Patents by Inventor Thomas Mattern

Thomas Mattern 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: 11542104
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a picking system for a job-related picking of goods in output bins, said picking system comprising a plurality of automated picking cells; comprising a first conveying system for the supply and/or discharge of the supply bins to and/or from the picking cells; and a second conveying system for the supply and/or discharge of the output bins to and/or from the picking cells, and a job management control for working through a plurality of picking jobs by controlling the first and second conveying systems and the plurality of picking cells, wherein at least one first picking cell has different goods handling properties than a second picking cell; and/or in that the job management control uses at least one first picking cell for working through different jobs and/or partial jobs than a second picking cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Mattern, David Hänschke, Michael Kluge, Regina Krause
  • Patent number: 11019926
    Abstract: The present invention shows a telescopic rail having at least one inner, middle, and outer rail element, wherein the inner and outer rail elements are each longitudinally displaceably supported at the middle rail element over rolling members that are guided in a rolling member cage. Provision is made in accordance with a first aspect that the rail elements are mechanically force-coupled via a rail synchronization arrangement such that on a longitudinal displacement of the outer rail element with respect to the inner rail element, the middle rail element is longitudinally displaced with respect to both the inner rail element and the outer rail element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Mattern, Markus Zollitsch, Florian Hoessle
  • Patent number: 10994872
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a picking cell for a job-related automated picking of goods that can remove different goods from supply bins and can transfer them into an output bin in an automated manner, said picking cell comprising: an object detection device for detecting the goods in a supply bin; a gripper for removing the goods from a supply bin; and a cell control for evaluating the data of the object detection device and for a path planning and a control of the gripper, wherein the cell control controls the gripper such that different goods of a job or of a partial job are placed at a predefined position and/or with a predefined orientation in the output bin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: LIEBHERR-VERZAHNTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Mattern, David Hänschke, Michael Kluge, Regina Simon
  • Patent number: 10926954
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a picking system for order-related picking of goods stockpiled in racks, with an automated picking cell including a gripper for gripping and picking the goods and a cell control unit for actuating the gripper, with a transport system for conveying the racks to a picking position near the picking cell, wherein the racks have shelves and/or containers on and/or in which goods are stored, wherein at least one shelf and/or container of a rack arranged in the picking position can be conveyed from a storage position inside the rack into a removal position in which the at least one shelf and/or container is at least partially arranged in front of the rack, wherein the gripper is actuated by the cell control unit to grip the goods stockpiled on the shelf and/or in the container while the shelf and/or container is in the removal position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: LIEBHERR VERZAHNTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Mattern, Michael Kluge
  • Patent number: 10919709
    Abstract: The present disclosure shows an apparatus for the automated removal of workpieces arranged in a bin, said apparatus having a first object recognition device for detecting the workpieces in the bin; a first picker for picking and removing the workpieces from the bin; a controller for evaluating the data of the first object recognition device, for path planning and for controlling the first picker; and a transport device on which the workpieces removed from the bin are placed. Provision is made that a robot arm that is used for placing the workpieces on the transport device is arranged on a pedestal above the transport device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Mattern, David Haenschke, Bernhard Riedmiller
  • Publication number: 20200180874
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a picking system for a job-related picking of goods in output bins, said picking system comprising a plurality of automated picking cells; comprising a first conveying system for the supply and/or discharge of the supply bins to and/or from the picking cells; and a second conveying system for the supply and/or discharge of the output bins to and/or from the picking cells, and a job management control for working through a plurality of picking jobs by controlling the first and second conveying systems and the plurality of picking cells, wherein at least one first picking cell has different goods handling properties than a second picking cell; and/or in that the job management control uses at least one first picking cell for working through different jobs and/or partial jobs than a second picking cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas MATTERN, David HÄNSCHKE, Michael KLUGE, Regina KRAUSE
  • Patent number: 10669096
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a storage and retrieval vehicle for a pallet storage system having at least one racking system and having at least one floor rail for moving the storage and retrieval vehicle, wherein the storage and retrieval vehicle comprises at least one linear guide, in particular a telescopic linear guide, outwardly coupled via at least one vertical guide to a base body of the storage and retrieval vehicle, and wherein the base body is rotatably arranged, in particular by 360°, about the vertical axis. The present disclosure further relates to a pallet storage system having a corresponding storage and retrieval vehicle and to a modular floor rail for a pallet storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: LIEBHERR-VERZAHNTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Mattern, Markus Zollitsch
  • Publication number: 20200130933
    Abstract: The present application comprises a loading gantry with at least one carriage traversable on a horizontal guide rail, in particular for the transport of workpieces between stations of a production system. In accordance with the application the loading gantry includes a media station which in at least one position of the carriage releasably can be mechanically coupled with the same in order to produce at least one media connection between the media station and the carriage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas MATTERN, Vanessa ALBRECHT, Konrad BECHTELER
  • Publication number: 20200079630
    Abstract: The present application discloses a driverless transporter, which comprises an undercarriage, a drive and a control unit, for transporting goods, such as for loading a transfer station with one or a plurality of workpieces. The driverless transporter comprises here a handling arrangement with a telescopic extension for moving the transported goods in a horizontal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventor: Thomas MATTERN
  • Publication number: 20200040939
    Abstract: The present invention shows a telescopic rail having at least one inner, middle, and outer rail element, wherein the inner and outer rail elements are each longitudinally displaceably supported at the middle rail element over rolling members that are guided in a rolling member cage. Provision is made in accordance with a first aspect that the rail elements are mechanically force-coupled via a rail synchronization arrangement such that on a longitudinal displacement of the outer rail element with respect to the inner rail element, the middle rail element is longitudinally displaced with respect to both the inner rail element and the outer rail element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas MATTERN, Markus ZOLLITSCH, Florian HOESSLE
  • Patent number: 10512996
    Abstract: A gantry loader having at least one carriage travelable at a horizontal guide rail, in particular for the transport of workpieces between stations of a production system, wherein the carriage has at least one drive. The present energy is characterized in that the carriage has an energy store for the at least partial energy supply of the drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH
    Inventors: David Haenschke, Christof Porsche, Thomas Mattern
  • Patent number: 10507989
    Abstract: The present disclosure shows an apparatus for the automated removal of workpieces arranged in a bin, said apparatus having a first object recognition device for detecting the workpieces in the bin; a first picker for picking and removing the workpieces from the bin; a controller for evaluating the data of the first object recognition device, for path planning and for controlling the first picker; a buffering station on which the first picker places the workpieces after the removal from the bin and a positioning apparatus that more accurately positions and/or isolates the workpieces starting from the buffering station. Provision is made that the buffering station has at least one tiltable placement area that is tiltable into a slanted position via a tilting mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Zollitsch, David Haenschke, Bernhard Riedmiller, Thomas Mattern
  • Publication number: 20190185267
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a picking cell for a job-related automated picking of goods that can remove different goods from supply bins and can transfer them into an output bin in an automated manner, said picking cell comprising: an object detection device for detecting the goods in a supply bin; a gripper for removing the goods from a supply bin; and a cell control for evaluating the data of the object detection device and for a path planning and a control of the gripper, wherein the cell control controls the gripper such that different goods of a job or of a partial job are placed at a predefined position and/or with a predefined orientation in the output bin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas MATTERN, David HÄNSCHKE, Michael KLUGE, Regina KRAUSE
  • Publication number: 20190185266
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a picking system for order-related picking of goods stockpiled in racks, with an automated picking cell including a gripper for gripping and picking the goods and a cell control unit for actuating the gripper, with a transport system for conveying the racks a picking position near the picking cell, wherein the racks have shelves and/or containers on and/or in which goods are stored, wherein at least one shelf and/or container of a rack arranged in the picking position can be conveyed from a storage position inside the rack into a removal position in which the at least one shelf and/or container is at least partially arranged in front of the rack, wherein the gripper is actuated by the cell control unit to grip the goods stockpiled on the shelf and/or in the container while the shelf and/or container is in the removal position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas MATTERN, Michael KLUGE
  • Publication number: 20180318974
    Abstract: The present disclosure shows a gantry loader having at least one carriage travelable at a horizontal guide rail, in particular for the transport of workpieces between stations of a production system, wherein the carriage has at least one drive. The present energy is characterized in that the carriage has an energy store for the at least partial energy supply of the drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: David HAENSCHKE, Christof PORSCHE, Thomas MATTERN
  • Publication number: 20180319282
    Abstract: The present disclosure shows a gantry loader having at least one carriage travelable at a horizontal guide rail, in particular for the transport of workpieces between stations of a production system, wherein the carriage has at least one drive. The present energy is characterized in that the carriage has an energy store for the at least partial energy supply of the drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: David HAENSCHKE, Christof PORSCHE, Thomas MATTERN
  • Publication number: 20180208409
    Abstract: The present disclosure shows an apparatus for the automated removal of workpieces arranged in a bin, said apparatus having a first object recognition device for detecting the workpieces in the bin; a first picker for picking and removing the workpieces from the bin; a controller for evaluating the data of the first object recognition device, for path planning and for controlling the first picker; a buffering station on which the first picker places the workpieces after the removal from the bin and a positioning apparatus that more accurately positions and/or isolates the workpieces starting from the buffering station. Provision is made that the buffering station has at least one tiltable placement area that is tiltable into a slanted position via a tilting mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Markus ZOLLITSCH, David HAENSCHKE, Bernhard RIEDMILLER, Thomas MATTERN
  • Publication number: 20180208410
    Abstract: The present disclosure shows an apparatus for the automated removal of workpieces arranged in a bin, said apparatus having a first object recognition device for detecting the workpieces in the bin; a first picker for picking and removing the workpieces from the bin; a controller for evaluating the data of the first object recognition device, for path planning and for controlling the first picker; and a transport device on which the workpieces removed from the bin are placed. Provision is made that a robot arm that is used for placing the workpieces on the transport device is arranged on a pedestal above the transport device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas MATTERN, David HAENSCHKE, Bernhard RIEDMILLER
  • Patent number: 9958851
    Abstract: The present disclosure shows an apparatus for the automated removal of workpieces arranged in a container, having an object recognition device for detecting the workpieces and a gripper for gripping and removing the workpiece from the container and having a control for evaluating the data of the object recognition device, for path planning and for controlling the gripper. In this respect, the apparatus is set up in a modular manner by a handling module and a feed module, wherein the handling module has the gripper kinematics, in particular a robot or an area gantry, and the feed module has an arrangement for providing a container having workpieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Mattern, David Haenschke, Berhard Riedmiller
  • Patent number: 9902066
    Abstract: A device for automated removal of workpieces arranged in a container has a detector device, for the purpose of detecting the workpiece, and a picker, which can be moved via a robot arm having at least six axes, for picking and removing the workpieces from the container. The device also has controller for evaluating the data of the detector device, for path planning, and for controlling the robot arm and the picker. The robot arm has a picker arm element, with at least two further axes of movement, for moving the picker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Mattern, David Haenschke, Bernhard Riedmiller, Alois Mundt