Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Wittenbecher

Wolfgang Wittenbecher 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: 11192203
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sensor device for scanning laser processing of a workpiece by means of a laser beam deflected about a pivot point, said device comprising a holding device and at least two sensors, wherein the holding device is formed by a matrix- or honeycomb-shaped arrangement of sleeves, consisting of individual sleeves whose sleeve axes intersect at a point of intersection (P) outside the holding device, and the at least two sensors each being arranged in one of the sleeves such that their sensor axis coincides with the sleeve axis. The holding device advantageously is a monolithic component produced in a generative manufacturing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: JENOPTIK AUTOMATISIERUNGSTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Wittenbecher, Martin Griebel
  • Publication number: 20200016689
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sensor device for scanning laser processing of a workpiece by means of a laser beam deflected about a pivot point, said device comprising a holding device and at least two sensors, wherein the holding device is formed by a matrix- or honeycomb-shaped arrangement of sleeves, consisting of individual sleeves whose sleeve axes intersect at a point of intersection (P) outside the holding device, and the at least two sensors each being arranged in one of the sleeves such that their sensor axis coincides with the sleeve axis. The holding device advantageously is a monolithic component produced in a generative manufacturing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Wolfgang WITTENBECHER, Martin GRIEBEL
  • Patent number: 7989728
    Abstract: A method and a device for producing a tear line in a vehicle interior trim part, in which a laser beam is guided along a tear line and a material ablation in the form of holes with a residual wall thickness is effected. On the side facing the laser beam, the complete extent of the tear line is detected by a stationary matrix camera. In the machining at a machining site, only pixels of a CMOS matrix camera that are known in advance, for which the incidence of a measurement radiation is expected at this machining site, are read out. The laser is preferably scanned and non-adjacent machining sites are machined successively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Jenoptik Automatisierungstechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Wolfgang Wittenbecher
  • Publication number: 20090074333
    Abstract: The invention relates to a packaging bag with a tearing aid, with which it is reliably provided that the packaging bag is opened in a defined way by manual tearing by the user, so that no packaging contents are lost. The packaging bag is essentially made from a front and a back, which are connected to each other in their edge regions with a material fit and which thus forms a joint edge, in which an opening notch is formed, whose center line intersects two weakened lines at an intersection point starting at a distance from the notch tip. These weakened lines each extend across the width of the front and the back. The direction of the weakened line at the intersection point encloses, with the center line, a tear angle greater than 0° and less than 90°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: Martin GRIEBEL, Wolfgang Wittenbecher
  • Publication number: 20080290075
    Abstract: A method and a device for producing a tear line in a vehicle interior trim part, in which a laser beam is guided along a tear line and a material ablation in the form of holes with a residual wall thickness is effected. On the side facing the laser beam, the complete extent of the tear line is detected by a stationary matrix camera. In the machining at a machining site, only pixels of a CMOS matrix camera that are known in advance, for which the incidence of a measurement radiation is expected at this machining site, are read out. The laser is preferably scanned and non-adjacent machining sites are machined successively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventor: Wolfgang Wittenbecher
  • Patent number: 7431328
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for introducing a predetermined break line in a multilayer airbag covering with a carrier layer, a supporting layer and a decorative layer by a laser. In order to prevent an undesirable burning of the supporting layer over a large area as a result of the occurring combustion gases, it is suggested that the carrier material is ablated by a width that is greater than the diameter of the impinging beam to facilitate the escape of the combustion gases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Jenoptik Automatisierungstechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Wittenbecher, Martin Griebel, Norbert Preuss
  • Publication number: 20070170160
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for introducing a predetermined break line in a multilayer airbag covering with a carrier layer, a supporting layer and a decorative layer by a laser. In order to prevent an undesirable burning of the supporting layer over a large area as a result of the occurring combustion gases, it is suggested that the carrier material is ablated by a width that is greater than the diameter of the impinging beam to facilitate the escape of the combustion gases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Inventors: Wolfgang WITTENBECHER, Martin GRIEBEL, Norbert PREUSS
  • Publication number: 20060040751
    Abstract: Protective boot comprising bellows and a bushing, in particular for power transmission systems in a vehicle. The bellows and the bushing are so constructed and connected to one another that their connection remains tight independent of loading and long-term influences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Inventor: Wolfgang Wittenbecher