Patents by Inventor Kenneth Johst

Kenneth Johst 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).

  • Patent number: 11454255
    Abstract: System for supplying hydraulic pressure to a bolt elongation tool, comprising the bolt elongation tool with at least one pressure chamber and a tool piston, a hydraulic medium supply system and a hydraulic actuator with an actuator cylinder housing an actuator piston. The actuator cylinder is attached to the at least one pressure chamber, wherein the hydraulic actuator is an electro-hydraulic actuator comprising an electric motor built to generate the power of the electro-hydraulic actuator, and wherein the actuator piston is built to supply, with one stroke of an actuator stroke height of the actuator piston, at least the amount of hydraulic pressure that is needed to move the tool piston for the amount of one tool stroke height of the tool piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: ADMEDE AB
    Inventors: Kenneth Johst, Lars Jagd, Gerald Marinitsch
  • Publication number: 20210246918
    Abstract: System for supplying hydraulic pressure to a bolt elongation tool, comprising the bolt elongation tool with at least one pressure chamber and a tool piston, a hydraulic medium supply system and a hydraulic actuator with an actuator cylinder housing an actuator piston. The actuator cylinder is attached to the at least one pressure chamber, wherein the hydraulic actuator is an electro-hydraulic actuator comprising an electric motor built to generate the power of the electro-hydraulic actuator, and wherein the actuator piston is built to supply, with one stroke of an actuator stroke height of the actuator piston, at least the amount of hydraulic pressure that is needed to move the tool piston for the amount of one tool stroke height of the tool piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Kenneth JOHST, Lars JAGD, Gerald MARINITSCH
  • Patent number: 10974397
    Abstract: Robot (1) to tighten a series of nuts (2) pre-screwed on bolts (3) arranged in a curved flange connection (4), which bolts (3) project from the nuts (2) pre-screwed in substantially a nut plane (13) by a projection length (15), which robot (1) comprises a drive to move the robot (1) along the curved flange connection (4) and a tool (10) to tighten the nuts (2) with a predefined torque both connected to a support platform (6), characterized in that the tool (10) is built to screw a tension nut (26) onto the bolt (3) to elongate the bolt (3) and to tighten the pre-screwed nut (2) with a predefined torque with a tightening wheel (35), which robot (1) comprises positioning means to substantially align the axis (28) of the tension nut (26) with the axis (14) of the bolt (3) by lowering the tool (10) onto the bolt (3) in order to screw the tension nut (26) onto the bolt (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: ADMEDE AB
    Inventors: Kenneth Johst, Lars Jagd, Gerald Marinitsch
  • Patent number: 10702960
    Abstract: Robot (1) to move a support platform (6) along a series of nuts (2) pre-screwed on bolts (3) arranged in a linear or in particular curved flange connection (4). The bolts (3) project from the nuts (2) pre-screwed in substantially a nut plane (13) by a projection length (15). The robot (1) comprises a drive to move the robot (1) along the curved flange connection (4). The drive comprises at least one drive element (12) and holding means (11) both connected to the support platform (6), wherein the holding means (11) comprise at least one pair of guiding rails (16, 17) connected to the support platform (6) in a distance from each other of more than the diameter (D) of the bolts (3) and less than the width across flat (AF) of the nuts (2) and projecting more than the projection length (15) from the support platform (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: ADMEDE AB
    Inventors: Kenneth Johst, Lars Jagd, Gerald Marinitsch
  • Publication number: 20190030665
    Abstract: Robot (1) to move a support platform (6) along a series of nuts (2) pre-screwed on bolts (3) arranged in a linear or in particular curved flange connection (4). The bolts (3) project from the nuts (2) pre-screwed in substantially a nut plane (13) by a projection length (15). The robot (1) comprises a drive to move the robot (1) along the curved flange connection (4). The drive comprises at least one drive element (12) and holding means (11) both connected to the support platform (6), wherein the holding means (11) comprise at least one pair of guiding rails (16, 17) connected to the support platform (6) in a distance from each other of more than the diameter (D) of the bolts (3) and less than the width across flat (AF) of the nuts (2) and projecting more than the projection length (15) from the support platform (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Kenneth JOHST, Lars JAGD, Gerald MARINITSCH
  • Publication number: 20190022873
    Abstract: Robot (1) to tighten a series of nuts (2) pre-screwed on bolts (3) arranged in a linear or in particular curved flange connection (4), which bolts (3) project from the nuts (2) pre-screwed in substantially a nut plane (13) by a projection length (15), which robot (1) comprises a drive to move the robot (1) along the curved flange connection (4) and a tool (10) to tighten the nuts (2) with a predefined torque both connected to a support platform (6), wherein the tool (10) is built to screw a tension nut (26) onto the bolt (3) to elongate the bolt (3) and to tighten the pre-screwed nut (2) with a predefined torque with a tightening wheel (35), which robot (1) comprises positioning means to substantially align the axis (28) of the tension nut (26) with the axis (14) of the bolt (3) to screw the tension nut (26) onto the bolt (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Kenneth JOHST, Lars JAGD, Gerald MARINITSCH
  • Patent number: 9212651
    Abstract: A robot to bolt down a series of nut bolts in a joint circular flange connection of a wind turbine, which robot comprises at least two wheels and a drive to transport the robot along the series of nut bolts and a tool to bolt down a nut bolt with a predefined torque and a position sensor to position the tool above the nut bolt to be bolted down and a robot control system to control the tightening process and document parameters relevant for the stability of each bolted down nut bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Inventors: Kenneth Johst, Lars Jagd, Jonas Bovin, Gerald Marinitsch
  • Publication number: 20140350724
    Abstract: A robot to bolt down a series of nut bolts in a joint circular flange connection of a wind turbine, which robot comprises at least two wheels and a drive to transport the robot along the series of nut bolts and a tool to bolt down a nut bolt with a predefined torque and a position sensor to position the tool above the nut bolt to be bolted down and a robot control system to control the tightening process and document parameters relevant for the stability of each bolted down nut bolt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Kenneth Johst, Lars Jagd, Jonas Bovin, Gerald Marinitsch