Patents by Inventor Manfred Mitze

Manfred Mitze 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: 11267029
    Abstract: In the straightening of radial run-out faults or linearity faults on elongate workpieces having at least one toothed region having peaks and troughs of the teeth of said toothed region, such as on toothed shafts or toothed racks, for ascertaining deviations from the ideally straight workpiece, the locations of the surfaces of the not yet straightened workpiece that form a reference plane are scanned at least at points or in portions on or in the region on the active reference circle or pitch circle, respectively, of the toothing that lies between the peaks and troughs of the teeth. The resulting measured items of data are utilized by the straightening machine such that a workpiece that is as ideally straight as possible at least in the toothed region is achieved by the straightening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: MAE Maschinin- und Apperatebau Gotzen GmbH
    Inventor: Manfred Mitze
  • Publication number: 20190210082
    Abstract: In the straightening of radial run-out faults or linearity faults on elongate workpieces having at least one toothed region having peaks and troughs of the teeth of said toothed region, such as on toothed shafts or toothed racks, for ascertaining deviations from the ideally straight workpiece, the locations of the surfaces of the not yet straightened workpiece that form a reference plane are scanned at least at points or in portions on or in the region on the active reference circle or pitch circle, respectively, of the toothing that lies between the peaks and troughs of the teeth. The resulting measured items of data are utilized by the straightening machine such that a workpiece that is as ideally straight as possible at least in the toothed region is achieved by the straightening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventor: Manfred Mitze
  • Patent number: 9539635
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gripping head for grasping devices for manipulating a long workpiece in a horizontal arrangement. A gripping head with two clamping jaws which can be adjusted independently of one another can be used. In addition, a device for feeding long workpieces into a processing machine, and discharging them therefrom is proposed. At least one of the grasping devices may have a gripping head for gripping in a frictionally locking fashion one end of the workpiece which is conveyed here by the horizontal conveying means, and drive means for pulling the workpiece to be straightened into the processing section and for pushing the straightened workpiece out onto the at least one horizontal conveying means by means of the gripping head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: M A E Maschinen- und Apparatebau Gotzen GmbH
    Inventor: Manfred Mitze
  • Patent number: 9440274
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for feeding long workpieces into a processing machine, such as a bend-straightening machine, and discharging them therefrom, in which the long workpiece which is located in the processing positions defines a processing section and the long workpiece is supported at its two end regions by, in each case, one grasping device. A horizontal conveying means for the long workpiece adjoins at least one head end of the processing section as a straight prolongation of the processing section. At least one of the grasping devices has a gripping head for gripping in a frictionally locking fashion one end of the workpiece which is conveyed here by the horizontal conveying means, and drive means for pulling the workpiece to be straightened into the processing section and for pushing the straightened workpiece out onto the at least one horizontal conveying means by means of the gripping head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: MAE Maschinen—und Apparatebau Gotzen GmbH
    Inventor: Manfred Mitze
  • Patent number: 9180562
    Abstract: In a wheelset press for pressing or pulling wheels, brake disks or the like on/off axles of rail vehicles, two piston/cylinder units are directed toward one another and stationarily arranged on a common straight line, wherein said piston/cylinder units serve for exerting the required pressing power and, if applicable, for displacing the axle in its longitudinal direction to bring about the pressing-on or pulling-off process. Pressure pistons are provided on the piston/cylinder units to transmit the pressing power onto the facing end of the axle. At least one press abutment for supporting a wheel, a brake disk or the like during the pressing process is designed in such a way that it can be transferred into its support position by means of a relative movement of the axle transverse to its longitudinal direction and otherwise situated outside the press area. The at least one press abutment can be fixed in different positions along the axle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: MAE Maschinen-und Apperatebau Gotzen GmbH
    Inventor: Manfred Mitze
  • Publication number: 20150107073
    Abstract: In a wheelset press for pressing or pulling wheels, brake disks or the like on/off axles of rail vehicles, two piston/cylinder units are directed toward one another and stationarily arranged on a common straight line, wherein said piston/cylinder units serve for exerting the required pressing power and, if applicable, for displacing the axle in its longitudinal direction to bring about the pressing-on or pulling-off process. Pressure pistons are provided on the piston/cylinder units to transmit the pressing power onto the facing end of the axle. At least one press abutment for supporting a wheel, a brake disk or the like during the pressing process is designed in such a way that it can be transferred into its support position by means of a relative movement of the axle transverse to its longitudinal direction and otherwise situated outside the press area. The at least one press abutment can be fixed in different positions along the axle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventor: Manfred Mitze
  • Patent number: 8967593
    Abstract: In a wheelset press for pressing or pulling wheels, brake disks or the like on/off axles (RA) of rail vehicles, two piston/cylinder units are directed toward one another and stationarily arranged on a common straight line, wherein said piston/cylinder units serve for exerting the required pressing power and, if applicable, for displacing the axle in its longitudinal direction to bring about the pressing-on or pulling-off process. Pressure pistons are provided on the piston/cylinder units to transmit the pressing power onto the facing end of the axle. At least one press abutment for supporting a wheel, a brake disk or the like during the pressing process is designed in such a way that it can be transferred into its support position by means of a relative movement of the axle transverse to its longitudinal direction and otherwise situated outside the press area. The at least one press abutment can be fixed in different positions along the axle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: MAE Maschinen-und Apparatebau Gotzen GmbH
    Inventor: Manfred Mitze
  • Publication number: 20130180307
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gripping head for grasping devices for manipulating a long workpiece in a horizontal arrangement. A gripping head with two clamping jaws which can be adjusted independently of one another can be used. In addition, a device for feeding long workpieces into a processing machine, and discharging them therefrom is proposed. At least one of the grasping devices may have a gripping head for gripping in a frictionally locking fashion one end of the workpiece which is conveyed here by the horizontal conveying means, and drive means for pulling the workpiece to be straightened into the processing section and for pushing the straightened workpiece out onto the at least one horizontal conveying means by means of the gripping head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Inventor: Manfred Mitze
  • Publication number: 20130160514
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for feeding long workpieces into a processing machine, such as a bend-straightening machine, and discharging them therefrom, in which the long workpiece which is located in the processing positions defines a processing section and the long workpiece is supported at its two end regions by, in each case, one grasping device. A horizontal conveying means for the long workpiece adjoins at least one head end of the processing section as a straight prolongation of the processing section. At least one of the grasping devices has a gripping head for gripping in a frictionally locking fashion one end of the workpiece which is conveyed here by the horizontal conveying means, and drive means for pulling the workpiece to be straightened into the processing section and for pushing the straightened workpiece out onto the at least one horizontal conveying means by means of the gripping head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Inventor: Manfred Mitze
  • Publication number: 20110278523
    Abstract: In a wheelset press for pressing or pulling wheels, brake disks or the like on/off axles (RA) of rail vehicles, two piston/cylinder units are directed toward one another and stationarily arranged on a common straight line, wherein said piston/cylinder units serve for exerting the required pressing power and, if applicable, for displacing the axle in its longitudinal direction to bring about the pressing-on or pulling-off process. Pressure pistons are provided on the piston/cylinder units to transmit the pressing power onto the facing end of the axle. At least one press abutment for supporting a wheel, a brake disk or the like during the pressing process is designed in such a way that it can be transferred into its support position by means of a relative movement of the axle transverse to its longitudinal direction and otherwise situated outside the press area. The at least one press abutment can be fixed in different positions along the axle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventor: Manfred Mitze
  • Patent number: 5622075
    Abstract: The bend-straightening machine (100) for workpieces (20) that are more long than wide, such as camshafts, pinion shafts, and similar items, includes one or more straightening dies (14) that bring about on the workpiece (20), between straightening bases that are placed on the machine table (10), a change in the shape of a bend. The straightening die (14) is mounted on a swiveling mechanism (30), which includes a two-armed lever (36) that can swivel around an axle (32') and that protrudes from the axle (32') on both sides. The straightening die (14) is joined with the one arm (36'), while a drive (31) that causes the swiveling of the two-armed lever (36) acts upon the free end (36") of the other arm. (FIG.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1997
    Assignee: MAE Maschinen - und Apparatebau Gotzen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Manfred Deutschewitz, Manfred Mitze