Patents by Inventor Ralf Ringler

Ralf Ringler 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: 11440779
    Abstract: The lifting platform (10) has at least two lateral pillars (12, 14, 33). Each pillar has height-changeable, pivotable arms (13, 34, 44) that are displaceable telescopically in length. An end of each arm has a decoupling device with a receptacle (31, 41) for supporting an object. A carrying device (11, 50) has receiving points corresponding to the number of the receptacles (31, 41). The lifting platform and the carrying device are positioned with respect to each other without impairing an object resting on the at least one receptacle. The at least one receptacle (31, 41) is placed onto the at least one receiving point, and the carrying device (11, 50) together with the transferred at least one receptacle (31, 41) and an object thereon is removed from a region of the lifting platform (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Porsche AG
    Inventors: Ralf Ringler, Peter Horn
  • Publication number: 20180201490
    Abstract: The lifting platform (10) has at least two lateral pillars (12, 14, 33). Each pillar has height-changeable, pivotable arms (13, 34, 44) that are displaceable telescopically in length. An end of each arm has a decoupling device with a receptacle (31, 41) for supporting an object. A carrying device (11, 50) has receiving points corresponding to the number of the receptacles (31, 41). The lifting platform and the carrying device are positioned with respect to each other without impairing an object resting on the at least one receptacle. The at least one receptacle (31, 41) is placed onto the at least one receiving point, and the carrying device (11, 50) together with the transferred at least one receptacle (31, 41) and an object thereon is removed from a region of the lifting platform (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Ralf Ringler, Peter Horn
  • Patent number: 7023540
    Abstract: In the case of a method and a system for visually detecting paint gloss deviations, particularly a fogginess and mottling of the paint, in a surface paint coat of a vehicle by means of an illuminating system illuminating the vehicle, the outer surfaces of the two vehicle sides as well as additional surfaces of the forward and rearward vehicle body are illuminated by light beaming devices of the illuminating system in a partially areal manner. These surfaces are to be checked at a distance from the vehicle at predefined viewing ranges and from fixed viewing positions on a marked path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche AG
    Inventors: Ralf Ringler, Mario Pawlowski
  • Publication number: 20040119980
    Abstract: In the case of a method and a system for visually detecting paint gloss deviations, particularly a fogginess and mottling of the paint, in a surface paint coat of a vehicle by means of an illuminating system illuminating the vehicle, the outer surfaces of the two vehicle sides as well as additional surfaces of the forward and rearward vehicle body are illuminated by light beaming devices of the illuminating system in a partially areal manner. These surfaces are to be checked at a distance from the vehicle at predefined viewing ranges and from fixed viewing positions on a marked path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Ralf Ringler, Mario Pawlowski