Patents Examined by Michael Vitale
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Patent number: 12758981Abstract: The present invention provides an automated data destruction system to remove data effectively and reliably from a mobile communication device. The system comprises a housing, a platform, a securement mechanism, a positioning mechanism, a power drill, a vision recognition system, and a controlling system. The vision recognition system and the processor identify the mobile communication device, and the controlling system controls the securement mechanism, the positioning mechanism, and the power drill to a corresponding location based on the identified mobile communication device and activates the power drill to penetrate the mobile communication device at an exact depth to restrict the damage to the flash memory chip.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2025Date of Patent: October 13, 2026Inventors: Michael Koufos, Simon Levin
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Patent number: 12759103Abstract: The present invention discloses a bevel swing head interpolation tool changing mechanism, which includes a bed, a sliding table, a column, a ram, a swing head and a tool magazine, in which the swing head moves along the X-axis, Y-axis and Z-axis of the machine tool, the axis of the swing head and a B-axis form an included angle between 30°-60°, the tool magazine is equipped with a tool, and the swing head moves along its own axis direction and change the tool. The invention provides a bevel swing head interpolation tool changing mechanism and a method thereof, capable of quick and convenient tool changing through the mutual cooperation of the movement of the linear axes of the machine tool, without complex equipment such as manipulators used, and which is simple in structure, good in stability and easy to maintain.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2020Date of Patent: October 13, 2026Assignee: KEDE NUMERICAL CONTROL CO., LTD.Inventors: Hu Chen, Lianyang Wang, Xin Deng, Cuijuan Guo, Yufeng Chen, Xingjian He, Zidan Ju, Shaoyi Liu, Qidong Guo, Dechuan Liu, Lujun Gao
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Patent number: 12752385Abstract: The machine tool includes a coolant tank provided in front of a bed in a machine front direction, a wire/pipe housing box provided at a first position in front of the coolant tank in the machine front direction, and a support arm capable of supporting the wire/pipe housing box retracted from the first position to a second position higher than the coolant tank.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2020Date of Patent: October 6, 2026Assignee: DMG MORI CO., LTD.Inventors: Takafumi Doi, Katsuhito Miyahara, Tatsuhiko Kuriya
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Patent number: 12734595Abstract: An inline weld-bead cutting apparatus for a spiral pipe for cutting a weld-bead protruding from a butt-jointed portion of the present invention includes: a main frame; an up down movement plate; a mina up down driving part; a forward-backward movement plate; a forward-backward driving part; and a cutting part provided in the forward-backward movement plate, and cutting a weld-bead protruding on an outer surface of a pipe transferred from the pipe transfer line, and the cutting part includes a mounting plate provided in the forward-backward movement plate to be movable up and down, a rotation motor provided in the mounting plate, a spindle provided in the mounting plate to be rotatable through a bearing, and receiving a rotational force of the rotation motor and having an up down-direction shaft, and a cutting tool mounted on a terminal of the spindle, and including an insert for cutting the weld-bead.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2023Date of Patent: September 15, 2026Assignee: State Pipe & Supply, Inc.Inventors: Jun Lee, Woong Park
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Patent number: 12722237Abstract: A system includes a frame holding a part, a robot arm adjacent to the frame, a tool rack with a plurality of tools that are interchangeable, and a controller. The controller controls the robotic arm to automatically attach a forming tool from the tool rack to the tool holder; controls the robotic arm with the forming tool to form the part in a first geometry into a second geometry; and controls the robotic arm to automatically return the forming tool to the tool rack and detach the forming tool from the tool holder.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2022Date of Patent: September 1, 2026Assignee: Machina Labs, Inc.Inventor: Edward Mehr
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Patent number: 12715056Abstract: A dental tool (1) for use in a dental CNC milling/grinding machine for machining a dental restoration from a workpiece (6), the dental tool (1) has a shaft (2). The dental tool includes a miniaturized RFID tag (3) which is arranged in front of the back end (2a) of the shaft (2). A dental CNC milling/grinding machine (5) is also disclosed and has a machine compartment (5a) including one or more carriage units (5b) each adapted to exchangeably receive and drive one or more dental tools (1) for machining a dental restoration from a workpiece (6); one or more transceiver units (5c) each adapted to read and/or write the miniaturized RFID tag (3) of a dental tool (1); and a control unit adapted to control the transceiver units (5c), and the carriage units (5b) based on the information read from the miniaturized RFID tags (3).Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2020Date of Patent: August 25, 2026Assignee: Dentsply Sirona Inc.Inventors: Andreas Schaefer, Oliver Nowarra, Michael Turzer, Peter Fornoff
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Patent number: 12697666Abstract: Cutting tool for the rotary machining of workpieces, in particular a twist drill, with a cutting tip which has at least one main cutting edge and at least one free surface, wherein a flank face adjoins the main cutting edge radially to the outside, and wherein a flank angle of the flank face increases in a radially outward direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2023Date of Patent: August 4, 2026Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.Inventors: Christian Strauchmann, Jürgen Schwägerl, Herbert Rudolf Kauper
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Patent number: 12691504Abstract: A clamping device is arranged for releasably holding a tool holder shank. The clamping device includes a housing, a drawbar axially moveable in a bore in the housing in a first axial direction between an advanced releasing position and a retracted locking position, engagement members moveable under the effect of the drawbar into locking engagement with the tool holder shank, a sleeve-shaped actuating member surrounding a part of the drawbar and axially moveable in relation to it, a piston received in the bore and fixed to the actuating member, and a wedge arranged on the outside of the drawbar and configured to move the drawbar rearwards in the bore when pressed inwards towards a longitudinal center axis of the drawbar by movement of the piston and the actuating member in the first axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2022Date of Patent: July 28, 2026Assignee: AB Sandvik CoromantInventor: Gunnar Matlik
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Patent number: 12678902Abstract: An operation method is described for a numerical control tooling machine comprising a piece-carrying table rotatable about a—in use—vertical axis and N machining stations, N?2, arranged around the table, with the steps of rotating the table to bring a piece in front of a station, disconnecting the piece from the table, transferring the piece from the table to the station, fixing the piece to the station, processing the piece at the station, disconnecting the piece from the station, transferring the piece from the station to the table, fixing the piece to the table, rotating the table to bring the piece in front of a different station or unloading the piece from the table.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2020Date of Patent: July 14, 2026Assignee: TECNO LOGICA S.R.L.Inventor: Mirko Piasentin
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Patent number: 12678904Abstract: A machine for processing lenses includes an apparatus for loading and storing raw lenses having a lens exit portion, a lens cutting system including a first lens housing seat and a first spindle-holder head for a cutting tool positionable at the first seat by a first articulated arm, a lens drilling-milling-engraving system including a second lens housing seat and a second spindle-holder head for a drilling-milling-engraving tool, a processed lens unloading zone, a lens transfer apparatus, and a management and control unit. The lens exit portion, the first and second lens housing seats, and the processed lens unloading zone constitute four operating stations. The lens transfer apparatus includes a turret having four suction-cup seats to receive a single lens. A first motor rotates the turret to cyclically bring each transport seat in sequence to the four operating stations.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2024Date of Patent: July 14, 2026Assignee: COSTRUZIONI MECCANICHE E TECHNOLOGICHE S.R.L.Inventor: Lorenzo Dal Canale
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Patent number: 12678903Abstract: An apparatus for exchanging a tool of a boring bar may include a magazine, a frame, a guide rail and an actuator. The magazine may be configured to receive a plurality of the tools. The frame may be arranged under the magazine. The guide rail may be arranged on the frame. The magazine may be movably connected to the guide rail. The actuator may be configured to rotate the magazine. Thus, the magazine configured to hold the tools may be arranged between the main shaft and the spindle exchanging apparatus to reduce a weight of the tool.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2020Date of Patent: July 14, 2026Assignee: DN CO., LTD.Inventor: Jingeun Woo
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Patent number: 12661746Abstract: Provided is a tool magazine apparatus that has excellent workability and is capable of being downsized. A tool replacement device includes a fixed frame installed in an opening portion provided at a predetermined position of a tool magazine, a swivel frame disposed inside the fixed frame so as to be rotatable about a swivel axis extending in a vertical direction, and a tool replacement rack fixed to the swivel frame. The swivel frame is rotated to a deliverable position at which the tool replacement rack is parallel to a tool rack inside the tool magazine to enable a tool to be delivered between the tool replacement rack and a tool transfer device, and to a replaceable position at which the tool replacement rack is located outside the tool magazine to enable replacement of old and new tools.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2023Date of Patent: June 23, 2026Assignee: OKUMA CORPORATIONInventor: Makoto Yoshida
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Patent number: 12654232Abstract: An outer cylinder unit (20) of a turret device (1) has a cylindrical housing space (24) in a front side thereof and has a coolant discharge flow path (22) opened as a connection port (22a) in an inner peripheral surface (24a) of the housing space (24), and the connection port (22a) is formed at a predetermined pitch interval in a circumferential direction. A coolant supply mechanism (25) arranged on an end of a shaft unit (10) is disposed in the housing space (24) and an opening of the outer cylinder unit (20) is closed by a lid (39). The coolant supply mechanism (25) includes a reciprocating rod (30) advancing and retracting with respect to the inner peripheral surface (24a) of the housing space (24) and a shaft receiving unit (26) supporting the reciprocating rod (30). The reciprocating rod (30) has a supply hole (34, 53) opened in a distal end thereof and has an annular elastic body (50) arranged to surround the opening of the supply hole (34, 53).Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2021Date of Patent: June 16, 2026Assignee: DMG MORI CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshio Ueda, Hitoshi Matsuyama
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Patent number: 12643161Abstract: A rotary tool may include a body extending from a front end toward a rear end. The body may include a tip cutting edge, a corner cutting edge, an outer peripheral cutting edge, a first rake surface, a second rake surface, and a third rake surface. The corner cutting edge may extend from the tip cutting edge toward an outer periphery. The outer peripheral cutting edge may extend from the corner cutting edge toward the rear end. The first rake surface may be located along the tip cutting edge. The second rake surface may be located along the corner cutting edge. The first rake surface may have a straight line shape in a cross section orthogonal to the tip cutting edge, and the second rake surface may have a concave shape in a cross section orthogonal to the corner cutting edge.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2022Date of Patent: June 2, 2026Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventor: Masahiko Kuroda
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Patent number: 12617051Abstract: A magazine includes: a first driving mechanism unit that rotates tool pots so as to position, at a first position, an identifier in a tool pot placed at a transportation position different from a magazine-side tool change position and so as to position, at a second position, an identifier in a tool pot placed at the magazine-side tool change position; and a second driving mechanism unit that moves a reading device so as to position the reading device at a third position when reading the identifier by the reading device and so as to position the reading device at a fourth position when transporting the tool pots.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2021Date of Patent: May 5, 2026Assignee: DMG MORI CO., LTD.Inventors: Isao Hikita, Kenichi Mizukoshi, Nobuhiko Hiraiwa
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Patent number: 12611719Abstract: A diamond cutting tool comprises a base metal part and a diamond part joined to the base metal part, wherein the base metal part is made of an alloy containing tungsten carbide, the diamond part configures at least a cutting blade, the cutting blade comprises a portion of a rake face, a portion of a flank face, and a ridge line at which the rake face and the flank face cross, the diamond cutting tool has a region A, the region A is a region that is present bridging over the three, which are the rake face, the ridge line, and the flank face on the surface of the cutting blade, and the region A has a surface roughness Ra of not more than 0.2 ?m and a concentration of tungsten element of not more than 1 mass %.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2020Date of Patent: April 28, 2026Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.Inventors: Akihiko Ueda, Mayuka Segawa, Rintaro Sugimoto, Machiko Abe, Takashi Harada, Satoru Kukino
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Patent number: 12605774Abstract: An annular hole cutter includes a cutter body having cutting teeth and a plurality of flutes extending from the cutting teeth around a side wall between a first and second end, with the flutes separated from each other by a land. The hole cutter includes side walls defining primary and secondary flutes with each one of the primary flutes defining first and second helix angles, and with each one of the secondary flutes defining a third helix angle and a fourth helix angle, with the second helix angle being greater than the first helix angle.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2023Date of Patent: April 21, 2026Assignee: Hougen Manufacturing, Inc.Inventor: Jeffrey Steven Gill
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Patent number: 12599999Abstract: Processing machine and related operating method, wherein the processing machine is a machine for machining components having a body within which there are a chamber and a movement bridge which is movable on the upper part of the chamber, wherein the processing machine includes a positioning device integrated in the structure of the bridge and equipped with grabbing devices for the grabbing of the element to be machined and for the transportation of the element to be machined towards and from a machining bench of the machine.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: April 14, 2026Inventors: Marco Nascimben, Eros Zadro
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Patent number: 12589461Abstract: A transfer machine for cold plastic deformation and/or chip removal of at least one tubular profile is provided. The transfer machine has a base, a mounting table, a rotary table, and a plurality of electromechanical work units installed on the mounting table. Each electromechanical work unit has a first advance group having a first advance motor, a first advance recirculating ball screw, a first advance nut and a first tubular stem. The first advance recirculating ball screw is moved by the first advance motor. The first advance nut is engaged by the first advance recirculating ball screw. The first tubular stem, defining advancement and/or positioning of a first tool holder element, is engaged to and made integral with the first advance nut.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2021Date of Patent: March 31, 2026Assignee: Grazioli Cesare S.r.l.Inventors: Giuseppe Vinco, Mattia Fezzardi, Claudio Grazioli
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Patent number: 12581912Abstract: An electrostatic chuck device comprising: a plate-shaped electrostatic chuck part which has an electrostatic adsorption electrode provided therein and has a mounting surface on which a plate-shaped sample is mounted; and a base part which supports the electrostatic chuck part on a support surface thereof from an opposite side of the mounting surface, wherein the base part has a disk shape which has a central axis at a center thereof, and a coolant channel extending along the support surface is provided inside the base part, wherein the coolant channel includes an outer peripheral channel which overlaps an outer edge of the plate-shaped sample when viewed from an axial direction of the central axis, and an inner peripheral channel which is disposed on an inner side in a radical direction than the outer peripheral channel, wherein at least a portion of the inner peripheral channel extends spirally around the central axis, and a channel cross-sectional area of the inner peripheral channel decreases as a distanceType: GrantFiled: August 4, 2023Date of Patent: March 17, 2026Assignee: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuki Kinpara, Taku Ichiyoshi, Satoyoshi Inui, Toru Sugamata