Patents by Inventor Ruediger Botha

Ruediger Botha 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: 9610639
    Abstract: A head unit for a stop holder for a drilling machine for purposes of compensating for a height displacement between two adjacent components during the introduction and/or machining of a component hole. The stop holder has a front rest section for purposes of resting on the components. The rest section has an axial projection, which forms a second contact surface displaced relative to a first contact surface in the axial direction, i.e., the tool longitudinal direction. Also disclosed is a stop holder, and a method for compensating for a height displacement between two adjacent components during the introduction and/or machining of a component hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Hamid Ebrahimi, Christian Rese, Ruediger Botha
  • Publication number: 20150023747
    Abstract: A head unit for a stop holder for a drilling machine for purposes of compensating for a height displacement between two adjacent components during the introduction and/or machining of a component hole. The stop holder has a front rest section for purposes of resting on the components. The rest section has an axial projection, which forms a second contact surface displaced relative to a first contact surface in the axial direction, i.e., the tool longitudinal direction. Also disclosed is a stop holder, and a method for compensating for a height displacement between two adjacent components during the introduction and/or machining of a component hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Hamid Ebrahimi, Christian Rese, Ruediger Botha
  • Patent number: 5375754
    Abstract: An automatic riveting machine produces squeezed precision rivet connections in any working direction, including an overhead working direction, while using rivets of different lengths. A rivet bore having a precision fit and linear squeezing motions result in a precision rivet connection. The rivets are also pressed into the rivet bore by a linear motion. For this purpose, the automatic riveting machine includes a drilling unit (2) with a drill bit (212), a lubricator (204), a rivet supply unit (3) including a rivet feeder pipe (302) and rivet transfer tongs (302) journalled to a journal axis (304), and a squeezing rivet setter (4). The rivet transfer unit (3) is held in a fixed position on a support console (5) which in turn is docked to a positioning robot PR. The drilling unit (2) and the rivet setter (4) are movable along the support console (5) on guides for positioning in a working position or in a back rest position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1994
    Assignee: Deutsche Aerospace Airbus GmbH
    Inventors: Ruediger Botha, Kurt Grossheim, Bernd Schneider