US 11,809,945 B2
Apparatus for marking a component by applying readable identifying information
Felix Burger, Regensburg (DE); Bernhard Glueck, Fuerstenfeldbruck (DE); Robert Kirschner, Olching (DE); Mario Meinhardt, Munich (DE); and Peter Soell, Bodenkirchen (DE)
Assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/796,929
Filed by Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Feb. 10, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/053154
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 2, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/175545, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 105 732.6 (DE), filed on Mar. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0059129 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 19/06 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 7/10712 (2013.01) [G06K 19/06046 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for marking a component by applying readable identifying information, the identifying information comprising at least one identifying feature, the apparatus comprising:
a detection device that is configured to detect, based on an eddy current measurement, the identifying information applied or to be applied to a component by way of the apparatus, wherein:
the detection device comprises at least one eddy current sensor arranged in a portion of the apparatus that comprises at least one stamping device,
the at least one stamping device comprises at least two stamping elements, and
the detection device is configured to detect information relating to a stamp symbol to be stamped into the component by way of the at least two stamping elements.