Patents by Inventor Roger Loer

Roger Loer 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: 9219289
    Abstract: The invention relates to an equipping station for equipping motor vehicle battery housings with sets of electrode plates for manufacturing a motor vehicle battery wherein the equipping station has at least one feed section for unequipped battery housings, at least one discharge station for equipped battery housings, at least one apparatus for feedings sets of electrode plates and at least one first equipping section, which is arranged between the feed section and the discharge section and in which sets of electrode plates which have been fed by means of the apparatus for feeding sets of electrode plates are inserted into the battery housing, wherein the first equipping section has a base part, wherein the base part is formed without a conveying apparatus for the battery housing, and the equipping station has at least one first extendable slide, via which a battery housing is horizontally displaceable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Autobatterie GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventor: Roger Loer
  • Patent number: 8756798
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for fitting and equipping motor vehicle battery housings as a compact system, which comprises individual production stations and associated transport devices, wherein the battery plate packs to be processed are arranged in clamping cassettes and are provided to the device in the necessary pack width for the intended battery cells by a feeding station arranged upstream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignees: Sasit Industrietechnik GmbH, VB Autobatterie GmbH & Co. KGAA
    Inventors: Jochen Meier, Thomas Dörffel, Roger Loer
  • Publication number: 20130125388
    Abstract: The invention relates to an equipping station (4) for equipping motor vehicle battery housings (23, 61) with sets of electrode plates (41) for manufacturing a motor vehicle battery, wherein the equipping station (4) has at least one feed section (20) for unequipped battery housings (23), at least one discharge section (22) for equipped battery housings (61), at least one apparatus for feeding sets of electrode plates (40) and at least one first equipping section (21), which is arranged between the feed section (20) and the discharge section (22) and in which sets of electrode plates (41) which have been fed by means of the apparatus for feeding sets of electrode plates (40) are Inserted into the battery housing (23), wherein the first equipping section (21) has a base part (24), which acts as a bearing surface for the battery housing (23) during the insertion operation of the sets of electrode plates (41), wherein the base part (24) is formed without a conveying apparatus for the battery housing (23), and the
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: Johnson Controls Autobatterie GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventor: Roger Loer
  • Publication number: 20120240394
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for fitting and equipping motor vehicle battery housings as a compact system, which comprises individual production stations and associated transport devices, wherein the battery plate packs to be processed are arranged in clamping cassettes and are provided to the device in the necessary pack width for the intended battery cells by a feeding station arranged upstream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicants: VB AUTOBATTERIE GMBH & CO. KGAA, SASIT INDUSTRIETECHNIK GMBH ZWICKAU
    Inventors: Jochen Meier, Thomas Dörffel, Roger Loer