Patents by Inventor Walter Tschopp

Walter Tschopp 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).

  • Apparatus for processing biological material
    Patent number: 9901935
    Abstract: A gripper unit for handling a vessel for receiving biological material is proposed, inter alia. The vessel has a lid which can assume an open position and a closed position. The gripper unit comprises a gripper for gripping and releasing the vessel, and a lid holder, for holding a lid in a defined position in relation to the vessel. The defined position is an open position of the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: QIAGEN GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Schaefer, Thomas Voit, Walter Tschopp, Adrian Geiger, Markus Zbinden, Harald Hibbing, Andreas Karl, Frank Eigemeier, Volker Behrmann, Dietmar Kopp, Andreas Schmiede
  • APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20150114123
    Abstract: A gripper unit for handling a vessel for receiving biological material is proposed, inter alia. The vessel has a lid which can assume an open position and a closed position. The gripper unit comprises a gripper for gripping and releasing the vessel, and a lid holder, for holding a lid in a defined position in relation to the vessel. The defined position is an open position of the lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Andreas SCHAEFER, Thomas VOIT, Walter TSCHOPP, Adrian GEIGER, Markus ZBINDEN, Harald HIBBING, Andreas KARL, Frank EIGEMEIER, Volker BEHRMANN, Dietmar KOPP, Andreas SCHMIEDE
  • Apparatus for processing biological material
    Patent number: 8932542
    Abstract: A gripper unit for handling a vessel for receiving biological material is proposed, inter alia. The vessel has a lid which can assume an open position and a closed position. The gripper unit comprises a gripper for gripping and releasing the vessel, and a lid holder, for holding a lid in a defined position in relation to the vessel. The defined position is an open position of the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Qiagen GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Schaefer, Thomas Voit, Walter Tschopp, Adrian Geiger, Markus Zbinden, Harald Hibbing, Andreas Karl, Frank Eigemeier, Volker Behrmann, Dietmar Kopp, Andreas Schmiede
  • Apparatus for Processing Biological Material
    Publication number: 20100261595
    Abstract: A gripper unit for handling a vessel for receiving biological material is proposed, inter alia. The vessel has a lid which can assume an open position and a closed position. The gripper unit comprises a gripper for gripping and releasing the vessel, and a lid holder, for holding a lid in a defined position in relation to the vessel. The defined position is an open position of the lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: Andreas Schaefer, Thomas Voit, Walter Tschopp, Adrian Geiger, Markus Zbinden, Harald Hibbing, Andreas Karl, Frank Eigemeier, Volker Behrmann, Dietmar Kopp, Andreas Schmiede
  • Support arrangement
    Publication number: 20090034224
    Abstract: The invention relates to a support arrangement for an inner module in an outer module, particularly for an inner vibrating frame in an outer frame of an outer housing, with a damping device between the inner and outer modules for absorbing forces acting in up to three coordinate directions relative to the inner and outer modules. The damping device is essentially constructed as an elastic polymer profile, particularly two polymer profiles, running round between the inner and outer modules and that the inner and outer modules are constructed with a bearing device for the elastic polymer profile or profiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: Armin Wiedemeier, Markus Weber, Markus Zbinden, Walter Tschopp, Andreas Amacker