothelfer GmbHInventor: Josef Kipping
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Publication number: 20100320667Abstract: A device for positioning components, in particular for use in bodymaking of the motor vehicle industry, is provided with a rotatable receiving plate (1) for the components and a drive device for turning the receiving plate (1) about an axis of rotation (18), preferably arranged perpendicularly in relation to the plane of the receiving plate (1). A drive device is provided with a toggle clamping device (5) known per se, wherein a linear drive (6) is connected via a toggle lever to a swivel pin (16). The swivel pin (16) is positively and/or non-positively connected via a receptacle (15) to the receiving plate (1) and provides an adjustable swivelling movement of the receiving plate (1) into a locked, advanced end position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2007Publication date: December 23, 2010Inventors: Josef Kipping, Rudiger Schütz
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Publication number: 20090276999Abstract: A device for machining components, in particular of a vehicle body has a transport and positioning unit for the component and several machining stations, which are arranged around said unit and to which the component held by a component holder of the transport and positioning unit can be fed in a position ready for machining. To transport the component from one machining station to the other machining stations whilst taking up the smallest possible surface area, the transport and positioning unit includes a rotor and a pivoting arm that is mounted eccentrically on said rotor, driven in opposition to the latter and supports the component holder. The drives of the rotor and the pivoting arm are synchronized in such a way that the component holder is displaced along a closed curved path comprising spaces between the neighboring apexes of said path.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2007Publication date: November 12, 2009Applicant: Thyssenkrupp Drauz Nothelfer GmbHInventors: Josef Kipping, Thomas Klemm
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Publication number: 20090126178Abstract: A device for machining components, in particular of a vehicle body has a transport and positioning unit for the component and several machining stations, which are arranged around said unit and to which the component held by a component holder of the transport and positioning unit can be fed in a position ready for machining. To transport the component from one machining station to the other machining stations whilst taking up the smallest possible surface area, the transport and positioning unit includes a rotor and a pivoting arm that is mounted eccentrically on said rotor, driven in opposition to the latter and supports the component holder. The drives of the rotor and the pivoting arm are synchronized in such a way that the component holder is displaced along a closed curved pathcomprising spaces between the neighboring apexes of said path.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2007Publication date: May 21, 2009Applicant: Thyssenkrupp Drauz Nothelfer GmbHInventors: Josef Kipping, Thomas Klemm
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Handling System for Components Having Similar Shapes, Particularly Body Componets for Motor Vehicles
Publication number: 20080296920Abstract: A handling for components having a similar shape, particularly motor vehicle body parts, wherein a gripper on an arm of a robot can grip the component and its similarly-shaped other components with one and the same clamp device without re-tooling, is equipped with two gripper chucks on each clamp device. However, only one gripper chuck can be steered into the grab positions in each case, while the other gripper chuck is then located in the parking position outside a grab area on the component.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2006Publication date: December 4, 2008Inventors: Tino Kipping, Josef Kipping, Ulrich Knapp -
Publication number: 20070216079Abstract: A kit is provided for assembling a modular bracket (1) used, in particular for placing gripping and clamping devices or clamping components, in particular metal sheets on an assembly line. The kit has a base part (3) fixable on a solid support or a carrier, a tube (4) fixable to the base part(3) and a head part (5) which is fixable to the tube (4). The head part includes connecting surfaces for fixing the gripper on the clamping device. According to the invention, the head part (5) is continuously height-adjustable with respect to the tube (4), is pivotable about the central longitudinal axis thereof and, afterwards, frictionally and form-fittingly connectable to the tube (4).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2005Publication date: September 20, 2007Inventor: Josef Kipping
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Patent number: 6525294Abstract: The invention relates to a device for clamping and welding pieces of sheet metal (13, 14) which are placed against one another, preferably for use in the area of automobile manufacturing. According to the invention, a bracket (3) is fastened to a mounting flange (1), preferably of a robot arm. Said bracket (3) comprises a clamping tool (6) and a welding head (10). The energy beam (16) of the welding head (10) is directed into the welding gap between the pieces of sheet metal (13, 14). Using the mounting flange (1), the bracket (3) and/or the welding head (10) can be displaced in a linear guide (4), said guide being situated opposite the hydraulic cylinder (7), according to the progression of the weld seam (11). In addition, stop elements (8, 8′) for detecting the position of the edges of at least one of the pieces of sheet metal (13, 14) are arranged on the clamping tool (6) in order to position the pieces of sheet metal (13, 14) with regard to one another and/or to the welding head (10).Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2001Date of Patent: February 25, 2003Assignee: Thyssenkrupp Technologies AGInventors: Josef Kipping, Josef Görgen
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Patent number: 5984288Abstract: A device for clamping parts, in particular metal sheets, in a motor vehicle mounting line, has a console, a support for the parts that may be secured on a top stop of the console, and a pneumatic clamping device that actuates a pressure piece that can be clamped against the parts mounted on the support. In order to obtain a console made of a few components with various spatial positions of the clamping point between the support and the pressure piece, at its base the console has a clamping block and a centering piece for a stay that can be secured thereon, and the top stop acts with its bottom side as a centering element for the stay that can be secured thereon.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 1998Date of Patent: November 16, 1999Assignee: Thyssen Industrie AGInventor: Josef Kipping