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Granted Patent B2
US 12,643,181 · App. 17/812,642 · Granted Jun 2, 2026

Universally usable device for producing a predetermined breaking line in an equipment part of a vehicle

Inventors: Walter Lutze (Jena, DE); Andreas Bode-Mosig (Jena, DE)
Assignee: JENOPTIK Automatisierungstechnik GmbH
B23K26/705B23K26/082B23K26/359B23K2101/006
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Patent No.
US 12,643,181
App. No.
17/812,642
Granted
Jun 2, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A universally usable device for producing a predetermined breaking line in an equipment part of a vehicle. The device includes a laser beam generator, a laser scanner and a linear or matrix-shaped first sensor arrangement with first individual sensors of an identical first sensitivity and at least one identical linear or matrix-shaped second sensor arrangement of second individual sensor, which is arranged with an offset to the first sensor arrangement of first individual sensors, and the second individual sensors have an identical second sensitivity which differs from the first sensitivity.

Claims (9)

1 . A universally usable device for producing a predetermined breaking line in an equipment part of a vehicle, comprising:

a laser beam generator,

a laser scanner,

a linear or matrix-shaped first sensor arrangement with first individual sensors of an identical first sensitivity and an identical aperture angle, wherein the first sensor arrangement is arranged within a scanning range of the laser scanner, and directly adjacent first individual sensors, are a same distance apart from one another, and have overlapping fields of view, and

at least one identical linear or matrix-shaped second sensor arrangement of second individual sensors, which is arranged with an offset to the first sensor arrangement within the scanning range of the laser scanner, and the second individual sensors have an identical second sensitivity which differs from the first sensitivity, wherein the different sensitivity of the first individual sensors and of the second individual sensors concerns different dynamic ranges, resulting in a larger dynamic range in total for producing the predetermined breaking line.

2 . The universally usable device for producing a predetermined breaking line in an equipment part of a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the first individual sensors and the second individual sensors have fields of view overlapping in pairs.

3 . The universally usable device for producing a predetermined breaking line in an equipment part of a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the different sensitivity also concerns different resolutions.

4 . The universally usable device for producing a predetermined breaking line in an equipment part of a vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein exactly one first and one second sensor arrangement are present.

5 . The universally usable device for producing a predetermined breaking line in an equipment part of a vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein one first, one second and one third sensor arrangement are present.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 25, 2022
From: LUTZE, WALTER; BODE-MOSIG, ANDREAS
To: JENOPTIK AUTOMATISIERUNGSTECHNIK GMBH
Reel/Frame 060605/0593 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2021 119 853.4 · Jul 30, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230036158A1 · Feb 2, 2023
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