Patents by Inventor Dirk Wember

Dirk Wember 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).

  • Publication number: 20230373054
    Abstract: A grinding machine includes a machine bed on which a workpiece spindle with a workpiece holder and a tool spindle with a tool holder are arranged. A workpiece held in the workpiece spindle, relative to a tool held in the tool holder, is displaceable along an X-axis running in a first direction parallel to the surface of the machine bed, is displaceable along a Y-axis, running in a second direction parallel to the surface of the machine bed, is displaceable along a Z-axis running perpendicular to the surface of the machine bed, is rotatable about an A-axis running parallel to the surface of the machine bed, and is rotatable about a C-axis running perpendicular to the surface of the machine bed. The tool spindle is completely kinematically separated from the workpiece spindle. Movements along the X-axis, about the A-axis and about the C-axis being carried out by the workpiece spindle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Dirk WEMBER, Thomas BADER, Reinhard ENDRES, Gerhard SCHNEE
  • Patent number: 8376921
    Abstract: A machine tool comprising a tool spindle and a workpiece clamping mechanism moveable relative to one another on a linear X-axis in a controlled manner, wherein the tool spindle can be moved in a controlled manner in relation to a machine frame on Y and Z-axes which are perpendicular to the X-axis and to each other and can be pivoted in a controlled manner around a C-axis parallel to the Z-axis, and wherein a workpiece gripper, which can be moved in common with the tool spindle, is assigned to the tool spindle, and that the tool spindle can travel with the workpiece gripper to a magazine wheel on the Y, Z and C-axes and can be aligned with recesses on the magazine wheel, movement on the X, Y, Z and C-axes effecting transfer of a workpiece between the workpiece gripper and the workpiece clamping mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Haas Schleifmaschinen GmbH
    Inventor: Dirk Wember
  • Publication number: 20090191017
    Abstract: Machine tool comprising a machine frame (10, 20), a tool spindle (30) that can be driven so as to rotate, a workpiece clamping mechanism (12) and a magazine, wherein the tool spindle (30) and the workpiece clamping mechanism (12) can be moved relative to one another on a linear X-axis in a controlled manner, and wherein the tool spindle (30) can be moved in a controlled manner in relation to machine frame (10, 20) in Y- and Z-axes which are perpendicular to the X-axis and to each other and can be pivoted in a controlled manner around a C-axis parallel to the Z-axis, wherein the magazine has at least one magazine wheel (42, 66) which can be positioned rotating around a rotational axis parallel to the Z-axis, that the magazine wheel (42, 66) has recesses (58, 76) for tools (60) and/or workpieces (62, 64, 78) arranged distributed in its circumferential direction, wherein a workpiece gripper (34), which can be moved in common with the tool spindle (30), is assigned to the tool spindle (30), and wherein the tool s
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: Haas Schleifmaschinen GmbH
    Inventor: Dirk Wember