Patents by Inventor Diethard Thomas

Diethard Thomas 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).

  • Patent number: 6749375
    Abstract: An end milling cutter for machining workpieces made of a non-ferrous metal or plastic including two or more helically shaped cutting edges between which helically shaped chip flutes are formed which define a chip-cutting face along with the cutting edges, and a tool flank each between the cutting edge and the chip flute which follows next wherein the tool flanks or tooth backs are facet-shaped such that they are composed of individual reference surfaces which are approximately planar and are disposed at an angle with respect to each other as viewed in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Wilhelm Fette GmbH
    Inventor: Diethard Thomas
  • Publication number: 20020102140
    Abstract: An end milling cutter for machining workpieces made of a non-ferrous metal or plastic including two or more helically shaped cutting edges between which helically shaped chip flutes are formed which define a chip-cutting face along with the cutting edges, and a tool flank each between the cutting edge and the chip flute which follows next wherein the tool flanks or tooth backs are facet-shaped such that they are composed of individual reference surfaces which are approximately planar and are disposed at an angle with respect to each other as viewed in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2001
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Inventor: Diethard Thomas
  • Patent number: 4336703
    Abstract: A tangential thread rolling head includes two threaded rollers supported for free rotation on two parallel shafts; each of said rollers is provided with an unbalancing weight which by the force of gravity automatically adjusts a predetermined starting position of the rollers irrespective of the angular position of the head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1982
    Assignee: Wilhelm Fette GmbH
    Inventor: Diethard Thomas