Patents by Inventor Stefan Heyn

Stefan Heyn 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: 11858054
    Abstract: A method for producing gears, wherein in a first step a set of teeth is formed by means of a skiving wheel rotationally driven by a tool spindle in a workpiece gear rotationally driven synchronously thereto by a workpiece spindle, wherein the workpiece spindle and the tool spindle are at an axis intersection angle to each other and the advancement occurs in the tooth-flank extension direction, and wherein in a second step at least some teeth of the set of teeth are machined by means of a tooth-machining tool. A combined tool is used, in the case of which the toothmachining tool and the skiving wheel are fixedly connected to each other. Between the two steps, the combined tool remains connected to the tool spindle and the workpiece gear remains connected to the workpiece spindle. Between the two steps, merely the relative position of the tool spindle in relation to the workpiece spindle and the rotational speed ratio of the two spindles are changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Profilator GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Stefan Heyn
  • Publication number: 20200353547
    Abstract: A method for producing gears, wherein in a first step a set of teeth is formed by means of a skiving wheel rotationally driven by a tool spindle in a workpiece gear rotationally driven synchronously thereto by a workpiece spindle, wherein the workpiece spindle and the tool spindle are at an axis intersection angle to each other and the advancement occurs in the tooth-flank extension direction, and wherein in a second step at least some teeth of the set of teeth are machined by means of a tooth-machining tool. A combined tool is used, in the case of which the toothmachining tool and the skiving wheel are fixedly connected to each other. Between the two steps, the combined tool remains connected to the tool spindle and the workpiece gear remains connected to the workpiece spindle. Between the two steps, merely the relative position of the tool spindle in relation to the workpiece spindle and the rotational speed ratio of the two spindles are changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: Profilator GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Stefan Heyn
  • Patent number: 10773322
    Abstract: A method for producing gears, wherein in a first step a set of teeth is formed by means of a skiving wheel rotationally driven by a tool spindle in a workpiece gear rotationally driven synchronously thereto by a workpiece spindle, wherein the workpiece spindle and the tool spindle are at an axis intersection angle to each other and the advancement occurs in the tooth-flank extension direction, and wherein in a second step at least some teeth of the set of teeth are machined by means of a tooth-machining tool. A combined tool is used, in the case of which the toothmachining tool and the skiving wheel are fixedly connected to each other. Between the two steps, the combined tool remains connected to the tool spindle and the workpiece gear remains connected to the workpiece spindle. Between the two steps, merely the relative position of the tool spindle in relation to the workpiece spindle and the rotational speed ratio of the two spindles are changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Profilator GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Stefan Heyn
  • Publication number: 20180079019
    Abstract: A method for producing gears, wherein in a first step a set of teeth is formed by means of a skiving wheel rotationally driven by a tool spindle in a workpiece gear rotationally driven synchronously thereto by a workpiece spindle, wherein the workpiece spindle and the tool spindle are at an axis intersection angle to each other and the advancement occurs in the tooth-flank extension direction, and wherein in a second step at least some teeth of the set of teeth are machined by means of a tooth-machining tool. A combined tool is used, in the case of which the toothmachining tool and the skiving wheel are fixedly connected to each other. Between the two steps, the combined tool remains connected to the tool spindle and the workpiece gear remains connected to the workpiece spindle. Between the two steps, merely the relative position of the tool spindle in relation to the workpiece spindle and the rotational speed ratio of the two spindles are changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventor: Stefan Heyn
  • Publication number: 20130214467
    Abstract: In a clamping fixture (1) for clamping a workpiece (10), wherein the clamping fixture has at least one clamping device (4) and at least one guiding device working together with the clamping device, wherein the clamping device can be moved axially along the guiding device, wherein the clamping device has a radial profiling (6), wherein the guiding device has an opposing profiling (7), corresponding to the radial profiling of the clamping device, and wherein, when there is an axial movement of the profiling of the clamping device along the opposing profiling of the guiding device, the clamping device is forced in a substantially radial direction, and thereby clamps the workpiece in place, less susceptibility to wear, and consequently a longer operational service life, is obtained by the clamping device being formed in at least two parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicants: Prazisionsmechanik Heyn GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Heyn, Jean-Claude Montandon