Patents by Inventor Paul Abele

Paul Abele 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: 9371186
    Abstract: The invention relates to a friction drive for force transmission, in particular for a transport conveying device, comprising a drive element (31) and an output element (34) and comprising a torque-limiting device (33), which acts therebetween and transmits a drive torque introduced by said drive element (31) up to a transmission torque, which can be set by means of the torque-limiting device (33), to the output element (34), and allows free running when a drive torque exceeds the set transmission torque, and which comprises at least one rolling bearing (41) having an inner race (42) and an outer race (46) and rolling bodies (45) arranged therebetween, and a clamping device (51), by means of which the inner race and the outer race of the at least one rolling bearing (41) of the torque-limiting device (33) can be displaced towards each other in an axial direction or can be clamped against each other in a radial direction and a transmission torque can be set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Kiener Maschinenbau GmbH
    Inventors: Waldemar Kiener, Paul Abele
  • Publication number: 20150298909
    Abstract: The invention relates to a friction drive for force transmission, in particular for a transport conveying device, comprising a drive element (31) and an output element (34) and comprising a torque-limiting device (33), which acts therebetween and transmits a drive torque introduced by said drive element (31) up to a transmission torque, which can be set by means of the torque-limiting device (33), to the output element (34), and allows free running when a drive torque exceeds the set transmission torque, and which comprises at least one rolling bearing (41) having an inner race (42) and an outer race (46) and rolling bodies (45) arranged therebetween, and a clamping device (51), by means of which the inner race and the outer race of the at least one rolling bearing (41) of the torque-limiting device (33) can be displaced towards each other in an axial direction or can be clamped against each other in a radial direction and a transmission torque can be set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Waldemar Kiener, Paul Abele
  • Publication number: 20060113222
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mounting apparatus for setting individual articles in a receptacle, having a sorting unit which has a plurality of storage spaces for accommodating a respective article and cyclically feeds the storage spaces of the sorting unit to a removal position, having a gripping device which removes the article from a storage space arranged in a removal position and cyclically feeds it to the receptacle in a setting position, the receptacle being held by a fixing device when the article is being set in said receptacle, at least two sorting units being provided, which can be optionally assigned to a removal position, and that at least one fixing device, or one gripping device, matched to the article to be set is assigned to the removal position at least in accordance with the number of different sizes, shapes, or sizes and shapes, of an article to be set in the receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2005
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Inventors: Waldemar Kiener, Paul Abele