Patents by Inventor Zoubir Benali

Zoubir Benali 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).

  • Patient-positioning device and medical workstation
    Patent number: 11654305
    Abstract: A patient-positioning device and a medical workstation including the patient-positioning device. The patient-positioning device includes a patient couch and a robot arm which is provided for moving the patient couch and which comprises several links arranged one after another and mounted rotatably with respect to axes. The robot arm includes, as links, a start link, a first link, a second link, a third link, a fourth link, a fifth link and a sixth link. The robot arm comprises a patient couch or a fastening device on which the patient couch is fastened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: KUKA Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Zoubir Benali
  • PATIENT-POSITIONING DEVICE AND MEDICAL WORKSTATION
    Publication number: 20190255359
    Abstract: A patient-positioning device and a medical workstation including the patient-positioning device. The patient-positioning device includes a patient couch and a robot arm which is provided for moving the patient couch and which comprises several links arranged one after another and mounted rotatably with respect to axes. The robot arm includes, as links, a start link, a first link, a second link, a third link, a fourth link, a fifth link and a sixth link. The robot arm comprises a patient couch or a fastening device on which the patient couch is fastened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventor: Zoubir Benali
  • Method and apparatus for fixing a manipulator axis
    Patent number: 9415515
    Abstract: A method for fixing the position at least one axis of a manipulator, in particular of a robot, includes closuring a mechanical brake of the axis, deactivating an actuator of the axis with a motion controller, monitoring the mechanical brake, and activating the actuator with the motion controller if a monitoring system identifies a fault condition of the mechanical brake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: KUKA Roboter GmbH
    Inventors: Zoubir Benali, Andreas Hagenauer, Stefan Poth
  • Method And Apparatus For Fixing A Manipulator Axis
    Publication number: 20150224646
    Abstract: A method for fixing the position at least one axis of a manipulator, in particular of a robot, includes closuring a mechanical brake of the axis, deactivating an actuator of the axis with a motion controller, monitoring the mechanical brake, and activating the actuator with the motion controller if a monitoring system identifies a fault condition of the mechanical brake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Zoubir Benali, Andreas Hagenauer, Stefan Poth