Patents by Inventor Matthias Quaas

Matthias Quaas 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: 9656393
    Abstract: A gripping/clamping device for gripping/clamping objects includes a drive that drives an actuator, and a jaw movably coupled to the actuator. An elastically deformable spring element is provided between the actuator and the jaw. A braking unit is provided, by either the actuator, or a movably coupled component provided between the actuator and the drive, that is fixed when an object is gripped. The elastically deformable spring element is elastically deformed. The drive has a rotating drive shaft. The braking unit fixes the rotating drive shaft. A drive transmission with an output shaft is downstream of the drive shaft. The drive transmission is provided between the drive and the actuator. The actuator is a pinion that rotates about a rotational axis. The elastically deformable spring element is provided between the jaw and a gear rack section disposed on the jaw meshing with the pinion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Schunk GmbH & Co. KG Spann-und Greiftechnik
    Inventors: Ralf Becker, Michael Drab, Matthias Quaas
  • Publication number: 20160114490
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gripping or clamping device (10) for gripping or clamping objects (56), comprising an actuator (26), a drive (12) that drives the actuator (26), and at least one jaw (28, 30) that is coupled to the actuator (26) in regard to movement, a spring element (38) that permits elastic resilience being provided between the actuator (26) and the jaw (28, 30), characterised in that a braking unit (40) is provided, by means of which the actuator (26), or a component (42) that is coupled to the actuator (26) in regard to movement and provided between the actuator (26) and the drive (40), can be fixed when the object (56) is gripped and the spring element (38) is elastically deformed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Ralf BECKER, Michael DRAB, Matthias QUAAS
  • Patent number: 9296110
    Abstract: A gripping or tensioning device (10) for gripping or tensioning articles, has an electric drive (2), the drive driving a pinion (28) mounted on an output shaft (26) and jaws (12,14) which are coupled for movement with the pinion (28) and can be displaced along a base (18) by means of a jaw guide (80). The jaw guide (80) has bearing rollers (42) in the region between the jaws (12, 14) in such a manner that the rotational axes of the bearing rollers run parallel to the pinion rotational axis (84).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Schunk GmbH & Co. KG Spann- und Greiftechnik
    Inventors: Michael Drab, Matthias Quaas
  • Publication number: 20150343646
    Abstract: A gripping or tensioning device (10) for gripping or tensioning articles, has an electric drive (2), the drive driving a pinion (28) mounted on an output shaft (26) and jaws (12,14) which are coupled for movement with the pinion (28) and can be displaced along a base (18) by means of a jaw guide (80). The jaw guide (80) has bearing rollers (42) in the region between the jaws (12, 14) in such a manner that the rotational axes of the bearing rollers run parallel to the pinion rotational axis (84).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2012
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Michael Drab, Matthias Quaas
  • Patent number: 8991886
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gripping or clamping device for gripping or clamping objects, comprising at least one actuator that can be driven by a drive, at least one jaw, and a transmission provided between the actuator and the jaw, wherein the force produced by the drive is transmitted to the object at least by means of a force transmission element provided on or formed by the transmission and/or the clamping means, wherein the force transmission element has a force conducting section, wherein a clamping element that permits an elastic flexibility in the force transmission direction is provided between the force conducting section and the force transmission element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Schunk GmbH & Co. KG Spann- und Greiftechnick
    Inventors: Andreas Schuster, Michael Drab, Matthias Quaas
  • Publication number: 20150021949
    Abstract: A gripping or clamping device for gripping or clamping objects has at least one actuator that can be driven by a drive, at least one jaw, and a transmission provided between the actuator and the jaw, wherein the force produced by the drive is transmitted to the object at least by means of a force transmission element provided on or formed by the transmission and/or the clamping means, wherein the force transmission element has a force conducting section. A clamping element that permits an elastic flexibility in the force transmission direction is provided between the force conducting section and the force transmission element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2012
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Andreas Schuster, Michael Drab, Matthias Quaas