Patents by Inventor Thomas Grolimund

Thomas Grolimund 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: 20260071651
    Abstract: A linear guide includes a first displacement element; a second displacement element which is linearly moveable along a linear direction relative to the first displacement element; at least one first rolling element set, which is provided between the first and second displacement elements, and which includes at least one rolling element and over which the first and second displacement elements are relatively moveable; and a cage in which at least one rolling element is arranged in a holding section which overlaps with the at least one rolling element in the linear direction. To increase precision and improve the response behavior of the linear guide, the cage includes at least one uneven stiffening structure which is arranged in the holding section and contains at least one recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2025
    Publication date: March 12, 2026
    Applicant: Schneeberger Holding AG
    Inventor: Thomas GROLIMUND
  • Patent number: 12510115
    Abstract: A linear guide device includes a rail that has a first advancing device extending along a longitudinal direction, a carriage that can be displaced relative to the rail along the longitudinal direction and has a second advancing device extending along the longitudinal direction, a cage that can be displaced relative to the rail and the carriage along the longitudinal direction and a coupling element that is designed for simultaneously engaging into the first and the second advancing device in order to cause a movement of the cage relative to the rail and/or the carriage when the carriage is advanced relative to the rail along the longitudinal direction. The coupling element has at least one projection that interacts with a stopping face formed on the rail and/or the carriage in order to retain the coupling element in the linear guide device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2025
    Assignee: Schneeberger Holding AG
    Inventor: Thomas Grolimund
  • Publication number: 20240280139
    Abstract: A linear guide device includes a rail that has a first advancing device extending along a longitudinal direction, a carriage that can be displaced relative to the rail along the longitudinal direction and has a second advancing device extending along the longitudinal direction, a cage that can be displaced relative to the rail and the carriage along the longitudinal direction and a coupling element that is designed for simultaneously engaging into the first and the second advancing device in order to cause a movement of the cage relative to the rail and/or the carriage when the carriage is advanced relative to the rail along the longitudinal direction. The coupling element has at least one projection that interacts with a stopping face formed on the rail and/or the carriage in order to retain the coupling element in the linear guide device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: Schneeberger Holding AG
    Inventor: Thomas GROLIMUND
  • Patent number: 11460072
    Abstract: The invention relates to a carriage of a linear motion guide for arranging on a rail of the linear motion guide, said carriage having an at least substantially U-shaped cross-section and having at least one substantially U-shaped base body (15) which is supplemented with plastic components, wherein the carriage, in both legs of the U-shape, is in each case connected to at least one self-contained rolling body housing (7) which is kept open towards the rail in order to guide as precisely as possible on the rail and nevertheless being easy to assemble. According to the invention, at least parts of inner and outer boundary surfaces of a return channel (10) and both deflection channels (11) of one of the rolling body housings in the respective leg are formed by means of a one-piece plastic component in both legs of the carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SCHNEEBERGER HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Jaques Bruni, Thomas Grolimund
  • Publication number: 20210262521
    Abstract: The invention relates to a carriage of a linear motion guide for arranging on a rail of the linear motion guide, said carriage having an at least substantially U-shaped cross-section and having at least one substantially U-shaped base body (15) which is supplemented with plastic components, wherein the carriage, in both legs of the U-shape, is in each case connected to at least one self-contained rolling body housing (7) which is kept open towards the rail in order to guide as precisely as possible on the rail and nevertheless being easy to assemble. According to the invention, at least parts of inner and outer boundary surfaces of a return channel (10) and both deflection channels (11) of one of the rolling body housings in the respective leg are formed by means of a one-piece plastic component in both legs of the carriage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Jaques Bruni, Thomas Grolimund