Patents by Inventor Manfred Fottinger

Manfred Fottinger 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: 7600329
    Abstract: In order to provide an easy-to-assemble drier (100) for drying surface-treated workpieces, in particular vehicle bodies (110), which are each disposed on a respective workpiece carrier (109), comprising a drier housing (102) having a drier tunnel (108), through which the workpieces are moved along a conveying direction (112) and which is delimited in a downward direction by a drier floor (116) comprising a plurality of floor elements (118), and a conveying device (138) that conveys the workpieces through the drier tunnel (108), it is proposed that the conveying device (138) comprises a plurality of carrying roller units (140), which are disposed successively in the conveying direction (112) and each comprise at least one carrying roller (142), on which the workpiece carriers (109) rest as they are conveyed through the drier tunnel (108), wherein the carrying roller units (140) are each mountable separately on a respective floor element (118) of the drier floor (116).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Durr Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Konrad Ortlieb, Helmut Zurich, Jürgen Weschke, Peter Näpfel, Manfred Föttinger, Rudolf Strauss
  • Patent number: 7383939
    Abstract: A device (10) is provided for handling workpieces, in particular vehicle chassis (22) of modular construction, and having a first module with a handling line (12) in turn having one or several handling regions (14) for surface handling of the workpieces (22), and a guide device (44) along the handling line (12). A second module has one or several carriages (20b) to which the workpieces (22) may be fixed and moved along the guide device (44). Various types of second module may be combined with the first module to achieve various configurations of the whole device (10) with regard to throughput and flexibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Durr Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Kreuzer, Manfred Fottinger
  • Publication number: 20070261264
    Abstract: In order to provide an easy-to-assemble drier (100) for drying surface-treated workpieces, in particular vehicle bodies (110), which are each disposed on a respective workpiece carrier (109), comprising a drier housing (102) having a drier tunnel (108), through which the workpieces are moved along a conveying direction (112) and which is delimited in a downward direction by a drier floor (116) comprising a plurality of floor elements (118), and a conveying device (138) that conveys the workpieces through the drier tunnel (108), it is proposed that the conveying device (138) comprises a plurality of carrying roller units (140), which are disposed successively in the conveying direction (112) and each comprise at least one carrying roller (142), on which the workpiece carriers (109) rest as they are conveyed through the drier tunnel (108), wherein the carrying roller units (140) are each mountable separately on a respective floor element (118) of the drier floor (116).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Applicant: Durr Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Konrad Ortlieb, Helmut Zurich, Jurgen Weschke, Peter Napfel, Manfred Fottinger, Rudolf Strauss
  • Publication number: 20050139451
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (10) for handling workpieces, in particular vehicle chassis (22), of modular construction, comprising a first module with a handling line (12), one or several handling regions (14), for surface handling of the workpiece (22) and a guide device (44) along the handling line. The device further comprises a second module with one or several carriages (20b), to which the workpieces (22) may be fixed and which may be moved along the guide device (44). Various types of second module may be combined with the first module in order to achieve various configurations of the whole device with regard to throughput and flexibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2002
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Inventors: Bernd Kreuzer, Manfred Fottinger