Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Zoels
Wolfgang Zoels 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).
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Patent number: 11850731Abstract: Various embodiments include a robot unit for a technical apparatus comprising: a base connecting the robot unit to the technical apparatus; a first member pivot-mounted on the base; and a second member pivot-mounted on the base or the first member. The first member and the second member are each movable in one direction relative to a degree of freedom by a separate actuator. The first member and the second member are only movable together counter to the direction relative to the degree of freedom by a single counter actuator device.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2018Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Georg Bachmaier, Christian Bachmann, Guillaume Pais, Iason Vittorias, Wolfgang Zöls
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Patent number: 11837974Abstract: The invention relates to a stroke transmitter for an actuator device. The stroke transmitter comprises a first and a second conversion unit, which are mechanically connected to one another in series, wherein the first conversion unit is designed as a hydraulic conversion unit, it can be connected to an actuator on its drive side and it is connected to the drive side of the second conversion unit on its output side, wherein the second conversion unit is designed as a cable system and has an output element on its output side. The invention also relates to an actuator device comprising an actuator and a stroke transmitter mechanically connected in series with the actuator.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2019Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: MetisMotion GmbHInventors: Georg Bachmaier, Matthias Gerlich, Takeru Nemoto, Wolfgang Zoels
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Publication number: 20230059303Abstract: The invention relates to an actuator device comprising at least one output element, which can be applied with a fluid and can thereby be moved into at least one retaining position. An actuator is provided which can be operated in a pumping operation by controlling the actuator, in which at least one part of the actuator can be alternatingly moved in a first direction and in a second direction opposite the first direction via the controlling of the actuator, whereby the fluid can be conveyed to the output element in order to apply the output element with the fluid. A discharge channel is also provided, via which the fluid can be discharged from the output element.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2020Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventors: Georg BACHMAIER, Wolfgang ZOELS, Christopher MCCLANAHAN, Patrick FROESE
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Patent number: 11428294Abstract: Various embodiments include a fastening unit for fastening a tendon to a system. The fastening unit comprises: a head with a first opening; a shaft with a second opening and an external thread; and a channel extending from the first opening along the head to the second opening at least partly along the shaft. The external thread and the channel in each case accommodate the tendon.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2018Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Georg Bachmaier, Christian Bachmann, Guillaume Pais, Iason Vittorias, Wolfgang Zöls
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Publication number: 20220205463Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic transmission unit for an actuator, which hydraulic transmission unit can be filled with a hydraulic fluid and has a first and a second chamber which are hydraulically interconnected and of which one is designed as a drive chamber and the other one is designed as an output chamber. At least in the first chamber, a piston is arranged movably along a piston axis, such that this piston subdivides the first chamber into a variable-volume working chamber and a rear-side chamber, the rear-side chamber being delimited at least partially by a bellows element having a variable axial length. The invention further relates to an actuator having such a hydraulic transmission unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2019Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: Georg BACHMAIER, Matthias GERLICH, Takeru NEMOTO, Wolfgang ZOELS
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Publication number: 20220200486Abstract: The invention relates to a stroke transmitter for an actuator device. The stroke transmitter comprises a first and a second conversion unit, which are mechanically connected to one another in series, wherein the first conversion unit is designed as a hydraulic conversion unit, it can be connected to an actuator on its drive side and it is connected to the drive side of the second conversion unit on its output side, wherein the second conversion unit is designed as a cable system and has an output element on its output side. The invention also relates to an actuator device comprising an actuator and a stroke transmitter mechanically connected in series with the actuator.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2019Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: Georg BACHMAIER, Matthias GERLICH, Takeru NEMOTO, Wolfgang ZOELS
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Patent number: 11286961Abstract: The invention provides an actuator device, which has: an output element, which is acted on by a fluid and as a result is movable into a holding position; two solid-state actuators, which are able to be activated alternately; a coupling element common to the solid-state actuators; a discharge duct, via which the fluid is able to be discharged from the output element; and at least one valve element, which is adjustable between a blocking closed state and an open state, in which the valve element allows the fluid to be discharged from the output element via the discharge duct and allows the output element to move from the holding position into at least one yielding position, wherein the valve element is actuable, via the coupling element of the respective solid-state actuator, by the respective activation of the solid-state actuator and is able to be moved into the closed state.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2019Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: MetisMotion GmbHInventors: Georg Bachmaier, Patrick Fröse, Matthias Gerlich, Wolfgang Zöls
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Publication number: 20210317847Abstract: The invention provides an actuator device, which has: an output element, which is acted on by a fluid and as a result is movable into a holding position; two solid-state actuators, which are able to be activated alternately; a coupling element common to the solid-state actuators; a discharge duct, via which the fluid is able to be discharged from the output element; and at least one valve element, which is adjustable between a blocking closed state and an open state, in which the valve element allows the fluid to be discharged from the output element via the discharge duct and allows the output element to move from the holding position into at least one yielding position, wherein the valve element is actuable, via the coupling element of the respective solid-state actuator, by the respective activation of the solid-state actuator and is able to be moved into the closed state.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2019Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Georg BACHMAIER, Patrick FRÖSE, Matthias GERLICH, Wolfgang ZÖLS
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Publication number: 20210172464Abstract: The invention relates to an actuator device comprising at least one solid-state actuator and a hydraulic unit connected mechanically to the solid-state actuator in series, wherein said hydraulic unit comprises a hydraulic volume which is filled with a hydraulic fluid. In the method of clamping a clamping body, an actuator device of this type is used and the solid-state actuator of the actuator device is controlled, in particular, depending on a movement variable of the clamping body.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2018Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventors: Georg BACHMAIER, Patrick FROESE, Matthias GERLICH, Wolfgang ZOELS
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Patent number: 10851808Abstract: An actuator comprising: a piezo actuator; a drive having a drive chamber and a drive piston element driven by the piezo actuator; a first output having an output chamber and a piston element; and a second output having an output chamber and a piston element. At least part of the hydraulic fluid is conveyed out of the drive chamber by movement of the drive piston element and into the first output chamber. At least part of the hydraulic fluid is conveyed out of the drive chamber and into the second output chamber. The second output piston element has a hydraulically active second output face which is different in size from the first output face. There may be a coupling device mechanically coupling the first output piston element to the second output piston element.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2018Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Georg Bachmaier, Christian Bachmann, Wolfgang Zöls, Iason Vittorias
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Patent number: 10787082Abstract: The disclosure relates to a wheel suspension of a device having an electrical drive of a wheel for supporting a manual movement impulse. The wheel suspension includes a connector piece movably or bendably arranged between a support element or support frame connected to the device and between an interior stator of an electrical drive, wherein the connector piece is held in a starting position due to the gravity of the device, without other influencing forces. The wheel suspension also includes at least one sensor that detects a deflection of the connector piece, and a control device designed such that the control device together with the electrical drive counteracts a deflection or bending of the connector piece.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2016Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: Siemens Healthcare GmbHInventors: Georg Bachmaier, Marco Cyriacks, Jens Fehre, Andreas Limmer, Wolfgang Zöls
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Patent number: 10720285Abstract: Various embodiments may include a coupling element for an electrical switching device comprising: a first switching contact for opening and closing an electrical contact; a second switching contact; a push rod mounted to translate along a longitudinal axis; an actuator connected to the push rod causing the push rod to translate; a pulse mass element; and a spring element coupling the pulse mass element to the push rod. The first switching contact is connected to the push rod.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2017Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Gerit Ebelsberger, Georg Bachmaier, Matthias Gerlich, Sylvio Kosse, Wolfgang Zöls
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Publication number: 20200220429Abstract: Various embodiments include a geared motor unit comprising: a motor with a stator and a rotor; and a gearbox including a first element, a second element, and a third element. The stator is connected to the third element and the rotor is connected to the first element. At least one element of the gearbox is connected to a mass.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2018Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicant: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Georg Bachmaier, Marco Cyriacks, Iason Vittorias, Wolfgang Zöls
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Patent number: 10690154Abstract: A piezohydraulic actuator system includes four chambers: a first chamber defined by a drive bellows filled with a hydraulic fluid and movable by a piezo actuator, a second chamber defined by a hydraulic cylinder filled with the hydraulic fluid, which defines a first output; a third chamber defined by an output bellows filled with the hydraulic fluid, which defines a second output; and a fourth chamber defining a reservoir of the hydraulic fluid. The drive bellows is hydraulically connected via a first check valve to the second chamber. A hydraulic piston in the hydraulic cylinder is coupled mechanically to the output bellows. The drive bellows is hydraulically connected via a second check valve to the fourth chamber. The hydraulic fluid reservoir is hydraulically connected via a third check valve to the output bellows, and the hydraulic cylinder is hydraulically connected via a fourth check valve to the output bellows.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2017Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: METISMOTION GMBHInventors: Wolfgang Zöls, Iason Vittorias, Georg Bachmaier
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Publication number: 20200132163Abstract: Various embodiments include a fastening unit for fastening a tendon to a system. The fastening unit comprises: a head with a first opening; a shaft with a second opening and an external thread; and a channel extending from the first opening along the head to the second opening at least partly along the shaft. The external thread and the channel in each case accommodate the tendon.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2018Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Georg Bachmaier, Christian Bachmann, Guillaume Pais, Iason Vittorias, Wolfgang Zöls
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Publication number: 20200130158Abstract: A setting tool having a drive apparatus, having a rod-shaped plunger for driving in a fixing means, a tubular rotary body, at least one spring element, first winding cords which connect the spring element and the rotary body and which convert a linear movement of the spring element into a rotational movement of the rotary body, and second winding cords which connect the rotary body and the plunger and which convert a rotational movement of the rotary body into a linear movement of the plunger.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2018Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Georg BACHMAIER, Patrick FRÖSE, Matthias GERLICH, Wolfgang ZÖLS, Marco CYRIACKS, Gerit EBELSBERGER, Randolf MOCK, Reinhard FREITAG
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Publication number: 20190389079Abstract: Various embodiments include a robot unit for a technical apparatus comprising: a base connecting the robot unit to the technical apparatus; a first member pivot-mounted on the base; and a second member pivot-mounted on the base or the first member. The first member and the second member are each movable in one direction relative to a degree of freedom by a separate actuator. The first member and the second member are only movable together counter to the direction relative to the degree of freedom by a single counter actuator device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2018Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Georg Bachmaier, Christian Bachmann, Guillaume Pais, Iason Vittorias, Wolfgang Zöls
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Publication number: 20190368515Abstract: An actuator comprising: a piezo actuator; a drive having a drive chamber and a drive piston element driven by the piezo actuator; a first output having an output chamber and a piston element; and a second output having an output chamber and a piston element. At least part of the hydraulic fluid is conveyed out of the drive chamber by movement of the drive piston element and into the first output chamber. At least part of the hydraulic fluid is conveyed out of the drive chamber and into the second output chamber. The second output piston element has a hydraulically active second output face which is different in size from the first output face. There may be a coupling device mechanically coupling the first output piston element to the second output piston element.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2018Publication date: December 5, 2019Applicant: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Georg Bachmaier, Christian Bachmann, Wolfgang Zöls, Iason Vittorias
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Patent number: 10468214Abstract: Various embodiments may include a coupling element for an electrical switching device comprising: a first switching contact at a first end of a winding body; a second switching contact; and a rotating body through which the winding body extends. The rotating body rotates on the winding body and the winding body translates along its longitudinal axis. A cord is arranged on each of the two sides of the rotating body between the rotating body and the winding body so that winding and unwinding of the cord is caused by opposite rotational movements of the rotating body driving a translational movement of the winding body. The rotating body is coupled to two springs so that a spring force always acts on the rotating body in both directions of rotation. A lock blocks the rotating body in at least two extreme positions of the translational movement of the winding body.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2017Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Gerit Ebelsberger, Georg Bachmaier, Matthias Gerlich, Sylvio Kosse, Wolfgang Zöls
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Publication number: 20190271336Abstract: A piezohydraulic actuator system includes four chambers: a first chamber defined by a drive bellows filled with a hydraulic fluid and movable by a piezo actuator, a second chamber defined by a hydraulic cylinder filled with the hydraulic fluid, which defines a first output; a third chamber defined by an output bellows filled with the hydraulic fluid, which defines a second output; and a fourth chamber defining a reservoir of the hydraulic fluid. The drive bellows is hydraulically connected via a first check valve to the second chamber. A hydraulic piston in the hydraulic cylinder is coupled mechanically to the output bellows. The drive bellows is hydraulically connected via a second check valve to the fourth chamber. The hydraulic fluid reservoir is hydraulically connected via a third check valve to the output bellows, and the hydraulic cylinder is hydraulically connected via a fourth check valve to the output bellows.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2017Publication date: September 5, 2019Applicant: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Wolfgang Zöls, Iason Vittorias, Georg Bachmaier