Patents by Inventor Heribert Josef Messing

Heribert Josef Messing 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).

  • Apparatus and method for monitoring a tool machine
    Patent number: 9079280
    Abstract: The invention refers to an apparatus for monitoring the operation of an electrically conductive tool (120) of a machine tool (100, 400) having at least one electrically conductive spindle (110) for holding the tool (120) and a detector (140, 545, 645) which determines an electrical resistance (190, 290, 390) between the spindle (110) and the electrically conductive work piece (130) to be processed, and wherein the spindle (110) is electrically isolated from the machine tool (100, 400) and/or the apparatus is adapted to electrically isolate the work piece (130) to be processed from the machine tool (100, 400).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: ARTIS GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Lange, Volker Redecker, Heribert Josef Messing
  • Apparatus and Method for Monitoring a Tool Machine
    Publication number: 20120182029
    Abstract: The invention refers to an apparatus for monitoring the operation of an electrically conductive tool (120) of a machine tool (100, 400) having at least one electrically conductive spindle (110) for holding the tool (120) and a detector (140, 545, 645) which determines an electrical resistance (190, 290, 390) between the spindle (110) and the electrically conductive work piece (130) to be processed, and wherein the spindle (110) is electrically isolated from the machine tool (100, 400) and/or the apparatus is adapted to electrically isolate the work piece (130) to be processed from the machine tool (100, 400).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventors: Dirk Lange, Volker Redecker, Heribert Josef Messing