Patents by Inventor Lucas KIEFER

Lucas KIEFER 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).

  • Publication number: 20230364724
    Abstract: An assembly system with a sealant application station and an assembly tool is described. The assembly system is used to connect two or more components to each other. The sealant application station applies a sealant to a connector. The sealant application station is arranged in a feed system for the connectors. The sealant-applied connectors are transferred to the assembly tool. The assembly tool contains a drill spindle in which a connector and a drill can be axially aligned with each other so that the drill spindle can both drill a hole in the components to be connected and position the connector in the drilled hole with a linear movement along a processing axis. For these operations, the drill spindle moves only along the processing axis, so that a linear drive can be used for these operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: Premium Aerotec GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Niedermair, Lucas Kiefer, Tobias Kugelmann, Markus Wickenburg
  • Publication number: 20230356289
    Abstract: An assembly system with a sealant application station and an assembly tool is described. The assembly system is used to connect two or more components to each other. The sealant application station applies a sealant to a connector. The sealant application station is arranged in a feed system for the connectors. The sealant-applied connectors are transferred to the assembly tool. The assembly tool contains a drill spindle in which a connector and a drill can be axially aligned with each other so that the drill spindle can both drill a hole in the components to be connected and position the connector in the drilled hole with a linear movement along a processing axis. For these operations, the drill spindle moves only along the processing axis, so that a linear drive can be used for these operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicants: Premium Aerotec GmbH, Premium Aerotec GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Niedermair, Lucas Kiefer, Tobias Kugelmann, Markus Wickenburg
  • Publication number: 20220168901
    Abstract: A system for inserting and removing cutting inserts of a cutting tool includes a first processing device, a second processing device, and a controller coupled to the first processing device and the second processing device, wherein the first processing device includes a gripping element for holding or securing a cutting insert, wherein the second processing device includes a fastening tool for fastening or releasing a fastening mechanism holding the cutting insert, and wherein the control is adapted to control the first processing device to hold the cutting insert, to control the second processing device to fasten or release the fastening mechanism when the cutting insert is held.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: Premium Aerotec GmbH
    Inventors: Lucas Kiefer, Christian Maeusle
  • Patent number: 11117754
    Abstract: The invention includes a method (100) and an apparatus to handle irregularly conveyed and/or irregularly aligned and/or non-upright articles of an article stream under prevention of disturbances. The method (100) comprises the following steps: identifying at least one non-upright article in an article stream as an error; performing a correction step to resolve the error, the correction step comprising removal from the article stream of the at least one irregularly aligned article, or transfer to an upright orientation of the at least one irregularly aligned article, with a defined action being exerted temporally before and/or in temporal overlap with the correction step upon the at least one irregularly aligned article or upon regularly conveyed articles of the article stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: KRONES Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Simon Berger, Richard Eschlbeck, Thomas Hensel, Herbert Spindler, Martin Bauer, Lucas Kiefer, Georg Goetz
  • Publication number: 20200095067
    Abstract: The invention includes a method (100) and an apparatus to handle irregularly conveyed and/or irregularly aligned and/or non-upright articles of an article stream under prevention of disturbances. The method (100) comprises the following steps: identifying at least one non-upright article in an article stream as an error; performing a correction step to resolve the error, the correction step comprising removal from the article stream of the at least one irregularly aligned article, or transfer to an upright orientation of the at least one irregularly aligned article, with a defined action being exerted temporally before and/or in temporal overlap with the correction step upon the at least one irregularly aligned article or upon regularly conveyed articles of the article stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Simon BERGER, Richard ESCHLBECK, Thomas HENSEL, Herbert SPINDLER, Martin BAUER, Lucas KIEFER, Georg GOETZ