Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Theil

Wolfgang Theil 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).

  • Disk-changing unit with modular design
    Patent number: 6240058
    Abstract: The invention concerns a disk-changing unit comprising a tower housing (1) in which is fitted at least one interchangeable disk magazine (13), at least one disk drive (14), if necessary a disk-loading/ejecting drawer (12), a transporting device (17) for moving a disk between the disk magazine (13), the disk drive (14) and if necessary the disk-loading/ejecting drawer (12), an operating device (6) and a computer-controlled control unit (9). To be able to assemble the disk-changing unit individually with the disk magazine (13), the disk drive (14) and if necessary the disk-loading/ejecting drawer (12), the disk magazine (13), the disk drive (14) and the disk-loading/ejecting drawer (12) have the same external dimensions and are modulatively fitted next to each other by being pushed in or pulled out of corresponding recesses (10) and can thus be interchanged, replaced an/or added to.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: NSM Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Pitz, Martin Görner, Horst Schellong, Börge Heidersberger, Wolfgang Theil