Patents by Inventor Max KOSSMANN

Max KOSSMANN 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: 10611582
    Abstract: A stacking device is provided for stacking plugs, in particular paint or installation plugs for motor vehicles, having a housing which has an opening, at at least one axial end, on a front side and in which extend in the axial direction, on an inner wall of the housing, at least two retaining and guide devices for the plugs. The retaining and guiding devices are designed to keep the plugs stacked in position, to allow axial movement of the plugs, and to guide the plugs in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Max Kossmann, Ralf Schoenherr, Ingo Schmiedel
  • Patent number: 10493633
    Abstract: A robot tool for placing sealing plugs in openings in a vehicle body component includes a placing installation, in which a plug magazine having a plurality of plugs is accommodated, which plugs can be set into the respective openings in direct succession by the placing installation without reloading. A method is provided for securely setting the plugs, wherein the plugs can be pushed out of the plug magazine accommodated in the placing installation in predefined steps by a drive unit, wherein the plug magazine extends axially in an axial direction and the drive unit is arranged on the plug magazine at an angle of 90-170° to the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ingo Schmiedel, Max Kossmann
  • Patent number: 10486310
    Abstract: A robot tool is provided for setting sealing plugs in openings in a vehicle body component by way of a placing installation, in which a plug magazine having a plurality of plugs is accommodated, which can be set into the respective openings in direct succession by the placing installation without reloading. A method is provided for securely setting the plugs, wherein a peripheral elastic lip is provided at an outlet of the setting device, which lip retains the plugs in the plug magazine and can be elastically bent by an axial motion of the plugs in the axial direction of the robot tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Max Kossmann, Johannes Bix, Ingo Schmiedel
  • Publication number: 20180105372
    Abstract: A stacking device is provided for stacking plugs, in particular paint or installation plugs for motor vehicles, having a housing which has an opening, at at least one axial end, on a front side and in which extend in the axial direction, on an inner wall of the housing, at least two retaining and guide devices for the plugs. The retaining and guiding devices are designed to keep the plugs stacked in position, to allow axial movement of the plugs, and to guide the plugs in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Max KOSSMANN, Ralf SCHOENHERR, Ingo SCHMIEDEL
  • Publication number: 20180021953
    Abstract: A robot tool is provided for setting sealing plugs in openings in a vehicle body component by way of a placing installation, in which a plug magazine having a plurality of plugs is accommodated, which can be set into the respective openings in direct succession by the placing installation without reloading. A method is provided for securely setting the plugs, wherein a peripheral elastic lip is provided at an outlet of the setting device, which lip retains the plugs in the plug magazine and can be elastically bent by an axial motion of the plugs in the axial direction of the robot tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Max KOSSMANN, Johannes BIX, Ingo SCHMIEDEL
  • Publication number: 20180021958
    Abstract: A robot tool for placing sealing plugs in openings in a vehicle body component includes a placing installation, in which a plug magazine having a plurality of plugs is accommodated, which plugs can be set into the respective openings in direct succession by the placing installation without reloading. A method is provided for securely setting the plugs, wherein the plugs can be pushed out of the plug magazine accommodated in the placing installation in predefined steps by a drive unit, wherein the plug magazine extends axially in a first direction and the drive unit is arranged on the plug magazine at an angle of 90-150° to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Ingo SCHMIEDEL, Max KOSSMANN
  • Patent number: 9656391
    Abstract: A robot tool is provided for the placing of closing plugs in openings in a vehicle body component. The robot tool includes a placing device in which a plug magazine with a plurality of plugs is accommodated, which plugs can be placed by way of the placing device without reloading directly behind one another in the respective openings. A method is provided for the secure placing of the plugs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Max Kossmann, Johannes Bix, Steve Williams, III, Braden Ross Nichols, Caitlin Elizabeth Browning, Amelia Faith Campbell
  • Publication number: 20160052134
    Abstract: A robot tool is provided for the placing of closing plugs in openings in a vehicle body component. The robot tool includes a placing device in which a plug magazine with a plurality of plugs is accommodated, which plugs can be placed by way of the placing device without reloading directly behind one another in the respective openings. A method is provided for the secure placing of the plugs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Max KOSSMANN, Johannes BIX, Steve Williams, III, Braden Ross Nichols, Caitlin Elizabeth Browning, Amelia Faith Campbell