Patents by Inventor Urs Gumbel

Urs Gumbel 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: 11486641
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the temperature of workpieces, in particular of vehicle bodies, has a temperature-control tunnel, a traction chamber and an intermediate floor which is arranged between the temperature-control tunnel and the traction chamber and which has a connection passage. The apparatus includes a conveying device for conveying the workpieces in the temperature-control tunnel, wherein the conveying device has at least one conveying carriage with a running gear and has a workpiece carrier for holding the workpieces of which the temperature is to be controlled. The running gear is arranged in the traction chamber and is connected by a connecting device, which projects through the connection passage of the intermediate floor, to the workpiece carrier arranged in the temperature-control tunnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: EISENMANN GMBH
    Inventor: Urs Gümbel
  • Patent number: 11167305
    Abstract: A method for producing vehicles, wherein vehicle bodies are conveyed through multiple system zones of a production system in order to produce vehicles. Different types of work are carried out on the vehicle bodies in two respective system zones which follow each other. The vehicle bodies are conveyed through the system zones of the surface treatment system at least from a corrosion protection treatment to a final assembly using a single conveyor system in a surface treatment system for treating the surface of the vehicle bodies. A surface treatment system is provided for treating the surface of vehicle bodies, having multiple system zones, and the vehicle bodies are treated in a different manner in two respective system zones which follow each other. The surface treatment system is designed such that the vehicle bodies can be conveyed through the system zones of the system using a single conveyor system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: EISENMANN SE
    Inventors: Stephan Schwab, Urs Gümbel
  • Publication number: 20200276605
    Abstract: An installation for coating objects, more particularly vehicle bodies and/or vehicle body parts, having a coating booth having an air supply chamber and an application area which are spatially separated by a flow-permeable booth ceiling. An air system is set up in such a way that conditioned air can be supplied to the air supply chamber and said conditioned air flows further through the application area as booth air. In the application area, at least one application unit is arranged, wherein in the application area overspray occurs that is taken up by and carried in the booth air. The air system includes a flow guiding unit having a flow rectifier structure that is set up in such a way that the flow of the air supplied to the air supply chamber is homogenised. A method for coating objects with an installation of this kind is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Julian Bubek, Dennis Weik, Urs Gümbel, Patrick Wohnsiedler
  • Publication number: 20200271384
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the temperature of workpieces, in particular of vehicle bodies, has a temperature-control tunnel, a traction chamber and an intermediate floor which is arranged between the temperature-control tunnel and the traction chamber and which has a connection passage. The apparatus includes a conveying device for conveying the workpieces in the temperature-control tunnel, wherein the conveying device has at least one conveying carriage with a running gear and has a workpiece carrier for holding the workpieces of which the temperature is to be controlled. The running gear is arranged in the traction chamber and is connected by a connecting device, which projects through the connection passage of the intermediate floor, to the workpiece carrier arranged in the temperature-control tunnel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventor: Urs Gümbel
  • Patent number: 10676283
    Abstract: A treatment plant for treating workpieces having a treatment installation having a housing which defines a treatment space and a conveyor system having a multiplicity of transport trucks for conveying workpieces through the treatment space. Each transport truck has a running gear and a fastening installation for at least one workpiece, the running gear and the fastening installation being coupled to one another by a connection installation. A running space for the running gear is present outside the treatment space, the running space connected to the treatment space by a connection passage in the upward direction so that the running gear is capable of being moved in the running space, wherein the fastening installation is conjointly carried in the treatment space and the connection installation extends through the connection passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: EISENMANN SE
    Inventors: Urs Gümbel, Martin Riegraf
  • Publication number: 20200114384
    Abstract: A method for producing vehicles, wherein vehicle bodies are conveyed through multiple system zones of a production system in order to produce vehicles. Different types of work are carried out on the vehicle bodies in two respective system zones which follow each other. The vehicle bodies are conveyed through the system zones of the surface treatment system at least from a corrosion protection treatment to a final assembly using a single conveyor system in a surface treatment system for treating the surface of the vehicle bodies. A surface treatment system is provided for treating the surface of vehicle bodies, having multiple system zones, and the vehicle bodies are treated in a different manner in two respective system zones which follow each other. The surface treatment system is designed such that the vehicle bodies can be conveyed through the system zones of the system using a single conveyor system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Stephan Schwab, Urs Gumbel
  • Publication number: 20190329982
    Abstract: A treatment plant for treating workpieces having a treatment installation having a housing which defines a treatment space and a conveyor system having a multiplicity of transport trucks for conveying workpieces through the treatment space. Each transport truck has a running gear and a fastening installation for at least one workpiece, the running gear and the fastening installation being coupled to one another by a connection installation. A running space for the running gear is present outside the treatment space, the running space connected to the treatment space by a connection passage in the upward direction so that the running gear is capable of being moved in the running space, wherein the fastening installation is conjointly carried in the treatment space and the connection installation extends through the connection passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Urs Gümbel, Martin Riegraf
  • Publication number: 20080315133
    Abstract: The invention relates to a UV irradiation unit comprising a housing (10), a rod-shaped lamp (12) which is arranged therein, a reflector (14) which extends along the UV-lamp (12) and which defines a lamp chamber (22) which surrounds the UV-lamp (12), in addition to a channel system (20) for guiding a cooling coolant through the reflector (14). According to the invention, the channel system (20) is arranged on the outside of the lamp chamber (22) such that it remains void of the coolant flow (24) for operating the lamp in an optimum manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Joachim Jung, Stefan Jung, Melanie Niemann, Carsten Jung, Klaus Ebinger, Oliver Treichel, Gunter Fuchs, Urs Gumbel