Patents by Inventor Thomas Schweizer

Thomas Schweizer 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).

  • Motor-operated adjusting device for machines
    Patent number: 5574350
    Abstract: A motor-operated adjusting device is provided for adjusting machine axles. The device includes an addressable unit, an operating unit for executing control functions for adjusting a position of an axle to be adjusted, a bus coupling the operating unit to the addressable unit, and an adjusting unit. The adjusting unit includes a path indicator for indicating the position of the axle to be adjusted, a gear connected to the axle and a motor connected via the gear to the axle for adjusting the position of the axle, the motor and the output of the path indicator being connected via the addressable unit and the bus to the operating unit so that the operating unit can instruct the motor via the addressable unit to adjust the position of the axle in dependence of the position of the axle as indicated by the path indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1996
    Assignee: Grapha-Holding AG
    Inventors: Hanspeter Duss, Thomas Schweizer