Patents by Inventor Stefan Andre Binder

Stefan Andre Binder 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).

  • Exchanging device
    Patent number: 7543394
    Abstract: An exchanging device is for exchangeably holding a sensor, probe element or tool on a machine or on a machine part or a rotation-pivot unit on a machine or a machine part, preferably, a coordinate measuring apparatus. The exchanging device includes a take-up holder having a first bearing part and a counter piece (22) having a second bearing part corresponding to the first bearing part. A releasable clamping unit (42), for example, a magnetic clamping unit, is provided with which a clamping force is generated between the first and second bearing parts when the counter piece is accommodated on the take-up holder. A locking device having a first locking element (29) is provided on the take-up holder and a counter piece corresponding to the locking element (29) of the take-up holder is provided on the counter piece (22), for example, in the form of a slider (30). With the locking device, the counter piece can be mechanically coupled to the take-up holder in the state when it is taken up by the take-up holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Eckhard Enderle, Stefan André Binder
  • Exchanging device
    Publication number: 20080134486
    Abstract: An exchanging device is for exchangeably holding a sensor, probe element or tool on a machine or on a machine part or a rotation-pivot unit on a machine or a machine part, preferably, a coordinate measuring apparatus. The exchanging device includes a take-up holder having a first bearing part and a counter piece (22) having a second bearing part corresponding to the first bearing part. A releasable clamping unit (42), for example, a magnetic clamping unit, is provided with which a clamping force is generated between the first and second bearing parts when the counter piece is accommodated on the take-up holder. A locking device having a first locking element (29) is provided on the take-up holder and a counter piece corresponding to the locking element (29) of the take-up holder is provided on the counter piece (22), for example, in the form of a slider (30). With the locking device, the counter piece can be mechanically coupled to the take-up holder in the state when it is taken up by the take-up holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: Eckhard Enderle, Stefan Andre Binder
  • Probe change magazine
    Patent number: D596516
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Eckhard Enderle, Stefan-André Binder, Tobias Woletz