Patents by Inventor Joseph A. Courtney

Joseph A. Courtney 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).

  • Dual-hand cutter head for gear manufacture
    Patent number: 10065254
    Abstract: A cutter head (40) having cutting blade positioning slots (50, 52) wherein a portion of the positioning slots accommodate cutting blades (42) for right-hand cutting and another portion of the positioning slots accommodate cutting blades (46) for left-hand cutting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: THE GLEASON WORKS
    Inventor: Joseph A. Courtney
  • Slide rolling process for the generation of bevel gears
    Patent number: 9649707
    Abstract: Generating cutting processes for producing bevel gears and employing a single rotary disc cutter (36) wherein a portion of the generating cutting process effectively includes a reduction (38) of the workpiece roll angle (40) during generating thereby reducing or eliminating cutting action on the clearance side (42) of the rotary disc cutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: THE GLEASON WORKS
    Inventors: Hermann J. Stadtfeld, Joseph A. Courtney, Mark J. Boch, William G. Landry
  • Method for manufacturing bevel gears
    Patent number: 9289839
    Abstract: Method and apparatus wherein the front machining of a gear blank (40) are carried out on a CNC bevel gear generating machine (44) utilizing the motions available in such machines with minimal modifications to the existing machine tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: THE GLEASON WORKS
    Inventors: Hermann J. Stadtfeld, Mark J. Boch, William G. Landry, Andrew S. Price, Joseph A. Courtney, Markus J. Bolze
  • SLIDE ROLLING PROCESS FOR THE GENERATION OF BEVEL GEARS
    Publication number: 20150375319
    Abstract: Generating cutting processes for producing bevel gears and employing a single rotary disc cutter (36) wherein a portion of the generating cutting process effectively includes a reduction (38) of the workpiece roll angle (40) during generating thereby reducing or eliminating cutting action on the clearance side (42) of the rotary disc cutter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Hermann J. Stadtfeld, Joseph A. Courtney, Mark J. Boch, William G. Landry
  • Dual-Hand Cutter Head For Gear Manufacture
    Publication number: 20150298230
    Abstract: A cutter head (40) having cutting blade positioning slots (50, 52) wherein a portion of the positioning slots accommodate cutting blades (42) for right-hand cutting and another portion of the positioning slots accommodate cutting blades (46) for left-hand cutting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventor: Joseph A. Courtney
  • Runout compensation on machine tools
    Patent number: 8561277
    Abstract: A method of determining axial and/or radial runout due to workholding equipment and compensating for such runout during machining of a gear wherein axial and/or radial runout compensations are executed during the machining of each individual tooth slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: The Gleason Works
    Inventors: Hermann J. Stadtfeld, Joseph A. Courtney, Gary J. Kimmet
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING BEVEL GEARS
    Publication number: 20120230791
    Abstract: Method and apparatus wherein the front machining of a gear blank (40) are carried out on a CNC bevel gear generating machine (44) utilizing the motions available in such machines with minimal modifications to the existing machine tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: THE GLEASON WORKS
    Inventors: Hermann J. Stadtfeld, Mark J. Boch, William G. Landry, Andrew S. Price, Joseph A. Courtney, Markus J. Bolze
  • RUNOUT COMPENSATION ON MACHINE TOOLS
    Publication number: 20100290851
    Abstract: A method of determining axial and/or radial runout due to workholding equipment and compensating for such runout during machining of a gear wherein axial and/or radial runout compensations are executed during the machining of each individual tooth slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: THE GLEASON WORKS
    Inventors: Hermann J. Stadtfeld, Joseph A. Courtney, Gary J. Kimmet
  • UV curing system
    Patent number: 6972413
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to systems for directing light-based radiation onto a light curable material. More particularly, the present invention is directed to a device for uniformly exposing a UV curable material to UV energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Henkel Corporation
    Inventors: James Robert Krogdahl, Patrick Joseph Courtney
  • Stroking speed adjustment for shaping machine
    Publication number: 20020081163
    Abstract: A stroking speed adjustment for a computer controlled shaping machine for forming at least one tooth on a workpiece with a cutting tool, the cutting tool being reciprocated to define a tool stroking motion wherein the tool stroking comprises a cutting stroke and a return stroke, and wherein the return stroke is carried out at a speed faster than the speed of the cutting stroke. The machine comprises a rotatable element, such as a drive shaft, associated with the reciprocation of the cutting tool. The rotatable element includes at lease one detectable surface positioned thereabout and a position sensor is placed adjacent said shaft and detectable surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventor: Joseph A. Courtney