Patents by Inventor Siegfried Beerhalter

Siegfried Beerhalter 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: 8191452
    Abstract: A punching tool for green sheets or similar sheet-like work-pieces having a support plate with punched holes (7), and a holding-down plate disposed above the support plate and containing stripper openings (24). Operative portions (23) of dies (8) extend through the stripper openings (24) and are guided therein. The operative portions (23) are formed in graduated form with a punching portion (26) of reduced diameter. Each punching portion (26) has a length that is less than the length of the stripper opening (24), and is located entirely in the stripper opening (24) when the die (8) is at its top dead center. A part (25) of the operative portion (23) protrudes into the stripper opening (24) to guide the die (8). The punching portion (26) is only approximately as long as required for the punching stroke of the die (8). The slight length of the punching portion (26) makes possible an especially slender punching portion, and thus the creation of especially small punched holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Groz-Beckert KG
    Inventors: Hans Joachim Halamoda, Siegfried Beerhalter
  • Patent number: 7578224
    Abstract: The punching die of the invention has a head 22 held by positive engagement. The head 22 is held on the shaft 21 of the die 8 in that by means of plastic deformation, for instance by radial application of pressure, material is positively displaced radially inward, so that a protrusion 28 is embodied which rests over a large area on the wall of a recess 23. A more secure, more durable force transition is assured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Groz-Beckert KG
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Halamoda, Siegfried Beerhalter
  • Patent number: 7121178
    Abstract: An improved punching tool (1) has a lower tool (3), which is subdivided into a lower tool base plate (7) and a lower-tool operative part (8). The lower tool base plate (7) has a receiving face, with which uniform base areas of a plurality of lower-tool operative parts (8) are associated. The dividing place between the lower-tool operative part (8) and the lower tool base plate (9) is disposed such that all the workpiece-specific designs are present exclusively on the lower-tool operative part (8), while the lower tool base plate (7) is the same, without change, for all workpieces to be machined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Groz-Beckert KG
    Inventors: Hans Joachim Halamoda, Siegfried Beerhalter, Ernst Heinemann
  • Publication number: 20050274251
    Abstract: The punching die of the invention has a head 22 held by positive engagement. The head 22 is held on the shaft 21 of the die 8 in that by means of plastic deformation, for instance by radial application of pressure, material is positively displaced radially inward, so that a protrusion 28 is embodied which rests over a large area on the wall of a recess 23. A more secure, more durable force transition is assured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2005
    Publication date: December 15, 2005
    Applicant: Groz-Beckert KG
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Halamoda, Siegfried Beerhalter
  • Publication number: 20040168560
    Abstract: A punching tool for green sheets or similar sheetlike workpieces has a support plate, with punched holes (7) embodied in it, and a holding-down plate, which is disposed above the support plate and in which holding-down openings (24) are embodied. Dies (8) extend with their operative portions (23) through the stripper openings (24) and are guided in them. The operative portions (23) are embodied in graduated form. They have a punching portion (26) of reduced diameter. The length of each punching portion (26) is less than the length of the stripper opening (24). When the die (8) is at its top dead center, the punching portion (26) is located entirely in the stripper opening (24). Moreover, a fragment of the portion (25) that belongs to the operative portion (23) protrudes into the stripper opening (24), in order to guide the die (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2004
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Applicant: Groz-Beckert KG
    Inventors: Hans Joachim Halamoda, Siegfried Beerhalter
  • Publication number: 20040163519
    Abstract: An improved punching tool (1) has a lower tool (3), which is subdivided into a lower tool base plate (7) and a lower-tool operative part (8). The lower tool base plate (7) has a receiving face, with which uniform base areas of a plurality of lower-tool operative parts (8) are associated. The dividing place between the lower-tool operative part (8) and the lower tool base plate (9) is disposed such that all the workpiece-specific designs are present exclusively on the lower-tool operative part (8), while the lower tool base plate (7) is the same, without change, for all workpieces to be machined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2004
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Applicant: Groz-Beckert KG
    Inventors: Hans Joachim Halamoda, Siegfried Beerhalter, Ernst Heinemann
  • Patent number: 6619542
    Abstract: A stamping device includes a base body; an elongated punch having a longitudinal axis; a supporting arrangement for holding the punch in the base body and for guiding the punch for axial displacements between an advanced position and a retracted position; a driving unit releasably held in the base body and including a driving device for axially displacing the punch; a coupling device having a first state in which the coupling device operatively connects the driving device with the punch and a second state in which the driving device is disconnected from the punch; and a receiving arrangement for holding the punch in a desired axial position when the coupling device is in its second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Groz-Beckert KG
    Inventor: Siegfried Beerhalter
  • Publication number: 20030061927
    Abstract: A stamping device includes a base body; an elongated punch having a longitudinal axis; a supporting arrangement for holding the punch in the base body and for guiding the punch for axial displacements between an advanced position and a retracted position; a driving unit releasably held in the base body and including a driving device for axially displacing the punch; a coupling device having a first state in which the coupling device operatively connects the driving device with the punch and a second state in which the driving device is disconnected from the punch; and a receiving arrangement for holding the punch in a desired axial position when the coupling device is in its second state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2002
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Inventor: Siegfried Beerhalter
  • Patent number: 6481323
    Abstract: A stamping device includes a base body; an elongated punch having a longitudinal axis; a supporting arrangement for holding the punch in the base body and for guiding the punch for axial displacements between an advanced position and a retracted position; a driving unit releasably held in the base body and including a driving device for axially displacing the punch; a coupling device having a first state in which the coupling device operatively connects the driving device with the punch and a second state in which the driving device is disconnected from the punch; and a receiving arrangement for holding the punch in a desired axial position when the coupling device is in its second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: Groz-Beckert KG
    Inventor: Siegfried Beerhalter
  • Patent number: 5111723
    Abstract: A single stroke punch apparatus includes positive removal by compressed air of workpiece slugs which adhere to the punch. A die plate has a series of bushing receiving features formed from two concentric diameters. The die plate has provision for introducing a flow of compressed air into each of the bushing receiving features. A support bushing is mounted in each of the bushing receiving features and has a surface for support of the workpiece which is elevated with respect to the die plate. A slug removal bushing is also mounted in the bushing receiving feature and is pressed into the wall of the support bushing opposite the workpiece supporting surface to form a seal. The wall of the bushing receiving feature, the support bushing, and the slug removal bushing define a passage for the compressed air such that the compressed air impinges upon the punch directly adjacent the end wall of the support bushing to positively remove the punch slug which is adhered to the punch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1992
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corp.
    Inventors: Franz Andrusch, Siegfried Beerhalter, Wolfgang F. Mueller, Felix B. Zykoff