Patents by Inventor Robert Klöpper

Robert Klöpper 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: 20240118084
    Abstract: The application concerns a module (1, 1?, 1?) for positioning and orienting an object (28), comprising a carrier (2) comprising one or several stops (3, 3?, 8); a platform (4) configured to hold the object (28), the platform (4) comprising one or several positioning elements (6, 6?, 8), wherein the platform (4) is movably attached or attachable to the carrier (2), the carrier (2) constraining the platform (4) in at least one degree of freedom, and the platform (4) is selectively movable into any one of a plurality of discrete positions with respect to the carrier (2), each of the plurality of discrete positions defined by at least one of the one or several positioning elements (6, 6?, 8) engaging with a corresponding one of the one or several stops (3, 3?, 8); a movement mechanism (13) configured to translate and/or rotate the platform (4) with respect to the carrier (2) such as to move the platform (4) into any selected one of the plurality of discrete positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventor: Robert Klöpper
  • Patent number: 11333568
    Abstract: The invention relates to an adapter for a gravity pendulum, which adapter comprises a support for fastening a gravity body to be measured and at least two seat parts arranged at the support. The at least two seat parts comprise ellipsoid caps which can be held on a holder or on seating faces of a holder and are used to oscillate the adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Resonic GmbH
    Inventor: Robert Klöpper
  • Publication number: 20200182732
    Abstract: The invention relates to an adapter for a gravity pendulum, which adapter comprises a support for fastening a gravity body to be measured and at least two seat parts arranged at the support. The at least two seat parts comprise ellipsoid caps which can be held on a holder or on seating faces of a holder and are used to oscillate the adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventor: Robert Klöpper
  • Patent number: 10539479
    Abstract: The invention relates to an adapter for a gravity pendulum, which adapter comprises a support for fastening a gravity body to be measured and at least two seat parts arranged at the support. The at least two seat parts comprise ellipsoid caps which can be held on a holder or on seating faces of a holder and are used to oscillate the adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Resonic GmbH
    Inventor: Robert Klöpper
  • Patent number: 9846100
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices for determining inertia properties of an object, said devices comprising a support and a measuring platform which are arranged relative to each other in such a way that movements between two and five degrees of freedom are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Resonic GmbH
    Inventor: Robert Klöpper
  • Publication number: 20170059439
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices for determining inertia properties of an object, said devices comprising a support and a measuring platform which are arranged relative to each other in such a way that movements between two and five degrees of freedom are possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventor: Robert Klöpper
  • Publication number: 20160116362
    Abstract: The invention relates to an adapter for a gravity pendulum, which adapter comprises a support for fastening a gravity body to be measured and at least two seat parts arranged at the support. The at least two seat parts comprise ellipsoid caps which can be held on a holder or on seating faces of a holder and are used to oscillate the adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: Resonic GmbH
    Inventor: Robert Klöpper
  • Patent number: 9188503
    Abstract: A rigid body characteristic identification system which identifies rigid body characteristics of a measurement target including its mass and center of gravity position, provided with an immovable stationary part 10, moving parts 20 which can move with respect to the stationary part and include a measurement target T, support means 30 for supporting the moving parts with respect to the stationary part in a freely vibratable manner, measuring means 40 for measuring data which is necessary for calculating the natural frequency of the moving parts when the moving parts are vibrating, and analyzing means 50 for receiving as input the support conditions by the supporting means and the measurement data which was measured by the measuring means and for performing processing based on these support conditions and natural frequency calculated from the measurement data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Tokyo Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Robert Kloepper, Masaaki Okuma
  • Publication number: 20130139577
    Abstract: A rigid body characteristic identification system which identifies rigid body characteristics of a measurement target including its mass and center of gravity position, provided with an immovable stationary part 10, moving parts 20 which can move with respect to the stationary part and include a measurement target T, support means 30 for supporting the moving parts with respect to the stationary part in a freely vibratable manner, measuring means 40 for measuring data which is necessary for calculating the natural frequency of the moving parts when the moving parts are vibrating, and analyzing means 50 for receiving as input the support conditions by the supporting means and the measurement data which was measured by the measuring means and for performing processing based on these support conditions and natural frequency calculated from the measurement data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Inventors: Robert Kloepper, Masaaki Okuma