Patents by Inventor Günther Schips

Günther Schips 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: 9452476
    Abstract: A fixing apparatus releasably fixes functional elements, particularly a tool holder (1) on a tool disk (3), about one fixing axis (5). These two functional components each have a bearing surface (7, 9) for bearing mutually against one another, and at least one fixing element (11, 13). The fixing element (13) has two fixing bodies (19) connected in a positionally unchangeable manner to the associated functional component on both sides of the fixing axis (5) and at a spacing from one another. Each fixing body (19) forms a fixing surface (25) extending transversely with respect to the fixing axis (5). The fixing surfaces (25) can both be placed from the same side against an associated positioning surface (17) and are situated as fixing elements (11) on the other functional component at a spacing from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: SAUTER FEINMECHANIK GMBH
    Inventors: Matthias Beck, Günther Schips
  • Patent number: 9358652
    Abstract: A tool turret includes a tool disk (2) swivelable about a support column (32) that defines a swivel axis (26) into positions in which at least one machining tool fastened to the tool disk (2) is in a machining position. A drive device (14) includes drives (10, 8) connected by a controllable coupling device (18) to outputs (20, 22) used to drive the tool disk (2) or the machining tool. The drive device (14) is arranged inside the tool disk (2) together with the drives (8, 10) and the output (22) used to drive the machining tool. The output used to drive the tool disk (2) in a swiveling manner has a gear train arrangement (34) outside the tool disk (2) on the support column (32). The gear train arrangement has an output shaft (70) that extends along the support column (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: SAUTER FEINMECHANIK GMBH
    Inventors: Jürgen Stiefel, Dietmar Linder, Günther Schips
  • Publication number: 20130157825
    Abstract: A fixing apparatus for the releasable fixing of at least one functional component, in particular in the form of a tool holder (1), on a further functional component, in particular in the form of a tool disc (3), about at least one fixing axis (5), wherein the two functional components in each case have a bearing surface (7, 9) for bearing mutually against one another, and both one functional component and the other functional component have at least one fixing element (11, 13), is characterized in that, in order to form the fixing elements (13), one functional component has two fixing bodies (19) which are connected in a positionally unchangeable manner to the associated functional component on both sides of the fixing axis (5) and at a spacing from one another, and in that each fixing body (19) forms a fixing surface (25) which extends transversely with respect to the fixing axis (5), which fixing surfaces (25) which can both be placed from the same side against an associated positioning surface (17), which
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventors: Matthias Beck, Günther Schips
  • Publication number: 20130074301
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tool turret, comprising a tool disk (2), which can be swiveled about a support column (32) that defines a swivel axis (26) into positions in which at least one machining tool that can be fastened to the tool disk (2) is in a machining position, and comprising a drive device (14), the driving means (8, 10) of which can be connected by means of a controllable coupling device (18) to output means (20, 22), which are used to drive the tool disk (2) or the machining tool. Said tool turret is characterized in that the drive device (14) is arranged inside the tool disk (2) together with the driving means (8, 10) and the output means (22) used to drive the machining tool and in that the output means used to drive the tool disk (2) in a swiveling manner have a gear train arrangement (34) outside the tool disk (2) on the support column (32). The gear train arrangement has an output shaft (70) that extends along the support column (32).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Jürgen Stiefel, Dietmar Linder, Günther Schips