Patents by Inventor Stefan Huber
Stefan Huber 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).
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Patent number: 10370195Abstract: To make it possible to operate a conveyor installation (1) in the form of a long stator linear motor in a simple manner, a first trigger point (Tx) is defined in at least one first position (Px) on the conveying track (2) and a first program code (Fx) which can be executed in the system controller (6) and with which a transport unit (TEn) is moved along a track section of the conveying track (2) in accordance with a defined movement profile is assigned to the first trigger point (Tx), and this program code (Fx) is executed for each transport unit (TEn) that reaches the first trigger point (Tx).Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2018Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBHInventor: Stefan Huber
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Publication number: 20190161292Abstract: Transport device having a transport route, with a turnaround portion to change orientation of a transport unit by 180° in the longitudinal direction along the transport route, including a turnaround portion with an entrance connected to a first transport route portion by a first entrance end and a second, open entrance end, and an exit connected to a second transport route portion by a first exit end and a second, open exit end. A common movement path is formed at least in some portions in a region of a first transfer position, and the transport unit is movable along the path. To be turned around, the transport unit is moved to the entrance of the turnaround portion, transferred from the entrance to the exit of the turnaround portion, and moved from the exit of the turnaround portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2018Publication date: May 30, 2019Applicant: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBHInventors: Michael BRUCKER, Stefan HUBER
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Publication number: 20190161284Abstract: For a flexibly configurable and easily expandable transport route of a long stator linear motor with transport route modules, it is provided that, in a two-sided route section with a transport route module on both sides, an intermediate space is provided between two transport route modules in transverse direction, and the transport unit is arranged at least partially in this intermediate space. In this way, a movement path is formed midway of this intermediate space in transverse direction that the transport unit follows during movement in longitudinal direction by the guidance on the transport route modules, and the movement path is arranged by the arrangement of the transport route module in transverse direction at a distance of (r·a) from the starting point and ending point, where r is an odd, whole number.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2018Publication date: May 30, 2019Applicant: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBHInventors: Dominic WALTER, Christoph OBERMAIR, Stefan HUBER
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Patent number: 10220862Abstract: In order to avoid a collision between transport units, which are moving along a transport path of a transport assembly, and/or the collision of a transport unit with a barrier and/or the surpassing of a local speed limit, for at least one transport unit (TEi) it is preemptively determined if for the transport unit (TEi) a stopping maneuver (SMi) with a predetermined cinematic may be performed, without causing a violation of these safety requirements. In case of violation of a safety requirement, the stopping maneuver is effectively activated.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2017Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBHInventors: Stefan Huber, Helmut Herzog
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Patent number: 10118775Abstract: Modular transport line system for configuring a transport line of a long stator linear motor. The system includes plural modular transport line components, each having a starting point (An) and an end point (En), wherein the starting point (An) and the end point (En) of each modular transport line component lie on a raster corner point (p·a)×(q·a) of an (a×a) raster with a prespecified raster length a, wherein p, q are whole numbers. At least one of the plural modular transport line components is a curved transport line component formed by at least three modules.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2017Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBHInventors: Dominic Walter, Christoph Obermair, Stefan Huber
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Patent number: 10106331Abstract: In order to be able to plan and control the movement of a transportation unit of a conveying device along a conveying line more easily and more quickly, provision is made so that at least part of the conveying line (2) is assigned at least one logical sector (LSi), wherein the at least one logical sector (LSi) is allocated to one or more conveying segments (FSi) or parts thereof, a movement profile for the transportation unit (TEi) is allocated to the at least one logical sector (LSi), the transportation unit (TEi) is moved in accordance with the specified movement profiles along the at least one logical sector (LSi) and in doing so a new setpoint (S) of the movement is ascertained in each cycle step of the setpoint selection, and the setpoint (S) is transferred via the allocation to one or more conveying segments (FSi), or parts thereof, to the allocated conveying segment(s) (FSi) for adjustment.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2017Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBHInventors: Alexander Radak, Stefan Huber
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Patent number: 10106260Abstract: A table (30) for an aircraft includes a table surface (56) deployable between a retracted position and a deployed position, an arm (50) having a first end and a second end, the arm (50) supporting the table (66) surface at the first end, a support connected to the arm (50) at the second end, the support connecting the arm to a structure interior to the aircraft, a sensor (136) within the aircraft to detect if a seat adjacent to the table surface is occupied, and a mechanism (120) for retracting the table surface to the retracted position if the sensor (136) detects at least one of that the seat is not occupied and that the aircraft flight mode meets predetermined criteria.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2017Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: BOMBARDIER, INC.Inventors: Pierre Gagnon, Jordan Roy, Tom Deka, Christian Mageau, Michele Monardo, Stefan Huber, Christoph Haselberger
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Publication number: 20180282076Abstract: To make it possible to operate a conveyor installation (1) in the form of a long stator linear motor in a simple manner, a first trigger point (Tx) is defined in at least one first position (Px) on the conveying track (2) and a first program code (Fx) which can be executed in the system controller (6) and with which a transport unit (TEn) is moved along a track section of the conveying track (2) in accordance with a defined movement profile is assigned to the first trigger point (Tx), and this program code (Fx) is executed for each transport unit (TEn) that reaches the first trigger point (Tx).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2018Publication date: October 4, 2018Applicant: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBHInventor: Stefan HUBER
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Patent number: 10041555Abstract: A disc brake has a brake caliper which straddled a brake disc and is mounted on a stationary brake carrier so as to be axially movable in relation to the brake disc. Brake pads which are placed in the brake caliper can be pressed against the brake disc by a brake application mechanism during a braking operation. In order to be axially movable, the brake caliper is mounted on at least one guide bar that is connected to the brake carrier. A device is provided for optically detecting wear of a brake disc and/or a brake pad. In order for wear to be detectable, a comparative element which runs parallel to the guide bar, extends away from brake disc, and includes at least one step, is mounted on the brake carrier.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2016Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbHInventors: Stefan Huber, Michael Hidringer
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Patent number: 9944004Abstract: A tool for producing fiber-reinforced plastics components in the injection process has a receptacle for a plastics component, which receptacle is surrounded by a circumferential seal which is inserted into a groove formed in the tool. It order to devise such a tool with which a higher service life for the seal can be achieved, the invention provides a receptacle chamber as volume compensation.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2015Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Bernhard Heim, Stefan Huber
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Patent number: 9882520Abstract: To be able to activate a smoothing filter for a setpoint, with which the movement of a drive axis (A, Ai) of a drive unit (AE) can also be controlled during the movement without a negative effect on the movement, it is provided that the smoothing filter (10) is initialized with a setpoint profile (Sinit) so that a current movement phase ((S0, {dot over (S)}0, . . . , S0(x))) is continued continuously and the repeated time derivative (S(x+1)) of the highest time derivative (S(x)) of the setpoint (S(t), S(k)) is limited.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2017Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBHInventors: Stefan Huber, Helmut Herzog
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Publication number: 20180017118Abstract: A disc brake, having a brake caliper which engages over a brake disc, is held on a stationary brake carrier such that it can be displaced axially in relation to the brake disc, and in which brake pads are positioned which, during a braking operation, can be pressed against the brake disc by a brake application device. A device for visual wear detection of brake disc wear and/or brake lining wear is provided, and is configured in such that, for wear detection, a comparison element which extends in the displacement direction of the brake caliper and in an opposed manner with respect to the brake disc is fastened to the brake carrier. The comparison element is of strip-shaped configuration, with continuously planar side surfaces, and has at least one step on the edge side in the displacement direction of the brake caliper.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2017Publication date: January 18, 2018Inventors: Christian STOEGER, Stefan HUBER, Christian MENZ, Andreas RENTSCHLER
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Publication number: 20170361934Abstract: A table (30) for an aircraft includes a table surface (56) deployable between a retracted position and a deployed position, an arm (50) having a first end and a second end, the arm (50) supporting the table (66) surface at the first end, a support connected to the arm (50) at the second end, the support connecting the arm to a structure interior to the aircraft, a sensor (136) within the aircraft to detect if a seat adjacent to the table surface is occupied, and a mechanism (120) for retracting the table surface to the retracted position if the sensor (36) detects at least one of that the seat is not occupied and that the aircraft flight mode meets predetermined criteria.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Pierre GAGNON, Jordan ROY, Tom DEKA, Christian MAGEAU, Michele MONARDO, Stefan HUBER, Christoph HASELBERGER
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Publication number: 20170320683Abstract: To make it possible to realize various transport lines of a long stator linear motor using a small number of different types of transport line components (TMn), in a simple and flexible manner, a modular system with transport line components (TMn) is provided, wherein a selection of at least two different transport line components (TMn) is included in the modular system, wherein the starting point (An) and the end point (En) of each of the at least two different transport line components (TMn) each lie on a raster corner point (p·a)×(q·a) of an (a×a) raster with a prespecified raster length a, wherein p, q are whole numbers.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2017Publication date: November 9, 2017Applicant: BERNECKER + RAINER INDUSTRIE-ELEKTRONIK Ges.m.b.H.Inventors: Dominic WALTER, Christoph OBERMAIR, Stefan HUBER
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Patent number: 9783303Abstract: A table (30) for an aircraft includes a table surface (56) deployable between a retracted position and a deployed position, an arm (50) having a first end and a second end, the arm (50) supporting the table (66) surface at the first end, a support connected to the arm (50) at the second end, the support connecting the arm to a structure interior to the aircraft, a sensor (136) within the aircraft to detect if a seat adjacent to the table surface is occupied, and a mechanism (120) for retracting the table surface to the retracted position if the sensor (136) detects at least one of that the seat is not occupied and that the aircraft flight mode meets predetermined criteria.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2014Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: BOMBARDIER INC.Inventors: Pierre Gagnon, Jordan Roy, Tom Deka, Christian Mageau, Michele Monardo, Stefan Huber, Christoph Haselberger
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Publication number: 20170229991Abstract: To be able to activate a smoothing filter for a setpoint, with which the movement of a drive axis (A, Ai) of a drive unit (AE) can also be controlled during the movement without a negative effect on the movement, it is provided that the smoothing filter (10) is initialized with a setpoint profile (Sinit) so that a current movement phase ((S0, {dot over (S)}0, . . . , S0(x))) is continued continuously and the repeated time derivative (S(x+1)) of the highest time derivative (S(x)) of the setpoint (S(t), S(k)) is limited.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2017Publication date: August 10, 2017Applicant: BERNECKER + RAINER INDUSTRIE-ELEKTRONIK Ges.m.b.H.Inventors: Stefan HUBER, Helmut HERZOG
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Publication number: 20170225900Abstract: In order to be able to plan and control the movement of a transportation unit of a conveying device along a conveying line more easily and more quickly, provision is made so that at least part of the conveying line (2) is assigned at least one logical sector (LSi), wherein the at least one logical sector (LSi) is allocated to one or more conveying segments (FSi) or parts thereof, a movement profile for the transportation unit (TEi) is allocated to the at least one logical sector (LSi), the transportation unit (TEi) is moved in accordance with the specified movement profiles along the at least one logical sector (LSi) and in doing so a new setpoint (S) of the movement is ascertained in each cycle step of the setpoint selection, and the setpoint (S) is transferred via the allocation to one or more conveying segments (FSi), or parts thereof, to the allocated conveying segment(s) (FSi) for adjustment.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2017Publication date: August 10, 2017Applicant: BERNECKER + RAINER INDUSTRIE-ELEKTRONIK Ges.m.b.H.Inventors: Alexander RADAK, Stefan HUBER
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Publication number: 20170217460Abstract: In order to avoid a collision between transport units, which are moving along a transport path of a transport assembly, and/or the collision of a transport unit with a barrier and/or the surpassing of a local speed limit, for at least one transport unit (TEi) it is preemptively determined if for the transport unit (TEi) a stopping maneuver (SMi) with a predetermined cinematic may be performed, without causing a violation of these safety requirements. In case of violation of a safety requirement, the stopping maneuver is effectively activated.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2017Publication date: August 3, 2017Applicant: BERNECKER + RAINER INDUSTRIE-ELEKTRONIK Ges.m.b.H.Inventors: Stefan HUBER, Helmut HERZOG
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Patent number: 9717115Abstract: The present invention relates to a flat-shaped article with an electrical function for placement in a functional tone. Provision is made that, even after having been placed, the flat-shaped article can again be removed without being destroyed from the functional zone.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2013Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: GENTHERM GMBHInventors: William Wei Li, Sherry (Li) Chen, Stefan Huber, Han-georg Rauh
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Publication number: 20160327111Abstract: A disc brake has a brake caliper which straddled a brake disc and is mounted on a stationary brake carrier so as to be axially movable in relation to the brake disc. Brake pads which are placed in the brake caliper can be pressed against the brake disc by a brake application mechanism during a braking operation. In order to be axially movable, the brake caliper is mounted on at least one guide bar that is connected to the brake carrier. A device is provided for optically detecting wear of a brake disc and/or a brake pad. In order for wear to be detectable, a comparative element which runs parallel to the guide bar, extends away from brake disc, and includes at least one step, is mounted on the brake carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2016Publication date: November 10, 2016Inventors: Stefan HUBER, Michael HIDRINGER