Patents by Inventor Helmut Wichtlhuber

Helmut Wichtlhuber 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: 9908179
    Abstract: A balancing device for a bar loading magazine for guiding material bars on a turning machine, includes at least one mass body that can be repeatedly positioned in relation to a guiding unit that allows a rotation of an introduced material bar about a rotary axis. The mass body is, after each completed positioning, in a connection with the guiding unit and/or the material bar, so that the mass body rotates, during the rotation of an introduced material bar, together with the material bar at the same angular speed about the rotary axis. At least one positioning unit is designed to bring the mass body into a starting position in relation to the guiding unit, to detect during rotation any required repositioning because of an imbalance, and to reposition in each case the mass body in response to the detection of any required repositioning in relation to the guiding unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: FMB Maschinenbau-gesellschaft mbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Kai Loeffler, Helmut Wichtlhuber
  • Publication number: 20150165526
    Abstract: A balancing device for a bar loading magazine for guiding material bars on a turning machine, wherein a mass body that can be repeatedly positioned in relation to a guiding unit that allows a rotation of an introduced material bar about a rotary axis, which mass body is, after each completed positioning, in a positive and/or non-positive connection with the guiding unit and/or the material bar, so that the mass body rotates, during the rotation of an introduced material bar, together with the material bar at the same angular speed about the rotary axis, and by a positioning unit which brings the mass body into a starting position in relation to the guiding unit, to detect during rotation any required repositioning because of an imbalance, and to reposition in each case the mass body in response to the detection of any required repositioning in relation to the guiding unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Kai Loeffler, Helmut Wichtlhuber
  • Patent number: 8573100
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a loading magazine for guiding bar material on an automatic lathe with at least one spindle head that is displaceable in the longitudinal direction. According to the invention, the channel system of a loading magazine of this type is guided on a linear axis and coupled to at least one spindle head, which can be moved in a longitudinal manner, of the automatic lathe such that the bar-guiding channel system can be moved synchronously with the spindle head in drag operation. The formation zones for vibrations in the transition region between the loading magazine and automatic lathe are thus reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: FMB Maschinenbaugesellschaft mbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Falk Schmidt, Helmut Wichtlhuber
  • Publication number: 20120090436
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a loading magazine for guiding bar material on an automatic lathe with at least one spindle head that is displaceable in the longitudinal direction. According to the invention, the channel system of a loading magazine of this type is guided on a linear axis and coupled to at least one spindle head, which can be moved in a longitudinal manner, of the automatic lathe such that the bar-guiding channel system can be moved synchronously with the spindle head in drag operation. The formation zones for vibrations in the transition region between the loading magazine and automatic lathe are thus reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: FMB MASCHINENBAUGESELLSCHAFT MBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Falk Schmidt, Helmut Wichtlhuber