Patents by Inventor Michael Büchler
Michael Büchler 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).
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Patent number: 10646953Abstract: A pressure welding method and a pressure welding device (1) includes a plasticizing unit (7), a compression unit (8), a machine head (13) that includes a spindle (54) and a component holder (34). The pressure welding device (1) further includes a spindle drive (56) and an actuation mechanism (41) that includes an actuation drive (65) for the component holder (34). The actuation drive (65) is placed between the spindle drive (56) and the spindle (54) within a drive train (57).Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2015Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: KUKA DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Michael Büchler, Otmar Fischer
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Patent number: 10596656Abstract: A pressure welding device (1) includes a plastification device (7), an upsetting device (8) and a mounting (11) for the components (2,3) to be welded together and a machine frame (12). The pressure welding device further includes a machine head (13) and an upsetting head (27) which can be moved relative one another along a machine axis (6). The mounting (11) includes a component seat (36), which is mounted on the machine frame (12) so as to be able to float between the machine head (13) and the upsetting head (27), and a preferably automatic adjusting device (17) for adaptation to different component dimensions, in particular component lengths.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2015Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: KUKA INDUSTRIES GMBHInventors: Michael Büchler, Otmar Fischer
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Patent number: 10543550Abstract: A pressure welding method and a pressure welding device (1) are provided. The pressure welding device (1) includes a plastification device (7), an upsetting device (8) and component mountings (34,35,36,37) for the components (2,3,3?,4) to be welded together and a machine frame (12). The pressure welding device (1) further includes a plurality of machine heads (13,14), each having a component mount (34,35), which machine heads are movably arranged on the machine frame and are connected to respective upsetting drives (22). The machine heads (13,14) and respective upsetting drives (22) can be independently driven. An upsetting head or support head (27), which is preferably secured on the frame, is arranged between the machine heads (13,14).Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2015Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: KUKA DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Michael Büchler, Otmar Fischer, Harald Meyer, Klaus Schneider
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Patent number: 10449628Abstract: A pressure welding method and to a pressure welding device (1) are provided. The pressure welding device (1) includes a plastification device (7), an upsetting device (8) and component mountings (34, 35, 36, 37) for the components (2, 3, 3?, 4) to be welded together and a machine frame (12). The pressure welding device (1) includes a machine head (13) which is arranged so as to move on the machine frame (12). The machine head (13) includes a rotatable spindle (54) and a component mounting element (34, 35) as well as an associated spindle drive (56). The machine head (13, 14) and the spindle drive (56) are separated from each other on the machine frame (12). A controllable mass decoupling (79) including an axially tolerant coupling (80), is arranged in the drive train (57) between the fixed or moveable spindle drive (56) arranged on the machine frame (12).Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2015Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: KUKA INDUSTRIES GMBHInventors: Michael Büchler, Otmar Fischer, Harald Meyer, Klaus Schneider
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Patent number: 10430875Abstract: A system integration tool integrates an external service to run in conjunction with or as part of a remote business accounting system. The system integration tool includes a front-end component and a back-end component. The front-end component remotely accesses accounts receivable data from the accounting system. The back-end component merge each financial transaction within the accounts receivable data with a credit score of an entity associated with the financial transaction at a date associated with the financial transaction. The back-end component generates an external service that secures the accounting system against insecure financial transactions and embeds the external service to run as part of the accounting system. The external services alert the business as to insecure financial transactions that lead to bad debt or disqualify such transactions from entry into the accounting systems.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2016Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: DUN & BRADSTREET EMERGING BUSINESSES CORP.Inventors: Chad Michael Buechler, Moujan Kazerani, Jeffrey M. Stibel, Aaron B. Stibel
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Patent number: 10421149Abstract: A pressure welding method and a pressure welding device are provided. The pressure welding device includes a plastification device (7), an upsetting device (8) and component mountings (34,35,36,37), for the components (2,3,3?,4) to be welded together, and a machine frame (12). The pressure welding device (1) further includes a machine head (13,14) with a component mounting (34, 35) and an associated additional component mounting (36, 37) and the machine head (13) is moveably arranged on the machine frame (12). The pressure welding device includes a machining device (18), for the welding part (5,5?), which is associated with the machine head (13,14) or the additional component mountings (36, 37). An adjusting device (17) generates a relative movement between the machine head (13,14) and the associated additional component mounting (36,37) for machining the welding part (5,5?).Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2015Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: KUKA INDUSTRIES GMBHInventors: Michael Büchler, Otmar Fischer, Harald Meyer, Klaus Schneider
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Patent number: 10232465Abstract: A pressure welding device (1) and a pressure welding method are provided. The pressure welding device (1) includes a plastification unit (5), a positioning and compressing unit (6), a controller (26), and an advance unit (7) for a workpiece (3) and for the process axis (13). The advance unit (7) has an open- or closed-loop controllable hydraulic advance drive (12) that is formed as an open- or closed-loop controllable electro-hydraulic direct drive for the process axis (13).Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2014Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: KUKA INDUSTRIES GMBHInventors: Michael Büchler, Otmar Fischer, Klaus Schneider, Thomas Hauck
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Patent number: 10210539Abstract: Some embodiments provide an independent authentication system for authenticating entities that have registered accounts across different online service providers on behalf of the service providers. The authentication system maintains a database of previously verified entity information. A service provider requests authentication by providing the authentication system with unverified and basic identifying information used by an entity when registering with the service provider. The authentication system attempts to match the registration information against previously verified information for a known entity. When a match is found, the authentication system generates a series of challenge questions. The questions are submitted to the entity through the service provider and answers are processed in order to authenticate the entity.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2015Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: DUN & BRADSTREET EMERGING BUSINESSES CORP.Inventors: Jeffrey M. Stibel, Chad Michael Buechler, Raymond Landgraf, Peter Delgrosso, Aaron B. Stibel
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Publication number: 20180290231Abstract: A pressure welding device (1) includes a plastification device (7), an upsetting device (8) and a mounting (11) for the components (2,3) to be welded together and a machine frame (12). The pressure welding device further includes a machine head (13) and an upsetting head (27) which can be moved relative one another along a machine axis (6). The mounting (11) includes a component seat (36), which is mounted on the machine frame (12) so as to be able to float between the machine head (13) and the upsetting head (27), and a preferably automatic adjusting device (17) for adaptation to different component dimensions, in particular component lengths.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2015Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Michael BÜCHLER, Otmar FISCHER
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Patent number: 10029329Abstract: A pressure welding device (1), especially a friction welding device, holds workpiece parts (2, 4) in clamping devices (6, 7) and axially moves the workpieces towards each other by means of a feed device (21). The pressure welding device (1) has a measuring device (8, 13), measuring in a contactless manner. The measuring device detects the surface condition and/or the concentricity and/or true running and/or the axial runout and/or radial runout in a front welding region (3, 5) of a workpiece part (2, 4).Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2013Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: KUKA SYSTEMS GMBHInventors: Michael Büchler, Otmar Honsberg
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Patent number: 10007955Abstract: Some embodiments provide a system that generates different customized decks of cards with each deck being customized for a different user with a condensed and filtered set of business data that is relevant to that user. The customizations are based in part on monitored user behavior and user interactions with the cards. Cards identifying businesses that the user has viewed for the most amount of time, recommended to others, approved, or positively reviewed or rated are assigned high values. Cards identifying businesses that the user has viewed for the least amount of time, rejected, or negatively reviewed or rated are assigned low values. The system then continually updates the deck to remove cards identifying business with the lowest values while adding cards identifying businesses that resemble other businesses with assigned high values.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2014Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: DUN & BRADSTREET EMERGING BUSINESSES CORP.Inventors: Jeffrey M. Stibel, Judith G. Hackett, Chad Michael Buechler, Brandon Mills
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Publication number: 20180040063Abstract: A system integration tool integrates an external service to run in conjunction with or as part of a remote business accounting system. The system integration tool includes a front-end component and a back-end component. The front-end component remotely accesses accounts receivable data from the accounting system. The back-end component merge each financial transaction within the accounts receivable data with a credit score of an entity associated with the financial transaction at a date associated with the financial transaction. The back-end component generates an external service that secures the accounting system against insecure financial transactions and embeds the external service to run as part of the accounting system. The external services alert the business as to insecure financial transactions that lead to bad debt or disqualify such transactions from entry into the accounting systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2016Publication date: February 8, 2018Inventors: Chad Michael Buechler, Moujan Kazerani, Jeffrey M. Stibel, Aaron B. Stibel
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Publication number: 20170348793Abstract: A pressure welding method and to a pressure welding device (1) are provided. The pressure welding device (1) includes a plastification device (7), an upsetting device (8) and component mountings (34, 35, 36, 37) for the components (2, 3, 3?, 4) to be welded together and a machine frame (12). The pressure welding device (1) includes a machine head (13) which is arranged so as to move on the machine frame (12). The machine head (13) includes a rotatable spindle (54) and a component mounting element (34, 35) as well as an associated spindle drive (56). The machine head (13, 14) and the spindle drive (56) are separated from each other on the machine frame (12). A controllable mass decoupling (79) including an axially tolerant coupling (80), is arranged in the drive train (57) between the fixed or moveable spindle drive (56) arranged on the machine frame (12).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2015Publication date: December 7, 2017Applicant: KUKA INDUSTRIES GMBHInventors: Michael BÜCHLER, Otmar FISCHER, Harald MEYER, Klaus SCHNEIDER
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Publication number: 20170326667Abstract: A pressure welding method and a pressure welding device (1) are provided. The pressure welding device (1) includes a plastification device (7), an upsetting device (8) and component mountings (34,35,36,37) for the components (2,3,3?,4) to be welded together and a machine frame (12). The pressure welding device (1) further includes a plurality of machine heads (13,14), each having a component mount (34,35), which machine heads are movably arranged on the machine frame and are connected to respective upsetting drives (22). The machine heads (13,14) and respective upsetting drives (22) can be independently driven. An upsetting head or support head (27), which is preferably secured on the frame, is arranged between the machine heads (13,14).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2015Publication date: November 16, 2017Inventors: Michael BÜCHLER, Otmar FISCHER, Harald MEYER, Klaus SCHNEIDER
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Publication number: 20170304932Abstract: A pressure welding method and a pressure welding device (1) includes a plasticizing unit (7), a compression unit (8), a machine head (13) that includes a spindle (54) and a component holder (34). The pressure welding device (1) further includes a spindle drive (56) and an actuation mechanism (41) that includes an actuation drive (65) for the component holder (34). The actuation drive (65) is placed between the spindle drive (56) and the spindle (54) within a drive train (57).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2015Publication date: October 26, 2017Inventors: Michael BÜCHLER, Otmar FISCHER
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Publication number: 20170304931Abstract: A pressure welding method and a pressure welding device are provided. The pressure welding device includes a plastification device (7), an upsetting device (8) and component mountings (34,35,36,37), for the components (2,3,3?,4) to be welded together, and a machine frame (12). The pressure welding device (1) further includes a machine head (13,14) with a component mounting (34, 35) and an associated additional component mounting (36, 37) and the machine head (13) is moveably arranged on the machine frame (12). The pressure welding device includes a machining device (18), for the welding part (5,5?), which is associated with the machine head (13,14) or the additional component mountings (36, 37). An adjusting device (17) generates a relative movement between the machine head (13,14) and the associated additional component mounting (36,37) for machining the welding part (5,5?).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2015Publication date: October 26, 2017Inventors: Michael BÜCHLER, Otmar FISCHER, Harald MEYER, Klaus SCHNEIDER
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Publication number: 20160228978Abstract: A pressure welding device (1) and a pressure welding method are provided. The pressure welding device (1) includes a plastification unit (5), a positioning and compressing unit (6), a controller (26), and an advance unit (7) for a workpiece (3) and for the process axis (13). The advance unit (7) has an open- or closed-loop controllable hydraulic advance drive (12) that is formed as an open- or closed-loop controllable electro-hydraulic direct drive for the process axis (13).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2014Publication date: August 11, 2016Inventors: Michael BÜCHLER, Otmar FISCHER, Klaus SCHNEIDER, Thomas HAUCK
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Publication number: 20160117782Abstract: Some embodiments provide a system that generates different customized decks of cards with each deck being customized for a different user with a condensed and filtered set of business data that is relevant to that user. The customizations are based in part on monitored user behavior and user interactions with the cards. Cards identifying businesses that the user has viewed for the most amount of time, recommended to others, approved, or positively reviewed or rated are assigned high values. Cards identifying businesses that the user has viewed for the least amount of time, rejected, or negatively reviewed or rated are assigned low values. The system then continually updates the deck to remove cards identifying business with the lowest values while adding cards identifying businesses that resemble other businesses with assigned high values.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2014Publication date: April 28, 2016Inventors: Jeffrey M. Stibel, Moujan Kazerani, Judith G. Hackett, Chad Michael Buechler, Brandon Mills
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Publication number: 20160055555Abstract: Some embodiments provide a credibility platform for a multi-dimensional, holistic, and real-time derivation and presentation of entity credibility. The holistic derivation of credibility is predicated on attributing context to subjective data using objective data. The credibility platform produces entity-specific context by identifying temporal or relational associations between different instances of target entity data. The credibility platform also produces comparative context for comparing the credibility of a target entity to a group of related entities. The credibility platform encourages entity engagement in order to provide a cause and effect presentation of credibility and to ensure real-time relevance of the derived credibility. To encourage participation, the platform prioritizes the presentation of credibility on the basis of entity engagement and provides fixed links to the credibility interfaces of the entities.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2014Publication date: February 25, 2016Inventors: Brandon Mills, Chad Michael Buechler, Jeffrey M. Stibel, Aaron B. Stibel
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Publication number: 20150298249Abstract: A pressure welding device (1), especially a friction welding device, holds workpiece parts (2, 4) in clamping devices (6, 7) and axially moves the workpieces towards each other by means of a feed device (21). The pressure welding device (1) has a measuring device (8, 13), measuring in a contactless manner. The measuring device detects the surface condition and/or the concentricity and/or true running and/or the axial runout and/or radial runout in a front welding region (3, 5) of a workpiece part (2, 4).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2013Publication date: October 22, 2015Inventors: Michael BÜCHLER, Otmar HONSBERG