Patents by Inventor Volker Aust
Volker Aust 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).
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Patent number: 12528137Abstract: The present invention relates to an ultrasonic welding installation (1) with an ultrasonic oscillating unit which comprises a sonotrode (2) and a converter (3), wherein the sonotrode (2) and the converter (3) are arranged one after the other along a longitudinal axis, optionally with the interposition of an amplitude transformer, and the ultrasonic oscillating unit can be caused to resonate with an ultrasonic oscillation with a wavelength ? in the direction of the longitudinal axis, and with a counterpart tool (11), wherein the sonotrode (2) comprises a sealing surface (12; 13) and the longitudinal axis extends parallel to the sealing surface (12, 13) or forms an angle of less than 90° therewith, wherein the counterpart tool (11) comprises a counterpart tool sealing surface (16) which faces the sealing surface (12, 13) of the sonotrode (2) and the sonotrode (2) and the counterpart tool (11) being movable relative to each other in a processing direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, whereby the distaType: GrantFiled: June 27, 2022Date of Patent: January 20, 2026Assignee: HERRMANN ULTRASCHALLTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Volker Aust, Jens Meier, Ulf Riehm
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Publication number: 20250178288Abstract: An apparatus for ultrasonic welding of a workpiece with a machine stand, a welding unit having a sonotrode, and a setting slide connected to the machine stand, which carries the welding unit and is movable in an infeed direction (Z) relative to the machine stand between a rear position and a front position, wherein a processing slide connected to the welding unit and the setting slide is provided, which can be moved together with the welding unit in the infeed direction (Z) relative to the setting slide between a start position and an end position, wherein a processing slide drive is provided, with which the processing slide can be moved in the infeed direction (Z) relative to the setting slide In order to improve the cycle time and the welding accuracy a setting slide drive is provided, with which the setting slide can be moved in the infeed direction (Z) relative to the machine stand.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2023Publication date: June 5, 2025Inventor: Volker AUST
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Publication number: 20240307995Abstract: The present invention relates to an ultrasonic welding installation (1) with an ultrasonic oscillating unit which comprises a sonotrode (2) and a converter (3), wherein the sonotrode (2) and the converter (3) are arranged one after the other along a longitudinal axis, optionally with the interposition of an amplitude transformer, and the ultrasonic oscillating unit can be caused to resonate with an ultrasonic oscillation with a wavelength ? in the direction of the longitudinal axis, and with a counterpart tool (11), wherein the sonotrode (2) comprises a sealing surface (12; 13) and the longitudinal axis extends parallel to the sealing surface (12, 13) or forms an angle of less than 90° therewith, wherein the counterpart tool (11) comprises a counterpart tool sealing surface (16) which faces the sealing surface (12, 13) of the sonotrode (2) and the sonotrode (2) and the counterpart tool (11) being movable relative to each other in a processing direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, whereby the distaType: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2022Publication date: September 19, 2024Inventors: Volker Aust, Jens Meier, Ulf Riehm
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Publication number: 20220072651Abstract: The present invention concerns an ultrasonic welding installation comprising an ultrasonic vibration unit having a sonotrode and a converter, wherein the sonotrode and the converter are arranged in mutually adjacent relationship along a longitudinal axis and the ultrasonic vibration unit can be caused to resonate with an ultrasonic vibration in the direction of the longitudinal axis with a wavelength ?, wherein there can be provided an amplitude transformer arranged between the sonotrode and the converter.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2019Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventors: Volker Aust, Ulrich Vogler, Stefan Zendler
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Patent number: 10393152Abstract: The invention relates to a stamp-sealing unit comprising a punch designed as a sonotrode (8), and a die (5), said die (5) having an opening (15) and the punch being able to be moved in and out of the opening (15) in the stamping direction. The invention also relates to an ultrasonic processing device for stamping stamped parts out of a stamping material (2) and for sealing the stamped parts to unprocessed products (21).Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Herrmann Ultraschalltechnik GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Volker Aust, Andreas Schmid
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Publication number: 20190078591Abstract: The invention relates to a stamp-sealing unit comprising a punch designed as a sonotrode (8), and a die (5), said die (5) having an opening (15) and the punch being able to be moved in and out of the opening (15) in the stamping direction. The invention also relates to an ultrasonic processing device for stamping stamped parts out of a stamping material (2) and for sealing the stamped parts to unprocessed products (21).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2017Publication date: March 14, 2019Inventors: Volker Aust, Andreas Schmid
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Patent number: 8702883Abstract: Invention relating to a method for controlling an ultrasonic machining, in which an ultrasonic vibration is transmitted via a sonotrode into the material to be machined. During the first machining interval, a first welding variable of the group S, consisting of the frequency f and the amplitude ü of the ultrasonic vibration, the force F, which the sonotrode exerts on the material to be machined, the power P, which the generator delivers, and the speed v, with which the sonotrode is moved in the direction of the material to be machined, is kept constant until a first target variable of the group Z adopts a predetermined value. During an adjoining second machining interval, a second welding variable of the group S is kept constant until a second target variable of the group Z adopts a predetermined value, wherein the first and the second target value differ.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2013Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Herrmann Ultraschalltechnik GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Thomas Herrmann, Volker Aust
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Publication number: 20140020816Abstract: Invention relating to a method for controlling an ultrasonic machining, in which an ultrasonic vibration is transmitted via a sonotrode into the material to be machined. During the first machining interval, a first welding variable of the group S, consisting of the frequency f and the amplitude ü of the ultrasonic vibration, the force F, which the sonotrode exerts on the material to be machined, the power P, which the generator delivers, and the speed v, with which the sonotrode is moved in the direction of the material to be machined, is kept constant until a first target variable of the group Z adopts a predetermined value. During an adjoining second machining interval, a second welding variable of the group S is kept constant until a second target variable of the group Z adopts a predetermined value, wherein the first and the second target value differ.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: Hermann Ultraschalltechnik GmbH & Co., KGInventors: Thomas Herrmann, Volker Aust
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Patent number: 8096339Abstract: An ultrasonic welding tool with fluid drive, wherein the ultrasonic welding tool (2) is connected by way of a piston rod (3) to a working piston (5) which is guided in a housing (4) of the drive, wherein the working piston (5) sub-divides the drive housing (4) into a primary chamber (6) and a secondary chamber (7), wherein each of the chambers is able to communicate by way of a valve (16) with a fluidized pressure source, wherein at least one sensor (18, 19) is provided for detecting a physical property of the fluid drive which sensor emits an actual signal which is in relationship with the physical property detected and which via a control circuit controls the two valves in such a way that the physical property detected follows a reference value profile.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2009Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignee: Herrmann Ultraschalltechnik GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Volker Aust
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Publication number: 20090250170Abstract: An ultrasonic welding tool with fluid drive, wherein the ultrasonic welding tool (2) is connected by way of a piston rod (3) to a working piston (5) which is guided in a housing (4) of the drive, wherein the working piston (5) sub-divides the drive housing (4) into a primary chamber (6) and a secondary chamber (7), wherein each of the chambers is able to communicate by way of a valve (16) with a fluidized pressure source, wherein at least one sensor (18, 19) is provided for detecting a physical property of the fluid drive which sensor emits an actual signal which is in relationship with the physical property detected and which via a control circuit controls the two valves in such a way that the physical property detected follows a reference value profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2009Publication date: October 8, 2009Applicant: Hermann Ultraschalltechnik GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Volker Aust
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Patent number: RE48685Abstract: Invention relating to a method for controlling an ultrasonic machining, in which an ultrasonic vibration is transmitted via a sonotrode into the material to be machined. During the first machining interval, a first welding variable of the group S, consisting of the frequency f and the amplitude ü of the ultrasonic vibration, the force F, which the sonotrode exerts on the material to be machined, the power P, which the generator delivers, and the speed v, with which the sonotrode is moved in the direction of the material to be machined, is kept constant until a first target variable of the group Z adopts a predetermined value. During an adjoining second machining interval, a second welding variable of the group S is kept constant until a second target variable of the group Z adopts a predetermined value, wherein the first and the second target variable differ.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2018Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: HERRMANN ULTRASCHALLTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Thomas Herrmann, Volker Aust
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Patent number: D1096876Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2024Date of Patent: October 7, 2025Inventor: Volker Aust