Patents by Inventor Michael Buchler
Michael Buchler 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: 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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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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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: 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: 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: 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: 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
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Patent number: 8987040Abstract: A production device (2) and a method for forming multilayered (3, 4, 5, 6, 7) modules, in particular solar modules (1), which have at least one translucent sheet-like layer (3, 6) and at least one solar- or light-active element is provided. The production device (2) forms the layer structure and has an applicator (33) for a connecting layer (5, 7) for the aforementioned layers (3, 4, 6). Furthermore, the device has a controllable curve(arch)-forming device (17) for bending and rolling a sheet-like layer (3, 6) while the layers are being applied.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2011Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignees: Kuka Systems GmbH, Dirk AlbrechtInventors: Dirk Albrecht, Jürgen Liepert, Michael Büchler, Rudolf Huber, Thomas Kugler, Peter Kiemstedt
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Publication number: 20130065353Abstract: A production device (2) and a method for forming multilayered (3, 4, 5, 6, 7) modules, in particular solar modules (1), which have at least one translucent sheet-like layer (3, 6) and at least one solar- or light-active element is provided. The production device (2) forms the layer structure and has an applicator (33) for a connecting layer (5, 7) for the aforementioned layers (3, 4, 6). Furthermore, the device has a controllable curve(arch)-forming device (17) for bending and rolling a sheet-like layer (3, 6) while the layers are being applied.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Inventors: Dirk Albrecht, Jürgen Liepert, Michael Büchler, Rudolf Huber, Thomas Kugler, Peter Kiemstedt
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Patent number: 6910013Abstract: The invention relates first of all to a method for identifying a transient acoustic scene, said method including the extraction, during an extraction phase, of characteristic features from an acoustic signal captured by at least one microphone (2a, 2b), and the identification, during an identification phase, of the transient acoustic scene on the basis of the extracted characteristics. According to the invention, at least auditory-based characteristics are identified in the extraction phase. Also specified are an application of the method per this invention and a hearing device.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2001Date of Patent: June 21, 2005Assignee: Phonak AGInventors: Sylvia Allegro, Michael Büchler
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Patent number: 6895098Abstract: A method for operating a hearing device (1) including the extraction, during an extraction phase, of characteristic features from an acoustical signal captured by at least one microphone (2a, 2b), and the processing, during an identification phase and with the aid of Hidden Markov Models, of the characteristic features especially for the determination of a momentary acoustic scene or of sounds and/or for voice and word recognition. A hearing device is also specified.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2001Date of Patent: May 17, 2005Assignee: Phonak AGInventors: Sylvia Allegro, Michael Büchler
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Publication number: 20020090098Abstract: This invention relates first of all to a method for operating a hearing device (1), said method including the extraction, during an extraction phase, of characteristic features from an acoustic signal captured by at least one microphone (2a, 2b), and the processing, during an identification phase and with the aid of Hidden Markov Models, of said characteristic features especially for the determination of a transient acoustic scene or of sounds and/or for voice and word recognition.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2001Publication date: July 11, 2002Inventors: Silvia Allegro, Michael Buchler
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Publication number: 20020037087Abstract: The invention relates first of all to a method for identifying a transient acoustic scene, said method including the extraction, during an extraction phase, of characteristic features from an acoustic signal captured by at least one microphone (2a, 2b), and the identification, during an identification phase, of the transient acoustic scene on the basis of the extracted characteristics. According to the invention, at least auditory-based characteristics are identified in the extraction phase. Also specified are an application of the method per this invention and a hearing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2001Publication date: March 28, 2002Inventors: Sylvia Allegro, Michael Buchler