Patents by Inventor Waltraud Aichhorn

Waltraud Aichhorn 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: 7500320
    Abstract: A method for assembling a position measuring arrangement for measuring a relative position of a first object with respect to a second object, wherein the position measuring arrangement includes a first unit movable in relation to a second unit of the position measuring arrangement, the method including fastening said first unit to the first object and fastening the second unit to the second object. The method further including adjusting a required scanning distance (A) between a scanning element of the second unit and a graduation of the second unit by applying a gauge to a first limit stop face of the first unit, as well as to a second limit stop face of the second unit. Prior to the fastening the first unit and the fastening the second unit, positioning and fixing either the first limit stop face on the first unit or the second limit stop face on the second unit in a direction of the required scanning distance so that the scanning distance (A) is optimally adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: Dr. Johannes Heidenhain GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Schroter, Thomas Jäger, Waltraud Aichhorn
  • Publication number: 20080028629
    Abstract: A method for assembling a position measuring arrangement for measuring a relative position of a first object with respect to a second object, wherein the position measuring arrangement includes a first unit movable in relation to a second unit of the position measuring arrangement, the method including fastening said first unit to the first object and fastening the second unit to the second object. The method further including adjusting a required scanning distance (A) between a scanning element of the second unit and a graduation of the second unit by applying a gauge to a first limit stop face of the first unit, as well as to a second limit stop face of the second unit. Prior to the fastening the first unit and the fastening the second unit, positioning and fixing either the first limit stop face on the first unit or the second limit stop face on the second unit in a direction of the required scanning distance so that the scanning distance (A) is optimally adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Inventors: Andreas Schroter, Thomas Jager, Waltraud Aichhorn