Patents by Inventor Markus Bretz

Markus Bretz 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: 11963305
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a machining station for machining platelike workpieces (1) by means of at least one tool (10, 13, 14). The machining station has a measuring device (16) for acquiring data relating to the position of bores, a drill (10, 13, 14) for generating bores in the workpiece (1), and a data processor (17) for processing data of the at least one measuring device (16) and/or for controlling the at least one drill (10, 13, 14). The data processor (17) is here suitable and set up for performing an adjustment between a desired drilling position and/or a desired bore depth and an actual position and/or actual depth as determined by the at least one measuring device (16) for a bore present in the workpiece (1), and adapting the drilling position and/or bore depth for generating bores by means of the at least one drill (10, 13, 14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Skybrain Vermögensverwaltungs GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Winterschladen, Andreas Bretz
  • Publication number: 20240109679
    Abstract: A device (6) for the insertion of flat good units (2, 3, 31) into a transport container (8, 81) includes an insertion module (63) for the insertion of flat good units (2, 3, 31) into a transport container (8, 81), a feed module (61) for feeding fat good units (2, 3, 31) to the insertion modulo (63), and a first identification module (65) for identifying flat good units (2, 3, 31). The feed module (61) includes a horizontal conveying device (613), by which flat good units can be conveyed along a conveying path. The identification module (65) is configured to determine the identity of a flat good unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: FERAG AG
    Inventor: Markus BRETZ
  • Publication number: 20240103473
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a transmission unit for use in measurement technology, a field device, a method for calibration of and/or error detection in a transmission unit, a diagnostic measure and a display unit. The display unit may be or is detachably connected with the evaluation unit, in which at least one diagnostic measure, comprising at least one test of a functionality of the evaluation unit, may be triggered over the display unit and/or the evaluation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Peter Bretz, Markus Diener, Martin Kullmann
  • Publication number: 20240067463
    Abstract: A conveying facility with a feed conveying device, a take-over conveying device and a control device, for transferring horizontally or lying conveyed goods from the feed conveying device to the take-over conveying device, wherein the conveying facility forms a transfer region, in which the conveyed goods are transferred from the feed conveying device to the take-over conveying device. The conveying facility includes a transfer assistance device which is designed to act in the transfer region by way of pressurised gas from below onto at least one conveyed good being moved past.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Markus Bretz, Roberto Fenile
  • Publication number: 20240002161
    Abstract: A conveyor system for conveyed goods, in particular for parcel pieces and packages, is disclosed. The conveyor system includes at least one conveyor device, which includes at least one cluster module and at least one control unit connected to the conveyor device. The conveyor system has a superordinate control system which is connected to the at least one control unit in terms of control technology, so that an adjustment of the position of a conveyed good and/or spacing between adjacent conveyed goods occurs on the basis of control commands from the control system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: FERAG AG
    Inventors: Markus BRETZ, Martin Ruge, Roberto Fenile
  • Publication number: 20230391558
    Abstract: A conveyor system for conveying and delivering conveyed goods and including a tray conveyor having a plurality of conveyor trays displaceable along a conveyor track. The conveyor trays each include at least one conveyor tray element. The system further includes at least one sensor device disposed along the conveyor track of the conveyor trays for detecting conveyed goods. The at least one conveyor tray element has at least one pass-through opening. The sensor device is implemented and disposed such that a measuring beam path of the sensor device is aimed through the at least one pass-through opening on the at least one conveyor tray element in a defined conveying position of the at least one conveyor tray element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventor: Markus Bretz
  • Publication number: 20230382582
    Abstract: A device (6) for inserting goods units (3) into a transport container (8, 81) includes a module (61) for conveying a bundle (1) having a carrier strand (11, 11?) on which a plurality of packaging units (2, 2?, 2?, 2??) are arranged one behind the other in a row; a module (62) for separating packaging elements (2, 2?, 2?, 2??) from a supplied bundle (1); and a module (63) for inserting packaging units (2, 2?, 2?, 2??) separated from the bundle (1) into a transport container (8, 81).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: FERAG AG
    Inventor: Markus BRETZ
  • Publication number: 20230382583
    Abstract: A device (6) for inserting goods units (3) into a transport container (8, 81) includes a module (61) for conveying a bundle (1) having a carrier strand (11, 11?) on which a plurality of packaging units (2, 2?, 2?, 2??) are arranged one behind the other in a row; a module (62) for separating packaging elements (2, 2?, 2?, 2??) from a supplied bundle (1); and a module (63) for inserting packaging units (2, 2?, 2?, 2??) separated from the bundle (1) into a transport container (8, 81).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: FERAG AG
    Inventor: Markus BRETZ
  • Publication number: 20230219770
    Abstract: A device for commissioning goods (2) with a goods feed (3), the device including an unloading device (10) with at least one unloading point (11) for unloading goods (2), and an unloading handling module (20), to which the goods (2) are transferred from the unloading device (10), the unloading handling module (20) including at least one goods receiving element (21, 31, 81) and a moving element (22, 32) for transferring the goods (2) to a downstream conveying unit (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: FERAG AG
    Inventor: Markus BRETZ
  • Patent number: 11649112
    Abstract: A storage system includes a plurality of storage areas for receiving stored goods, the storage areas being situated in at least one storage level and being accessible by an associated handling device to store stored goods at the storage areas or retrieve them from these storage areas. A conveyor is provided which is designed as a continuous conveyor and is led on a storage level through the arrangement of the storage areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: WRH WALTER REIST HOLDING AG
    Inventor: Markus Bretz
  • Publication number: 20230114128
    Abstract: A transfer device for transferring items to be conveyed, such as flat goods, from a feed conveyor to conveyor spaces of an onward conveyor. The transfer device forms a stationary receiving space for at least one item to be conveyed, the receiving space being delimited at the bottom by a movable support element. The support element is movable via a displacing device between a support position, in which the at least one item to be conveyed lies flat on the support element, and a delivery position, in which the item to be conveyed falls, under the influence of gravity through a released transfer opening downwards, and onto a conveyor space of the onward conveyor that is displaced past below the receiving space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Markus Bretz, Marcel Schneider
  • Patent number: 11198566
    Abstract: A method for transferring conveyed items from at least one feed conveyor onto an outgoing conveyor, in a transfer region, wherein the at least one feed conveyor includes a conveying member that is driven along a feed conveying stretch, for conveying conveyed items into the transfer region, and the outgoing conveyor includes conveying containers that are movable along a transfer conveying stretch for taking over the conveyed items that are delivered by the at least one feed conveyor. The conveyed items that lie on the conveying member are accelerated relative to the conveying member along the feed conveying stretch towards the transfer region via an acceleration device and for the purpose of delivery of the conveyed items are brought into a cyclically synchronous side-by-side conveying with a conveying container of the outgoing conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: WRH WALTER REIST HOLDING AG
    Inventor: Markus Bretz
  • Publication number: 20210206569
    Abstract: A storage system includes a plurality of storage areas for receiving stored goods, the storage areas being situated in at least one storage level and being accessible by an associated handling device to store stored goods at the storage areas or retrieve them from these storage areas. A conveyor is provided which is designed as a continuous conveyor and is led on a storage level through the arrangement of the storage areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: WRH WALTER REIST HOLDING AG
    Inventor: Markus BRETZ
  • Publication number: 20210147162
    Abstract: A method for transferring conveyed items from at least one feed conveyor onto an outgoing conveyor, in a transfer region, wherein the at least one feed conveyor includes a conveying member that is driven along a feed conveying stretch, for conveying conveyed items into the transfer region, and the outgoing conveyor includes conveying containers that are movable along a transfer conveying stretch for taking over the conveyed items that are delivered by the at least one feed conveyor. The conveyed items that lie on the conveying member are accelerated relative to the conveying member along the feed conveying stretch towards the transfer region via an acceleration device and for the purpose of delivery of the conveyed items are brought into a cyclically synchronous side-by-side conveying with a conveying container of the outgoing conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventor: Markus Bretz
  • Patent number: 10954064
    Abstract: A storage system (10) comprises a plurality of storage areas (39) for receiving stored goods, the storage areas being situated in at least one storage level and being accessible by an associated handling device (19, 20, 21) to store stored goods at the storage areas (39) or retrieve them from these storage areas (39). Quicker, simplified storage and retrieval is achieved in that for storing and retrieving the stored goods, in addition a conveyor (15) is provided which is designed as a continuous conveyor and is led on a storage level through the arrangement of the storage areas (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: WRH WALTER REIST HOLDING AG
    Inventor: Markus Bretz
  • Patent number: 10549929
    Abstract: A conveying facility with a drivable conveying member that forms a sheet-like main surface that faces the conveyed item and defines a conveying stretch. The conveying member includes at least one conveying element that forms at least a part of the main surface. The conveying member also includes rollers that, via roller holders, are rotatably mounted on the at least one conveying element about roller pivots and can selectively assume the state of a freewheel position, an arrested position or a drive position. The conveying facility also has at least one conveying container that lies on the conveying member in a connection-free manner, wherein the rollers project at least partly beyond the main surface of the conveying element so that the at least one conveying container lies on the rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: WRH WALTER REIST HOLDING AG
    Inventor: Markus Bretz
  • Publication number: 20190359377
    Abstract: A rollingly conveyable transport unit (1) comprises a container shell (10) and an internal space (28), provided within the container shell, for accommodating a product (90) to be packaged. The container shell comprises two or more shell parts (11, 12) that are reversibly connected to one another in a force-fit manner by a closing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: WRH WALTER REIST HOLDING AG
    Inventor: Markus BRETZ
  • Publication number: 20190062075
    Abstract: A conveying facility with a drivable conveying member that forms a sheet-like main surface that faces the conveyed item and defines a conveying stretch. The conveying member includes at least one conveying element that forms at least a part of the main surface. The conveying member also includes rollers that, via roller holders, are rotatably mounted on the at least one conveying element about roller pivots and can selectively assume the state of a freewheel position, an arrested position or a drive position. The conveying facility also has at least one conveying container that lies on the conveying member in a connection-free manner, wherein the rollers project at least partly beyond the main surface of the conveying element so that the at least one conveying container lies on the rollers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventor: Markus Bretz
  • Publication number: 20180178979
    Abstract: A storage system (10) comprises a plurality of storage areas (39) for receiving stored goods, the storage areas being situated in at least one storage level and being accessible by an associated handling device (19, 20, 21) to store stored goods at the storage areas (39) or retrieve them from these storage areas (39). Quicker, simplified storage and retrieval is achieved in that for storing and retrieving the stored goods, in addition a conveyor (15) is provided which is designed as a continuous conveyor and is led on a storage level through the arrangement of the storage areas (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: WRH WALTER REIST HOLDING AG
    Inventor: Markus BRETZ
  • Patent number: 9133919
    Abstract: At least a motor, a gear unit and an adjustment connection form an actuator. The gear unit is fitted with at least two mutually movable gear parts, as well as a spring acting on two of these that counteracts their movement out of an idle state. The gear unit is designed such that when an adjustment connection is blocked the motor moves the gear parts out of the idle state during operation to an operating point. In addition, the gear unit is designed such that during the movement out of the idle state it reduces the extent to which the movement is counteracted from a particular point upstream of the operating point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Markus Bretz, Jörg Evertz, Jörg Hindermann, Andreas Pally, Martin Sprecher