Patents by Inventor Stefan Miescher

Stefan Miescher 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: 11746814
    Abstract: A strip of fastening elements having receiving elements and fastening elements received in the receiving elements is provided, the fastening elements each defining a fastening direction that is the same for all fastening elements, wherein the receiving elements are arranged in at least one row, which defines a transport direction, the at least one strip including a frontmost receiving element and a rearmost receiving element, wherein the fastening direction and the transport direction enclose an acute angle, wherein the strip of fastening elements has a support element for supporting the frontmost receiving element counter to the fastening direction and/or a counter-support element for supporting the rearmost receiving element in the fastening direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Stefan Miescher
  • Patent number: 11110574
    Abstract: A device for driving fastening elements into a substrate comprises a setting channel; an energy transmission element, which can be moved in a fastening direction in the setting channel, for transmitting energy to one of the fastening elements at a time; and a magazine for transporting the fastening elements to the setting channel in a transport direction. The magazine is suitable for transporting multiple rows of fastening elements at once. Additionally, a fastening element strip comprises a plurality of rows of receptacles for fastening elements aligned in a transport direction and fastening elements which are housed in the receptacles and define a fastening direction, wherein the rows of receptacles are arranged one behind the other in a transverse direction oriented perpendicular to the transport direction and perpendicular to the fastening direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Stefan Miescher, Mikko Merikoski
  • Publication number: 20210187716
    Abstract: An apparatus for driving fastening elements into an underlying surface has a setting duct, an energy transmission element, movable in a fastening direction in the setting duct, for transmitting energy to each of the fastening elements, and a magazine, having a transport duct for transporting the fastening elements in a transporting direction to the setting duct, wherein the magazine comprises a slider, displaceable in the transporting direction along the transport duct and has a feeding element, movable between a transporting position and a passage position, wherein the feeding element projects into the transport duct in the transporting position to apply a force in the transporting direction to the fastening elements, wherein the feeding element opens the transport duct for the fastening elements in the passage position, and wherein the slider has a release spring, the feeding element toward the passage position and is supported on the slider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Stefan MIESCHER, Daniele SCHOBER
  • Publication number: 20210180632
    Abstract: A strip of fastening elements having receiving elements and fastening elements received in the receiving elements is provided, the fastening elements each defining a fastening direction that is the same for all fastening elements, wherein the receiving elements are arranged in at least one row, which defines a transport direction, the at least one strip including a frontmost receiving element and a rearmost receiving element, wherein the fastening direction and the transport direction enclose an acute angle, wherein the strip of fastening elements has a support element for supporting the frontmost receiving element counter to the fastening direction and/or a counter-support element for supporting the rearmost receiving element in the fastening direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventor: Stefan MIESCHER
  • Publication number: 20200224694
    Abstract: A fastening element for fastening a layer-type component, in particular an insulation, to a setting object, in particular to a wall or ceiling of a building, having a setting element, in particular a nail or a screw, the fastening element comprising: a shaft, an opening for receiving the setting element, a stop for positively fastening the setting element, and a terminating element for bearing on an outer side of the layer-type component, wherein the shaft and the terminating element are formed in one piece, it is intended for an insulation as a layer-type component to be able to be fastened to the wall or ceiling as setting object with little work effort even if cracking should occur in the fastening element. This object is achieved in that the shaft comprises at least two segments and an intermediate opening is respectively formed between the at least two segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Stefan MIESCHER, Uwe POPP, Matthias VON MONKIEWITSCH
  • Publication number: 20200078914
    Abstract: A device for driving fastening elements into a substrate comprises a setting channel; an energy transmission element, which can be moved in a fastening direction in the setting channel, for transmitting energy to one of the fastening elements at a time; and a magazine for transporting the fastening elements to the setting channel in a transport direction. The magazine is suitable for transporting multiple rows of fastening elements at once. Additionally, a fastening element strip comprises a plurality of rows of receptacles for fastening elements aligned in a transport direction and fastening elements which are housed in the receptacles and define a fastening direction, wherein the rows of receptacles are arranged one behind the other in a transverse direction oriented perpendicular to the transport direction and perpendicular to the fastening direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Stefan MIESCHER, Mikko MERIKOSKI
  • Patent number: 10046448
    Abstract: A fastener driving tool comprises a hand-held casing having a movable and drivable energy transmission element including a driving member, wherein the driving member acts to drive a fastener, a locking element, and a sensor member for determining an operational state of the fastener driving tool, wherein a driving process is released only if the operational state prevails, wherein the locking member is arranged in a locking manner in a path of the energy transmission element if the non-operational state prevails, wherein, once a driving process has been triggered, the locking member can stop the energy transmission element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Iwan Wolf, Mario Grazioli, Karl Franz, Stefan Miescher
  • Patent number: 9527197
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the application, a device for driving a fastening element into a substrate has an energy-transfer element for transferring energy to the fastening element. The energy-transfer element can move preferably between a starting position and a setting position, wherein the energy-transfer element is located, before a driving-in procedure, in the starting position and, after the driving-in procedure, in the setting position. According to another aspect of the application, the device comprises a mechanical-energy storage device for storing mechanical energy. The energy-transfer element is then suitable preferably for transferring energy from the mechanical-energy storage device to the fastening element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Matthias Blessing, Harald Fielitz, Stefan Miescher, Karl Franz, Robert Spasov, Ulrich Schiestl
  • Publication number: 20150224637
    Abstract: A fastener driving tool comprises a hand-held casing having a movable and drivable energy transmission element including a driving member, wherein the driving member acts to drive a fastener, a locking element, and a sensor member for determining an operational state of the fastener driving tool, wherein a driving process is released only if the operational state prevails, wherein the locking member is arranged in a locking manner in a path of the energy transmission element if the non-operational state prevails, wherein, once a driving process has been triggered, the locking member can stop the energy transmission element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Iwan Wolf, Mario Grazioli, Karl Franz, Stefan Miescher
  • Patent number: 8978953
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the application, a device for driving a fastening element into a substrate has an energy-transfer element for transferring energy to the fastening element. The energy-transfer element can move preferably between a starting position and a setting position, wherein the energy-transfer element is located, before a driving-in procedure, in the starting position and, after the driving-in procedure, in the setting position. According to another aspect of the application, the device comprises a mechanical-energy storage device for storing mechanical energy. The energy-transfer element is then suitable preferably for transferring energy from the mechanical-energy storage device to the fastening element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Matthias Blessing, Harald Fielitz, Stefan Miescher, Ulrich Schiestl, Robert Spasov, Karl Franz, Klaus Bertsch
  • Patent number: 8499991
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the application, a device for driving a fastening element into a substrate has an energy-transfer element for transferring energy to the fastening element. The energy-transfer element can move preferably between a starting position and a setting position, wherein the energy-transfer element is located, before a driving-in procedure, in the starting position and, after the driving-in procedure, in the setting position. According to another aspect of the application, the device comprises a mechanical-energy storage device for storing mechanical energy. The energy-transfer element is then suitable preferably for transferring energy from the mechanical-energy storage device to the fastening element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Robert Spasov, Stefan Miescher, Harald Fielitz, Karl Franz
  • Patent number: 8328012
    Abstract: A fastening element magazine strip is disclosed. The magazine strip having a carrier strip made of plastic extending along a longitudinal axis and formed over several carrier segments connected to one another. The carrier segments have at least one guide section with a guide diameter as well as feed-through openings, in which a respective fastening element is positionable. Projections project from the carrier strip to both sides of a plane defined by the carrier strip, and extend from their starting point on the carrier strip up to their free end over a length and feature a first width perpendicular to the length. The projections in the radial direction (as related to the longitudinal axis) project beyond the guide diameter. The projections are configured in at least one direction transverse to their longitudinal extension to be bendable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Stefan Miescher
  • Patent number: 8235638
    Abstract: A auxiliary constructional component includes a base member (11), a guide section (12) for a fastening element (30) and projecting from the base member (11), and a feeler element (20) displaceably supported on the base member (11) for displacement along an attachment axis (A) defined by a through-opening (13) formed in the guide section (12), having at least one, radially spaced from the through-opening (13), placement surface (21) for a press-on feeler (42) of a setting tool, and projecting in an initial position of the feeler element (20) beyond a side of the base member (11) remote from the guide section (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stefan Miescher, Harald Fielitz, Walter Odoni, Ulrich Schiestl
  • Publication number: 20110303732
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the application, a device for driving a fastening element into a substrate has an energy-transfer element for transferring energy to the fastening element. The energy-transfer element can move preferably between a starting position and a setting position, wherein the energy-transfer element is located, before a driving-in procedure, in the starting position and, after the driving-in procedure, in the setting position. According to another aspect of the application, the device comprises a mechanical-energy storage device for storing mechanical energy. The energy-transfer element is then suitable preferably for transferring energy from the mechanical-energy storage device to the fastening element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Matthias Blessing, Harald Fielitz, Stefan Miescher, Ulrich Schiestl, Robert Spasov, Karl Franz, Klaus Bertsch
  • Publication number: 20110303721
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the application, a device for driving a fastening element into a substrate has an energy-transfer element for transferring energy to the fastening element. The energy-transfer element can move preferably between a starting position and a setting position, wherein the energy-transfer element is located, before a driving-in procedure, in the starting position and, after the driving-in procedure, in the setting position. According to another aspect of the application, the device comprises a mechanical-energy storage device for storing mechanical energy. The energy-transfer element is then suitable preferably for transferring energy from the mechanical-energy storage device to the fastening element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Stefan Miescher, Matthias Blessing, Klaus Bertsch
  • Publication number: 20110303717
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the application, a device for driving a fastening element into a substrate has an energy-transfer element for transferring energy to the fastening element. The energy-transfer element can move preferably between a starting position and a setting position, wherein the energy-transfer element is located, before a driving-in procedure, in the starting position and, after the driving-in procedure, in the setting position. According to another aspect of the application, the device comprises a mechanical-energy storage device for storing mechanical energy. The energy-transfer element is then suitable preferably for transferring energy from the mechanical-energy storage device to the fastening element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Stefan Miescher, Matthias Blessing, Klaus Bertsch
  • Publication number: 20110303726
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the application, a device for driving a fastening element into a substrate has an energy-transfer element for transferring energy to the fastening element. The energy-transfer element can move preferably between a starting position and a setting position, wherein the energy-transfer element is located, before a driving-in procedure, in the starting position and, after the driving-in procedure, in the setting position. According to another aspect of the application, the device comprises a mechanical-energy storage device for storing mechanical energy. The energy-transfer element is then suitable preferably for transferring energy from the mechanical-energy storage device to the fastening element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Matthias Blessing, Harald Fielitz, Stefan Miescher, Karl Franz, Robert Spasov, Ulrich Schiestl
  • Publication number: 20110303730
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the application, a device for driving a fastening element into a substrate has an energy-transfer element for transferring energy to the fastening element. The energy-transfer element can move preferably between a starting position and a setting position, wherein the energy-transfer element is located, before a driving-in procedure, in the starting position and, after the driving-in procedure, in the setting position. According to another aspect of the application, the device comprises a mechanical-energy storage device for storing mechanical energy. The energy-transfer element is then suitable preferably for transferring energy from the mechanical-energy storage device to the fastening element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Matthias Blessing, Robert Spasov, Stefan Miescher, Harald Fielitz, Karl Franz
  • Publication number: 20110303428
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bolt-firing device that can be operated electrically and that assumes different device states during operation. In order to further increase the safety during operation of bolt-firing devices that can be operated electrically, the bolt-firing device (1) comprises a monitoring and/or diagnostics mechanism (24) that monitors the device states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Peter Roth, Stefan Miescher, Harald Fielitz, Klaus Bertsch
  • Publication number: 20110303719
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the application, a device for driving a fastening element into a substrate has an energy-transfer element for transferring energy to the fastening element. The energy-transfer element can move preferably between a starting position and a setting position, wherein the energy-transfer element is located, before a driving-in procedure, in the starting position and, after the driving-in procedure, in the setting position. According to another aspect of the application, the device comprises a mechanical-energy storage device for storing mechanical energy. The energy-transfer element is then suitable preferably for transferring energy from the mechanical-energy storage device to the fastening element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Robert Spasov, Stefan Miescher, Harald Fielitz, Karl Franz