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: 20220048173Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2019Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventors: Thomas FOSER, Michael RUHSTALLER
-
Publication number: 20220009066Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2019Publication date: January 13, 2022Inventors: Christoph STUERTZEL, Thomas FOSER, Cyrill BAUR, Michael RUHSTALLER, Stefan ZIEGLER
-
Patent number: 10756454Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 17, 2018Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventor: Thomas Foser
-
Patent number: 10746211Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 31, 2015Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventor: Thomas Foser
-
Patent number: 10702910Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 22, 2013Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Thomas Foser, Ho-Tien Chen
-
Publication number: 20200030949Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2018Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Thomas FOSER, Stefan ZIEGLER
-
Publication number: 20200028283Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2018Publication date: January 23, 2020Inventor: Thomas FOSER
-
Publication number: 20190184473Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2017Publication date: June 20, 2019Applicant: Hilti AktiengesellschaftInventor: Thomas FOSER
-
Patent number: 10040180Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 14, 2014Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: Hilti AktiengesellschaftInventor: Thomas Foser
-
Publication number: 20180185996Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2016Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventor: Thomas FOSER
-
Patent number: 9925652Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 22, 2013Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: Hilti AktiengesellschaftInventors: Thomas Foser, Urs Bruhin
-
Publication number: 20180045238Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2016Publication date: February 15, 2018Inventor: Thomas FOSER
-
Patent number: 9677591Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 29, 2014Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Thomas Foser, Daniel Baudy
-
Publication number: 20170097025Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2015Publication date: April 6, 2017Inventor: Thomas Foser
-
Publication number: 20160258468Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2014Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Thomas Foser, Daniel Baudy
-
Patent number: 9377043Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 17, 2012Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: Hilti AktiengesellschaftInventors: Thomas Foser, Ferenc Lor, Stefan Boenig
-
Publication number: 20150360353Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2014Publication date: December 17, 2015Applicant: Hilti AktiengesellschaftInventor: Thomas Foser
-
Publication number: 20150174640Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2013Publication date: June 25, 2015Inventors: Thomas Foser, Ho-Tien Chen
-
Publication number: 20150151418Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2013Publication date: June 4, 2015Inventors: Thomas Foser, Urs Bruhin
-
Patent number: 8926250Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 28, 2011Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Hilti AktiengesellschaftInventors: Thomas Foser, Wolfram Schwertner, Guenther Domani