Patents by Inventor Stephan Knopp

Stephan Knopp 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).

  • Laser beam optics in a robot link
    Patent number: 6795482
    Abstract: The laser beam optics for a robot link, wherein a first beam path of a first working laser beam is arranged on the longitudinal axis of the robot link, the first beam path is deflected at an end facing a workpiece into an axis-parallel second beam path, and a third beam path of a second working laser beam is axis-parallel to the first beam path in the robot link, have two optical elements arranged successively in one of the first and second beam paths of the first working laser beam. The two optical elements are transmissive for the first working laser beam in a transmission direction toward a workpiece and are adjusted relative to one another so as to compensate laser beam displacement of the first working laser beam. The second optical element arranged downstream receives the second working laser beam and reflects it toward the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Thyssen Laser-Technik GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Gernhart, Stephan Knopp, Matthias Miessen, Günter Neumann
  • Laser beam optics in a robot link
    Publication number: 20020093747
    Abstract: The laser beam optics for a robot link, wherein a first beam path of a first working laser beam is arranged on the longitudinal axis of the robot link, the first beam path is deflected at an end facing a workpiece into an axis-parallel second beam path, and a third beam path of a second working laser beam is axis-parallel to the first beam path in the robot link, have two optical elements arranged successively in one of the first and second beam paths of the first working laser beam. The two optical elements are transmissive for the first working laser beam in a transmission direction toward a workpiece and are adjusted relative to one another so as to compensate laser beam displacement of the first working laser beam. The second optical element arranged downstream receives the second working laser beam and reflects it toward the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2001
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Applicant: Thyssen Laser-Technik GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Gernhart, Stephan Knopp, Matthias Miessen, Gunter Neumann