Patents by Inventor Karl Frommer

Karl Frommer 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: 8202206
    Abstract: A workpiece is machined using a first cutting tool and subsequent cutting tools in a predefined time sequence. The sequence of cutting tools defines a sequence of previous and subsequent cutting tools, with each previous cutting tool being replaced by a subsequent cutting tool in the course of the machining operations. Each previous cutting tool, which is replaced by a subsequent cutting tool, is deposited at a defined storage place in a tool magazine. When being put back into the tool magazine, the previous cutting tools are distributed to the storage places in a spatial sequence which is different from a spatial sequence at the start of the machining operations and which substantially corresponds to the time sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Stama Maschinenfabrik GmbH
    Inventors: Achim Feinauer, Karl Frommer
  • Publication number: 20070293379
    Abstract: A workpiece is machined using a first cutting tool and subsequent cutting tools in a predefined time sequence. The sequence of cutting tools defines a sequence of previous and subsequent cutting tools, with each previous cutting tool being replaced by a subsequent cutting tool in the course of the machining operations. Each previous cutting tool, which is replaced by a subsequent cutting tool, is deposited at a defined storage place in a tool magazine. When being put back into the tool magazine, the previous cutting tools are distributed to the storage places in a spatial sequence which is different from a spatial sequence at the start of the machining operations and which substantially corresponds to the time sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Inventors: Achim Feinauer, Karl Frommer
  • Patent number: 7177720
    Abstract: A machine tool comprises a tool carrier moveable relative to a workpiece to be machined. A controller controls the relative movement of the tool carrier and the workpiece by means of a control program. If an unplanned event occurs during the operational movement of the machine, the relative movement of the tool and the workpiece is stopped, and a restart from a starting position is carried out later. The starting position is in this case approached along a trajectory, and the trajectory is determined automatically as a function of the machining operation in which the unplanned event occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: STAMA Maschinenfabrik GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Grund, Rolf Kuppinger, Karl Frommer
  • Publication number: 20050209730
    Abstract: A machine tool comprises a tool carrier moveable relative to a workpiece to be machined. A controller controls the relative movement of the tool carrier and the workpiece by means of a control program. If an unplanned event occurs during the operational movement of the machine, the relative movement of the tool and the workpiece is stopped, and a restart from a starting position is carried out later. The starting position is in this case approached along a trajectory, and the trajectory is determined automatically as a function of the machining operation in which the unplanned event occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventors: Peter Grund, Rolf Kuppinger, Karl Frommer