Patents by Inventor Michael Zurn

Michael Zurn 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).

  • Workstation
    Patent number: 9981394
    Abstract: A human-robot cooperation (HRC) workstation has a programmable industrial robot (4) and a manual working area (14) for a worker (5) in a region surrounding the industrial robot (4). In the HRC workstation (1), the working areas of the industrial robot (4) and the worker (5) overlap. Contact between the worker (5) and the industrial robot (4) is possible. The workstation (1) is divided into a plurality of different zones (17, 18, 19, 20) having differently high levels of risk of hazard from the industrial robot (4) for the worker (5). The industrial robot (4) is suitable for human-robot cooperation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: KUKA SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Robert Haman, Richard Zunke, Willi Klumpp, Michael Zürn, Ralf Kühnemann, Otmar Honsberg, Matthias Reichenbach, Simon Klumpp, Andreas Domke, Konrad Wirth, Christian Eberdt, Kurt Strauss, Alexander Gürtler, Reinhard Neureiter, Thomas Rau, Julian Stockschläder
  • WORKSTATION
    Publication number: 20160229068
    Abstract: A human-robot cooperation (HRC) workstation has a programmable industrial robot (4) and a manual working area (14) for a worker (5) in a region surrounding the industrial robot (4). In the HRC workstation (1), the working areas of the industrial robot (4) and the worker (5) overlap. Contact between the worker (5) and the industrial robot (4) is possible. The workstation (1) is divided into a plurality of different zones (17, 18, 19, 20) having differently high levels of risk of hazard from the industrial robot (4) for the worker (5). The industrial robot (4) is suitable for human-robot cooperation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Robert HAMAN, Richard ZUNKE, Willi KLUMPP, Michael ZÜRN, Ralf KÜHNEMANN, Otmar HONSBERG, Matthias REICHENBACH, Simon KLUMPP, Andreas DOMKE, Konrad WIRTH, Christian EBERDT, Kurt STRAUSS, Alexander GÜRTLER, Reinhard NEUREITER, Thomas RAU, Julian STOCKSCHLÄDER
  • Process for manufacturing composite bodies made of plastics
    Patent number: 6165300
    Abstract: In order to manufacture compound composite bodies having at least two lay with a support material made completely or substantially from a polymer and with a porous layer firmly connected thereto, a substantially microwave-permeable polymer is utilized for the support material and a polymer having microwave absorbing properties is utilized for the porous layer. The polymer for the porous layer, treated with foaming agent, is heated with microwave energy up to the decomposition temperature of the foaming agent. The resulting polymer foam is sufficiently heated using microwave energy that the support material, at its bordering layer adjacent the foamed polymer, is sufficiently melted substantially due to heat conduction out of the foamed layer that, subsequent to cooling, a firm composite between the support material and the foamed polymer is effected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Peter Elsner, Adam Geissler, Rudolf Emmerich, Michael Zurn, Peter Eyerer, Lars Ziegler, Maik Ziegler