Patents by Inventor Walter Schâpper

Walter Schâpper 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).

  • Method and device for aligning eyelets of harness elements
    Patent number: 6282765
    Abstract: A drawing-in machine includes a harness element provided with an eyelet; an arrangement for displacing the harness element in a direction parallel to the length dimension of the harness element; and a device for aligning the eyelet with a desired drawing-in position. The device includes a sensor detecting an actual position of the eyelet; and an arrangement for displacing the harness element from the detected actual position into the desired drawing-in position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Stäubli AG Pfäffikon
    Inventors: Walter Schâpper, Markus Wolf