Patents by Inventor Kai GÜNTHER

Kai GÜNTHER 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).

  • Method for machining workpieces and machine tool for carrying out the method
    Patent number: 10632582
    Abstract: A machine tool has a clamping device for clamping in workpieces to be machined, a work spindle which is movable relative to the clamping device, a tool magazine wherein tools for machining the workpieces are held available, the tools being selectively clamped into the work spindle, and a spindle gripper to be selectively clamped into the work spindle and being self-holding in its gripping position, said spindle gripper being held available in the tool magazine and being movable between a transfer position to the work spindle and an unloading station in which the spindle gripper releases a work piece remnant received from the clamping device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: STAMA Maschinenfabrik GmbH
    Inventors: Kai Günther, Thomas Boehm, Frank Mueller
  • METHOD FOR MACHINING WORKPIECES AND MACHINE TOOL FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD
    Publication number: 20190015942
    Abstract: A machine tool has a clamping device for clamping in workpieces to be machined, a work spindle which is movable relative to the clamping device, a tool magazine wherein tools for machining the workpieces are held available, the tools being selectively clamped into the work spindle, and a spindle gripper to be selectively clamped into the work spindle and being self-holding in its gripping position, said spindle gripper being held available in the tool magazine and being movable between a transfer position to the work spindle and an unloading station in which the spindle gripper releases a work piece remnant received from the clamping device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Kai GÜNTHER, Thomas BOEHM, Frank MUELLER