Patents by Inventor Roland Schneider

Roland Schneider 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: 11965535
    Abstract: A screw includes a shank where a thread helix receiving groove winds around the shank and is disposed in the shank. A thread helix is disposed in the thread helix receiving groove where the thread helix has an expandable helix section. The shank has, at the thread helix receiving groove, a wedge flank for radially expanding the expandable helix section as the shank is moved relative to the expandable helix section. The expandable helix section has a helical back and a plurality of expansion fingers projecting axially from the helical back towards the wedge flank. The wedge flank of the thread helix receiving groove is configured for radially displacing the plurality of expansion fingers outwardly as the shank is moved relative to the plurality of expansion fingers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Roland Schneider
  • Patent number: 11828312
    Abstract: A method for temporarily releasing a screw anchorage includes unscrewing and removing a primary screw having a thread that is tappingly engaged in a mating thread in an ungrouted hole in a mineral substrate from the ungrouted hole. Subsequently to the unscrewing and removing, a retrofitting screw is screwed into the hole to form an annular gap between the retrofitting screw and the mineral substrate. A hardenable grout is placed in the annular gap and the hardenable grout is hardened in the annular gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Frederic Pol, Cristian Jimenez, Michael Ziltener, Roland Schneider
  • Publication number: 20230287921
    Abstract: A screw having a shank, wherein the shank has a tip end and a rear end, and a screw thread, which is connected to the shank, and which winds around the shank, wherein a wedge groove is provided in the shank, which wedge groove winds around the shank and extends alongside at least a section of the screw thread, wherein the wedge groove is delimited by a rearwardly tapered wedge flank for wedging a grout shell surrounding the shank, characterized in that the shank has a buffer zone, which extends alongside the wedge flank and alongside the screw thread, and which adjoins the wedge flank and which adjoins the screw thread, wherein the rearward taper of the wedge flank is larger than the rearward taper of the buffer zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventor: Roland SCHNEIDER
  • Publication number: 20230279892
    Abstract: A screw having a shank, wherein the shank has a tip end, a rear end, and a longitudinal axis extending through the tip end and through the rear end, wherein the tip end and the rear end are opposite ends of the shank, and a screw thread, which is connected to the shank, and which winds around the shank, wherein a wedge groove is provided in the shank, which wedge groove winds around the shank and extends alongside at least a section of the screw thread, wherein the wedge groove is delimited by a rearwardly tapered wedge flank for wedging a grout shell surrounding the shank. At least one ridge is provided within the wedge groove, wherein the ridge compartmentalizes the wedge groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventor: Roland SCHNEIDER
  • Publication number: 20230279891
    Abstract: A screw having a shank, wherein the shank has a tip end, a rear end, and a longitudinal axis extending through the tip end and through the rear end, wherein the tip end and the rear end are opposite ends of the shank, and a screw thread, which is connected to the shank, and which winds around the shank, wherein a wedge groove is provided in the shank, which wedge groove winds around the shank and extends alongside at least a section of the screw thread, wherein the wedge groove is delimited by a rearwardly tapered wedge flank for wedging a grout shell surrounding the shank. The screw thread extends further towards the rear end of the shank than does the wedge groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventor: Roland SCHNEIDER
  • Patent number: 11724339
    Abstract: A method for producing a drill shaft for a wet drill bit includes forming N, where N?1, strip materials into a tubular body where the tubular body is integrally joined at strip edges of the strip materials by N connection welds. At least one strip material of the strip materials is provided with at least one recess before the integral joining of the strip edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Florian Schroeder, Christoph Weber, Roland Schneider
  • Publication number: 20230175543
    Abstract: A screw including a shank having a tip end and a rear end, which is located opposite the tip end, and at least one screw thread, which is arranged on the shank, which winds around the shank and which protrudes from the shank, wherein the screw thread includes a separate screw thread section, which is constituted by a separate helix element that is non-monolithically arranged on the shank. The at least one screw thread includes a thread start, which extends further towards the tip end than does the separate screw thread section, and which forms a generally helical continuation of the separate screw thread section, wherein the thread start and the shank are monolithic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Roland SCHNEIDER, Florian ZIELBAUER, Christian GEBAUER, Guenter DOMANI
  • Publication number: 20230088568
    Abstract: A screw including a shank, at least one screw thread, which is arranged on the shank, winds around the shank and protrudes from the shank, and a separate helix element, which is arranged non-monolithically on the shank, wherein the separate helix element winds around the shank, protrudes from the shank, and constitutes at least a section of the at least one screw thread. The screw further includes at least one first claw, which projects from the shank, and which has both radial and axial overlap with the separate helix element, wherein the shank and the at least one first claw are monolithic with respect to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Roland SCHNEIDER, Florian ZIELBAUER, Christian GEBAUER, Guenter DOMANI
  • Publication number: 20230077013
    Abstract: A screw includes a shank having a tip, a rear end which is disposed opposite the tip, and a longitudinal axis which extends through the tip and through the rear end. The shank consists of a first steel material. A screw thread helix is disposed on the shank and protrudes from the shank. The screw thread helix consists of a second steel material that is different from the first steel material. Both the first steel material and the second steel material are stainless steels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventor: Roland SCHNEIDER
  • Publication number: 20220389950
    Abstract: A screw including a shank having a tip, a rear end, which is located opposite the tip, and a longitudinal axis, which extends through the tip and through the rear end, and a screw thread helix, which is arranged on the shank, wherein the screw thread helix has a screw thread ridge for engaging into an internal screw thread groove, wherein the shank has a rearwardly facing abutment structure, which extends alongside the screw thread helix, for axial abutment of the screw thread helix. The pitch of the screw thread ridge increases as the axial distance of the screw thread ridge from the tip increases, and the screw thread helix has axial tipward play with respect to the rearwardly facing abutment structure, so as to permit axial compression of the screw thread helix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventor: Roland SCHNEIDER
  • Publication number: 20220373016
    Abstract: A screw including a shank having a tip, a rear end, which is located opposite the tip, and a longitudinal axis, which extends through the tip and through the rear end, and a screw thread helix, which is arranged on the shank, wherein the screw thread helix has a screw thread ridge for engaging into an internal screw thread groove. The screw thread helix has axial tipward play with respect to the shank, wherein the tipward play increases as the axial distance of the screw thread helix from the tip increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventor: Roland SCHNEIDER
  • Publication number: 20220196054
    Abstract: A screw includes a shank where a thread helix receiving groove winds around the shank and is disposed in the shank. A thread helix is disposed in the thread helix receiving groove where the thread helix has an expandable helix section. The shank has, at the thread helix receiving groove, a wedge flank for radially expanding the expandable helix section as the shank is moved relative to the expandable helix section. The expandable helix section has a helical back and a plurality of expansion fingers projecting axially from the helical back towards the wedge flank. The wedge flank of the thread helix receiving groove is configured for radially displacing the plurality of expansion fingers outwardly as the shank is moved relative to the plurality of expansion fingers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventor: Roland SCHNEIDER
  • Patent number: 11155003
    Abstract: A method for the layered production of a green body (10) from powdery material, including insert elements which are placed at defined positions in the powdery material, in which the green body (10) is segmented in a building direction (16) into N, N?2 consecutive, cylindrical cross-sectional areas (11, 12, 13, 14, 15) made up of a two-dimensional cross-sectional surface and a layer thickness. Setting areas for the insert elements are defined in the cross-sectional areas of the green body (10) which include the defined positions for the insert elements, and loose powder particles surrounding the setting elements are at least partially bonded to each other before the insert elements are placed into the powdery material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Maria Zivcec, Robert Spring, Roland Schneider
  • Patent number: 11148359
    Abstract: A method for the layered production of a component (10) from powdery material including loose powder particles, based on three-dimensional data of the component (10), including the method steps: the component (10) is segmented in a building direction (16) into N, N?2 consecutive, cylindrical cross-sectional areas (11, 12, 13, 14, 15) made up of a two-dimensional cross-sectional surface and a layer thickness; N powder layers of the powdery material are applied to a building plane perpendicular to the building direction (16); the loose powder particles in the cross-sectional areas (11, 12, 13, 14, 15) of the component (10) are at least partially bonded to each other and to the underlying cross-sectional area and; loose powder particles arranged within one cross-sectional area or within multiple consecutive cross-sectional areas in the building direction (16) are at least partially removed from the component (10) during the layered production of the component (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Maria Zivcec, Robert Spring, Roland Schneider
  • Publication number: 20210310963
    Abstract: A method for rating a fastener arrangement that includes a mineral substrate having a hole and a screw which is disposed in the hole, includes unscrewing the screw out of the hole, following the unscrewing, optically inspecting the hole for presence or absence of grout in the hole, and rating the hole as satisfactory when grout has been optically detected in the hole and rating the hole as unsatisfactory when grout has not been optically detected in the hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Frederic POL, Cristian JIMENEZ, Michael ZILTENER, Roland SCHNEIDER, Alexander CLAUS
  • Publication number: 20210301853
    Abstract: A method for temporarily releasing a screw anchorage includes unscrewing and removing a primary screw having a thread that is tappingly engaged in a mating thread in an ungrouted hole in a mineral substrate from the ungrouted hole. Subsequently to the unscrewing and removing, a retrofitting screw is screwed into the hole to form an annular gap between the retrofitting screw and the mineral substrate. A hardenable grout is placed in the annular gap and the hardenable grout is hardened in the annular gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Frederic POL, Cristian JIMENEZ, Michael ZILTENER, Roland SCHNEIDER
  • Publication number: 20210285848
    Abstract: A method for rating a screw which is disposed in a hole in a concrete or masonry substrate includes applying a screw torque to the screw, measuring motion data of the screw in response to the applied screw torque, and rating the screw as either satisfactory or unsatisfactory on a basis of the measured motion data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Frederic POL, Cristian JIMENEZ, Michael ZILTENER, Roland SCHNEIDER, Alexander CLAUS
  • Patent number: 11104031
    Abstract: A method for the layered production of a green body from powdery or paste-like material, including cutting elements based on three-dimensional data of the green body, the green body being segmented in a building direction into N (N?2) consecutive cylindrical cross-sectional areas made up of a two-dimensional cross-sectional surface perpendicular to the building direction and a layer thickness in parallel to the building direction, including the method steps: the cross-sectional areas of the green body are each divided into material areas, and setting areas, in which the cutting elements are situated; the material areas in the building direction are applied to a building plane situated perpendicularly to the building direction, until at least one cavity formed by one setting area or by multiple consecutive setting areas in the building direction, has the necessary insert height for placing the cutting elements; and at least one cutting element is placed into the cavities having the necessary insert height for
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Maria Zivcec, Robert Spring, Roland Schneider
  • Publication number: 20210129267
    Abstract: A method for producing a drill shaft for a wet drill bit includes forming N, where N?1, strip materials into a tubular body where the tubular body is integrally joined at strip edges of the strip materials by N connection welds. At least one strip material of the strip materials is provided with at least one recess before the integral joining of the strip edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Florian SCHROEDER, Christoph WEBER, Roland SCHNEIDER
  • Publication number: 20210129234
    Abstract: A core bit for producing a borehole in a workpiece includes a cutting portion with one or more cutting segments, a drill shaft portion with a tubular drill shaft, and a connecting device which connects the cutting portion and the drill shaft portion releasably or non-releasably together. The tubular drill shaft is configured as a welded spiral tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Florian SCHROEDER, Roland SCHNEIDER, Christoph WEBER