Patents by Inventor Tilo Dittrich

Tilo Dittrich 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: 11919134
    Abstract: A tool having a working piston that moves along a working axis, a drive, for driving the working piston along the working axis, the drive having an electrical capacitor, a squirrel-cage rotor arranged on the working piston and an excitation coil, wherein current flows through the coil during rapid discharge of the capacitor and generates a magnetic field that accelerates the working piston, the tool having a frame of a soft-magnetic and electrically conducting material surrounding the excitation coil and extending in a circumferential direction with respect to the working axis, the frame having one or more at least partial interruptions, which extend over a significant part of a radial extent of the frame with respect to the working axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Tilo Dittrich, Norbert Heeb, Emanuel Kurth, Chafic Abu Antoun
  • Publication number: 20240022157
    Abstract: The invention relates to a highly dynamic electromagnetic drive in the manner of a Thomson coil with soft-magnetic frame, comprising a first excitation coil (30) whose winding height is greater than its length, which hence is flat; a soft-magnetic frame (10) in which the first excitation coil (30) is arranged and against which it abuts, and which in in the manner of a pot magnet constitutes an open magnetic circuit which includes an outer region (11), a bottom (12) and an inner region (13), and which is open on its end face, wherein the first excitation coil at least partly encloses the inner part (13) of the frame; a short circuit armature (40) preferably formed hollow cylindrical at least on its side facing the first excitation coil (30), which is movably mounted along an axis and which in its stroke starting position dips into the end-face opening of the frame (10) and thereby at least partly encloses the inner part of the frame (13), wherein the frame (10) entirely or predominantly is formed of a soft-mag
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Arno MECKLENBURG, Tilo DITTRICH
  • Patent number: 11813726
    Abstract: A setting tool for driving fastening elements into a substrate is provided, the setting tool comprising a holder, which is provided for holding a fastening element, a drive-in element, which is provided for transferring a fastening element held in the holder into the substrate along a setting axis, a drive, which is provided for driving the drive-in element toward the fastening element along the setting axis, wherein the drive comprises an electrical capacitor, which is arranged on the setting axis or around the setting axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Tilo Dittrich, Chafic Abu Antoun, Thomas Sperrfechter
  • Patent number: 11770061
    Abstract: The invention relates to a handheld nail setting device comprising highly dynamic electromagnetic drive in the manner of a Thomson coil with soft-magnetic frame, comprising a first excitation coil (30) whose winding height is greater than its length, which hence is flat; a soft-magnetic frame in which the first excitation coil is arranged and against which it abuts, and which in in the manner of a pot magnet constitutes an open magnetic circuit which includes an outer region, a bottom and an inner region, and which is open on its end face, wherein the first excitation coil at least partly encloses the inner part of the frame; a short circuit armature preferably formed hollow cylindrical at least on its side facing the first excitation coil, which is movably mounted along an axis and which in its stroke starting position dips into the end-face opening of the frame and thereby at least partly encloses the inner part of the frame, wherein the frame entirely or predominantly is formed of a soft-magnetic composite
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Arno Mecklenburg, Tilo Dittrich
  • Patent number: 11738429
    Abstract: A tool comprising a drive-in element, transferring a fastening element into a substrate along setting axis by a setting energy Ekin, a drive for driving the drive-in element along the setting axis, the drive comprising a capacitor, a rotor, and a coil, wherein current flows through the coil generating a magnetic field accelerating the drive-in element toward the fastening element, wherein a current intensity Acoil of current flowing through the excitation coil while discharging the capacitor has a time profile with a rising edge, a maximum current intensity Amax and a falling edge, Acoil rising during current rise time ?trise from 0.1 to 0.8 times Amax and during impact time ?timpact is more than 0.5 times the Amax, wherein ?trise is at least 0.020 ms and at most 0.275 ms and/or the impact time ?timpact is at least 0.15 ms and at most 2.0 ms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Tilo Dittrich, Peter Bruggmueller, Chafic Abu Antoun
  • Patent number: 11712792
    Abstract: A setting tool for driving fastening elements into a substrate, comprising a holder for holding a fastening element; a drive-in element for transferring a fastening element held in the holder into the substrate along a setting axis; and a drive for driving the drive-in element toward the fastening element along the setting axis, wherein the drive comprises an electrical capacitor; a squirrel-cage rotor arranged on the drive-in element; and an excitation coil; which during discharge of the capacitor is flowed through by current and generates a magnetic field that accelerates the drive-in element toward the fastening element, wherein the setting tool further comprises a soft-magnetic frame, in which the excitation coil is embedded; and a supporting structure; wherein, at least during the discharge of the capacitor, the supporting structure exerts on the soft-magnetic frame a pretensioning force directed radially inward with respect to the setting axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Tilo Dittrich, Thomas Sperrfechter, Norbert Heeb
  • Patent number: 11667022
    Abstract: A setting tool for driving fastening elements into a substrate comprises a holder for holding a fastening element; a drive-in element for transferring a fastening element held in the holder into the substrate along a setting axis; and, a drive for driving the drive-in element toward the fastening element along the setting axis, wherein the drive comprises an electrical capacitor, which is arranged on the setting axis or around the setting axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Tilo Dittrich
  • Patent number: 11590640
    Abstract: A setting tool driving fastening elements, comprising a holder for a fastening element; a drive-in element transferring a fastening element in the holder into a substrate along a setting axis by a setting energy Ekin of at least 30 J and at most 600 J; a drive for driving the drive-in element toward the fastening element along the setting axis, the drive comprising a capacitor, a rotor on the drive-in element; and, an excitation coil, which during discharge of the capacitor is flowed through by current and generates a magnetic field accelerating the drive-in element toward the fastening element, the drive-in element having a piston diameter dK and a piston mass mK, and wherein, for dK, 2 3 ? ( a + b ? E k ? i ? n n ) ? d K ? 4 3 ? ( a + b ? E k ? i ? n n ) where a=33 mm, b=6 mmJ?n and n=? and/or, for mK, 2 3 ? ( c + d ? E k ? i ? n n ) ? m K ? 5 3 ? ( c + d ? E k ? i ? n n ) where c=20 g, d=30 gJ?n and n=?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Peter Bruggmueller, Chafic Abu Antoun, Tilo Dittrich
  • Publication number: 20230018142
    Abstract: A tool for working a substrate, having a stator and a working piston, which is intended to move relative to the stator along a working axis, and having a drive, which is intended to drive the working piston along the working axis from a starting position onto the substrate, the drive having a stator coil arranged on the stator and being intended to apply electrical current of a first current intensity I1 to the stator coil in order to generate a magnetic field which accelerates the working piston relative to the stator, the drive having a piston coil arranged on the working piston and being intended to apply electrical current of a second current intensity I2 to the piston coil in order to generate a magnetic field which accelerates the working piston relative to the stator, the second current intensity I2 being less than the first current intensity I1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Chafic ABU ANTOUN, Tilo DITTRICH, Albert BINDER, Manuel GUT, Florian SCHMID, Jasmin SMAJIC
  • Publication number: 20230008745
    Abstract: A tool for working a substrate, the tool having a stator and a working piston, which is intended to move relative to the stator along a working axis, also having a drive, which is intended to drive the working piston from a starting position along the working axis to the substrate, the stator having a first electrical stator contact and the working piston having a first electrical piston contact, which slides on the first electrical stator contact and is arranged on a radially outer circumference of the working piston with respect to the working axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Chafic ABU ANTOUN, Tilo DITTRICH, Albert BINDER, Manuel GUT, Florian SCHMID
  • Publication number: 20220258317
    Abstract: A tool having a working piston that moves along a working axis, a drive, for driving the working piston along the working axis, the drive having an electrical capacitor, a squirrel-cage rotor arranged on the working piston and an excitation coil, wherein current flows through the coil during rapid discharge of the capacitor and generates a magnetic field that accelerates the working piston, the tool having a frame of a soft-magnetic and electrically conducting material surrounding the excitation coil and extending in a circumferential direction with respect to the working axis, the frame having one or more at least partial interruptions, which extend over a significant part of a radial extent of the frame with respect to the working axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Tilo DITTRICH, Norbert HEEB, Emanuel KURTH, Chafic ABU ANTOUN
  • Patent number: 11204046
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel-operated firing device for driving securing elements into a substrate, comprising at least one main combustion chamber for a fuel, a driving piston that can be driven out of the main combustion chamber in a firing direction by expandable gases, and a pre-chamber with which an ignition device is associated and in which a pressure acting on the main combustion chamber can build up prior to a fuel-air mixture being ignited in said main combustion chamber. In order to improve the efficacy and/or functionality during the driving in of securing elements using the fuel-operated firing device, the pre-chamber has at least two venting connections which are mutually spaced in an axial direction and which have passages that can be exposed conjointly in order to facilitate rapid venting of the pre-chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Tilo Dittrich, Daniel Jung, Dominik Schmidt, Peter Bruggmueller, Philipp Heinze, Norbert Heeb, Edwin Staudacker
  • Publication number: 20210387317
    Abstract: A nail gun for driving fastening elements into a substrate in a driving-in direction is provided, comprising a drive piston which can be driven in a setting direction in order to push a fastening element into the substrate, a control unit which is provided for controlling a driving-in process of the nail gun, a sensor device for detecting a parameter during the driving-in process and for transmitting a signal, which is dependent on the detected parameter, to the control unit, wherein the control unit is provided for controlling driving-in energy, which is still to be transmitted to the fastening element as part of the driving-in process, depending on the detected parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventor: Tilo DITTRICH
  • Patent number: 11103987
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel-operated firing device for driving securing elements into a substrate, comprising at least one main combustion chamber for a fuel, a driving piston that can be driven out of the main combustion chamber in a firing direction by expandable gases, and a pre-chamber with which an ignition device is associated and in which a pressure acting on the main combustion chamber can build up prior to a fuel-air mixture being ignited in said main combustion chamber. In order to improve the efficacy and/or functionality during the driving in of securing elements, a detection system is associated with the driving piston, said detection system being connected to an electronic feedback control device for control purposes, in order to detect an initial position of the driving piston prior to a firing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Tilo Dittrich, Daniel Jung, Dominik Schmidt, Norbert Heeb, Peter Bruggmueller
  • Publication number: 20210237245
    Abstract: A setting tool for driving fastening elements into a substrate, comprising a holder, which is provided for holding a fastening element, a drive-in element, which is provided for transferring a fastening element held in the holder into the substrate along a setting axis, the drive-in element having a piston plate and a piston rod, a drive, which is provided for driving the drive-in element toward the fastening element along the setting axis, a guide cylinder, in which the piston plate is guided along the setting axis, and passages, through which air escapes from the cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventor: Tilo DITTRICH
  • Publication number: 20210237244
    Abstract: A setting tool driving fastening elements, comprising a holder for a fastening element; a drive-in element transferring a fastening element in the holder into a substrate along a setting axis by a setting energy Ekin of at least 30 J and at most 600 J; a drive for driving the drive-in element toward the fastening element along the setting axis, the drive comprising a capacitor, a rotor on the drive-in element; and, an excitation coil, which during discharge of the capacitor is flowed through by current and generates a magnetic field accelerating the drive-in element toward the fastening element, the drive-in element having a piston diameter dK and a piston mass mK, and wherein, for dK, ?(a+b Ekinn)?dK?4/3(a+b Ekinn) where a=33 mm, b=6 mmJ?n and n=? and/or, for MK, ?(c+d Ekinn)?mK?5/3(c+d Ekinn) where c=20 g, d=30 gJ?n and n=?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Peter BRUGGMUELLER, Chafic ABU ANTOUN, Tilo DITTRICH
  • Publication number: 20210237243
    Abstract: A setting tool for driving fastening elements into a substrate comprises a holder for holding a fastening element; a drive-in element for transferring a fastening element held in the holder into the substrate along a setting axis; and, a drive for driving the drive-in element toward the fastening element along the setting axis, wherein the drive comprises an electrical capacitor, which is arranged on the setting axis or around the setting axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Tilo DITTRICH
  • Publication number: 20210229251
    Abstract: A setting tool for driving fastening elements into a substrate comprises a holder for holding a fastening element; a drive-in element for transferring a fastening element held in the holder into the substrate along a setting axis; and, a drive for driving the drive-in element toward the fastening element along the setting axis, wherein the drive comprises an electrical capacitor; a squirrel-cage rotor arranged on the drive-in element; and, an excitation coil, which during rapid discharge of the capacitor is flowed through by current and generates a magnetic field that accelerates the drive-in element toward the fastening element, and wherein the setting tool has a control unit, which is suitable for carrying out a fuse discharge of the capacitor during which current does not flow through the excitation coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Tilo DITTRICH, Norbert HEEB, Kai FRIEWALD
  • Publication number: 20210220981
    Abstract: A setting tool for driving fastening elements into a substrate is provided, the setting tool comprising a holder, which is provided for holding a fastening element, a drive-in element, which is provided for transferring a fastening element held in the holder into the substrate along a setting axis, a drive, which is provided for driving the drive-in element toward the fastening element along the setting axis, wherein the drive comprises an electrical capacitor, which is arranged on the setting axis or around the setting axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Tilo DITTRICH, Chafic ABU ANTOUN, Thomas SPERRFECHTER
  • Publication number: 20210197351
    Abstract: A tool comprising a drive-in element, transferring a fastening element into a substrate along setting axis by a setting energy Ekin, a drive for driving the drive-in element along the setting axis, the drive comprising a capacitor, a rotor, and a coil, wherein current flows through the coil generating a magnetic field accelerating the drive-in element toward the fastening element, wherein a current intensity Acoil of current flowing through the excitation coil while discharging the capacitor has a time profile with a rising edge, a maximum current intensity Amax and a falling edge, Acoil rising during current rise time ?trise from 0.1 to 0.8 times Amax and during impact time ?timpact is more than 0.5 times the Amax, wherein ?trise is at least 0.020 ms and at most 0.275 ms and/or the impact time ?timpact is at least 0.15 ms and at most 2.0 ms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Tilo DITTRICH, Peter BRUGGMUELLER, Chafic ABU ANTOUN