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: 20150258601
    Abstract: A drilling-out aid device for assisting in drilling out a rivet, in particular a blind rivet, by a drilling tool, includes a proximal handle portion for handling the drilling-out aid device; a guide device for centrically guiding a drilling shaft of the drilling tool; a distal rivet-head receiving device for centrically orientating the drilling-out aid device on the head of the rivet to be drilled out; and a rivet-head pressing device, which is mounted displaceably in the longitudinal direction of the drilling-out aid device relative to the rivet-head receiving device to apply a centric gripping force to the head of the rivet to be drilled out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: RĂ¼diger BOTHA, Hamid EBRAHIMI, Christian RESE
  • Publication number: 20150231767
    Abstract: A fastening device includes a fastening needle system, which is guided in a base body of the fastening device. The fastening needle system is configured to be led through a drilling hole of one or more components. By exercising a pulling force onto the fastening needle system, the components can be fastened between the front portion of the fastening needle and the base body. A fastening system may include the fastening device and a fastening pliers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: RĂ¼diger Botha, Hamid Ebrahimi
  • 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