Patents by Inventor Ralf Riemensperger

Ralf Riemensperger 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: 12204310
    Abstract: Production system for processing workpieces, having a robot module, a workpiece carrier module and a machining module, all of them being working modules, wherein each of said working modules includes an interface surface, the interface surface having a supply interface and a communication interface, wherein the robot module includes a robot and a robot controller for handling workpieces, wherein the workpiece carrier module includes a plurality of workpiece locations for receiving unmachined and finished workpieces, wherein the machining module includes a processing system for carrying out at least one processing operation on at least one workpiece; wherein a data carrier is assigned to each of the working modules, which a data carrier stores processing data, the processing data including a transfer position for workpieces and being coded for processing in the robot controller of the robot module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Festo SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ralf Riemensperger, Timo Höhl
  • Publication number: 20230053810
    Abstract: Production system for processing workpieces, having a robot module, a workpiece carrier module and a machining module, all of them being working modules, wherein each of said working modules includes an interface surface, the interface surface having a supply interface and a communication interface, wherein the robot module includes a robot and a robot controller for handling workpieces, wherein the workpiece carrier module includes a plurality of workpiece locations for receiving unmachined and finished workpieces, wherein the machining module includes a processing system for carrying out at least one processing operation on at least one workpiece; wherein a data carrier is assigned to each of the working modules, which a data carrier stores processing data, the processing data including a transfer position for workpieces and being coded for processing in the robot controller of the robot module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Ralf Riemensperger, Timo Höhl
  • Publication number: 20230018335
    Abstract: Machining system for machining workpieces, having a transport module which includes a transporter for transporting workpiece carriers along a transport path and a plurality of coupling areas, and having at least one process module, which includes a processing system for processing workpieces, a transport system for transporting workpiece carriers between the transport path and a processing position assigned to the processing system, and a coupling system for coupling to the transport module, the transport module including at least one manipulator from the group: stop device for temporarily stopping a workpiece carrier, deflection device for deflecting the direction of a workpiece carrier, and wherein the process module provides a control signal to the at least one manipulator of the transport module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventor: Ralf Riemensperger
  • Publication number: 20220234155
    Abstract: A machining system for workpiece machining includes a machining cell, to which a workpiece holder for fixing a workpiece, a machining head for machining the workpiece and a robot for workpiece cleaning are assigned, wherein the robot has an articulated robot arm which is mounted with an initial section on a machine frame connected to the machining cell and which is provided at an end section remote from the initial section with a nozzle, which is designed to provide a jet of compressed air, a joint being arranged between the initial section and the end section, wherein the joint is provided with a pneumatic drive for providing a relative movement between the initial section and the end section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventor: Ralf Riemensperger