Patents by Inventor Roman Frick

Roman Frick 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: 20130327902
    Abstract: A stand for carrying a load, in particular a surgical microscope, having a first number N of pivot bearings, pivotable at pivot axes (120a-120g), for making available a pivotability of a number of arms (130a-130e) of the stand, and/or of a mount (140) provided on an arm for the load to be carried, relative to one another, such that in order to lock in place a desired pivot position, the pivot bearings can be acted upon at least in part by means of lockable and releasable brakes (125a-125h), where as a result of a first actuation of an actuation device (160, 162) a number n of pivot bearings, such that n?N, is releasable; and as a result of a second actuation of the actuation device (160, 162) a number n? of the pivot bearings, such that n?<n, is re-lockable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventors: Roman FRICK, Marco SCHUTZ
  • Patent number: 7128300
    Abstract: A stand (3) for a surgical microscope comprising at least one vertical rotary bearing (4). A pivot arm (5) is mounted rotatably in the rotary bearing (4). An electromagnetic brake (6) for blocking the pivoting motion of the pivot arm (5) in the rotary bearing (4) is provided. A mechanical brake (7) with adjustable braking force is additionally present for braking the pivot arm (5) in the rotary bearing (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Leica Microsystems (Schweiz) AG
    Inventor: Roman Frick
  • Patent number: 6871828
    Abstract: The invention concerns a stand (1) for a surgical microscope, having a stand column (2) and having at least one pivot arm (3). The pivot arm (3) is arranged pivotably about a vertical rotation axis (5) by way of a rotary bearing (4). A tilting device (6) for adjustably tilting the rotation axis relative to the column is provided, wherein the tilting device (6) includes a bearing shaft (8) supported by the column and defining a substantially horizontal tilting axis, and an adjustment housing (7) mounted on the bearing shaft (8) for rotation about the tilting axis. The rotary bearing (4) is carried by the adjustment housing (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignee: Leica Microsystems (Schweiz) AG
    Inventors: Roman Frick, Andrzej Metelski
  • Publication number: 20040104328
    Abstract: The invention concerns a stand (3) for a surgical microscope comprising at least one vertical rotary bearing (4). A pivot arm (5) is mounted rotatably in the rotary bearing (4). An electromagnetic brake (6) for blocking the pivoting motion of the pivot arm (5) in the rotary bearing (4) is provided. A mechanical brake (7) with adjustable braking force is additionally present for braking the pivot arm (5) in the rotary bearing (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Inventor: Roman Frick
  • Publication number: 20040104327
    Abstract: The invention concerns a stand (1) for a surgical microscope, having a stand column (2) and having at least one pivot arm (3). The pivot arm (3) is arranged pivotably about a vertical rotation axis (5) by way of a rotary bearing (4). A tilting device (6) for adjustably tilting the rotation axis relative to the column is provided, wherein the tilting device (6) includes a bearing shaft (8) supported by the column and defining a substantially horizontal tilting axis, and an adjustment housing (7) mounted on the bearing shaft (8) for rotation about the tilting axis. The rotary bearing (4) is carried by the adjustment housing (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Inventors: Roman Frick, Andrzej Metelski