Patents Examined by Eric Daniel Whitmire
  • Patent number: 12678869
    Abstract: A tool of the present disclosure includes a tip end portion. The tip end portion has a surface. At least a part of the surface includes a plurality of protrusions, a first recess provided by contact between ends of two adjacent protrusions of the protrusions, and a second recess different from the first recess. The second recess is provided inside at least one of the protrusions or provided to extend across the two adjacent protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Rintaro Sugimoto, Takashi Harada, Satoru Kukino, Taisuke Higashi, Naoki Watanobe, Mayuka Segawa
  • Patent number: 12678866
    Abstract: A cutting tool system component, in particular a cutting tool or a cutting tool holder, is described. The cutting tool system component comprises a base body comprising a fluid inlet for supplying cooling and/or lubricating fluid to the cutting tool system component. A fluidic actuator and/or a fluidic detector is arranged inside the base body that has or have a fluid-conducting connection to the fluid inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventor: Dominik Schmid
  • Patent number: 12677639
    Abstract: A substrate support assembly includes a shaft body, a plate attached to an upper portion of the shaft body, and a plug or cap attached to a lower portion of the shaft body. The shaft body, the plate and the plug or cap define an internal shaft area having an isolated environment. The internal shaft area is a vacuum environment or comprises an inert gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventor: Vijay D. Parkhe
  • Patent number: 12673374
    Abstract: Provided is a spindle device which can inhibit the spreading of the exterior shape of a housing in the radial direction of a shaft. One embodiment relates to a spindle device having a tubular member which is fixed to a housing through which a shaft is inserted, and which extends to outside along the axial direction of the shaft from an end surface of the housing on the other end side of the shaft. The spindle device includes: a holding part which is provided to the end surface of the housing outside of the outer peripheral surface of the tubular member, and which holds a linear member that extends along the axial direction of the shaft and passes inside of the housing; and a cut-out section formed in the outer peripheral surface of the tubular member. At least a portion of the holding part is disposed on the inner side of the cut-out section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshifumi Muramatsu
  • Patent number: 12661715
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a roll mold by cutting a roll, includes generating a control waveform based on a signal corresponding to a rotary position of the roll, and making a plurality of cuts on a surface of the roll by, while the roll is rotated, reciprocating a cutting blade in a radial direction of the roll in accordance with the control waveform. Making the plurality of cuts includes at each of a plurality of predetermined locations, making a predetermined number of cuts of predetermined depth based on the control waveform. Generating the control waveform includes generating a control waveform dictating that the predetermined locations, the predetermined depths, or both are randomly selected. Generating the control waveform includes generating a control waveform dictating that, when multiple cuts are made at a predetermined location, each subsequent cut will have a smaller depth than a preceding cut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Noda, Katsuhiro Doi, Kyoko Sakurai, Asahiko Nogami, Mitsuo Arima
  • Patent number: 12661721
    Abstract: A drill may include a base. The base may be extended from a first end to a second end. The base may include a first part, a second part, a step, a first cutting edge, a first flute, a second cutting edge and a second flute. The step may be located between the first part and the second part, and may have a larger outer diameter as coming closer to the second part. The first flute may be extended from the first cutting edge. The second flute may be extended from the second cutting edge. The step may include a first step and a second step. The first step may connect to the first flute. The second step may connect to the second flute. A first end part in the first step may be located further away from the first end than a second end part in the second step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi Ogawa
  • Patent number: 12654234
    Abstract: A chuck apparatus includes a pair of grip members driven by a piston via a pair of levers, and the levers are rotatably supported by a body via lever shafts. A lever shaft protrudes from the attachment surface of the body to the transport device, and positioning with respect to the transport device is performed by using the protruding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 12623294
    Abstract: A deburring tool includes a body including a cylinder chamber having a tool holder holding hole, and an anti-rotation body holding hole; a tool holder having an anti-rotation groove and disposed in the cylinder chamber to reciprocate in the cylinder chamber; a first elastic body disposed inside the cylinder chamber to urge the tool holder toward a distal end; a cover disposed outside the body to reciprocate between a detaching position and a processing position, the cover including, a pressing surface that covers the anti-rotation body holding hole at the processing position, and a relief portion; and an anti-rotation body accommodated in the relief portion when the cover is positioned at the detaching position and the tool holder is pulled from the tool holder holding hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: SUGINO MACHINE LIMITED
    Inventors: Yusuke Yanagihara, Mitsuru Muto
  • Patent number: 12611744
    Abstract: A spindle includes a housing, a bearing housed in the housing, a main shaft rotatably supported by the bearing, a collet chuck extending into a through hole of the main shaft to grip a machining tool and movable in an axial direction of the main shaft, a draw bar connected to the collet chuck, an air inlet above the bearing and through which air is introduced into the housing, an air passage defined in the housing such that the air introduced into the housing through the air inlet flows below the bearing, and an air outlet in the housing and below the bearing and through which the air flowing below the bearing is discharged out of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: DGSHAPE Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhito Miyamoto, Gota Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 12605776
    Abstract: The invention relates to a milling tool for seating a screw in a dental structure, the screw being provided to be joined to a dental implant, wherein the tool comprises a coupling region provided for coupling to a milling machine and a working region defined by a rod that on one end supports a head having a plurality of cutting blades radially distributed with respect to a longitudinal axis of the coupling region, wherein each cutting blade has a lower cutting surface. Said lower cutting surface has a region with a convex curvature which has a radius that varies between a maximum and a minimum value, the maximum value of the radius being equal to 0.1350*Dh, wherein Dh corresponds to the diameter of the effective area of the milling tool, and the minimum value of the radius complying with the formula: R min = 125 ? 2 · 0.0012 ? Dh 3 .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: Paragon Tools, S.L.
    Inventors: Isaac Ciurana De Arcos, Roberto González Cegarra
  • Patent number: 12599973
    Abstract: A structure that is mounted to industrial equipment. This structure includes a jig, a first fixing member and a second fixing member, and a grip part. The industrial equipment has an attachment/detachment region for attaching and detaching the jig. The attachment/detachment region has a first space. The jig has a second space. The first fixing member is accomodatable in the first space. The second fixing member is accomodatable in the second space. The second fixing member is configured so that the jig can be attached to and detached from the attachment/detachment region by adjusting the degree of helical engagement of the first and second fixing members. The grip part is provided to at least one of the first fixing member and the second fixing member, and is configured grippable such that, in a state in which the degree of helical engagement has been loosened, the structure can smoothly be moved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: Kitagawa Iron Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tamio Nishimiya
  • Patent number: 12594609
    Abstract: A hydro chuck includes a shank portion provided on one end side in a longitudinal direction and having, on a leading end side thereof, a cylindrical chuck portion for gripping a gripped object and an operational portion provided on the other end side in the longitudinal direction and disposed in continuation from the shank portion. The shank portion is fixable by being inserted to a tool mount included in a machine tool. The chuck portion includes a sleeve gripping the gripped object and a fluid pressure chamber formed on an outer circumference side of the sleeve and filled with fluid, the chuck portion being configured such that in association with a rise of a pressure of the fluid inside the fluid pressure chamber, the sleeve is reduced in its diameter to grip the gripped object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignees: BIG DAISHOWA CO., LTD., BIG DAISHOWA SEIKI CO., LTD
    Inventor: Masayuki Doi
  • Patent number: 12557596
    Abstract: An electrostatic chuck includes a base plate and a ceramic dielectric substrate. The ceramic dielectric substrate has a first major surface. The first major surface includes at least a first region and a second region. At least one first gas introduction hole connected to at least one of multiple first grooves. The first grooves include a first boundary groove, and at least one first in-region groove. Multiple second grooves and at least one second gas introduction hole are provided in the second region. The second grooves are include a second boundary groove extending along the first boundary and are provided to be most proximal to the first boundary. A groove end portion-end portion distance between the first boundary groove and the second boundary groove is smaller than a groove end portion-end portion distance between the first boundary groove and the first in-region groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: Toto, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masafumi Ikeguchi, Tetsuro Itoyama, Shuichiro Saigan, Jun Shiraishi
  • Patent number: 12521803
    Abstract: The invention relates to a milling tool made of cemented carbide having a cylindrical shank (16) and a cutting head (18) for the face milling of workpieces made of a hard-brittle material. The cutting head (18) is configured as an end mill with corner radius or a ball nose end mill having a cutting length (L 2.2). The shank (16) has, up to its chucking end (26), at least one clearance segment (28) having a smaller diameter (d3) than the cutting head (18). The tip of the cutting head (18) is coated or tipped with hard mineral along a length (L2) having a diameter (d1) used for finishing, to which is connected a segment (24), which is used for roughing, having the cutting length (L2.2?L2=L2.1) and a reduced diameter (d4), which is smaller than the diameter (d1) of the cutting length (L2) on the cutting head (18) used for finishing and is greater than the diameter (d3) of the clearance segment (28).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2026
    Assignee: ZECHA Hartmetall-Werkzeugfabrikation GmbH
    Inventor: Daniel Gruber
  • Patent number: 12496643
    Abstract: A rotary cutting method includes producing a processed product by rotary cutting of a workpiece by a rotary tool. The rotary tool has at least one cutting edge of which both of a first rake angle in a rotation radial direction and a second rake angle in a rotation axis direction are negative. The at least one cutting edge has a slanted face connected with a rake face forming the first and second rake angles. The slanted face is connected with the rake face at a ridge line. The slanted face faces a rotating direction of the rotary tool. An angle of the slanted face to the rotation axis direction is positive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2025
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kinue Ito, Kenji Murai, Shinichi Yajima, Takashi Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 12491623
    Abstract: A manufacturing cell comprises at least one workpiece path having a workpiece supply region of a workpiece supply and a workpiece table of a machine tool. The machine tool has at least two machining robots. The workpiece table comprises at least one suction block assembly. The manufacturing cell has a second workpiece path running in a longitudinal direction of the manufacturing cell and parallel to the first workpiece path, with a second workpiece table comprising at least one suction block assembly. In addition, each suction block assembly can be displaced in the longitudinal direction of the manufacturing cell. This increases the output rate of a manufacturing cell and expands its machining capabilities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2025
    Inventors: Martin Zimmer, Günther Zimmer
  • Patent number: 12485493
    Abstract: A chuck assembly for a rotary power tool includes a chuck body rotatable about a central axis. The chuck body has a plurality of slots, each oriented at an oblique angle relative to the central axis. The chuck assembly also includes a plurality of jaws, each movable along a respective one of the slots. The chuck assembly also includes a collar coupled to the plurality of jaws. The collar is selectively engageable with the chuck body such that, when engaged, the plurality of jaws are movable along the plurality of slots in response to rotation of the collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2025
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jonathan E. Abbott
  • Patent number: 12454015
    Abstract: Tool fitting device for a power tool, in particular a chipping hammer, including—a holding device for receiving and holding a tool shank, a retention element extending at least around a section or sections of the holding device, and a dust protection device for preventing the penetration of dust into the tool fitting device. The dust protection device includes at least one first dust stripping element, at least one fixing bead, and at least one sealing lip element, wherein the sealing lip element is positioned in front of the retention element in the axial direction. Dust protection device for use in a tool fitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2025
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Udo Hauptmann, Ulrich Mandel
  • Patent number: 12424480
    Abstract: Some examples provide a vacuum wafer chuck assembly for supporting a wafer. An example chuck assembly comprises a chuck hub and a centering hub disposed within the chuck hub. Chuck arms are mounted to the chuck hub, with each chuck arm extending radially between a proximal end adjacent the chuck hub, and a distal end remote therefrom. At least one vacuum pad is provided for supporting the wafer during a wafer centering or wafer processing operation. A vacuum sensor detects a presence or absence of a vacuum pressure at the vacuum pad during the wafer centering or processing operation, a detection indicative of a presence or absence of the wafer in the chuck assembly, or a presence of a defective wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2025
    Assignee: Lam Research Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron Louis LaBrie, Claudiu Valentin Puha
  • Patent number: 12403533
    Abstract: A cutting tool having a main body (4) extending along a longitudinal central axis (9) and a cutting insert (1), which is held on the main body (4) in an axially and/or radially positionally-adjustable manner and can be tensioned by means of a clamping claw (3). The cutting insert (1) is held by a clamping holder (2), which is held in a positionally-adjustable manner on the main body (4), and which can be tensioned on the main body (4) by means of the clamping claw (3) pressing against the cutting insert (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2025
    Assignee: Guehring KG
    Inventor: Klaus Matheis