Patents Examined by Erica E Cadugan
  • Patent number: 12145191
    Abstract: A first tool retention member of a first tool exchange unit retains a first tool to be exchanged in a state of being engaged in an engagement hole of the first tool. A second tool retention member of a second tool exchange unit retains a second tool not to be exchanged in a state of being engaged in an engagement hole of the second tool. Subsequently, the first tool exchange unit moves in a left-right direction in a state in which a movement of the second tool exchange unit in the left-right direction is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: AMADA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki Sato, Yohei Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 12145208
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a worm gear machine, including a workbench, a cutter holder and a cutter holder adjusting system, where the cutter holder includes a big bracket, a first slide rail is disposed on the big bracket, a slide seat in sliding fit with the first slide rail is disposed on the first slide rail, a second slide rail is disposed on the slide seat, a small bracket in sliding fit with the second slide rail is disposed on the second slide rail; and a cutter holder spindle is disposed between the big bracket and the slide seat, a cutter bar synchronously rotating with the cutter holder spindle is disposed between an end of the cutter holder spindle facing toward the small bracket and the small bracket, and a gearbox for driving the cutter spindle to rotate is disposed in the big bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: CHONGQING UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shilong Wang, Chi Ma, Sibao Wang, Dechao Heng, Lingwan Zeng, Yong Yang, Canhui Yang
  • Patent number: 12134158
    Abstract: An electro-hydraulic joint supplying system for electrical machining and supporting automatic tool changing includes an electro-hydraulic joint supplying device and a clamping device. The electro-hydraulic joint supplying device includes an insulator, an electro-hydraulic joint supplying base, an electro-hydraulic joint supplying pipe terminal, and an electro-hydraulic joint supplying pipe. The base is fixedly connected with a spindle shell through the insulator. A working fluid pipe connector and a wiring post are arranged on the base; a terminal connector is in a snap-fit with a top end of the electro-hydraulic joint supplying pipe terminal. The pipe terminal communicates with a flushing fluid container in an electrical machining electrode shank through an electro-hydraulic joint supplying pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Inventors: Lin Gu, Guojian He
  • Patent number: 12128518
    Abstract: An improved numerical control tool machine is described comprising: a table turnable about an—in use—vertical axis, N processing stations, N?2, arranged around the table, a support for a workpiece, the support being connected to the table for reaching in sequence the N stations and making the piece be processed thereat, comprising locking members for retaining the piece on itself during all the operations performed at the N stations, means (50, 60) for connecting the support to the table or releasing it depending on the state of a control input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: TECNO LOGICA S.R.L.
    Inventor: Mirko Piasentin
  • Patent number: 12122111
    Abstract: The installation for manufacturing a bead wire intended to reinforce a pneumatic tire, said installation comprising a receiving table which is adapted to receive a braided torus which comprises a braid wire which extends longitudinally from a first end section to a second end section, a cutting tool, a crimping tool adapted to crimp a sleeve around said first and second end sections, and a configuration unit which is adapted automatically to switch the installation from a cutting configuration in which the receiving table cooperates with the cutting tool so as to position the braided torus and the first and second end sections so that said first and second end sections are sectioned by the cutting tool to a crimping configuration in which the receiving table cooperates with the crimping tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin
    Inventors: Loic Berlioux, Christophe Amyot
  • Patent number: 12090595
    Abstract: A horizontal five-axis turning plate type machining center includes a support base, a lathe bed arranged on the support base and a column arranged on the support base, wherein the lathe bed and the column are fixedly connected through a connecting arm, a turning plate device is arranged on the support base, an X-direction sliding plate capable of sliding in an X direction on the lathe bed is arranged on a side, facing the column, of the lathe bed, and a third driving unit capable of driving a workbench to perform position conversion between a turning plate and the X-direction sliding plate is arranged on the turning plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: KEDE NUMERICAL CONTROL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hu Chen, Yanxing Hou, Chuansi Zhang, Tinghui Liu, Chunhong Fan, Dongmei Shi, Lixin Zhao, Kuo Wang, Hui Zhong, Huiqiang Duan
  • Patent number: 12070825
    Abstract: A machine tool capable of restraining dirt on the footstool and improving setup efficiency. The machine tool includes a machine body having a splash guard surrounding a machining area and a door capable of closing an opening of the splash guard. A footstool is kept mounted on the machine body changeably in place with respect to the machine body. The footstool kept mounted on the machine body is capable of being in a place on an outside of the machine body when the door is closed. The footstool kept mounted on the machine body is capable of being brought to a setup place inside the machining area from the outside of the machine body through the opening when the door is open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: STAR MICRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masahiro Kawasumi
  • Patent number: 12070849
    Abstract: A tool attachment (200) for a robotic manipulator (100), includes a housing (202), an input shaft (208) configured to be engaged by an end effector (105) of the robotic manipulator (100), an output shaft (210), and a tool (214) coupled to the output shaft (210). The housing (202) includes at least one slot or at least one projection for preventing relative rotational movement between the housing (202) and a housing of the robotic manipulator (100). Upon engagement of the end effector (105) of the robotic manipulator (100) with the input shaft (208), the tool attachment (200) is retained on the robotic manipulator (100), and rotational movement of the end effector (105) of the robotic manipulator (100) acts to rotate said input shaft (208) and drive said tool (214).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: SAAB SEAEYE LIMITED
    Inventor: Jon Mortimer Robertson
  • Patent number: 12059765
    Abstract: An assembly including a tool (1) and packaging (2) for accommodating the tool (1). The tool (1) includes at least one machining head (3) for machining a workpiece (4), in particular a dental workpiece (4), by a machining unit (5), and a clamping portion (6) for securing the tool (1) in a chuck (7) of the machining unit (5) while the workpiece (4) is being machined. The tool (1) can be repeatedly removed from and placed back in the packaging (2), with the packaging (2) being provided with at least one securing device (11) for fastening the packaging (2) in a temporary tool magazine (12) of the machining unit (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Amann Girrbach AG
    Inventor: Jurgen Amann
  • Patent number: 12048999
    Abstract: A method for performing a tool change with a robot arm. Providing a first coupling unit connected to a robot arm end shaft; providing a plurality of tool changer grippers and second coupling units detachably connected to the respective tool changer grippers; the robot arm end shaft driving the first coupling unit to be coupled with a selected second coupling unit and take the selected second coupling unit away from the corresponding tool changer gripper; the robot arm end shaft driving the first coupling unit coupled with the selected second coupling unit back to the corresponding tool changer gripper to be decoupled from the selected second coupling unit; enabling the corresponding tool changer gripper to have a degree of freedom; the corresponding tool changer gripper being self-displaced by the degree of freedom in the coupling operation and in the decoupling operation to overcome a position error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Chieftek Precision Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Che Hsu, Syuan-Jyun Wu
  • Patent number: 12048978
    Abstract: A robotic tool changer system and a method for performing a tool change with the robotic tool changer system are disclosed. Providing a plurality of second coupling units each connected with a tool, wherein the second coupling units are detachably connected to a respective tool changer grippers; driving a first coupling unit along a second direction with a robot arm end shaft to be coupled with a selected second coupling unit; driving the first coupling unit coupled with the selected second coupling unit away from the corresponding tool changer gripper in a first direction, defining an angle between the first direction and the second direction; wherein when the selected second coupling unit is moved to the corresponding tool changer gripper and before the first coupling unit to separate from the selected second coupling unit, a third acting force is applied to the selected second coupling unit for restricting movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Chieftek Precision Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Che Hsu, Syuan-Jyun Wu
  • Patent number: 12030130
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for machining the tip circle diameter of a tooth system (4) of a gearwheel (6), in which the gearwheel (6) rotates about a workpiece axis of rotation (Rw), and in which at least one tooth (9) of the tooth system (4) is machined, by removing chips, by means of a tool (7, 7?) that rotates about a tool axis of rotation (Rz) oriented at an axial distance (A?, A?) relative to the workpiece axis of rotation (Rw).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Präwema Antriebstechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Jörg Schieke, Jörg Reinhardt
  • Patent number: 12023772
    Abstract: An arrangement for processing workpieces includes at least one processing machine, a machine magazine assigned to a respective processing machine for accommodating processing tools, and a robot arranged on a driverless base frame. Processing tools may be supplied to and/or removed again from the machine magazine using the driverless base frame. The driverless base frame is additionally provided with a temporary magazine for accommodating processing tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Erowa AG
    Inventor: Hans Hediger
  • Patent number: 12023724
    Abstract: In an installing method for installing divided upper tools to upper tool holders disposed to be spaced at an appropriate interval in a left-right direction in a lower portion of an upper table of a press brake, by using a tool changer, a round bar-shaped finger provided in the tool changer is engaged in a circular engagement hole provided at a central portion in the lateral direction of each divided upper tool. The divided upper tool is temporarily positioned in a gap between an upper tool holder to which the divided upper tool is to be installed, and an adjacent upper tool holder. The temporarily positioned divided upper tool is moved in the left-right direction to be installed to the upper tool holder to which the divided upper tool is to be installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: AMADA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki Sato, Shiro Hayashi, Shingo Kamada, Hideto Yamada, Yohei Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 12011771
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for the refurbishment and repowering of wind turbines through the extension of existing installed blades so that they can catch more wind energy and therefore enable an increase in the overall average power output of the wind turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Inventor: Bento Massahiko Koike
  • Patent number: 12011769
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an efficient brake disc processing device, which relates to the technical field of brake disc processing, comprising a lathe bed, an upright vertical lathe and a first power tool holder installed on a top end of the lathe bed, and an inverted vertical lathe and a second power tool holder installed on a rear side of the top end of the lathe bed, wherein the upright vertical lathe is cooperated with the second power tool holder to process an upper brake surface of a brake disc, and the inverted vertical lathe is cooperated with the first power tool holder to process a lower brake surface of the brake disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: LONGKOU TIANGONG MACHINERY PARTS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Keyang Zhang, Fuxing Zhang
  • Patent number: 12005539
    Abstract: In a self-detecting apparatus for workpiece-origin, a mobile machine tool having the self-detecting apparatus, a method for self-detecting the workpiece-origin, the self-detecting apparatus is equipped to the mobile machine tool and includes a vision sensor and a transmitting unit. The vision sensor obtains a point image marked to the workpiece, and detects a position of a workpiece-origin based on coincidence of focuses of the points. The transmitting unit provides an information obtained by the vision sensor to the mobile machine tool. The mobile machine tool is moved to the workpiece-origin, so as to coincide the focuses of the points, based on the provided point image obtained by the vision sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALS
    Inventors: Dong-Hoon Kim, Joonyub Song
  • Patent number: 11992911
    Abstract: A tool changing mechanism includes a tool base housing, a mandrel disposed therein and having a chamber and a keyway provided axially, and first and second linked units. A first shoulder portion is provided at an end of the keyway, and pulling jaws are disposed at the other end. The first linked unit has a first pulling rod, an end of which has an external thread, and the other end has a connecting portion driven by a pneumatic cylinder. The second linked unit has a second pulling rod, an end of which has an internal thread, and a pressing head is disposed at the other end. The second pulling rod has a sliding key located in the keyway. The first pulling rod is screwed into the second pulling rod, and the relative screwing rotation therebetween attains tool pulling for fixing or tool loosening for removing the cutting tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: PRECISION MACHINERY RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CENTER
    Inventors: Chia-Hsuan Cho, Yu-An Liu
  • Patent number: 11986919
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed toward a tooling assembly for a machine having an automatic tool changing system. The tooling assembly includes a holder, a tool body, and an internal passage defined within and extending through the holder and the tool body. The holder includes a machine interface configured to engage with a spindle of the machine. The internal passage is operable to have a coolant fluid flow within, and has a stem channel and a curved channel extending from the stem channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: David Stephenson, Timothy G. Beyer, Michael A. Kopmanis, David Ozog, William E. Dowling, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11986918
    Abstract: A method wherein by reducing the amount of current, and therefore torque, to the linear servo motor (50) and/or rotary servo motor (52) of a loader mechanism (9), the loader mechanism is operable for determining proper workpiece positioning in a machine tool such as a gear manufacturing machine, particularly a machine (4) for manufacturing bevel and hypoid gears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: THE GLEASON WORKS
    Inventor: Michael W. Roberts