Patents by Inventor Klaus Apel

Klaus Apel 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).

  • System and method for handling a component
    Patent number: 10730243
    Abstract: A system for handling a first component includes: a main-device and a module-device, the module-device having a pressing section arranged to form an outer surface of the module-device, the module-device configured to releasably receive the first component, such that a connection section of the first component is attachable to the pressing section of the module-device. The module-device is releasably connected to a second component, wherein the main-device includes a grabbing unit adapted for releasably connecting the module-device, such that the pressing section is arranged to form a first outer surface section of the main-device, and wherein the main-device includes a connector for connecting to a handling-unit for arranging the main-device at the second component, such that the connection section of the first component, if attached to the pressing section of the module-device, is at least indirectly attachable to a front surface of the second component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Piepenbrock, Alexander Engels, Gregor Graßl, Karsten Gensicke, Klaus Apel
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HANDLING A COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20170341309
    Abstract: A system for handling a first component includes: a main-device and a module-device, the module-device having a pressing section arranged to form an outer surface of the module-device, the module-device configured to releasably receive the first component, such that a connection section of the first component is attachable to the pressing section of the module-device. The module-device is releasably connected to a second component, wherein the main-device includes a grabbing unit adapted for releasably connecting the module-device, such that the pressing section is arranged to form a first outer surface section of the main-device, and wherein the main-device includes a connector for connecting to a handling-unit for arranging the main-device at the second component, such that the connection section of the first component, if attached to the pressing section of the module-device, is at least indirectly attachable to a front surface of the second component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Joachim PIEPENBROCK, Alexander ENGELS, Gregor GRAßL, Karsten GENSICKE, Klaus APEL
  • Combination of genes for the regulation of the induction of flowering in useful and ornamental plants
    Publication number: 20060206965
    Abstract: The invention relates to the combination of genes MADSA, FPF1 or MADSB and FPF1 for flowering induction. As a result, the flowering time of useful and ornamental plants can be regulated while taking a balanced development of the plants into consideration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2005
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Inventors: Roland Gleissner, Siegbert Melzer, Birgit Kurz, Klaus Apel