Patents by Inventor Thomas Foser

Thomas Foser 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).

  • Publication number: 20220048173
    Abstract: A separating device separating fastening elements from a container comprises a transfer channel for transferring fastening elements in a transfer direction, the transfer channel having a separating section; a stop element, having a blocking position, in which the stop element projects into the separating section, blocking the channel for the fastening element, such that one fastening element rests against the stop element in a waiting position, and an onward transfer position, in which the stop element allows movement of the fastening element in the transfer direction to a standby position; and a retention element, having a retaining position, in which the retention element projects into the separating section, blocking the channel for the fastening element, such that the fastening element rests against the retention element in the standby position, and a release position, in which the retention element allows fastening element movement in the transfer direction beyond the separating section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas FOSER, Michael RUHSTALLER
  • Publication number: 20220009066
    Abstract: A separating device for separating a fastening element from a fastening element strip is provided, having a receptacle, in which the fastening element is received, wherein the fastening element defines a fastening direction, in which the fastening element is provided for being driven into an underlying surface; a transfer channel for transfer of the fastening element strip in a transfer direction, wherein the transfer channel has a separating section; a stop element, which has a stop position, in which the stop element projects into the transfer channel and forms a stop for the fastening element in the transfer direction when the fastening element is arranged in the separating section; and a passage position, in which the stop element is arranged outside the transfer channel and allows movement of the fastening element beyond the separating section in the transfer direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Christoph STUERTZEL, Thomas FOSER, Cyrill BAUR, Michael RUHSTALLER, Stefan ZIEGLER
  • Patent number: 10756454
    Abstract: An earthing contact for creating an electrical contact between an earthing cable and a component comprising an electroconductive component surface, comprises an electroconductive contact plate and a fixing element, the contact plate having a first contact surface for placing the contact plate on the component surface, a second contact surface for placing an earthing cable on the contact plate, and a passage for the fixing element, the fixing element comprising a fixing section for fixing the fixing element in the component, a pressure element for pressing the contact plate onto the component surface and a holding section for arranging in the passage of the contact plate, when the pressure element presses the contact plate onto the component surface, the first contact surface being tiltable in relation to the fixing section by a tilting angle of at least 6° when the holding section is arranged in the passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Thomas Foser
  • Patent number: 10746211
    Abstract: A method for fastening a component to a base element, in which method there is produced in the base element a blind bore which defines a depth direction and which has a force transmission surface which has a depth T in the depth direction, wherein the force transmission surface is of frustoconical form with a cone opening half-angle (?) and a mean diameter (d), wherein the blind bore has a conical blind bore base with a cone opening angle (?) and, at the edge thereof, a bevel which extends in the depth direction to a bevel depth L, wherein, in the method, a fastening element is anchored in the blind bore by way of the force transmission surface, and wherein the component is held by the fastening element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Thomas Foser
  • Patent number: 10702910
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a strip for fastening elements, said strip comprising a plurality of interconnected holders, each of which accommodates a shaft of a fastening element. The holders define a fastening direction in which the fastening element can be driven from the holder into a support by a fastening device. The disclosed method comprises the following steps: a) producing a continuous strip defining a longitudinal direction of the strip; b) making the holders from the strip material by means of a deep-drawing process; c) accommodating the fastening elements in the holders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Thomas Foser, Ho-Tien Chen
  • Publication number: 20200030949
    Abstract: A method and a device for separating a fastening element from a fastening element strip having a holder in which the fastening element is received, wherein the fastening element defines a fastening direction in which the fastening element is intended to be driven into a substructure, wherein the fastening element is transported in a transport direction until the fastening element is arranged in a separating portion, and a movement of the fastening element relative to the holder in a separating direction is generated until the fastening element is divided from the holder, and wherein the separating direction is inclined with respect to the fastening direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas FOSER, Stefan ZIEGLER
  • Publication number: 20200028283
    Abstract: An earthing contact for creating an electrical contact between an earthing cable and a component comprising an electroconductive component surface, comprises an electroconductive contact plate and a fixing element, the contact plate having a first contact surface for placing the contact plate on the component surface, a second contact surface for placing an earthing cable on the contact plate, and a passage for the fixing element, the fixing element comprising a fixing section for fixing the fixing element in the component, a pressure element for pressing the contact plate onto the component surface and a holding section for arranging in the passage of the contact plate, when the pressure element presses the contact plate onto the component surface, the first contact surface being tiltable in relation to the fixing section by a tilting angle of at least 6° when the holding section is arranged in the passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventor: Thomas FOSER
  • Publication number: 20190184473
    Abstract: A drill for drilling a blind hole having a blind hole diameter and a blind hole depth in a metal workpiece is provided, the drill comprising a shaft, defining a drilling direction, and a rotation axis oriented in the drilling direction, the shaft having, on an end pointing in the drilling direction, a cutting edge and a stop shoulder at a distance from the cutting edge which defines the blind hole depth, wherein the cutting edge defines the blind hole diameter by rotating about the rotation axis, the shaft having an enveloping circle diameter which changes along the rotation axis and which is larger than the blind hole diameter on the stop shoulder, the shaft having a first shaft section arranged between the cutting edge and the stop shoulder which reaches to the stop shoulder and in which the enveloping circle diameter is smaller than the blind hole diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Thomas FOSER
  • Patent number: 10040180
    Abstract: A device for driving fastening elements into an underlying surface has a mount for a fastening element, having a through-passage for a driving-in element, by which a fastening element in the mount is driven into the underlying surface in a driving-in direction, having a strip lead-through, which defines a strip plane and a transporting direction and is intended for a fastening-element bearing strip core, having a supporting element for supporting the strip and/or a fastening element, and having a supporting spring, wherein the supporting element can be deflected transversely to the driving-in direction, counter to a force of the supporting spring, when a fastening element is moved in the driving-in direction by the driving-in element in order for the fastening element to be separated from the strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Thomas Foser
  • Publication number: 20180185996
    Abstract: A device for screwing a screw into a substrate comprises a coupling having a rotationally drivable coupling input and a coupling output, the coupling input, when engaged, is connected to the coupling output in a torque-transmitting manner, and the coupling input, when disengaged, is freely rotatable with respect to the coupling output. The device further comprises a displacement limiter for limiting movement of the coupling input in the placement direction, the displacement limiter comprising a substrate support for placement on the substrate and a stop for contact with the coupling input. The distance between the substrate support and the stop measured in the placement direction is adapted to the dimensions of the coupling input, of the coupling output and of the screw in such a manner that the coupling is disengaged when the screw is screwed into the substrate to a predetermined placement depth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventor: Thomas FOSER
  • Patent number: 9925652
    Abstract: Disclosed is a magazine attachment for a device for driving fastening elements into a support, comprising an attachment part which has a connecting region for connecting the magazine attachment to the device, and a pressing part which has a contact region for placing the magazine attachment against the support. The attachment part and the pressing part are held together in such a way as to be movable along a movement path which is delimited by a normal position and a pressing position. An outer contour of the pressing part has three contact points which define two half-lines forming a right angle. In the normal position and in the pressing position, the attachment part and the pressing part are entirely located within a volume formed by the right angle and a straight line that intersects the two half-lines at the vertex of the right angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Foser, Urs Bruhin
  • Publication number: 20180045238
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fastening element, comprising an insertion segment for inserting into a bore, having a self-tapping threaded segment having an external thread for screwing and tapping into the bore on a fastening object, and comprising a mounting segment for arranging outside of the bore, having an interface geometry for applying a torque to the fastening wherein it should be possible to fix a fixing part to the fastening element in a simple manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventor: Thomas FOSER
  • Patent number: 9677591
    Abstract: The invention relates to a screw, comprising a drive, a drilling tip for producing a bore, said bore having a bore axis and a bore diameter, which drilling tip is spaced apart from the drive in a drive-in direction, and a shaft, which extends from the drive to the drilling tip, wherein the shaft has a stop section, which can be fed through the bore when the drive-in direction of the screw is tilted in relation to the bore axis and which has a stop surface for blocking the feeding of the stop section through the bore when the drive-in direction of the screw is oriented parallel to the bore axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Thomas Foser, Daniel Baudy
  • Publication number: 20170097025
    Abstract: A method for fastening a component to a base element, in which method there is produced in the base element a blind bore which defines a depth direction and which has a force transmission surface which has a depth T in the depth direction, wherein the force transmission surface is of frustoconical form with a cone opening half-angle (?) and a mean diameter (d), wherein the blind bore has a conical blind bore base with a cone opening angle (?) and, at the edge thereof, a bevel which extends in the depth direction to a bevel depth L, wherein, in the method, a fastening element is anchored in the blind bore by way of the force transmission surface, and wherein the component is held by the fastening element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventor: Thomas Foser
  • Publication number: 20160258468
    Abstract: The invention relates to a screw, comprising a drive, a drilling tip for producing a bore, said bore having a bore axis and a bore diameter, which drilling tip is spaced apart from the drive in a drive-in direction, and a shaft, which extends from the drive to the drilling tip, wherein the shaft has a stop section, which can be fed through the bore when the drive-in direction of the screw is tilted in relation to the bore axis and which has a stop surface for blocking the feeding of the stop section through the bore when the drive-in direction of the screw is oriented parallel to the bore axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas Foser, Daniel Baudy
  • Patent number: 9377043
    Abstract: A nail-shaped fastening element having a shank, at whose one end a tip is configured and at whose opposite other end a head is configured, and having a sleeve-shaped washer is disclosed. At a first end facing the tip, the sleeve-shaped washer has a first collar that narrows the opening cross section of the sleeve-shaped washer and, at a second end facing opposite the first end, it has a second circumferentially outwardly disposed collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Foser, Ferenc Lor, Stefan Boenig
  • Publication number: 20150360353
    Abstract: Device (100) for driving fastening elements (110) into an underlying surface, having a mount (120) for a fastening element (110), having a through-passage for a driving-in element, by means of which a fastening element in the mount is driven into the underlying surface in a driving-in direction (170), having a strip lead-through (180), which defines a strip plane and a transporting direction and is intended for a fastening-element bearing strip core (130), having a supporting element (210) for supporting the strip and/or a fastening element, and having a supporting spring, wherein the supporting element can be deflected transversely to the driving-in direction, counter to a force of the supporting spring, when a fastening element is moved in the driving-in direction by the driving-in element in order for the fastening element to be separated from the strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicant: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Thomas Foser
  • Publication number: 20150174640
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a strip for fastening elements, said strip comprising a plurality of interconnected holders, each of which accommodates a shaft of a fastening element. The holders define a fastening direction in which the fastening element can be driven from the holder into a support by a fastening device. The disclosed method comprises the following steps: a) producing a continuous strip defining a longitudinal direction of the strip; b) making the holders from the strip material by means of a deep-drawing process; c) accommodating the fastening elements in the holders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Foser, Ho-Tien Chen
  • Publication number: 20150151418
    Abstract: Disclosed is a magazine attachment for a device for driving fastening elements into a support, comprising an attachment part which has a connecting region for connecting the magazine attachment to the device, and a pressing part which has a contact region for placing the magazine attachment against the support. The attachment part and the pressing part are held together in such a way as to be movable along a movement path which is delimited by a normal position and a pressing position. An outer contour of the pressing part has three contact points which define two half-lines forming a right angle. In the normal position and in the pressing position, the attachment part and the pressing part are entirely located within a volume formed by the right angle and a straight line that intersects the two half-lines at the vertex of the right angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Foser, Urs Bruhin
  • Patent number: 8926250
    Abstract: A device for fastening a first object to a second object, including a fastening element and a ring element. The ring element has a predetermined bending point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Foser, Wolfram Schwertner, Guenther Domani