Patents Examined by Michael Vitale
  • Patent number: 12678902
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: TECNO LOGICA S.R.L.
    Inventor: Mirko Piasentin
  • Patent number: 12678904
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: COSTRUZIONI MECCANICHE E TECHNOLOGICHE S.R.L.
    Inventor: Lorenzo Dal Canale
  • Patent number: 12678903
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: DN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jingeun Woo
  • Patent number: 12661746
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: OKUMA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Makoto Yoshida
  • Patent number: 12654232
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: DMG MORI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshio Ueda, Hitoshi Matsuyama
  • Patent number: 12643161
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiko Kuroda
  • Patent number: 12617051
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: DMG MORI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Isao Hikita, Kenichi Mizukoshi, Nobuhiko Hiraiwa
  • Patent number: 12611719
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Akihiko Ueda, Mayuka Segawa, Rintaro Sugimoto, Machiko Abe, Takashi Harada, Satoru Kukino
  • Patent number: 12605774
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: Hougen Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Steven Gill
  • Patent number: 12599999
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Inventors: Marco Nascimben, Eros Zadro
  • Patent number: 12589461
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Assignee: Grazioli Cesare S.r.l.
    Inventors: Giuseppe Vinco, Mattia Fezzardi, Claudio Grazioli
  • Patent number: 12581912
    Abstract: 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 distance
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Kinpara, Taku Ichiyoshi, Satoyoshi Inui, Toru Sugamata
  • Patent number: 12544765
    Abstract: A system and method reclaims select components containing rare earth metals of electronic media electronic storage devices such as hard disk drives, solid state drives and hybrid hard drives and destroys the data containing components thereof. The system employs first devices, such as milling tools, to loosen various components of the storage device. The various loosened components include the components containing the rare earth metals and the data containing portions. Second devices, such as pick and place mechanisms, are provided for removing components from the storage device. A holding chassis receives the storage device, and moves the storage device for engagement with the first and the second devices. A section is provided for destroying the data containing portion of the electronic media storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: Serenity Data Security, LLC
    Inventor: Kevin P. Clark
  • Patent number: 12515259
    Abstract: A bit-removal assembly includes a first ring coupled to an output shaft for co-rotation therewith, a second ring supported on the lower retaining ring of the output shaft, a frusto-conical surface on at least one of the first or second rings, and a wedge positioned between the first and second rings and engaging with the frusto-conical surface. A collar defines a cam surface located radially outward of the wedge. The collar is movable between a locked position, in which the cam surface is engaged with the wedge to displace the wedge radially inward on the frusto-conical surface to separate the second ring from the first ring, and a released position, in which the cam surface is misaligned with the wedge to permit the wedge to move radially outward on the frusto-conical surface. A biasing member urges the collar towards the locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2026
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andrew T. Medeiros-Nicholson, Jonathan E. Schmitz, Terry L. Timmons
  • Patent number: 12515292
    Abstract: The disclosed solution comprises a device for changing abrading products (30), the device (1) comprising a detacher (2) comprising a table (10), a blade (14) adapted to penetrate into between an abrading product (30) and the gripping means (34) of the abrading tool (4), and means (16, 18, 19) to co-planarly adjust the mutual distance (d) between the table (10) and the blade (14) to correspond to the thickness (t) of the abrading product (30) in the absence of the abrading product (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2026
    Assignee: MIRKA LTD
    Inventors: Caj Nordström, Jani Kahari, Andreas Storbjörk
  • Patent number: 12508661
    Abstract: The outer peripheral surface is provided with a first margin contiguous to each of the cutting edge and the flank face, and a second margin that is located on the rear side with respect to the first margin in a rotation direction and that is separated from each of the flank face and the thinning face. An outer peripheral portion of the first margin and an outer peripheral portion of the second margin have respective back tapers having the same angle. In a direction parallel to the axial line, a distance between a front end of the first margin and a front end of the second margin is more than or equal to 3 mm and less than or equal to 5 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2025
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masashi Yamada, Naoyuki Wakatsuki, Yasumasa Sunano, Takayuki Natori, Riku Tadokoro
  • Patent number: 12502743
    Abstract: A tooling assembly for a machine having an automatic tool changing system includes a tool body disposed about a rotational axis and defining an internal passage operable to flow a fluid therein. The internal passage includes an inlet, stem channel, first and second curved channels, and first and second transition portions. The inlet is configured to receive the fluid from the machine. First and second outlets are open through an exterior of the tool body. The stem channel is in fluid communication with the inlet and ends at a beginning of the first and second transition portions. The first curved channel extends from the first transition portion to the first outlet. The second curved channel extends from the second transition portion to the second outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: David Stephenson, Timothy G. Beyer, Michael A. Kopmanis, David Ozog, William E. Dowling, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12491592
    Abstract: The present invention provides a linkage swing head structure, including: a base, a drive mechanism and a spindle. The drive mechanism includes: a power mechanism, a connecting rod mechanism and a lead screw. An end of the spindle is fixed with a cutter, and the spindle is fixed on an end of the connecting rod mechanism. An end of the connecting rod mechanism fixed with the spindle is sleeved on a support bearing, the connecting rod mechanism can rotate around the support bearing, the support bearing is fixed on the base, and the other end of the connecting rod mechanism is movably connected to the lead screw. An output end of the power mechanism is connected to an end of the lead screw. The connecting rod mechanism adjusts the rotation angle of the spindle by sliding on the lead screw. The drive mechanism of the present invention is far away from the spindle, and the interference range thereof to the spindle is small.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2025
    Assignee: KEDE NUMERICAL CONTROL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hu Chen, Xin Deng, Hongtao Tang, Haibo Zhang, Yapeng Li, Cuijuan Guo, Changlin Du, Zhihong Wei, Hongwei Sun, Guoshuai Zhang, Xiangyuan Kong, Gang Xu, Dawei Wang, Dapeng Dong, Meng Lin, Pei Liu, Yanqing Bai, Feng Wang, Yinghua Li, Shaoyi Liu, Zidan Ju
  • Patent number: 12485426
    Abstract: The present invention provides an automated data destruction system to remove data effectively and reliably from a mobile communication device. The system comprises 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: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2025
    Inventors: Michael Koufos, Simon Levin
  • Patent number: 12472597
    Abstract: The invention relates to a machine tool cocoon (10) for receiving a workpiece, having a base element (18) on which the workpiece can be disposed, wherein the base element (18) comprises at least one receptacle (47) for receiving and fixing a workpiece (40), and a support device (11) separably connected to the base element (18). The machine tool cocoon (10) can be positioned on a tool position of a tool changing system by means of the support device (11). The invention further relates to a method and a computer program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2025
    Assignee: ERST-Maschinenbau GmbH
    Inventor: Jürgen Stiglitz