Patents by Inventor Sascha Quast

Sascha Quast 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: 11110614
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a gripping device for an end effector of a manipulator for holding a workpiece via its workpiece surface, having a Bernoulli gripping unit, with an outflow unit for discharging a flow from the Bernoulli gripping unit between gripping device and workpiece surface in such a manner that in a region—Bernoulli-negative pressure region—a static negative pressure for holding the workpiece is generatable by the flow, and having a vacuum gripping unit with a suction chamber, wherein in a region delimited by the suction chamber—vacuum negative pressure region—a static negative pressure for holding the workpiece is generatable, wherein the Bernoulli negative pressure region and the vacuum negative pressure region intersect at least in part or wherein the Bernoulli negative pressure region and the vacuum negative pressure region surround one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Broetje-Automation GmbH
    Inventors: Sascha Quast, Raphael Reinhold
  • Patent number: 10889007
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an end effector arrangement having an end effector for a manipulator and having a control for the end effector, wherein the end effector has a tool arrangement having a plurality of gripper devices for holding a planar workpiece, wherein at least one gripper device has a Bernoulli gripper unit, which has a discharge unit for channeling a flow SB from the Bernoulli gripper unit between gripper device and workpiece in a manner such that, in a delimited region between gripper device and the workpiece, the flow SB generates a low pressure for holding the workpiece, and wherein at least one gripper device has a different gripper unit, which carries the workpiece according to a physical principle which differs from that of the Bernoulli gripper unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Broetje-Automation GmbH
    Inventors: Raphael Reinhold, Sascha Quast
  • Publication number: 20200039092
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an end effector arrangement having an end effector for a manipulator and having a control for the end effector, wherein the end effector has a tool arrangement having a plurality of gripper devices for holding a planar workpiece, wherein at least one gripper device has a Bernoulli gripper unit, which has a discharge unit for channeling a flow SB from the Bernoulli gripper unit between gripper device and workpiece in a manner such that, in a delimited region between gripper device and the workpiece, the flow SB generates a low pressure for holding the workpiece, and wherein at least one gripper device has a different gripper unit, which carries the workpiece according to a physical principle which differs from that of the Bernoulli gripper unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Raphael Reinhold, Sascha Quast
  • Publication number: 20190240847
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a gripping device for an end effector of a manipulator for holding a workpiece via its workpiece surface, having a Bernoulli gripping unit, with an outflow unit for discharging a flow from the Bernoulli gripping unit between gripping device and workpiece surface in such a manner that in a region—Bernoulli-negative pressure region—a static negative pressure for holding the workpiece is generatable by the flow, and having a vacuum gripping unit with a suction chamber, wherein in a region delimited by the suction chamber—vacuum negative pressure region—a static negative pressure for holding the workpiece is generatable, wherein the Bernoulli negative pressure region and the vacuum negative pressure region intersect at least in part or wherein the Bernoulli negative pressure region and the vacuum negative pressure region surround one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Sascha Quast, Raphael Reinhold