Patents by Inventor Wilfried Schaafhausen

Wilfried Schaafhausen 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).

  • Flanging press
    Patent number: 9776234
    Abstract: Flanging press for folding over a flange of a component, preferably of a vehicle part, the press being arranged in a stationary manner and including at least the following: (a) a basic structure with a flanging bed, against which the component can be pressed in a pressing direction in order for the flange to be folded over, (b) a flanging die unit with a flanging die for folding over the flange, (c) and a pressing drive for generating a pressing force which acts on the component in order for the flange to be folded over, (d) wherein the flanging die and the flanging bed can be moved relative to one another in the pressing direction by the pressing drive in order for the pressing force to be exerted, characterized in that (e) the pressing drive includes a bellows which can be subjected to the action of pressurized fluid, preferably compressed gas, and, under the action of pressure, acts on the flanging die unit or the flanging bed in the pressing direction and thus generates at least some of the pressing force
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: FFT PRODUKTIONSSYSTEME GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Wilfried Schaafhausen, Jürgen Grohmann, Günter Motzkau, Felix Ziegler
  • HEMMING PRESS
    Publication number: 20150360277
    Abstract: Flanging press for folding over a flange of a component, preferably of a vehicle part, the press being arranged in a stationary manner and including at least the following: (a) a basic structure with a flanging bed, against which the component can be pressed in a pressing direction in order for the flange to be folded over, (b) a flanging die unit with a flanging die for folding over the flange, (c) and a pressing drive for generating a pressing force which acts on the component in order for the flange to be folded over, (d) wherein the flanging die and the flanging bed can be moved relative to one another in the pressing direction by the pressing drive in order for the pressing force to be exerted, characterized in that (e) the pressing drive includes a bellows which can be subjected to the action of pressurized fluid, preferably compressed gas, and, under the action of pressure, acts on the flanging die unit or the flanging bed in the pressing direction and thus generates at least some of the pressing force
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Wilfried Schaafhausen, Jürgen Grohmann, Günter Motzkau, Felix Ziegler