Patents by Inventor Rene ERDMANN

Rene ERDMANN 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).

  • Energy guiding chain and monitoring system for protecting against line breaks
    Patent number: 9920815
    Abstract: An energy guiding chain (12) with additional protection against a line break is proposed. It includes link members (20) or segments for guiding one or more lines like cables, hoses or the like, wherein the link members or segments can be angled relative to each other to form a direction-changing curve (28). The protection means includes a detector for monitoring the energy guiding chain. The detector (16) is mechanically operatively connected to a low-stretch triggering cord (30) and has a sensor (36) for detecting a kinematic parameter of the triggering cord (30). A break (13) in the energy guiding chain (12 can be detected in good time by a change in the kinematic parameter. In that way guided cables, hoses or the like can be protected against a line break.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: IGUS GMBH
    Inventors: Thilo-Alexander Jaeker, Felix Berger, Rene Erdmann, Dominik Barten
  • ENERGY GUIDING CHAIN AND MONITORING SYSTEM FOR PROTECTING AGAINST LINE BREAKS
    Publication number: 20160348757
    Abstract: An energy guiding chain (12) with additional protection against a line break is proposed. It includes link members (20) or segments for guiding one or more lines like cables, hoses or the like, wherein the link members or segments can be angled relative to each other to form a direction-changing curve (28). The protection means includes a detector for monitoring the energy guiding chain. The detector (16) is mechanically operatively connected to a low-stretch triggering cord (30) and has a sensor (36) for detecting a kinematic parameter of the triggering cord (30). A break (13) in the energy guiding chain (12 can be detected in good time by a change in the kinematic parameter. In that way guided cables, hoses or the like can be protected against a line break.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Thilo-Alexander JAEKER, Felix BERGER, Rene ERDMANN, Dominik BARTEN