Patents Examined by Sunil K. Singh
  • Patent number: 12036632
    Abstract: A multi-station turning tool includes a lower bottom plate mechanism. A first hydraulic pipeline arranged in hydraulic fluid to an upper and an end face clamping hydraulic cylinders; a supporting plate mechanism internally provided with an air-detection pipeline; a positioning mechanism includes a substrate and a plurality of supporting blocks; an upper clamping mechanism includes a V-shaped clamping block connected to an upper clamping big arm that's connected to the upper clamping hydraulic cylinder; an end face clamping mechanism includes an end face clamping block that's connected to an end face clamping big arm that's connected to the end face clamping hydraulic cylinder through a piston ejector rod; an end face clamping air-detection mechanism includes an air pressure detection component, connected to a controller, and is capable of detecting a pressure of the air-detection pipeline to identify working states of the positioning mechanism and the upper clamping mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignees: QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, NINGBO SANHAN ALLOY MATERIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changhe Li, Haogang Li, Liang Luo, Huajun Cao, Bingheng Lu, Lizhi Tang, Yanbin Zhang, Haizhou Xu, Min Yang, Huaping Hong, Shuo Yin, Xin Cui, Mingzheng Liu, Teng Gao, Yali Hou, Runze Li
  • Patent number: 12030154
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a tool magazine of a machine tool such as a moving column-type machining center, in which a magazine unit is installed on a saddle, a tool accommodated in a gripper part of the magazine unit is loaded or unloaded in a direction perpendicular to a tool axis, and a gripping part of a change arm directly grips a flange portion of the tool at the time of changing the tools by means of a tool changing part movably installed on the saddle and a tool changing part transfer part configured to move the tool changing part independently of a column, thereby reducing tool change time, improving productivity, minimizing a collision or mechanical interference, and improving stability and reliability in the medium-sized or large-sized machine tool having a length in a width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: DN SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seonghoon Jeong
  • Patent number: 12027409
    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: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Lam Research Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron Louis LaBrie, Claudiu Valentin Puha
  • Patent number: 12011797
    Abstract: A spindle includes a housing including a first opening, a bearing housed in the housing, a main shaft rotatably supported by the bearing, a collet chuck in a first through hole defined in the main shaft to grip a machining tool and being movable in an axial direction of the main shaft, a draw bar connected to the collet chuck, and a cover covering the first opening and including a second through hole through which the main shaft is disposed. The main shaft and the cover are disposed at a distance from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: DGSHAPE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhito Miyamoto, Gota Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 12011795
    Abstract: The invention discloses an automatic tool aligning system based on a spectral confocal displacement sensor. The system comprises three-dimensional mobile platform, tool aligning component based on the spectral confocal displacement sensor, clamping device, machine tool and the control module. The three-dimensional mobile platform is fixed on the outer side of the machine tool, the tool aligning component is connected with the three-dimensional mobile platform, the clamping device used to clamp the workpiece is fixed on the center of the machine tool through mechanical connection, and the spectral confocal displacement sensor is connected with the control module. After judging the collected working condition data, the control module outputs a control instruction to the three-dimensional mobile platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignees: SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERISTY, SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ming Chen, Qinglong An, Weiwei Ming, Xiaojiang Cai, Ruhao Zhou, Xianghui Huang
  • Patent number: 11992907
    Abstract: A system for damping machine-induced vibration in a workpiece includes a plurality of workpiece holders to hold the workpiece in a work cell. The system also includes a machine tool located in the work cell. The machine tool performs a machining operation on the workpiece while the workpiece is held by the plurality of workpiece holders. The system further includes a damping apparatus coupled to the workpiece. The damping apparatus controls machine-induced vibrations in the workpiece during the machining operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Matthew B. Moore, Patrick B. Stone
  • Patent number: 11975414
    Abstract: A tool rest has a base, a tool holder rotatably supported on the base, and rotatably holding a tool, a rotational mechanism rotating the tool holder, a plurality of flexible linear members in which one ends of the plurality of linear members are connected with the tool holder and a winding device connected with the other ends of the plurality of linear members, and winding up the plurality of linear members by rotating when the tool holder is rotated by the rotational mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD., CITIZEN MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kyota Kotake
  • Patent number: 11969842
    Abstract: A machine tool with a spindle stock 20 and a tool rest 40 mounted on a bed 11, in which the spindle stock 20 and the tool rest 40 are able to relatively move in an X-axis direction that is a diameter direction of a spindle and a Z-axis direction that is an axial direction of the spindle, includes: a linear scale 50 disposed over the spindle stock 20 and the tool rest 40 on an upper side in the X-axis direction to detect position information in the X-axis direction; and a rail 23 extending in the Z-axis direction, and the linear scale 50 moves in the Z-axis direction while guided by the rail 23 integrally with either the spindle stock 20 or the tool rest 40 when the spindle stock 20 and the tool rest 40 relatively move in the Z-axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: TAKISAWA MACHINE TOOL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naruhito Miyake
  • Patent number: 11938579
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system and method relating to work tables. The system comprises a table that attaches to a drill press. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to a drill press table with a fence and optionally a drawer, a vacuum assembly, flip stop assemblies, and various other components. Various operation of using the table are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: WOODPECKERS, LLC
    Inventor: Gregory L. Skillicorn
  • Patent number: 11919107
    Abstract: A tool storage includes a tool magazine, a magazine mover, and a storage device cover. The tool magazine includes a plurality of tool holding members which are provided in the tool magazine and which are configured to hold a tool. The magazine mover is provided outside the tool magazine and is configured to move the tool magazine in a moving direction between an exchange position at which the tool is exchanged and a storage position at which the tool is stored. The storage device cover is provided to arrange the tool magazine and the magazine mover in the tool storage. The plurality of tool holding members are arranged in the moving direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: YAMAZAKI MAZAK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya Horibe, Seiichi Yoshida, Keigo Murakami
  • Patent number: 11919112
    Abstract: A machine tool includes a bed including a bottom surface and legs arranged at three positions of the bottom surface. The bed includes two oblique sides arranged such that the bottom surface has a triangular shape. The machine tool also includes a first support surface arranged on the bed and extending along a substantially horizontal first axis, a work table supported by the first support surface so as to move along the first axis, a second support surface arranged on the bed and extending along a substantially horizontal second axis, which is perpendicular to the first axis, and a machining unit supported by the second support surface so as to move along the second axis. The second support surface is located higher than the first support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: NAGASE INTEGREX CO., LTD
    Inventors: Ryota Shindo, Keiji Uemura
  • Patent number: 11883890
    Abstract: An orbital drilling device includes, on the same frame: a motor rotating a cutting tool on itself; a first, interior, eccentric, receiving the motor, mounted so as to be able to rotate; a second, exterior, eccentric, receiving the first eccentric, mounted so as to be able to rotate; a reference body, secured to the frame, receiving the second eccentric, mounted so as to be able to rotate; a first unit for driving the first eccentric; a second unit for driving the second eccentric, simultaneously with the rotation of the first eccentric; and a controller configured to reproduce any path of the cutting tool in the zone by continuous control of the angular offset between the first eccentric and the second eccentric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: ADVANCED ELECTRICAL TOOLS
    Inventor: Sylvain Guerin
  • Patent number: 11858051
    Abstract: A passive locking chuck for a rotary driver. The chuck has a pair of rings, one fixed and the other rotatable between a first orientation where recesses formed in the rotatable ring are aligned with recesses formed in the fixed ring, and a second orientation where the recesses are offset from one another. When an upper end of a foundation component having a toothed coupler is inserted into the chuck and rotated axially, the movable ring is moved to the second orientation and the foundation component is thereby captured in the chuck. As soon as resistance is encountered from the soil, the ring moves back to the first orientation so that upon reaching the desired embedment depth, the rotary driver may be withdrawn without counter rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Ojjo, Inc.
    Inventor: Tyrus Hudson
  • Patent number: 11858084
    Abstract: A tool turret, in particular intended for use in a machine tool, is for an automated tool change process. In a work station (7) of the pivotable tool disk (5), a holder (9) intended for receiving a machining tool (15) can be attached to the tool disk (5) in a re-detachable manner by a clamping device (31) assigned to the work station (7). In an adjusting position of the tool disk (5) that differs from the working position (11), the respective clamping device (31) can be activated or deactivated, while leaving the holder (9) on the tool disk (5). In a changing position of the tool disk different from the working (11) and adjusting positions (57), the clamping device (31) unlocks the holder (9) in such a way that the holder can be removed from the tool disk (5) and replaced with another holder (9) to be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: KOLIBRI BETEILIGUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Steffen Giesler, Marius Ewald
  • Patent number: 11850693
    Abstract: A machine tool for machining workpieces comprises at least one tool spindle, at least one workpiece table, at least one first tool magazine, and at least one second tool magazine. The at least one tool spindle and the at least one workpiece table are movable relative to one another along a vertical axis and two horizontal axes to machine a workpiece that is clamped on the workpiece table with a tool that is clamped in the tool spindle. The vertical axis and the two horizontal axes are orthogonal to one another. The at least one first tool magazine, a tool set is provided that comprises a plurality of tools for machining, wherein the tools can be selectively clamped in the tool spindle. The at least one second tool magazine, a tool set is provided that comprises a plurality of tools for machining, wherein the tools can be selectively clamped in the tool spindle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: CHIRON Group SE
    Inventors: Michael Eble, Karl-Heinz Raffke, Swenja Koch-Weiler, Heinrich Bissert, Claus Eppler, Robert Gref
  • Patent number: 11845154
    Abstract: A processing apparatus includes a processing unit, a control unit, and a temperature detecting unit. The processing unit includes a cutting blade and a spindle assembly, the spindle assembly including a spindle having the cutting blade mounted on a distal end of the spindle and a spindle housing through which the spindle is inserted. A cooling fluid passage is formed in the spindle housing, the cooling fluid passage cooling the spindle assembly, and having one end connected to a cooling fluid supply source and having another end communicating with a cooling fluid outlet of the spindle housing. The temperature detecting unit detects the temperature of the spindle housing. The control unit determines whether a state of cooling of the spindle assembly is normal or abnormal on the basis of the temperature detected by the temperature detecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: DISCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hashimoto, Shinya Yasuda, Satoshi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11819929
    Abstract: A device for the controlled stabilization of tool holder shanks on the respective ring nut, the tool holder shanks, motorized or non-motorized, being predisposed for ER or other type fixing. The device comprises a ring nut and a tool holder shank of a truncated conical shape provided externally with a groove in which means connecting the ring nut to the tool holder are arranged inside the ring nut. The connecting means consist of an annular body formed of at least two shaped half-rings that define opposite protrusions projecting outwardly and centrally to form a shaped prominence having an arched-convex outer profile; on each of the shaped prominences a recess is made predisposed to house respective elastic pins, by means of which the shaped half-rings are firmly connected inside the ring nut blind holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: ALGRA S.P.A.
    Inventor: Giovanni Vezzoli
  • Patent number: 11813679
    Abstract: A cutting tool assembly includes a tool shank having a coupling opening, and an insert holder having an insert body to which an insert is coupled and detachably attached. A coupling protrusion protrudes from one surface of the insert body and is detachably coupled to the tool shank. Located on the coupling protrusion are a tapered contact portion which comes into contact with the coupling opening and provides a fixing force to fix the insert holder to the tool shank, and a contact surface at a rear end of the tapered contact portion which couples to a fastening member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: TaeguTec Ltd.
    Inventor: Sang Young Lee
  • Patent number: 11786979
    Abstract: The invention provides a strength-boosting drill chuck comprising a drill body, a nut and a clamping claw, which the nut and the clamping jaw forms a threaded connection, and the drill body is provided with an inclined clamping claw hole for the clamping claw to slide forward and backward along the clamping claw hole; wherein the drill chuck is provided with a strength-boosting structure of the connecting force of the nut clamping claw, which is provided with a liquid plastic component, and the structure for exerting force and transmitting force to the liquid plastic component, which enables the force on the liquid plastic component to be transmitted to the nut. The invention can use the liquid plastic component to transmit force, greatly enhance the binding force between the nut and the clamping claw, and increase the force to resist the reverse force and the inertia force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG SANOU MACHINERY CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Wenhua Zhou, Xuebiao Tong
  • Patent number: 11786978
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic expanding chuck for gripping a tool, for example a drill or a milling tool, comprising: a clamping part having an expansion sleeve having a central receiving opening for receiving and clamping the tool; and a connection part, in particular having a HSK connection. According to the invention, the expansion sleeve has at least two pressure chambers, which are designed to run around the central receiving opening, which are arranged at an axial distance relative to one another, and which can bulge when the tool received in the central receiving opening is subjected to fluid pressure. The at least two pressure chambers are connected to one another by a fluid channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Guehring KG
    Inventors: Bruno Teusch, Klaus Matheis