Patents by Inventor Marc Kiefer

Marc 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).

  • Patent number: 11953885
    Abstract: A method for displaying a sequence of workpiece-illustrations and/or order information for supporting a sorting process during manufacturing of workpieces with a manufacturing system includes transporting manufactured workpieces with the conveyor system to the sorting point according to a sequence and arrangement specified by the processing plan. The method further includes receiving, in the processor of the display unit, workpiece image data and/or order data provided by the machine tool control system for the workpieces transported to the sorting point. The method additionally includes displaying the workpiece image data and/or the order data on the monitor of the display unit in a sequence and/or an arrangement such that the sequence and/or the arrangement of the workpiece image data and/or the order data corresponds to the sequence and/or the arrangement of the workpieces transported from the conveyor system to the sorting point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TRUMPF WERKZEUGMASCHINEN SE + CO. KG
    Inventors: Manuel Kiefer, Willi Poenitz, Dominik Bitto, Marc Teschner
  • Publication number: 20050076367
    Abstract: A system and method for creating user profiles in a television system are described. The system comprises a storage medium having storage locations to store user profiles for a plurality of users; a user interface for creating new user profiles having fields for data entry to be stored in the storage medium; the user interface for creating new user profiles comprising a user option to select and copy data from a stored user profile; and means to select a stored user profile, copy selected data from the stored user profile to corresponding fields in the new user profile, and save the new user profile at a storage location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Inventors: Carolynn Johnson, Marc Kiefer, Darrel Randall