Patents by Inventor W. Dale Compton

W. Dale Compton 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).

  • Machining method to controllably produce chips with determinable shapes and sizes
    Patent number: 7628099
    Abstract: A method of controllably producing chips with a desired shape and size. The method generally entails machining a body with a cutting tool while superimposing modulation on the cutting tool so as to move the cutting tool relative to the body being machined and cause instantaneous and periodic separation between the cutting tool and the body at a point of contact between the cutting tool and the body, wherein each separation between the cutting tool and the body yields a chip. In this manner, the shapes and sizes of the chips are determined at least in part by the modulation cycle, and particularly the length of time the cutting tool is engaged with the body being machined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: James B. Mann, M. Ravi Shankar, Srinivasan Chandrasekar, W. Dale Compton, Wilfredo Moscoso