Patents by Inventor Michael GIESEL

Michael GIESEL 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).

  • Joining method and joining appliance
    Patent number: 9737952
    Abstract: A method for joining studs to workpieces, in particular for the purpose of stud welding, comprising the steps of acquiring a distinguishing dimension of a stud to be joined by the application of a sensing element to the stud and through measurement of a travel distance of the sensing element as it is applied to the stud; and then joining the stud to a workpiece, if the dimension of the stud is within an allowable tolerance range, and the allowable tolerance range is adapted in dependence on the travel distance of the sensing element measured during a preceding method step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: NEWFREY LLC
    Inventors: Reinhold Broehl, Michael Giesel, Uwe Hett, Markus Isenberg, Udo Schulz, Rolf-Dieter Graf
  • JOINING METHOD AND JOINING APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20130037199
    Abstract: A method for joining studs to workpieces, in particular for the purpose of stud welding, comprising the steps of acquiring a distinguishing dimension of a stud to be joined by the application of a sensing element to the stud and through measurement of a travel distance of the sensing element as it is applied to the stud; and then joining the stud to a workpiece, if the dimension of the stud is within an allowable tolerance range, and the allowable tolerance range is adapted in dependence on the travel distance of the sensing element measured during a preceding method step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: NEWFREY LLC
    Inventors: Reinhold BROEHL, Michael GIESEL, Uwe HETT, Markus ISENBERG, Udo SCHULZ, Rolf-Dieter GRAF