Patents by Inventor Matthias Binswanger

Matthias Binswanger 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).

  • Change-over coupling
    Patent number: 9440360
    Abstract: A change-over coupling (1) for robot-guided vehicles (3) has a plurality of media couplings (11, 12) and has coupling parts (4, 5) having basic supports (6, 7), media coupling supports (13, 14) and a coupling mechanism (8), and also peripherally arranged interfaces (16) having a fitting element for the media couplings (11, 12). The interfaces (16) have a plurality of fitting elements (19, 19?, 20, 20?), which act in a plurality of different directions or axes and which are arranged preferably at a periphery, in particular on a circumference of a disc-like or annular basic support (6, 7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: KUKA SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Harald Heinrich, Matthias Binswanger
  • CHANGE-OVER COUPLING
    Publication number: 20130294829
    Abstract: A change-over coupling (1) for robot-guided vehicles (3) has a plurality of media couplings (11, 12) and has coupling parts (4, 5) having basic supports (6, 7), media coupling supports (13, 14) and a coupling mechanism (8), and also peripherally arranged interfaces (16) having a fitting element for the media couplings (11, 12). The interfaces (16) have a plurality of fitting elements (19, 19?, 20, 20?), which act in a plurality of different directions or axes and which are arranged preferably at a periphery, in particular on a circumference of a disc-like or annular basic support (6, 7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Harald Heinrich, Matthias Binswanger