Patents by Inventor Peter Löffler

Peter Löffler 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: 20180308029
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to allocation of resources. For example, a method for allocating a workspace to a set of employees in an office building may include: storing infrastructure data of the office building in a building management system; storing work profiles of the employees in an employee database, wherein the respective work profiles include comfort preferences of the respective employees; accessing planned work activities with a start time and end time stored in an electronic calendar for each employee; and determining and allocating a workspace to a respective employee on the basis of the infrastructure data, the respective work profile, and the respective planned activities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: Siemens Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Peter Löffler, Oliver Zechlin
  • Patent number: 9700980
    Abstract: Spindle units are provided for machining devices, in particular for a lathing spindle unit, center drive assembly or milling spindle unit. The spindle unit comprises: a spindle shaft rotatably supported in a housing, a chucking device disposed at the spindle shaft for clamping a workpiece or a tool, a motor drive connected to the spindle shaft for driving the spindle shaft around a drive axis, a clamping device for clamping the spindle shaft at a freely selectable angular position around the drive axis, wherein the clamping device is disposed between the spindle shaft and a stationary part of the spindle unit, and an actuating device for actuating and/or releasing the clamping device. The clamping device can be axially actuated in the direction of the drive axis such that an axial or substantial axial clamping force acts in the direction of the drive axis with the clamping device being actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Inventors: Erich Lindner, Peter Löffler, Christian Steidle
  • Publication number: 20150033918
    Abstract: Spindle units are provided for machining devices, in particular for a lathing spindle unit, center drive assembly or milling spindle unit. The spindle unit comprises: a spindle shaft rotatably supported in a housing, a chucking device disposed at the spindle shaft for clamping a workpiece or a tool, a motor drive connected to the spindle shaft for driving the spindle shaft around a drive axis, a clamping device for clamping the spindle shaft at a freely selectable angular position around the drive axis, wherein the clamping device is disposed between the spindle shaft and a stationary part of the spindle unit, and an actuating device for actuating and/or releasing the clamping device. The clamping device can be axially actuated in the direction of the drive axis such that an axial or substantial axial clamping force acts in the direction of the drive axis with the clamping device being actuated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: SCHUSTER MASCHINENBAU GMBH
    Inventors: Erich Lindner, Peter Löffler, Christian Steidle