Patents by Inventor Peter Brugger

Peter Brugger 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).

  • Publication number: 20260027691
    Abstract: An electric power tool (10), in particular a handheld power tool, including a motor (40) and a tool fitting (14) for holding a tool, for example a drilling tool, a cutting tool, and/or a grinding tool, wherein the motor (40) is configured to drive the tool fitting (14). The power tool (10) is remote-controllable. It can have a protection device (42) which is activatable and/or deactivatable by remote control. A system (200) consisting of such a power tool (10) and a construction robot (210) is also provided. The power tool (10) can be used particularly universally and simply, in particular both manually and in an automated fashion by the construction robot (210).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: January 29, 2026
    Inventors: David WÖHRLE, Michael NITZSCHNER, Tobias SCHMID, Peter BRUGGER, Rory BRITZ, Markus HARTMANN, Florian HURKA, Georg FÜRFANGER, Mathias FRENZEL, Klaus HAUSER
  • Publication number: 20260027734
    Abstract: A holding frame (22) for receiving a tool (24) which has a storage battery interface (58) for receiving a storage battery (60) such that the latter is detachable, in particular detachable without the use of tools. The holding frame (22) has a holding portion (70) that is designed complementarily to the storage battery interface (58). The holding frame (22) furthermore has an attachment point (80) for attachment to a manipulator (18) of a construction robot (10). A construction robot (10) is also provided. The invention inexpensively allows particularly versatile use of the construction robot (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: January 29, 2026
    Inventors: Tobias SCHMID, Markus HARTMANN, Michael NITZSCHNER, Florian HURKA, Georg FÜRFANGER, David WÖHRLE, Peter BRUGGER, Rory BRITZ
  • Publication number: 20260021594
    Abstract: A construction robot (10), in particular for performance of building construction work, including a manipulator (18), a changeover interface (21) arranged on the manipulator (18) and configured for releasable arrangement of at least one element, in particular a tool (24) and/or a component to be processed, on the manipulator (18). A test device (104) which is configured for quality testing of the changeover interface (21), safety risks on use of the construction robot (10) can be minimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: January 22, 2026
    Inventors: Peter BRUGGER, Michael NITZSCHNER, Rory BRITZ, Florian HURKA, David WÖHRLE, Markus HARTMANN, Georg FÜRFANGER, Tobias SCHMID
  • Publication number: 20250353187
    Abstract: A construction robot for carrying out construction work on a construction site object includes a mobile platform, an end effector, where the end effector has a tool or a tool fitting and where the end effector has a contact element which is configured to contact the construction site object, a parallel manipulator, where the end effector and the mobile platform are connected to one another via the parallel manipulator, and a sensor system, where a pose of the end effector relative to the mobile platform is detectable by the sensor system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Publication date: November 20, 2025
    Inventors: Nitish KUMAR, Sascha KORL, Christian LANEGGER, Marco RUGGIA, Marco TOGNON, Lionel OTT, Roland SIEGWART, Peter BRUGGER, Julia ZANONA
  • Publication number: 20250319604
    Abstract: A construction robot for carrying out construction work on a construction site object includes a mobile platform, a manipulator which is movable relative to the mobile platform, and an optical sensor system which is at least partially disposed on the mobile platform. A control unit is configured to determine, using the optical sensor system, a position and/or an orientation of a tool disposed on the manipulator relative to the mobile platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Publication date: October 16, 2025
    Inventors: Peter BRUGGER, Julia ZANONA
  • Publication number: 20250135644
    Abstract: A method for controlling a construction robot which has a manipulator and wherein the manipulator has an end effector is disclosed, wherein the end effector is moved from a starting position to a working position, wherein an obstacle is identified, and the identified obstacle is bypassed. A construction robot is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Peter BRUGGER, Julia ZANONA, Stein M. NORNES, Eirik STRAND
  • Patent number: 12127840
    Abstract: A computerized method for performing psychoanalysis on a human being, the method performed on a computing device having a display screen operating a graphical user interface, the method including the steps of providing an image to the computing device, the image representing human, animal, human-like, or animal-like facial features, generating a mirrored image from the provided image about a vertical mirror axis with a data processor of the computing device, partially superposing the provided image and the mirrored image to create a vertical axi-symmetric image, one side of the vertical mirror axis showing a portion of the provided image, the other side showing a portion of the mirrored image, and displaying the vertical axi-symmetric image on the graphical user interface of the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Inventors: Joachim Scheuerer, Peter Brugger
  • Patent number: 12012131
    Abstract: A method for operating a tractive vehicle and a vehicle combination are disclosed. A tractive vehicle includes a first friction brake device for generating a first stopping braking-force, a traction device for generating a tractive force and a control device for controlling at least the traction device. The method includes a step whereby the traction device activated if a first undesired kinematic state is detected. Activation of the traction device would take place in such a way that a tractive force, counteracting the first undesired kinematic state, is generated and provided for deceleration to a standstill and/or for holding the tractive vehicle at a standstill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Bombardier Transportation GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Kretz, Christoph Oertli, Manuel Ayala, Peter Brugger, Peter Christener, Rüdiger Kögel
  • Publication number: 20240009847
    Abstract: A power tool system for a construction site is described, comprising a mobile power tool, the mobile power tool being set up for working, at at least one working position on the construction site, a control unit for controlling the mobile power tool, comprising a microprocessor unit and a program-code storage unit, in which program code that can be executed on the microprocessor unit can be stored, and also a structural-part data storage unit, in which at least one structural-part data record relating to at least one structural part to be used on the construction site can be stored, the control unit being set up to determine the working position on the basis of a structural-part data record stored in the structural-part data storage unit. A for controlling a mobile power tool is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Sasha LUKIC, Peter BRUGGER, Julia ZANONA, Eirik STRAND
  • Publication number: 20230330832
    Abstract: A construction site box for providing tools, power tools, power tool parts and/or consumables on a construction site, in particular on a building construction site or on a civil engineering construction site, is provided. The construction site box comprises at least one holder for holding a tool, a power tool, a power tool part and/or a consumable, a mobile transporting platform for transporting the construction site box and a motor for driving the transporting platform and enables a user of the construction site box to work on a construction site particularly efficiently and while safeguarding health.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Peter BRUGGER, Julia ZANONA
  • Publication number: 20230325744
    Abstract: A construction robot for performing construction tasks on a construction site, in particular a building construction site and/or a civil engineering construction site, comprising at least one manipulator for performing a construction task, an internal construction task management system, which is set up to store an internal construction task list of the construction robot in a retrievable manner, the internal construction task list comprising one or more construction tasks to be performed by the construction robot on the construction site, and a communication interface for communication with an external construction task management system, the external construction task management system being set up to store an external construction task list in a retrievable manner, the external construction task list comprising one or more construction tasks to be performed on the construction site, the construction robot being set up to send at least one construction task and/or a construction task status of a constructio
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Peter BRUGGER, Sascha KORL, Nitish KUMAR, Julia ZANONA
  • Publication number: 20230284947
    Abstract: A computerized method for performing psychoanalysis on a human being, the method performed on a computing device having a display screen operating a graphical user interface, the method including the steps of providing an image to the computing device, the image representing human, animal, human-like, or animal-like facial features, generating a mirrored image from the provided image about a vertical mirror axis with a data processor of the computing device, partially superposing the provided image and the mirrored image to create a vertical axi-symmetric image, one side of the vertical mirror axis showing a portion of the provided image, the other side showing a portion of the mirrored image, and displaying the vertical axi-symmetric image on the graphical user interface of the computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Joachim Scheuerer, Peter Brugger
  • Publication number: 20210269070
    Abstract: A method for operating a tractive vehicle and a vehicle combination are disclosed. A tractive vehicle includes a first friction brake device for generating a first stopping braking-force, a traction device for generating a tractive force and a control device for controlling at least the traction device. The method includes a step whereby the traction device is activated if a first undesired kinematic state is detected. Activation of the traction device would take place in such a way that a tractive force, counteracting the first undesired kinematic state, is generated and provided for deceleration to a standstill and/or for holding the tractive vehicle at a standstill.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Kretz, Christoph Oertli, Manuel Ayala, Peter Brugger, Peter Christener, Rüdiger Kögel
  • Patent number: 10688574
    Abstract: A method for controlling a device system (10) during the cutting of a workpiece (18) along a cutting line (43) up to a first end point (E1) using a saw head (12) that can be moved on a guide rail (11) along an advancing direction (26), whereby the saw head (12) is arranged on the guide rail (11) in a starting position (X0), and a first partial length (L1) extending from the starting position (X0) to the first end point (E1) of the cutting line (43) is entered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Peter Brugger
  • Patent number: 10413981
    Abstract: A device for cutting a workpiece along a cutting line between a first end point and a second end point including a saw head, comprising an advancing mechanism with a guide carriage and with an advancing motor. The saw head is arranged on the guide carriage movable along an advancing direction, including a sensor system with a sensor element for monitoring the saw head, the advancing mechanism or the work process, including a control unit with a control element to control the saw head, the advancing mechanism and the sensor system as well as an evaluation element to evaluate a measured quantity detected by the sensor system, including an operating device to operate the saw head and the advancing mechanism, and including a display. On the basis of the measured quantity, the control unit calculates the momentary work result which is shown on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Peter Brugger
  • Publication number: 20190005808
    Abstract: A method for the unique allocation of a first system component (14) of a device system (10), designed as a remote control, to a second and third system component (13, 12) of the device system (10), wherein the remote control (14) can be connected to the second system component (13) via a wireless and cableless communication link (35) or via a first cable or plug connection (36).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Peter Brugger, Wilfried Kaneider, Georg Studer
  • Publication number: 20170345289
    Abstract: A method for the unique allocation of a first system component (14) of a device system (10), designed as a remote control, to a second and third system component (13, 12) of the device system (10), wherein the remote control (14) can be connected to the second system component (13) via a wireless and cableless communication link (35) or via a first cable or plug connection (36).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Peter Brugger, Wilfried Kaneider, Georg Studer
  • Patent number: 9798313
    Abstract: A method for controlling a device system (10) having a saw blade (14) that is attached to a saw arm (15) and that can be moved along an advancing direction (26) by a motor-driven advancing mechanism (13), whereby there is an infeed motion of the saw arm (15) with the saw blade (14) into the workpiece (18) and, during the infeed motion of the saw arm (15) into the workpiece (18), a control unit (27) calculates an arc length (?) of the saw blade (14) that is engaged with the workpiece (18), and the calculated arc length (?) is compared to a pre-set, critical arc length (?crit) of the saw blade (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Brugger, Georg Studer
  • Patent number: 9469019
    Abstract: A control method according for an impact wrench includes ascertaining whether the impact wrench applies an impact when the drive shaft rotates in a lower speed range. The speed of the drive shaft then is increased to a higher speed range as a function of an ascertained impact during the rotation in the lower speed range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dieter Profunser, Peter Brugger, Jochen Kuntner
  • Publication number: 20160031022
    Abstract: A method for controlling a device system (10) during the cutting of a workpiece (18) along a cutting line (43) up to a first end point (E1) using a saw head (12) that can be moved on a guide rail (11) along an advancing direction (26), whereby the saw head (12) is arranged on the guide rail (11) in a starting position (X0), and a first partial length (L1) extending from the starting position (X0) to the first end point (E1) of the cutting line (43) is entered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Peter Brugger