Patents Examined by Yasir Diab
  • Patent number: 10369671
    Abstract: The chain magazine for holding tool'(5) for machine tool'includes a continuous chain (1) which has chain links (2) each with at least one tool holder (2a, 2b) and with which at least one sprocket (6, 7) meshes and a guide device (9-12) which has a guide element (12) that can be moved back and forth between a first and a second position, by means of which a tool holder (2a, 2b) of a chain link (2) can be turned in and turned out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: GF Machining Solutions AG
    Inventors: Andreas Scheidegger, Ernst Haueter
  • Patent number: 10375869
    Abstract: A cut-and-clinch apparatus that cuts and bends protruding parts of two lead wires of a lead component to be respectively inserted through two of a plurality of through-holes formed in a circuit board, the cut-and-clinch apparatus includes a pair of movable elements that are used in a case where the respective protruding parts of the two lead wires are cut and bent and that are made to approach each other and separate from each other, and a movable element position control section that controls the positions of the pair of movable elements, on the basis of image data obtained by the pair of movable elements being imaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Nakanishi, Haruaki Maeda
  • Patent number: 10335911
    Abstract: A tool holder assembly includes a holder body, a pull stud and a flow adjustment unit. The holder body has a holder coolant channel extending through a first end and a second end thereof. The pull stud has an insertion portion, a grip portion, and a longitudinal passage extending through the insertion portion and the grip portion, and fluidly communicating with the holder coolant channel. The flow adjustment unit includes a connection tube that extends into the longitudinal passage and projects outwardly from the grip portion, a resilient member urging the connection tube to project outwardly from the grip portion, and a flow guide channel extending through the connection tube and fluidly communicating with the holder coolant channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Precision Machinery Research and Development Center
    Inventors: Hsing-Chieh Huang, Chi-Cheng Kuo, Ching-Kuo Wu
  • Patent number: 10300571
    Abstract: An intellectual automatic tool changer (ATC) speed moderating system, which is disposed between a tool magazine and a tool exchanging arm, includes an image capture device for capturing the image of tools, and a processing device connected with the image capturing device. The processing device includes a receiving module for receiving the images of tools, a calculating module for calculating an assessment value of a tool according to the image of the tool, and a signal transmitting module connected with a controller of the tool exchanging arm for transmitting the assessment value of the tool to the controller. Therefore, the tool changing speed of the tool changing arm is controlled and moderated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: POJU INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD
    Inventor: Shuang-Yu Li
  • Patent number: 10286511
    Abstract: A workpiece positioning device for a processing center, and a processing center and a method for positioning a workpiece mounted on a workpiece palette in a processing center is disclosed. The workpiece positioning device comprises a deposit place comprising a horizontal deposit surface for a workpiece palette with a workpiece mounted thereon and a pivot bearing that receives the workpiece palette on a first edge of said workpiece palette in a rotatable manner. Furthermore, the workpiece positioning device comprises a pivoting device for transferring the workpiece palette from a horizontal position into a vertical position, and vice versa. The pivoting device comprises a horizontal and a vertical linear axle and a gripping device and is disposed to grip a workpiece palette on another, second edge and to pivot, by simultaneously moving the horizontal and the vertical linear axles, the workpiece palette around the pivot bearing on a circular path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: F. ZIMMERMANN GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Podiebrad, Daniel Demlang
  • Patent number: 10245664
    Abstract: Bevel gear cutting machines having multiple numerically-controllable axes, a workpiece spindle, which accommodates a bevel gear coaxially in relation to a workpiece spindle axis, and a deburring device having a deburring spindle for accommodating at least one first deburring tool. The bevel gear cutting machines may chamfer tooth edges of the bevel gear in two passes, where, in a first pass, first chamfers are provided on the tooth edges by using the first deburring tool, and, in a second pass, second chamfers are provided in the region of the first chamfers by using the first deburring tool or by using a second deburring tool in a continuous procedure, in which the bevel gear and the first or second deburring tool rotate in a coupled manner while engaged with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: KLINGELNBERG AG
    Inventors: Ji Kyung Yoon, Jürgen Weber, Karl-Martin Ribbeck
  • Patent number: 10245658
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cutting device and a chamfering machine comprising the same, and according to one aspect of the present invention, a cutting device for use in a chamfering process of a film laminate is provided, in which the cutting device comprises a rotating wheel having a rotation center; and a cutting bite comprising a main body mounted on the rotating wheel and a cutting tip provided on the main body and provided to perform chamfering of the film laminate by rotating the rotating wheel, wherein the cutting bite is mounted on the rotating wheel such that the central axis of the cutting tip is inclined at a first angle with respect to the tangential direction of a rotation locus of the cutting bite formed by rotating the rotating wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: YoungTae Kim, YuShik Hong, SeulKi Park, DoWon Yang, YeHoon Im
  • Patent number: 10239129
    Abstract: Provided is a machine tool including: a bed; a work-table which is provided to the bed; a moving device provided to the bed; a spindle head provided to the moving device; at least a vertical main spindle provided to the spindle head, the vertical main spindle extending in the vertical direction; and at least a horizontal main spindle provided to the spindle head, the horizontal main spindle extending in a horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED
    Inventors: Masato Kosugi, Yoshitaka Ikeda, Jun Oshida
  • Patent number: 10239175
    Abstract: Provided is a vertical machining center including: a splash cover fixed to a base, the splash cover defining a machining chamber to enclose a machining zone; a column vertically standing on the base; a Z-axis guiding rail disposed on the column and being vertically directed toward the base, the Z-axis guiding rail partially exposed to the machining zone; a Z-axis driving device disposed in the column, the Z-axis driving device partially exposed to the machining zone; a spindle head to be driven vertically by the Z-axis driving device; a spindle head opening formed in the splash cover so that the spindle head can pass through the spindle head opening; and an extendable cover provided between an edge of the spindle head opening and the spindle head and configured to cover parts of the Z-axis guiding rail and the Z-axis driving device, the parts being exposed to the machining zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuji Toyooka, Yoshitaka Ikeda, Satoru Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 10232478
    Abstract: A tool magazine device includes a rail that is annularly formed and that has a separation section at a part in a circumferential direction of the rail and a holding ring that is arranged coaxially with the rail and that is rotated by a driving motor. The holding ring is provided with a plurality of holding sections that are open in an axial direction of the holding ring. The holding sections are arranged in the circumferential direction of the holding ring. A tool pot is held to be insertable into and extractable from each holding section. A conveyance unit sends out the tool pot placed in the holding section to an exchange position and sends the tool pot into the holding section from the exchange position. A roller supported by each tool pot rolls on the rail in response to the rotation of the holding ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: KOMATSU NTC LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhito Oki, Minoru Sawada, Muneyoshi Horii
  • Patent number: 10227733
    Abstract: A rail vehicle includes a milling device for finishing the running surface of track rails during the travel of the rail vehicle along the track rails. The rail vehicle has a chassis frame having wheel sets. The milling device is provided with a milling head, and includes a framework arranged on the chassis frame having a milling head receptacle, which is displaceable vertically and transversely in relation thereto. The milling head receptacle can be supported for the vertical guiding via a guide shoe on the running surface and for transverse guiding in parallel to the milling head shaft via a guide stop laterally on the railhead. The milling head receptacle forms a transverse carriage, which supports the guide shoe and the guide stop, and the guide path of which, which is vertically displaceable, is provided on the side of the milling head receptacle facing toward the guide shoe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: MASCHINENFABRIK LIEZEN UND GIESSEREI GES.M.B.H.
    Inventor: Helmut Rungger
  • Patent number: 10213843
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stop for a rotating drilling, milling or countersinking tool which comprises a stop sleeve which is freely rotatably coupled, by means of a sliding or rolling bearing, around the tool. A first bearing bush of the bearing supports the stop sleeve. A second bearing bush of the bearing sits in a rotationally fixed manner on a shaft sleeve. The shaft sleeve can be pushed and fastened on a shaft of the tool. In a secondary aspect, the invention relates to a drilling, milling or countersinking tool having such a stop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Guehring KG
    Inventor: Felix Rebholz
  • Patent number: 10207335
    Abstract: A device for opening a connection to a lined pipe is disclosed. The device has a body that includes a front end and a rear end and being rotatable about a rotation axis. The device also has a drill head that has multiple cutters for puncturing and enlarging a hole in a liner, and multiple side cutters have at least one cutting edge parallel to the rotation axis. A safety ring is disposed on the body between the drill head and the side cutters. The safety ring has a circular periphery extending beyond the drill head and the side cutters in a direction perpendicular to the rotation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Picote Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Mika Lokkinen
  • Patent number: 10207338
    Abstract: A device for holding and securing a tool, in particular, a drill bit, on a machine tool, for example, a core drill, including an output shaft for transmitting a torque generated in the machine tool to the tool; and a union nut positioned around the output shaft for detachably connecting the output shaft to an attachment end of the tool. The output shaft includes a locking ring and the union nut includes a washer disk, as well as an attenuator, the washer disk being positioned between the locking ring and the attenuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Reichenberger, Xaver Ried
  • Patent number: 10195674
    Abstract: A jig assembly structured to facilitate attachment of a device to a door including a base having oppositely disposed first and second end segments and an open interior, including first and second open faces. The open interior and the open faces are disposed between the end segments and are cooperatively structured therewith to receive a portion of the door in an operative position therein. A clamp member is movably connected to the first end segment and is least partially disposable into said open interior in clamping relation to the door portion, when in the operative portion. The second end segment is disposed and structured to receive passage therethrough of a tool, from an exterior to and interior of the base, into engaging relation with the door portion disposed in the operative position and into an interior channel of the clamp member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Inventor: Douglas Couvertier, II
  • Patent number: 10199255
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, a workpiece planarization arrangement may include: a chuck including at least one portion configured to support one or more workpieces; and a planarization tool configured to planarize the at least one portion of the chuck and to planarize one or more workpieces on the at least one portion of the chuck; wherein the at least one portion of the chuck includes at least one of particles, pores and/or a polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Infineon Technologioes AG
    Inventors: Ingo Muri, Alexander Binter, Bernhard Goller, Christian Grindling
  • Patent number: 10197367
    Abstract: An improved method of machines grooves forming Pearson notches in a pattern on hollow shell casings for munitions for at least one of increased functionality and/or performance. Rather than running a broach through a hollow casing, a CNC lathe with a multi-axis tool with cutting implement can precisely locate and form grooves along either an interior or an exterior surface of a hollow shell casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Precision Machining Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne Michael Oettinger
  • Patent number: 10190933
    Abstract: A crankshaft balancer machine for balancing a crankshafts having a measurement station configured to rotate the crankshaft to obtain vibration-related data, a transfer station configured to transfer the crankshaft between the measurement station and the correction station, and a correction station configured to drill at least a portion of the crankshaft to correct an imbalance in response to the imbalance data. The measurement station includes a base structure, a measurement bridge support, a plurality of flexural support legs extending therebetween, at least one sensor, and a drive system to spin the crankshaft and output imbalance data. The transfer station includes at least one lifting arm selectively engaging the crankshaft and supporting the crankshaft during transfer. The correction station includes a drilling device horizontally disposed to achieve a horizontal drill direction into the crankshaft to correct any imbalance according to a customized software protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Dominion Technologies Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Bradley Holland, Daniel Mark Mietling, Sr., Michael Edward Essad, Abraham Hamade
  • Patent number: 10189130
    Abstract: A tool holding part holds two boring bars in a manner in which axes of the boring bars are parallel to a spindle axis. A tool change mechanism has a circular arc movement mechanism in which the boring bar moves from a tool holding position to a tool change position by at least a circular arc movement on a plane surface including an axis of the spindle in the tool change position and an axis of the boring bar positioned in the tool holding part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: DMG MORI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Hoshi, Ryosuke Yasumura, Kousuke Yamamoto, Yukikazu Sakaida, Akifumi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 10185302
    Abstract: A method for operating a gear cutting machine comprising the following steps: machining a first workpiece (1) in the machine, wherein the first workpiece (1) heats up due to the machining, determining at least one characteristic workpiece variable in the first workpiece (1) in the heated state, wherein a measuring device of the machine is used for the determination, determining a compensation on the basis of the at least one characteristic workpiece variable of the first workpiece (1) and at least one characteristic workpiece variable of a reference workpiece, wherein the characteristic workpiece variable of the reference workpiece is determined in the machine after a steady-state temperature has been reached, at least one compensation value is determined in the course of determining the compensation, adjusting of the machine setting by taking into account the at least one compensation value, and machining a further workpiece (2) in the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: KLINGELNBERG AG
    Inventors: Jürgen Weber, Karl-Martin Ribbeck, Herbert Blasberg